[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 169 (Monday, November 16, 2009)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E2776-E2777]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                       SENATE COMMITTEE MEETINGS

  Title IV of Senate Resolution 4, agreed to by the Senate on February 
4, 1977, calls for establishment of a system for a computerized 
schedule of all meetings and hearings of Senate committees, 
subcommittees, joint committees, and committees of conference. This 
title requires all such committees to notify the Office of the Senate 
Daily Digest--designated by the Rules Committee--of the time, place, 
and purpose of the meetings, when scheduled, and any cancellations or 
changes in the meetings as they occur.
  As an additional procedure along with the computerization of this 
information, the Office of the Senate Daily Digest will prepare this 
information for printing in the Extensions of Remarks section of the 
Congressional Record on Monday and Wednesday of each week.
  Meetings scheduled for Tuesday, November 17, 2009 may be found in the 
Daily Digest of today's Record.

                           MEETINGS SCHEDULED

                              NOVEMBER 18
     Time to be announced
       Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
         Business meeting to consider the nomination of Daniel I. 
           Gordon, of the District of Columbia, to be 
           Administrator for Federal Procurement Policy.
                                                    S-216, Capitol
     9:30 a.m.
       Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
         To hold hearings to examine reforming the United States 
           financial market regulation; to be immediately followed 
           by a hearing to examine the nomination of Jill Long 
           Thompson, of Indiana, to be a Member of the Farm Credit 
           Administration Board, Farm Credit Administration.
                                                            SD-106
       Environment and Public Works
         Business meeting to consider an original bill entitled 
           ``Economic Development Revitalization Act of 2009''.
                                                            SD-406
       Judiciary
         To hold an oversight hearing to examine the Department of 
           Justice.
                                                            SDG-50
       Veterans' Affairs
         To hold hearings to examine easing the burdens through 
           employment.
                                                            SR-418
     10 a.m.
       Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
         Business meeting to consider S. 510, to amend the Federal 
           Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act with respect to the safety 
           of the food supply, and the nominations of David Morris 
           Michaels, of Maryland, to be Assistant Secretary of 
           Labor, and Pamela S. Hyde, of New Mexico, to be 
           Administrator of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health 
           Services Administration, Department of Health and Human 
           Services, any pending nominations, and subcommittee 
           assignments.
                                                            SD-430
     10:15 a.m.
       Foreign Relations
         To hold hearings to examine the nominations of Mary Burce 
           Warlick, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the Republic 
           of Serbia, James B. Warlick, Jr., of Virginia, to be 
           Ambassador to the Republic of Bulgaria, and Eleni 
           Tsakopoulos Kounalakis, of California, to be Ambassador 
           to the Republic of Hungary, all of the Department of 
           State.
                                                            SD-419
     2:30 p.m.
       Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
       Contracting Oversight Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine accountability for foreign 
           contractors, focusing on the Lieutenant Colonel Dominic 
           ``Rocky'' Baragona Justice for American Heroes Harmed 
           by Contractors Act.
                                                            SD-342
       Commerce, Science, and Transportation
         To hold hearings to examine the nominations of Mark R. 
           Rosekind, of California, to be a Member of the National 
           Transportation Safety Board, Scott Boyer Quehl, of 
           Pennsylvania, to be Assistant Secretary, and to be 
           Chief Financial Officer, and Suresh Kumar, of New 
           Jersey, to be Assistant Secretary and Director General 
           of the United States and Foreign Commercial Service, 
           both of the Department of Commerce, Philip E. Coyle, 
           III, of California, to be an Associate Director of the 
           Office of Science and Technology Policy, and Anthony R. 
           Coscia, of New Jersey, and Albert DiClemente, of 
           Delaware, both to be a Director of the Amtrak Board of 
           Directors.
                                                            SR-253
       Judiciary
         To hold hearings to examine the nominations of Denny 
           Chin, of New York, to be United States Circuit Judge 
           for the Second Circuit, Rosanna Malouf Peterson, to be 
           United States District Judge for the Eastern District 
           of Washington, William M. Conley, to be United States 
           District Judge for the Western District of Wisconsin, 
           and Susan B. Carbon, of New Hampshire, to be Director 
           of the Violence Against Women Office, and John H. Laub, 
           of the District of Columbia, to be Director of the 
           National Institute of Justice, both of the Department 
           of Justice.
                                                            SD-226
       Energy and Natural Resources
       Public Lands and Forests Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine managing Federal forests in 
           response to climate change, focusing on natural 
           resource adaptation and carbon sequestration.
                                                            SD-366

                              NOVEMBER 19
     9:30 a.m.
       Armed Services
         To hold hearings to examine the nominations of Clifford 
           L. Stanley, of Pennsylvania, to be Under Secretary for 
           Personnel and Readiness, and Erin C. Conaton, of the 
           District of Columbia, to be Under Secretary of the Air 
           Force, both of the Department of Defense, and Lawrence 
           G. Romo, of Texas, to be Director of the Selective 
           Service.
                                                            SH-216
     10 a.m.
       Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
         Business meeting to consider an original bill entitled 
           ``Restoring American Financial Stability Act of 2009''.
                                                            SR-325
       Commerce, Science, and Transportation
         Business meeting to consider S. 592, to implement the 
           recommendations of the Federal Communications 
           Commission report to the Congress regarding low-power 
           FM service, S. 850, to amend the High Seas Driftnet 
           Fishing Moratorium Protection Act and the Magnuson-
           Stevens Fishery Conservation and

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           Management Act to improve the conservation of sharks, 
           S. 1224, to reauthorize the Chesapeake Bay Office of 
           the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, S. 
           2764, to reauthorize the Satellite Home Viewer 
           Extension and Reuathorization Act of 2004, and S. 2768, 
           to amend title 49, United States Code, to authorize 
           appropriations for the National Transportation Safety 
           Board for fiscal years 2010 through 2014.
                                                            SR-253
       Finance
         To hold hearings to examine United States preference 
           programs, focusing on options for reform.
                                                            SD-215
       Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
         To hold hearings to examine nominations for Commissioner 
           and for General Counsel of the Equal Employment 
           Opportunity Commission.
                                                            SD-430
       Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
         To hold hearings to examine the Fort Hood Attack, 
           focusing on a preliminary assessment.
                                                            SD-342
       Judiciary
         Business meeting to consider S. 448, to maintain the free 
           flow of information to the public by providing 
           conditions for the federally compelled disclosure of 
           information by certain persons connected with the news 
           media, S. 714, to establish the National Criminal 
           Justice Commission, S. 1624, to amend title 11 of the 
           United States Code, to provide protection for medical 
           debt homeowners, to restore bankruptcy protections for 
           individuals experiencing economic distress as 
           caregivers to ill, injured, or disabled family members, 
           and to exempt from means testing debtors whose 
           financial problems were caused by serious medical 
           problems, S. 1147, to prevent tobacco smuggling, to 
           ensure the collection of all tobacco taxes, S. 1765, to 
           amend the Hate Crime Statistics Act to include crimes 
           against the homeless, S. 1353, to amend title 1 of the 
           Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1986 to 
           include nonprofit and volunteer ground and air 
           ambulance crew members and first responders for certain 
           benefits, S. 678, to reauthorize and improve the 
           Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 
           1974, and the nominations of Jane Branstetter Stranch, 
           of Tennessee, to be United States Circuit Judge for the 
           Sixth Circuit, Thomas I. Vanaskie, of Pennsylvania, to 
           be United States Circuit Judge for the Third Circuit, 
           Christina Reiss, to be United States District Judge for 
           the District of Vermont, Louis B. Butler, Jr., to be 
           United States District Judge for the Western District 
           of Wisconsin, Abdul K. Kallon, to be United States 
           District Judge for the Northern District of Alabama, 
           Victoria Angelica Espinel, of the District of Columbia, 
           to be Intellectual Property Enforcement Coordinator, 
           and Benjamin B. Tucker, of New York, to be Deputy 
           Director for State, Local, and Tribal Affairs, Office 
           of National Drug Control Policy.
                                                            SD-226
       Joint Economic Committee
         To hold hearings to examine financial regulatory reform, 
           focusing on protecting taxpayers and the economy.
                                              210, Cannon Building
     10:30 a.m.
       Energy and Natural Resources
         To hold hearings to examine environmental stewardship 
           policies related to offshore energy production.
                                                            SD-366
     2:15 p.m.
       Indian Affairs
         Business meeting to consider pending calendar business; 
           to be immediately followed by an oversight hearing to 
           examine drug smuggling and gang activity in Indian 
           country.
                                                            SD-628
     2:30 p.m.
       Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
         To hold hearings to examine the nomination of Alan C. 
           Kessler, of Pennsylvania, to be a Governor of the 
           United States Postal Service.
                                                            SD-342
       Intelligence
         To hold closed hearings to consider certain intelligence 
           matters.
                                                    S-407, Capitol
     3:30 p.m.
       Foreign Relations
         To hold hearings to examine the nominations of Leslie V. 
           Rowe, of Washington, to be Ambassador to the Republic 
           of Mozambique, Alberto M. Fernandez, of Virginia, to be 
           Ambassador to the Republic of Equatorial Guinea, Mary 
           Jo Wills, of the District of Columbia, to be Ambassador 
           to the Republic of Mauritius, and to serve concurrently 
           and without additional compensation as Ambassador to 
           the Republic of Seychelles, and Philip S. Goldberg, of 
           the District of Columbia, to be Assistant Secretary for 
           Intelligence and Research, all of the Department of 
           State.
                                                            SD-419

                              NOVEMBER 20
     10 a.m.
       Finance
         To hold hearings to examine the nominations of Mary John 
           Miller, of Maryland, to be Assistant Secretary, and 
           Charles Collyns, of Maryland, to be Deputy Under 
           Secretary, both of the Department of the Treasury.
                                                            SD-215

                               DECEMBER 2
     2:30 p.m.
       Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
       Disaster Recovery Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine disaster case management, 
           focusing on developing a comprehensive national program 
           focused on outcomes.
                                                            SD-342

                              DECEMBER 10
     10 a.m.
       Energy and Natural Resources
         To hold hearings to examine the role of grid-scale energy 
           storage in meeting our energy and climate goals.
                                                            SD-366