[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 96 (Wednesday, June 24, 2009)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D754-D755]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
APPROPRIATIONS: COMMERCE, JUSTICE, SCIENCE, AND RELATED AGENCIES
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, 
Science, and Related Agencies approved for full committee consideration 
an original bill making appropriations for Commerce, Justice, Science, 
and Related Agencies for fiscal year 2010.
AUTHORIZATION: DEFENSE
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and 
Capabilities met in 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.
TRANSPARENCY IN HEALTH INSURANCE
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded 
a hearing to examine consumer choices and transparency in the health 
insurance industry, after receiving testimony from Nancy Metcalf, 
Consumer Reports, Yonkers, New York; Karen Pollitz, Georgetown 
University Health Policy Institute, Washington, DC; and Wendell Potter, 
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine the nominations of Colin Scott Cole Fulton, of 
Maryland, to be

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General Counsel, and Paul T. Anastas, of Connecticut, to be Assistant 
Administrator for the Office of Research and Development, both of the 
Environmental Protection Agency, after the nominees testified and 
answered questions in their own behalf.
IRAN
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine issues pertaining to Iran, after receiving testimony from Karim 
Sadjadpour, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Michael Singh 
and Mehdi Khalaji, both of the Washington Institute for Near East 
Policy, and Suzanne Maloney, Brookings Institution, all of Washington, 
DC; and Hooman Majd, New York, New York.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine the nominations of Capricia Penavic Marshall, of the District 
of Columbia, to be Chief of Protocol, and to have the rank of 
Ambassador during her tenure of service, who was introduced by Senator 
Brown, and Daniel M. Rooney, of Pennsylvania, to be Ambassador to 
Ireland, who was introduced by Senators Specter and Casey, both of the 
Department of State, after the nominees testified and answered 
questions in their own behalf.
DIABETES RESEARCH
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Committee 
concluded a hearing to examine type 1 diabetes research progress, after 
receiving testimony from Griffin P. Rodgers, Director, National 
Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National 
Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services; Mary 
Tyler Moore, Sugar Ray Leonard, and Nick Jonas, all of the Juvenile 
Diabetes Research Foundation, New York, New York; and Hannah Ryder, 
Cumberland, Maine, J. Patrick Lacher III, South Glastonbury, 
Connecticut, Asa Kelly, Charlotte, North Carolina, and Ellen Gould, 
Nashville, Tennessee, all on behalf of the Juvenile Diabetes Research 
Foundation Children's Congress.
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 on Thursday, June 25, 
2009.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
the nominations of A. Thomas McLellan, of Pennsylvania, to be Deputy 
Director of National Drug Control Policy, Alejandro N. Mayorkas, of 
California, to be Director of the United States Citizenship and 
Immigration Services, Department of Homeland Security, and Christopher 
H. Schroeder, of North Carolina, to be an Assistant Attorney General, 
Department of Justice, after the nominees testified and answered 
questions in their own behalf.
DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS QUALITY MANAGEMENT
Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Committee concluded an oversight 
hearing to examine the Department of Veterans Affairs quality 
management activities, after receiving testimony from Julie A. Watrous, 
Director, Combined Assessment Program, Office of Healthcare 
Inspections, John Daigh, Assistant Inspector General for Healthcare, 
and Victoria Coates, Director, Atlanta Regional Office, all of the 
Office of Inspector General, Gerald M. Cross, FAAFP, Acting Under 
Secretary for Health, William E. Duncan, MACP, Associate Deputy Under 
Secretary for Health for Quality and Safety, Juan A. Morales, Director, 
Tennessee Valley Healthcare System, Rebecca J. Wiley, Director, Charlie 
Norwood Medical Center, and Mary D. Berrocal, Director, Miami Health 
Care System, all of the Department of Veteran Affairs; Thomas Nolan, 
Institute for Healthcare Improvement, Silver Spring, Maryland; and 
Robert A. Wise, The Joint Commission, Oakbrook Terrace, Illinois.
EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS FOR ELDERLY AND SPECIAL NEEDS
Special Committee on Aging: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
emergency preparedness, aging and special needs, after receiving 
testimony from Richard Besser, Director, Coordinating Office for 
Terrorism Preparedness and Emergency Response, Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention, Department of Health and Human Services; 
Timothy Manning, Deputy Administrator, National Preparedness Federal 
Emergency Management Agency, Department of Homeland Security; E. 
Douglas Beach, Florida Secretary on the Emergency Preparedness, Aging, 
and Special Needs, Department of Elder Affairs, and LuMarie Polivka-
West, Florida Health Care Association, both of Tallahassee; and Sandy 
Markwood, National Association of Area Agencies on Aging, Washington, 
DC.