[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 23 (Thursday, February 5, 2009)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D115-D116]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
FOOD SAFETY
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: Committee concluded 
a hearing to examine federal food safety relative to the peanut 
products recall, after receiving testimony from Stephen Sundlof, 
Director, Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, Michael 
Chappell, Acting Associate Commissioner, Regulatory Affairs, and 
William K. Hubbard, Former Senior Associate Commissioner for Policy, 
Planning, and Legislation, all of the Food and Drug Association, 
Department of Health and Human Services; Rear Admiral Ali S. Khan, 
Assistant Surgeon General, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; 
Caroline Smith DeWaal, Center for Science in the Public Interest, 
Washington, D.C.; and Gabrielle Meunier, Burlington, Vermont.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Armed Services: Committee ordered favorably reported 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.
TARP
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP), focusing 
on oversight of the financial rescue package, after receiving testimony 
from Gene L. Dodaro, Acting Comptroller General, Government 
Accountability Office; and Neil M. Barofsky, Special Inspector General, 
and Elizabeth Warren, Chair, Congressional Oversight

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Panel, both of the Troubled Asset Relief Program, Department of the 
Treasury.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee ordered favorably reported an 
original resolution authorizing expenditures by the Committee.
  Also, committee adopted its rules of procedure for the 111th Congress 
and announced the following subcommittee assignments:
  Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere, Peace Corps, and Global Narcotics 
Affairs: Senators Dodd (Chair), Menendez, Cardin, Webb, Gillibrand, 
Barrasso, Isakson, Risch, and Republican Leader designee.
  Subcommittee on African Affairs: Senators Feingold (Chair), Cardin, 
Webb, Kaufman, Shaheen, Isakson, DeMint, Corker, and Risch.
  Subcommittee on International Operations and Organizations, Human 
Rights, Democracy, and Global Women's Issues: Senators Boxer (Chair), 
Feingold, Menendez, Kaufman, Shaheen, Gillibrand, Wicker, DeMint, 
Barrasso, and Republican Leader designee.
  Subcommittee on International Development and Foreign Assistance, 
Economic Affairs, and International Environmental Protection: Senators 
Menendez (Chair), Boxer, Cardin, Casey, Shaheen, Gillibrand, Corker, 
Wicker, DeMint, and Republican Leader designee.
  Subcommittee on Near Eastern and South and Central Asian Affairs: 
Senators Casey (Chair), Dodd, Feingold, Boxer, Cardin, Kaufman, Risch, 
Corker, Barrasso, and Isakson.
  Subcommittee on East Asian and Pacific Affairs: Senators Webb 
(Chair), Dodd, Feingold, Boxer, Casey, Gillibrand, Republican Leader 
designee, Isakson, Barrasso, and Wicker.
  Subcommittee on European Affairs: Senators Shaheen (Chair), Dodd, 
Menendez, Casey, Webb, Kaufman, DeMint, Risch, Corker, and Wicker.
BEST PATIENT CARE PRACTICES
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee 
concluded a hearing to examine implementing best patient care 
practices, after receiving testimony from Peter J. Pronovost, Johns 
Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland; Steven D. Pearson, 
Massachusetts General Hospital Institute for Clinical and Economic 
Review, Boston; Donald R. Fischer, Highmark Blue Cross Shield, 
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on behalf of the Blue Cross and Blue Shield 
Association; and Jeff Gulcher, deCODE Genetics, Chicago, Illinois.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee ordered favorably reported an 
original resolution authorizing expenditures by the Committee, and the 
rules of procedure for the 111th Congress.
HEALTH CARE
Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee concluded an oversight hearing 
to examine advancing Indian health care, after receiving testimony from 
H. Sally Smith, National Indian Health Board, and Rachel A. Joseph, 
National Steering Committee to Reauthorize the Indian Health Care 
Improvement Act, both of Washington, D.C.; Ron His Horse is Thunder, 
Great Plains Tribal Chairman's Association, Rapid City, South Dakota; 
David Rambeau, United American Indian Involvement, Los Angeles, 
California, on behalf of National Council of Urban Indian Health; 
Andrew Joseph, Jr., Northwest Portland Area Indian Health Board, 
Portland, Oregon; and Mickey Peercy, Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma, 
Durant.
NOMINATION
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
the nomination of David W. Ogden, of Virginia, to be Deputy Attorney 
General, after the nominee, who was introduced by former Senator 
Warner, testified and answered questions in his own behalf.
NOMINATION
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee held a hearing to examine 
the nomination of Leon E. Panetta, of California, to be Director of the 
Central Intelligence Agency, the nominee testified and answered 
questions on his own behalf.
  Hearings recessed subject to the call and will meet again on Friday, 
February 6, 2009.