[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 32 (Tuesday, February 24, 2009)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D166-D168]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
ENERGY AND WATER DEVELOPMENT AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Energy and Water 
Development, and Related Agencies held a hearing on Corps of Engineers 
Oversight. Testimony was heard from LTG Robert L. Van Antwerp, USA, 
Commanding General, Army Corps of Engineers and Chief of Engineers.
INTERIOR, ENVIRONMENT, AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and 
Related Agencies held a hearing on Possible Move of Forest Service to 
the Department of the Interior. Testimony was heard from Robin Nazzaro, 
Director, Natural Resources and Environment, GAO; Mike Dombeck, former 
Chief, Forest Service, USDA, and Acting Director, Bureau of Land 
Management, Department of the Interior; Leah MacSwords, Forester, State 
of Kentucky; and public witnesses.
MILITARY LANDS ACQUISITION/DISPOSAL
  Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Readiness held a 
hearing on Acquisition and Disposal of Military

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Lands: Department of Defense's Real Property Management Challenges 
in the 21st Century. Testimony was heard from the following 
officials of the Department of Defense: Wayne Arny, Deputy Under 
Secretary, Installations and Environment; Keith Eastin, Assistant 
Secretary of the Army, Installations and Environment; and B. J. 
Penn, Assistant Secretary of the Navy, Installations and 
Environment; and Kevin W. Billings, Acting Assistant Secretary, Air 
Force, Installations, Environment and Logistics.
WORKER RETIREMENT SECURITY
Committee on Education and Labor: Held a hearing on Strengthening 
Worker Retirement Security. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
SATELLITE HOME VIEWER EXTENSION AND REAUTHORIZATION ACT
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Communications, 
Technology, and the Internet held a hearing on Reauthorization of the 
Satellite Home Viewer Extension and Reauthorization Act. Testimony was 
heard from public witnesses.
CLIMATE LEGISLATION--ENERGY EFFICIENCY
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Energy and 
Environment held a hearing on Energy Efficiency: Complementary Policies 
for Climate Legislation. Testimony was heard from Philip Giudice, 
Commissioner, Department of Energy Resources, State of Massachusetts; 
and public witnesses.
MORTGAGE MODIFICATIONS
Committee on Financial Services: Subcommittee on Housing and Community 
held a hearing entitled ``Loan Modifications: Are Mortgage Servicers 
Assisting Borrowers with Unaffordable Mortgages.'' Testimony was heard 
from Vance Morris, Director, Single Family Asset Management, Department 
of Housing and Urban Development; Grovetta Gardineer, Managing 
Director, Corporation and International Activities, Office of Thrift 
Supervision; and Joseph H. Evers, Deputy Comptroller, Large Bank 
Supervision, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, both with the 
Department of the Treasury; and Patrick J. Lawler, Chief Economist, 
Federal Housing Finance Agency; and public witnesses.
TARP OVERSIGHT
Committee on Financial Services: Subcommittee on Oversight and 
Investigations held a hearing entitled ``A Review of TARP Oversight, 
Accountability and Transparency for U.S. Taxpayers.'' Testimony was 
heard from Neil M. Barofsky, Special Inspector General, Office of the 
Special Inspector General, Troubled Asset Relief Program, Department of 
the Treasury; Gene L. Dadaro, Acting Comptroller General, GAO; and 
Elizabeth Warren, Chair, Congressional Oversight Panel.
OFFSHORE DRILLING
Committee on Natural Resources: Continued oversight hearings entitled 
``Offshore Drilling: State Perspectives. Testimony was heard from 
Representatives Farr and Rohrabacher; Frank W. Wagner, State Senator, 
Virginia; Mike Chrisman, Secretary, Natural Resources Agency, 
California; Robert G. Marvinney, Geologist and Director, Geological 
Survey, State of Maine; Garrett Graves, Director, Office of Coastal 
Activities, Governor's Office, State of Louisiana; and a public 
witness.
  Hearings continue tomorrow.
OMNIBUS APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2009
Committee on Rules: Committee granted, by a non-record vote, a rule 
providing for consideration of H.R. 1105, the ``Omnibus Appropriations 
Act, 2009''. The rule provides one hour of general debate in the House 
equally divided and controlled by the chairman and ranking minority 
member of the Committee on Appropriations.
  The rule waives all points of order against consideration of the bill 
except those arising under clause 9 or 10 of rule XXI. The rule 
provides the amendment printed in the report of the Committee on Rules 
shall be considered as adopted and that the bill, as amended, shall be 
considered as read. The rule waives all points of order against the 
bill, as amended. The rule provides one motion to recommit with or 
without instructions. Finally, the resolution lays on the table House 
Resolution 158. Testimony was heard from Chairman Obey, Representatives 
Lincoln Diaz-Balart of Florida, Smith of New Jersey, Castle, Pence, 
Dent, Schmidt, Lance and Paulsen.
MONITORING GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS
Committee on Science and Technology: Subcommittee on Energy and 
Environment held a hearing on How Do We Know What We Are Emitting? 
Monitoring, Reporting and Verifying Greenhouse Gas Emissions. Testimony 
was heard from John Stephenson, Director, Natural Resources and 
Environment, GAO; and public witnesses.
U.S. AIRWAYS FLIGHT 1549 ACCIDENT
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure: Subcommittee on 
Aviation held a hearing on U.S. Airways Flight 1549 Accident. Testimony 
was heard from Robert L. Sumwalt, III, member, National Transportation 
Safety Board; Margaret Gilligan, Associate Administrator, Aviation 
Safety; and Patrick F. Harten, Air Traffic Control Specialist, New York 
Terminal Radar Approach Control, both with the

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FAA, Department of Transportation; the following members of the crew of 
Airways Flight 1549: CAPT Chesley B. Sullenberger, III; First Officer 
Jeffrey B. Skiles; Sheila Dail; Donna Dent and Doreen Welsh, all Flight 
Attendants; and public witnesses.
COMMITTEE ORGANIZATION
Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Select Revenue Measures 
met for organizational purposes.

Joint Meetings
  No joint committee meetings were held.