[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 104 (Monday, July 13, 2009)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D830-D831]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                    COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR TUESDAY,

                             JULY 14, 2009

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)

                                 Senate

  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: to hold hearings 
to examine the creation of a Consumer Financial Protection Agency, 9 
a.m., SD-538.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee 
on Consumer Protection, Product Safety, and Insurance, to hold 
hearings to examine consumer protection from fraud, 10 a.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: to hold hearings to 
examine S. 796, to modify the requirements applicable to locatable 
minerals on public domain land, 10 a.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: to hold hearings to 
examine economic opportunities for agriculture, forestry 
communities, and others in reducing global warming pollution, 10 
a.m., SD-406.
  Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine transportation's role 
in climate change and reducing greenhouse gases, 2:30 p.m., SD-406.
  Committee on Finance: to hold hearings to examine the nominations 
of William J. Wilkins, of the District of Columbia, to be Chief 
Counsel for the Internal Revenue Service and an Assistant General 
Counsel, Daniel M. Tangherlini, of the District of Columbia, to be 
Chief Financial Officer, and Rosa Gumataotao Rios, of California, to 
be Treasurer of the United States, all of the Department of the 
Treasury, and Carmen R. Nazario, of Puerto Rico, to be Assistant 
Secretary for Family Support, Department of Health and Human 
Services, 10 a.m., SD-215.
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: business 
meeting to continue consideration of Affordable Health Choices Act, 
subcommittee assignments, and any nominations cleared for action, 
time to be announced, SR-325.
  Committee on the Judiciary: to continue hearings to examine the 
nomination of Sonia Sotomayor, of New York, to be an Associate 
Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, 9:30 a.m., SH-
216.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs: to hold hearings to examine 
bridging the gap in care of women veterans, 9:30 a.m., SR-418.


                                 House

  Committee on Agriculture, Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy and 
Poultry, hearing to review the economic conditions facing the dairy 
industry, 10 a.m., 1300 Longworth.
  Committee on Financial Services, Subcommittee on Capital Markets, 
Insurance, and Government Sponsored Enterprises, hearing entitled 
``SEC Oversight: Current State and Agenda,'' 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Courts and Competition 
Policy, hearing on Biologics and Biosimilars: Balancing Incentives 
for Innovation, 2 p.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security, hearing 
on Mandatory Minimums and Unintended Consequences, including 
consideration of the following bills: H.R. 2934, Common Sense in 
Sentencing Act of 2009; H.R. 834, Ramos and Compean Justice Act of 
2009; and H.R. 1466, Major Drug Trafficking Prosecution Act of 2009, 
10:30 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Subcommittee on 
Federal Workforce, Postal Service and the District of Columbia, 
oversight hearing entitled ``Back on Track: WMATA Red Line Metrorail 
Accident and Continual Funding Challenges,'' 2 p.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on National Security and Foreign Affairs, hearing 
entitled ``U.S. Promotion of the Afghan Economy: Impediments and 
Opportunities,'' 10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.

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  Committee on Rules, to consider the following: H.R. 3170, 
Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2010; 
and the Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies 
Appropriations Act, 2010, 3 p.m., H-313 Capitol.
  Committee on Science and Technology, Subcommittee on Energy and 
Environment, hearing on New Roadmaps for Wind and Solar Research and 
Development, 2 p.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, Subcommittee on Oversight and 
Investigations, hearing on Examining the Progress of Electronic 
Health Record Interoperability Between VA and DOD, 10 a.m., 334 
Cannon.