[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 42 (Tuesday, March 10, 2009)] [Daily Digest] [Pages D237-D238] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] Committee Meetings (Committees not listed did not meet) NATIONAL SECURITY THREATS Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded open and closed hearings to examine current and future worldwide threats to the national security of the United States, after receiving testimony from Dennis C. Blair, Director, National Intelligence; and Michael D. Maples, United States Army, Director, Defense Intelligence Agency, and David J. Dorsett, Director, Naval Intelligence, both of the Department of Defense. SECURITIES MARKETS Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded a hearing to examine enhancing investor protection and the regulation of securities markets, after receiving testimony from Lynn E. Turner, former Chief Accountant, Securities and Exchange Commission; John C. Coffee, Jr., Columbia University Law School, T. Timothy Ryan, Jr., Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association, and Robert Pickel, International Swaps and Derivatives Association, all of New York, New York; Paul Schott Stevens, Investment Company Institute, Alexandria, Virginia; Mercer E. Bullard, University of Mississippi School of Law, Oxford; Damon A. Silvers, American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO), Takoma Park, Maryland; and Thomas Doe, Municipal Market Advisors, Concord, Massachusetts. BUDGET PROPOSAL Committee on the Budget: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the President's proposed budget for fiscal year 2010, after receiving testimony from Peter R. Orszag, Director, Office of Management and Budget. WATER RESOURCES Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded a hearing to examine S. 531, to provide for the conduct of an in-depth analysis of the impact of energy development and production on the water resources of the United States, after receiving testimony from Carl O. Bauer, Director, National Energy [[Page D238]] Technology Laboratory, Department of Energy; Lon W. House, Association of California Water Agencies, Cameron Park; Stephen Bolze, General Electric Power and Water, Schenectady, New York; Peter H. Gleick, Pacific Institute, Oakland, California; and Michael E. Webber, University of Texas Center for International Energy and Environmental Policy, Austin. HEALTH CARE PROPOSALS Committee on Finance: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the President's fiscal year 2010 health care proposals, after receiving testimony from Peter R. Orszag, Director, Office of Management and Budget. REBUILDING ECONOMIC SECURITY Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee concluded a hearing to examine rebuilding economic security, focusing on empowering workers to restore the middle class, after receiving testimony from Paula B. Voos, Rutgers the State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick; Wade Henderson, Leadership Conference on Civil Rights, and Jim Wallis, Sojourners, both of Washington, DC.; Anne Layne-Farrar, LECG, LLC, Chicago, Illinois; Deborah Kelly, International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, Anchorage, Alaska; Kelly Badillo, Service Employees International Union, Jersey City, New Jersey; Larry Getts, Dana Corporation, Albion, Indiana; and Sharon Harrison, AT&T Mobility, Lebanon, Virginia. NATIONAL SERVICE Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the future of national service, after receiving testimony from Alan Solomont, Weston, Massachusetts, Chairman, and Stephen Goldsmith, Vice-Chairman, Cambridge, Massachusetts, both of the Board of Directors, Corporation for National and Community Service; former Montana Governor Marc Racicot, Bigfork; Lester Strong, Experience Corps, and Shirley Sagawa, Center for American Progress, both of Washington, DC; Michael Brown, City Year, Inc., Boston, Massachusetts; and Michelle Bouchard, HealthCorps, New York, New York. PATENT REFORM Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded a hearing to examine patent reform in the 111th Congress, focusing on legislation and recent court decisions, after receiving testimony from Steven R. Appleton, Micron Technology, Inc., Boise, Idaho; Philip S. Johnson, Johnson and Johnson, New Brunswick, New Jersey; David J. Kappos, International Business Machines Corporation (IBM), Armonk, New York; Taraneh Maghame, Tessera, Inc., San Jose, California; Herbert C. Wamsley, Intellectual Property Owners Association, Washington, DC; and Mark A. Lemley, Stanford Law School, Stanford, California. NOMINATIONS Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the nominations of Lanny A. Breuer, of the District of Columbia, who was introduced by Representative Harmon, Christine Anne Varney, of the District of Columbia, who was introduced by Senator Schumer, and Tony West, of California, each to be an Assistant Attorney General, after the nominees testified and answered questions in their own behalf. BUDGET FOR VETERANS PROGRAMS Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Committee concluded an oversight hearing to examine Department of Veterans Affairs budget programs for fiscal year 2010, after receiving testimony from Eric K. Shinseki, Secretary of Veterans Affairs; Carl Blake, Paralyzed Veterans of America, Fredericksburg, Virginia; Kerry Baker, Disabled American Veterans, Cold Spring, Kentucky; Raymond C. Kelley, AMVETS, Lanham, Maryland; Dennis M. Cullinan, Veterans of Foreign Wars, Kansas City, Missouri; Steve Robertson, American Legion, Indianapolis, Indiana; and Rick Weidman, Vietnam Veterans of America, Silver Spring, Maryland. NOMINATION Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the nomination of David S. Kris, of Maryland, to be an Assistant Attorney General, after the nominee testified and answered questions in his own behalf.