[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 177 (Wednesday, December 2, 2009)] [Daily Digest] [Pages D1386-D1387] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] Committee Meetings (Committees not listed did not meet) DERIVATIVES REFORM AND SYSTEMIC RISK Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: Committee concluded a hearing to examine over-the-counter derivatives reform and addressing systemic risk, after receiving testimony from Timothy F. Geithner, Secretary of the Treasury; Terrence A. Duffy, CME Group, Inc., Chicago, Illinois; Johnathan Short, IntercontinentalExchange, Inc., Atlanta, Georgia; and Peter Axilrod, Depository Trust and Clearing Corporation, Blythe Masters, JPMorgan Chase and Co., and Jiro Okochi, Reval.com, Inc., all of New York, New York. AFGHANISTAN Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded a hearing to examine Afghanistan, after receiving testimony from Hillary Rodham Clinton, Secretary of State; and Robert M. Gates, Secretary, and Admiral Michael G. Mullen, USN, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, both of the Department of Defense. NOMINATIONS Committee on Armed Services: Committee ordered favorably reported the nominations of Clifford L. Stanley, of Pennsylvania, to be Under Secretary for Personnel and Readiness, Frank Kendall III, of Virginia, to be Principal Deputy Under Secretary for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics, Erin C. Conaton, of the District of Columbia, to be Under Secretary of the Air Force, Terry A. Yonkers, of Maryland, to be Assistant Secretary of the Air Force, and Lawrence G. Romo, of Texas, to be Director of the Selective Service, all of the Department of Defense. Also, Committee ordered favorably reported 1,938 nominations in the Army, Navy, and Air Force. TRANSPORTATION SECURITY CHALLENGES Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded a hearing to examine transportation security challenges post-September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, after receiving testimony from Janet Napolitano, Secretary of Homeland Security. REDUCING GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded a hearing to examine policy options for reducing greenhouse gas emissions, after receiving testimony from Ray Kopp, Resources for the Future Climate Policy Program, Ted Gayer, Brookings Institution, and David G. Hawkins, Natural Resources Defense Council, all of Washington, D.C.; Jonathan M. Banks, Clean Air Task Force, Brunswick, Maine; and John Alic, Avon, North Carolina. TOXIC SUBSTANCES CONTROL ACT Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee concluded an oversight hearing with the Subcommittee on Superfund, Toxics and Environmental Health to examine the Federal Toxic Substances Control Act, focusing on obtaining more information on chemical risks, controlling these risks, and sharing information collected, after receiving testimony from Lisa P. Jackson, Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency; John Stephenson, Director, Natural Resources and Environment, Government Accountability Office; and Linda S. Birnbaum, Director, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, National Institutes of Health, and National [[Page D1387]] Toxicology Program, Department of Health and Human Services. DISASTER CASE MANAGEMENT Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Ad Hoc Subcommittee on Disaster Recovery concluded a hearing to examine disaster case management, focusing on developing a comprehensive national program focused on outcomes, how did the federal government support disaster case management programs after Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, and how federal agencies coordinate their efforts, what challenges did disaster case management agencies experience in delivering services under federally funded programs, and how will previous or existing federally funded programs be used to inform the development of a federal case management program for future disasters, after receiving testimony from Elizabeth A. Zimmerman, Assistant Administrator, Disaster Assistance, Federal Emergency Management Agency, Department of Homeland Security; David Hansell, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Health and Human Services for Administration for Children and Families; Frederick Tombar, Senior Advisor, Office of the Secretary, Department of Housing and Urban Development; Kay E. Brown, Director, Education, Work, and Income Security, Government Accountability Office; Stephen Carr, Mississippi Case Management Consortium, Mobile, Alabama; Amanda Guma, Human Services Policy Director, Louisiana Recovery Authority, and Monteic A. Sizer, Louisiana Family Recovery Corps, both of Baton Rouge; Reverend Larry Snyder, Catholic Charities USA, Alexandria, Virginia; Diana Rothe-Smith, National Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster, Arlington, Virginia; and Irwin Redlener, Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health, New York, New York. AMERICANS' ACCESS TO COURTS Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the Supreme Court, focusing on Americans' access to courts, after receiving testimony from John Payton, NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund, Inc., and Gregory G. Garre, Latham & Watkins LLP, both of Washington, D.C.; and Stephen B. Burbank, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia.