[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 111 (Wednesday, July 22, 2009)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D888-D890]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
GLOBAL WARMING LEGISLATION
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: Committee concluded 
a hearing to examine the role of agriculture and forestry in global 
warming legislation, after receiving testimony from Thomas Vilsack, 
Secretary of Agriculture; Lisa P. Jackson, Administrator, Environmental 
Protection Agency; John Holdren, Director, White House Office of 
Science and Technology; Roger Johnson, National Farmers Union, Turtle 
Lake, North Dakota; Bob Stallman, American Farm Bureau Federation, 
Columbus, Texas; Josiah Pierce, American Forest Foundation, Baldwin, 
Maine, on behalf of the Forest Climate

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Working Group; and Jason Grumet, Bipartisan Policy Center, Washington, 
DC.
SEMIANNUAL MONETARY POLICY REPORT TO THE CONGRESS
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine the semiannual monetary policy report to the 
Congress, after receiving testimony from Ben Bernanke, Chairman, Board 
of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.
NOMINATION
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine the nomination of Deborah Matz, of Virginia, to be a 
Member of the National Credit Union Administration Board, after the 
nominee, who was introduced by Senator Johnson, testified and answered 
questions in her own behalf.
ADVERTISING TRENDS AND CONSUMER PROTECTION
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on 
Consumer Protection, Product Safety, and Insurance concluded a hearing 
to examine advertising trends and consumer protection, after receiving 
testimony from David Vladeck, Director, Bureau of Consumer Protection, 
Federal Trade Commission; Sally Greenberg, National Consumers League, 
and Urvashi Rangan, Consumers Union of United States, Inc., both of 
Washington, D.C.; C. Lee Peeler, National Advertising Review Council, 
New York, New York, on behalf of the Council of Better Business 
Bureaus; Greg Renker, Guthy-Renker, Palm Desert, California; and Jon 
Congdon, Product Partners LLC, Santa Monica, California.
CHILDREN'S TELEVISION ACT
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded 
a hearing to examine the Children's Television Act for a digital media 
age, after receiving testimony from Julius Genachowski, Chairman, 
Federal Communications Commission; Gary E. Knell, Sesame Workshop, and 
Cyma Zarghami, Nickelodeon and the MTV Networks Kids & Family Group, 
both of New York, New York; Sandra L. Calvert, Georgetown University 
Children's Digital Media Center, Washington, D.C.; John Lawson, ION 
Media Networks, Inc., Alexandria, Virginia, on behalf of The National 
Association of Broadcasters; and James P. Steyer, Common Sense Media, 
San Francisco, California.
NATIONAL PARK LEGISLATION
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Subcommittee on National 
Parks concluded a hearing to examine S. 635, to amend the Wild and 
Scenic Rivers Act to designate a segment of Illabot Creek in Skagit 
County, Washington, as a component of the National Wild and Scenic 
Rivers System, S. 715, to establish a pilot program to provide for the 
preservation and rehabilitation of historic lighthouses, S. 742, to 
expand the boundary of the Jimmy Carter National Historic Site in the 
State of Georgia, to redesignate the unit as a National Historical 
Park, S. 1270, to modify the boundary of the Oregon Caves National 
Monument, S. 1418 and H.R. 2330, bills to direct the Secretary of the 
Interior to carry out a study to determine the suitability and 
feasibility of establishing Camp Hale as a unit of the National Park 
System, and H.R. 2430, to direct the Secretary of the Interior to 
continue stocking fish in certain lakes in the North Cascades National 
Park, Ross Lake National Recreation Area, and Lake Chelan National 
Recreation Area, after receiving testimony from Daniel N. Wenk, Acting 
Director, National Park Service, Department of the Interior; Joel 
Holtrop, Deputy Chief, National Forest System, United States Forest 
Service, Department of Agriculture; Greg Walter, Jefferson State 
Financial Group, LLC, Cave Junction, Oregon; and Kirk L. Lindquist, 
Michigan Lighthouse Project, Okemos.
NOMINATION
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine the nomination of Samuel D. Hamilton, of 
Mississippi, to be Director, United States Fish and Wildlife Service, 
Department of the Interior, after the nominee, who was introduced by 
Senator Cochran, testified and answered questions in his own behalf.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine the nominations of Samuel Louis Kaplan, of Minnesota, to be 
Ambassador to the Kingdom of Morocco, who was introduced by Senators 
Klobuchar and Franken, James B. Smith, of New Hampshire, to be 
Ambassador to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, who was introduced by 
Senator Shaheen, Miguel Humberto Diaz, of Minnesota, to be Ambassador 
to the Holy See, who was introduced by Senator Klobuchar, Fay Hartog-
Levin, of Illinois, to be Ambassador to the Kingdom of the Netherlands, 
who was introduced by Senator Durbin, and Stephen J. Rapp, of Iowa, to 
be Ambassador at Large for War Crimes Issues, who was introduced by 
Senators Grassley and Harkin, all of the Department of State, after the 
nominees testified and answered questions in their own behalf.

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FOREIGN AID AND DEVELOPMENT
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine foreign aid and development in a new era, after receiving 
testimony from Peter McPherson, former Administrator, USAID, on behalf 
of the Association of Public and Land-Grant Universities, and Reverend 
David Beckmann, Bread for the World, on behalf of the Modernizing 
Foreign Assistance Network, both of Washington, D.C.; and Jeffrey D. 
Sachs, Columbia University Earth Institute, New York, New York.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee ordered 
favorably reported the nominations of Anthony W. Miller, of California, 
to be Deputy Secretary, and Thelma Melendez de Santa Ana, of 
California, to be Assistant Secretary for Elementary and Secondary 
Education, both of the Department of Education, and Harry R. Hoglander, 
of Massachusetts, to be a Member of the National Mediation Board.
  Also, committee announced the following subcommittee assignments:
  Subcommittee on Children and Families: Senators Dodd (Chair), 
Bingaman, Murray, Reed, Sanders, Brown, Casey, Hagan, Merkley, Kennedy 
(Ex Officio), Alexander, Gregg, McCain, Hatch, Murkowski, Coburn, 
Roberts, and Enzi (Ex Officio).
  Subcommittee on Employment and Workplace Safety: Senators Murray 
(Chair), Dodd, Harkin, Mikulski, Brown, Hagan, Merkley, Franken, 
Kennedy (Ex Officio), Isakson, Gregg, Burr, McCain, Hatch, Murkowski, 
and Enzi (Ex Officio).
  Subcommittee on Retirement and Aging: Senators Mikulski (Chair), 
Harkin, Bingaman, Reed, Sanders, Casey, Franken, Kennedy (Ex Officio), 
Burr, Gregg, Alexander, Isakson, Coburn, and Enzi (Ex Officio).
JOB CREATION AND FOREIGN INVESTMENT
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
job creation and foreign investment in the United States, focusing on 
assessing the EB-5 Regional Center Program, after receiving testimony 
from Robert Kruszka, Deputy Chief, and Michael T. Dougherty, former 
Ombudsman, both of the United States Citizenship and Immigration 
Services, Department of Homeland Security; Stephen Yale-Loehr, Cornell 
University Law School, Ithaca, New York, on behalf of Invest In the 
USA; William J. Stenger, Jay Peak Resort, Newport, Vermont; and Ron 
Drinkard, Alabama Center for Foreign Investment, Montgomery.
METAL THEFT
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Crime and Drugs concluded a 
hearing to examine metal theft, focusing on law enforcement challenges, 
after receiving testimony from Chief Mona Dohman, Maple Grove Police 
Department, Maple Grove, on behalf of the Minnesota Chiefs of Police 
Association; Frank Coffey, Qwest Communications, Denver, Colorado; 
Aaron D. Kennard, National Sheriffs' Association, Alexandria, Virginia; 
Mark Lewon, Utah Metal Works Inc., Salt Lake City; and David M. Sparby, 
Northern States Power Company-Minnesota, Minneapolis.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Committee concluded a nomination 
hearing to examine the nominations of Raymond M. Jefferson, of Hawaii, 
to be Assistant Secretary of Labor for Veterans' Employment and 
Training, and Joan M. Evans, of Oregon, to be Assistant Secretary of 
Veterans Affairs for Congressional and Legislative Affairs, who was 
introduced by Senator Wyden, after the nominees testified and answered 
questions in their own behalf.