[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 158 (Wednesday, October 28, 2009)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1243-D1244]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
MARKET STRUCTURE ISSUES
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on 
Securities, Insurance, and Investment concluded a hearing to examine 
dark pools, flash orders, high frequency trading, and other market 
structure issues, after receiving testimony from Senator Kaufman; James 
Brigagliano, Co-Acting Director, Division of Trading and Markets, 
United States Securities and Exchange Commission; Frank Hatheway, 
NASDAQ OMX, Washington, D.C.; William O'Brien, Direct Edge, Jersey 
City, New Jersey; Christopher Nagy, TD Ameritrade, Omaha, Nebraska; 
Daniel Mathisson, Credit Suisse, Robert C. Gasser, Investment 
Technology Group, and Adam C. Sussman, TABB Group, all of New York, New 
York; and Peter Driscoll, Security Traders Association, Chicago, 
Illinois.
COMBATING DISTRACTED DRIVING
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded 
a hearing to examine combating distracted driving, focusing on managing 
behavioral and technological risks, after receiving testimony from 
Senator Schumer; Ray LaHood, Secretary of Transportation; and Julius 
Genachowski, Chairman, Federal Communications Commission.
NATURAL GAS IN MITIGATING CLIMATE CHANGE
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine the role of natural gas in mitigating climate 
change, after receiving testimony from Richard Newell, Administrator, 
Energy Information Administration, Department of Energy; Lamar McKay, 
BP America Inc., and Jack Fusco, Calpine Corporation, both of Houston, 
Texas; David Wilks, Xcel Energy Inc., Minneapolis, Minnesota; Edward 
Stones, Dow Chemical Company, Washington, D.C.; and Dennis McConaghy, 
TransCanada Pipelines, Limited, Calgary, Canada.
CLIMATE CHANGE
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Subcommittee on National 
Parks concluded a hearing to examine current and expected impacts of 
climate change on units of the National Park System, after receiving 
testimony from Jonathan B. Jarvis, Director, National Park Service, 
Department of the Interior; Reed F. Noss, University of Central 
Florida, Orlando; Iliff McMahan, Jr., Cocke County Mayor, Newport, 
Tennessee; and Steven Williams, Wildlife Management Institute, 
Gardners, Pennsylvania.
CLEAN ENERGY JOBS AND AMERICAN POWER ACT
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee continued hearings 
to examine S. 1733, to create clean energy jobs, promote energy 
independence, reduce global warming pollution, and transition to a 
clean energy economy, after receiving testimony from former Senator 
John Warner; Kathleen Hicks, Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for 
Strategy, Plans, and Forces; Mayor Michael A. Nutter, Philadelphia, 
Pennsylvania; Peter Brehm, Infinia Corporation, Kennewick, Washington, 
on behalf of the Solar Energy Industries Association; Dan W. Reicher, 
Google, Mountain View, California; David Foster, Blue Green Alliance, 
Minneapolis, Minnesota; Kate Gordon, Apollo Alliance, San Francisco, 
California; Bill Klesse, Valero Energy Corporation, San Antonio, Texas, 
on behalf of the National Petrochemical and Refiners Association; Brett 
A. Vassey, Virginia Manufacturers Association, Richmond; Vice Admiral 
Dennis McGinn, USN, (Ret.), Center for Naval Analysis, Alexandria, 
Virginia; Captain Andrew Sloan, USA (Ret.), Truman National Security 
Project, and Lieutenant Colonel James Jay Carafano (Ret.), Heritage 
Foundation, both of Washington, D.C.; David Crane, NRG Energy Inc., 
Princeton, New Jersey; Ralph Izzo, Public Service Enterprise Group, 
Newark, New Jersey; Kevin S. Law, Long Island Power Authority, 
Uniondale, New York; Nathaniel O. Keohane, Environmental Defense Fund, 
New York, New York; Joel Bluestein, ICF International, Arlington, 
Virginia; Barry Hart, Association of Missouri Electric Cooperatives, 
Jefferson City; Dustin Johnson, South Dakota Public Utilities 
Commission, Pierre; Shari T. Wilson, Maryland Department of the 
Environment, Baltimore; Ronald E. Young, Elsinore Valley Municipal 
Water Agency, Sacramento, on behalf of the California Association of 
Sanitation Agencies and National Association of Clean Water Agencies; 
Peter C. Frumhoff, Union of Concerned Scientists, Cambridge, 
Massachusetts; Larry J. Schweiger, National Wildlife Federation, 
Reston, Virginia; Fawn Sharp, Quinault Indian Nation, Taholah, 
Washington; James T. Sims, Western Business Roundtable, Lakewood, 
Colorado; and Major General Robert H. Scales, (Ret.), Dayton, Maryland.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Committee 
ordered favorably reported the nominations of Rafael Borras, of 
Maryland, to be

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Under Secretary of Management for Homeland Security, David S. Ferriero, 
of North Carolina, to be Archivist of the United States, National 
Archives and Records Administration, and Susan Tsui Grundmann, of 
Virginia, and Anne Marie Wagner, of Virginia, both to be a Member of 
the Merit Systems Protection Board.
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT CONTRACTING
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Ad Hoc 
Subcommittee on Contracting Oversight concluded a hearing to examine 
new Office of Management and Budget (OMB) guidance to combat waste, 
inefficiency, and misuse in federal government contracting, after 
receiving testimony from Jeffrey D. Zients, Deputy Director for 
Management, Office of Management and Budget.
HEALTH CARE FRAUD
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
effective strategies for preventing health care fraud, after receiving 
testimony from William V. Corr, Deputy Secretary of Health and Human 
Services; and Tony West, Assistant Attorney General, Department of 
Justice.
401(k) TARGET DATE FUNDS
Special Committee on Aging: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
401(k) target date funds, including building and maintaining 401(k) 
savings, and measures to improve participation and savings levels, 
after receiving testimony from Barbara D. Bovbjerg, Director, 
Education, Workforce, and Income Security, Government Accountability 
Office; Andrew J. Donohue, Director, Division of Investment Management, 
United States Securities and Exchange Commission; Phyllis C. Borzi, 
Assistant Secretary of Labor, Employee Benefits Security 
Administration; John Rekenthaler, Morningstar, Chicago, Illinois; Ralph 
Derbyshire, Fidelity Investments, Marlborough, Massachusetts; and 
Michael Case Smith, Avatar Associates, New York, New York.