[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 36 (Wednesday, March 13, 2013)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D190-D193]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
NATIONAL FOREST MANAGEMENT AND ITS IMPACTS ON RURAL ECONOMIES AND 
COMMUNITIES
Committee on Agriculture: Subcommittee on Conservation, Energy, and 
Forestry held a hearing on National Forest Management and its Impacts 
on Rural Economies and Communities. Testimony was heard from Tom 
Tidwell, Chief, Forest Service, Department of Agriculture.
APPROPRIATIONS--EPA AND WATER INFRASTRUCTURE FINANCING OVERSIGHT
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Interior, Environment and 
Related Agencies held a hearing on Water Infrastructure Financing 
Oversight. Testimony was heard from Mike Shapiro, Deputy Assistant 
Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Water; and 
Alfredo Gomez, Director of Natural Resources, Government Accountability 
Office.
APPROPRIATIONS--USDA
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural 
Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies held a 
hearing on USDA Food and Nutrition Service Oversight. Testimony was 
heard from Elizabeth Hagen, Under Secretary for Food Safety, Food 
Safety and Inspection Service, Department of Agriculture; and Alfred V. 
Almanza, Administrator, Food Safety and Inspection Service, Department 
of Agriculture.
APPROPRIATIONS--FEMA
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Homeland Security held a 
hearing on FEMA Hurricane Sandy Funding Oversight. Testimony was heard 
from Craig Fugate, Administrator, FEMA.
APPROPRIATIONS--PUBLIC AND OUTSIDE WITNESSES
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human 
Services, Education and Related Agencies held a hearing for Public and 
Outside Witnesses. Testimony was heard from public and outside 
witnesses.
APPROPRIATIONS--NASA
Committee on Appropriations: Commerce, Justice, Science and Related 
Agencies held a hearing on the National Aeronautics and Space 
Administration Oversight. Testimony was heard from Paul K. Martin, 
Inspector General, National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
APPROPRIATIONS--SYRIA
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on State and Foreign 
Operations, and Related Programs held a hearing on Syria Oversight. 
Testimony was heard from Robert S. Ford, Ambassador. This was a closed 
hearing.
APPROPRIATIONS--U.S. ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Energy and Water 
Development held a hearing on U.S. Army Corps of Engineers; and 
Hurricane Sandy Supplemental Implementation. Testimony was heard from 
Jo-Ellen Darcy, Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works; Major 
General Michael Walsh, Deputy Commanding General for Civil and 
Emergency Operations; and Colonel Kent Savre, North Atlantic Division 
Commander.
APPROPRIATIONS--MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, VETERANS AFFAIRS, AND RELATED 
AGENCIES
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Military Construction, 
Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies held a hearing on related 
agencies. Testimony was heard from Max Cleland, American Battle 
Monuments Commission; Kathryn A. Condon, Executive Director, Army 
National Cemeteries; Bruce Kasold, Chief Judge, United States Court of 
Appeal for Veterans Claims; and Steve McManus, Chief Operating Officer, 
Armed Forces Retirement Home.

[[Page D191]]


IMPACT OF THE CONTINUING RESOLUTION ON THE MILITARY
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Military Personnel held a 
hearing on the Impact of the Continuing Resolution, Sequestration, and 
Declining Operations and Maintenance Budgets on Military Personnel and 
Family Related Programs. Testimony was heard from Lieutenant General 
Howard B. Bromberg, USA, Deputy Chief of Staff G-1, U.S. Army; 
Lieutenant General Darrell D. Jones, USAF, Deputy Chief of Staff for 
Manpower, Personnel and Services, U.S. Air Force; Lieutenant General 
Robert E. Milstead, USMC, Deputy Commandant, Manpower and Reserve 
Affairs, U.S. Marine Corps; Vice Admiral Scott R. Van Buskirk, USN, 
Deputy Chief of Naval Operations, Manpower, Personnel, Training, and 
Education, U.S. Navy; Jonathan Woodson, Assistant Secretary for Health 
Affairs, Department of Defense; and Jessica Wright, Acting Under 
Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness, Department of 
Defense.
MODERNIZATION AND POLICY ISSUES TO SUPPORT THE FUTURE FORCE
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Intelligence, Emerging 
Threats and Capabilities held a hearing entitled ``Information 
Technology and Cyber Operations: Modernization and Policy Issues to 
Support the Future Force''. Testimony was heard from General Keith 
Alexander, Commander, United States Cyber Command; Elizabeth McGrath, 
Deputy Chief Management Officer, Department of Defense; and Teri Takai, 
Chief Information Officer, Department of Defense.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURE
Committee on the Budget: Full Committee began markup on the Concurrent 
Resolution on the Budget for Fiscal Year 2014.
KEEPING COLLEGE WITHIN REACH
Committee on Education and the Workforce: Full Committee held a hearing 
entitled ``Keeping College Within Reach: Examining Opportunities to 
Strengthen Federal Student Loan Programs''. Testimony was heard from 
public witnesses.
DOE MANAGEMENT AND OVERSIGHT OF ITS NUCLEAR WEAPONS COMPLEX
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Oversight and 
Investigations held a hearing entitled ``DOE Management and Oversight 
of Its Nuclear Weapons Complex: Lessons of the Y-12 Security Failure''. 
Testimony was heard from Sandra E. Finan, Brigadier General, USAF, 
Commander, Air Force Nuclear Weapons Center and Former Acting Chief of 
Defense Nuclear Security, NNSA; Daniel B. Poneman, Deputy Secretary, 
Department of Energy; and David C. Trimble, Director, Natural Resources 
and Environment Team, Government Accountability Office; and public 
witnesses.
OBAMACARE'S IMPACT ON JOBS
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Health held a hearing 
entitled ``Obamacare's Impact on Jobs''. Testimony was heard from 
public witnesses.
MORTGAGE INSURANCE: COMPARING PRIVATE SECTOR AND GOVERNMENT-SUBSIDIZED 
APPROACHES
Committee on Financial Services: Subcommittee on Housing and Insurance 
held a hearing entitled ``Mortgage Insurance: Comparing Private Sector 
and Government-Subsidized Approaches''. Testimony was heard from public 
witnesses.
REBALANCE TO ASIA: WHY SOUTH ASIA MATTERS
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific held 
a hearing entitled ``The Rebalance to Asia: Why South Asia Matters'' 
(Part II). Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
DHS CYBERSECURITY: ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES TO PROTECT THE NATION'S 
CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE
Committee on Homeland Security: Full Committee held a hearing entitled 
``DHS Cybersecurity: Roles and Responsibilities to Protect the Nation's 
Critical Infrastructure''. Testimony was heard from Jane Holl Lute, 
Deputy Secretary, Department of Homeland Security; and public 
witnesses.
EXAMINATION OF LITIGATION ABUSES
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil 
Justice held a hearing entitled ``Examination of Litigation Abuses''. 
Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
INVESTIGATING AND PROSECUTING 21ST CENTURY CYBER THREATS
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland 
Security and Investigations held a hearing entitled ``Investigating and 
Prosecuting 21st Century Cyber Threats''. Testimony was heard from 
Jenny Durkan, Department of Justice; John Boles, Federal Bureau of 
Investigation; and public witnesses.
FURTHERING ASBESTOS CLAIM TRANSPARENCY
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, 
Commercial and Antitrust Law held a hearing entitled ``Furthering 
Asbestos Claim

[[Page D192]]

Transparency (FACT) Act of 2013''. Testimony was heard from public 
witnesses.
REAUTHORIZATION OF THE MAGNUSON-STEVENS FISHERY CONSERVATION AND 
MANAGEMENT ACT
Committee on Natural Resources: Full Committee held a hearing on the 
reauthorization of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and 
Management Act. Testimony was heard from Sam Rauch, Deputy Assistant 
Administrator for Regulatory Programs, National Marine Fisheries 
Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of 
Commerce; and public witnesses.
ADDRESSING TRANSPARENCY IN THE FEDERAL BUREAUCRACY: MOVING TOWARD A 
MORE OPEN GOVERNMENT
Committee on Oversight and Government Reform: Full Committee held a 
hearing entitled ``Addressing Transparency in the Federal Bureaucracy: 
Moving Toward A More Open Government''. Testimony was heard from public 
witnesses.
SUPPORTING KNOWLEDGE AND INVESTING IN LIFELONG SKILLS ACT
Committee on Rules: Full Committee held a hearing on H.R. 803, the 
``Supporting Knowledge and Investing in Lifelong Skills Act''. The 
Committee granted, by voice vote, a structured rule for H.R. 803. The 
rule provides one hour of general debate equally divided and controlled 
by the chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on Education 
and the Workforce. The rule waives all points of order against 
consideration of the bill. The rule makes in order as original text for 
purpose of amendment an amendment in the nature of a substitute 
consisting of the text of Rules Committee Print 113-4 and provides that 
it shall be considered as read. The rule waives all points of order 
against the amendment in the nature of a substitute. The rule makes in 
order only those amendments printed in the Rules Committee report. Each 
such amendment may be offered only in the order printed in the report, 
may be offered only by a Member designated in the report, shall be 
considered as read, shall be debatable for the time specified in the 
report equally divided and controlled by the proponent and an opponent, 
shall not be subject to amendment, and shall not be subject to a demand 
for division of the question. The rule waives all points of order 
against the amendments printed in the report. The rule provides one 
motion to recommit with or without instructions. Testimony was heard 
from Chairman Kline; and Representatives Hinojosa, Tierney, and 
Garrett.
STEM EDUCATION: INDUSTRY AND PHILANTHROPIC INITIATIVES
Committee on Science, Space, and Technology: Subcommittee on Research 
held a hearing entitled ``STEM Education: Industry and Philanthropic 
Initiatives''. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
FEDERAL FINANCIAL SUPPORT FOR ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES
Committee on Science, Space, and Technology: Subcommittee on Energy 
held a hearing entitled ``Federal Financial Support for Energy 
Technologies: Assessing Costs and Benefits''. Testimony was heard from 
Terry Dinan, Senior Analyst, Congressional Budget Office; and public 
witnesses.
FBI HEADQUARTERS CONSOLIDATION
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure: Subcommittee on 
Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management held a 
hearing entitled ``FBI Headquarters Consolidation''. Testimony was 
heard from Representatives Hoyer, Wolf, Moran, Connolly, Edwards; 
Dorothy Robyn, Commissioner, Public Buildings Service, General Services 
Administration; and Kevin L. Perkins, Associate Deputy Director, 
Federal Bureau of Investigation.
MEETING PATIENT CARE NEEDS AND VALUE OF VA PHYSICIAN STAFFING STANDARDS
Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Subcommittee on Health held a hearing 
entitled ``Meeting Patient Care Needs: Measuring the Value of VA 
Physician Staffing Standards''. Testimony was heard from Linda A. 
Halliday, Assistant Inspector General for Audits and Evaluations, 
Office of the Inspector General, Department of Veterans Affairs; Larry 
Reinkemeyer, Director, Kansas City Audit Operations Division Office of 
the Inspector General, Department of Veterans Affairs; Madhulika 
Agarwal, M.D., Deputy Under Secretary for Health Policy and Services, 
Veterans Health Administration, Department of Veterans Affairs; Jeffrey 
A. Murawsky, M.D., Director, Great Lakes Health Care System (VISN 12), 
Veterans Health Administration, Department of Veterans Affairs.
GULF WAR: THE KIND OF CARE VETERANS ARE RECEIVING 20 YEARS LATER
Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Subcommittee on Oversight and 
Investigations held a hearing entitled ``Gulf War: What Kind of Care 
are Veterans Receiving 20 Years Later?'' Testimony was heard from 
Victoria Davey, Chief Officer, Office of Public Health

[[Page D193]]

and Environmental Hazards Veterans Health Administration, Department of 
Veterans Affairs; and public witnesses.
UNITED STATES-INDIA TRADE RELATIONS: OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES
Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Trade held a hearing 
entitled ``U.S.-India Trade Relations: Opportunities and Challenges''. 
Testimony was heard from public witnesses.

Joint Meetings
  No joint committee meetings were held.