[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 47 (Wednesday, March 18, 2009)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D278-D279]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE MEDICAL PROGRAMS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense concluded a 
hearing to examine Department of Defense medical programs, after 
receiving testimony from Lieutenant General Eric B. Shoomaker, USA, 
Surgeon General of the Army and Commander, Army Medical Command, and 
Major General Patricia D. Horoho, USA, Chief, Army Nurse Corps, both of 
the United States Army, Vice Admiral Adam M. Robinson, USN, Surgeon 
General of the Navy, and Rear Admiral Christine M. Bruzek-Kohler, USN, 
Director, Navy Nurse Corps, both of the United States Navy, and 
Lieutenant General James G. Roudebush, USAF, Surgeon General of the Air 
Force, and Major General Kimberly A. Siniscalchi, USAF, Assistant 
Surgeon General of the Air Force, Nursing Services and Medical Force 
Development, both of the United States Air Force, all of the Department 
of Defense.
MILITARY SUICIDE PREVENTION
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Personnel concluded a 
hearing to examine incidents of suicides of United States 
Servicemembers and initiatives within the Department of Defense to 
prevent military suicides, after receiving testimony from Senator 
Cornyn; General Peter W. Chiarelli, USA, Vice Chief of Staff, 
Lieutenant General Benjamin C. Freakley, USA, Commanding General, Army 
Accessions Command, Major General David A. Rubenstein, USA, Deputy 
Surgeon General of the Army, Brigadier General Loree K. Sutton, USA, 
Director, Defense Centers of Excellence for Psychological Health and 
Traumatic Brain Injury, and

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Brigadier General Michael S. Linnington, USA, Commandant, Corps of 
Cadets, United States Military Academy, all of the United States Army, 
Admiral Patrick M. Walsh, USN, Vice Chief of Naval Operations, United 
States Navy, General James F. Amos, USMC, Assistant Commandant, United 
States Marine Corps, General William M. Frasier III, USAF, Vice Chief 
of Staff, United States Air Force, all of the Department of Defense; 
and A. Kathryn Power, Director, Center for Mental Health Services, 
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Department 
of Health and Human Services.
RISK MANAGEMENT OVERSIGHT
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on 
Securities, Insurance and Investment concluded a hearing to examine 
risk management oversight at Federal financial regulators, after 
receiving testimony from Scott M. Polakoff, Acting Director, Office of 
Thrift Supervision, and Timothy W. Long, Senior Deputy Comptroller, 
Bank Supervision Policy and Chief National Bank Examiner, Office of the 
Comptroller of the Currency, both of the Department of the Treasury; 
Orice M. Williams, Director, Financial Markets and Community 
Investment, Government Accountability Office; Roger T. Cole, Director, 
Division of Banking Supervision and Regulation, Board of Governors of 
the Federal Reserve System; and Erik Sirri, Director, Division of 
Trading and Markets, United States Securities and Exchange Commission.
NOMINATION
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded 
a hearing to examine the nomination of Gary Locke, of Washington, to be 
Secretary of Commerce, after the nominee, who was introduced by 
Senators Murray and Cantwell, testified and answered questions in his 
own behalf.
NUCLEAR ENERGY DEVELOPMENT
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine nuclear energy development, after receiving 
testimony from Dale E. Klein, Chairman, Nuclear Regulator Commission; 
Marvin S. Fertel, Nuclear Energy Institute, and Thomas B. Cochran, 
Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc., both of Washington, D.C.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee ordered favorably 
reported the nomination of David J. Hayes, of Virginia, to be Deputy 
Secretary of the Interior.
HEALTH CARE QUALITY
Committee on Finance: Subcommittee on Health Care concluded a hearing 
to examine what is health care quality and who decides, after receiving 
testimony from Carolyn M. Clancy, Director, Agency for Healthcare 
Research and Quality, Department of Health and Human Services; Marjorie 
Kanof, Managing Director, Health Care, Government Accountability 
Office; and Brent C. James, Intermountain Healthcare Institute for 
Health Care Delivery Research, Salt Lake City, Utah.
DISASTER HOUSING
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Ad Hoc 
Subcommittee on Disaster Recovery concluded a hearing to examine 
findings from the Disaster Recovery Subcommittee Special Report and 
working with the Administration on a way forward, focusing on disaster 
housing and challenges facing the disaster housing mission, after 
receiving testimony from Nancy Ward, Acting Administrator, Federal 
Emergency Management Agency, Department of Homeland Security; Nelson R. 
Bregon, General Deputy Assistant Secretary of Housing and Urban 
Development for the Office of Community Planning and Development; 
Sheila Crowley, National Low Income Housing Coalition, Washington, 
D.C.; Krystal Williams, Louisiana Housing Alliance, New Orleans; Reilly 
Morse, Mississippi Center for Justice Katrina Recovery Office, Biloxi; 
and Karen Paup, Texas Low Income Housing Information Service, Austin.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee ordered 
favorably reported S. 277, to amend the National and Community Service 
Act of 1990 to expand and improve opportunities for service.
STRENGTHENING FORENSIC SCIENCE
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
the National Academy of Science's report entitled ``Strengthening 
Forensic Science in the United States: A Path Forward'', after 
receiving testimony from Harry T. Edwards, Senior Circuit Judge and 
Chief Judge Emeritus, United States Court of Appeals for the District 
of Columbia.