[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 86 (Wednesday, June 10, 2009)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D670-D671]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee ordered 
favorably reported the nominations of Mercedes Marquez, of California, 
to be Assistant Secretary of Housing and Urban Development for 
Community Planning and Development, and Herbert M. Allison, Jr., of 
Connecticut, to be Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Financial 
Stability.
DOMESTIC AUTOMOBILE INDUSTRY
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine the state of the domestic automobile industry, 
focusing on the impact of federal assistance, after receiving testimony 
from Ron Bloom, Senior Advisor at the Department of Treasury; and 
Edward Montgomery, Director for Recovery for Auto Communities and 
Workers.
AVIATION SAFETY AND COMMERCIAL AIR CARRIERS
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on 
Aviation Operations, Safety, and Security concluded a hearing to 
examine aviation safety, focusing on the Federal Aviation 
Administration's role in the oversight of commercial air carriers, 
after receiving testimony from Randolph Babbitt, Administrator, Federal 
Aviation Administration, and Calvin L. Scovel III, Inspector General, 
both of the Department of Transportation; Mark V. Rosenker, Acting 
Chairman, National Transportation Safety Board; and John O'Brien, 
Flight Safety Foundation, Alexandria, Virginia.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee ordered favorably 
reported the nominations of Peter Silva Silva, of California, to be 
Assistant Administrator for Water, and Stephen Alan Owens, of Arizona, 
to be Assistant Administrator for Prevention, Pesticides, and Toxic 
Substances, both of the Environmental Protection Agency, and Victor M. 
Mendez, of Arizona, to be Administrator of the Federal Highway 
Administration, Department of Transportation.
NOMINATION
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine the nomination of Kurt M. Campbell, of the District of 
Columbia, to be Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific 
Affairs, after the nominee, who was introduced by Senator Reed, 
testified and answered questions in his own behalf.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Committee 
concluded a hearing to examine the nominations of Tara Jeanne O'Toole, 
of Maryland, to be Under Secretary for Science and Technology, 
Department of Homeland Security, and Jeffrey D. Zients, of the District 
of Columbia, to be Deputy Director for Management, Office of Management 
and Budget, who was introduced by Senator Bennet, after the nominees 
testified and answered questions in his own behalf.
U.S. EMBASSY IN KABUL
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Ad Hoc 
Subcommittee on Contracting Oversight concluded a hearing to examine 
allegations of waste, fraud, and abuse in security contracts at the 
United States Embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan, after receiving testimony 
from William H. Moser, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for 
Logistics Management, Bureau of Administration; and Samuel Brinkley, 
Wackenhut Services, Inc., Palm Beach Gardens, Florida.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee ordered 
favorably reported the nominations of Howard K. Koh, of Massachusetts, 
to be Assistant Secretary of Health and Human Services,

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Martha J. Kanter, of California, to be Under Secretary of Education, 
Jane Oates, of New Jersey, to be Assistant Secretary of Labor for 
Employment and Training Administration, and Laurie I. Mikva, of 
Illinois, to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the Legal 
Services Corporation.
VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN ACT
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
the Violence Against Women Act, after receiving testimony from 
Catherine Pierce, Acting Director, Office of Violence Against Women, 
Department of Justice; Karen Tronsgard-Scott, Vermont Network Against 
Domestic and Sexual Violence, Montpelier; Ann Burke, Lindsay Ann Burke 
Memorial Fund, Saunderstown, Rhode Island; Collene Campbell, former 
Mayor, San Juan Capistrano, California, on behalf of Force 100; Sally 
Wolfgang Wells, Office of the Maricopa County Attorney, Phoenix, 
Arizona; and Gabrielle Union, Beverly Hills, California.
NOMINATION
Committee on Rules and Administration: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine the nomination of John J. Sullivan, of Maryland, to be a Member 
of the Federal Election Commission, after the nominee, who was 
introduced by Senator Schumer, testified and answered questions in his 
own behalf.
VA CONSTRUCTION PROCESS
Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Committee concluded an oversight 
hearing to examine the Department of Veterans Affairs' construction 
process, after receiving testimony from Donald H. Orndoff, Director, 
Office of Construction and Facilities Management, Department of 
Veterans Affairs; David Wise, Director, Physical Infrastructure Issues, 
Government Accountability Office; Dennis M. Cullinan, Veterans of 
Foreign Wars of the United States, Kansas City, Missouri; and J. David 
Cox, American Federation of Government Employees, AFL-CIO, Washington, 
D.C.