[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 16 (Wednesday, February 3, 2010)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D85-D87]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                    COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR THURSDAY,

                            FEBRUARY 4, 2010

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: business meeting 
to consider the nominations of Kevin Wolf, of Virginia, to be 
Assistant Secretary for Export Administration, Suresh Kumar, of New 
Jersey, to be Assistant Secretary and Director General of the United 
States and Foreign Commercial Service, and David W. Mills, of 
Virginia, to be Assistant Secretary for Export Enforcement, all of 
the Department of Commerce, Douglas A.

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Criscitello, of Virginia, to be Chief Financial Officer, Department 
of Housing and Urban Development, Theodore W. Tozer, of Ohio, to be 
President, Government National Mortgage Association, and Orlan 
Johnson, of Maryland, and Sharon Y. Bowen, of New York, both to be a 
Director of the Securities Investor Protection Corporation; to be 
immediately followed by a hearing to examine the implications of the 
``Volcker Rules'' for financial stability, 10:30 a.m., SD-538.
  Committee on the Budget: to hold hearings to examine the 
President's proposed budget request and revenue proposals for fiscal 
year 2011, 10 a.m., SD-608.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: to hold 
hearings to examine financial services and products, focusing on the 
role of the Federal Trade Commission in protecting consumers, 2:30 
p.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: to hold hearings to 
examine the President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 2011 
for the Department of Energy, 10 a.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: business meeting to 
consider General Services Administration (GSA) resolutions, Time to 
be announced, Room to be announced.
  Subcommittee on Superfund, Toxics and Environmental Health, to 
hold hearings to examine current science on public exposures to 
toxic chemicals, 10 a.m., SD-406.
  Committee on Finance: to continue hearings to examine the 
President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 2011, 10 a.m., 
SD-215.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: Subcommittee on International 
Development and Foreign Assistance, Economic Affairs and 
International Environmental Protection, to hold hearings to examine 
Haiti reconstruction, focusing on smart planning moving forward, 3 
p.m., SD-419.
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: business 
meeting to consider the nomination of Craig Becker, of Illinois, to 
be a Member of the National Labor Relations Board, and any pending 
nominations, 10 a.m., SD-430.
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Permanent 
Subcommittee on Investigations, to hold hearings to examine keeping 
foreign corruption out of the United States, focusing on four case 
histories, 9:30 a.m., SD-342.
  Committee on the Judiciary: business meeting to consider S. 1789, 
to restore fairness to Federal cocaine sentencing, S. 1624, to amend 
title 11 of the United States Code, to provide protection for 
medical debt homeowners, to restore bankruptcy protections for 
individuals experiencing economic distress as caregivers to ill, 
injured, or disabled family members, and to exempt from means 
testing debtors whose financial problems were caused by serious 
medical problems, S. 1765, to amend the Hate Crime Statistics Act to 
include crimes against the homeless, S. 1554, to amend the Juvenile 
Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 to prevent later 
delinquency and improve the health and well-being of maltreated 
infants and toddlers through the development of local Court Teams 
for Maltreated Infants and Toddlers and the creation of a National 
Court Teams Resource Center to assist such Court Teams, H.R. 1741, 
to require the Attorney General to make competitive grants to 
eligible State, tribal, and local governments to establish and 
maintain certain protection and witness assistance programs, S. 
1132, to amend title 18, United States Code, to improve the 
provisions relating to the carrying of concealed weapons by law 
enforcement officers, and the nominations of Edward Milton Chen, to 
be United States District Judge for the Northern District of 
California, Louis B. Butler, Jr., to be United States District Judge 
for the Western District of Wisconsin, Nancy D. Freudenthal, to be 
United States District Judge for the District of Wyoming, Denzil 
Price Marshall, Jr., to be United States District Judge for the 
Eastern District of Arkansas, Benita Y. Pearson, to be United States 
District Judge for the Northern District of Ohio, Timothy S. Black, 
to be United States District Judge for the Southern District of 
Ohio, and Christopher H. Schroeder, of North Carolina, Mary L. 
Smith, of Illinois, and Dawn Elizabeth Johnsen, of Indiana, all to 
be an Assistant Attorney General, and James P. Lynch, of the 
District of Columbia, to be Director of the Bureau of Justice 
Statistics, all of the Department of Justice, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  Subcommittee on Antitrust, Competition Policy and Consumer Rights, 
to hold hearings to examine the Comcast/NBC Universal Merger, 
focusing on the future of competition and consumers, 2:30 p.m., SD-
226.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: closed business meeting to 
consider pending calendar business, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.


                                 House

  Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, 
Science, and Related Agencies, to continue hearings on Science, 
Technology, Engineering and Math Education 2, 10 a.m., H-309 
Capitol.
  Committee on Armed Services, hearing on the 2009 Quadrennial 
Defense Review, 10 a.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  Committee on Education and Labor, to mark up H.R. 4247, Preventing 
Harmful Restraint and Seclusion in Schools Act, 11 a.m., 2175 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, hearing on Department of Health 
and Human Services Fiscal Year 2011 Budget, 2 p.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Communications, Technology and the Internet, 
hearing entitled ``An Examination of the Proposed Combination of 
Comcast and NBC Universal,'' 9:30 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Committee on Homeland Security, Subcommittee on Management, 
Investigations, and Oversight, hearing entitled ``Furthering the 
Mission or Having Fun: Lax Travel Policies Cost DHS Millions,'' 10 
a.m., 311 Cannon.
  Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Commercial and 
Administrative Law, hearing on State Taxation: The Role of Congress 
in Defining Nexus, 11 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Committee on Natural Resources, Subcommittee on Water and Power, 
hearing on H.R. 4225, to authorize drought assistance adjustments to 
provide immediate funding for

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projects and activities that will help alleviate record unemployment 
and diminished agricultural production related to the drought in 
California, 10 a.m., 1324 Rayburn.
  Committee on Science and Technology, Subcommittee on Energy and 
Environment, hearing on Geoengineering II: The Scientific Basis and 
Engineering Challenges, 10 a.m., 2325 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Research and Science Education, hearing on 
Strengthening Undergraduate and Graduate STEM Education, 10:30 a.m., 
2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Subcommittee on 
Aviation, hearing on Update: The Federal Aviation Administrations's 
Call to Action on Airline Safety and Pilot Training, 10 a.m., 2167 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, hearing on VA's Budget Request for 
Fiscal Year 2011 and Fiscal Year 2012, 10 a.m., 334 Cannon.