[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 87 (Thursday, June 11, 2009)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D680-D682]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
APPROPRIATIONS: DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing 
and Urban Development, and Related Agencies concluded a hearing to 
examine proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2010 for the 
Department of Housing and Urban Development, after receiving testimony 
from Shaun Donovan, Secretary of Housing and Urban Development.
APPROPRIATIONS: DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS
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 
Veterans Affairs, after receiving testimony from Eric K. Shinseki, 
Secretary, Gerald M. Cross, Acting Under Secretary for Health, Veterans 
Health Administration, Patrick W. Dunne, Under Secretary for Benefits, 
Veterans Benefits Administration, Steve L. Muro, Acting Under Secretary 
for Memorial Affairs, National Cemetery Administration, Rita A. Reed, 
Acting Assistant Secretary for Management, and Roger W. Baker, 
Assistant Secretary for Information and Technology, all of the 
Department of Veterans Affairs.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
the nominations of Gordon S. Heddell, of the District of Columbia, to 
be Inspector General, J. Michael Gilmore, of Virginia, to be Director 
of Operational Test and Evaluation, Zachary J. Lemnios, of 
Massachusetts, to be Director of Defense Research and Engineering, 
Dennis M. McCarthy, of Ohio, to be Assistant Secretary for Reserve 
Affairs,

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and Jamie Michael Morin, of Michigan, to be Assistant Secretary for 
Financial Management and Comptroller, who was introduced by Senator 
Conrad, and Daniel Ginsberg, of the District of Columbia, to be 
Assistant Secretary for Manpower and Reserve Affairs, who was 
introduced by Senator Leahy, both of the Department of the Air Force, 
all of the Department of Defense, after the nominees testified and 
answered questions in their own behalf.
NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION BUDGET
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on 
Oceans, Atmosphere, Fisheries, and Coast Guard concluded a hearing to 
examine the President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 2010 
for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, after 
receiving testimony from Jane Lubchenco, Under Secretary for Oceans and 
Atmosphere and Administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
Administration, Department of Commerce.
NORTH KOREA
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine certain North Korea issues, after receiving testimony from 
Stephen Bosworth, Special Representative for North Korea Policy, 
Department of State; Evan J.R. Revere, The Korea Society, New York, New 
York; Leon V. Signal, Social Science Research Council Northeast Asia 
Cooperative Security Project, Brooklyn, New York; and Victor D. Cha, 
Georgetown University, and Nancy Lindborg, Mercy Corps, both of 
Washington, D.C.
THE WHISTLEBLOWER PROTECTION ENHANCEMENT ACT
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 S. 372, to amend 
chapter 23 of title 5, United States Code, to clarify the disclosures 
of information protected from prohibited personnel practices, require a 
statement in nondisclosure policies, forms, and agreements that such 
policies, forms, and agreements conform with certain disclosure 
protections, provide certain authority for the Special Counsel, after 
receiving testimony from Rajesh De, Deputy Assistant Attorney General, 
Office of Legal Policy, Department of Justice; and William L. 
Bransford, Senior Executives Association, Danielle Brian, Project on 
Government Oversight, Thomas Devine, Government Accountability Project, 
and Robert Vaughn, American University Washington College of Law, all 
of Washington, D.C.
HEALTH CARE
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee 
concluded a hearing to examine health care, after receiving testimony 
from Sandy Praeger, Kansas Insurance Commissioner, Topeka; Margaret 
Flowers, Physicians for a National Health Program, and Samantha Rosman, 
American Medical Association, both of Chicago, Illinois; Ron Williams, 
Aetna Inc., Hartford, Connecticut; Randel Johnson, U.S. Chamber of 
Commerce, William Dennis, National Federation of Independent Business, 
Mary Andrus, Consortium for Citizens with Disabilities, Ray Scheppach, 
National Governors' Association, Gerald Shea, AFL-CIO, Dennis Rivera, 
Service Employees International Union (SEIU), and Scott Gottlieb, 
American Enterprise Institute; Katherine Baicker, Harvard School of 
Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts; Jonathan Gruber, Massachusetts 
Institute of Technology Department of Economics, Cambridge; Janet 
Trautwein, National Association of Health Underwriters, Arlington, 
Virginia; and Steve Burd, Safeway, Inc., Pleasanton, California.
INDIAN HEALTH CARE SYSTEM REFORM
Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
reforming the Indian health care system, after receiving testimony from 
Jefferson Keel, National Congress of American Indians, Buford Rolin, 
Poarch Band of Creek Indians, on behalf of the National Indian Health 
Board, and Geoffrey Roth, National Council of Urban Indian Health, all 
of Washington, D.C.; Valerie Davidson, Alaska Native Tribal Health 
Consortium Legal and Intergovernmental Affairs, Anchorage; and Paul K. 
Carlton, Jr., Texas A&M Health Science Center, College Station.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee ordered favorably reported the 
nominations of Gerard E. Lynch, of New York, to be United States 
Circuit Judge for the Second Circuit, and Mary L. Smith, of Illinois, 
to be Assistant Attorney General, Tax Division, Department of Justice.
NATIONAL CRIMINAL JUSTICE ACT
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Crime and Drugs concluded a 
hearing to examine the National Criminal Justice Act of 2009, after 
receiving testimony from Chief William J. Bratton, Los Angeles Police 
Department, Los Angeles, California; Pat Nolan, Prison Fellowship, 
Lansdowne, Virginia; Charles J. Ogletree, Jr., Harvard Law School 
Charles Hamilton Houston Institute for Race and Justice, Cambridge, 
Massachusetts; and Brian W. Walsh, The Heritage Foundation, Washington, 
D.C.

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BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Rules and Administration: Committee ordered favorably 
reported the nomination of John J. Sullivan, of Maryland, to be a 
Member of the Federal Election Commission.
BUSINESS MEETING
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee ordered favorably reported 
the nominations of Robert S. Litt, of Maryland, to be General Counsel 
of the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, and Stephen 
Woolman Preston, of the District of Columbia, to be General Counsel of 
the Central Intelligence Agency.