[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 47 (Wednesday, April 10, 2013)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D289-D290]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
NOMINATION
Committee on the Budget: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the 
nomination of Sylvia Mathews Burwell, of West Virginia, to be Director 
of the Office of Management and Budget, after the nominee, who was 
introduced by Senator Manchin, testified and answered questions in her 
own behalf.

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AMERICAN FREIGHT AND INFRASTRUCTURE
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded 
a hearing to examine expanding the Panama Canal, focusing on what it 
means for American freight and infrastructure, after receiving 
testimony from Jeff Keever, Virginia Port Authority, Senior Deputy 
Executive Director, Norfolk; John Vickerman, Vickerman and Associates, 
Williamsburg, Virginia; Edward R. Hamberger, Association of American 
Railroads, Washington, DC; and Philip L. Byrd, Sr., Bulldog Hiway 
Express, Arlington, Virginia, on behalf of The American Trucking 
Associations.
INTELLIGENCE UPDATE ON SYRIA
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee received a closed briefing on 
an intelligence update on Syria from national security briefers.
BORDER SECURITY
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Committee 
concluded a hearing to examine border security, focusing on frontline 
perspectives on progress and remaining challenges, after receiving 
testimony from Randolph Alles, Assistant Commissioner, Office of Air 
and Marine, Michael J. Fisher, Chief, United States Border Patrol, and 
Kevin McAleenan, Acting Deputy Commissioner, all of United States 
Customs and Border Protection, and James A. Dinkins, Executive 
Associate Director, Homeland Security Investigations, United States 
Immigration and Customs Enforcement, all of the Department of Homeland 
Security.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee ordered 
favorably reported the following business items:
  S. 689, Mental Health Awareness and Improvement Act of 2013, with an 
amendment in the nature of a substitute; and
  The nomination of Jenny R. Yang, of the District of Columbia, to be a 
Member of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.
INDIAN HOUSING DEVELOPMENT
Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee concluded an oversight hearing 
to examine identifying barriers to Indian housing development and 
finding solutions, after receiving testimony from Rodger J. Boyd, 
Deputy Assistant Secretary, Office of Native American Programs, Office 
of Public and Indian Housing, Department of Housing and Urban 
Development; Cheryl A. Causley, National American Indian Housing 
Council, Washington, DC; Annette Bryan, Puyallup Nation Housing 
Authority, Tacoma, Washington; Paul Iron Cloud, Oglala Sioux (Lakota) 
Housing, Pine Ridge, South Dakota; and Russell Sossamon, Choctaw 
National Housing Authority, Durant, Oklahoma.
NOMINATION
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
the nomination of Srikanth Srinivasan, of Virginia, to be United States 
Circuit Judge for the District of Columbia Circuit, after the nominee, 
who was introduced by Senators Warner and Kaine, testified and answered 
questions in his own behalf.
TAX-RELATED IDENTITY THEFT
Special Committee on Aging: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
tax-related identity theft, focusing on an epidemic facing seniors and 
taxpayers, after receiving testimony from Kathryn Keneally, Assistant 
Attorney General, Tax Division, Department of Justice; J. Russell 
George, Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration, Department 
of the Treasury; Sal Augeri, Tampa Police Department, Tampa, Florida; 
and Marcy Hossli, Palm Beach, Florida.