[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 130 (Tuesday, September 15, 2009)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1037-D1038]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
NOMINATION
Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded a hearing 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, 
after the nominee testified and answered questions in his own behalf.
AIR OPERATIONS IN CONGESTED AIRSPACE
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on 
Aviation Operations, Safety, and Security concluded a hearing to 
examine aviation safety, focusing on the Hudson River midair collision 
and the safety of air operations in congested airspace, after receiving 
testimony from Christopher A. Hart, Vice Chairman, National 
Transportation Safety Board; Richar L. Day, Senior Vice President for 
Operations, Air Traffic Organization, Federal Aviation Administration, 
Department of Transportation; James K. Coyne, National Air 
Transportation Association, Alexandria, Virginia; and Edward Kragh, 
National Air Traffic Controllers Association, New Hope, Pennsylvania.
PRICE VOLATILITY IN THE ENERGY SECTOR
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine potential costs and price volatility in the energy 
sector, focusing on the greenhouse gas trading program, after receiving 
testimony from Brent Yacobucci, Specialist in Energy and Environmental 
Policy, Congressional Research

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Service, Library of Congress; Eileen Claussen, Pew Center on Global 
Climate Change, Arlington, Virginia; Jason Grumet, Bipartisan Policy 
Center, Washington, D.C.; Joseph R. Mason, Louisiana State University, 
Baton Rouge; and Michael Wara, Stanford Law School, Palo Alto, 
California.
UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE BENEFITS
Committee on Finance: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
unemployment insurance benefits, after receiving testimony from Beth 
Shulman, National Employment Law Project, Douglas J. Holmes, UWC-
Strategic Services on Unemployment & Workers' Compensation, Karen 
Campbell, The Heritage Foundation, and Gary Burtless, The Brookings 
Institution, all of Washington, D.C.; and Thomas S. Whitaker, North 
Carolina Employment Security Commission, Raleigh, on behalf of the 
National Association of State Workforce Agencies.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing 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, after the nominees, who were 
all introduced by Senator Kerry, testified and answered questions in 
their own behalf.
SECURITY CLEARANCE REFORM
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Subcommittee 
on Oversight of Government Management, the Federal Workforce, and the 
District of Columbia concluded a hearing to examine security clearance 
reform, focusing on modernization, progress in reducing delays at the 
Department of Defense, improving executive reports to Congress and, the 
extent to which joint reform efforts reflect key factors in reform, 
after receiving testimony from Jeffrey D. Zients, Deputy Director for 
Management, Office of Management and Budget; John Berry, Director, 
United States Office of Personnel Management; James R. Clapper, Under 
Secretary of Defense for Intelligence; David R. Shedd, Deputy Director 
of National Intelligence for Policy, Plans and Requirements, Office of 
the Director of National Intelligence; and Brenda S. Farrell, Director, 
Defense Capabilities and Management, Government Accountability Office.
MENTAL ILLNESS IN U.S. PRISONS AND JAILS
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Human Rights and the Law 
concluded a hearing to examine human rights, focusing on mental illness 
in United States prisons and jails, after receiving testimony from 
Harley G. Lappin, Director, Federal Bureau of Prisons, Samuel 
Bagenstos, Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Civil Rights Division, 
and Mary Lou Leary, Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Office of 
Justice Programs, all of the Department of Justice; Gary D. Maynard, 
Secretary, Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional 
Services, Towson; Michael P. Randle, Director, Illinois Department of 
Corrections, Springfield; Kathryn E. Zenoff, Presiding Justice, Second 
Appellate Court of Illinois, Rockford; and David L. Fuller, Manhattan 
Outreach Consortium, Brooklyn, New York.