[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 69 (Wednesday, May 6, 2009)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D509-D510]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
REUSE OF CARBON DIOXIDE
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Energy and Water 
Development concluded a hearing to examine the range of innovative, 
non-geologic applications for the beneficial reuse of carbon dioxide 
from coal and other fossil fuel facilities, after receiving testimony 
from Scott M. Klara, Director, Strategic Center for Coal, National 
Energy Technology Center, and Marjorie L. Tatro, Director of Fuel and 
Water Systems, Sandia National Laboratory, both of the Department of 
Energy; Jeff D. Muhs, Utah State University Energy Laboratory, Logan; 
and Brent Constantz, Calera Corporation, Los Gatos, California.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Armed Services: Committee ordered favorably reported the 
nominations of Ines R. Triay, of New Mexico, to be Assistant Secretary 
of Energy for Environmental Management; and Elizabeth Lee King, of the 
District of Columbia, to be Assistant Secretary for Legislative 
Affairs, Michael Nacht, of California, to be Assistant Secretary for 
Global Strategic Affairs, Wallace C. Gregson, of Colorado, to be 
Assistant Secretary for Asian and Pacific Security Affairs, Jo-Ellen 
Darcy, of Maryland, to be Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil 
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nominations in the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps, all of the 
Department of Defense.
SPACE ISSUES
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Strategic Forces received 
a closed briefing to examine space issues from Janet Fender, Chief 
Scientist, Air Combat Command, Gary O'Connell, Chief Scientist, 
National Air and Space Intelligence Center, General C. Robert Kehler, 
USAF, Commander, Air Force Space Command, and Lieutenant General Larry 
D. James, USAF, Commander, 14th Air Force, all of the Department of 
Defense.
REGULATING AND RESOLVING INSTITUTIONS
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine regulating and resolving institutions considered too 
big to fail, after receiving testimony from Sheila C. Bair, Chairman, 
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation; Martin Baily, former Chairman, 
Council of Economic Advisors; Gary H. Stern, Federal Reserve Bank of 
Minneapolis, Minneapolis, Minnesota; Peter J. Wallison, American 
Enterprise Institute, Snowmass, Colorado; and Raghuram G. Rajan, 
University of Chicago Booth School of Business, Chicago, Illinois.
FUTURE OF JOURNALISM
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on 
Communications, Technology, and the Internet concluded a hearing to 
examine the future of journalism, after receiving testimony from 
Senator Cardin; Marissa Mayer, Google Inc., Mountain View, California; 
Alberto Ibarguen, John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, Miami, 
Florida; James M. Moroney III, The Dallas Morning News, Dallas, Texas; 
Arianna Huffington, The Huffington Post, Los Angeles, California; Steve 
Coll, Washington, D.C.; and David Simon, Baltimore, Maryland.
ENGAGING IRAN
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine engaging Iran, focusing on obstacles and opportunities, after 
receiving testimony from Nicholas Burns, former Under Secretary of 
State for Political Affairs, Harvard University Kennedy School, 
Cambridge, Massachusetts; Robert M. Morgenthau, former United States 
Attorney for the Southern District of New York; and Adam Kaufmann, 
Central Office of the District Attorney Investigation Division, New 
York, New York.
NATO MOVING FORWARD
Committee on Foreign Relations: Subcommittee on European Affairs 
concluded a hearing to examine NATO post-60, focusing on institutional 
challenges moving forward, after receiving testimony from Daniel S. 
Hamilton, Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International 
Studies, Damon Wilson, Atlantic Council of the United States, Robert 
Hunter, former Ambassador to NATO, RAND Corporation, and Joseph Wood, 
German Marshall Fund, all of Washington, D.C.
DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY OVERSIGHT
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded an oversight hearing to 
examine the Department of Homeland Security, after receiving testimony 
from Janet Napolitano, Secretary of Homeland Security.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine the nominations of Roger W. Baker, of Virginia, to be Assistant 
Secretary for Information and Technology, William A. Gunn, of Virginia, 
to be General Counsel, Jose D. Riojas, of Texas, to be Assistant 
Secretary for Operations, Security, and Preparedness, and John U. 
Sepulveda, of Virginia, to be Assistant Secretary for Human Resources, 
all of the Department of Veterans Affairs, after the nominees testified 
and answered questions on their own behalf.
MEDICARE AND MEDICAID FRAUD
Special Committee on Aging: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
solutions to stop Medicare and Medicaid fraud from hurting seniors and 
taxpayers, after receiving testimony from R. Alexander Acosta, United 
States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, Department of 
Justice; Daniel R. Levinson, Inspector General, Department of Health 
and Human Services; Robert A. Hussar, New York State Office of the 
Medicaid Inspector General, Hauppauge, New York; James Frogue, Center 
for Health Transformation, Washington, D.C.; and Steve Horne, Dow Jones 
Enterprise Media Group, Edgewater, New Jersey.