[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 95 (Tuesday, June 23, 2009)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D746-D747]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
APPROPRIATIONS: INTERIOR, ENVIRONMENT, AND RELATED AGENCIES
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and 
Related Agencies approved for full committee consideration an original 
bill making appropriations for the Interior, Environment, and Related 
Agencies for the fiscal year 2010.
AUTHORIZATION: DEFENSE
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Personnel met in a closed 
session and approved for full committee consideration, those provisions 
which fall within the jurisdiction of the subcommittee, of the proposed 
National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal year 2010.
AUTHORIZATION: DEFENSE
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Airland met in a closed 
session and approved for full committee consideration, those provisions 
which fall within the jurisdiction of the subcommittee, of the proposed 
National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal year 2010.
AUTHORIZATION: DEFENSE
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Strategic Forces met in a 
closed session and approved for full committee consideration, those 
provisions which fall within the jurisdiction of the subcommittee, of 
the proposed National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal year 2010.
AUTHORIZATION: DEFENSE
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Readiness and Management 
Support met in a closed session and approved for full committee 
consideration, those provisions which fall within the jurisdiction of 
the subcommittee, of the proposed National Defense Authorization Act 
for fiscal year 2010.
AUTHORIZATION: DEFENSE
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on SeaPower met in a closed 
session and approved for full committee consideration, those provisions 
which fall within the jurisdiction of the subcommittee, of the proposed 
National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal year 2010.
HIGH-SPEED PASSENGER RAIL
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on 
Surface Transportation and Merchant Marine concluded a hearing to 
examine high-speed passenger rail, after receiving testimony from 
Joseph C. Szabo, Administrator, Federal Railroad Administration, 
Department of Transportation; Susan A. Flemming, Director, Physical 
Infrastructure Issues, Government Accountability Office; Pennsylvania 
Governor Edward G. Rendell, Harrisburg; Joseph H. Boardman, Amtrak, 
Washington, DC; Robert Eckels, Texas High Speed Rail and Transportation 
Corporation, Dallas; and Tom R. Skancke, National

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Surface Transportation Policy and Revenue Study Commission, Las Vegas, 
Nevada.
DRUG TRAFFICKING IN WEST AFRICA
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine drug trafficking in West Africa, after receiving testimony from 
Johnnie Carson, Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs; 
William Wechsler, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for 
Counternarcotics and Global Threats; Thomas M. Harrigan, Assistant 
Administrator and Chief of Operations, Operations Division, Drug 
Enforcement Administration, Department of Justice; Douglas Farah, 
International Assessment and Strategy Center, Takoma Park, Maryland; 
Michael A. Braun, Spectre Group International, LLC., Alexandria, 
Virginia; and Mike McGovern, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee 
continued consideration of Affordable Health Choices Act, but did not 
complete action thereon, and will meet again Wednesday, June 24, 2009.
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.