Congressional Record
111th Congress (2009-2010)
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Daily Digest - Tuesday, September 21, 2010
Tuesday, September 21, 2010
Daily Digest
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Senate
Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S7229-S7301
Measures Introduced:
Nine bills and eight resolutions were introduced, as follows: S. 3808-3816, S.J. Res. 39, and S. Res. 631-637.
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Measures Passed:
Securities and Investment Acts:
Senate passed S. 3717, to amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Investment Company Act of 1940, and the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 to provide for certain disclosures under section 552 of title 5, United States Code, (commonly referred to as the Freedom of Information Act).
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National Flood Insurance Program: Senate passed S. 3814, to extend the National Flood Insurance Program until September 30, 2011.
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Jumpstart's Read for the Record Day: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions was discharged from further consideration of S. Res. 593, expressing support for designation of October 7, 2010, as ``Jumpstart's Read for the Record Day'', and the resolution was then agreed to.
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United Service Organizations: Senate agreed to S. Res. 632, honoring the work of the United Service Organizations and congratulating the United Service Organizations on the sending of their 2 millionth troop care package.
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National Falls Prevention Awareness Day: Senate agreed to S. Res. 633, designating September 23, 2010, as ``National Falls Prevention Awareness Day'' to raise awareness and encourage the prevention of falls among older adults.
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Saint Louis Zoo 100th Anniversary: Senate agreed to S. Res. 634, commemorating the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Saint Louis Zoo.
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National Hispanic-Serving Institutions Week: Senate agreed to S. Res. 635, designating the week beginning September 19, 2010, as ``National Hispanic-Serving Institutions Week''.
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Measures Considered:
National Defense Authorization Act--Agreement:
Senate continued consideration of the motion to proceed to consideration of S. 3454, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2011 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year.
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During consideration of this measure today, Senate also took the following action:
By 56 yeas to 43 nays (Vote No. 238), three-fifths of those Senators duly chosen and sworn, not having voted in the affirmative, Senate rejected the motion to close further debate on the motion to proceed to consideration of the bill.
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Subsequently, Senator Reid entered a motion to reconsider the vote by which cloture was not invoked on the motion to proceed to consideration of the bill.
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A unanimous-consent-time agreement was reached providing that on Wednesday, September 22, 2010, Senate proceed to a period of morning business until 4 p.m., with Senators permitted to speak therein for up to 10 minutes each; with the time until 10 a.m. equally divided and controlled between the two Leaders, or their designees, and with the time from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. controlled in 30-minute alternating blocks of time, with the majority controlling the first block and the Republicans controlling the next block; and that following morning business, Senate continue consideration of the motion to proceed to consideration of the bill at 4 p.m., on Wednesday, September 22, 2010.
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National Mediation Board--Agreement:
A unanimous-consent-time agreement was reached providing that on Thursday, September 23, 2010, at 10:30 a.m., the Republican Leader, or his designee, be recognized to move to proceed to the consideration S.J. Res. 30, providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the National Mediation Board relating to representation election procedures, that there be 2 hours of debate on the motion to proceed, D976with the time equally divided and controlled between Senators Harkin and Isakson, or their designees; that upon the use or yielding back of time, Senate vote on adoption of the motion to proceed; that if the motion is successful, then there be 1 hour of debate with respect to the joint resolution, with the time divided as indicated above; that upon the use or yielding back of time, the joint resolution be read for a third time, and Senate vote on passage of the joint resolution; provided further, that if the motion to proceed is defeated, then no further motion to proceed to the joint resolution be in order; provided further, that no amendments or any other motions be in order to the joint resolution and all other provisions of the statute governing consideration of the joint resolution remaining in effect during the pendency of this agreement.
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Measures Read the First Time:
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Enrolled Bills Presented:
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Executive Communications:
Pages S7265-66
Executive Reports of Committees:
Pages S7266-67
Additional Cosponsors:
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Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:
Pages S7269-81
Additional Statements:
Pages S7263-65
Amendments Submitted:
Pages S7281-98
Authorities for Committees to Meet:
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Privileges of the Floor:
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Record Votes:
One record vote was taken today. (Total--238)
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Adjournment:
Senate convened at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 7:39 p.m., until 9:30 a.m. on Wednesday, September 22, 2010. (For Senate's program, see the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page S7301.)
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Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
NOMINATION
Committee on Armed Services:
Committee concluded a hearing to examine the nomination of General James F. Amos, USMC, for reappointment to the grade of general and to be Commandant of the Marine Corps, after the nominee, who was introduced by Senator Hagan, testified and answered questions in his own behalf.
INVESTIGATING INFRASTRUCTURE
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs:
Committee concluded a hearing to examine investigating infrastructure, focusing on creating jobs and growing the economy, after receiving testimony from Senator Kerry; Roy Kienitz, Under Secretary of Transportation for Policy; Alan B. Krueger, Chief Economist, Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Economic Policy; Pennsylvania Governor Edward G. Rendell, Harrisburg; Robert Wolf, UBS Americas, New York, New York; and Donald Shubert, The Connecticut Construction Industries Association, Inc. (CCIA), Hartford.
WELFARE REFORM
Committee on Finance:
Committee concluded a hearing to examine welfare reform, focusing on women and poverty, including implications of caseload and program changes for families and program monitoring, after receiving testimony from Kay E. Brown, Director, Education, Workforce, and Income Security, Government Accountability Office; Vivyan C. Adair, Hamilton College, Clinton, New York; Gordon L. Berlin, MDRC, New York, New York; and Wesley W.O. Moore, The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates, Jersey City, New Jersey.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Foreign Relations:
Committee ordered favorably reported the following business items:
S. 1183, to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to provide assistance to the Government of Haiti to end within 5 years the deforestation in Haiti and restore within 30 years the extent of tropical forest cover in existence in Haiti in 1990, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
S. 3184, to provide United States assistance for the purpose of eradicating severe forms of trafficking in children in eligible countries through the implementation of Child Protection Compacts;
S. 3581, to implement certain defense trade treaties, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
S. 3665, to promote the strengthening of the private sector in Pakistan;
S. 3297, to update United States policy and authorities to help advance a genuine transition to democracy and to promote recovery in Zimbabwe, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
S. 987, to protect girls in developing countries through the prevention of child marriage, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
S. Res. 573, urging the development of a comprehensive strategy to ensure stability in Somalia, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
Treaty Between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of Australia Concerning Defense Trade Cooperation, done at Sydney, September 5, 2007 (Treaty Doc. 110-10);
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Treaty Between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland Concerning Defense Trade Cooperation, done at Washington and London on June 21 and 26, 2007 (Treaty Doc. 110-07); and
The nominations of Alexander A. Arvizu, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Albania, Matthew J. Bryza, of Illinois, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Azerbaijan, Norman L. Eisen, of the District of Columbia, to be Ambassador to the Czech Republic, Joseph A. Mussomeli, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Slovenia, and Duane E. Woerth, of Nebraska, for the rank of Ambassador during his tenure of service as Representative of the United States of America on the Council of the International Civil Aviation Organization, all of the Department of State, and Edward W. Brehm, of Minnesota, Johnnie Carson, Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs, and Mimi E. Alemayehou, Executive Vice President of the Overseas Private Investment Corporation, all to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the African Development Foundation.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs:
Committee ordered favorably reported the nomination of Jacob J. Lew, of New York, to be Director of the Office of Management and Budget.
NOMINATION
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs:
Committee concluded a hearing to examine the nomination of Maria Elizabeth Raffinan, of the District of Columbia, to be an Associate Judge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia, after the nominee, who was introduced by Representative Norton, testified and answered questions in her own behalf.
IMPEACHMENT TRIAL: PORTEOUS
Impeachment Trial Committee (Porteous):
Committee concluded hearings to examine the Articles Against Judge G. Thomas Porteous, Jr., after receiving testimony from Henry E. Hildebrand III, Middle District of Tennessee Trustee, Nashville; Ronald Barliant, former United States Bankruptcy Judge, Northern District of Illinois, Chicago; G. Calvin MacKenzie, Colby College, Waterville, Maine; John Mamoulides, Metairie, Louisiana; Darcy Griffin, Gretna, Louisiana; and Robert B. Rees, Covington, Louisiana.
NOMINATION
Select Committee on Intelligence:
Committee concluded a hearing to examine the nomination of David B. Buckley, of Virginia, to be Inspector General, Central Intelligence Agency, after the nominee testified and answered questions in his own behalf.
House of Representatives
Chamber Action
The House was not in session today. The House is scheduled to meet at 2 p.m. on Wednesday, September 22, 2010.
Committee Meetings
No committee meetings were held.
Joint Meetings
No joint committee meetings were held.
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs:
to hold an oversight hearing to examine the Securities and Exchange (SEC) Inspector General's Report on the Investigation of the SEC's Response to Concerns Regarding Robert Allen Stanford's Alleged Ponzi Scheme and Improving SEC Performance, 10 a.m., SD-538.
Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine reauthorization of the National Flood Insurance Program, 2 p.m., SD-538.
Committee on the Budget:
to hold hearings to examine assessing the Federal policy response to the economic crisis, 10 a.m., SD-608.
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation:
Subcommittee on Consumer Protection, Product Safety, and D978Insurance, to hold hearings to examine S. 3742, to protect consumers by requiring reasonable security policies and procedures to protect data containing personal information, and to provide for nationwide notice in the event of a security breach, 2:30 p.m., SR-253.
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Committee on Finance:
to hold hearings to examine tax and fiscal policy, focusing on the effects on the military and veterans community, 10 a.m., SD-215.
Committee on Foreign Relations:
to hold hearings to examine the nominations of Mark M. Boulware, of Texas, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Chad, Jo Ellen Powell, of Maryland, to be Ambassador to the Islamic Republic of Mauritania, Christopher J. McMullen, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Angola, Wanda L. Nesbitt, of Pennsylvania, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Namibia, and Pamela Ann White, of Maine, to be Ambassador to the Republic of The Gambia, all of the Department of State, 10 a.m., SD-419.
Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the nominations of Donald Kenneth Steinberg, of California, to be Deputy Administrator, and Nancy E. Lindborg, of the District of Columbia, to be an Assistant Administrator, both of the United States Agency for International Development, and Robert P. Mikulak, of Virginia, for the rank of Ambassador during his tenure of service as United States Representative to the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, Department of State, 11 a.m., SD-419.
Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the nominations of Kristie Anne Kenney, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the Kingdom of Thailand, and Karen Brevard Stewart, of Florida, to be Ambassador to the Lao People's Democratic Republic, both of the Department of State, 3 p.m., SD-419.
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs:
to hold hearings to examine nine years after 9/11, focusing on confronting the terrorist threat to the homeland, 10 a.m., SD-342.
Committee on the Judiciary:
to hold hearings to examine the Electronic Communications Privacy Act, focusing on promoting security and protecting privacy in the digital age, 10 a.m., SD-226.
Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine investigating and prosecuting financial fraud after the Fraud Enforcement and Recovery Act, 2 p.m., SD-226.
Committee on Rules and Administration:
to hold hearings to examine the filibuster, focusing on legislative proposals to change Senate procedures, including S. Res. 416, amending the Standing Rules of the Senate to provide for cloture to be invoked with less than a three-fifths majority after additional debate, and S. Res. 619, expressing the sense of the Senate that the Senate of each new Congress is not bound by the Rules of previous Senates, 10 a.m., SR-301.
Committee on Veterans' Affairs:
to hold joint hearings with the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs to examine a legislative presentation focusing on the American Legion, 10 a.m., 345, Cannon Building.
Committee on Armed Services,
Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, hearing on A Question of Quality and Value: Department of Defense Oversight of Tuition Assistance Used for Distance Learning and For-Profit Colleges, 8 a.m., 2212 Rayburn.
Committee on the Budget,
hearing on Budgeting for Education:
The Role of Perkins Loans, 2 p.m., 210 Cannon.
Committee on Energy and Commerce,
Subcommittee on Health, hearing entitled ``Cutting Waste, Fraud, and Abuse in Medicare and Medicaid'', 10 a.m. 2322 Rayburn.
Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, hearing entitled ``The Outbreak of Salmonella in Eggs,'' 12 p.m., 2323 Rayburn.
Committee on Financial Services,
hearing entitled ``Implementation of Higher FHA Loan Fees and Pending Legislative Proposals to Strengthen the FHA MMIF Fund and Improve Lender Oversight;'' 10 a.m., and a hearing entitled ``The State of the International Financial System, Including International Regulatory Issues Relevant to the Implementation of the Dodd-Frank Act,'' 2 p.m., 2128 Rayburn.
Committee on Foreign Affairs,
Subcommittee Asia, The Pacific and the Global Environment, hearing on Renegotiating the South Pacific Tuna Treaty: Shutting Down Closing Loopholes and Protecting U.S. Interests, 1:30 p.m., followed by a hearing on Crimes Against Humanity: When Will Indonesia's Military Be Held Accountable for Deliberate and Systematic Abuses in West Papua? 3 p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
Committee on Homeland Security,
hearing entitled ``DHS Planning and Response: Preliminary Lessons from Deepwater Horizon,'' 10 a.m., 311 Cannon.
Committee on the Judiciary,
Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law, hearing on H.R. 4596, Holocaust Insurance Accountability Act of 2010, 11:30 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
Committee on Oversight and Government Reform,
Subcommittee on Government Management, Organization, and Procurement, hearing entitled ``Minority Contracting: Opportunities and Challenges for Current and Future Minority-Owned Businesses,'' including a discussion of H.R. 4343, Minority Business Development Improvements Act of 2009, 10 a.m., 2203 Rayburn.
Subcommittee on National Security and Foreign Affairs, hearing entitled ``Made in the USA: Manufacturing Policy, the Defense Industrial Base, and U.S. National Security,'' 10 a.m., 210-HVC.
Committee on Rules,
to consider Senate Amendment to H.R. 5297,Small Business Jobs and Credit Act of 2010, 5 p.m., H-313 Capitol.
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure,
hearing on Residential Through-the-Fence Agreements at Public Airports: Action to Date and Challenges Ahead, 10 a.m, 2167 Rayburn.
Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management, hearing on Five Years after Katrina: Where We Are and What We Have Learned for Future Disasters, 2 p.m., 2167 Rayburn.
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Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence,
Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, executive, briefing on Analytical Efforts at the National Counterterrorism Center, 4 p.m., 304-HVC.
Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming,
hearing entitled ``The Global Clean Energy Race,'' 10 a.m., 2325 Rayburn.
Joint Hearing:
Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs, to hold joint hearings with the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs to examine a legislative presentation focusing on the American Legion, 10 a.m., 345, Cannon Building.
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Program for Wednesday:
After the transaction of any morning business (not to extend beyond 4 p.m.), Senate will continue consideration of the motion to proceed to consideration of S. 3454, National Defense Authorization Act.
Program for Wednesday:
To be announced.
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