[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 34 (Thursday, February 26, 2009)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D180-D181]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
AFGHANISTAN AND PAKISTAN
Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
strategic options for the way ahead in Afghanistan and Pakistan, after 
receiving testimony from Lieutenant General David W. Barno, USA (Ret.), 
Director, National Defense University Near East South Asia Center for 
Strategic Studies, Washington, D.C.; James Dobbins, RAND Corporation 
International Security and Defense Policy Center, Arlington, Virginia; 
and Marin J. Strmecki, Smith Richardson Foundation, Westport, 
Connecticut.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Armed Services: Committee adopted its rules of procedure 
for the 111th Congress.
HOMEOWNER AFFORDABILITY AND STABILITY PLAN
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine the Administration's Homeowner Affordability and 
Stability Plan, after receiving testimony from Shaun Donovan, Secretary 
of Housing and Urban Development.
CONSUMER PROTECTION AND CREDIT CRISIS
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded 
a hearing to examine consumer protection and the credit crisis, after 
receiving testimony from Pamela Jones Harbour, Commissioner, Federal 
Trade Commission; Travis Plunkett, Consumer Federation of America, and 
Bill Himpler, American Financial Services Association, both of 
Washington, D.C.; Prentiss Cox, University of Minnesota Law School, 
Minneapolis; and Nancy Dix, Ansted, West Virginia.
ENERGY EFFICIENT BUILDINGS
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded hearings 
to examine recommendations for reducing energy consumption in buildings 
through improved implementation of authorized Department of Energy 
(DOE) programs and through other innovative federal energy efficiency 
policies and programs, after receiving testimony from Arun Majumdar, 
Director, Environmental Energy Technologies Division, Lawrence Berkeley 
National Laboratory, Department of Energy; Philip Giudice, 
Commissioner, Massachusetts Department of Energy Resources, Boston; 
Edward Mazria, 2030, Inc./Architecture 2030, Santa Fe, New Mexico; 
Jennifer Amann, American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy, 
Washington, D.C.; Ward Hubbell, Green Building Initiative, Portland, 
Oregon; and Charles Zimmerman, Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., Bentonville, 
Arkansas.
ENGAGING WITH MUSLIM COMMUNITIES
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine engaging with Muslim communities around the world, after 
receiving testimony from Madeleine K. Albright, former Secretary of 
State; Admiral William J. Fallon, USN (Ret.), former Commander of 
United States Central Command, Cambridge, Massachusetts; Dahlia 
Mogahed, Gallup Center for Muslim Studies, Washington, D.C.; Eboo 
Patel, Interfaith Youth Core, Chicago, Illinois; and Jim Sciutto, 
London, United Kingdom.
PROTECTING ANIMAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Subcommittee 
on Oversight of Government Management, the Federal Workforce, and the 
District of Columbia concluded a hearing to examine protecting public 
and animal health, focusing on

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homeland security and the federal veterinarian workforce, after 
receiving testimony from Lisa Shames, Director, Natural Resources and 
Environment, Government Accountability Office; Nancy H. Kichak, 
Associate Director for Strategic Human Resources Policy, Office of 
Personnel Management; Gerald W. Parker, Principal Deputy Assistant 
Secretary, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Health and Human 
Services for Preparedness and Response; Jill M. Crumpacker, Director, 
Office of Human Capital Management, Departmental Administration, 
Department of Agriculture; Thomas J. McGinn, Chief Veterinarian, Office 
of Health Affairs, Department of Homeland Security; and W. Ron DeHaven, 
American Veterinary Medical Association, Michael Gilsdorf, National 
Association of Federal Veterinarians, and Marguerite Pappaioanou, 
Association of American Veterinary Medical Colleges, all of Washington, 
D.C.
INTEGRATIVE CARE
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee 
concluded a hearing to examine integrative care, focusing on a pathway 
to a healthier nation, after receiving testimony from Mehmet C. Oz, 
Columbia University, New York, New York; Mark Hyman, Ultra Wellness 
Center, Lenox, Massachusetts; Dean Ornish, Preventive Medicine Research 
Institute, Sausalito, California; and Andrew Weil, Arizona Center for 
Integrative Medicine, Vail.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee adopted 
its rules of procedure for the 111th Congress.
YOUTH SUICIDE IN INDIAN COUNTRY
Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee concluded an oversight hearing 
to examine youth suicide in Indian country, after receiving testimony 
from Senator Reid; Robert G. McSwain, Director, Indian Health Service, 
and Eric B. Broderick, Acting Administrator, Substance Abuse and Mental 
Health Services Administration, both of the Department of Health and 
Human Services; Robert Moore, Rosebud Sioux Tribe of South Dakota, 
Rosebud, on behalf of the Greats Plains Tribal Chairman's Association 
and the Aberdeen Area Tribal Chairman's Health Board; R. Dale Walker, 
Oregon Health and Science University One Sky Center American Indian/
Alaska Native National Resource Center for Substance Abuse and Mental 
Health Services, Portland; Hayes A. Lewis, Center for Lifelong 
Education at the Institute of American Indian Arts, Santa Fe, New 
Mexico; Teresa LaFromboise, Stanford University School of Education, 
Stanford, California; and Dana Lee Jetty, Fort Totten, North Dakota.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee ordered favorable reported the 
nomination of David W. Ogden, of Virginia, to be Deputy Attorney 
General, of the Department of Justice.
  Also, committee adopted its rules of procedure for the 111th 
Congress.
VETERANS IN RURAL AREAS
Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine caring for veterans in rural areas, after receiving testimony 
from Kara Hawthorne, Director, Office of Rural Health, and Adam 
Darkins, Chief Consultant, Care Coordination, Office of Patient Care 
Services, both of the Veterans Health Administration, Department of 
Veterans Affairs; Ricardo C. Flippin, CARE-NET: Caring Beyond the 
Yellow Ribbon, Charleston, West Virginia; Alan Watson, Saint Mary's 
Medical Center of Campbell County, Lafollette, Tennessee; Thomas 
Loftus, American Legion Post #45, Clarksville, Virginia; and Matthew 
Kuntz, National Alliance on Mental Illness, Helena, Montana.
INTELLIGENCE
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee held closed hearings on 
intelligence matters, receiving testimony from officials of the 
intelligence community.
  Committee recessed subject to call.