[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 33 (Wednesday, February 25, 2009)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D172-D173]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
NOMINATION
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: Committee concluded 
a hearing to examine the nomination of Gary Gensler, of Maryland, to be 
Chairman and Commissioner of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, 
after the nominee, who was introduced by Senators Mikulski and Cardin 
and former Senator Sarbanes, testified and answered questions in his 
own behalf.
AFGHANISTAN AND PAKISTAN
Committee on Armed Services: Committee met in closed session to receive 
a briefing to examine Afghanistan and Pakistan from Michele Flournoy, 
Under Secretary of Defense for Policy; Lieutenant General John M. 
Paxton, Jr., USMC, Director for Operations, J3, and Vice Admiral James 
A. Winnefeld, Jr., USN, Director for Strategic Plans and Policy, J5, 
both of the Joint Staff; and Rear Admiral Mark D. Harnitchek, USN, 
Director, Strategy, Policy, Programs and Logistics Directorate, J5/4, 
United States Transportation Command.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Armed Services: Committee ordered favorably reported the 
nominations of Capt. Brian P. Monahan, to be Rear Admiral and Attending 
Physician to the Congress, and Michael A. Brown, to be Rear Admiral, 
both of the Navy; and routine lists in the Air Force Reserve and the 
Navy.
LATEST GLOBAL WARMING SCIENCE
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine an update on the latest global warming science, 
after receiving testimony from Howard Frumkin, Director, National 
Center for Environmental Health, Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention and Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, 
Department of Health and Human Services; R.K. Pachauri, United Nations 
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, New Delhi, India; 
Christopher B. Field, Carnegie Institution for Science, Stanford, 
California; and William Happer, Princeton University, Princeton, New 
Jersey.
EXPANDING HEALTH INSURANCE COVERAGE
Committee on Finance: Committee concluded a hearing to examine scoring 
health care reform, focusing on Congressional Budget Office's (CBO) 
budget options, including expanding health insurance coverage and 
making the health care system more efficient, after receiving testimony 
from Douglas W. Elmendorf, Director, Congressional Budget Office.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Finance: Committee ordered favorably reported an original 
resolution authorizing expenditures by the Committee.
  Also, committee announced the following subcommittee assignments for 
the 111th Congress:
Subcommittee on Health Care: Senators Rockefeller (Chair), Bingaman, 
Kerry, Lincoln, Wyden, Schumer, Stabenow, Cantwell, Nelson (FL), 
Menendez,

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Carper, Hatch, Snowe, Ensign, Enzi, Cornyn, Kyl, Bunning, and Crapo.
  Subcommittee on Taxation, IRS Oversight, and Long-Term Growth: 
Senators Conrad (Chair), Baucus, Rockefeller, Wyden, Schumer, Stabenow, 
Cantwell, Menendez, Carper, Kyl, Hatch, Snowe, Roberts, Ensign, Enzi, 
and Cornyn.
  Subcommittee on Energy, Natural Resources, and Infrastructure: 
Senators Bingaman (Chair), Conrad, Kerry, Lincoln, Stabenow, Cantwell, 
Nelson (FL), Carper, Bunning, Crapo, Cornyn, Hatch, and Enzi.
  Subcommittee on Social Security, Pensions, and Family Policy: 
Senators Lincoln (Chair), Rockefeller, Conrad, Schumer, Nelson (FL), 
Roberts, Kyl, and Ensign.
  Subcommittee on International Trade, Customs, and Global 
Competitiveness: Senators Wyden (Chair), Rockefeller, Bingaman, Kerry, 
Stabenow, Cantwell, Menendez, Crapo, Snowe, Bunning, and Roberts.
  Also, Committee appointed the following Members to the Congressional 
Oversight Group, the Congressional Trade Advisors on Trade Policy and 
Negotiations, and the Joint Committee on Taxation: Senators Baucus, 
Rockefeller, Conrad, Grassley, and Hatch.
TELEVISION IN THE DIGITAL AGE
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
ensuring television carriage in the digital age, after receiving 
testimony from Vermont State Senator Robert M. Hartwell, Manchester 
Center; Charles W. Ergen, Dish Network Corporation, Englewood, 
Colorado; K. James Yager, Barrington Broadcasting Group, LLC, Hoffman 
Estates, Illinois, on behalf of the National Association of 
Broadcasters; Martin D. Franks, CBS Corporation, New York, New York; 
and David L. Cohen, Comcast Corporation, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
the nominations of David S. Kris, of Maryland, to be an Assistant 
Attorney General, and Dawn Elizabeth Johnsen, of Indiana, to be an 
Assistant Attorney General, who was introduced by Senator Bayh, both of 
the Department of Justice, after the nominees testified and answered 
questions in their own behalf.
SECURING RETIREMENT
Special Committee on Aging: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
securing retirement in a volatile economy, after receiving testimony 
from Dallas Salisbury, Employee Benefit Research Institute, Dean Baker, 
Center for Economic and Policy Research, Ignacio Salazar, SER-Jobs for 
Progress National, Inc., and Barbara B. Kennelly, National Committee to 
Preserve Social Security and Medicare, all of Washington, D.C.; Deena 
Katz, Texas Tech University, Lubbock; and Jeanine L. Cook, Myrtle 
Beach, South Carolina.
BUSINESS MEETING
Special Committee on Aging: Committee adopted its rules of procedure 
for the 111th Congress.