[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 153 (Wednesday, October 21, 2009)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1206-D1207]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
VALUE OF SPACE
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on 
Science and Space concluded a hearing to examine space, focusing on the 
value, after receiving testimony from Stephen I. Katz, Director, 
National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, 
National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services; 
Scott Pace, The George Washington University Elliott School of 
International Affairs, and Lennard A. Fisk, University of Michigan, 
both of Washington, DC; Jeanne L. Becker, National Space Biomedical 
Research Institute, Houston, Texas; and Helen Greiner, The Droid Works, 
Framingham, Massachusetts.
ENERGY CONSUMERS AND ENERGY PRICES
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine the costs and benefits for energy consumers and 
energy prices associated with the allocation of greenhouse gas emission 
allowances, after receiving testimony from Gilbert E. Metcalf, Tufts 
University, Medford, Massachusetts; Darius Gaskins, Resources for the 
Future, and Chad Stone, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, both of 
Washington, DC; and Alfred Denny Ellerman, Cambridge, Massachusetts.
NATIONAL RESPONSE TO THE H1N1 FLU
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Committee 
concluded a hearing to examine H1N1 flu, focusing on monitoring the 
nation's response, after receiving testimony from Janet Napolitano, 
Secretary of Homeland Security; Kathleen Sebelius, Secretary of Health 
and Human Services; and Arne Duncan, Secretary of Education.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee ordered 
favorably reported the nominations of Craig Becker, of Illinois, Mark 
Gaston Pearce, of New York, and Brian Hayes, of Massachusetts, all to 
be a Member of the National Labor Relations Board, Rolena Klahn Adorno, 
of Connecticut, and Marvin Krislov, of Ohio, both to be a Member of the 
National Council on the Humanities, and Gloria Valencia-Weber, of New 
Mexico, Julie A. Reiskin, of Colorado, Martha L. Minow, of Illinois, 
John Gerson Levi, of Illinois, and Robert James Grey, Jr., of Virginia, 
all to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the Legal Services 
Corporation.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
the nominations of Jane Branstetter Stranch, of Tennessee, to be United 
States Circuit Judge for the Sixth Circuit, who was introduced by 
Senators Alexander and Corker, and Benjamin B. Tucker, of New York, to 
be Deputy Director for State, Local, and Tribal Affairs, Office of 
National Drug Control Policy, after the nominees testified and answered 
questions in their own behalf.
HEALTH AND BENEFITS LEGISLATION
Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Committee concluded a hearing on 
pending legislation related to veterans

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health and benefits, after receiving testimony from Senators Reed and 
Bayh; Gerald M. Cross, Acting Under Secretary for Health, Veterans 
Health Administration, Brad Mayes, Director, Compensation and Pension 
Service, Veterans Benefits Administration, and Walter Hall, and Richard 
Hipolit, both Assistant General Counsel, all of the Department of 
Veterans Affairs; Robert Jackson, Veterans of Foreign Wars of the 
United States, Ian de Planque, The American Legion, John Driscoll, 
National Coalition for Homeless Veterans, and Rick McMichael, American 
Chiropractic Association, all of Washington, DC; and Bill Fenn, The 
American Academy of Physician Assistants, Alexandria, Virginia.
COUNTERNARCOTICS IN AFGHANISTAN
United States Senate Caucus on International Narcotics Control: Caucus 
concluded a hearing to examine United States counternarcotics strategy 
in Afghanistan, after receiving testimony from Michael A. Braun, 
Spectre Group International, LLC, Alexandria, Virginia; Norine 
MacDonald, International Council on Security and Development, Lashkar 
Gah, Afghanistan; and Vanda Felbab-Brown, Brookings Institution, 
Washington, DC.