[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 172 (Thursday, November 19, 2009)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1358-D1360]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded a hearing 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, who was 
introduced by Representative Skelton, both of the Department of 
Defense, and Lawrence G. Romo, of Texas, to be Director of the 
Selective Service, after the nominees testified and answered questions 
in their own behalf.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee began 
consideration of an original bill entitled ``Restoring American 
Financial Stability Act of 2009'', but did not complete action thereon, 
and recessed subject to the call.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee ordered 
favorably reported the following business items:
  S. 592, to implement the recommendations of the Federal 
Communications Commission report to the Congress regarding low-power FM 
service, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;

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  S. 850, to amend the High Seas Driftnet Fishing Moratorium Protection 
Act and the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act to 
improve the conservation of sharks, with an amendment in the nature of 
a substitute;
  S. 1224, to reauthorize the Chesapeake Bay Office of the National 
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, with an amendment in the nature 
of a substitute;
  S. 2764, to reauthorize the Satellite Home Viewer Extension and 
Reauthorization Act of 2004, with an amendment in the nature of a 
substitute; 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, with an amendment in the nature of a 
substitute.
OFFSHORE ENERGY PRODUCTION
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine environmental stewardship policies related to 
offshore energy production, after receiving testimony from Walter 
Cruickshank, Deputy Director, Minerals Management Service, Department 
of the Interior; Marvin E. Odum, Shell Oil Company, and David Rainey, 
BP America Inc., both of Houston, Texas; John F. Amos, SkyTruth, 
Shepherdstown, West Virginia; and Jeffrey Short, Oceana, Juneau, 
Alaska.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing 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, after the 
nominees testified and answered questions in their own behalf.
FORT HOOD ATTACK
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Committee 
concluded a hearing to examine the Fort Hood Attack, focusing on a 
preliminary assessment, after receiving testimony from General John M. 
Keane, USA, (Ret.), former Vice Chief of Staff of the U.S. Army, 
Department of Defense; Frances Fragos Townsend, former Assistant to 
President George W. Bush, Homeland Security and Counterterrorism, 
Department of Homeland Security; Mitchell D. Silber, New York City 
Police Department, New York, New York; Juan C. Zarate, Center for 
Strategic and International Studies, Washington, DC.; and Brian Michael 
Jenkins, RAND Corporation, Santa Monica, California.
NOMINATION
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Committee 
concluded a hearing to examine the nomination of Alan C. Kessler, of 
Pennsylvania, to be a Governor of the United States Postal Service, 
after the nominee, who was introduced by Senator Casey, testified and 
answered questions in his own behalf.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Committee 
ordered favorably reported the nominations of Daniel I. Gordon, of the 
District of Columbia, to be Administrator for Federal Procurement 
Policy, and Erroll G. Southers, of California, to be Assistant 
Secretary of Homeland Security.
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee 
concluded a hearing to examine nominations for Commissioner and for 
General Counsel of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, after 
receiving testimony from P. David Lopez, Equal Employment Opportunity 
Commission, Phoenix District Office, Phoenix, Arizona; Jacqueline A. 
Berrien, NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund, New York, New York; 
and Chai R. Feldblum, Georgetown University Law Center, and Victoria A. 
Lipnic, Seyfarth Shaw, LLP, both of Washington, DC.
DRUG AND GANG ACTIVITIES IN INDIAN COUNTRY
Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee concluded an oversight hearing 
to examine drug smuggling and gang activity in Indian country, after 
receiving testimony from Arnold Moorin, National Director of the High 
Intensity Drug Trafficking Area Program, Office of National Drug 
Control Policy; Ivan D. Posey, Eastern Shoshone Tribe, Ft. Washakie, 
Wyoming; Nancy Dooley, Gila River Indian Community Department of 
Rehabilitation and Supervision Juvenile Division, Sacaton, Arizona; 
Chief Matt Haney, Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation 
Police, Nespelem, Washington; and Martina Whelshula, Healing Lodge of 
the Seven Nations, Spokane, Washington.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee ordered favorably reported the 
following business items:

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  S. 1147, to prevent tobacco smuggling, to ensure the collection of 
all tobacco taxes, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute; and
  The nominations of Jane Branstetter Stranch, of Tennessee, to be 
United States Circuit Judge for the Sixth Circuit, Christina Reiss, to 
be United States District Judge for the District of Vermont, 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.
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.