[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 3 (Thursday, January 8, 2009)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D13-D14]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
CBO AND ECONOMIC OUTLOOK
Committee on the Budget: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the 
Congressional Budget Office (CBO) Budget and Economic Outlook, after 
receiving testimony from Robert A. Sunshine, Acting Director, 
Congressional Budget Office.
ENERGY SECURITY CHALLENGES
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine current energy security challenges, after receiving 
testimony from Dianne R. Nielson, Utah Office of the Governor, Salt 
Lake City, on behalf of the Western Governors' Association; and Kit 
Batten, Center for American Progress Action Fund, Eric Schwartz, Energy 
Security Leadership Council, and Karen A. Harbert, Institute for 21st 
Century Energy, all of Washington, D.C.
TVA AND COAL ASH SPILL
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee concluded an 
oversight hearing to examine

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the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) and the recent major coal ash 
spill, after receiving testimony from Tom Kilgore, President and Chief 
Executive Officer, Tennessee Valley Authority; Stephen A. Smith, 
Southern Alliance for Clean Energy, Knoxville, Tennessee; and William 
Howard Rose, Jr., Roane County Office of Emergency Services, Ten Mile, 
Tennessee.
MUMBAI TERRORIST ATTACKS
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Committee 
concluded a hearing to examine lessons learned from the Mumbai 
terrorist attacks, after receiving testimony from Charles E. Allen, 
Under Secretary of Homeland Security for Intelligence and Analysis; 
Donald Van Duyn, Chief Intelligence Officer, Federal Bureau of 
Investigation, Department of Justice; and Raymond W. Kelly, New York 
City Police Department, New York, New York.
NOMINATION
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee 
concluded a hearing to examine the nomination of Thomas A. Daschle, to 
be Secretary of Health and Human Services, after the nominee, who was 
introduced by Senator Johnson and former Senator Robert J. Dole, 
testified and answered questions in his own behalf.
ECONOMIC DOWNTURN: STATE AND LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
ways to help state and local law enforcement during an economic 
downturn, including S. 150, to provide Federal assistance to States for 
rural law enforcement, after receiving testimony from Michael E. 
Schirling, Burlington Police Department, Burlington, Vermont; Charles 
H. Ramsey, Philadelphia Police Department, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; 
John R. Schmidt, former Associate Attorney General, Mayer Brown LLP, 
Chicago, Illinois; and Mary Lou Leary, National Center for Victims of 
Crime, and David B. Muhlhausen, Heritage Foundation Center for Data 
Analysis, both of Washington, D.C.