[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 77 (Tuesday, May 19, 2009)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D578-D579]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
FUNDING AND OVERSIGHT OF THE DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Energy and Water 
Development concluded a hearing to examine funding and oversight of the 
Department of Energy, after receiving testimony from Steven Chu, 
Secretary of Energy.
APPROPRIATIONS: MILITARY CONSTRUCTION PROGRAMS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Military Construction and 
Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies concluded a hearing to examine 
proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2010 for the Department of 
Defense and the Department of the Navy military construction programs, 
after receiving testimony from B.J. Penn, Assistant Secretary of the 
Navy, Major General Eugene G. Payne, Jr., Assistant Deputy Commandant 
for Installation and Logistics, and Rear Admiral Mark A. Handley, 
Deputy Commander, Navy Installations Command, all of the Department of 
the Navy, and Robert F. Hale, Under Secretary, Comptroller, and Wayne 
Arny, Deputy Under Secretary for Installations and Environment, all of 
the Department of Defense.
BUDGET: DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION
Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
the Department of the Army proposed defense authorization request for 
fiscal year 2010 and the Future Years Defense Program, after receiving 
testimony from Pete Geren, Secretary of the Army, and General George W. 
Casey Jr., USA, Chief of Staff of the Army, both of the Department of 
Defense.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Armed Services: Committee ordered favorably reported 2,425 
nominations in the Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded 
a hearing to examine the nominations of J. Randolph Babbitt, of 
Virginia, to be Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration, 
and John D. Porcari, of Maryland, to be Deputy Secretary, who was 
introduced by Senators Mikulski and Cardin, both of the Department of 
Transportation, Rebecca M. Blank, of Maryland, to be Under Secretary 
for Economic Affairs, and Lawrence E. Strickling, of Illinois, to be 
Assistant Secretary for Communications and Information, both of the 
Department of Commerce, and Aneesh Chopra, of Virginia, to be Chief 
Technology Officer, Office of Science and Technology Policy, Executive 
Office of the President, after the nominees testified and answered 
questions in their own behalf.
BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES AND CLIMATE POLICY
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine business opportunities and climate policy, after 
receiving testimony from Chad Holliday, E.I. DuPont de Nemours and 
Company, Inc., Wilmington, Delaware; Mark W. Stiles, Trinity Industries 
Inc., Dallas, Texas; Cynthia J. Warner, Sapphire Energy, San Diego, 
California; Tim Healey, Lange-Stegmann Company, St. Louis, Missouri; 
Richard Lowenthal, Coulomb Technologies, Campbell, California; Wayne F. 
Krouse, Hydro Green Energy, LLC, Houston, Texas; Richard W. Taylor, 
ImbuTec Inc., Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; and Jack Armstrong, BASF 
Corporation, Florham Park, New Jersey.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee ordered favorably reported 
the nominations of Philip J. Crowley, of Virginia, to be Assistant 
Secretary for Public Affairs, and Jeffrey D. Feltman, of Ohio, to be 
Assistant Secretary for Near Eastern Affairs, both of the Department of 
State, and Daniel Benjamin, of the District of Columbia, to be 
Coordinator for Counterterrorism, with the rank and status of 
Ambassador at Large.
GREEN GLOBAL ECONOMIC RECOVERY
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine pathways to a green global economic recovery, after receiving 
testimony from Nicholas Stern, London School of Economics and Political 
Science, London, United Kingdom; and James E. Rogers, Duke Energy, 
Charlotte, North Carolina.
PUBLIC HEALTH CHALLENGES IN DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
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 public health 
challenges in our nation's capital, after

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receiving testimony from Pierre N.D. Vigilance, Director, and Shannon 
L. Hader, Senior Deputy Director, HIV/AIDS Administration, both of the 
District of Columbia Department of Health, and Raymond Catarino 
Martins, Whitman-Walker Clinic, all of Washington, D.C.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee began 
markup of S. 982, to protect the public health by providing the Food 
and Drug Administration with certain authority to regulate tobacco 
products, but did not complete action thereon, and will meet again 
Wednesday, May 20, 2009.
HOLDING FOREIGN MANUFACTURERS ACCOUNTABLE
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Administrative Oversight 
and the Courts concluded a hearing to examine protecting Americans, 
focusing on holding foreign manufacturers accountable, after receiving 
testimony from Louise Ellen Teitz, Roger Williams University School of 
Law, Bristol, Rhode Island; Thomas L. Gowen, Locks Law Firm, 
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Chuck Stefan, The Mitchell Company, Mobile, 
Alabama; and Victor E. Schwartz, Shook, Hardy, and Bacon, LLP, 
Washington, D.C., on behalf of the United States Chamber Institute for 
Legal Reform.
DISCOUNT PRICING CONSUMER PROTECTION ACT
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Antitrust, Competition 
Policy and Consumer Rights concluded a hearing to examine the Discount 
Pricing Consumer Protection Act, focusing on a ban on vertical price 
fixing, after receiving testimony from Pamela Jones Harbour, 
Commissioner, Federal Trade Commission; Tod Cohen, eBay Inc., San Jose, 
California; Stacy Haigney, Burlington Coat Factory, Burlington, New 
Jersey; and James A. Wilson, American Bar Association, Columbus, Ohio.
INTELLIGENCE
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee held closed hearings on 
intelligence matters, receiving testimony from officials of the 
intelligence community.
  Committee recessed subject to call.
BUSINESS MEETING
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee ordered favorably reported 
the nomination of Priscilla E. Guthrie, of Virginia, to be Chief 
Information Officer, Office of the Director of National Intelligence.