[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 114 (Monday, July 27, 2009)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D922-D923]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR TUESDAY,

                              JULY 28, 2009

          (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human 
Services, Education, and Related Agencies, business meeting to mark up 
proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2010 for Labor, Health and 
Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies, 2:30 p.m., SD-138.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: business meeting to 
consider the nomination of Deborah Matz, of Virginia, to be a Member of 
the National Credit Union Administration Board; to be immediately 
followed by a hearing to examine regulatory modernization, focusing on 
insurance, 9:30 a.m., SD-538.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: to hold hearings to 
examine national hurricane research, 10 a.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: business meeting to consider 
pending calendar business; to be immediately followed by a hearing to 
examine the nominations of Anthony Marion Babauta, of Virginia, to be 
Assistant Secretary, and Jonathan B. Jarvis, of California, to be 
Director, National Park Service, both of the Department of the Interior, 
James J. Markowsky, of Massachusetts, to be Assistant Secretary for 
Fossil Energy, and Warren F. Miller, Jr., of New Mexico, to be Assistant 
Secretary for Nuclear Energy, and to be Director of the Office of the 
Civilian Radioactive Waste Management, both of the Department of Energy, 
10 a.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: to hold hearings to examine the 
nominations of Michael H. Posner, of New York, to be Assistant Secretary 
for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor, Mark Henry Gitenstein, of the 
District of Columbia, to be Ambassador to Romania, Ertharin Cousin, of 
Illinois, for the rank of Ambassador during her tenure of service as a 
Representative to the United Nations Agencies for Food and Agriculture, 
David Killion, of the District of Columbia, for the rank of Ambassador 
during his tenure of service as the Permanent Representative to the 
United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization, Karen 
Kornbluh, of New York, to be Representative to the Organization for 
Economic Cooperation and Development, with the rank of Ambassador, and 
Glyn T. Davies, of the District of Columbia, to be Representative to the 
International Atomic Energy Agency, with the rank of Ambassador, all of 
the Department of State, 9:30 a.m., SD-419.
  Full Committee, business meeting to consider the nominations of Arturo 
A. Valenzuela, of the District of Columbia, to be Assistant Secretary for 
Western Hemisphere Affairs, Thomas Alfred Shannon, Jr., of Virginia, to 
be Ambassador to the Federative Republic of Brazil, Patricia A. Butenis, 
of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri 
Lanka, and to serve concurrently and without additional compensation as 
Ambassador to the Republic of Maldives, Charles Aaron Ray, of Maryland, 
to be Ambassador to the Republic of Zimbabwe, Gayleatha Beatrice Brown, 
of New Jersey, to be Ambassador to Burkina Faso, Earl Michael Irving, of 
California, to be Ambassador to the Kingdom of Swaziland, Pamela Jo 
Howell Slutz, of Texas, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Burundi, 
Patricia Newton Moller, of Arkansas, to be Ambassador to the Republic of 
Guinea, Jerry P. Lanier, of North Carolina, to be Ambassador to the 
Republic of Uganda, Alfonso E. Lenhardt, of New York, to be Ambassador to 
the United Republic of Tanzania, Samuel Louis Kaplan, of Minnesota, to be 
Ambassador to the Kingdom of Morocco, James B. Smith, of New Hampshire, 
to be Ambassador to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Miguel Humberto Diaz, of 
Minnesota, to be Ambassador to the Holy See, Fay Hartog-Levin, of 
Illinois, to be Ambassador to the Kingdom of the Netherlands, Stephen J. 
Rapp, of Iowa, to be Ambassador at Large for War Crimes Issues, and 
Donald Henry Gips, of Colorado, to be Ambassador to the Republic of South 
Africa, all of the Department of State; to be immediately followed by a 
hearing to examine the nominations of William Carlton Eacho III, of 
Maryland,

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to be Ambassador to the Republic of Austria, Matthew Winthrop Barzun, of 
Kentucky, to be Ambassador to Sweden, Bruce J. Oreck, of Colorado, to be 
Ambassador to the Republic of Finland, James B. Foley, of New York, to be 
Ambassador to the Republic of Croatia, Philip D. Murphy, of New Jersey, 
to be Ambassador to the Federal Republic of Germany, Judith Gail Garber, 
of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Latvia, Douglas W. 
Kmiec, of California, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Malta, and John 
R. Bass, of New York, to be Ambassador to Georgia, all of the Department 
of State, in SD-419, 2:15 p.m., S-116, Capitol.
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: to hold 
hearings to examine the nomination of Alexander G. Garza, of Missouri, to 
be Assistant Secretary for Health Affairs and Chief Medical Officer, 
Department of Homeland Security, 10 a.m., SD-342.
  Committee on the Judiciary: business meeting to consider the 
nominations of Sonia Sotomayor, of New York, to be an Associate Justice 
of the Supreme Court of the United States, A. Thomas McLellan, of 
Pennsylvania, to be Deputy Director of National Drug Control Policy, 
Alejandro N. Mayorkas, of California, to be Director of the United States 
Citizenship and Immigration Services, Department of Homeland Security, 
and Christopher H. Schroeder, of North Carolina, to be an Assistant 
Attorney General, and Cranston J. Mitchell, of Virginia, to be a 
Commissioner of the United States Parole Commission, both of the 
Department of Justice, 10 a.m., SH-216.
  Subcommittee on Terrorism and Homeland Security, to hold hearings to 
examine closing Guantanamo Bay, 2:30 p.m., SD-226.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: to hold closed hearings to consider 
certain intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., S-407, Capitol.


                                  House

  Committee on Agriculture, Subcommittee Livestock, Dairy and Poultry, to 
continue hearings to review economic conditions facing the dairy 
industry, part three, 10 a.m., 1300 Longworth.
  Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural 
Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies, hearing 
on Protecting the Public Health in a Global Economy Ensuring that Meat 
and Poultry Imports Meet U.S. Standards, 11 a.m., 2362-A Rayburn.
  Committee on Armed Services, Subcommittee on Oversight and 
Investigations, hearing on Investing in Our Military Leaders: The Role of 
Professional Military Education in Officer Development, 1 p.m., 2212 
Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Terrorism, Unconventional Threats and Capabilities, 
hearing on chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear, and high-yield 
explosives consequence management, 10 a.m., 2212 Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, to mark up H.R. 3269, Corporate and 
Financial Institution Compensation Fairness Act of 2009, 10 a.m., 2128 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Foreign Affairs, Subcommittee on Europe, hearing on the 
Reset Button Has Been Pushed: Kicking Off a New Era in U.S.-Russian 
Relations, 2 p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Commercial and 
Administrative Law, hearing on Medical Debt: Is Our Healthcare System 
Bankrupting Americans? 11 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Crime, to mark up the following bills: H.R. 2811, to 
amend title 18, United States Code, to include constrictor snakes of the 
species Python genera as an injuries animal; and H.R. 3327, Ramos-Compean 
Justice Act of 2009, 1 p.m., 2237 Rayburn.
  Committee on Natural Resources, Subcommittee on Insular Affairs, Oceans 
and Wildlife, hearing on H.R. 3086, Global Wildlife Conservation, 
Coordination, and Enhancement Act of 2009, 1 p.m., 1324 Longworth.
  Committee on Rules, to consider H.R. 3326, Department of Defense 
Appropriations Act, 2010, 3 p.m., H-313 Capitol.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Subcommittee on Water 
Resources, and Environment, hearing on The Tennessee Valley Authority's 
Kingston Ash Slide: Evaluation of Potential Causes and Updates on Cleanup 
Efforts, 10:30 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, executive, briefing on 
Department of Defense Quarterly Update, 1 p.m., 304 HVC.
  Subcommittee on Intelligence Community Management, executive, briefing 
on Information Sharing in the Intelligence Community, 2:30 p.m., 304 HCV.
  Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming, hearing 
entitled ``New Energy Technologies: What's Around the Corner?'' 9:30 
a.m., 2172 Rayburn.


                             Joint Meetings

  Joint Economic Committee: to hold hearings to examine current trends in 
foreclosures and what can be done to prevent them, 10 a.m., 210 Cannon 
Building.