[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 19 (Friday, January 30, 2009)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D92-D93]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                      CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD

              Week of February 2 through February 7, 2009

                             Senate Chamber

  On Monday, at 2 p.m. Senate will begin consideration of H.R. 1, 
American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.
  Also, at 3:15 p.m., Senate will begin consideration the nomination of 
Eric H. Holder, Jr., of the District of Columbia, to be Attorney 
General, and vote on confirmation thereon at 6:15 p.m.
  During the balance of the week, Senate may consider any cleared 
legislative and executive business.


                           Senate Committees

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: February 4, to 
hold hearings to examine the United States financial regulatory 
system, 2 p.m., SD-538.
  February 5, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP), focusing on oversight of the 
financial rescue package, 10 a.m., SD-538.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: February 4, to receive a closed 
briefing on North Korea, 2 p.m., SVC-217.
  February 5, Full Committee, organizational business meeting to 
consider committee's rules of procedure, and subcommittee membership 
and jurisdiction for the 111th Congress, Time to be announced, S-
116, Capitol.
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: February 5, 
to hold hearings to examine implementing best patient care 
practices, 10 a.m., SD-430.
  Committee on Indian Affairs: February 5, organizational business 
meeting to consider the committee's selection of Chairman and Vice 
Chairman, rules of procedure for the 111th Congress, and funding 
resolution; to be followed by an oversight hearing to examine 
advancing Indian health care, 11 a.m., SD-628.
  Committee on the Judiciary: February 5, to hold hearings to 
examine the nomination of David W. Ogden, of Virginia, to be Deputy 
Attorney General, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs: February 3, to hold hearings to 
examine veterans' disability compensation, focusing on the appeals 
process, 9:30 a.m., SR-418.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: February 5, to hold hearings to 
examine the nomination of Leon Panetta, to be Director of the 
Central Intelligence Agency, 2:30 p.m., SD-G50.


                            House Committees

  Committee on Agriculture, February 3 and 4, hearings to review 
derivatives legislation, 1 p.m., on February 3, and 10:30 a.m., on 
February 4, 1300 Longworth.
  Committee on Appropriations, February 4, Subcommittee on Military 
Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies, hearing on 
Quality of Life, 10 a.m., H-143 Capitol.
  Committee on Armed Services, February 4, Subcommittee on Air and 
Land Forces and the Subcommittee on Seapower and Expeditionary 
Forces, joint hearing on Army and Marine Corps force protection 
programs, 2:30 p.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Budget, February 4, hearing on Long-Term 
Sustainability of Current Defense Plans, 10 a.m., 210 Cannon.
  Committee on Financial Services, February 2, hearing entitled 
``Promoting Bank Liquidity and Lending Through Deposit Insurance, 
Hope for Homeowners, and other Enhancements,'' 2 p.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  February 4, to mark up H.R. 703, To promote bank liquidity and 
lending through deposit insurance, the HOPE for Homeowners Program, 
and other enhancements, 2 p.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  February 4, Subcommittee on Capital Markets, Insurance, and 
Government Sponsored Enterprises, hearing entitled ``Assessing the 
Madoff Ponzi Scheme and Regulatory Failures,'' 10 a.m., 2128 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Foreign Affairs, February 4, Subcommittee on the 
Western Hemisphere, hearing on U.S. Policy Toward Latin America in 
2009 and Beyond, 11 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on Homeland Security, February 4, to meet for 
organizational purposes, 10:30 a.m., 311 Cannon.
  Committee on the Judiciary, February 4, Subcommittee on Commercial 
and Administrative Law, hearing on Midnight Rulemaking: Shedding 
Some Light, 11 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Committee on Natural Resources, February 4, to meet for 
organizational purposes, and to consider the Committee's Oversight 
Plan for the 111th Congress, 10 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  Committee on Rules, February 3, to consider the following: S. 352, 
to postpone the DTV transition date; and a resolution providing for 
consideration of the Senate amendment to H.R. 2, the Children's 
Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2009, at 5 p.m., H-
313 Capitol.
  Committee on Small Business, February 4, hearing entitled ``Health 
Care Reform in a Struggling Economy: What is

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on the Horizon for Small Business?'' 10 a.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, February 4. 
Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation, hearing on 
International Piracy on the High Seas, 2 p.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  February 4, Subcommittee Water Resources and Environment, hearing 
on Sustainable Wastewater Management, 10 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, February 4, to meet for 
organizational purposes; followed by a hearing on the State of the 
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, 10 a.m., 334 Cannon.
  Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming, 
February 4, hearing entitled ``Roadmap from Pozan to Copenhagen--
Preconditions for Success,'' 10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.