[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 60 (Thursday, April 23, 2009)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D438-D439]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
APPROPRIATIONS: DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, 
Science, and Related Agencies concluded a hearing to examine proposed 
budget estimates for fiscal year 2010 for the Department of Commerce, 
after receiving testimony from Gary Locke, Secretary of Commerce.
APPROPRIATIONS: SECRETARY OF THE SENATE, SENATE SERGEANT AT ARMS, U.S. 
CAPITOL POLICE
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Legislative Branch 
concluded a hearing to examine proposed budget estimates for fiscal 
year 2010 for the Office of the Secretary of the Senate, the Office of 
the Sergeant at Arms, and the Office of the United States Capitol 
Police, after receiving testimony from Nancy Erickson, Secretary of the 
Senate; Terrance W. Gainer, Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the 
Senate; and Phillip D. Morse, Sr., Chief of Police, United States 
Capitol Police.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine the nominations of Ronald C. Sims, of Washington, to 
be Deputy Secretary, who was introduced by Senators Murray and 
Cantwell, Peter A. Kovar, of Maryland, to be Assistant Secretary for 
Congressional and Intergovernmental Affairs, who was introduced by 
Representative Frank, Helen R. Kanovsky, of Maryland, to be General 
Counsel, David H. Stevens, of Virginia, to be Assistant Secretary for 
Housing-Federal Housing Commission, and John D. Trasvina, of 
California, to be Assistant Secretary for Fair Housing and Equal 
Opportunity, who was introduced by Representative Schiff, all of the 
Department of Housing and Urban Development, David S. Cohen, of 
Maryland, to be Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Terrorist 
Financing, and Fred P. Hochberg, of New York, to be President of the 
Export-Import Bank of the United States, who was introduced by Senator 
Schumer, after the nominees testified and answered questions in their 
own behalf.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee ordered 
favorably reported the nominations of Sherburne B. Abbott, of Texas, to 
be Associate Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy, 
Executive Office of the President, Peter H. Appel, of Virginia, to be 
Administrator of the Research and Innovative Technology Administration, 
Dana G. Gresham, of the District of Columbia, to be Assistant Secretary 
for Government Affairs, Roy W. Kienitz, of Pennsylvania, to be Under 
Secretary for Policy, Joseph C. Szabo, of Illinois, to be Administrator 
of the Federal Railroad Administration, and Robert S. Rivkin, of 
Illinois, to be General Counsel, all of the Department of 
Transportation, April S. Boyd, of the District of Columbia, to be 
Assistant Secretary for Legislative and Intergovernmental Affairs, and 
Cameron F. Kerry, of Massachusetts, to be General Counsel, both of the 
Department of Commerce, and routine lists in the United States Coast 
Guard.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine the nominations of Kristina M. Johnson, of Maryland, 
to be Under Secretary, Steven Elliot Koonin, of California, to be Under 
Secretary for Science, Ines R. Triay, of New Mexico, to be Assistant 
Secretary for Environmental Management, who was introduced by Senator 
Udall (NM), and Scott Blake Harris, of Virginia, to be General Counsel, 
all of the Department of Energy, and Hilary Chandler Tompkins, of New 
Mexico, to be Solicitor of the Department of the Interior, who was 
introduced by Senator Udall (NM), after the nominees testified and 
answered questions in their own behalf.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee ordered favorably 
reported the nomination of Regina McCarthy, of Massachusetts, to be an 
Assistant Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency.
TECHNOLOGY NEUTRALITY IN ENERGY TAX
Committee on Finance: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
technology neutrality in energy tax, focusing on issues and options, 
after receiving testimony from David L. Greene, Oak Ridge National 
Laboratory, Department of Energy, Knoxville, Tennessee; Gilbert E. 
Metcalf, Tufts University, Medford, Massachusetts; and John M. 
Urbanchuk, LECG LLC, Wayne, Pennsylvania.
AFGHAN WAR SOLDIERS' STORIES
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine soldiers' stories from the Afghan war, after receiving 
testimony from Andrew J. Bacevich, Boston University, Boston, 
Massachusetts; Genevieve Chase, Alexandria, Virginia; Christopher 
McGurk, New York, New York; Westley Moore,

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Washington, D.C.; and Rick Reyes, Los Angeles, California.
STIMULUS FUNDING OVERSIGHT
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Committee 
concluded an oversight hearing to examine state and local stimulus 
funding, after receiving testimony from Gene L. Dodaro, Acting 
Comptroller General, Government Accountability Office; and Ray 
Scheppach, National Governors Association, and Carolyn M. Coleman, 
National League of Cities, both of Washington, D.C.
NOMINATION
Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
the nomination of Yvette Roubideaux, of Arizona, to be Director of the 
Indian Health Service, Department of Health and Human Services, 
receiving testimony from Gerald Hill, Association of American Indian 
Physicians, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, after the nominee testified and 
answered questions in her own behalf.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee ordered favorably reported the 
nominations of R. Gil Kerlikowske, of Washington, to be Director of 
National Drug Control Policy, Executive Office of the President, and 
Ronald H. Weich, of the District of Columbia, to be an Assistant 
Attorney General, Department of Justice.
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.