[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 8 (Wednesday, January 14, 2009)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D40-D41]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                    COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR THURSDAY,

                            JANUARY 15, 2009

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Armed Services: to hold hearings to examine the 
nominations of William J. Lynn III, to be Deputy Secretary, Robert 
F. Hale, to be Under Secretary (Comptroller) and Chief Financial 
Officer, Michele Flournoy, to be Under Secretary for Policy, and Jeh 
Charles Johnson, to be General Counsel, all of the Department of 
Defense, 9:30 a.m., SD-106.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: to hold hearings 
to examine the nominations of Mary Schapiro, of New York, to be 
Chairman of the Securities

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and Exchange Commission, Christina Romer, of California, to be Chair 
of the Council of Economic Advisors, Austan Goolsbee, of Illinois, 
and Cecilia Rouse, of New Jersey, each to be a Member of the Council 
of Economic Advisors, and Daniel Tarullo, of Maryland, to be a 
Member of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, 10 
a.m., SD-538.
  Committee on the Budget: to hold hearings to examine the debt 
outlook and its implications for policy, 10 a.m., SD-608.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: to hold hearings to 
examine the nomination of Ken Salazar, to be Secretary of the 
Interior, 9:30 a.m., SD-G50.
  Committee on Finance: organizational business meeting to consider 
committee's rules of procedure for the 111th Congress, and an 
original bill to reauthorize the Children's Health Insurance 
Program, 11:15 a.m., SD-215.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: business meeting to consider the 
nomination of Hillary R. Clinton, to be Secretary of State; to be 
followed by a hearing to examine the nomination of Susan E. Rice, to 
be Representative to the United Nations, with the rank and status of 
Ambassador, and the Representative in the Security Council of the 
United Nations, and to be Representative to the Sessions of the 
General Assembly of the United Nations during her tenure of service 
as Representative to the United Nations, 9:30 a.m., SH-216.
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: to hold 
hearings to examine investing in health information technology (IT), 
focusing on stimulus for a healthier America, 10 a.m., SD-430.
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: to hold 
hearings to examine the nomination of Janet A. Napolitano, to be 
Secretary of Homeland Security, 10 a.m., SD-342.
  Committee on Indian Affairs: to hold hearings to examine job 
creation and economic stimulus in Indian country, 2:30 p.m., SD-628.
  Committee on the Judiciary: to hold hearings to examine the 
nomination of Eric H. Holder, to be Attorney General of the United 
States, 9:30 a.m., SR-325.


                                 House

  Committee on Energy and Commerce, hearing entitled ``The U.S. 
Climate Action Partnership,'' 9 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, to meet for 
organizational purposes, 11 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming, to 
meet for organizational purposes, 1:55 p.m., followed by a hearing 
on ``Reinvigorating the Economy through Stimulus Legislation: 
Opportunities for All,'' 2 p.m., 2172 Rayburn.