[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 33 (Tuesday, March 9, 2010)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D214-D215]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
INTERIOR, ENVIRONMENT, AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and 
Related Agencies held a hearing on National System of Public Lands: 
Bureau of Land Management Fiscal Year 2011 Budget Request. Testimony 
was heard from Bob Abbey, Director, Bureau of Land Management, 
Department of the Interior.
NATIONAL RECONNAISSANCE OFFICE BUDGET
Committee on Appropriations: Select Defense Oversight Panel met in 
executive session to hold a hearing on

[[Page D215]]

National Reconnaissance Office Budget. Testimony was heard from Bruce 
Carlson, Director, National Reconnaissance Office.
DEPLOYMENT EFFECTS ON MILITARY CHILDREN
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Military Personnel held a 
hearing on reviewing studies of the effects of deployment on military 
children. Testimony was heard from Leonard Wong, Research Professor, 
Strategic Studies Institute, U.S. Army War College, Department of 
Defense; and a public witness.
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS
Committee on Financial Services: Held a hearing entitled ``Community 
Development Financial Institutions (CDFIs): Their Unique Role and 
Challenges Serving Lower-Income, Underserved and Minority 
Communities.'' Testimony was heard from the following officials of the 
Department of the Treasury: Michael Barr, Assistant Secretary, Domestic 
Finance; and Donna Cambrell, Director, Community Development Financial 
Institutions Fund (CDFI); and public witnesses.
DIRECTING THE PRESIDENT, PURSUANT TO SECTION 5(c) OF THE WAR POWERS 
RESOLUTION, TO REMOVE THE UNITED STATES ARMED FORCES FROM AFGHANISTAN
Committee on Rules: Granted, by a non-record vote, a closed rule. The 
rule provides for three hours of general debate on H. Con. Res. 248, 
directing the President, pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers 
Resolution, to remove the United States Armed Forces from Afghanistan, 
with 90 minutes to be controlled by Rep. Kucinich or his designee and 
90 minutes equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking 
minority member of the Committee on Foreign Affairs.
  The rule waives all points of order against consideration of the 
concurrent resolution. The rule also provides that the concurrent 
resolution shall be considered as read. Testimony was heard by 
Representative Kucinich.

Joint Meetings
  No joint committee meetings were held.