[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 17 (Wednesday, January 28, 2009)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D82-D83]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
HOUSING AND FINANCIAL CRISIS
Committee on the Budget: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
federal response to the housing and financial crisis, after receiving 
testimony from Douglas W. Elmendorf, Director, Congressional Budget 
Office.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Finance: On Tuesday, January 27, 2009, committee ordered 
favorably reported an original bill entitled, ``The American Recovery 
and Reinvestment Act''.
GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine global climate change, after receiving testimony from Former 
Vice President Al Gore, Nashville, Tennessee.
MUMBAI TERRORIST ATTACKS
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Committee 
concluded a hearing to examine lessons from the Mumbai, India, 
terrorist attacks, after receiving testimony from Brian Michael 
Jenkins, RAND Corporation, Santa Monica, California; Ashley J. Tellis, 
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Washington, D.C.; and Alan 
Orlob, Marriott International Lodging, Bethesda, Maryland, and Michael 
L. Norton, Tishman Speyer, New York, New York, both on behalf of the 
Real Estate Roundtable.
ECONOMIC CRISIS
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Subcommittee 
on Federal Financial Management, Government Information, Federal 
Services, and International Security concluded a hearing to examine 
impact of the economic crisis on the United States Postal Service, 
after receiving testimony from John E. Potter, Postmaster General and 
Chief Executive Officer, United States Postal Service; Dan G. Blair, 
Chairman, Postal Regulatory Commission; and Phillip Herr, Director, 
Physical Infrastructure, Government Accountability Office.

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BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee ordered favorably reported the 
nomination Eric H. Holder, Jr., of the District of Columbia, to be 
Attorney General.
VETERANS ORGANIZATIONS
Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine veterans organizations' priorities for the 111th Congress, 
after receiving testimony from Dean Stoline, The American Legion, 
Rockville, Maryland; Adrian Atizado, Disabled American Veterans, Cold 
Spring, Kentucky; Todd Bowers, Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of 
America, New York, New York; Carl Blake, Paralyzed Veterans of America, 
Fredericksburg, Virginia; Dennis Cullinan, Veterans of Foreign Wars of 
the United States, Washington, D.C.; and John Rowan, Vietnam Veterans 
of America, Middle Village, New York.
BUSINESS MEETING
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee ordered favorably reported 
the nomination of Dennis Blair, of Pennsylvania, to be Director of 
National Intelligence.