[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 29 (Thursday, February 28, 2013)]
[Daily Digest]
[Page D146]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
the nominations of Alan F. Estevez, of the District of Columbia, to be 
Principal Deputy Under Secretary for Acquisition, Technology, and 
Logistics, Frederick Vollrath, of Virginia, to be Assistant Secretary 
for Readiness and Force Management, and Eric K. Fanning, of the 
District of Columbia, to be Under Secretary of the Air Force, all of 
the Department of Defense, after the nominees testified and answered 
questions in their own behalf.
FEDERAL HOUSING ADMINISTRATION
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine addressing the Federal Housing Administration's 
financial condition and program challenges, after receiving testimony 
from Gary Thomas, National Association of Realtors, Mission Viejo, 
California; Peter H. Bell, National Reverse Mortgage Lenders 
Association, Sarah Rosen Wartell, Urban Institute, and David H. 
Stevens, Mortgage Bankers Association, all of Washington, DC; Phillip 
L. Swagel, University of Maryland School of Public Policy, Chevy Chase; 
and Teresa Bryce Bazemore, Radian Guaranty, Inc., Philadelphia, 
Pennsylvania.
DELIVERY SYSTEM REFORM
Committee on Finance: Committee concluded a hearing to examine delivery 
system reform, focusing on a progress report from the Centers for 
Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), after receiving testimony from 
Jonathan Blum, Acting Principal Deputy Administrator and Director, 
Center for Medicare, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, 
Department of Health and Human Services.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee ordered favorably reported the 
nominations of David Medine, of Maryland, to be Chairman and Member of 
the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board, Shelly Deckert Dick, 
to be United States District Judge for the Middle District of 
Louisiana, William H. Orrick, III, of the District of Columbia, to be 
United States District Judge for the Northern District of California, 
and Nelson Stephen Roman, to be United States District Judge for the 
Southern District of New York.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Rules and Administration: Committee ordered favorably 
reported an original resolution authorizing expenditures by committees 
of the Senate for the periods March 1, 2013, through September 30, 
2013.
LEGISLATIVE PRESENTATIONS
Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Committee concluded a joint hearing 
with the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs to examine a legislative 
presentation from Military Officer Association of America, Retired 
Enlisted Association, Non Commissioned Officers Association, Blinded 
Veterans Association, Military Order of the Purple Heart, Wounded 
Warrior Project, Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America, and American 
Ex-Prisoners of War, after receiving testimony from Colonel Robert F. 
Norton, USA (Ret.), Military Officers Association of America, Master 
Sergeant Richard J. Delaney, USAF (Ret.), The Retired Enlisted 
Association, and H. Gene Overstreet, Non Commissioned Officers 
Association of the United States of America, all of Alexandria, 
Virginia; Tom Tarantino, Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America, Dawn 
Halfaker, Wounded Warrior Project, and Sam Huhn, Blinded Veterans 
Association, all of Washington, D.C.; Bruce G. McKenty, Military Order 
of the Purple Heart, Lakewood, Washington; and Charles Susino, Jr., 
American Ex-Prisoners of War, Arlington, Texas.
INTELLIGENCE
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee held closed hearings on 
intelligence matters, receiving testimony from officials of the 
intelligence community.
  Committee recessed subject to the call.