[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 58 (Tuesday, April 21, 2009)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D419-D420]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded 
a hearing to examine the nominations of Cameron Kerry, of 
Massachusetts, to be General Counsel, and April S. Boyd, of the 
District of Columbia, to be an Assistant Secretary, both of the 
Department of Commerce, who were introduced by Senator Kerry, Dana G. 
Gresham, of the District of Columbia, to be an Assistant Secretary, Roy 
W. Kienitz, of Pennsylvania, to be Under Secretary for Policy, Peter 
Appel, of Virginia, to be the Administrator of Research and Innovative 
Technology Administration, and Robert Rivkin, of Illinois, to be 
General Counsel, and Joseph C. Szabo, of Illinois, to be Administrator 
of the Federal Railroad Administration, who were introduced by Senator 
Durbin, all of the Department of Transportation, and Sherburne B. 
Abbott, of Texas, to be an Associate Director of the Office of Science 
and Technology Policy, Executive Office of the President, after the 
nominees testified and answered questions in their own behalf.
HEALTH CARE DELIVERY SYSTEM
Committee on Finance: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
reforming America's health care delivery system, after receiving 
testimony from Glenn M. Hackbarth, Chairman, Medicare Payment Advisory 
Commission; Lewis Morris, Chief Counsel, Office of Counsel to the 
Inspector General, Department of Health and Human Services; Paul Diaz, 
Kindred Healthcare, Inc., Louisville, KY; Allan M. Korn, Blue Cross 
Blue Shield Association, Mark B. McClellan, Brookings Institute, Debra 
Ness, National Partnership for Women and Families, and Richard J. 
Umbdenstock, American Hospital Association, all of Washington, DC; 
Peter V. Lee, Pacific Business Group on Health, San Francisco, CA; Mary 
D. Naylor, University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing, and John 
Tooker, American College of Physicians, both of Philadelphia, PA; Frank 
G. Opelka, Louisiana State University Health Science Center, New 
Orleans; Glenn Steele, Jr., Geisinger Health System, Danville, PA; and 
Ron Williams, Aetna Inc., Hartford, CT.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Finance: Committee ordered favorably reported the 
nomination of Kathleen Sebelius, of Kansas, to be Secretary of Health 
and Human Services.
U.S. DIPLOMATIC CAPACITY IN AFRICA
Committee on Foreign Relations: Subcommittee on African Affairs 
concluded a hearing to examine U.S. diplomatic capacity in Africa, 
after receiving testimony from Thomas R. Pickering, former Under 
Secretary of State for Political Affairs, Princeton N. Lyman, Council 
on Foreign Relations, and Howard Wolpe, Woodrow Wilson Center, all of 
Washington, DC.
COUNTERNARCOTICS ENFORCEMENT
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Ad Hoc 
Subcommittee on State, Local, and Private Sector Preparedness and 
Integration concluded a hearing to examine counternarcotics 
enforcement, focusing on coordination at the Federal, State, and local 
level, after receiving testimony from John Leech, Acting Director, 
Office of Counternarcotics Enforcement, Department of Homeland 
Security; Frances Flener, Arkansas State Drug Director, Little Rock; 
and Douglas C. Gillespie, Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department, Las 
Vegas, NV, on behalf of Major Cities' Chiefs Association.

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CONTRACTING FRAUD
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Ad Hoc 
Subcommittee on Contracting Oversight concluded a hearing to examine 
improving the ability of inspectors general to detect, prevent, and 
prosecute contracting fraud, after receiving testimony from Brian D. 
Miller, Inspector General, General Services Administration; Richard L. 
Skinner, Inspector General, Department of Homeland Security; Charles W. 
Beardall, Deputy Inspector General for Investigations, Department of 
Defense; and J. Anthony Ogden, Inspector General, Government Printing 
Office, on behalf of the Council of the Inspectors General on Integrity 
and Efficiency.
GREEN SKILLS TRAINING FOR WORKERS
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee 
concluded a hearing to examine empowering workers to rebuild America's 
economy and long-term competitiveness, focusing on green skills 
training for workers, after receiving testimony from Hilda D. Solis, 
Secretary of Labor; Joan K. Evans, Wyoming Department of Workforce 
Services, Cheyenne; Lee Lambert, Shoreline Community College, 
Shoreline, WA; Dean Allen, McKinstry Company, Seattle, WA; Mark H. 
Ayers, AFL-CIO, Washington, DC; and Phil Lou, Vashon, WA.
TERRORISM INFORMATION SHARING
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Terrorism and Homeland 
Security concluded a hearing to examine protecting national security 
and civil liberties, focusing on strategies for terrorism information 
sharing, after receiving testimony from former Senator Gorton; J. 
Thomas Manger, Montgomery County Chief of Police, Rockville, MD; Zoe 
Baird, Markle Foundation Task Force on National Security in the 
Information Age, New York, NY; and Caroline Frederickson, American 
Civil Liberties Union Washington Legislative Office, Washington, DC.
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.