[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 23 (Tuesday, February 23, 2010)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D126-D127]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
LIGHT DUTY ELECTRIC VEHICLES
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Energy and Water 
Development concluded a hearing to examine the opportunities and 
challenges presented in increasing the number of electric vehicles in 
the light duty automotive sector, after receiving testimony from Henry 
Kelly, Principle Deputy Assistant Secretary of Energy for Energy 
Efficiency and Renewable Energy; Frederick W. Smith, FedEx Corporation, 
Memphis, Tennessee; Richard Lowenthal, Coulomb Technologies, Campbell, 
California; Alan Taub, General Motors, Detroit, Michigan; Kraig 
Higginson, Raser Technologies, Provo, Utah; and Mary Ann Wright, 
Johnson Controls, Inc., Holland, Michigan.
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION REQUEST
Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
proposed defense authorization request for fiscal year 2011 for the 
Future Years Defense Program, after receiving testimony from John M. 
McHugh, Secretary, and General George W. Casey Jr., Chief of Staff, 
both of the United States Army, Department of Defense.
DEFENSE BUDGET AND WAR COSTS
Committee on the Budget: Committee to examine the defense budget and 
war costs, focusing on an independent look, after receiving testimony 
from Lieutenant General Paul K. Van Riper, United States Marine Corps 
(Ret.), Williamsburg, Virginia; Cindy Williams, Massachusetts Institute 
of Technology Security Studies Program, Cambridge; and Gordon Adams, 
American University School of International Service, Washington, DC.
IMPROVING ENERGY EFFICIENCY
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on 
Communications, Technology, and the Internet concluded a hearing to 
examine improving energy efficiency through technology and 
communications innovation, after receiving testimony from Aneesh 
Chopra, Chief Technology Officer and Associate Director for Technology, 
Office of Science and Technology Policy, Executive Office of the 
President of the United States; Daniel R. Hesse, Sprint Nextel 
Corporation, Overland Park, Kansas; Adrian Tuck, Tendril Networks, 
Inc., Boulder, Colorado; Kathrin Winkler, EMC Corporation, Hopkinton, 
Massachusetts; and Lorie Wigle, Intel Corporation, Hillsboro, Oregon.
CYBERSECURITY
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded 
a hearing to examine cybersecurity, focusing on the next steps to 
protect our critical infrastructure, after receiving testimony from 
Rear Admiral James Arden Barnett, Jr., USN (Ret.), Chief, Public Safety 
and Homeland Security Bureau, Federal Communications Commission; Vice 
Admiral Michael McConnell, USN (Ret.), Booz Allen Hamilton, Herndon, 
Virginia; James A. Lewis, Center for Strategic and International 
Studies, Washington, D.C.; Scott Borg, U.S. Cyber Consequences Unit, 
Norwich, Vermont; and Mary Anne Davidson, Oracle Corporation, Redwood 
Shores, California.
EPA BUDGET
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine the President's proposed budget request for fiscal 
year 2011 for the Environmental Protection Agency, after receiving 
testimony from Lisa Jackson, Administrator, Environmental Protection 
Agency.
TRADE AND TAX ISSUES RELATING TO SMALL BUSINESS
Committee on Finance: Committee concluded a hearing to examine trade 
and tax issues relating to small business job creation, after receiving 
testimony from James Sanford, Assistant United States Trade 
Representative for Small Business, Market Access and

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Competitiveness; Spencer Williams, West Paw Design, Bozeman, Montana; 
and Eric J. Toder, Urban Institute, Chris Edwards, Cato Institute, and 
Bill Rys, National Federation of Independent Business, all of 
Washington, DC.
U.S.-NIGERIA RELATIONSHIP
Committee on Foreign Relations: Subcommittee on African Affairs 
concluded a hearing to examine the United States-Nigeria relationship 
in a time of transition, after receiving testimony from Johnnie Carson, 
Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs; John Campbell, 
Council on Foreign Relations, New York, New York; and Peter M. Lewis, 
Johns Hopkins University Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International 
Studies, and Nuhu Ribadu, Center for Global Development, both of 
Washington, DC.
AFGHANISTAN WOMEN AND GIRLS
Committee on Foreign Relations: Subcommittee on Near Eastern and South 
and Central Asian Affairs with the Subcommittee on International 
Operations and Organizations, Human Rights, Democracy and Global 
Women's Issues, concluded a joint hearing to examine Afghan women and 
girls, focusing on building the future of Afghanistan, after receiving 
testimony from Melanne Verveer, Ambassador-at-Large for Global Women's 
Issues, Department of State; James Bever, Director, Afghanistan-
Pakistan Task Force, United States Agency for International 
Development; and Sima Samar, Afghanistan Independent Human Rights 
Commission, and Rachel Reid, Human Rights Watch, both of Kabul, 
Afghanistan.
CENSUS DAY
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Subcommittee 
on Federal Financial Management, Government Information, Federal 
Services, and International Security concluded a hearing to examine 
census day, focusing on the progress report on the Census Bureau's 
preparedness for the enumeration, the status of key IT systems, steps 
the Bureau has taken to revise its cost estimates, and the extent to 
which critical enumeration activities, particularly those aimed at 
hard-to-count populations, are on track, after receiving testimony from 
Robert M. Groves, Director, U.S. Census Bureau, Economics and 
Statistics Administration, and Todd J. Zinser, Inspector General, both 
of the Department of Commerce; and Robert Goldenkoff, Director, 
Strategic Issues, Government Accountability Office.
FOREIGN LIBEL LAWSUITS
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
H.R. 2765, to amend title 28, United States Code, to prohibit 
recognition and enforcement of foreign defamation judgments and certain 
foreign judgments against the providers of interactive computer 
services, and S. 449, to protect free speech, after receiving testimony 
from Kurt Wimmer, Covington & Burling LLP, and Bruce D. Brown, Baker & 
Hostetler LLP, both of Washington, DC.
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.