[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 126 (Wednesday, September 9, 2009)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1010-D1011]
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 global warming legislation, focusing on carbon 
markets and producer groups, after receiving testimony from Gary 
Gensler, Chairman, United States Commodities Futures Trading 
Commission; Timothy H. Profeta, Duke University Nicholas Institute for 
Environmental Policy Solutions, Durham, North Carolina; Joseph R. 
Glace, Exelon Corporation, and Julie Winkler, Green Exchange Venture, 
both of Chicago, Illinois; David Miller, Iowa Farm Bureau, Des Moines; 
Fred Yoder, National Corn Growers Association, Plain City, Ohio; Luke 
Brubaker, Brubaker Farms, Myerstown, Pennsylvania; Frank Rehermann, US 
Rice Producers Association, Live Oak, California; and W. Andrew 
Beckstoffer, Beckstoffer Vineyards, Rutherford, California.
APPROPRIATIONS: DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense approved for full 
Committee consideration an original bill making appropriations for the 
Department of Defense for fiscal year 2010.
NOMINATION
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine the nomination of Robert D. Hormats, of New York, to be Under 
Secretary of State for Economic, Energy, and Agricultural Affairs, 
after the nominee, who was introduced by Senator Schumer, testified and 
answered questions in his own behalf.
UNITED STATES FORENSIC SCIENCE
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
strengthening forensic science in the United States, after receiving 
testimony from Eric Buel, Vermont Department of Public Safety Forensic 
Laboratory, Waterbury; Peter Neufeld, Innocence Project, New York, New 
York; Harold L. Hurtt, Chief, Houston Police Department, Houston, 
Texas; Paul C. Giannelli, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, 
Ohio; Barry D. Matson, Alabama District Attorneys Association, 
Montgomery; and Matthew F. Redle, Sheridan County, Sheridan, Wyoming, 
on behalf of the National District Attorneys Association.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
the nominations of Joseph A. Greenaway, Jr., of New Jersey, to be 
United States Circuit Judge for the Third Circuit, who was introduced 
by Senators Menendez and Lautenberg, Roberto A. Lange, to be United 
States District Judge for the District of South Dakota, who was 
introduced by Senator Johnson, Irene Cornelia Berger, to be United 
States District Judge for the Southern

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District of West Virginia, who was introduced by Senator Rockefeller, 
Charlene Edwards Honeywell, to be United States District Judge for the 
Middle District of Florida, who was introduced by Senator Nelson (FL), 
and Ignacia S. Moreno, of New York, to be Assistant Attorney General, 
Department of Justice, after the nominees testified and answered 
questions in their own behalf.