[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 9 (Thursday, January 15, 2009)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D44-D45]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded hearings to examine 
the nominations of William J. Lynn III, to be Deputy Secretary, who was 
introduced by Senator Reed, Robert F. Hale, to be Under Secretary 
(Comptroller) and Chief Financial Officer, Michele Flournoy, to be 
Under Secretary for Policy, who was introduced by Representative 
Skelton, and Jeh Charles Johnson, to be General Counsel, who was 
introduced by Senator Menendez, all of the Department of Defense, after 
the nominees testified and answered questions in their own behalf.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine the nominations of Mary Schapiro, of New York, to be 
Chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission, who was introduced 
by Senators Reed and Schumer, Christina Romer, of California, to be 
Chair of the Council of Economic Advisors, Austan Goolsbee, of 
Illinois, who was introduced by Senator Durbin, and Cecilia Rouse, of 
New Jersey, who was introduced by Senator Menendez, 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, 
who was introduced by Senator Dodd, after the nominees testified and 
answered questions in their own behalf.
DEBT OUTLOOK
Committee on the Budget: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the 
debt outlook and its implications for policy, after receiving testimony 
from Richard Berner, Morgan Stanley, and Allen Sinai, Decision 
Economics, Inc., both of New York, New York; and Douglas Holtz-Eakin, 
DHE Consulting, LLC, of Arlington, Virginia.
NOMINATION
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine the nomination of Ken Salazar, to be Secretary of 
the Interior, after the nominee, who was introduced by Senator Mark 
Udall and Representative John Salazar, testified and answered questions 
in his own behalf.

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BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Finance: Committee ordered favorably reported an original 
bill to reauthorize the Children's Health Insurance Program.
  Also, committee adopted its rules of procedure for the 111th 
Congress.
NOMINATION
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded 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, after the nominee, who was introduced by Senators Bayh and 
Collins, testified and answered questions in her own behalf.
NOMINATION
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee ordered favorably reported 
the nomination of Hillary R. Clinton, to be Secretary of State.
NOMINATION
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Committee 
concluded a hearing to examine the nomination of Janet A. Napolitano, 
to be Secretary of Homeland Security, after the nominee, who was 
introduced by Senators McCain and Kyl, testified and answered questions 
in her own behalf.
HEALTH INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee 
concluded a hearing to examine investing in health information 
technology (IT), focusing on stimulus for a healthier America, after 
receiving testimony from Valerie C. Melvin, Director, Human Capital and 
Management Information Systems Issues, Government Accountability 
Office; John H. Cochran, The Permanente Foundation, Oakland, 
California, on behalf of the Kaiser Permanente Medical Care Program; 
Janet Corrigan, The National Quality Forum, and Mary R. Grealy, 
Healthcare Leadership Council, both of Washington, D.C.
ECONOMIC STIMULUS
Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
job creation and economic stimulus in Indian country, after receiving 
testimony from Robert Middleton, Director, Office of Indian Energy and 
Economic Development, Bureau of Indian Affairs, and Jack Rever, 
Director, Facilities Management and Improvement, both of the Department 
of the Interior; Jackie Johnson-Pata, National Congress of American 
Indians, Robin Butterfield, National Indian Education Association, and 
Reno Franklin, National Indian Health Board, all of Washington, D.C.; 
and Julie Kitka, Alaska Federation of Natives, Anchorage, on behalf of 
the National Indian Health Board.
NOMINATION
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee held a hearing to examine the 
nomination of Eric H. Holder, to be Attorney General of the United 
States, the nominee, who was introduced by former Senator John Warner 
and Representative Norton, testified and answered questions in his own 
behalf.
   Hearings recessed subject to the call and will meet again on Friday, 
January 16, 2009.