[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 83 (Thursday, June 4, 2009)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D641-D642]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
REGULATORY REFORM AND DERIVATIVES MARKETS
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: Committee concluded 
a hearing to examine regulatory reform and derivatives markets, after 
receiving testimony from Gary Gensler, Chairman, Commodity Futures 
Trading Commission; Lynn A. Stout, University of California Los Angeles 
School of Law; Mark Lenczowski, JPMorgan Chase and Co., Washington, 
D.C.; David Dines, Cargill Risk Management, Hopkins, Minnesota; Michael 
W. Masters, Masters Capital Management, LLC, Atlanta, Georgia; Daniel 
A. Driscoll, National Futures Association, Chicago, Illinois; and 
Richard Bookstaber, New York, New York.
APPROPRIATIONS: FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, 
Science, and Related Agencies concluded open and closed hearings to 
examine proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2010 for the Federal 
Bureau of Investigation, after receiving testimony from Robert S. 
Mueller III, Director, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Department of 
Justice.
APPROPRIATIONS: DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense concluded a 
hearing to examine proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2010 for 
the Department of the Air Force, after receiving testimony from Michael 
B. Donley, Secretary, and General Norton A. Schwartz, Chief of Staff, 
both of the United States Air Force, Department of Defense.
APPROPRIATIONS: DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural 
Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies to 
examine proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2010 for the 
Department of Agriculture, after receiving testimony from Tom Vilsack, 
Secretary, Kathleen Merrigan, Deputy Secretary, Joseph Glauber, Chief 
Economist, and Scott Steele, Budget Officer, all of the Department of 
Agriculture.
APPROPRIATIONS: LIBRARY OF CONGRESS AND OPEN WORLD LEADERSHIP CENTER
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Legislative Branch 
concluded a hearing to examine proposed budget estimates for fiscal 
year 2010 for the Library of Congress and the Open World Leadership 
Center, after receiving testimony from James H. Billington, Librarian 
of Congress, and John O'Keefe, Executive Director, Open World 
Leadership Center, both of the Library of Congress.
DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY BUDGET
Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
the Defense Authorization request for fiscal year 2010 and the Future 
Years Defense Program for the Department of the Navy, after receiving 
testimony from Raymond E. Mabus, Jr., Secretary of the Navy, Admiral 
Gary Roughhead, USN, Chief of Naval Operations, and General James

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T. Conway, USMC, Commandant of the Marine Corps, all of the Department 
of Defense.
NOMINATION
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine the nomination of Herbert M. Allison, Jr., of 
Connecticut, to be Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Financial 
Stability, after the nominee, who was introduced by Senator Dodd, 
testified and answered questions in his own behalf.
U.S.-CHINA COOPERATION ON CLIMATE CHANGE
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine challenges and opportunities for U.S.-China cooperation on 
climate change, after receiving testimony from William Chandler, 
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace Energy and Climate Program, 
and Kenneth Lieberthal, The Brookings Institution, both of Washington, 
D.C.; and Elizabeth Economy, Council on Foreign Relations Asia Studies, 
New York, New York.
2009 HURRICANE SEASON
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Ad Hoc 
Subcommittee on Disaster Recovery concluded a hearing to examine a 
status report on emergency preparedness for the 2009 hurricane season, 
after receiving testimony from W. Craig Fugate, Administrator, Federal 
Emergency Management Agency, and George Foresman, former Under 
Secretary for Preparedness and Emergency Response, both of the 
Department of Homeland Security; Major General Frank J. Grass, Director 
of Operations, United States Northern Command, Department of Defense; 
Armond T. Mascelli, American Red Cross, Washington, D.C.; and Janet 
Durden, United Way of Northern Louisiana, Monroe.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee ordered favorably reported the 
nominations of David F. Hamilton, of Indiana, to be United States 
Circuit Judge for the Seventh Circuit, Andre M. Davis, of Maryland, to 
be United States Circuit Judge for the Fourth Circuit, and Thomas E. 
Perez, of Maryland, to be Assistant Attorney General, Civil Rights 
Division, Department of Justice.
FEDERAL RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT
Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine SBIR and STTR reauthorization, focusing on ensuring 
a strong future for small business in federal research and development, 
after receiving testimony from Charles Wessner, Director, Technology, 
Innovation, and Entrepreneurship, National Academy of Sciences; Cheryl 
Williams, Assistant Director, Government Accountability Office; Sally 
J. Rockey, Acting Deputy Director for Extramural Research, National 
Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services; Linda B. 
Oliver, Acting Director of Small Business Programs, Office of the Under 
Secretary of Defense for Acquisitions, Technology, and Logistics; Laura 
Mann Eyester, Attorney Advisor, Office of General Counsel, and Subash 
Ayer, Special Assistant to the Administrator, both of the Small 
Business Administration; Gary McGarrity, VIRxSYS, Gaithersburg, 
Maryland; Jim Barry, Creare, Inc., Hanover, New Hampshire; Keith 
Crandell, ARCH Venture Partners, Chicago, Illinois; Jere N. Glover, 
Small Business Technology Council, Washington, D.C.; Kunal Mehra, 
Scientific Systems Company, Woburn, Massachusetts; and Kathy Wyatt, 
Louisiana Tech University, Ruston.
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.