[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 157 (Tuesday, October 27, 2009)]
[Daily Digest]
[Page D1235]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
DAIRY PRICES
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: Subcommittee on 
Domestic and Foreign Marketing, Inspection, and Plant and Animal 
Health, with the Subcommittee on Production, Income Protection and 
Price Support, concluded a joint hearing to examine low dairy prices, 
focusing on exploring avenues for federal action, after receiving 
testimony from Russell C. Redding, Pennsylvania Acting Secretary of 
Agriculture, Harrisburg; Eric Ooms, New York Farm Bureau, Old Chatham; 
Paul Toft, Associated Milk Producers Inc., Rice Lake, Wisconsin; Ray 
Souza, Western United Dairymen, Turlock, California; Doug Nuttelman, 
Nuttelman Dairy, Stromsburg, Nebraska; Edward W. Gallagher, Dairylea 
Cooperative Inc., Syracuse, New York; Paul Kruse, Blue Bell Creameries, 
L.P., Brenham, Texas, on behalf of the International Dairy Foods 
Association; and Lucas S. Sjostrom, Holstein Association USA, 
Brattleboro, Vermont.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Armed Services: Committee ordered favorably reported the 
nominations of Christine H. Fox, of Virginia, to be Director of Cost 
Assessment and Program Evaluation, and Gladys Commons, of Virginia, to 
be Assistant Secretary of the Navy, both of the Department of Defense, 
and 891 nominations in the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps.
AMERICAN RECOVERY AND REINVESTMENT ACT
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded 
an oversight hearing to examine the broadband stimulus programs in the 
American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, focusing on the steps taken to 
address challenges, and the remaining risks in evaluating applications 
and awarding funds and overseeing funded projects, after receiving 
testimony from Lawrence E. Strickling, Assistant Secretary of Commerce 
for Communications and Information, National Telecommunications and 
Information Administration; Jonathan Adelstein, Administrator, Rural 
Utilities Service, USDA Rural Development, Rural Utilities Service, 
Department of Agriculture; and Mark L. Goldstein, Director, Physical 
Infrastructure Issues, Government Accountability Office.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee ordered 
favorably reported the nominations of Anne S. Ferro, of Maryland, to be 
Administrator of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, 
Cynthia L. Quarterman, of Georgia, to be Administrator of the Pipeline 
and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, both of the Department 
of Transportation, Erroll G. Southers, of California, to be Assistant 
Secretary of Homeland Security for Transportation Security 
Administration, Patrick Gallagher, of Maryland, to be Director of the 
National Institute of Standards and Technology, Department of Commerce, 
Elizabeth M. Robinson, of Virginia, to be Chief Financial Officer, and 
Paul K. Martin, of Maryland, to be Inspector General, both of the 
National Aeronautics and Space Administration, and a promotion list in 
the Coast Guard.
CLEAN ENERGY JOBS AND AMERICAN POWER ACT
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee held a hearing to 
examine S. 1733, to create clean energy jobs, promote energy 
independence, reduce global warming pollution, and transition to a 
clean energy economy, receiving testimony from Steven Chu, Secretary of 
Energy; Ray LaHood, Secretary of Transportation; Ken Salazar, Secretary 
of the Interior; Lisa P. Jackson, Administrator, Environmental 
Protection Agency; and Jon Wellinghoff, Chairman, Federal Energy 
Regulatory Commission.
INTELLIGENCE
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee held closed hearings on 
intelligence matters, receiving testimony from officials of the 
intelligence community.
   Committee recessed subject to call.