[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 48 (Thursday, March 19, 2009)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D289-D290]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
U.S. PACIFIC COMMAND, U.S. STRATEGIC COMMAND, AND U.S. FORCES KOREA
Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
United States Pacific Command, United States Strategic Command, and 
United States Forces Korea, after receiving testimony from Admiral 
Timothy J. Keating, USN, Commander, United States Pacific Command, 
General Kevin P. Chilton, USAF, Commander, United States Strategic 
Command, and General Walter L. Sharp, USA, Commander, United Nations 
Command and Republic of Korea-United States Combined Forces Command, 
and Commander, United States Forces Korea, all of the Department of 
Defense.
BANK SUPERVISION AND REGULATION
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine bank supervision and regulation, after receiving 
testimony from John C. Dugan, Comptroller of the Currency, Office of 
the Comptroller of the Currency, and Scott M. Polakoff, Acting 
Director, Office of Thrift Supervision, both of the Department of the 
Treasury; Daniel K. Tarullo, Member, Board of Governors of the Federal 
Reserve System; Sheila C. Bair, Chairman, Federal Deposit Insurance 
Corporation; Michael E. Fryzel, Chairman, National Credit Union 
Administration; Joseph A. Smith, Jr., North Carolina Commissioner of 
Banks, Raleigh, on behalf of the Conference of State Bank Supervisors; 
and George Reynolds, Georgia Department of Banking and Finance, 
Atlanta, on behalf of the National Association of State Credit Union 
Supervisors.
DEPOSIT INSURANCE
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on 
Financial Institutions concluded a hearing to examine current issues in 
deposit insurance, after receiving testimony from Arthur J. Murton, 
Director, Division of Insurance and Research, Federal Deposit Insurance 
Corporation; David M. Marquis, Executive Director, National Credit 
Union Administration; William Grant, First United Bank and Trust, 
Oakland, Maryland, on behalf of

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the American Bankers Association; Terry West, VyStar Credit Union, 
Jacksonville, Florida, on behalf of the Credit Union National 
Association; Stephen J. Verdier, Independent Community Bankers of 
America, Washington, D.C.; and David J. Wright, Services Center Federal 
Credit Union, Yankton, South Dakota, on behalf of the National 
Association of Federal Credit Unions.
CYBERSECURITY
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded 
a hearing to examine cybersecurity, focusing on assessing our 
vulnerabilities and developing an effective defense, after receiving 
testimony from James A. Lewis, Center for Strategic and International 
Studies, Washington, D.C.; Joseph M. Weiss, Applied Control Solutions, 
LLC, Cupertino, California; Edward Amoroso, AT&T Inc., Florham Park, 
New Jersey; and Eugene H. Spafford, Purdue University Center for 
Education and Research in Information Assurance and Security, West 
Lafayette, Indiana.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee ordered 
favorably reported the nomination of Gary Locke, of Washington, to be 
Secretary of Commerce.
APPLIANCE STANDARDS IMPROVEMENT ACT
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine S. 598, to amend the Energy Policy and Conservation 
Act to improve appliance standards, after receiving testimony from 
David Rodgers, Director for Strategic Planning and Analysis, Office of 
Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Department of Energy; Brian 
McLean, Director, Office of Atmospheric Programs, Office of Air and 
Radiation, Environmental Protection Agency; Steven Nadel, American 
Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy, Washington, D.C.; Richard D. 
Upton, American Lighting Association, Dallas, Texas; Kyle Pitsor, 
National Electric Manufacturers Association, Rosslyn, Virginia; and 
Mark Connelly, Consumers Union, Yonkers, New York.
U.S.-RUSSIA RELATIONS
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine prospects for engagement with Russia, after receiving testimony 
from Andrew C. Kuchins, Center for Strategic and International Studies 
Russia and Eurasia Program, Ariel Cohen, The Heritage Foundation, and 
Stephen Sestanovich, Council on Foreign Relations, all of Washington, 
D.C.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee ordered favorably reported the 
nomination of Dawn Elizabeth Johnsen, of Indiana, to be an Assistant 
Attorney General, Department of Justice.
SMALL BUSINESS LENDING
Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine perspectives from main street on small business 
lending, after receiving testimony from James Chessen, American Bankers 
Association, and Todd McCracken, National Small Business Association, 
both of Washington, D.C.; Bob Cockerham, Car World, Inc., Albuquerque, 
New Mexico; Mark Lane, Coed Sportswear, Inc., Newfields, New Hampshire; 
David Rader, Wells Fargo Bank, Minneapolis, Minnesota; and Guy 
Williams, Gulf Coast Bank and Trust Company, New Orleans, Louisiana.
INTELLIGENCE
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee held closed hearings on 
intelligence matters, receiving testimony from officials of the 
intelligence community.
  Committee recessed subject to the call.