[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 65 (Thursday, April 30, 2009)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D478-D479]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
AMERICAN RECOVERY AND REINVESTMENT ACT
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing 
and Urban Development, and Related Agencies concluded a hearing to 
examine the Department of Transportation's implementation of the 
American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA), after receiving 
testimony from Ray LaHood, Secretary, and Calvin L. Scovel III, 
Inspector General, both of the Department of Transportation.
WAR SUPPLEMENTAL BUDGET
Committee on Appropriations: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
the President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 2010 for the 
War Supplemental, after receiving testimony from Hillary Rodham 
Clinton, Secretary of State; and Robert M. Gates, Secretary of Defense.
DOD BUDGET RECOMMENDATIONS
Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
the Secretary of Defense's 2010 budget recommendations, after receiving 
testimony from John J. Hamre, Center for Strategic and International 
Studies, and Andrew F. Krepinevich, Jr., Center for Strategic and 
Budgetary Assessments, both of Washington, D.C.
U.S. MILITARY AIR POWER
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Airland concluded a 
hearing to examine the current and future roles, missions, and 
capabilities of United States military air power, after receiving 
testimony from Christopher Bolkcom, Specialist in Military Aviation, 
Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress; General Richard E. 
Hawley, USAF, (Ret.), former Commander, Air Force Air Combat Command; 
and Barry D. Watts, Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments, 
Washington, D.C.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee ordered favorably 
reported 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, 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.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Finance: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the 
nominations of William V. Corr, of Virginia, to be Deputy Secretary of 
Health and Human Services, who was introduced by Senator Conrad, Alan 
B. Krueger, of New Jersey, to be Assistant Secretary of the Treasury 
for Economic Policy, and Demetrios J. Marantis, of the District of 
Columbia, to be a Deputy United States Trade Representative, with the 
rank of Ambassador, after the nominees testified and answered questions 
in their own behalf.
PIRACY OFF COAST OF SOMALIA
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine confronting piracy off the coast of Somalia, after receiving 
testimony from Stephen D. Mull, Senior Adviser to the Under Secretary 
of State for Political Affairs; John P. Clancey, Maersk, Inc., 
Charlotte, North Carolina; and Richard Phillips, Maersk Alabama, 
Burlington, Vermont.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Committee 
concluded a hearing to examine the nominations of Ivan K. Fong, of 
Ohio, to be General Counsel, who was introduced by Senator Brown, and 
Timothy W. Manning, of New Mexico, to be Deputy Administrator for 
National Preparedness, Federal Emergency Management Agency, who was 
introduced by Senator Bingaman, both of the Department of Homeland 
Security, after the nominees testified and answered questions in their 
own behalf.

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NATIONAL SECURITY REFORM
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Subcommittee 
on Oversight of Government Management, the Federal Workforce, and the 
District of Columbia concluded a hearing to examine national security 
reform, focusing on implementing a national security service workforce, 
after receiving testimony from former Senator Bob Graham, Chairman, 
Commission on the Prevention of Weapons of Mass Destruction 
Proliferation and Terrorism; Nancy H. Kichak, Associate Director, 
Strategic Human Resources Policy, Office of Personnel Management; Major 
General William A. Navas, Jr., USA, (Ret.), Executive Director, 
National Security Professional Development Integration Office; Ronald 
P. Sanders, Associate Director for Human Capital, Office of the 
Director of National Intelligence; Thomas R. Pickering, former Under 
Secretary of State for Political Affairs; and James R. Thompson, 
University of Illinois at Chicago.
PRIMARY HEALTH CARE ACCESS REFORM
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee 
concluded a hearing to examine primary health care access reform, 
focusing on community health centers and the national health service 
corps, after receiving testimony from Cynthia A. Bascetta, Director, 
Health Care, Government Accountability Office; Daniel R. Hawkins, Jr., 
National Association of Community Health Centers, Bethesda, Maryland; 
Fitzhugh Mullan, George Washington University, Washington, D.C.; 
Caswell Evans, University of Illinois at Chicago College of Dentistry, 
on behalf of the American Dental Education Association; Yvonne Davis, 
Health Care Partners of South Carolina, Inc., Florence; Lisa Nichols, 
Midtown Community Health Center, Ogden, Utah; and John D. Matthew, 
Plainfield, Vermont.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee ordered favorably reported S. 
151, to protect Indian arts and crafts through the improvement of 
applicable criminal proceedings.
  Also, committee ordered favorably reported the nomination of Yvette 
Roubideaux, of Arizona, to be Director of the Indian Health Service, 
Department of Health and Human Services.
IMMIGRATION REFORM
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
comprehensive immigration reform in 2009, after receiving testimony 
from Alan Greenspan, former Chairman, Board of Governors of the Federal 
Reserve System; Joel C. Hunter, Member, President's Advisory Council on 
Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships, Longwood, Florida; J. Thomas 
Manger, Montgomery County Chief of Police, Rockville, Maryland, on 
behalf of Major Cities Chiefs Association's Legislative Committee; Jeff 
Moseley, Greater Houston Partnership, Houston, Texas; Doris Meissner, 
Migration Policy Institute, Eliseo Medina, Service Employees 
International Union, and Wade Henderson, Leadership Conference on Civil 
Rights, all of Washington, D.C.; and Kris W. Kobach, University of 
Missouri at Kansas City School of Law.
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.