[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 51 (Wednesday, March 25, 2009)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D321-D323]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                    COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR THURSDAY,

                             MARCH 26, 2009

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Armed Services: to hold hearings to examine the 
nominations of Ashton B. Carter, of Massachusetts, to be Under 
Secretary for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics, James N. 
Miller, Jr., of Virginia, to be Deputy Under Secretary for Policy, 
and Alexander Vershbow, of the District of Columbia, to be Assistant 
Secretary for International Security Affairs, all of the Department 
of Defense, 9:30 a.m., SH-215.
  Subcommittee on Airland, to hold hearings to examine current and 
future roles, missions, and capabilities of United States military 
land power, 2 p.m., SR-222.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: to continue 
hearings to examine enhancing investor protection and the regulation 
of securities markets, 9:30 a.m., SD-538.

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  Committee on the Budget: business meeting to continue a markup of 
the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2010, 10 
a.m., SD-608.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: to hold 
hearings to examine health insurance industry practices, 10:30 a.m., 
SR-253.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: to hold hearings to 
examine legislation to strengthen American manufacturing through 
improved industrial energy efficiency, 9:30 a.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: to hold hearings to 
examine the nominations of Jonathan Z. Cannon, of Virginia, to be 
Deputy Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, and 
Thomas L. Strickland, of Colorado, to be Assistant Secretary for 
Fish and Wildlife and Parks, Department of the Interior, 10 a.m., 
SD-406.
  Committee on Finance: to hold hearings to examine middle income 
tax relief, 10 a.m., SD-215.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: to hold hearings to examine the 
nomination of Karl Winfrid Eikenberry, of Florida, to be Ambassador 
of the United States of America to the Islamic Republic of 
Afghanistan, Department of State, 9:30 a.m., SD-419.
  Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the nominations of 
Rose Eilene Gottemoeller, of Virginia, to be Assistant Secretary for 
Verification and Compliance, and Philip H. Gordon, of the District 
of Columbia, to be Assistant Secretary for European and Eurasian 
Affairs, both of the Department of State, 2:30 p.m., SD-419.
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: to hold 
hearings to examine the nomination of Jane Holl Lute, of New York, 
to be Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security, 10 a.m., SD-342.
  Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the nomination of John 
Berry, of the District of Columbia, to be Director of the Office of 
Personnel Management, 2:30 p.m., SD-342.
  Committee on the Judiciary: business meeting to consider S. 515, 
to amend title 35, United States Code, to provide for patent reform, 
and the nominations of Tony West, of California, Lanny A. Breuer, of 
the District of Columbia, and Christine Anne Varney, of the District 
of Columbia, each to be an Assistant Attorney General, all of the 
Department of Justice, 9:30 a.m., SD-226.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: to hold closed hearings to 
examine certain intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.


                                 House

  Committee on Agriculture, Subcommittee on Department Operations, 
Oversight, Nutrition and Forestry, hearing on the state of obesity 
in the United States, 10 a.m., 1300 Longworth.
  Subcommittee on Rural Development, Biotechnology, Specialty Crops, 
and Foreign Agriculture, hearing to review tobacco production in the 
United States, 10 a.m., 1302 Longworth.
  Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Interior, Environment 
and Related Agencies, to continue on Native-American and Alaska 
Natives Issues, 9:30 a.m., and 1:30 p.m., B-308 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug 
Administration, and Related Agencies, on Department of Health and 
Human Services, Office of Inspector General, 10 a.m., 2362-A 
Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Relate Agencies, 
on DEA, 10 a.m., H-309 Capitol.
  Subcommittee on Homeland Security, on S&T Research and 
Transitioning Products Into Use, 10 a.m., 2358-A Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and 
Related Agencies, on NIH: Budget Overview, Implementation of ARRA 
and Status of the National Children's Study, 10 a.m., 2359 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on State, and Foreign Operations, and Related 
Programs, on public witnesses, 9:30 a.m., 2362-B Rayburn.
  Committee on Armed Services, Subcommittee on Air and Land Forces, 
hearing on status of the future combat systems program, 2 p.m., 2118 
Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Seapower and Expeditionary Forces, hearing on 
requirements for the future capabilities of the United States 
maritime forces, 10 a.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Strategic Forces, hearing on future roles and 
missions of the Missile Defense Agency, 9 a.m., 2212 Rayburn.
  Committee on Education and Labor, hearing on the economic and 
employment impact of the Arts and music industry, 10 a.m., 2175 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Communications, 
Technology and the Internet, hearing on Oversight of the Digital 
Television Transition, 10 a.m., 2322 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, hearing on 
Institutional Review Boards that Oversee Experimental Human Testing 
for Profit, 10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, hearing entitled ``Addressing the 
Need for Comprehensive Regulatory Reform,'' 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Homeland Security, Subcommittee on Management, 
Investigations, and Oversight, hearing entitled ``Consolidating DHS: 
An Update on the St. Elizabeth Project,'' 10 a.m., 311 Cannon.
  Committee on House Administration, Subcommittee on Elections, 
hearing on the 2008 Election: A look back on what went right and 
wrong, 10 a.m., 1310 Longworth.
  Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism and 
Homeland Security, hearing on the Representation of Indigent 
Defendants in Criminal Cases: A Constitutional Crisis in Michigan 
and Other States? 10 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Subcommittee on 
National Security and Foreign Affairs, hearing on Troops, Diplomats, 
and Aid: Assessing Strategic Resources for Afghanistan, 10 a.m., 
2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on Science and Technology, Subcommittee on Space and 
Aeronautics, hearing on Aviation and the Emerging Use of Biofuels, 
10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Small Business, Subcommittee on Investigations and 
Oversight, hearing entitled ``Expanding Equity Investment in Small 
Business,'' 10 a.m., 2360 Rayburn.

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  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, hearing on the 
Department of Transportation's Disadvantaged Business Enterprise 
Programs, 11 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Committee on Ways and Means, to continue hearings on Climate 
Change Legislation, 10 a.m., 1100 Longworth.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, executive, briefing on 
USDI Update, 9:30 a.m., and executive, briefing on Afghanistan Roll-
Out, 1:15 p.m., 3034 HVC.


                             Joint Meetings

  Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe: to hold hearings 
to examine human rights in Afghanistan, 2:30 p.m., CVC Auditorium.