[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 72 (Tuesday, May 12, 2009)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D535-D537]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
ARMY BUDGET
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense concluded a 
hearing to examine the President's proposed budget request for fiscal 
year 2010 for the Army, after receiving testimony from Pete Geren, 
Secretary, and General George W. Casey, Jr., Chief of Staff, both of 
the United States Army, Department of Defense.
APPROPRIATIONS: STATE, FOREIGN OPERATIONS, AND RELATED AGENCIES
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, 
and Related Programs approved for full Committee consideration an 
original bill making appropriations for Department of State, foreign 
operations, and related programs for the fiscal year ending September 
30, 2009.
ARMY AND AIR FORCE BUDGET
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Military Construction and 
Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies concluded a hearing to examine 
the President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 2010 for the 
Army and Air Force, after receiving testimony from Joseph F. Calcara, 
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Installations and Housing, Louis Jerome 
Hansen, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Strategic Infrastructure and 
Senior Official Performing Duties of Assistant Secretary for 
Installations and Environment, Brigadier General James C. Boozer, Sr., 
Director of Operations, Office of the Assistant Chief of Staff for 
Installation Management, Major General Raymond W. Carpenter, Acting 
Deputy Director of the Army National Guard, Brigadier General Julia A. 
Kraus, Deputy Chief, United States Army Reserve and Deputy Commander 
for Management, Resources and Support, all of the United States Army, 
and Kathleen Ferguson, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Installations, 
Brigadier General Joseph L. Lengyel, Deputy Director, Air National 
Guard, and Brigadier General Howard N. Thompson, Deputy Chief of Staff, 
Air Force Reserve, all of the United States Air Force, all of the 
Department of Defense.

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NOMINATIONS
Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
the nominations of Andrew Charles Weber, of Virginia, to be Assistant 
to the Secretary of Defense for Nuclear and Chemical and Biological 
Defense Programs, who was introduced by Senator Lugar, Paul N. 
Stockton, of California, to be Assistant Secretary for Homeland Defense 
and Americas' Security Affairs, who was introduced by Representative 
Farr, Thomas R. Lamont, of Illinois, to be Assistant Secretary of the 
Army for Manpower and Reserve Affairs, who was introduced by Senator 
Durbin, and Charles A. Blanchard, of Arizona, to be General Counsel of 
the Department of the Air Force, who was introduced by Senator McCain, 
all of the Department of Defense, after the nominees testified and 
answered questions in the own behalf.
PETROLEUM AND HEATING OIL RESERVE
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine S. 967, to amend the Energy Policy and Conservation 
Act to create a petroleum product reserve, and S. 283, to amend the 
Energy Policy and Conservation Act to modify the conditions for the 
release of products from the Northeast Home Heating Oil Reserve 
Account, after receiving testimony from David F. Johnson, Deputy 
Assistant Secretary of for Petroleum Reserves, and John D. Shages, 
former Deputy Assistant Secretary for Petroleum Reserves, both of the 
Department of Energy; Frank Rusco, Director, Natural Resources and 
Environment, Government Accountability Office; Kevin Book, Clear View 
Energy Partners, LLC, Washington, DC; and Didier Houssin, International 
Energy Agency, Paris, France.
EPA BUDGET
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine the President's proposed budget request for fiscal 
year 2010 for the Environmental Protection Agency, after receiving 
testimony from Lisa P. Jackson, Administrator, Environmental Protection 
Agency.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine the nominations of Peter Silva Silva, of California, 
to be Assistant Administrator, and Stephen Alan Owens, of Arizona, to 
be Assistant Administrator for Toxic Substances, both of the 
Environmental Protection Agency, and Jo-Ellen Darcy, of Maryland, to be 
Assistant Secretary of the Army, Department of Defense, who was 
introduced by Senator Baucus, after the nominees testified and answered 
questions in their own behalf.
HEALTH CARE REFORM
Committee on Finance: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
financing comprehensive health care reform, after receiving testimony 
from Edward Kleinbard, Chief of Staff, Joint Committee on Taxation, 
United States Congress; Joseph R. Antos, American Enterprise Institute, 
Leonard E. Burman, Tax Policy Center, Robert Greenstein, Center on 
Budget and Policy Priorities, Michael F. Jacobson, Center for Science 
in the Public Interest, James A. Klein, American Benefits Council, 
Gerald Shea, AFL-CIO, and Steven E. Wojcik, National Business Group on 
Health, all of Washington, DC; Katherine Baicker, Harvard School of 
Public Health, and Jonathan Gruber, Massachusetts Institute of 
Technology, both of Cambridge, MA; Stuart H. Altman, Brandeis 
University, Waltham, MA; John Sheils, Lewin Group, Falls Church, VA; 
and Gail R. Wilensky, Project HOPE, Bethesda, MD.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Finance: Committee ordered favorably reported the 
nomination of Neal S. Wolin, of Illinois, to be Deputy Secretary of the 
Treasury.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee ordered favorably reported 
nominations of Harold Hongju Koh, of Connecticut, to be Legal Adviser 
of the Department of State, and Susan Flood Burk, of Virginia, to be 
Special Representative of the President for nuclear non-proliferation.
PAKISTAN
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine the United States strategy toward Pakistan, after receiving 
testimony from Richard C. Holbrooke, Special Representative for 
Afghanistan and Pakistan, Department of State.
NOMINATION
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Committee 
concluded a hearing to examine the nomination of Cass R. Sunstein, of 
Massachusetts, to be Administrator of the Office of Information and 
Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, after the nominee, 
who was introduced by Senator Klobuchar, testified and answered 
questions in his own behalf.
DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY BUDGET
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Committee 
concluded a hearing to examine the President's proposed budget request 
for fiscal year 2010 for the Department of Homeland Security,

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after receiving testimony from Janet Napolitano, Secretary of Homeland 
Security.
STATE AND LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
helping State and local law enforcement, after receiving testimony from 
Thomas Perrelli, Associate Attorney General, Department of Justice; 
Chief Edward A. Flynn, Milwaukee Police Department, Milwaukee, WI; 
Lieutenant Kristian Carlson, Burlington Police Department, Burlington, 
VT; and David B. Muhlhausen, Heritage Foundation Center for Data 
Analysis, Washington, DC.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
the nominations of Gerard E. Lynch, of New York, to be United States 
Circuit Judge for the Second Circuit, who was introduced by Senator 
Gillibrand, and Mary L. Smith, of Illinois, to be Assistant Attorney 
General, Tax Division, Department of Justice, after the nominees 
testified and answered questions in their own behalf.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Committee ordered favorably reported 
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.
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.