[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 170 (Tuesday, November 17, 2009)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1338-D1340]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
CHILD NUTRITION PROGRAMS
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: Committee concluded 
a hearing to examine reauthorization of the United States child 
nutrition programs, focusing on opportunities to fight hunger and 
improve child health, after receiving testimony from Thomas Vilsack, 
Secretary, and Margaret L. Bogle, Executive Director, Delta Obesity 
Prevention Research Unit, Agricultural Research Service, both of the 
Department of Agriculture; Rich Huddleston, Arkansas Advocates for 
Children and Families, and Rhonda Sanders, Arkansas Hunger Relief 
Alliance,

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both of Little Rock; and Jennifer Smith, Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., 
Bentonville, Arkansas.
TRUTH IN LENDING ACT
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine S. 1799, to amend the Truth in Lending Act, to 
establish fair and transparent practices related to the marketing and 
provision of overdraft coverage programs at depository institutions, 
after receiving testimony from Michael Calhoun, Center for Responsible 
Lending, and Jean Ann Fox, Consumer Federation of America, both of 
Washington, DC.; Frank Pollack, Pentagon Federal Credit Union, 
Alexandria, Virginia; John P. Carey, Citigroup North America Consumer 
Banking, New York, New York; and Mario Livieri, Brandford, Connecticut.
INTERNET SALES TACTICS
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded 
a hearing to examine aggressive sales tactics on the Internet and their 
impact on American consumers, after receiving testimony from Florence 
Marotta-Wurgler, New York University School of Law, New York, New York; 
Prentiss Cox, University of Minnesota Law School, Minneapolis; Robert 
J. Meyer, University of Pennsylvania Wharton School, Philadelphia; Ray 
France, St. Cloud, Florida; and Linda Lindquist, Sussex, Wisconsin.
GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine the international aspects of global climate change, 
after receiving testimony from Michael A. Levi, Council on Foreign 
Relations, New York, New York; and Nigel Purvis, Climate Advisers, 
Taiya Smith, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Karen Harbert, 
U.S. Chamber of Commerce, and Jake Colvin, National Foreign Trade 
Council, all of Washington, D.C.
COUNTERTERRORISM IN AFRICA'S SAHEL REGION
Committee on Foreign Relations: Subcommittee on African Affairs 
concluded a hearing to examine United States counterterrorism 
priorities and strategy across Africa's Sahel region, after receiving 
testimony from Johnnie Carson, Assistant Secretary for African Affairs, 
and Daniel Benjamin, Coordinator for Counterterrorism, both of the 
Department of State; Vicki Huddleston, Deputy Assistant Secretary of 
Defense for Africa; Earl Gast, Senior Deputy Assistant Administrator 
for Africa, United States Agency for International Development; Lianne 
Kennedy-Boudali, RAND Corporation, Arlington, Virginia; and David 
Gutelius, Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, San 
Francisco, California.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee ordered favorably reported 
the following business items:
  S. 1524, to strengthen the capacity, transparency, and accountability 
of United States foreign assistance programs to effectively adapt and 
respond to new challenges of the 21st century, with an amendment the 
nature of a substitute;
  S. 2727, to provide for continued application of arrangements under 
the Protocol on Inspections and Continuous Monitoring Activities 
Relating to the Treaty Between the United States of America and the 
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics on the Reduction and Limitation of 
Strategic Offensive Arms in the period following the Protocol's 
termination on December 5, 2009;
  S. 1739, to promote freedom of the press around the world;
  S. 1067, to support stabilization and lasting peace in northern 
Uganda and areas affected by the Lord's Resistance Army through 
development of a regional strategy to support multilateral efforts to 
successfully protect civilians and eliminate the threat posed by the 
Lord's Resistance Army and to authorize funds for humanitarian relief 
and reconstruction, reconciliation, and transitional justice;
  S. Res. 341, supporting peace, security, and innocent civilians 
affected by conflict in Yemen;
  S. Res. 345, deploring the rape and assault of women in Guinea and 
the killing of political protesters;
  H. Con. Res. 36, calling on the President and the allies of the 
United States to raise in all appropriate bilateral and multilateral 
for the case of Robert Levinson at every opportunity, urging Iran to 
fulfill their promises of assistance to the family of Robert Levinson, 
and calling on Iran to share the results of its investigation into the 
disappearance of Robert Levinson with the Federal Bureau of 
Investigation;
  Hague Convention on the International Recovery of Child Support and 
Other Forms of Family Maintenance, adopted at The Hague on November 23, 
2007, and signed by the United States on that same date (Treaty Doc. 
110-21);
  Protocol Amending the Convention between the Government of the United 
States of America and the Government of the French Republic for the 
Avoidance of Double Taxation and the Prevention of Fiscal Evasion with 
Respect to Taxes on Income and Capital, signed at Paris on August 21, 
1994, as Amended by the Protocol signed on December 8, 2004, signed 
January 13, 2009, at Paris, together with a related Memorandum of 
Understanding, signed January 13, 2009 (Treaty Doc. 111-04); and

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  The nominations of Jose W. Fernandez, of New York, to be Assistant 
Secretary for Economic, Energy, and Business Affairs, William E. 
Kennard, of the District of Columbia, to be Representative of the 
United States of America to the European Union, with the rank and 
status of Ambassador, John F. Tefft, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to 
Ukraine, Michael C. Polt, of Tennessee, to be Ambassador to the 
Republic of Estonia, Cynthia Stroum, of Washington, to be Ambassador to 
Luxembourg, David Huebner, of California, to be Ambassador to New 
Zealand, and to serve concurrently and without additional compensation 
as Ambassador to Samoa, Robert R. King, of Virginia, to be Special 
Envoy on North Korean Human Rights Issues, with the rank of Ambassador, 
Peter Alan Prahar, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the Federated 
States of Micronesia, Frederick D. Barton, of Maine, to be 
Representative of the United States of America on the Economic and 
Social Council of the United Nations, with the rank of Ambassador, and 
to be an Alternate Representative to the Sessions of the General 
Assembly of the United Nations, during his tenure of service as 
Representative on the Economic and Social Council of the United 
Nations, and Carmen Lomellin, of Virginia, to be Permanent 
Representative of the United States of America to the Organization of 
American States, with the rank of Ambassador, all of the Department of 
State, James LaGarde Hudson, of the District of Columbia, to be United 
States Director of the European Bank for Reconstruction and 
Development, Gustavo Arnavat, of New York, to be United States 
Executive Director of the Inter-American Development Bank, and Daniel 
W. Yohannes, of Colorado, to be Chief Executive Officer, Millennium 
Challenge Corporation; and
  Routine lists in the Foreign Service.
INTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine the United States and the G-20, focusing on remaking the 
international economic architecture, after receiving testimony from 
Timothy F. Geithner, Secretary of the Treasury.
H1N1 FLU VACCINE
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Committee 
concluded a hearing to examine H1N1 flu, focusing on getting the 
vaccine to where it is most needed, after receiving testimony from Alex 
Garza, Assistant Secretary for Health Affairs and Chief Medical 
Officer, Department of Homeland Security; and Nicole Lurie, Assistant 
Secretary for Preparedness and Response, and Rear Admiral Anne 
Schuchat, Assistant Surgeon General, Director, National Center for 
Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention, both of the Department of Health and Human Services.
CYBERSECURITY
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Terrorism and Homeland 
Security concluded a hearing to examine cybersecurity, focusing on 
preventing terrorist attacks and protecting privacy in cyberspace, 
after receiving testimony from James A. Baker, Associate Deputy 
Attorney General, and Steven R. Chabinsky, Deputy Assistant Director, 
Cyber Division, Federal Bureau of Investigation, both of the Department 
of Justice; Philip R. Reitinger, Deputy Under Secretary of Homeland 
Security for National Protection and Programs Directorate; Richard C. 
Schaeffer, Jr., Information Assurance Director, National Security 
Agency, Department of Defense; Gregory T. Nojeim, Center for Democracy 
& Technology, and Larry M. Wortzel, U.S.-China Economic and Security 
Review Commission, both of Washington, D.C.; and Larry Clinton, 
Internet Security Alliance, Arlington, Virginia.
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.