[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 45 (Monday, March 16, 2009)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D266-D267]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                    COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR TUESDAY,

                             MARCH 17, 2009

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Armed Services: to hold hearings to examine United 
States Southern Command, United States Northern Command, United 
States Africa Command, and United States Transportation Command; 
with the possibility of a closed session following in SR-322, 10 
a.m., SH-216.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: to hold hearings 
to examine perspectives on modernizing insurance regulation, 9:30 
a.m., SD-538.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: to hold oversight 
hearings to examine energy development on public lands and the outer 
Continental Shelf, 10 a.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Finance: to hold hearings to examine tax issues 
related to fraud schemes and an update on offshore tax evasion 
legislation, 10 a.m., SD-215.
  Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Crime and Drugs, with 
the United States Senate Caucus on International Narcotics Control, 
to hold joint hearings to examine law enforcement responses to 
Mexican drug cartels, 10:30 a.m., SD-226.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: to hold closed hearings on 
examine certain intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.

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  United States Senate Caucus on International Narcotics Control: 
with the Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Crime and 
Drugs, to hold joint hearings to examine law enforcement responses 
to Mexican drug cartels, 10:30 a.m., SD-226.


                                 House

  Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, 
Science, and Related Agencies, on Status of Climate Change Science, 
10 a.m., H-309 Capitol.
  Subcommittee on Defense, on Military Personnel-Air Force, 10 a.m., 
H-104 Capitol.
  Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development, and Related 
Agencies, on Nuclear Weapons Complex, 1 p.m., 2359 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Homeland Security, on Interoperable 
Communications, 10 a.m., 2359 Rayburn.
  Committee on Armed Services, Subcommittee on Air and Land Forces, 
hearing on the status of the future combat systems program, 3 p.m., 
2118 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Strategic Forces, hearing on the status of U.S. 
strategic programs, 10 a.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Budget, hearing on Budgeting for Transportation: 
Financing Investments in Highways and Mass Transit, 10 a.m., 210 
Cannon.
  Committee on Education and Labor, hearing on The Importance of 
Early Childhood Development, 10 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade, 
and Consumer Protection, hearing on Stimulating the Economy through 
Trade: Examining the Role of Export Promotion, 10 a.m., 2322 
Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Health, hearing on Making Health Care Work for 
American Families: Ensuring Affordable Coverage, 10 a.m., 2123 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, hearing entitled ``Perspectives 
on Regulation of Systemic Risk in the Financial Services Industry,'' 
10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Homeland Security, Subcommittee on Emergency 
Communications, Preparedness and Response, hearing on PKEMRA 
Implementation: An Examination of FEMA's Preparedness and Response 
Mission, 10 a.m., 311 Cannon.
  Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Courts and Competition 
Policy, hearing on Too Big To Fail?: The Role of Antitrust Law in 
Government-Funded Consolidation in the Banking Industry, 2 p.m., 
2141 Rayburn.
  Committee on Natural Resources, Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral 
Resources, oversight hearing entitled ``Leasing and Development of 
Oil and Gas Resources on the Outer Continental Shelf,'' 10 a.m., 
1324 Longworth.
  Committee on Rules, to consider H.R. 1388, Generations 
Invigorating Volunteerism and Education Act, 2:30 p.m., H-313 
Capitol.
  Committee on Science and Technology, hearing on New Directions for 
Energy Research and Development at the U.S. Department of Energy, 10 
a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, Subcommittee on Oversight and 
Investigations, hearing on the Vision Center of Excellence: What Has 
Been Accomplished in Thirteen Months? 10 a.m., 334 Cannon.
  Committee on Ways and Means, Subcommittee on Health, hearing on 
MedPAC's Annual March Report to the Congress on Medicare Payment 
Policy, 10 a.m., 1100 Longworth.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, executive, briefing on 
NSA Compliance Issues, 1 p.m., 304-HVC.