[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 129 (Monday, September 14, 2009)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1032-D1033]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                    COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR TUESDAY,

                           SEPTEMBER 15, 2009

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Armed Services: to hold hearings to examine the 
nomination of Michael G. Mullen, for reappointment as the Chairman 
of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and reappointment to the grade of 
admiral, 9:30 a.m., SD-106.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee 
on Aviation Operations, Safety, and Security, to hold hearings to 
examine aviation safety, focusing on the Hudson River midair 
collision and the safety of air operations in congested space, 2:30 
p.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: business meeting to 
consider pending nominations; to be immediately followed by a 
hearing to examine potential costs and price volatility in the 
energy sector, focusing on the greenhouse gas trading program, 2:30 
p.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Finance: to hold hearings to examine unemployment 
insurance benefits, 10 a.m., SD-215.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: to hold hearings to examine the 
nominations of Alan D. Solomont, of Massachusetts, to be Ambassador 
to Spain, and to serve concurrently and without additional 
compensation as Ambassador to Andorra, Lee Andrew Feinstein, of 
Virginia, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Poland, Barry B. 
White, of Massachusetts, to be Ambassador to Norway, and Jose W. 
Fernandez, of New York, to be Assistant Secretary for Economic, 
Energy, and Business Affairs, all of the Department of State, 9:30 
a.m., SD-419.
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: 
Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management, the Federal 
Workforce, and the District of Columbia, to hold hearings to examine 
security clearance reform, focusing on modernization, 2:30 p.m., SD-
342.
  Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Human Rights and the 
Law, to hold hearings to examine human rights, focusing on mental 
illness in United States prisons and jails, 10 a.m., SD-226.


                                 House

  Committee on Energy and Commerce, hearing to review the nation's 
readiness for the probable surge of cases of seasonal and pandemic 
H1N1 influenza, 1 p.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Commercial and 
Administrative Law, hearing on Mandatory Binding Arbitration: Is It 
Fair and Voluntary? 1 p.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Subcommittee on 
Government Management, Organization

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and Procurement, hearing entitled ``Investment Management and 
Acquisition Challenges at the Department of Homeland Security,'' 
9:30 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on Rules, to consider the following bills: H.R. 3221, 
Student Aid and Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2009; and H.R. 3246, 
Advanced Vehicle Technology Act of 2009, 3 p.m., H-313 Capitol.
  Committee on Science and Technology, hearing on Options and Issues 
for NASA's Human Space Flight Program: Report of the ``Review of 
U.S. Human Space Flight Plans'' Committee 2 p.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Ways and Means, Subcommittee on Income Security and 
Family Support, hearing to review implementation of the Fostering 
Connections to Success and Increasing Adoptions Act of 2008 (P. L. 
110-351), 1 p.m., B-318 Rayburn.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, executive, briefing on 
FBI Counterterrorism Issues, 3:30 p.m., 304 HVC.