[Congressional Record Volume 155, Number 190 (Tuesday, December 15, 2009)]
[Daily Digest]
[Page D1467]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded 
a hearing to examine the nominations of Julie Simone Brill, of Vermont, 
who was introduced by Senator Leahy, and Edith Ramirez, of California, 
both to be a Federal Trade Commissioner, David L. Strickland, of 
Georgia, to be Administrator of the National Highway Traffic Safety 
Administration, Department of Transportation, who was introduced by 
Senator Inouye, Michael A. Khouri, of Kentucky, to be a Federal 
Maritime Commissioner, and Nicole Yvette Lamb-Hale, of Michigan, to be 
Assistant Secretary of Commerce, after the nominees testified and 
answered questions in their own behalf.
ENERGY BILLS
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine S. 2052, to amend the Energy Policy Act of 2005 to 
require the Secretary of Energy to carry out a research and development 
and demonstration program to reduce manufacturing and construction 
costs relating to nuclear reactors, and S. 2812, to amend the Energy 
Policy Act of 2005 to require the Secretary of Energy to carry out 
programs to develop and demonstrate 2 small modular nuclear reactor 
designs, after receiving testimony from Warren F. Miller, Jr., 
Assistant Secretary of Energy for Nuclear Energy; Michael R. Johnson, 
Director, Office of New Reactors, United States Nuclear Regulatory 
Commission; and Thomas L. Sanders, American Nuclear Society, and 
Anthony R. Pietrangelo, Nuclear Energy Institute, both of Washington, 
DC.
U.S. POLICY IN CENTRAL ASIA
Committee on Foreign Relations: Subcommittee on Near Eastern and South 
and Central Asian Affairs concluded a hearing to examine reevaluating 
United States policy in Central Asia, after receiving testimony from 
George A. Krol, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for South and 
Central Asian Affairs; David Sedney, Deputy Assistant Secretary of 
Defense for Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Central Asia; Stephen Blank, 
United States Army War College, Carlisle Barracks, Pennsylvania; and 
Martha Brill Olcott, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, 
Washington, DC.
MANAGEMENT INTEGRATION AT DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
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 efforts to improve 
management integration at the Department of Homeland Security, focusing 
on the extent to which they have developed a comprehensive strategy for 
management integration, after receiving testimony from Elaine C. Duke, 
Under Secretary for Management, and Anne L. Richards, Assistant 
Inspector General for Audit, both of the Department of Homeland 
Security; and Bernice Steinhardt, Director, Strategic Issues, 
Government Accountability Office.
DNA EVIDENCE IN RAPE CASES
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
the effective use of DNA evidence to solve rape cases nationwide, after 
receiving testimony from Debbie Smith, H-E-A-R-T, Inc., Williamsburg, 
Virginia; Steve Redding, Hennepin County Attorney, Hennepin County, 
Minnesota; Susan Smith Howley, National Center for Victims of Crime, 
Washington, D.C.; Stephanie Stoiloff, Miami-Dade Police Department 
Crime Laboratory Bureau, Miami, Florida; and Jayann Sepich, Surviving 
Parents Coalition, Carlsbad, New Mexico.
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.