[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 28 (Tuesday, March 2, 2010)]
[Daily Digest]
[Page D170]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
APPROPRIATIONS: DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, 
Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies concluded a hearing to 
examine proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2011 for the Department of 
Agriculture, after receiving testimony from Tom Vilsack, Secretary of 
Agriculture.
SMALL BUSINESS BORROWING AND LENDING
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on Economic 
Policy concluded a hearing to examine restoring credit, focusing on 
proposals to fix small business borrowing and lending problems, after 
receiving testimony from Senators Levin and Stabenow; Arthur Johnson, United 
Bank of Michigan, Grand Rapids, on behalf of the American Bankers 
Association; Eric Gillett, Sutton Bank, Attica, Ohio, on behalf of the 
Independent Community Bankers Association; and Raj Date, Cambridge Winter 
Center for Financial Institutions Policy, New York, New York.
TOYOTA RECALLS
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine Toyota's recalls and the government's response, after 
receiving testimony from Ray LaHood, Secretary of Transportation; David 
Strickland, Administrator, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration; 
Clarence M. Ditlow, Center for Auto Safety, Washington, D.C.; Shinichi 
Sasaki, and Takeshi Uchiyamada, both of Toyota Motor Corporation, both of 
Tokyo, Japan; and Yoshimi Inaba, Toyota Motor North America, New York, New 
York.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Finance: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the 
nominations of Jeffrey Alan Goldstein, of New York, to be Under Secretary of 
the Treasury, Francisco J. Sanchez, of Florida, to be Under Secretary of 
Commerce for International Trade, who was introduced by Senator Nelson (FL), 
and Sherry Glied, of New York, to be Assistant Secretary of Health and Human 
Services, after the nominees testified and answered questions in their own 
behalf.
GLOBAL INTERNET FREEDOM
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Human Rights and the Law 
concluded a hearing to examine global internet freedom and the rule of law, 
part II, after receiving testimony from Michael H. Posner, Assistant 
Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights and Labor; Daniel J. 
Weitzner, Associate Administrator for Policy Analysis and Development, 
National Telecommunications and Information Administration, Department of 
Commerce; Nicole Wong, Google Inc., Mountain View, California; Rebecca 
MacKinnon, Global Voices Online, Princeton, New Jersey; and Omid Memarian, 
International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran, San Francisco, California.
DISABLED VETERANS OF AMERICA
Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Committee concluded a joint hearing with the 
House Committee on Veterans' Affairs to examine a legislative presentation 
from Disabled Veterans of America, after receiving testimony from Roberto 
Barrera, Disabled American Veterans, Del Rio, Texas.
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.