[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 15 (Tuesday, February 2, 2010)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D76-D77]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION REQUEST
Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
the Defense Authorization request for fiscal year 2011, the Future 
Years Defense Program, the 2011 Quadrennial Defense Review, and the 
2011 Missile Defense Review, after receiving testimony from Robert M. 
Gates, Secretary, Admiral Michael G. Mullen, USN, Chairman, Joint 
Chiefs of Staff, and Robert F. Hale, Under Secretary (Comptroller), 
Chief Financial Officer, all of the Department of Defense.
DON'T ASK, DON'T TELL POLICY
Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
the ``Don't Ask, Don't Tell'' policy, after receiving testimony from 
Robert M. Gates, Secretary, and Admiral Michael G. Mullen, USN, 
Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff, both of the Department of Defense.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Armed Services: Committee ordered favorably reported the 
nominations of Douglas B. Wilson, of Arizona, to be Assistant Secretary 
for Public Affairs, Malcolm Ross O'Neill, of Virginia, to be Assistant 
Secretary of the Army for Acquisition, Logistics and Technology, Mary 
Sally Matiella, of Arizona, to be Assistant Secretary of the Army for 
Financial Management and Comptroller, Paul Luis Oostburg Sanz, of 
Maryland, to be General Counsel of the Department of the Navy, and 
Jackalyne Pfannenstiel, of California, to be Assistant Secretary of the 
Navy for Installations and Environment, all of the Department of 
Defense, and 1,802 nominations in the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marine 
Corps.
HIGH-RISK INVESTMENT ACTIVITIES
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine prohibiting certain high-risk investment activities 
by banks and bank holding companies, after receiving testimony from 
Paul A. Volcker, Chairman, President's Economic Recovery Advisory 
Board; and Neal S. Wolin, Deputy Secretary of the Treasury.
BUDGET
Committee on the Budget: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the 
President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 2011, after 
receiving testimony from Peter R. Orszag, Director of the Office of 
Management and Budget.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine the nominations of Larry Persily, of Alaska, to be 
Federal Coordinator for Alaska Natural Gas Transportation Projects, who 
was introduced by Senator Begich, and Patricia A. Hoffman, of Virginia, 
to be Assistant Secretary of Energy for Electricity Delivery and Energy 
Reliability, after the nominees testified and answered questions in 
their own behalf.
BUDGET
Committee on Finance: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the 
President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 2011, after 
receiving testimony from Timothy F. Geithner, Secretary of the 
Treasury.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine the nominations of Donald E. Booth, of Virginia, to be 
Ambassador to the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, Bisa 
Williams, of New Jersey, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Niger, and 
Beatrice Wilkinson Welters, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the 
Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, who was introduced by Senator Warner 
and Representative Towns, all of the Department of State, after the 
nominees testified and answered questions in their own behalf.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine the nominations of Rosemary Anne DiCarlo, of the District of 
Columbia, to be Representative of the United States of America to the 
Sessions of the General Assembly of the United Nations, during her 
tenure of service as Deputy Representative of the United States of 
America to the

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United Nations, and to be the Deputy Representative of the United 
States of America to the United Nations, with the rank and status of 
Ambassador and the Deputy Representative of the United States of 
America in the Security Council of the United Nations, Brooke D. 
Anderson, of California, to be an Alternate Representative of the 
United States of America to the Sessions of the General Assembly of the 
United Nations during her tenure of service as Alternate Representative 
of the United States of America for Special Political Affairs in the 
United Nations, and to be Alternate Representative of the United States 
of America for Special Political Affairs in the United Nations, with 
the rank of Ambassador, Allan J. Katz, of Florida, to be Ambassador to 
the Portuguese Republic, who was introduced by Senators Nelson (FL) and 
LeMieux, Ian C. Kelly, of Maryland, to be U.S. Representative to the 
Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, with the rank of 
Ambassador, who was introduced by Senator Cardin, and Judith Ann 
Stewart Stock, of Virginia, to be Assistant Secretary of State for 
Educational and Cultural Affairs, who was introduced by Senator Bayh, 
all of the Department of State, after the nominees testified and 
answered questions in their own behalf.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine the nominations of Scott H. DeLisi, of Minnesota, to be 
Ambassador to the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal, Harry K. 
Thomas, Jr., of New York, to be Ambassador to the Republic of the 
Philippines, and David Adelman, of Georgia, to be Ambassador to the 
Republic of Singapore, who was introduced by Senator Isakson, all of 
the Department of State, after the nominees testified and answered 
questions in their own behalf.
NOMINATION
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee 
concluded a hearing to examine the nomination of Craig Becker, of 
Illinois, to be a Member of the National Labor Relations Board, after 
the nominee testified and answered questions in his own behalf.
CORPORATE SPENDING IN ELECTIONS
Committee on Rules and Administration: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine the Supreme Court's decision to allow unlimited corporate 
spending in elections, after receiving testimony from Senators Feingold 
and Kerry; Steve Bullock, Montana Attorney General, Helena; Allison R. 
Hayward, George Mason University School of Law, Arlington, Virginia; 
Edward B. Foley, The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law, 
Columbus; Stephen M. Hoersting, Center for Competitive Politics, 
Alexandria, Virginia; Fred Wertheimer, Democracy 21, Washington, D.C.; 
and Heather K. Gerken, Yale Law School, New Haven, Connecticut.
CURRENT AND PROJECTED THREATS
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine current and projected threats to the United States, after 
receiving testimony from Dennis C. Blair, Director of National 
Intelligence; Leon Panetta, Director, Central Intelligence Agency; 
Robert S. Mueller III, Director, Federal Bureau of Investigation, 
Department of Justice; Lieutenant General Ronald L. Burgess, Jr., 
Director, Defense Intelligence Agency, Department of Defense; and John 
Dinger, Acting Assistant Secretary of State for the Bureau of 
Intelligence Research.