[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 59 (Wednesday, April 22, 2009)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D426-D427]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Strategic Forces concluded 
a hearing to examine environmental management stimulus funding, after 
receiving testimony from Ines R. Triay, Acting Assistant Secretary of 
Energy for Environmental Management.
READINESS OF U.S. GROUND FORCES
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Readiness and Management 
Support concluded a hearing to examine the current readiness of U.S. 
ground forces, after receiving testimony from General Peter W. 
Chiarelli, USA, Vice Chief of Staff, U.S. Army, and General James F. 
Amos, USMC, Assistant Commandant, U.S. Marine Corps, both of the 
Department of Defense.
SAVE AMERICAN ENERGY ACT
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine S. 548, to amend the Public Utility Regulatory 
Policies Act of 1978 to establish a Federal energy efficiency resource 
standard for retail electricity and natural gas distributors, after 
receiving testimony from Senator Schumer; Patricia Hoffman, Acting 
Assistant Secretary of Energy for Electricity Delivery and Energy 
Reliability; Paul A. Centolella, Ohio Public Utilities Commission, 
Columbus; David J. Manning, National Grid, Brooklyn, NY; Steven Nadel, 
American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy, Washington, DC; 
Thomas E. Skains, Piedmont Natural Gas Company, Charlotte, NC, on 
behalf of the American Gas Association; and Rich Wells, The Dow 
Chemical Company, Midland, MI.
GSA AND ENERGY EFFICIENCY IN PUBLIC BUILDINGS
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee concluded an 
oversight hearing to examine the General Services Administration and 
energy efficiency in public buildings, after receiving testimony from 
Paul F. Prouty, Acting Administrator, General Services Administration; 
Doug Gatlin, U.S. Green Building Council, and Lane Burt, Natural 
Resources Defense Council, both of Washington, DC; and Harvey Bryan, 
Arizona State University School of Sustainability, Tempe.
GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine global climate change, focusing on U.S. leadership for a new 
global agreement, after receiving testimony from Todd Stern, Special 
Envoy for Climate Change, Department of State; Helene D. Gayle, CARE 
USA, Atlanta, GA; Ned Helme, Center for Clean Air Policy, Washington, 
DC; and Paul Camuti, Siemens Corporate Research, Princeton, NJ.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine the nominations of Susan Flood Burk, of Virginia, to be Special 
Representative of the President, with the rank of Ambassador, and Ivo 
H. Daalder, of Virginia, to be U.S. Permanent Representative on the 
Council of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, both of the 
Department of State, after the nominees testified and answered 
questions in their own behalf.

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NOMINATION
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Committee 
concluded a hearing to examine the nomination of William Craig Fugate, 
of Florida, to be Administrator of the Federal Emergency Management 
Agency, after the nominee, who was introduced by Senators Bill Nelson 
and Martinez, testified and answered questions in his own behalf.
NOMINATION
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Committee 
concluded a hearing to examine the nomination of John Morton, of 
Virginia, to be Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security for 
Immigration and Customs Enforcement, after the nominee testified and 
answered questions in his own behalf.
MEDICARE AND MEDICAID FRAUD
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Subcommittee 
on Federal Financial Management, Government Information, Federal 
Services, and International Security concluded a hearing to examine 
eliminating waste and fraud in Medicare and Medicaid, after receiving 
testimony from Kay L. Daly, Director, Financial Management and 
Assurance, Government Accountability Office; Deborah Taylor, Acting 
Director and Chief Financial Officer, Office of Financial Management, 
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, and Lewis Morris, Chief 
Counsel, Office of Inspector General, both of the Department of Health 
and Human Services; and James G. Sheehan, Medicaid Inspector General, 
New York State Office of the Medicaid Inspector General, Albany.
VA HEALTH RELATED LEGISLATION
Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine pending health related legislation, after receiving testimony 
from Adrian Atizado, Disabled American Veterans, Cold Spring, KY; Ammie 
Hilsabeck, Oscar G. Johnson VA Medical Center, Department of Veterans 
Affairs, Iron Mountain, MI, on behalf of the American Federation of 
Government Employees, AFL-CIO; and Hilda R. Heady, West Virginia 
University Robert C. Byrd Health Sciences Center, Ralph Ibson, Wounded 
Warrior Project, and Blake C. Ortner, Paralyzed Veterans of America, 
all of Washington, DC.