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Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions: 

 Pages S5872–84 

Additional Statements: Pages S5865–66 

Amendments Submitted: Pages S5884–93 

Notices of Hearings/Meetings: Page S5893 

Authorities for Committees to Meet: 

 Pages S5893–94 

Privileges of the Floor: Page S5894 

Adjournment: Senate convened at 9:30 a.m. and 

adjourned at 8:05 p.m., until 9:30 a.m. on Thursday, August 2, 2012. (For Senate’s program, see the 

remarks of the Majority Leader in today’s Record on 

page S5900.) 

Committee Meetings 

(Committees not listed did not meet) 

FUTURES MARKETS 

Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: Committee concluded a hearing to examine futures markets, focusing on responding to MF Global and Peregrine Financial Group, after receiving testimony 

from Gary Gensler, Chairman, and Jill E. Sommers, 

Commissioner, both of the Commodity Futures 

Trading Commission; James W. Giddens, Trustee 

for the Securities Investor Protection Act Liquidation 

of MF Global Inc., New York, New York; Ira 

Bodenstein, Trustee for the Chapter 7 Bankruptcy 

Estate of Peregrine Financial Group, Inc., Terrence 

A. Duffy, CME Group Inc., Daniel J. Roth, National Futures Association, and John L. Roe, Commodity Customer Coalition, all of Chicago, Illinois; 

Walter L. Lukken, Futures Industry Association, 

Washington, D.C.; and Diana Klemme, Grain Service Corporation, Atlanta, Georgia, on behalf of the 

National Grain and Feed Association. 

RENTAL HOUSING ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS 

Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: 

Subcommittee on Housing, Transportation and 

Community Development concluded a hearing to examine streamlining and strengthening Housing and 

Urban Development’s rental housing assistance programs, after receiving testimony from Keith Kinard, 

Newark Housing Authority, Newark, New Jersey, 

on behalf of the Council of Large Public Housing 

Authorities; Dianne Hovdestad, Sioux Falls Housing 

and Redevelopment Commission, Sioux Falls, South 

Dakota, on behalf of the National Association of 

Housing and Redevelopment Officials; Howard 

Husock, Manhattan Institute, New York, New York; 

Will Fischer, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, Austin, Texas; and Linda Couch, National Low 

Income Housing Coalition, Washington, D.C. 

MARKETPLACE FAIRNESS 

Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: 

Committee concluded a hearing to examine marketplace fairness, focusing on leveling the playing field 

for small businesses, after receiving testimony from 

Senators Durbin, Enzi, and Alexander; Paul Misener, 

Amazon.com, Seattle, Washington; Steven Bercu, 

BookPeople, Austin, Texas; Scott Peterson, Streamlined Sales Tax Governing Board, Nashville, Tennessee; and Steve DelBianco, NetChoice, Washington, D.C. 

CLIMATE CHANGE SCIENCE 

Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee concluded a hearing to examine an update on 

the latest climate change science and local adaptation 

measures, after receiving testimony from John R. 

Griffin, Maryland Department of Natural Resources 

Secretary, Annapolis; Christopher B. Field, Carnegie 

Institution for Science Department of Global Ecology, Stanford, California; John R. Christy, University 

of Alabama Earth System Science Center, Huntsville; 

James J. McCarthy, Harvard University, Cambridge, 

Massachusetts; Margo Thorning, American Council 

for Capital Formation, Washington, D.C.; and Jonathan Fielding, Los Angeles County Health Department, Los Angeles, California, on behalf of the National Association of County and City Health Officials. 

TAXATION OF BUSINESS ENTITIES 

Committee on Finance: Committee concluded a hearing 

to examine the taxation of business entities, focusing 

on tax reform, after receiving testimony from Harrison LeFrak, The LeFrak Organization, and Dana L. 

Trier, Columbia University Law School, both of New 

York, New York; Alvin C. Warren, Harvard Law 

School, Cambridge, Massachusetts; and Fred C. de 

Hosson, Baker and McKenzie, Amsterdam, The 

Netherlands. 

NEXT STEPS IN SYRIA 

Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded 

a hearing to examine the next steps in Syria, after 

receiving testimony from Martin Indyk, Brookings 

Institution, James Dobbins, The RAND Corporation, and Andrew J. Tabler, Washington Institute 

for Near East Policy, all of Washington, D.C. 

EUROZONE 

Committee on Foreign Relations: Subcommittee on European Affairs concluded a hearing to examine the 

future of the eurozone, focusing on the outlook and 

lessons, after receiving testimony from Frances G. 


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Burwell, Atlantic Council, and Nicolas Veron, Peterson Institute for International Economics, both of 

Washington, D.C.; and Simon Johnson, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Sloan School of Management, Cambridge. 

RISING PRISON COSTS 

Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded a 

hearing to examine rising prison costs, focusing on 

restricting budgets and crime prevention options, 

after receiving testimony from Edward F. Davis, 

Boston Police Commissioner, Boston, Massachusetts; 

Jeffrey Leigh Sedgwick, Keswick Advisors, LLC, 

Richmond, Virginia; and Brett Tolman, Ray 

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Quinney & Nebeker, Salt Lake City, Utah. 

House of Representatives 

Chamber Action 

Public Bills and Resolutions Introduced: 28 public bills, H.R. 6244–6271; and 5 resolutions, H.Res. 

750–754 were introduced. Pages H5628–29 

Additional Cosponsors: Page H5630 

Reports Filed: Reports were filed today as follows: 

In the Matter of Allegations Relating to Representative Laura Richardson (H. Rept. 112–642); 

H.R. 3158, to direct the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to change the Spill 

Prevention, Control, and Countermeasure rule with 

respect to certain farms (H. Rept. 112–643); and 

H. Res. 752, providing for consideration of the 

bill (H.R. 6233) to make supplemental agricultural 

disaster assistance available for fiscal year 2012 with 

the costs of such assistance offset by changes to certain conservation programs, and for other purposes 

(H. Rept. 112–644). Page H5628 

Speaker: Read a letter from the Speaker wherein he 

appointed Representative Webster to act as Speaker 

pro tempore for today. Page H5527 

Member Resignation: Read a letter from Representative Geoff Davis, wherein he resigned as Representative for the Fourth Congressional District of 

Kentucky, effective at close of business on July 31, 

2012. Page H5527 

Whole Number of the House: The Speaker announced to the House that, in light of the resignation of the gentleman from Kentucky, Mr. Davis, 

the whole number of the House is 431. Page H5527 

Recess: The House recessed at 11:11 a.m. and reconvened at 12 noon. Pages H5534–35 

Chaplain: The prayer was offered by the guest chaplain, Reverend Michael Catt, Sherwood Baptist 

Church, Albany, Georgia. Page H5535 

Committee Resignation: Read a letter from Representative Guinta, wherein he resigned from the 

Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. 

 Page H5538 

Committee Resignation: Read a letter from Representative Guinta, wherein he resigned from the 

Committee on the Budget. Page H5538 

Committee Resignation: Read a letter from Representative Guinta, wherein he resigned from the 

Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. 

 Page H5538 

Committee Election: The House agreed to H. Res. 

751, electing a Member to a certain standing committee of the House of Representatives. Page H5538 

Directing the Clerk of the House of Representatives to make a correction in the enrollment of 

H.R. 1627: The House agreed by unanimous consent 

to S. Con. Res. 55, directing the Clerk of the House 

of Representatives to make a correction in the enrollment of H.R. 1627. Page H5552 

Authorizing the use of the rotunda of the Capitol for the presentation of the Congressional 

Gold Medal to Daw Aung San Suu Kyi: The 

House agreed to discharge and agree to H. Con. Res. 

135, to authorize the use of the rotunda of the Capitol for the presentation of the Congressional Gold 

Medal to Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, in recognition of 

her leadership and perseverance in the struggle for 

freedom and democracy in Burma. Page H5552 

Meeting Hour: Agreed that when the House adjourns today, it adjourn to meet at 9 a.m. tomorrow, 

August 2nd. Page H5552 

Suspensions: The House agreed to suspend the rules 

and pass the following measures: 

Providing for the concurrence by the House in 

the Senate amendment to H.R. 1905, with an 

amendment: H. Res. 750, to provide for the concurrence by the House in the Senate amendment to 


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