[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 100 (Tuesday, July 7, 2009)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D790-D791]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: Committee concluded 
a hearing to examine the nominations of Jonathan Steven Adelstein, of 
South Dakota, to be Administrator, Rural Utilities Service, who was 
introduced by Senators Johnson and Thune, Kevin W. Concannon, of Maine, 
to be Under Secretary for Food, Nutrition, and Consumer Services, who 
was introduced by Representative Pingree, and Evan J. Segal, of 
Pennsylvania, to be Chief Financial Officer, who was introduced by 
Senator Casey, all of the Department of Agriculture, after the nominees 
testified and answered questions in their own behalf.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Appropriations: Committee ordered favorably reported the 
following bills:
  S. 1406, making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, 
Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies for fiscal year 
2010, with amendments; and
  S. 1407, making appropriations for Military Construction and Veterans 
Affairs, and Related Agencies for fiscal year 2010, with amendments.
MILITARY COMMISSIONS AND TRIALS
Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
legal issues regarding military commissions and the trial of detainees 
for violations of the law of war, after receiving testimony from Jeh C. 
Johnson, General Counsel, Vice Admiral Bruce E. MacDonald, USN, Judge 
Advocate General, and Rear Admiral John D. Hutson, USN (Ret.), former 
Judge Advocate General, both of the United States Navy, and Major 
General John D. Altenburg, Jr., USA (Ret.), former Appointing Authority 
for Military Commissions, all of the Department of Defense; David S. 
Kris, Assistant Attorney General, National Security Division, 
Department of Justice; and Daniel Marcus, American University 
Washington College, Washington, DC.
PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION CLIMATE POLICY
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on 
Housing, Transportation and Community Development concluded a hearing 
to examine public transportation, focusing on a core climate solution, 
after receiving testimony from Ernest Tollerson, Director, New York 
State Metropolitan Transportation Authority Policy and Media Relations, 
New York; Michael A. Replogle, Institute for Transportation and 
Development Policy, and Randal

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O'Toole, CATO Institute, both of Washington, D.C.; Clinton J. Andrews, 
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick; and Mayor 
Christopher Cabaldon, West Sacramento, California.
UNITED STATES COAST GUARD
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on 
Oceans, Atmosphere, Fisheries, and Coast Guard concluded an oversight 
hearing to examine the United States Coast Guard, after receiving 
testimony from Admiral Thad W. Allen, Commandant, United States Coast 
Guard, Department of Homeland Security; and Stephen Caldwell, Director, 
Homeland Security and Justice Issues, Government Accountability Office.
CLEAN ENERGY
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine legislative tools used to move America toward a 
clean energy economy and reducing global warming pollution, after 
receiving testimony from Thomas Vilsack, Secretary of Agriculture; 
Steven Chu, Secretary of Energy; Lisa P. Jackson, Administrator, 
Environmental Protection Agency; Kenneth L. Salazar, Secretary of the 
Interior; Mississippi Governor Haley Barbour, Jackson; Mayor John 
Fetterman, Braddock, Pennsylvania; David G. Hawkins, Natural Resources 
Defense Council, Washington, DC.; and Rich Wells, The Dow Chemical 
Company, Midland, Michigan.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee ordered favorably 
reported the nominations of Colin Fulton, to be General Counsel, and 
Paul Anastas, to be Assistant Administrator for the Office of Research 
and Development, both of the Environmental Protection Agency.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine the nominations of Timothy J. Roemer, of Indiana, to be 
Ambassador to India, who was introduced by Senator Lugar, Richard J. 
Schmierer, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the Sultanate of Oman, and 
Gordon Gray, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Tunisia, 
all of the Department of State, after the nominees testified and 
answered questions in their own behalf.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine the nominations of Laurie Susan Fulton, of Virginia, to be 
Ambassador to Denmark, who was introduced by Senators Johnson and 
Warner, Louis B. Susman, of Illinois, to be Ambassador to the United 
Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, who was introduced by 
Senators Kerry, Durbin, and McCaskill, Charles H. Rivkin, of 
California, to be Ambassador to France, and to serve concurrently and 
without additional compensation as Ambassador to Monaco, who was 
introduced by Senator Kerry and Representative Waxman, and Mark Henry 
Gitenstein, of the District of Columbia, to be Ambassador to Romania, 
who was introduced by Senators Dodd and Kaufman, all of the Department 
of State, after the nominees testified and answered questions in their 
own behalf.
STRENGTHENING U.S.-PAKISTAN RELATIONS
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Subcommittee 
on Federal Financial Management, Government Information, Federal 
Services, and International Security concluded a hearing to examine the 
strengthening of United States-Pakistan relations, after receiving 
testimony from Paul W. Jones, Deputy Special Representative for 
Afghanistan and Pakistan, Department of State; Lisa Curtis, Heritage 
Foundation, Nicholas Schmidle, New America Foundation, Shuja Nawaz, 
Atlantic Council of the United States, and Nathaniel C. Fisk, Center 
for a New American Security, all of Washington, DC.; and Rolf Mowatt-
Larssen, Harvard University John F. Kennedy School of Government, 
Cambridge, Massachusetts.
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 Wednesday, July 8, 
2009.
BOWL CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Antitrust, Competition 
Policy and Consumer Rights concluded a hearing to examine the Bowl 
Championship Series, focusing on its compliance with Antitrust Law, 
after receiving testimony from Michael Young, University of Utah, Salt 
Lake City; Barry J. Brett, Troutman Sanders LLP, New York, New York; 
Harvey S. Perlman, University of Nebraska-Lincoln; and William Monts 
III, Hogan and Hartson LLP, Washington, DC.