[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 56 (Thursday, April 2, 2009)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D403-D404]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
FHA ROLE IN ADDRESSING HOUSING CRISIS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing 
and Urban Development, and Related Agencies concluded a hearing to 
examine the role of the Federal Housing Administration (FHA) in 
addressing the housing crisis, after receiving testimony from Shaun 
Donovan, Secretary, Kenneth M. Donohue, Inspector General, both of the 
Department of Housing and Urban Development; J. Lennox Scott, John L. 
Scott Real Estate, Bellevue, Washington, on behalf of the National 
Association of REALTORS; and Mia Vermillion, Lakewood, Washington.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Armed Services: Committee ordered favorably reported S. 
454, to improve the organization and procedures of the Department of 
Defense for the acquisition of major weapon systems, with an amendment.
NOMINATION
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine the nomination of Regina McCarthy, of Massachusetts, 
to be an Assistant Administrator, Office of Air and Radiation, of the 
Environmental Protection Agency, after the nominee, who was introduced 
by Senator Dodd, testified and answered questions in her own behalf.
NOMINATION
Committee on Finance: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the 
nomination of Kathleen Sebelius, of Kansas, to be Secretary of Health 
and Human Services, after the nominee, who was introduced by former 
Senator Robert J. Dole and Senator Roberts, testified and answered 
questions in her own behalf.
RECOVERY AND REINVESTMENT SPENDING
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Committee 
concluded a hearing to examine recovery and reinvestment spending, 
after receiving testimony from Robert Nabors II, Deputy Director, 
Office of Management and Budget; and Earl E. Devaney, Chairman, 
Recovery Accountability and Transparency Board.
TRIBAL BILLS
Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
S. 313, to resolve water rights claims of the White Mountain Apache 
Tribe in the State of Arizona, S. 443, to transfer certain land to the 
United States to be held in trust for the Hoh Indian Tribe, to place 
land into trust for the Hoh Indian Tribe, S. 633, to establish a 
program for tribal colleges and universities within the Department of 
Health and Human Services and to amend the Native American Programs Act 
of 1974 to authorize the provision of grants and cooperative agreements 
to tribal colleges and universities, and H.R. 326, to direct the 
Secretary of the Interior to take lands in Yuma County, Arizona, into 
trust as part of the reservation of the Cocopah Tribe of Arizona, after 
receiving testimony from Ronnie Lupe, White Mountain Apache Tribe, 
Whiteriver, Arizona; Jonette Reyes, Hoh Indian Tribe, Forks, 
Washington; Paul Soto, Cocopah Indian Tribe, Somerton, Arizona; and

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Linda D. Taylor, College of Menominee Nation, Keshena, Wisconsin.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee ordered favorably reported S. 
515, to amend title 35, United States Code, to provide for patent 
reform, with amendments.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Committee ordered favorably reported 
the nomination of W. Scott Gould, of the District of Columbia, to be 
Deputy Secretary of Veterans Affairs.