[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

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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.