Nov. 9, 2011 sees Congressional Record publish “SENATE COMMITTEE MEETINGS”

Nov. 9, 2011 sees Congressional Record publish “SENATE COMMITTEE MEETINGS”

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Volume 157, No. 171 covering the 1st Session of the 112th Congress (2011 - 2012) was published by the Congressional Record.

The Congressional Record is a unique source of public documentation. It started in 1873, documenting nearly all the major and minor policies being discussed and debated.

“SENATE COMMITTEE MEETINGS” mentioning the U.S. Dept. of Energy was published in the Extensions of Remarks section on pages E2025 on Nov. 9, 2011.

The publication is reproduced in full below:

SENATE COMMITTEE MEETINGS

Title IV of Senate Resolution 4, agreed to by the Senate on February 4, 1977, calls for establishment of a system for a computerized schedule of all meetings and hearings of Senate committees, subcommittees, joint committees, and committees of conference. This title requires all such committees to notify the Office of the Senate Daily Digest--designated by the Rules Committee--of the time, place, and purpose of the meetings, when scheduled, and any cancellations or changes in the meetings as they occur.

As an additional procedure along with the computerization of this information, the Office of the Senate Daily Digest will prepare this information for printing in the Extensions of Remarks section of the Congressional Record on Monday and Wednesday of each week.

Meetings scheduled for Thursday, November 10, 2011 may be found in the Daily Digest of today's Record.

MEETINGS SCHEDULED

NOVEMBER 1510 a.m.

Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs

To hold an oversight hearing to examine the Federal

Housing Finance Agency.

SD-538

Budget

To hold hearings to examine the economic effects of fiscal policy choices.

SD-608

Energy and Natural Resources

To hold hearings to examine the Department of Energy's

Quadrennial Technology Review (QTR), and S. 1703, to amend the Department of Energy Organization Act to require a Quadrennial Energy Review, and S. 1807, to amend the Federal Nonnuclear Energy Research and

Development Act of 1974 to provide for the prioritization, coordination, and streamlining of energy research, development, and demonstration programs to meet current and future energy needs.

SD-36610:30 a.m.

Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe

To hold hearings to examine Belarus, focusing on the ongoing crackdown and forces for change, including the extent and impact of the crackdown on the lives of its victims and on the larger society, and what more can be done by the United States and European partners to promote democratic change in Belarus.

210, Cannon Building2:15 p.m.

Foreign Relations

Business meeting to consider S. Res. 227, calling for the protection of the Mekong River Basin and increased

United States support for delaying the construction of mainstream dams along the Mekong River, S. Res. 316, expressing the sense of the Senate regarding Tunisia's peaceful Jasmine Revolution, S. Res. 317, expressing the sense of the Senate regarding the liberation of

Libya from the dictatorship led by Muammar Qaddafi, and the nominations of Michael Anthony McFaul, of

California, to be Ambassador to the Russian Federation,

Roberta S. Jacobson, of Maryland, to be Assistant

Secretary for Western Hemisphere Affairs, Mari Carmen

Aponte, of the District of Columbia, to be Ambassador to the Republic of El Salvador, Adam E. Namm, of New

York, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Ecuador, and

Elizabeth M. Cousens, of Washington, to be

Representative of the United States of America on the

Economic and Social Council of the United Nations, with the rank of Ambassador, and to be an Alternate

Representative of the United States of America to the

Sessions of the General Assembly of the United Nations, during her tenure of service as Representative of the

United States of America on the Economic and Social

Council of the United Nations, all of the Department of

State, and routine lists in the Foreign Service.

S-116, Capitol2:30 p.m.

Commerce, Science, and Transportation

To hold hearings to examine the nominations of Rebecca M.

Blank, of Maryland, to be Deputy Secretary of Commerce, and Jon D. Leibowitz, of Maryland, and Maureen K.

Ohlhausen, of Virginia, both to be a Federal Trade

Commissioner.

SR-253

Judiciary

Crime and Terrorism Subcommittee

To hold hearings to examine the ``Fix Gun Checks Act'', focusing on better state and Federal compliance, and smarter enforcement.

SD-226

Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions

To hold hearings to examine medical devices, focusing on protecting patients and promoting innovation.

SD-430

Intelligence

To hold closed hearings to examine certain intelligence matters.

SH-2193 p.m.

Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs

Financial Institutions and Consumer Protection Subcommittee

To hold hearings to examine financial security issues facing older Americans.

SD-538

Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs

To hold hearings to examine the nomination of Roslyn Ann

Mazer, of Maryland, to be Inspector General, Department of Homeland Security.

SD-342

NOVEMBER 169 a.m.

Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs

To hold hearings to examine contractors.

SD-3429:30 a.m.

Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs

Securities, Insurance and Investment Subcommittee

To hold hearings to examine a progress report on management and structural reforms at the Securities and

Exchange Commission (SEC).

SD-53810:30 a.m.

Commerce, Science, and Transportation

Oceans, Atmosphere, Fisheries, and Coast Guard Subcommittee

To hold hearings to examine the need for continued innovation in forecasting and prediction.

SR-2532 p.m.

Joint Economic Committee

To hold hearings to examine manufacturing in the United

States of America, focusing on paving the road to job creation.

SH-2162:30 p.m.

Budget

To hold hearings to examine improving regulatory performance, focusing on lessons from the United

Kingdom.

SD-608

Judiciary

To hold hearings to examine certain nominations.

SD-226

NOVEMBER 179:30 a.m.

Energy and Natural Resources

To hold hearings to examine the Secretary of the

Interior's Order No. 3315 to consolidate and establish the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and

Enforcement within the Bureau of Land Management.

SD-3662:15 p.m.

Indian Affairs

To hold an oversight hearing to examine the future of internet gaming, focusing on what's at stake for tribes.

SD-6282:30 p.m.

Intelligence

To hold closed hearings to examine certain intelligence matters.

SH-219

NOVEMBER 3010 a.m.

Veterans' Affairs

To hold hearings to examine Veterans' Affairs mental health care, focusing on addressing wait times and access to care.

SR-418

DECEMBER 62:30 p.m.

Judiciary

Antitrust, Competition Policy and Consumer Rights

Subcommittee

To hold hearings to examine the Express Scripts/Medco merger.

SD-226

SOURCE: Congressional Record Vol. 157, No. 171

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