[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 39 (Thursday, March 5, 2009)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D214-D215]
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 Appropriations: Committee announced the following 
subcommittee assignments for the 111th Congress:
Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Federal Drug 
Administration, and Related Agencies: Senators Kohl (Chair), Harkin, 
Dorgan, Feinstein, Durbin, Johnson, Nelson (NE), Reed, Pryor, 
Brownback, Bennett, Cochran, Specter, Bond, McConnell, and Collins.
Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies: 
Senators Mikulski (Chair), Inouye, Leahy, Kohl, Dorgan, Feinstein, 
Reed, Lautenberg, Nelson (NE), Pryor, Shelby, Gregg, McConnell, 
Hutchison, Brownback, Alexander, Voinovich, and Murkowski.
Subcommittee on Defense: Senators Inouye (Chair), Byrd, Leahy, Harkin, 
Dorgan, Durbin, Feinstein, Mikulski, Kohl, Murray, Cochran, Specter, 
Bond, McConnell, Shelby, Gregg, Hutchison, and Bennett.
Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development: Senators Dorgan (Chair), 
Byrd, Murray, Feinstein, Johnson, Landrieu, Reed, Lautenberg, Harkin, 
Tester, Bennett, Cochran, McConnell, Bond, Hutchison, Shelby, 
Alexander, and Voinovich.
Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government: Senators 
Durbin (Chair), Landrieu, Lautenberg, Nelson (NE), Tester, Collins, 
Bond, and Murkowski.
Subcommittee on Homeland Security: Senators Byrd (Chair), Inouye, 
Leahy, Mikulski, Murray, Landrieu, Lautenberg, Tester, Voinovich, 
Cochran, Gregg, Specter, Shelby, and Brownback.
Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies: Senators 
Feinstein, Byrd, Leahy, Dorgan, Mikulski, Kohl, Johnson, Reed, Nelson 
(NE), Tester, Alexander, Cochran, Bennett, Gregg, Murkowski, Collins, 
and Voinovich.
Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and 
Related Agencies: Senators Harkin (Chair), Inouye, Kohl, Murray, 
Landrieu, Durbin, Reed, Pryor, Specter, Cochran, Gregg, Hutchison, 
Shelby and Alexander.
Subcommittee on Legislative Branch: Senators Nelson (NE), Pryor, 
Tester, and Murkowski.
Subcommittee on Military Construction and Veterans' Affairs, and 
Related Agencies: Senators Johnson, Inouye, Landrieu, Byrd, Murray, 
Reed, Nelson (NE), Pryor, Hutchison, Brownback, McConnell, Collins, 
Alexander, and Murkowski.
Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs: 
Senators Leahy (Chair), Inouye, Harkin, Mikulski, Durbin, Johnson, 
Landrieu, Lautenberg, Gregg, McConnell, Specter, Bennett, Bond, and 
Brownback.
Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and 
Related Agencies: Senators Murray (Chair), Byrd, Mikulski, Kohl, 
Durbin, Dorgan, Leahy, Harkin, Feinstein, Johnson, Lautenberg, Bond, 
Shelby, Specter, Bennett, Hutchison, Brownback, Alexander, Collins, and 
Voinovich.
AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL GROUP
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine American International Group, focusing on government 
intervention and implications for future regulation, after receiving 
testimony from Donald L. Kohn, Vice Chairman, Board of Governors of the 
Federal Reserve System; Scott M. Polakoff, Acting Director, Office of 
Thrift Supervision, Department of the Treasury; and Eric Dinallo, New 
York State Insurance Department, New York.

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ENERGY RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded an 
oversight hearing to examine future directions of energy research and 
development and to identify key scientific and technological hurdles 
that must be overcome in order to pursue these new directions, after 
receiving testimony from Steven Chu, Secretary, and George W. Crabtree, 
Senior Scientist, Associate Division Director and Distinguished Fellow, 
Materials Sciences Division, Argonne National Laboratory, both of the 
Department of Energy; James T. Bartis, RAND Corporation, Arlington, 
Virginia; Michael L. Corradini, University of Wisconsin Nuclear 
Engineering and Engineering Physics Program, Madison; and Robert M. 
Fri, Resources for the Future, and Deborah L. Wince-Smith, Council on 
Competitiveness, both of Washington, D.C.
U.S. STRATEGY REGARDING IRAN
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine United States strategy regarding Iran, after receiving 
testimony from Zbigniew Brzezinski, Center for Strategic and 
International Studies, and Lieutenant General Brent Scowcroft, USAF 
(Ret.), The Scowcroft Group, both of Washington, D.C.
RECOVERY AND REINVESTMENT SPENDING
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Committee 
concluded a hearing to examine transparency and accountability for 
recovery and reinvestment spending, including preserving and creating 
jobs and promoting economic recovery, assisting those most impacted by 
the recession, investing in transportation, environmental protection, 
and other infrastructure to provide long-term economic benefits, and 
stabilizing state and local government budgets, after receiving 
testimony from Robert Nabors, Deputy Director, Office of Management and 
Budget; Gene L. Dodaro, Acting Comptroller General of the United 
States, Government Accountability Office; and Phyllis K. Fong, 
Inspector General, Department of Agriculture.
2010 CENSUS
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Subcommittee 
on Federal Financial Management, Government Information, Federal 
Services, and International Security concluded a hearing to examine how 
the Obama Administration can achieve an accurate and cost-effective 
2010 census, after receiving testimony from Barbara Everitt Bryant, 
former Director, and Robert B. Hill, former Chair, both of the United 
States Census Bureau; Robert Goldenkoff, Director, Strategic Issues, 
and David A. Powner, Director, Information Technology Management 
Issues, both of the Government Accountability Office; Lawrence D. 
Brown, University of Pennsylvania The Wharton School, Pennsylvania; and 
John Thompson, National Opinion Research Council, Chicago, Illinois.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee ordered favorably reported the 
following business items:
  S. 386, to improve enforcement of mortgage fraud, securities fraud, 
financial institution fraud, and other frauds related to federal 
assistance and relief programs, for the recovery of funds lost to these 
frauds, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
  S. 146, to amend the Federal antitrust laws to provide expanded 
coverage and to eliminate exemptions from such laws that are contrary 
to the public interest with respect to railroads;
  S. 256, to enhance the ability to combat methamphetamine; and
  The nominations of Elena Kagan, of Massachusetts, to be Solicitor 
General of the United States, Thomas John Perrelli, of Virginia, to be 
Associate Attorney General, and David S. Kris, of Maryland, to be an 
Assistant Attorney General, all of the Department of Justice.
INTELLIGENCE
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee held closed hearings on 
intelligence matters, receiving testimony from officials of the 
intelligence community.