[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 184 (Wednesday, December 9, 2009)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1432-D1433]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
CREATING JOBS DURING RECESSION
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on 
Economic Policy concluded a hearing to examine creating jobs in the 
recession, after receiving testimony from Ray Leach, JumpStart Inc., 
Cleveland, Ohio; Rick L. Weddle, Research Triangle Park, Research 
Triangle Park, North Carolina; and Bruce Katz, Brookings Institution, 
and Heather Boushey, Center for American Progress, both of Washington, 
D.C.
RESEARCH PARKS AND JOB CREATION
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded 
a hearing to examine research parks and job creation, focusing on 
innovation through cooperation, after receiving testimony from John R. 
Fernandez, Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Economic Development 
Administration; Charles W. Wessner, National Research Council of the 
National Academies, Washington, D.C.; Brian Darmody, University of 
Maryland, College Park, on behalf of the Association of University 
Research Parks; Anthony Townsend, Institute for the Future, Palo Alto, 
California; and Jonathan Sallet, Centreville, Maryland.
EXPORTS' ROLE IN ECONOMIC RECOVERY
Committee on Finance: Subcommittee on International Trade, Customs, and 
Global Competitiveness concluded a hearing to examine exports' role in 
economic recovery, after receiving testimony from Senators Klobuchar 
and LeMieux; Rochelle Lipsitz, Deputy Director General, Foreign 
Commercial Service, Department of Commerce; Alexandre Mas, Chief 
Economist, Department of Labor; Loren Yager, Director, International 
Affairs and Trade, Government Accountability Office; Howard Rosen, 
Peterson Institute for International Economics, Washington, D.C.; Bob 
Beisner, SolarWorld Industries America, Hillsboro, Oregon; and Tamara 
Harney, HMI Worldwide, Grandville, Michigan.
NEW AFGHANISTAN STRATEGY
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine the new Afghanistan strategy, focusing on the view from the 
ground, after receiving testimony from General David H. Petraeus, 
Commander, United States Central Command; and Karl Eikenberry, 
Ambassador to Afghanistan, and Jacob J. Lew, Deputy Secretary for 
Management and Resources, both of the Department of State.
STRENGTHENING THE TRANSATLANTIC ECONOMY
Committee on Foreign Relations: Subcommittee on European Affairs 
concluded a hearing to examine strengthening the transatlantic economy, 
after receiving testimony from Robert D. Hormats, Under Secretary of 
State for Economic, Energy and Agricultural Affairs; Frances G. 
Burwell, Atlantic Council, and Michael Maibach, European-American 
Business Council, both of Washington, D.C.; and Charlie Howland, 
Warwick Mills, Inc., New Ipswich, New Hampshire.
INTELLIGENCE REFORM AND TERRORIST PREVENTION ACT
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Committee 
concluded a hearing to examine five years after the Intelligence Reform 
and Terrorism Prevention Act, focusing on stopping terrorist travel, 
after receiving testimony from Rand Beers, Under Secretary, National 
Protection and Programs Directorate, and David Heyman, Assistant 
Secretary of Policy, both of the Department of Homeland Security; 
Janice L. Jacobs, Assistant Secretary of State for Consular Affairs, 
Bureau of Consular Affairs; and Timothy J. Healy, Director, Terrorist 
Screening Center, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Department of 
Justice.
DIPLOMATIC SECURITY TODAY
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Subcommittee 
on Oversight of Government Management, the Federal Workforce, and the 
District of Columbia concluded a hearing to examine the diplomat's 
shield, focusing on diplomatic security today, operating domestic and 
international activities with adequate staff, providing security for 
facilities that do not meet all security standards, staffing foreign 
missions with officials who have appropriate language skills, operating 
programs with experienced staff, at the commensurate grade levels, and 
balancing security needs with State's need to conduct its diplomatic 
mission, after receiving testimony from Eric J. Boswell, Assistant 
Secretary of State for Diplomatic Security, Director, Office of Foreign 
Missions; Jess T. Ford, Director, International Affairs and Trade, 
Government Accountability Office; and Ronald E. Neumann, American 
Academy of Diplomacy, and Susan Rockwell Johnson, American Foreign 
Service Association, both of Washington, D.C.
UTAH DINEH CORPORATION
Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
S. 1690, to amend the Act of

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March 1, 1933, to transfer certain authority and resources to the Utah 
Dineh Corporation, after receiving testimony from Senator Bennett; and 
Ben Shelly, Window Rock, Arizona, John Billie, Montezuma Creek, Utah, 
and Kenneth Maryboy, White Rock, Utah, all of the Navajo Nation.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR BACKLOGS
Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee concluded an oversight hearing 
to examine Department of the Interior backlogs, after receiving 
testimony from George Skibine, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for 
Indian Affairs, and Vicki Forrest, Deputy Bureau Director for Trust 
Services, both of the Department of the Interior; Carl J. Artman, 
Arizona State University Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law, Tempe; and 
Derek J. Bailey, Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians, 
Peshawbestown, Michigan.
HOMELAND SECURITY OVERSIGHT
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded an oversight hearing to 
examine the Department of Homeland Security, after receiving testimony 
from Janet Napolitano, Secretary of Homeland Security.
MORTGAGE AND SECURITIES FRAUD
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
mortgage fraud, securities fraud, and the financial meltdown, focusing 
on prosecuting those responsible, after receiving testimony from Lanny 
A. Breuer, Assistant Attorney General, and Kevin L. Perkins, Assistant 
Director, Criminal Investigative Division, Federal Bureau of 
Investigation, both of the Department of Justice; and Robert Khuzami, 
Director, Division of Enforcement, United States Security and Exchange 
Commission.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine the nominations of Robert A. Petzel, of Minnesota, to be Under 
Secretary for Health, who was introduced by Senator Franken, and Raul 
Perea-Henze, of New York, to be Assistant Secretary for Policy and 
Planning, both of the Department of Veterans Affairs, after the 
nominees testified and answered questions in their own behalf.