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 Department of Interior was published in the Daily Digest section on pages D678-D679 on June 16, 2010.
The publication is reproduced in full below:
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
APPROPRIATIONS: DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense concluded a hearing to examine proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2011 for the Department of Defense, after receiving testimony from Robert M. Gates, Secretary, and Admiral Michael G. McMullen, USN, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, both of the Department of Defense.
FEDERAL PAYMENT OF INTERCHANGE FEES OVERSIGHT
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government concluded an oversight hearing to examine Federal payment of interchange fees, focusing on how to save taxpayer dollars, after receiving testimony from Gary Grippo, Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Fiscal Operations and Policy; Alicia Puente Cackley, Director, Financial Markets and Community Investment, Government Accountability Office; Janet Langenderfer, Senior Director, Credit Cards, National Railroad Passenger Corporation-Amtrak, and Ed Mierzwinski, U.S. Public Interest Research Group, both of Washington, D.C.; Bruce Sullivan, Visa Inc., San Francisco, California; and Wendy Chronister, Qik'n EZ Stores, Springfield, Illinois.
AFGHANISTAN
Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded hearings to examine Afghanistan, after receiving testimony from Michele P. Flournoy, Under Secretary for Policy, and General David H. Petraeus, USA, Commander, United States Central Command, both of the Department of Defense.
LANDS AND FORESTS BILLS
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Subcommittee on Public Lands and Forests concluded a hearing to examine S. 3294, to establish certain wilderness areas in central Idaho and to authorize various land conveyances involving National Forest System land and Bureau of Land Management land in central Idaho, S. 3310, to designate certain wilderness areas in the National Forest System in the State of South Dakota, and S. 3313, to withdraw certain land located in Clark County, Nevada from location, entry, and patent under the mining laws and disposition under all laws pertaining to mineral and geothermal leasing or mineral materials, after receiving testimony from Senators Crapo, Ensign, and Thune; Representative Simpson; Carl Rountree, Director, National Landscape Conservation System, Bureau of Land Management, Department of the Interior; Joel Holtrop, Deputy Chief, National Forest System, Forest Service, Department of Agriculture; Rick Johnson, Idaho Conservation League, Caldwell; Bill Dart, Idaho Recreation Council, Boise; Steve Sisolak, Clark County Board of Commissioners, Las Vegas, Nevada; and Dan O'Brien and Scott Edoff, both of Hermosa, South Dakota.
NEW START TREATY
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee continued hearings to examine Treaty between the United States of America and the Russian Federation on Measures for the Further Reduction and Limitation of Strategic Offensive Arms, signed in Prague on April 8, 2010, with Protocol
(Treaty Doc. 111-05), focusing on views from the Pentagon, after receiving testimony from James N. Miller, Principal Deputy Under Secretary for Policy, General Kevin P. Chilton, Commander, United States Strategic Command, and Lieutenant General Patrick J. O'Reilly, Director, Missile Defense Agency, all of the Department of Defense.
OIL SPILL FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Subcommittee on Federal Financial Management, Government Information, Federal Services, and International Security concluded a hearing to examine the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, focusing on ensuring a financially responsible recovery and how the cost of major spills may impact viability of oil spill liability trust fund, after receiving testimony from Senator Lautenberg; Craig Bennett, Director, National Pollution Funds Center, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security; Susan A. Fleming, Director, Physical Infrastructure, Government Accountability Office; Darryl Willis, BP America, New Orleans, Louisiana; and Steven Newman, Transocean, Ltd., Denver, Colorado.
RURAL HEALTH CARE
Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Committee concluded a hearing to examine Veterans Affairs health care in rural areas, after receiving testimony from James F. Ahrens, Chairman, Veterans Rural Health Advisory Committee, Office of Rural Health, Robert Jesse, Acting Principal Deputy Under Secretary for Health, Veterans Health Administration, both of the Department of Veterans Affairs; Brigadier General Deborah McManus, Assistant Adjutant General, Alaska National Guard, Fort Richardson; Adrian Atizado, Disabled American Veterans, Washington, D.C.; Ronald L. Putnam, Haywood County Veterans Services, Waynesville, North Carolina; and Dan Winkelman, Yukon-Kuskokwim Health Corporation, Bethel, Alaska.
RETIREMENT SAVINGS
Special Committee on Aging: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the retirement challenge, focusing on making savings last a lifetime, after receiving testimony from Phyllis C. Borzi, Assistant Secretary of Labor, Employee Benefits Security Administration; J. Mark Iwry, Senior Adviser to the Secretary of the Treasury and Deputy Assistant Treasury Secretary for Retirement and Health Policy; Ted Beck, National Endowment for Financial Education, Denver, Colorado; Kelli Hueler, Hueler Companies, Eden Prairie, Minnesota; William J. Mullaney, MetLife, New York, New York, on behalf of the American Council of Life Insurers; and Lisa Mensah, Aspen Institute Initiative on Financial Security, Washington, D.C.
