[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 32 (Tuesday, February 24, 2009)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D168-D169]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                   COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR WEDNESDAY,

                           FEBRUARY 25, 2009

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: to hold 
hearings to examine the nominations of Gary Gensler, of Maryland, to 
be Chairman and Commissioner of the Commodity Futures Trading 
Commission, 2:30 p.m., SD-106.
  Committee on Armed Services: to hold closed hearings on 
Afghanistan and Pakistan, receiving testimony from officials of the 
intelligence community, 9:30 a.m., SVC-217.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: to hold hearings to 
examine an update on the latest global warming science, 10 a.m., SD-
406.
  Committee on Finance: to hold hearings to examine scoring health 
care reform, focusing on Congressional Budget Office's (CBO) budget 
options, 10 a.m., SD-215.
  Committee on the Judiciary: to hold hearings to examine ensuring 
television carriage in the digital age, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the nominations of 
David S. Kris, of Maryland, and Dawn Elizabeth Johnsen, of Indiana, 
both to be an Assistant Attorney General, Department of Justice, 2 
p.m., SD-226.
  Special Committee on Aging: business meeting to consider 
committee's rules of procedure for the 111th Congress; to be 
followed by a hearing to examine securing retirement in a volatile 
economy, 10:30 a.m., SD-106.


                                 House

  Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on State, Foreign 
Operations, and Related Programs, hearing on Building a 21st Century 
Workforce, 9:30 a.m., 2358 Rayburn.
  Committee on Armed Services, Subcommittee on Air and Land Forces 
and the Subcommittee on Seapower and Expeditionary Forces, joint 
hearing on U.S. Transportation Command's (USTRANSCOM) airlift, 
sealift, and surface lift programs, 10 a.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Military Personnel, hearing on beneficiary and 
advocacy overview, 3 p.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Strategic Forces, hearing on the future of missile 
defense testing, 1 p.m., 2212 Rayburn.
  Committee on Education and Labor, hearing on Renewing America 
through National Service and Volunteerism, 10 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, hearing on monetary policy and 
the state of the economy, 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Foreign Affairs, hearing on From Competition to 
Collaboration: Strengthening the U.S.-Russia Relationship, 10 a.m., 
2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on Homeland Security, hearing entitled ``DHS: The Path 
Forward,'' 10 a.m., 311 Cannon.
  Committee on House Administration, to continue hearings on 
Committee Funding for the 111th Congress, 1 p.m., 1310 Longworth.
  Committee on the Judiciary, hearing on Copyright Licensing in a 
Digital Age: Competition, Compensation and the Need to Update the 
Cable and Satellite TV Licenses, 10 a.m; and to mark up the 
following bills: H.R. 157, District of Columbia Voting Rights Act of 
2009; H.R. 1110, Preventing Harassment through Outbound Number 
Enforcement Act of 2009; H.R. 628, To establish a pilot program in 
certain United States district courts to encourage enhancement of 
expertise in patent cases among district judges; and H.R. 1107, To 
enact certain laws relating to public contracts as title 41, United 
States Code, ``Public Contracts,'' 2 p.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Committee on Natural Resources, to continue oversight hearings 
entitled ``Offshore Drilling: Industrial Perspectives,'' 10 a.m., 
1324 Longworth.
  Subcommittee on Insular Affairs, Oceans and Wildlife, to hold a 
hearing on the following bills: H.R. 860, Coral Reef Conservation 
Act Reauthorization and Enhancement Amendments of 2009; and H.R. 
934, To convey certain submerged lands to the Commonwealth of the 
Northern Mariana Islands in order to give that territory the same 
benefits in its submerged lands as Guam, the Virgin Islands, and 
American Samoa in their submerged lands, 2 p.m., 1334 Longworth.
  Committee on Rules, to consider H.R. 1106, Helping Families Save 
Their Homes Act of 2009, 4 p.m., H-313 Capitol.
  Committee on Science and Technology, hearing on Impacts of U.S. 
Export Control Policies on Science and Technology and 
Competitiveness, 10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Small Business, hearing entitled ``Drop in Retirement 
Savings: The Challenges Small Businesses Face Funding and 
Maintaining Retirement Plans in a Struggling Economy,'' 1 p.m., 2360 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Subcommittee on 
Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management, 
hearing on Post-Katrina Disaster Response and Recovery: Evaluating 
FEMA's Continuing Efforts in the Gulf Coast and Response to Recent 
Disasters, 10 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Committee on Ways and Means, to continue hearings on climate 
change, with emphasis on Scientific Objectives for Climate Change 
legislation, 10 a.m., 1100 Longworth.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, executive, hearing on 
World Wide Threats, 9 a.m., 304 HVC.

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  Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming, 
hearing entitled ``Get Smart on the Smart Grid: How Technology Can 
Revolutionize Efficiency and Renewable Solutions,'' 9:30 a.m., 2247 
Rayburn.