[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 70 (Thursday, May 7, 2009)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D519-D521]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: Committee concluded 
a hearing to examine the nominations of Krysta Harden, of Virginia, who 
was introduced by Senator Chambliss, and Pearlie S. Reed, of Arkansas, 
who was introduced by Senator Lincoln, both to be an Assistant 
Secretary, Rajiv J. Shah, of Washington, to be Under Secretary for 
Research, Education, and Economics, who was introduced by Senator 
Cantwell, and Dallas P. Tonsager, of South Dakota, to be Under 
Secretary for Rural Development, who was introduced by Representative 
Herseth Sandlin, all of the Department of Agriculture, after the 
nominees testified and answered questions in their own behalf.
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, 
Science, and Related Agencies concluded an oversight hearing to examine 
funding of the Department of Justice, after receiving testimony from 
Eric H. Holder, Jr., Attorney General, Department of Justice.
H1N1 VIRUS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural 
Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies 
concluded a hearing to examine the 2009 H1N1 virus, after receiving 
testimony from Tom Vilsack, Secretary of Agriculture; and Joshua M. 
Sharfstein, Principal Deputy Commissioner and Acting Commissioner, Food 
and Drug Administration, Department of Health and Human Services.
APPROPRIATIONS: ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL AND OFFICE OF COMPLIANCE
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Legislative Branch 
concluded a hearing to examine proposed budget estimates for fiscal 
year 2010 for the Office of the Architect of the Capitol, and the 
Office of Compliance, after receiving testimony from Stephen T. Ayers, 
Acting Architect of the Capitol; and Tamara E. Chrisler, Executive 
Director, Office of Compliance, United States Congress.
CONGRESSIONAL COMMISSION ON THE STRATEGIC POSTURE OF THE U.S.
Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
the report of the Congressional Commission on the Strategic Posture of 
the United States, after receiving testimony from former Senator John 
Glenn, Harry E. Cartland, and John S. Foster,

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each a Member, and William J. Perry, and James R. Schlesinger, both a 
Chairman, all of the Congressional Commission on the Strategic Posture 
of the United States.
U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on 
Securities, Insurance and Investment concluded a hearing to examine 
strengthening the Securities and Exchange Commission's enforcement 
responsibilities, after receiving testimony from Richard J. Hillman, 
Managing Director, Financial Markets and Community Investment, 
Government Accountability Office; Robert Khuzami, Director, Division of 
Enforcement, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission; Mercer E. 
Bullard, University of Mississippi School of Law, Oxford; and Bruce 
Hiler, Cadwalader, Wickersham and Taft LLP, Washington, D.C.
CYBERSECURITY AND CRITICAL ELECTRICITY INFRASTRUCTURE
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine a joint staff draft related to cybersecurity and 
critical electricity infrastructure, after receiving testimony from 
Patricia Hoffman, Acting Assistant Secretary of Energy for Electricity 
Delivery and Energy Reliability; Joseph McClelland, Director, Office of 
Electric Reliability, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission; Richard P. 
Sergel, North American Electric Reliability Corporation, Princeton, New 
Jersey; and Allen Mosher, American Public Power Association, and David 
K. Owens, Edison Electric Institute, both of Washington, D.C.
ENERGY INFRASTRUCTURE
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Subcommittee on Energy 
concluded a hearing to examine net metering, interconnection standards, 
and other policies that promote the deployment of distributed 
generation to improve grid reliability, increase clean energy 
deployment, enable consumer choice, and diversify our nation's energy 
supply, after receiving testimony from Kevin A. Kelly, Director, 
Division of Policy Development, Office of Energy Policy and Innovation, 
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission; Garry A. Brown, New York State 
Public Service Commission Chairman, Albany, on behalf of the National 
Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners; Christopher Cook, 
Sunworks, LLC, Dunn Loring, Virginia; David Weiss, Pepco Energy 
Services, Arlington, Virginia; and Irene Kowalczyk, Meadwestvaco 
Corporation, Glen Allen, Virginia.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee ordered favorably 
reported the nominations of Mathy Stanislaus, of New Jersey, to be 
Assistant Administrator, Office of Solid Waste, Cynthia J. Giles, of 
Rhode Island, to be Assistant Administrator for Enforcement and 
Compliance, and Michelle DePass, of New York, to be Assistant 
Administrator for International Affairs, all of the Environmental 
Protection Agency.
AUCTIONING UNDER CAP AND TRADE
Committee on Finance: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
auctioning under cap and trade, focusing on design, participation, and 
distribution of revenues, after receiving testimony from Alan Krueger, 
Assistant Secretary for Economic Policy-Designate and Chief Economist, 
Department of the Treasury; Douglas Elmendorf, Director, Congressional 
Budget Office; Jos Delbeke, Deputy Director-General, Directorate 
General for Environment, European Commission, Brussels, Belgium; and 
Anne E. Smith, CRA International, Washington, D.C.
RECRUITMENT IN THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
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 S. 736, to provide 
for improvements in the Federal hiring process, after receiving 
testimony from John Berry, Director, Office of Personnel Management; 
Susan L. Duncan, Assistant G-1 for Civilian Personnel, United States 
Army, Department of Defense; Gail T. Lovelace, Chief Human Capital 
Officer, General Services Administration; Max Stier, Partnership for 
Public Service, Washington, D.C.; and Linda Brooks Rix, Avue 
Technologies Corporation, Tacoma, Washington.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee 
concluded a hearing to examine the nominations of Seth David Harris, of 
New Jersey, to be Deputy Secretary, who was introduced by Senator 
Lautenberg, and M. Patricia Smith, of New York, to be Solicitor, who 
was introduced by Senator Schumer, both of the Department of Labor, 
after the nominees testified and answered questions in their own 
behalf.
NOMINATION
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee 
concluded a hearing to examine the nomination of Margaret A. Hamburg, 
of the District of Columbia, to be Commissioner of Food and

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Drugs, Department of Health and Human Services, after the nominee, who 
was introduced by Senator Lugar, testified and answered questions in 
her own behalf.
NOMINATION
Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
the nomination of Larry J. Echo Hawk, of Utah, to be Assistant 
Secretary of the Interior for Indian Affairs, after the nominee, who 
was introduced by Senator Inouye, testified and answered questions in 
his own behalf. Testimony was also received from Alonzo Coby, Shoshone-
Bannock Tribes, Fort Hall, Idaho.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee ordered favorably reported the 
following business items:
   S. 327, to amend the Violence Against Women Act of 1994 and the 
Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to improve 
assistance to domestic and sexual violence victims and provide for 
technical corrections, with amendments; and
  The nominations of William K. Sessions III, of Vermont, to be Chair 
of the United States Sentencing Commission, and John Morton, of 
Virginia, to be Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security.