[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 121 (Wednesday, August 5, 2009)]
[Daily Digest]
[Page D983]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                    COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR THURSDAY,

                             AUGUST 6, 2009

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee 
on Aviation Operations, Safety, and Security, to hold hearings to 
examine aviation safety, focusing on the relationship between 
network airlines and regional airlines, 10 a.m., SR-253.
  Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine waste, fraud, and 
abuse in the SBIR Program, 2:30 p.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: to hold hearings to 
examine the nominations of John R. Norris, of the District of 
Columbia, to be a Member of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission 
for the remainder of the term expiring June 30, 2012, Jose Antonio 
Garcia, of Florida, to be Director of the Office of Minority 
Economic Impact, Department of Energy, and Joseph G. Pizarchik, of 
Pennsylvania, to be Director of the Office of Surface Mining 
Reclamation and Enforcement, Department of the Interior, 10 a.m., 
SD-366.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: business meeting to 
consider the nominations of John R. Fernandez, of Indiana, to be 
Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Economic Development, and Gary 
S. Guzy, of the District of Columbia, to be Deputy Director of the 
Office of Environmental Quality, Time to be announced, Room to be 
announced.
  Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine climate change and 
clean energy, 10 a.m., SD-406.
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: 
Subcommittee on Federal Financial Management, Government 
Information, Federal Services, and International Security, to hold 
hearings to examine the United States Postal Service, 10 a.m., SD-
342.
  Committee on Indian Affairs: business meeting to consider pending 
calendar business; to be immediately followed by a hearing to 
examine S. 1011, to express the policy of the United States 
regarding the United States relationship with Native Hawaiians and 
to provide a process for the recognition by the United States of the 
Native Hawaiian governing entity, 2:15 p.m., SD-628.
  Committee on the Judiciary: business meeting to consider the 
nominations of David J. Kappos, of New York, to be Under Secretary 
of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the United 
States Patent and Trademark Office, and Steven M. Dettelbach, of 
Ohio, to be United States Attorney for the Northern District of 
Ohio, Carter M. Stewart, of Ohio, to be United States Attorney for 
the Southern District of Ohio, and David Edward Demag, of Vermont, 
to be United States Marshal for the District of Vermont, all of the 
Department of Justice, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  Subcommittee on the Constitution, business meeting to continue 
consideration of pending calendar business, 10:30 a.m., SD-226.
  Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship: to hold hearings 
to examine the nominations of Winslow Lorenzo Sargeant, of 
Wisconsin, to be Chief Counsel for Advocacy, and Peggy E. Gustafson, 
of Illinois, to be Inspector General, both of the Small Business 
Administration, 10 a.m., SR-428A.


                                 House

  No committee meetings are scheduled.


                             Joint Meetings

  Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe: to receive a 
briefing to examine Moldova's recent elections, 10 a.m., SVC-202/
203.