[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 107 (Thursday, July 16, 2009)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D852-D854]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
START TREATY
Committee on Armed Services: Committee met in closed session to receive 
a briefing to examine the START Treaty follow-on agreement from Rose 
Gottemoeller, Assistant Secretary of State for Bureau of Verification, 
Compliance, and Implementation; and Michael Nacht, Assistant Secretary 
of Defense for Global Strategic Affairs.
FORECLOSURE PREVENTION
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine home foreclosure prevention, after receiving 
testimony from Herbert M. Allison, Jr., Assistant Secretary of the 
Treasury for Financial Stability; William Apgar, Senior Advisor for 
Mortgage Finance, Department of Housing and Urban Development; Joan 
Carty, The Housing Development Fund, Bridgeport, Connecticut; Mary 
Coffin, Wells Fargo Home Mortgage, Des Moines, Iowa; Allen H. Jones, 
Bank of America, Annandale, Virginia; Diane E. Thompson, National 
Consumer Law Center, Godfrey, Illinois, on behalf of the National 
Association of Consumer Advocates; Curtis Glovier, Fortress Investment 
Group, New York, New York, on behalf of the Mortgage Investors 
Coalition; Paul S. Willen, Federal Reserve Bank

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of Boston, Boston, Massachusetts; and Thomas Perretta, Stamford, 
Connecticut.
LONG-TERM BUDGET OUTLOOK
Committee on the Budget: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the 
long-term budget outlook, after receiving testimony from Douglas W. 
Elmendorf, Director, Congressional Budget Office.
COMPETITION IN THE HEALTH CARE MARKETPLACE
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on 
Consumer Protection, Product Safety, and Insurance concluded a hearing 
to examine competition in the health care marketplace, after receiving 
testimony from Richard A. Feinstein, Director, Bureau of Competition, 
Federal Trade Commission; Len M. Nichols, New America Foundation, and 
David Balto, Center for American Progress Action Fund, both of 
Washington, D.C.; Mark Riley, Arkansas Pharmacists Association, Little 
Rock, on behalf of the National Community Pharmacists Association; and 
Grace-Marie Turner, Galen Institute, Alexandria, Virginia.
U.S. COMPETITIVENESS IN A CLEAN ENERGY ECONOMY
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine United States competitiveness while moving toward a 
clean energy economy, after receiving testimony from John Doerr, 
Kleiner Perkins Caufield and Byers, Menlo Park, California; John 
Krenicki, GE Energy Infrastructure, and Harry C. Alford, National Black 
Chamber of Commerce, both of Washington, D.C.; and Julian L. Wong, 
Center For American Progress Action Fund, Atlanta, Georgia.
INSTABILITY, TERRORISM AND ECONOMIC DISRUPTION IN RELATION TO OIL
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine instability, terrorism, and economic disruption in relation to 
oil, after receiving testimony from Richard L. Morningstar, Special 
Envoy for Eurasian Energy, William Hudson, Acting Deputy Assistant 
Secretary for Near Eastern Affairs, Richard J. Schmierer, Ambassador to 
Oman, and Phillip Carter III, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for 
African Affairs, all of the Department of State.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine the nominations of David H. Thorne, of Massachusetts, to be 
Ambassador to the Italian Republic, and to serve concurrently and 
without additional compensation as Ambassador to the Republic of San 
Marino, who was introduced by Senator Kerry, Donald S. Beyer, Jr., of 
Virginia, to be Ambassador to Switzerland, and to serve concurrently 
and without additional compensation as Ambassador to the Principality 
of Liechtenstein, who was introduced by Senator Warner, Anne E. Derse, 
of Maryland, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Lithuania, and Howard 
Gutman, of Maryland, to be Ambassador to Belgium, all of the Department 
of State, after the nominees testified and answered questions in their 
own behalf.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Committee 
concluded a hearing to examine the nominations of Christine M. Griffin, 
of Massachusetts, to be Deputy Director, Office of Personnel 
Management, who was introduced by Senator Kerry, and Stuart G. Nash, to 
be an Associate Judge of the Superior Court of the District of 
Columbia, who was introduced by Representative Norton, after the 
nominees testified and answered questions on their own behalf.
ALASKA NATIVE CORPORATIONS CONTRACTING
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Ad Hoc 
Subcommittee on Contracting Oversight concluded a hearing to examine 
contracting for Alaska native corporations, after receiving testimony 
from Debra S. Ritt, Assistant Inspector General for Auditing, and 
Joseph G. Jordan, Associate Administrator for Government Contracting 
and Business Development, both of the United States Small Business 
Administration; Shay D. Assad, Acting Deputy Under Secretary of Defense 
for Acquisition and Technology; Sarah Lukin, Native American 
Contractors Association, and Jacqueline Johnson-Pata, National Congress 
of American Indians, both of Washington, D.C.; Julie E. Kitka, Alaska 
Federation of Natives, Inc., Anchorage, Alaska; Mark J. Lumer, Cirrus 
Technology Inc., Huntsville, Alabama; and Christina J. Schneider, 
Purcell Construction Corp., Watertown, New York.
WORKFORCE INVESTMENT ACT
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Subcommittee on 
Employment and Workplace Safety concluded a hearing to examine the 
Workforce Investment Act of 1998, after receiving testimony from Jane 
Oates, Assistant Secretary of Labor for the Employment and Training 
Administration; Martha Kanter, Under Secretary of Education; Michael L. 
Thurmond, Georgia Department of Labor Commissioner, Atlanta; Clyde 
McQueen, Full Employment Council, Kansas City, Missouri; Rick S. 
Bender, Washington State Labor Council AFL-CIO, Seattle;

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William E. Kiernan, University of Massachusetts Boston Institute for 
Community Inclusion (UCEDD); Mary W. Sarris, North Shore Workforce 
Investment Board, Salem, Massachusetts; Kathy Lynn Cooper, Washington 
State Board for Community and Technical Colleges, Olympia; and Stephen 
Wing, CVS Caremark, Twinsburg, Ohio.
NOMINATION
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
the nomination of Sonia Sotomayor, to be an Associate Justice of the 
Supreme Court of the United States, after receiving testimony from 
Representatives Velazquez and Serrano; Peter N. Kirsanow, Commissioner, 
United States Commission on Civil Rights; Louis J. Freeh, former 
Director, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Department of Justice; 
Dustin McDaniel, Arkansas Attorney General, Little Rock; Mayor Michael 
Bloomberg, Robert M. Morgenthau, New York County District Attorney, 
Theodore M. Shaw, Columbia Law School, and Patricia M. Hynes, 
Association of the Bar of the City of New York, all of New York, New 
York; Kim J. Askew and Mary M. Boies, both of the American Bar 
Association, Wade Henderson, Leadership Conference on Civil Rights, 
Chuck Canterbury, National Fraternal Order of Police, Charmaine Yoest, 
Americans United for Life, Ramona E. Romero, Hispanic National Bar 
Association, Nicholas Quinn Rosenkranz, Georgetown University Law 
Center, and David B. Rivkin, Jr., Baker and Hostetler LLP, all of 
Washington, D.C.; Frank Ricci and Ben Vargas, both of the New Haven 
Fire Department, and Kate Stith, Yale Law School, all of New Haven, 
Connecticut; Linda Chavez, Center for Equal Opportunity, Falls Church, 
Virginia; David B. Kopel, Independence Institute, Golden, Colorado, on 
behalf of the CATO Institute; Ilya Somin and Neomi Rao, both of George 
Mason University School of Law, Arlington, Virginia; Tim Jefferies, P7 
Enterprises, Scottsdale, Arizona; John O. McGinnis, Northwestern 
University School of Law, Chicago, Illinois; JoAnne A. Epps, Temple 
University Beasley School of Law, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on behalf 
of the National Association of Women Lawyers; David B. Cone, Stamford, 
Connecticut; Sandra S. Froman, Tucson, Arizona; and Stephen P. 
Halbrook, Fairfax, Virginia.
BUSINESS MEETING
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee ordered favorably reported 
an original bill to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2010 for 
intelligence and intelligence-related activities of the United States 
Government.