[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 138 (Tuesday, September 29, 2009)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1103-D1104]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
CRIME VICTIMS RIGHTS ACT OF 2009
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism and 
Homeland Security held a hearing on Crime Victims Rights Act of 2004. 
Testimony was heard from Eileen Larence, Director, Homeland Security 
and Justice Issues, GAO; the following officials of the Department of 
Justice: Mary Lou Leary, Acting Assistant Attorney General, Office of 
Justice Programs, and Laurence E. Rothenberg, Deputy Assistant Attorney 
General, Office of Legal Policy; and public witnesses.
ADMINISTRATION'S FLU VACCINE PROGRAM
Committee on Oversight and Government Reform: Held a hearing entitled 
``The Administration's Flu Vaccine Program: Health, Safety and 
Distribution.'' Testimony was heard from the following officials of the 
Department of Health and Human Services: Thomas R. Frieden, M.D., 
Director, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; and Anthony S. 
Fauci, M.D., Director, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious 
Diseases; and Jesse Goodman, M.D., Acting Chief Scientist and Deputy 
Commissioner, Scientific Administration and Medical Programs, FDA.
BILLION DOLLAR KATRINA INFRASTRUCTURE LOGJAM
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure: Subcommittee on 
Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management held a 
hearing on Final Breakthrough on the Billion Dollar Katrina 
Infrastructure Logjam: How is it Working? Testimony was heard from 
Stephen Daniels, Chairman, Civilian Board of Contract Appeals, GSA; the 
following officials of FEMA, Department of Homeland Security: David 
Garratt, Acting Deputy Administrator; and Charles R. Axton, FEMA Lead, 
Unified Public Assistance Project Decision Team, Gulf Coast Recovery 
Office; Paul Rainwater, Executive Director, Recovery Authority, State 
of Louisiana; and a public witness.

Joint Meetings
STABILITY IN THE WESTERN BALKANS
Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe. Commission concluded 
a hearing to examine the Western

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Balkans, focusing on policy responses to today's challenges, including 
current United States and the European Union efforts to maintain 
stability in the Western Balkans and prepare the countries of the 
region for European and Euro-Atlantic integration, after receiving 
testimony from Stuart E. Jones, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for 
European and Eurasian Affairs; and Bjorn Lyrvall, Director-General for 
Political Affairs, Foreign Ministry of Sweden, Stockholm.