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“Senate Committee Meetings” mentioning the Department of Interior was published in the Daily Digest section on pages D128-D129 on Feb. 16, 2012.
The publication is reproduced in full below:
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
U.S. NATIONAL SECURITY THREATS
Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded a hearing 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; and Lieutenant General Ronald L. Burgess, Jr., USA, Director, Defense Intelligence Agency, Department of Defense.
EUROPEAN DEBT CRISIS
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the European debt crisis and its implications, after receiving testimony from Lael Brainard, Under Secretary of the Treasury for International Affairs; Robert D. Hormats, Under Secretary of State for Economic, Energy and Agricultural Affairs; and Steven B. Kamin, Director, Division of International Finance, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.
BUDGET
Committee on the Budget: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 2013 and revenue proposals, after receiving testimony from Timothy F. Geithner, Secretary of the Treasury.
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY BUDGET
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 2013 for the Department of Energy, after receiving testimony from Steven Chu, Secretary of Energy.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee ordered favorably reported an original resolution condemning violence by the Government of Syria against the Syrian people.
IRAN'S INFLUENCE AND ACTIVITY IN LATIN AMERICA
Committee on Foreign Relations: Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere, Peace Corps and Global Narcotics Affairs concluded a hearing to examine Iran's influence and activity in Latin America, after receiving testimony from Cynthia J. Arnson, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, Douglas Farah, International Assessment and Strategy Center, Roger F. Noriega, former Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs, and Ilan Berman, American Foreign Policy Council, all of Washington, D.C.
IRAN'S INFLUENCE AND ACTIVITY IN LATIN AMERICA
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee received a closed briefing on Iran's influence and activity in Latin America from Elizabeth Dibble, Deputy Assistant Secretary for European and Eurasian Affairs, Kevin Whitaker, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Western Hemisphere Affairs, and James McElveen, Division Chief, South America, Bureau of Intelligence and Research, all of the Department of State; and Chris Markwood, Deputy National Intelligence Manager, Iran, and Richard May, Senior Analyst, Threat Finance, both of the Office of the Director of National Intelligence.
CYBERSECURITY ACT
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Committee concluded a hearing to examine securing America's future, including S. 2105, to enhance the security and resiliency of the cyber and communications infrastructure of the United States, after receiving testimony from Senators Rockefeller and Feinstein; Janet Napolitano, Secretary of Homeland Security; Tom Ridge, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Stewart A. Baker, Steptoe and Johnson LLP, and James A. Lewis, Center for Strategic and International Studies, all of Washington, D.C.; and Scott Charney, Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, Washington.
REGIONAL LEVEL WORKFORCE NEEDS
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Subcommittee on Employment and Workplace Safety concluded a hearing to examine addressing workforce needs at the regional level, focusing on innovative public and private partnerships, after receiving testimony from Andrew Sherrill, Director, Education, Workforce, and Income Security, Government Accountability Office; Marlena Sessions, Workforce Development Council of Seattle-King County, and Barbara Trehearne, Group Health Cooperative, both of Seattle, Washington; Sandy Harmsen, San Bernardino County Workforce Investment Board, San Bernardino, California; James Watson, CMTC, Torrance, California; David Hunn, Northern Virginia Workforce Investment Board, Vienna; Gerry Hofler, Northern Virginia Community College, Springfield; and Pat Schramm, Workforce Development Board of South Central Wisconsin, and Bettsey Barhorst, Madison College, both of Madison, Wisconsin.
ENERGY DEVELOPMENT OVERSIGHT
Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee concluded an oversight hearing to examine energy development in Indian country, after receiving testimony from Tracey A. LeBeau, Director, Office of Indian Energy Policy and Programs, Department of Energy; Jodi Gillette, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs, and Mike S. Black, Director, Bureau of Indian Affairs, both of the Department of the Interior; Michelle Kauhane, Hawaii Department of Hawaiian Home Lands Deputy Director, Kapolei; Rodney M. Bordeaux, Rosebud Sioux Tribe, Rosebud, South Dakota; Levi Pesata, Jicarilla Apache Nation, Dulce, New Mexico; Thomas Anketell, Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes of the Fort Peck Reservation, Poplar, Montana; and Rex Lee Jim, Navajo Nation, Window Rock, Arizona.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee ordered favorably reported the nominations of John Z. Lee, and John J. Tharp, Jr., both to be a United States District Judge for the Northern District of Illinois, George Levi Russell, III, to be United States District Judge for the District of Maryland, and Kristine Gerhard Baker, to be United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Arkansas.
