[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 32 (Tuesday, February 24, 2009)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D164-D165]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: On Monday, February 
23, 2009, committee adopted its rules of procedure for the 111th 
Congress.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Armed Services: Committee announced the following 
subcommittee assignments for the 111th Congress:

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  Subcommittee on AirLand: Senators Lieberman (Chair), Bayh, Webb, 
McCaskill, Hagan, Begich, Burris, Thune, Inhofe, Sessions, Chambliss, 
and Burr.
  Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and Capabilities: Senators Reed 
(Chair), Kennedy, Byrd, Nelson (FL), Nelson (NE), Bayh, Udall (CO), 
Wicker, Graham, Martinez, Burr, and Collins.
  Subcommittee on Personnel: Senators Nelson (NE) (Chair), Kennedy, 
Lieberman, Akaka, Webb, McCaskill, Hagan, Begich, Burris, Graham, 
Chambliss, Thune, Martinez, Wicker, Vitter, and Collins.
  Subcommittee on Readiness and Management Support: Senators Bayh 
(Chair), Byrd, Akaka, McCaskill, Udall (CO), Burris, Burr, Inhofe, 
Chambliss, and Thune.
  Subcommittee on Seapower: Senators Kennedy (Chair), Liebermann, Reed, 
Akaka, Nelson (FL), Webb, Hagan, Martinez, Sessions, Wicker, Vitter, 
and Collins.
  Subcommittee on Strategic Forces: Senators Nelson (FL) (Chair), Byrd, 
Reed, Nelson (NE), Udall (CO), Begich, Sessions, Inhofe, Graham, and 
Vitter.
MONETARY POLICY REPORT
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine the semiannual monetary policy report to the 
Congress, after receiving testimony from Ben Bernanke, Chairman, Board 
of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee adopted its 
rules of procedure for the 111th Congress.
RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN SRI LANKA
Committee on Foreign Relations: Subcommittee on Near East and South and 
Central Asian Affairs concluded a hearing to examine recent 
developments in Sri Lanka, after receiving testimony from Jeffrey J. 
Lunstead, former United States Ambassador to Sri Lanka, Middlebury, 
Vermont; Anna Neistat, Human Rights Watch, Washington, D.C.; and Robert 
Dietz, Committee to Protect Journalists, New York, New York.
NATIONAL HEALTH REFORM
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee 
concluded a hearing to examine addressing underinsurance in national 
health reform, after receiving testimony from Cathy Schoen, The 
Commonwealth Fund, New York, New York; Gail Shearer, Consumers Union, 
and Diane Rowland, The Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the Uninsured, 
both of Washington, D.C.; and Grace-Marie Turner, Galen Institute, 
Alexandria, Virginia.
MERGER
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Antitrust, Competition 
Policy and Consumer Rights concluded a hearing to examine the 
Ticketmaster/Live Nation merger, focusing on consumers and the concert 
business, after receiving testimony from Irving Azoff, Ticketmaster 
Entertainment, Inc., West Hollywood, California; Michael Rapino, Live 
Nation, Beverly Hills, California; Jerry Mickelson, Jam Productions, 
Ltd., Chicago, Illinois; and David A. Balto, Center for American 
Progress Action Fund, and Seth Hurwitz, 9:30 Club/I.M.P., both of 
Washington, D.C.
DISABLED VETERANS
Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Committee concluded a joint hearing 
with the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs to examine the 
legislative presentation of the Disabled American Veterans, after 
receiving testimony from Raymond E. Dempsey, Disabled American 
Veterans, Chicago, Illinois.
BUSINESS MEETING
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee adopted its rules of 
procedure for the 111th Congress.