[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 117 (Thursday, July 30, 2009)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D949-D950]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
APPROPRIATIONS: TRANSPORTATION, HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT, LABOR, 
HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, AND EDUCATION
Committee on Appropriations: Committee ordered favorably reported the 
following business items:
  H.R. 3288, making appropriations for the Departments of 
Transportation, and Housing and Urban Development, and related agencies 
for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2010, with an amendment in the 
nature of a substitute; and
  H.R. 3293, making appropriations for the Departments of Labor, Health 
and Human Services, and Education, and related agencies for the fiscal 
year ending September 30, 2010, with an amendment in the nature of a 
substitute.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
the nominations of John M.

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McHugh, of New York, to be Secretary of the Army, who was introduced by 
Senator Schumer, Joseph W. Westphal, of New York, to be Under Secretary 
of the Army, who was introduced by Senator Collins, and Juan M. Garcia 
III, of Texas, to be Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Manpower and 
Reserve Affairs, who was introduced by Senators Hutchison and Cornyn, 
all of the Department of Defense, after the nominees testified and 
answered questions in their own behalf.
ECONOMIC SANCTIONS ON IRAN
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine minimizing potential threats from Iran, focusing on 
assessing economic sanctions and other United States policy options, 
after receiving testimony from Senator Lieberman; Nicholas Burns, 
Harvard University John F. Kennedy School of Government, Cambridge, 
Massachusetts; and Matthew Levitt, Washington Institution for Near East 
Policy, Suzanne Maloney, Brookings Institution, and Danielle Pletka, 
American Enterprise Institute, all of Washington, D.C.
CLIMATE SERVICES
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded 
a hearing to examine climate services, focusing on solutions from 
commerce to communities, after receiving testimony from Gary F. Locke, 
Secretary of Commerce; and John P. Holdren, Director, Office of Science 
and Technology Policy, Executive Office of the President.
CLIMATE CHANGE AND NATIONAL SECURITY
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine climate change and national security, after 
receiving testimony from former Senator John Warner; Vice Admiral 
Dennis McGinn, USN (Ret.), CNA Military Advisory Board, Alexandria, VA; 
Jonathan Powers, Truman National Security Project, and David B. Rivkin, 
Jr., Baker & Hostetler LLP, both of Washington, D.C.
STRATEGY FOR SUDAN
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine a comprehensive strategy for Sudan, after receiving testimony 
Major General Jonathan S. Gration, USAF (Ret.), The President's Special 
Envoy to Sudan, Department of State; Earl Gast, Acting Assistant 
Administrator, Bureau for Africa, United States Agency for 
International Development; and David H. Shinn, George Washington 
University Elliott School of International Affairs, Mohammed Ahmed 
Eisa, Sudan Organization for Rights and Peace-Building, and Susan D. 
Page, National Democratic Institute, all of Washington, D.C.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Committee 
ordered favorably reported S. 1507, to amend chapter 89 of title 5, 
United States Code, to reform Postal Service retiree health benefits 
funding, with amendments.
GANG ACTIVITY IN INDIAN COUNTRY
Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
the increase of gang activity in Indian country, after receiving 
testimony from John Mousseau, Paul Forney, and Paul Iron Cloud, all of 
the Oglala Sioux Tribe, Pine Ridge, South Dakota; Brian Nissen, 
Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation, Nespelem, Washington; 
Sampson Cowboy, Navajo Nation Department of Public Safety, Window Rock, 
Arizona; Chief Carmen Smith, and William Elliott, both of the Warm 
Springs Tribal Police Department, Warm Springs, Oregon.