[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 82 (Wednesday, June 3, 2009)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D633-D635]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
U.S FORESTRY POLICY
  Committee on Agriculture: Subcommittee on Department Operations, 
Oversight, Nutrition and Forestry held a hearing to review the 
future of forestry in the United States. Testimony was heard from 
Jay Jensen, Deputy Under Secretary, Natural Resources and 
Environment, USDA; and public witnesses.
DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense held a hearing on 
Air Force Posture. Testimony was heard from the following officials of 
the Department of the Air Force: Michael B. Donley, Secretary; and GEN 
Norton A. Schwartz, USAF, Chief of Staff.
  The Subcommittee also held a hearing on Navy and Marine Corps 
Posture. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the 
Department of the Navy: Raymond E. Mabus, Secretary; ADM Gary 
Roughhead, USN, Chief of Naval Operations; and GEN James T. Conway, 
USMC, Commandant of the Marine Corps.
ENERGY AND WATER DEVELOPMENT, AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Energy and Water 
Development, and Related Agencies held a hearing on the Secretary of 
Energy. Testimony was heard from Stephen Chu, Secretary of Energy.
LABOR, HHS, EDUCATION, AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human 
Services, Education, and Related Agencies held a hearing on the 
Secretary of Education. Testimony was heard from Arne Duncan, Secretary 
of Education.
COORDINATING REQUIREMENTS/BUDGETS/ACQUISITIONS
Committee on Armed Services: Defense Acquisition Reform Panel held a 
hearing on Coordinating Requirements, Budgets, and Acquisition: How 
Does It Affect Costs and Acquisition Outcomes. Testimony was heard from 
the following former officials of the Department of Defense: Gordon 
England, Secretary of Defense and Secretary of the Navy; ADM Edmund P. 
Giambastiani, USN (ret.); and LTG Ron Ladish, USAF (ret.).
MILITARY CONSTRUCTION BUDGET
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Readiness held a hearing 
on the Fiscal Year 2010 National Defense Authorization Budget Request 
for Military Construction, Family Housing, Base Closure, Facilities 
Operations and Maintenance. Testimony was heard from the following 
officials of the Department of Defense: Wayne Arny, Deputy Under 
Secretary, Installations and Environment; Joseph Calcara, Deputy 
Assistant Secretary, Army, Installations and Housing; B.J. Penn, 
Assistant Secretary, Navy, Installations and Environment; and Kathleen 
I. Ferguson, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Air Force, Installations.
FEDERAL RESERVE'S ECONOMIC VIEW
Committee on the Budget: Held a hearing on Challenges Facing the 
Economy: The View of the Federal Reserve. Testimony was heard from 
Benjamin S. Bernanke, Chairman, Board of Governors, Federal Reserve 
System.

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MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade, and 
Consumer Protection concluded markup of the following bills: H.R. 2221, 
Data Accountability and Trust Act; H.R. 2309, Consumer Credit and Debt 
Protection Act; H.R. 2190, Mercury Pollution Reduction Act; and H.R. 
1706, Protecting Consumer Access to Generic Drugs Act.
FOOD SAFETY ENHANCEMENT ACT OF 2009
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Health held a hearing 
on draft legislation the Food Safety Enhancement Act of 2009. Testimony 
was heard from Margaret Hamburg, M.D., Commissioner, FDA, Department of 
Health and Human Services; Tim F. Jones, M.D., State Epidemiologist, 
Department of Health, State of Tennessee; and public witnesses.
FANNIE MAE/FREDDIE MAC
Committee on Financial Services: Subcommittee on Capital Markets, 
Insurance, and Government Sponsored Enterprises held a hearing entitled 
``The Present Condition and Future Status of Fannie Mae and Freddie 
Mac.'' Testimony was heard from the following officials of the Federal 
Housing Finance Agency: James B. Lockhart III, Director; Edward J. 
DeMarco, Chief Operating Officer and Senior Deputy Director, Housing 
Mission and Goals; and Christopher Dickerson, Deputy Director, 
Enterprise Regulation; and public witnesses.
REMITTANCES: REGULATION AND DISCLOSURE
Committee on Financial Services: Subcommittee on Financial Institutions 
and Consumer Credit held a hearing entitled ``Remittances: Regulation 
and Disclosure in a New Economic Environment.'' Testimony was heard 
from public witnesses.
GENERIC DRUG PATENT SETTLEMENT DELAYS
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Courts and Competition 
Policy held a hearing on Pay to Delay: Are Patent Settlements That 
Delay Generic Drug Market Entry Anticompetitive? Testimony was heard 
from Richard Feinstein, Director, Bureau of Competition, FTC; and 
public witnesses.
JUDGE SAMUEL B. KENT IMPEACHMENT
Committee on the Judiciary: Task Force on Judicial Impeachment held a 
hearing to consider Possible Impeachment of United States District 
Judge Samuel B. Kent. Testimony was heard from the following officials 
of the U.S. District Court, Southern District of Texas: Cathy McBroom, 
Case Manager; and Donna Wilkerson, Legal Secretary; Alan Baron, Special 
Impeachment Counsel, House Committee on the Judiciary; and a public 
witness.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on Natural Resources: Held a hearing on the following bills: 
H.R. 1061, Hoh Indian Tribe Safe Homelands Act; H.R. 2040, To authorize 
a process by which the Secretary of the Interior shall process 
acquisitions of certain real property by the Samish Indian Nation into 
trust; and H.R. 1035, Morris K. Udall Scholarship and Excellence in 
National Environmental Policy Amendments Act of 2009. Testimony was 
heard from George Skibine, Assistant Secretary, Policy and Economic 
Development for Indian Affairs, Department of the Interior; and public 
witnesses.
FEDERAL EMPLOYEES PAID PARENTAL LEAVE ACT OF 2009
Committee on Rules: Granted, by a non-record vote, a structured rule 
providing for consideration of H.R. 626, the Federal Employees Paid 
Parental Leave Act of 2009. The rule provides one hour of general 
debate equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority 
member of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. The rule 
waives all points of order against consideration of the bill except 
clauses 9 and 10 of rule XXI. The rule provides that the bill shall be 
considered as read. The rule waives all points of order against 
provisions in the bill.
  The rule makes in order only those amendments printed in the Rules 
Committee report. The amendments made in order may be offered only in 
the order printed in the report, may be offered only by a Member 
designated in the report, shall be considered as read, shall be 
debatable for the time specified in the report equally divided and 
controlled by the proponent and an opponent, shall not be subject to 
amendment, and shall not be subject to a demand for a division of the 
question in the House or in the Committee of the Whole. All points of 
order against the amendments except for clauses 9 and 10 of Rule XXI 
are waived. The rule provides one motion to recommit with or without 
instructions. Testimony was heard from Representatives Lynch, Maloney, 
Al Green of Texas, and Issa.
NATIONAL CLIMATE SERVICES ACT OF 2009
Committee on Science and Technology: Ordered reported, as amended, H.R. 
2407, National Climate Service Act of 2009.

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HEALTH REFORM
Committee on Small Business: Held a hearing entitled ``Common Ground: 
Finding Consensus on Health Reform, the Small Business Perspective.'' 
Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
WATER/ENVIRONMENT AGENCY BUDGETS
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure: Subcommittee on Water 
Resources and Environment held a hearing on Agency Budgets and 
Priorities for FY 2010. Testimony was heard from the following 
officials of the EPA; Michael Shapiro, Acting Assistant Administrator, 
Office of Water; and Barry Breen, Acting Assistant Administrator, 
Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response; David White, Chief, 
Natural Resources Conservation Service, USDA; Collister Johnson, Jr., 
Administrator, Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation, 
Department of Transportation; John H. Dunnigan, Assistant 
Administrator, National Ocean Service, NOAA, Department of Commerce; 
and John M. Thomas III, Vice President and Controller, Financial 
Services, TVA.
ENDING VETERANS HOMELESSNESS
Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Held a hearing on a National Commitment 
to End Veterans Homelessness. Testimony was heard from Peter H. 
Dougherty, Director, Homeless Veterans Programs, Department of Veterans 
Affairs; John M. McWilliam, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Veterans' 
Employment and Training Service, Department of Labor; representatives 
of veterans organizations; and public witnesses.
VETERANS LEGISLATION
Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Subcommittee on Disability Assistance 
and Memorial Affairsapproved for full Committee action the following 
bills: H.R. 952, as amended, COMBAT PTSD Act; and H.R. 2270, Benefits 
for Qualified World War II Veterans Act of 2009.
HUMAN CAPITAL
Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence: Met in executive session to 
hold a hearing on Human Capital. Testimony was heard from LTG John F. 
Kimmons, USA, Deputy Chief of Staff, Intelligence, Department of the 
Army; and the following officials of the Office of the Director of 
National Intelligence: Ron Sanders, Associate Director, National 
Intelligence for Human Capital; and Patricia Taylor, Chief, 
Intelligence Community EEO and Diversity.

Joint Meetings
  No joint committee meetings were held.