[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 149 (Thursday, October 15, 2009)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1182-D1183]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: On Thursday, 
October 8, 2009, the following was listed in the Daily Digest:
  On September 24, 2009, committee announced the following subcommittee 
assignments:
Subcommittee on Aviation Operations, Safety and Security: Senators 
Dorgan (Chair), Inouye, Kerry, Boxer, Nelson (FL), Cantwell, 
Lautenberg, Pryor, McCaskill, Klobuchar, Warner, Begich, Snowe, Ensign, 
DeMint, Thune, Wicker, LeMieux, Isakson, Vitter, Brownback, and 
Johanns.
  The following is the correct subcommittee membership:
Subcommittee on Aviation Operations, Safety and Security: Senators 
Dorgan (Chair), Inouye, Kerry, Boxer, Nelson (FL), Cantwell, 
Lautenberg, Pryor, McCaskill, Klobuchar, Warner, Begich, DeMint, Snowe, 
Ensign, Thune, Wicker, LeMieux, Isakson, Vitter, Brownback, and 
Johanns.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded 
a hearing to examine the nominations of Erroll G. Southers, of 
California, to be Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security, Patrick 
Gallagher, of Maryland, to be Director of the National Institute of 
Standards and Technology, Department of Commerce, who was introduced by 
Senator Udall (NM), and Paul K. Martin, of Maryland, to be Inspector 
General, and Elizabeth M. Robinson, of Virginia, to be Chief Financial 
Officer, who was introduced by Senator Cantwell, both of the National 
Aeronautics and Space Administration, after the nominees testified and 
answered questions in their own behalf.

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NOMINATIONS
Committee on Finance: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the 
nominations of Jim R. Esquea, of New York, to be Assistant Secretary 
for Legislation, who was introduced by Senator Conrad, Ellen Gloninger 
Murray, of Virginia, to be Assistant Secretary for Resources and 
Technology, who was introduced by Senator Harkin, and Bryan Hayes 
Samuels, of Illinois, to be Commissioner on Children, Youth, and 
Families, all of the Department of Health and Human Services, after the 
nominees testified and answered questions in their own behalf.
CLIMATE CHANGE
Committee on Foreign Relations: Subcommittee on International 
Development and Foreign Assistance, Economic Affairs and International 
Environmental Protection concluded a hearing to examine drought, 
flooding and refugees, focusing on the impacts of climate change, after 
receiving testimony from General Charles F. Wald, USAF (Ret.), former 
Deputy Commander of United States European Command, on behalf of the 
CNA Military Advisory Board; and Reverend Jim Ball, Evangelical 
Environmental Network, David Waskow, Oxfam America, Kenneth P. Green, 
American Enterprise Institute, and Peter O'Driscoll, ActionAid USA, all 
of Washington, D.C.
RADIO BROADCASTING IN WAR ZONES
Committee on Foreign Relations: Subcommittee on International 
Operations and Organizations, Human Rights, Democracy, and Global 
Women's Issues concluded a hearing to examine United States 
international broadcasting into the war zones, focusing on Iraq and 
Afghanistan, after receiving testimony from Jeffrey Hirschberg, 
Governor and Chair of the Radio Free Europe and Radio Liberty 
Subcommittee, Joaquin Blaya, Governor and Chair of the Middle East 
Subcommittee, and Steven Simmons, Governor and Chair of the Voice of 
America Subcommittee, all of the Broadcasting Board of Governors, 
Washington, D.C.
DOMESTIC PARTNER BENEFITS
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Committee 
concluded a hearing to examine domestic partner benefits, including S. 
1102, to provide benefits to domestic partners of Federal employees, 
after receiving testimony from Representative Baldwin; John Berry, 
Director, United States Office of Personnel Management; and William H. 
Hendrix III, The Dow Chemical Company, Midland, Michigan.
HEALTH CARE
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee 
concluded a hearing to examine equal health care for equal premiums, 
focusing on women, after receiving testimony from James Guest, 
Consumers Union, Yonkers, New York; Marcia D. Greenberger, National 
Women's Law Center, Janice Shaw Crouse, Concerned Women for America 
Beverly LaHaye Institute, Diana Furchtgott-Roth, Hudson Institute, and 
Karen Ignagni, America's Health Insurance Plans, all of Washington, 
D.C.; Amanda Buchanan, Weiser, Idaho; and Peggy Robertson, Centennial, 
Colorado.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee ordered favorably reported the 
following business items:
  S. 369, to prohibit brand name drug companies from compensating 
generic drug companies to delay the entry of a generic drug into the 
market, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
  S. 379, to provide fair compensation to artists for use of their 
sound recordings, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute; and
  The nominations of Jacqueline H. Nguyen and Dolly M. Gee, both to be 
a United States District Judge for the Central District of California, 
and Edward Milton Chen and Richard Seeborg, both to be a United States 
District Judge for the Northern District of California.
INTELLIGENCE
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee held closed hearings on 
intelligence matters, receiving testimony from officials of the 
intelligence community.
  Committee recessed subject to the call.