[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 183 (Tuesday, December 8, 2009)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1423-D1424]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
AFGHANISTAN
Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
Afghanistan, after receiving testimony from Karl W. Eikenberry, United 
States Ambassador to Afghanistan, Department of State; and General Stanley 
A. McChrystal, USA, Commander, International Security Assistance Force, 
Commander, United States Forces Afghanistan, Department of Defense.

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ENERGY BILLS
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Subcommittee on Energy concluded 
a hearing to examine H.R. 957, to authorize higher education curriculum 
development and graduate training in advanced energy and green building 
technologies, H.R. 2729, to authorize the designation of National 
Environmental Research Parks by the Secretary of Energy, H.R. 3165, to 
provide for a program of wind energy research, development, and 
demonstration, H.R. 3246, to provide for a program of research, development, 
demonstration and commercial application in vehicle technologies at the 
Department of Energy, H.R. 3585, to guide and provide for United States 
research, development, and demonstration of solar energy technologies, S. 
737, to amend the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 to authorize 
the Secretary of Energy to conduct research, development, and demonstration 
to make biofuels more compatible with small nonroad engines, S. 1617, to 
require the Secretary of Commerce to establish a program for the award of 
grants to States to establish revolving loan funds for small and medium-
sized manufacturers to improve energy efficiency and produce clean energy 
technology, S. 2744, to amend the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to expand the 
authority for awarding technology prizes by the Secretary of Energy to 
include a financial award for separation of carbon dioxide from dilute 
sources, and S. 2773, to require the Secretary of Energy to carry out a 
program to support the research, demonstration, and development of 
commercial applications for offshore wind energy, after receiving testimony 
from Kristina M. Johnson, Under Secretary of Energy.
FEDERAL DRINKING WATER PROGRAMS
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee concluded an oversight 
hearing to examine Federal drinking water programs, after receiving 
testimony from Peter S. Silva, Assistant Administrator for Water, and 
Cynthia J. Giles, Assistant Administrator for Enforcement and Compliance 
Assurance, both of the Environmental Protection Agency; Matthew C. Larsen, 
Associate Director for Water, U.S. Geological Survey, Department of the 
Interior; Jerome A. Paulson, American Academy of Pediatrics, Washington, 
D.C.; Michael G. Baker, Association of State Drinking Water Administrators, 
Arlington, Virginia; Gene Whatley, Oklahoma Rural Water Association, Inc., 
Oklahoma City; and Jeffrey K. Griffiths, Tufts University School of 
Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee ordered favorably reported the 
nominations of Rajiv J. Shah, of Washington, to be Administrator of the 
United States Agency for International Development, and 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, Eleni 
Tsakopoulos Kounalakis, of California, to be Ambassador to the Republic of 
Hungary, 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, 
Jide J. Zeitlin, of New York, to be Alternate Representative of the United 
States of America to the Sessions of the General Assembly of the United 
Nations during his tenure of service as Representative of the United States 
of America to the United Nations for U.N. Management and Reform, and to be 
Representative of the United States of America to the United Nations for 
U.N. Management and Reform, with the rank of Ambassador, Anne Slaughter 
Andrew, of Indiana, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Costa Rica, David 
Daniel Nelson, of Minnesota, to be Ambassador to the Oriental Republic of 
Uruguay, Betty E. King, of New York, to be Representative of the United 
States of America to the Office of the United Nations and Other 
International Organizations in Geneva, with the rank of Ambassador, Laura E. 
Kennedy, of New York, for the rank of Ambassador during her tenure of 
service as U.S. Representative to the Conference on Disarmament, Eileen 
Chamberlain Donahoe, for the rank of Ambassador during her tenure of service 
as the United States Representative to the UN Human Rights Council, all of 
the Department of State, and routine lists in the Foreign Service.
INTELLIGENCE
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee held closed hearings on 
intelligence matters, receiving testimony from officials of the intelligence 
community.
  Committee recessed subject to the call.