[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 12 (Thursday, January 28, 2010)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D59-D60]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
BROADBAND TECHNOLOGY OPPORTUNITIES
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, 
Science, and Related Agencies concluded an oversight hearing to examine 
the Department of Commerce's Broadband Technology Opportunities Program 
funded by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, after receiving 
testimony from Gary Locke, Secretary, and Lawrence E. Strickling, 
Assistant Secretary for Communications and Information, and 
Administrator, National Telecommunications and Information 
Administration, both of the Department of Commerce.
BUDGET AND ECONOMIC OUTLOOK
Committee on the Budget: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the 
budget and economic outlook, focusing on fiscal years 2011-2020, after 
receiving testimony from Douglas W. Elmendorf, Director, Congressional 
Budget Office.
SOLAR ENERGY TECHNOLOGY
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee concluded a joint 
hearing with the Subcommittee on Green Jobs and the New Economy to 
examine solar energy technology and clean energy jobs, after receiving 
testimony from Ken Salazar, Secretary of the Interior; Robert Rogan, 
eSolar, Pasadena, California; Robert Gillette, First Solar, New York, 
New York; Andrew P. Morriss, University of Illinois College of Law, 
Champaign; and Jeff Wolfe, groSolar, White River Junction, Vermont.
RESCUE, RECOVERY, AND RECONSTRUCTION IN HAITI
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine rescue, recovery, and reconstruction in Haiti, focusing on the 
extent of the damages, immediate relief needs, intermediate goals, and 
the long-term path to recovery, after receiving testimony from Rony 
Francois, Georgia Incoming Director of Public Health, Atlanta; Paul 
Farmer, United Nations, Boston, Massachusetts; and James Dobbins, The 
RAND Corporation, Washington, D.C.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine the nominations of Ian Hoddy Solomon, of Maryland, to be United 
States Executive Director of the International Bank for Reconstruction 
and Development, Walter Crawford Jones, of

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Maryland, to be United States Director of the African Development Bank, 
Douglas A. Rediker, of Massachusetts, to be United States Alternate 
Executive Director of the International Monetary Fund, and Leocadia 
Irine Zak, of the District of Columbia, to be Director of the Trade and 
Development Agency, after the nominees testified and answered questions 
in their own behalf.
NOMINATION
Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
the nomination of Lillian A. Sparks, of Maryland, to be Commissioner of 
the Administration for Native Americans, Department of Health and Human 
Services, after the nominee testified and answered questions in her own 
behalf.
UNEMPLOYMENT ON INDIAN RESERVATIONS
Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee concluded an oversight hearing 
to examine unemployment on Indian reservations at 50%, focusing on the 
need to create jobs in Indian Country, after receiving testimony from 
Donald Laverdure, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Office of the Assistant 
Secretary of the Interior for Indian Affairs; Jefferson Keel, National 
Congress of American Indians, Washington, D.C.; Harvey Spoonhunter, 
Northern Arapaho Business Council, Ethete, Wyoming; Gloria O'Neill, 
Cook Inlet Tribal Council, Anchorage, Alaska; and Conrad Edwards, 
Native Construction Careers Institute, Federal Way, Washington.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee ordered favorably reported the 
following business items:
  S. 2924, to reauthorize the Boys & Girls Clubs of America, in the 
wake of its Centennial, and its programs and activities;
  S. 1749, to amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit the 
possession or use of cell phones and similar wireless devices by 
Federal prisoners, with an amendment; and
  The nominations of James A. Wynn, Jr., of North Carolina, and Albert 
Diaz, of North Carolina, both to be United States Circuit Judge for the 
Fourth Circuit, and Willie Lee Richardson, Jr., to be United States 
Marshal for the Middle District of Georgia, Andr, Birotte, Jr., to be 
United States Attorney for the Central District of California, Richard 
S. Hartunian, to be United States Attorney for the Northern District of 
New York, and Ronald C. Machen, Jr., to be United States Attorney for 
the District of Columbia, all of the Department of Justice.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Committee ordered favorably reported 
the following business items:
  S. 1237, to amend title 38, United States Code, to expand the grant 
program for homeless veterans with special needs to include male 
homeless veterans with minor dependents and to establish a grant 
program for reintegration of homeless women veterans and homeless 
veterans with children, with amendments;
  An original bill entitled, ``Examination of Exposures to 
Environmental Hazards During Military Service and Health Care for Camp 
Lejeune and Atsugi Naval Air Facility Veterans and their Families 
Act''; and
  The nomination of Raul Perea-Henze, of New York, to be Assistant 
Secretary of Veterans Affairs for Policy and Planning.
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.