[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 101 (Wednesday, July 8, 2009)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D799-D801]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
APPROPRIATIONS: ENERGY AND WATER DEVELOPMENT
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Energy and Water 
Development approved for full committee consideration an original bill 
making appropriations for Energy and Water Development for fiscal year 
2010.
APPROPRIATIONS: ENERGY AND WATER DEVELOPMENT
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Financial Services and 
General Government approved for full committee consideration an 
original bill making appropriations for Financial Services and General 
Government for fiscal year 2010.
EFFECTS OF CREDIT CRISIS ON RURAL BANKS AND CREDIT UNIONS
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on 
Financial Institutions concluded a hearing to examine the effects of 
the economic crisis on community banks and credit unions in rural 
communities, after receiving testimony from Jack Hopkins, CorTrust 
National Bank Association, Sioux Falls, South Dakota, on behalf of the 
Independent Community Bankers of America; Frank Michael, Allied Credit 
Union, Stockton, California, on behalf of the Credit Union National 
Association; Arthur C. Johnson, American Bankers Association, Grand 
Rapids, Michigan; Ed Templeton, SRP Federal Credit Union, North 
Augusta, South Carolina, on behalf of the National Association of 
Federal Credit Unions; and Peter Skillern, Community Reinvestment 
Association of North Carolina, Durham.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee ordered 
favorably reported the following bills:
  S. 588, to amend title 46, United States Code, to establish 
requirements to ensure the security and safety of passengers and crew 
on cruise vessels, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
  S. 649, to require an inventory of radio spectrum bands managed by 
the National Telecommunications and Information Administration and the 
Federal Communications Commission, with an amendment in the nature of a 
substitute;
  S. 668, to reauthorize the Northwest Straits Marine Conservation 
Initiative Act to promote the protection of the resources of the 
Northwest Straits, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
  S. 1194, to reauthorize the Coast Guard for fiscal years 2010 and 
2011, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute; and
  S. 1308, to reauthorize the Maritime Administration, with an 
amendment in the nature of a substitute.

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NOMINATIONS
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded 
a hearing to examine the nominations of Charles F. Bolden, Jr., of 
Texas, to be Administrator, who was introduced by Senators Hutchison, 
Nelson (FL), Graham, DeMint, and Representatives Clyburn and Jackson-
Lee, Lori Garver, of Virginia, to be Deputy Administrator, who was 
introduced by Senator Stabenow, both of the National Aeronautics and 
Space Administration, Deborah A.P. Hersman, of Virginia, to be Chairman 
of the National Transportation Safety Board, who was introduced by 
Senator Rockefeller, Richard A. Lidinsky, Jr., of Maryland, to be a 
Federal Maritime Commissioner, who was introduced by Senator Mikulski, 
and Polly Trottenberg, of Maryland, to be Assistant Secretary of 
Transportation for Transportation Policy who was introduced by Senators 
Boxer and Schumer, after the nominees testified and answered questions 
in their own behalf.
THREATS TO NATIVE WILDLIFE SPECIES
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Subcommittee on Water and 
Wildlife with the Subcommittee on Oversight concluded a hearing to 
examine threats to native wildlife species, after receiving testimony 
from Senators Levin and Nelson (FL); Gary Frazer, Assistant Director, 
Fisheries and Habitat Conservation, United States Fish and Wildlife 
Service, Department of the Interior; Bill Clay, Acting Associate 
Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, Department 
of Agriculture; Rebecca Humphries, Michigan Department of Natural 
Resources, Lansing, on behalf of the Association of Fish and Wildlife 
Agencies; Gregory M. Ruiz, Smithsonian Environmental Research Center, 
Edgewater, Maryland; John Torgan, Save the Bay Inc., Providence, Rhode 
Island; and Jeffrey Hill, University of Florida, Gainesville.


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  On page D800, July 8, 2009, the following language appears: 
THREATS TO NATIVE WILDLIFE SPECIES Committee on Environment and 
Public Works: Subcommittee on Water and Wildlife concluded a 
hearing to examine threats to native wildlife species, after 
receiving testimony from Senators Levin and Nelson (FL); Gary 
Frazer, Assistant Director, Fisheries and Habitat Conservation, 
United States Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of the 
Interior; Bill Clay, Acting Associate Administrator, Animal and 
Plant Health Inspection Service, Department of Agriculture; 
Rebecca Humphries, Michigan Department of Natural Resources, 
Lansing, on behalf of the Association of Fish and Wildlife 
Agencies; Gregory M. Ruiz, Smithsonian Environmental Research 
Center, Edgewater, Maryland; John Torgan, Save the Bay Inc., 
Providence, Rhode Island; and Jeffrey Hill, University of Florida, 
Gainesville.
  
  The online Record has been corrected to read: THREATS TO NATIVE 
WILDLIFE SPECIES Committee on Environment and Public Works: 
Subcommittee on Water and Wildlife with the Subcommittee on 
Oversight concluded a hearing to examine threats to native 
wildlife species, after receiving testimony from Senators Levin 
and Nelson (FL); Gary Frazer, Assistant Director, Fisheries and 
Habitat Conservation, United States Fish and Wildlife Service, 
Department of the Interior; Bill Clay, Acting Associate 
Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, 
Department of Agriculture; Rebecca Humphries, Michigan Department 
of Natural Resources, Lansing, on behalf of the Association of 
Fish and Wildlife Agencies; Gregory M. Ruiz, Smithsonian 
Environmental Research Center, Edgewater, Maryland; John Torgan, 
Save the Bay Inc., Providence, Rhode Island; and Jeffrey Hill, 
University of Florida, Gainesville.


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NOMINATIONS
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine the nominations of Robert Perciasepe, of New York, 
to be Deputy Administrator, who was introduced by Senator Cardin, and 
Craig E. Hooks, of Kansas, to be Assistant Administrator for 
Administration and Resources Management, both of the Environmental 
Protection Agency, after the nominees testified and answered questions 
in their own behalf.
CLIMATE CHANGE LEGISLATION
Committee on Finance: Committee concluded a hearing to examine how 
climate change legislation relates to international trade 
considerations, focusing on key challenges associated with estimating 
the industry effects from climate change measures, after receiving 
testimony from Loren Yager, Director, International Affairs and Trade, 
Government Accountability Office; Eileen Claussen, Pew Center on Global 
Climate Change, Arlington, Virginia; and Gary N. Horlick, Washington, 
D.C.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine the nominations of Arturo A. Valenzuela, of the District of 
Columbia, to be Assistant Secretary for Western Hemisphere Affairs, who 
was introduced by Senator Menendez, Thomas Alfred Shannon, Jr., of 
Virginia, to be Ambassador to the Federative Republic of Brazil, Carlos 
Pascual, of the District of Columbia, to be Ambassador to Mexico, and 
Kenneth H. Merten, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the Republic of 
Haiti, all of the Department of State.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee ordered favorably reported 
the nominations of Christopher William Dell, of New Jersey, to be 
Ambassador to the Republic of Kosovo, Nancy J. Powell, of Iowa, to be 
Director General of the Foreign Service, 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, Maria Otero, of the 
District of Columbia, to be an Under Secretary of State and Global 
Affairs, Philip L. Verveer, of the District of Columbia, for the rank 
of Ambassador during his tenure of service as Deputy Assistant 
Secretary of State for International Communications and Information 
Policy in the Bureau of Economic, Energy, and Business Affairs and 
United States Coordinator for International Communications and 
Information Policy, Laurie Susan Fulton, of Virginia, to be Ambassador 
to Denmark, Louis B. Susman, of Illinois, to be Ambassador to the 
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Charles H. 
Rivkin, of California, to be Ambassador to France, and to serve 
concurrently and without additional compensation as Ambassador to 
Monaco, Mark Henry Gitenstein, of the District of Columbia, to be 
Ambassador to Romania, Timothy J. Roemer, of Indiana, to be Ambassador 
to India, 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.
INDUSTRIAL COMPETITIVENESS UNDER CLIMATE POLICIES
Committee on Foreign Relations: Subcommittee on European Affairs 
concluded a hearing to examine industrial competitiveness under climate 
policies, focusing on lessons from Europe, after hearing testimony from

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Felix Chr. Matthes, Institute for Applied Ecology, Berlin, Germany; 
Steven Fries, Royal Dutch Shell, The Hague, Netherlands; Wolfgang 
Weber, BASF Group, Ludwigshafen, Germany; and Ben Lieberman, The 
Heritage Foundation, Washington, D.C.
FEDERAL PROTECTIVE SERVICE REFORM
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Committee 
concluded a hearing to examine reform in the Federal Protective Service 
after receiving testimony from Mark L. Goldstein, Director, Physical 
Infrastructure Issues, Government Accountability Office; and Gary W. 
Schenkel, Director, Federal Protective Service, United States 
Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Department of Homeland Security.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee ordered 
favorably reported the nominations of Phyllis Corrine Borzi, of 
Maryland, to be Assistant Secretary of Labor, and Nicole Lurie, of 
Maryland, to be Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response, 
Department of Health and Human Services.
  Also, committee continued consideration of Affordable Health Choices 
Act, but did not complete action thereon, and will meet again on 
Thursday, July 9, 2009.
INTELLIGENCE
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee met in closed session to 
receive a briefing on certain intelligence matters from officials of 
the intelligence community.