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“Senate Committee Meetings” mentioning the U.S. Dept of Agriculture was published in the Daily Digest section on pages D219-D221 on March 10, 2011.
The publication is reproduced in full below:
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
APPROPRIATIONS: DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies concluded a hearing to examine proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2012 for the Department of Transportation, after receiving testimony from Ray LaHood, Secretary of Transportation.
APPROPRIATIONS: DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies concluded a hearing to examine proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2012 for the Department of Justice, after receiving testimony from Eric H. Holder Jr., Attorney General of the United States, Department of Justice.
APPROPRIATIONS: DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies concluded a hearing to examine proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2012 for the Department of Agriculture, after receiving testimony from Tom Vilsack, Secretary of Agriculture.
U.S. NATIONAL SECURITY
Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded open and closed hearings to examine the current and future worldwide threats to the national security of the United States, after receiving testimony from James R. Clapper, Jr., Director of National Intelligence; Andrew M. Gibb, National Intelligence Officer for Weapons of Mass Destruction; and Lieutenant General Ronald L. Burgess, Jr., USA, Director, Defense Intelligence Agency, Department of Defense.
U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION BUDGET
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on Securities, Insurance and Investment concluded a hearing to examine the President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 2012 for the Securities and Exchange Commission, after receiving testimony from Mary Schapiro, Chairman, United States Securities and Exchange Commission.
DEFENSE AND INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS BUDGET
Committee on the Budget: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 2012 for defense and international affairs, after receiving testimony from William J. Lynn III, Deputy Secretary of Defense; and Thomas R. Nides, Deputy Secretary of State for Management and Resources.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the nominations of Philip E. Coyle III, of California, to be an Associate Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy, Executive Office of the President, Kathryn D. Sullivan, of Ohio, to be Assistant Secretary of Commerce, who was introduced by Senator Portman, Frances M.D. Gulland, of California, to be a Member of the Marine Mammal Commission, and Ann D. Begeman, of Virginia, to be a Member of the Surface Transportation Board, Department of Transportation, after the nominees testified and answered questions in their own behalf.
ENERGY POLICY AND CONSERVATION BILLS
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded a hearing to examine S. 398, to amend the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to improve energy efficiency of certain appliances and equipment, and S. 395, to repeal certain amendments to the Energy Policy and Conservation Act with respect to lighting energy efficiency, after receiving testimony from Kathleen Hogan, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Energy Efficiency, Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Department of Energy; Steven Nadel, American Council for an Energy-
Efficient Economy (ACEEE), Joseph McGuire, Association of Home Appliance Manufacturers, Steven Yurek, The Air-Conditioning, Heating, and Refrigeration Institute, Kyle Pistor, National Electrical Manufacturers Association (NEMA), and Mark Cooper, Consumer Federation of America (CFA), all of Washington, D.C.; and Howard M. Brandston, Hollowville, New York.
CHILD WELFARE WAIVERS
Committee on Finance: Committee concluded a hearing to examine innovations in child welfare waivers, focusing on a pathway to reform, after receiving testimony from Crystal Ward Allen, Public Children Services Association of Ohio, Columbus; William C. Bell, Casey Family Programs, Seattle, Washington; Isha McNeely, Portland, Oregon; and Joscelynn Murdock, Santa Barbara, California.
NOMINATION
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the nomination of Carolyn N. Lerner, of Maryland, to be Special Counsel, Office of Special Counsel, after the nominee testified and answered questions in her own behalf.
INFORMATION SHARING IN THE ERA OF WIKILEAKS
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Committee concluded a hearing to examine information sharing in the era of WikiLeaks, focusing on balancing security and collaboration, after receiving testimony from Patrick Kennedy, Under Secretary of State for Management; Teresa Takai, Chief Information Officer, and Acting Assistant Secretary for Networks and Information Integration, and Thomas Ferguson, Principal Deputy Under Secretary for Intelligence, both of the Department of Defense; and Corin R. Stone, Intelligence Community Information Sharing Executive, and Kshemendra Paul, Program Manager, Information Sharing Environment, both of the Office of the Director of National Intelligence.
BRIDGEPOINT EDUCATION, INC.
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee concluded a hearing to examine Bridgepoint Education, Inc., focusing on a case study in for-profit education and oversight, after receiving testimony from Kathleen S. Tighe, Inspector General, Department of Education; Arlie Thoreson Willems, Practitioner Preparation, Anamosa, Iowa; Sylvia Manning, North Central Association of Colleges and Schools Higher Learning Commission, Chicago, Illinois; and Jose Cruz, Education Trust, Washington, D.C.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee ordered favorably reported the following business items:
S. 193, to extend the sunset of certain provisions of the USA PATRIOT Act, with amendments; and
The nominations of Caitlin Joan Halligan, of New York, to be United States Circuit Judge for the District of Columbia Circuit, Jimmie V. Reyna, of Maryland, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Federal Circuit, John A. Kronstadt, to be United States District Judge for the Central District of California, Vincent L. Briccetti, to be United States District Judge for the Southern District of New York, Arenda L. Wright Allen, to be United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Virginia, and Michael Francis Urbanski, to be United States District Judge for the Western District of Virginia.
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.
