[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 143 (Tuesday, October 6, 2009)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1136-D1137]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
U.S. POLICY OPTIONS FOR MINIMIZING THREATS FROM IRAN
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine minimizing potential threats from Iran, focusing on 
administration perspectives on economic sanctions and other United 
States policy options, after receiving testimony from Senators 
Brownback and Casey; James B. Steinberg, Deputy Secretary of State; 
Stuart Levey, Under Secretary of the Treasury for Terrorism and 
Financial Intelligence; and Daniel O. Hill, Acting Under Secretary of 
Commerce for Industry and Security.
EXPORT SUCCESS FOR SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED BUSINESS
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on 
Competitiveness, Innovation, and Export Promotion concluded a hearing 
to examine promoting export success for small and medium-sized 
businesses, after receiving testimony from Rochelle J. Lipsitz, Acting 
Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Trade Promotion and Director 
General, United States and Foreign Commercial Service, International 
Trade Administration; Alice P. Albright, Executive Vice President and 
Chief Operating Officer, Export-

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Import Bank of the United States; Tom J. Wollin, Mattracks, Inc., 
Karlstad, Minnesota; Liz J. Reilly, United States Chamber of Commerce, 
Washington, D.C.; and Bradley E. Pierce, Restaurant Equipment World, 
Orlando, Florida.
INTERNATIONAL RECOVERY OF CHILD SUPPORT AND OTHER FORMS OF FAMILY 
MAINTENANCE
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine Hague Convention on the International Recovery of Child Support 
and Other Forms of Family Maintenance (Treaty Doc. 110-21), after 
receiving testimony from Keith Loken, Assistant Legal Adviser for 
Private International Law, Office of the Legal Adviser, Department of 
State; Vicki Turetsky, Commissioner, Office of Child Support 
Enforcement, Department of Health and Human Services; Alisha Griffin, 
New Jersey Department of Human Services Office of Child Support 
Services, Trenton; and Battle R. Robinson, Delaware Uniform Law 
Commissioner, Georgetown.
HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATORS
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Human Rights and the Law 
concluded a hearing to examine accountability for human rights 
violators, after receiving testimony from Lanny A. Breuer, Assistant 
Attorney General, Criminal Division, Department of Justice; John 
Morton, Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security for United States 
Immigration and Customs Enforcement; David T. Donahue, Deputy Assistant 
Secretary of State for Visa Services, Bureau of Consular Affairs; and 
Arthur M. Cummings II, Executive Assistant Director--National Security 
Branch, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Department of Justice.
EXECUTIVE BRANCH CZARS
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on the Constitution concluded 
a hearing to examine the history and legality of executive branch 
``czars'', after receiving testimony from T.J. Halstead, Deputy 
Assistant Director, American Law Division, Congressional Research 
Service, Library of Congress; John C. Harrison, University of Virginia 
School of Law, Charlottesville; Tuan Samahon, Villanova University 
School of Law, Villanova, Pennsylvania; Matthew Spalding, The Heritage 
Foundation, Washington, D.C.; and Bradley H. Patterson, Bethesda, 
Maryland.
RECOVERY ACT
Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine the Recovery Act for small businesses, focusing on 
what is working and what comes next, after receiving testimony from 
Eric R. Zarnikow, Associated Administrator, Office of Capitol Access, 
and Joseph G. Jordan, Associate Administrator, Government Contracting 
and Business Development, both of the Small Business Administration; 
Brenda DeGraffenreid, Supervisory Acquisition Manager, Office of Small 
and Disadvantaged Business Utilization, Department of Energy; Sally 
Rockey, Acting Deputy Director for Extramural Research, National 
Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services; and 
Linda B. Oliver, Acting Director, Office of Small Business Programs, 
Office of the Under Secretary of Defense.