[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 90 (Tuesday, June 16, 2009)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D702-D704]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
APPROPRIATIONS: SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION AND GENERAL SERVICES 
ADMINISTRATION
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Financial Services and 
General Government concluded a hearing to examine proposed budget 
estimates for fiscal year 2010 for the Small Business Administration 
and the General Services Administration, after receiving testimony from 
Karen Mills, Administrator, Small Business Administration; Paul F. 
Prouty, Acting Administrator, General Services Administration; and 
Joseph Bataillon, Chief Judge, United States District Court, District 
of Nebraska, and Chair, Space and Facilities Committee, Judicial 
Conference of the United States.
BALLISTIC MISSILE DEFENSE PROGRAMS
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 ballistic missile defense programs, after 
receiving testimony from William J. Lynn, Deputy Secretary of Defense, 
General James Cartwright, USMC, Vice Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff, 
and Lieutenant General Patrick J. O'Reilly, USA, Director, Missile 
Defense Agency, all of the Department of Defense.
NAVY SHIPBUILDING PROGRAMS BUDGET
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on SeaPower concluded a 
hearing to examine the Defense Authorization request for fiscal year 
2010 and the Future Years Defense Program for Navy shipbuilding 
programs, after receiving testimony from Sean J. Stackley, Assistant 
Secretary of the Navy for Research, Development and Acquisitions, and 
Vice Admiral Bernard J. McCullough, III, USN, Deputy Chief of Naval 
Operations for Integration of Capabilities and Resources, both of the 
Department of Defense.
ARMY MODERNIZATION AND MANAGEMENT BUDGET
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Airland concluded a 
hearing to examine the Defense Authorization request for fiscal year 
2010 and the Future Years Defense Program for Army modernization and 
management of the Future Combat Systems Program, after receiving 
testimony from General Peter W. Chiarelli, Vice Chief of Staff of the 
Army, Lieutenant General N. Ross Thompson III, Military Deputy to the 
Assistant Secretary of the Army for Acquisition, Logistics, and 
Technology, and Director for Acquisition Career Management, and David 
G. Ahern, Director of Portfolio Systems Acquisition, Office of the 
Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics, 
all of the Department of Defense; and Paul L. Francis, Managing 
Director, Acquisition and Sourcing Management, Government 
Accountability Office.
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AND ECONOMIC GROWTH
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine new ideas for sustainable development and economic 
growth relative to greener communities, after receiving testimony from 
Ray LaHood, Secretary of Transportation; Shaun Donovan, Secretary of 
Housing and Urban Development; and Lisa P. Jackson, Administrator, 
Environmental Protection Agency.
NOMINATION
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded 
a hearing to examine the nomination of Inez Moore Tenenbaum, of South 
Carolina, to be Commissioner and Chairman, of the Consumer Product 
Safety Commission, after the nominee, who was introduced by Senators 
Graham and DeMint, testified and answered questions in her own behalf.

[[Page D703]]


NOMINATIONS
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded 
a hearing to examine the nominations of Julius Genachowski, of the 
District of Columbia, to be Chairman, who was introduced by Senator 
Schumer, and Robert Malcolm McDowell, of Virginia, to be a Member, both 
of the Federal Communications Commission, after the nominees testified 
and answered questions in their own behalf.
NATIONAL PARK SERVICE BUDGET
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Subcommittee on National 
Parks concluded a hearing to examine the President's proposed budget 
request for fiscal year 2010 for the National Park Service and proposed 
expenditures under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, after 
receiving testimony from Daniel N. Wenk, Acting Director, National Park 
Service, Department of the Interior.
LOUISIANA HURRICANE AND FLOOD PREVENTION STATUS AND PROGRESS
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine the status and progress of New Orleans hurricane and 
flood prevention and coastal Louisiana restoration, after receiving 
testimony from Senator Landrieu; Brigadier General Michael Walsh, 
Commander, Mississippi Valley Division, United States Army Corps of 
Engineers; Jeffrey Jacobs, National Research Council, Washington, D.C., 
on behalf of the Committee on New Orleans Regional Hurricane Protection 
Projects; Steven Peyronnin, Coalition to Restore Coastal Louisiana, and 
Robert R. Twilley, Louisiana State University Research and Economic 
Development, both of Baton Rouge; and Joseph M. Rault, Pump to the 
River Jefferson/Orleans, and Thomas L. Jackson, Southeast Louisiana 
Flood Protection Authority, both of Metairie, Louisiana.
CLIMATE CHANGE LEGISLATION
Committee on Finance: Committee concluded a hearing to examine climate 
change legislation, focusing on tax considerations, after receiving 
testimony from Gary Hufbauer, Peterson Institute for International 
Economics, and Mark Price, KPMG LLP, both of Washington, D.C.; and 
Keith G. Butler, Duke Energy Corporation, Charlotte, North Carolina.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee ordered favorably reported 
the following business items:
  S. 962, to authorize appropriations for fiscal years 2009 through 
2013 to promote an enhanced strategic partnership with Pakistan and its 
people, with amendments;
  S. Res. 182, recognizing the democratic accomplishments of the people 
of Albania and expressing the hope that the parliamentary elections on 
June 28, 2009, maintain and improve the transparency and fairness of 
democracy in Albania;
  S. Con. Res. 23, supporting the goals and objectives of the Prague 
Conference on Holocaust Era Assets;
  S. Res. 153, expressing the sense of the Senate on the restitution of 
or compensation for property seized during the Nazi and Communist eras; 
and
  The nominations of Eric P. Schwartz, of New York, to be Assistant 
Secretary for Population, Refugees, and Migration, Andrew J. Shapiro, 
of New York, to be Assistant Secretary for Political-Military Affairs, 
Ellen O. Tauscher, of California, to be Under Secretary for Arms 
Control and International Security, Kurt M. Campbell, of the District 
of Columbia, to be Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and 
Pacific Affairs, Eric P. Goosby, of California, to be Ambassador at 
Large and Coordinator of United States Government Activities to Combat 
HIV/AIDS Globally, Bonnie D. Jenkins, of New York, for the rank of 
Ambassador during her tenure of service as Coordinator for Threat 
Reduction Programs, and a promotion list in the Foreign Service.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine the nominations of Nancy J. Powell, of Iowa, to be Director 
General of the Foreign Service, Patricia A. Butenis, of Virginia, to be 
Ambassador to the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, and to 
serve concurrently and without additional compensation as Ambassador to 
the Republic of Maldives, and Christopher William Dell, of New Jersey, 
to be Ambassador to the Republic of Kosovo, all of the Department of 
State, after the nominees testified and answered questions in their own 
behalf.
PANDEMIC INFLUENZA PREPAREDNESS
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 pandemic influenza 
preparedness and the federal workforce, after receiving testimony from 
Elaine C. Duke, Under Secretary of Homeland Security for Management; 
Nancy H. Kichak, Associate Director for Strategic Human Resources 
Policy, Office of Personnel Management; Rear Admiral W. Craig 
Vanderwagen, Assistant Secretary of Health and Human Services for 
Preparedness and Response; Bernice Steinhardt, Director, Strategic 
Issues, Government Accountability Office; T.J. Bonner, American 
Federation of Government Employees AFL-CIO, San

[[Page D704]]

Diego, California; and Maureen Gilman, National Treasury Employees 
Union, Washington, DC.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Committee 
ordered favorably reported the nomination of Jeffrey D. Zients, of the 
District of Columbia, to be Deputy Director for Management, Office of 
Management and Budget.
CELL PHONE TEXT MESSAGING RATE INCREASES AND WIRELESS MARKET
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Antitrust, Competition 
Policy and Consumer Rights concluded a hearing to examine cell phone 
text messaging rate increases and the state of competition in the 
wireless market, after receiving testimony from Randal S. Milch, 
Verizon Communications, Inc., and Joel Kelsey, Consumers Union, both of 
New York, New York; Wayne Watts, AT&T Inc., Dallas, Texas; Laurie 
Itkin, Cricket Communications, Inc., San Diego, California; and 
Srinivasan Keshav, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.
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.