[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 40 (Tuesday, March 19, 2013)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D241-D242]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION REQUEST AND FUTURE YEARS DEFENSE PROGRAM
Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
United States European Command, United States Northern Command, and 
United States Southern Command in review of the Defense Authorization 
Request for fiscal year 2014 and the Future Years Defense Program, 
after receiving testimony from Admiral James Stavridis, United States 
Navy, Commander, United States European Command, General Charles H. 
Jacoby, Jr., United States Army, Commander, United States Northern 
Command, and North American Aerospace Defense Command, and General John 
F. Kelly, United States Marine Corps, Commander, United States Southern 
Command, all of the Department of Defense.
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION REQUEST AND FUTURE YEARS DEFENSE PROGRAM
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and 
Capabilities received open and closed briefings on cybersecurity 
threats in review of the Defense Authorization Request for fiscal year 
2014 and the Future Years Defense Program, after receiving testimony 
from Kevin Mandia, and Richard Bejtlich, both of Mandiant Corporation, 
Alexandria, Virginia; Stephanie O'Sullivan, Principal Deputy Director 
of National Intelligence, Miriam Perlberg, National Intelligence 
Manager for Cyber, and Sean Kanuck, National Intelligence Officer for 
Cyber Issues, all of the Office of National Intelligence; and 
Lieutenant General Jon M. Davis, USMC, Deputy Commander, U.S. Cyber 
Command.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee ordered 
favorably reported the nominations of Richard Cordray, of Ohio, to be 
Director, Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection, and Mary Jo White, 
of New York, to be a Member of the Securities and Exchange Commission.
BIPARTISAN SOLUTIONS FOR HOUSING FINANCE REFORM
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine bipartisan solutions for housing finance reform, 
after receiving testimony from former Senator Mel Martinez, Co-Chair, 
Bipartisan Policy Center's Housing Commission; Peter Wallison, American 
Enterprise Institute, Washington, D.C.; and Janneke Ratcliffe, Center 
for American Progress Action Fund, Chapel Hill, North Carolina.
INSURANCE MARKETS
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on 
Securities, Insurance and Investment concluded a hearing to examine 
streamlining regulation, improving consumer protection and increasing 
competition in insurance markets, including S. 534, to reform the 
National Association of Registered Agents and Brokers, after receiving 
testimony from Baird Webel, Specialist in Financial Economics, 
Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress; Monica J. Lindeen, 
Montana State Auditor and Commissioner of Securities and Insurance, 
Helena, on behalf of the National Association of Insurance 
Commissioners; Jon Jensen, Independent Insurance Agents and Brokers of 
America, Spartanburg, South Carolina; and Scott Trofholz, The Harry A. 
Koch Company, Omaha, Nebraska, on behalf of The Council of Insurance 
Agents and Brokers.
UNITED STATES FISHERIES MANAGEMENT
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on 
Oceans, Atmosphere, Fisheries, and Coast Guard concluded a hearing to 
examine developments and opportunities in United States fisheries 
management, after receiving testimony from Eric Schwaab, Assistant 
Administrator for the National Marine Fisheries Service, National 
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce; Robert 
Beal, Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission Executive Director, 
Arlington, Virginia; Randy Fisher, Pacific States Marine Fisheries 
Commission Executive Director, Portland, Oregon; Dave Donaldson, Gulf 
States Marine Fisheries Commission Assistant Director, Ocean Springs, 
Mississippi; James J. Gilmore, New York State Department of 
Environmental Conservation Bureau of Marine Fisheries Director, East 
Setauket; Emerson C. Hasbrouck, Cornell University Cooperative 
Extension Marine Program, Riverhead, New York; and Thomas P. Fote, 
Jersey Coast Anglers Association, Toms River, New Jersey, on behalf of 
the New Jersey State Federation of Sportsmen's Clubs.

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PAYMENT PROGRAMS FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENTS
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine the options and challenges related to possible 
reauthorization and reform of two payment programs for local 
governments, focusing on the recently expired ``Secure Rural Schools 
and Community Self-Determination Act'' and the ``Payment in Lieu of 
Taxes'', after receiving testimony from Senator Baucus; Thomas Tidwell, 
Chief, U.S. Forest Service, Department of Agriculture; Pamela K. Haze, 
Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Interior for Budget, Finance, 
Performance and Acquisition; Anne-Marie Fennell, Director, Natural 
Resources and Environment, Government Accountability Office; Jay 
O'Laughlin, University of Idaho College of Natural Resources, Moscow; 
Mark Haggerty, Headwaters Economics, Bozeman, Montana; Paul J. Pearce, 
National Forest Counties and Schools Coalition, Stevenson, Washington; 
and Ryan R. Yates, National Association of Counties, Washington, D.C.
PRESIDENT'S TRADE AGENDA
Committee on Finance: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the 
President's 2013 trade agenda, after receiving testimony from Demetrios 
Marantis, Acting United States Trade Representative.
SYRIA'S HUMANITARIAN CRISIS
Committee on Foreign Relations: Subcommittee on Near Eastern and South 
and Central Asian Affairs concluded a hearing to examine Syria's 
humanitarian crisis, after receiving testimony from Anne C. Richard, 
Assistant Secretary of State for Population, Refugees, and Migration; 
Nancy E. Lindborg, Assistant Administrator, U.S. Agency for 
International Development; Antonio Guterres, United Nations High 
Commissioner for Refugees, New York, New York; and Tom Malinowski, 
Human Rights Watch, and Michael Singh, The Washington Institute for 
Near East Policy, both of Washington, D.C.
RETIREMENT SAVINGS
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee 
concluded a hearing to examine keeping savings in the retirement 
system, after receiving testimony from Matt Fellowes, HelloWallet, and 
Christian E. Weller, University of Massachusetts Boston, on behalf of 
the Center for American Progress Action Fund, both of Washington, D.C.; 
and Alison T. Borland, Aon Hewitt, Lincolnshire, Illinois.
AMERICAN AIRLINES/US AIRWAYS MERGER
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Antitrust, Competition 
Policy and Consumer Rights concluded a hearing to examine the American 
Airlines/US Airways merger, focusing on consolidation, competition, and 
consumers, after receiving testimony from W. Douglas Parker, US Airways 
Group, Inc., Tempe, Arizona; Thomas W. Horton, AMR Corporation and 
American Airlines, Fort Worth, Texas; Diana L. Moss, American Antitrust 
Institute, Washington, D.C.; and William J. McGee, Consumers Union, New 
York, New York.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
the nominations of Gregory Alan Phillips, of Wyoming, to be United 
States Circuit Judge for the Tenth Circuit, who was introduced by 
Senators Enzi and Barrasso, and Karol Virginia Mason, of Georgia, to be 
an Assistant Attorney General, Department of Justice, after the 
nominees testified and answered questions in their own behalf.
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.
BUSINESS MEETING
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee ordered favorably its 
Biennial Report for the 112th Congress.