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PRICE OF MONEY: CONSEQUENCES OF THE 

FEDERAL RESERVE’S ZERO INTEREST RATE 

POLICY 

Committee on Financial Services: Subcommittee on Domestic Monetary Policy and Technology held a hearing entitled ‘‘The Price of Money: Consequences of 

the Federal Reserve’s Zero Interest Rate Policy’’. 

Testimony was heard from public witnesses. 

DHS ACQUISITION MANAGEMENT 

CHALLENGES: SOLUTIONS FOR SAVING 

TAXPAYER DOLLARS 

Committee on Homeland Security: Subcommittee on 

Oversight, Investigations, and Management held a 

hearing entitled ‘‘DHS Acquisition Management 

Challenges: Solutions for Saving Taxpayer Dollars’’. 

Testimony was heard from John Hutton, Director, 

Acquisition and Sourcing Management, Government 

Accountability Office; Nick Nayak, Chief Procurement Officer, Department of Homeland Security; 

Mark Borkowski, Assistant Commissioner, Office of 

Technology Innovation and Acquisition, Customs 

and Border Protection, Department of Homeland Security; and Karen Shelton Waters, Assistant Administrator, Office of Acquisition, Transportation Security Administration, Department of Homeland Security. 

BREAKING THROUGH THE BACKLOG: 

EVALUATING THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE 

NEW STATE STRIKE FORCE TEAM 

Committee on Veterans’ Affairs: Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs held a hearing entitled ‘‘Breaking Through the Backlog: Evaluating the Effectiveness of the New State Strike Force 

Team’’. Testimony was heard from Eliseo ‘‘Al’’ 

Cantu, Chair, Texas Veterans Commission; James O. 

Richman, Director, Claims Representation and 

Counseling, Texas Veterans Commission; Steve Hernandez, County Veterans Service Officer, McLennan 

County, Texas; and Diana Rubens, Deputy Under 

Secretary for Field Operations, Veterans Benefits Administration, Department of Veterans Affairs. 

EXAMINING THE CURRENT STATUS OF 

THE MEDICARE ADVANTAGE (MA) 

PROGRAM AND OTHER HEALTH PLANS 

Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on 

Health held a hearing entitled ‘‘Examining the Current Status of the Medicare Advantage (MA) Program and Other Health Plans’’. Testimony was heard 

from James Cosgrove, Director, Health Care, Government Accountability Office; and public witnesses. 

Joint Meetings 

No joint committee meetings were held. 

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NEW PUBLIC LAWS 

(For last listing of Public Laws, see DAILY DIGEST, p. D832–833) 

H.R. 6336, to direct the Joint Committee on the 

Library to accept a statue depicting Frederick Douglass from the District of Columbia and to provide for 

the permanent display of the statue in Emancipation 

Hall of the United States Capitol. Signed on September 20, 2012. (Public Law 112–174) 

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COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR TUESDAY, 

SEPTEMBER 25, 2012 

(Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated) 

Senate 

No meetings/hearings scheduled. 

House 

No hearings are scheduled. 


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E PLURIBUS

D910 September 21, 2012 

Next Meeting of the SENATE 

9:30 a.m., Tuesday, September 25 

Senate Chamber 

Program for Tuesday: Senate will meet in a pro forma session. 

Next Meeting of the HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

10 a.m., Tuesday, September 25 

House Chamber 

Program for Tuesday: The House will meet in pro forma session. 

Extensions of Remarks, as inserted in this issue 

HOUSE 

Akin, W. Todd, Mo., E1601 

Alexander, Rodney, La., E1584, E1586, 

E1588 

Andrews, Robert E., N.J., E1591 

Bachus, Spencer, Ala., E1617 

Bartlett, Roscoe G., Md., E1615 

Barton, Joe, Tex., E1601 

Bass, Charles F., N.H., E1612 

Beniskey, Dan, Mich., E1606, E1607, 

E1641 

Berman, Howard L., Calif., E1618, E1621 

Biggert, Judy, Ill., E1584 

Bilirakis, Gus M., Fla., E1623, E1650 

Bishop, Sanford D., Jr., Ga., E1589, 

E1596, E1645 

Blackburn, Marsha, Tenn., E1638, E1649 

Blumenauer, Earl, Ore., E1608, E1632, 

E1652 

Boren, Dan, Okla., E1602 

Brady, Kevin, Tex., E1586, E1628 

Brady, Robert A., Pa., E1587, E1639 

Brooks, Mo, Ala., E1620 

Broun, Paul C., Ga., E1605 

Brown, Corrine, Fla., E1605 

Bucshon, Larry, Ind., E1615 

Buerkle, Ann Marie, N.Y., E1644 

Burgess, Michael C., Tex., E1642, E1648 

Burton, Dan, Ind., E1593, E1606 

Butterfield, G.K., N.C., E1608, E1631, 

E1652 

Calvert, Ken, Calif., E1643 

Camp, Dave, Mich., E1592, E1600, E1611, 

E1646 

Capito, Shelley Moore, W.Va., E1624, 

E1636 

Carson, Andre ́, Ind., E1632 

Cassidy, Bill, La., E1612, E1624, E1626 

Chabot, Steve, Ohio, E1617 

Cicilline, David N., R.I., E1636 

Clarke, Yvette D., N.Y., E1643 

Coffman, Mike, Colo., E1595, E1647 

Conaway, K. Michael, Tex., E1600, E1610 

Connolly, Gerald E., Va., E1589 

Courtney, Joe, Conn., E1591, E1644 

Critz, Mark S., Pa., E1587 

Davis, Susan A., Calif., E1635 

DeLauro, Rosa L., Conn., E1594, E1619 

Denham, Jeff, Calif., E1596, E1599, E1603 

Dent, Charles W., Pa., E1637, E1639, 

E1640, E1641 

Deutch, Theodore E., Fla., E1590 

Diaz-Balart, Mario, Fla., E1602 

Edwards, Donna F., Md., E1622 

Ellison, Keith, Minn., E1612 

Engel, Eliot L., N.Y., E1635, E1649 

Eshoo, Anna G., Calif., E1619, E1641, 

E1641, E1642, E1643, E1643, E1644, 

E1645, E1646 

Farenthold, Blake, Tex., E1599 

Farr, Sam, Calif., E1602 

Fattah, Chaka, Pa., E1613 

Fitzpatrick, Michael G., Pa., E1617, 

E1618, E1619, E1637 

Frank, Barney, Mass., E1587, E1604 

Gardner, Cory, Colo., E1597 

Gerlach, Jim, Pa., E1607, E1609, E1637 

Graves, Sam, Mo., E1613 

Green, Al, Tex., E1589 

Green, Gene, Tex., E1640 

Hastings, Alcee L., Fla., E1641 

Heinrich, Martin, N.M., E1618, E1651 

Herger, Wally, Calif., E1618 

Hinchey, Maurice D., N.Y., E1597 

Hochul, Kathleen C., N.Y., E1598 

Holden, Tim, Pa., E1620 

Holt, Rush D., N.J., E1590 

Honda, Michael M., Calif., E1583, E1628 

Hultgren, Randy, Ill., E1593, E1646 

Jones, Walter B., N.C., E1585 

Jordan, Jim, Ohio, E1595 

Keating, William R., Mass., E1635, 

E1636, E1637 

Kucinich, Dennis J., Ohio, E1586, E1589, 

E1591, E1593, E1595, E1596, E1598, 

E1601, E1626, E1627, E1628, E1630, 

E1631, E1632, E1633, E1634, E1635 

Lance, Leonard, N.J., E1587, E1642, 

E1648 

Langevin, James R., R.I., E1615, E1632 

Lewis, John, Ga., E1621 

Lipinski, Daniel, Ill., E1613 

Luetkemeyer, Blaine, Mo., E1644 

Lungren, Daniel E., Calif., E1627 

Lynch, Stephen F., Mass., E1609 

McClintock, Tom, Calif., E1611 

McCollum, Betty, Minn., E1592, E1614, 

E1616 

McDermott, Jim, Wash., E1635 

McKeon, Howard P. ‘‘Buck’’, Calif., 

E1600 

Manzullo, Donald A., Ill., E1610 

Meeks, Gregory W., N.Y., E1608, E1627 

Michaud, Michael H., Me., E1632, E1650 

Miller, George, Calif., E1583, E1604 

Miller, Jeff, Fla., E1646, E1647, E1648, 

E1650 

Moran, James P., Va., E1630 

Myrick, Sue Wilkins, N.C., E1623 

Nunes, Devin, Calif., E1594 

Pallone, Frank, Jr., N.J., E1633, E1650 

Paulsen, Erik, Minn., E1639, E1648 

Perlmutter, Ed, Colo., E1611 

Peters, Gary C., Mich., E1594 

Poe, Ted, Tex., E1598, E1619, E1621, 

E1622, E1623, E1636, E1643 

Price, David E., N.C., E1614 

Price, Tom, Ga., E1583 

Quigley, Mike, Ill., E1587, E1618 

Reed, Tom, N.Y., E1638, E1649 

Rehberg, Denny, Mont., E1599 

Reyes, Silvestre, Tex., E1622, E1627, 

E1651 

Richardson, Laura, Calif., E1586 

Richmond, Cedric L., La., E1609 

Rivera, David, Fla., E1609, E1651 

Roby, Martha, Ala., E1612 

Roe, David P., Tenn., E1642, E1648 

Rogers, Harold, Ky., E1607, E1631, E1652 

Rohrabacher, Dana, Calif., E1628 

Roskam, Peter J., Ill., E1642 

Ros-Lehtinen, Ileana, Fla., E1626, E1650 

Rothman, Steven R., N.J., E1614 

Roybal-Allard, Lucille, Calif., E1607, 

E1631, E1652 

Ryan, Tim, Ohio, E1602 

Sa ́nchez, Linda T., Calif., E1592 

Sanchez, Loretta, Calif., E1621 

Schakowsky, Janice D., Ill., E1585, 

E1597, E1618 

Schiff, Adam B., Calif., E1638 

Schmidt, Jean, Ohio, E1594 

Scott, Robert C. ‘‘Bobby’’, Va., E1595, 

E1604 

Shuster, Bill, Pa., E1596, E1603 

Simpson, Michael K., Idaho, E1627 

Sires, Albio, N.J., E1595 

Slaughter, Louise McIntosh, N.Y., 

E1645 

Smith, Adam, Wash., E1586, E1589, 

E1592, E1593, E1616, E1640, E1651 

Smith, Adrian, Nebr., E1647 

Stark, Fortney Pete, Calif., E1634 

Terry, Lee, Nebr., E1622 

Thompson, Mike, Calif., E1587 

Tiberi, Patrick J., Ohio, E1610 

Tierney, John F., Mass., E1616 

Towns, Edolphus, N.Y., E1602 

Tsongas, Niki, Mass., E1623 

Upton, Fred, Mich., E1609 

Van Hollen, Chris, Md., E1605, E1634, 

E1640 

Visclosky, Peter J., Ind., E1637 

Walden, Greg, Ore., E1593, E1633 

Wasserman Schultz, Debbie, Fla., E1633 

Webster, Daniel, Fla., E1601, E1603, 

E1613, E1615, E1616, E1617 

Westmoreland, Lynn A., Ga., E1585 

Wolf, Frank R., Va., E1646 

Woolsey, Lynn C., Calif., E1583, E1605, 

E1634 

Young, Don, Alaska, E1584 


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