[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 89 (Tuesday, June 15, 2010)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D670-D671]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
AFGHANISTAN
Committee on Armed Services: Committee held a hearing to examine the 
situation in Afghanistan receiving testimony from Michele A. Flournoy, 
Under Secretary for Policy, and General David H. Petraeus, USA, 
Commander, United States Central Command, both of the Department of 
Defense.
  Hearings continue on Wednesday, June 16, 2010.
ENERGY BILLS
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Subcommittee on Energy 
concluded a hearing to examine S. 3460, to require the Secretary of 
Energy to provide funds to States for rebates, loans, and other 
incentives to eligible individuals or entities for the purchase and 
installation of solar energy systems for properties located in the 
United States, S. 3396, to amend the Energy Policy and Conservation Act 
to establish within the Department of Energy a Supply Star program to 
identify and promote practices, companies, and products that use highly 
efficient supply chains in a manner that conserves energy, water, and 
other resources, S. 3251, to improve energy efficiency and the use of 
renewable energy by Federal agencies, S. 679, to establish a research, 
development, demonstration, and commercial application program to 
promote research of appropriate technologies for heavy duty plug-in 
hybrid vehicles, S. 3233, to amend the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 to 
authorize the Secretary of Energy to barter, transfer, or sell surplus 
uranium from the inventory of the Department of Energy, and S. 2900, to 
establish a research, development, and technology demonstration program 
to improve the efficiency of gas turbines used in combined cycle and 
simple cycle power generation systems, after receiving testimony from 
Senators Carper and Collins; and Steven G. Chalk, Chief Operating 
Officer, and Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Renewable Energy, 
Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, and R. Shane Johnson, 
Chief Operating Officer for Nuclear Energy, both of the Department of 
Energy.

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NEW START TREATY
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee resumed hearings to examine 
Treaty between the United States of America and the Russian Federation 
on Measures for the Further Reduction and Limitation of Strategic 
Offensive Arms, signed in Prague on April 8, 2010, with Protocol 
(Treaty Doc.111-05), focusing on the negotiations, receiving testimony 
from Rose E. Gottemoeller, Assistant Secretary of State for 
Verification, Compliance, and Implementation; and Edward L. Warner III, 
Secretary of Defense Representative to the New START Negotiations.
  Hearings continue on Wednesday, June 16, 2010.
PROTECTING CYBERSPACE
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Committee 
concluded a hearing to examine protecting cyberspace as a national 
asset, focusing on comprehensive legislation for the 21st century, 
after receiving testimony from Philip Reitinger, Deputy Under Secretary 
of Homeland Security for National Protection and Programs Directorate; 
Frances Fragos Townsend, Intelligence and National Security Alliance, 
Arlington, Virginia; Alan Paller, SANS Institute, Bethesda, Maryland; 
Steven T. Naumann, Exelon Corporation, Chicago, Illinois, on behalf of 
the Edison Electric Institute; and Sara C. Santarelli, Verizon 
Communications, Colorado Springs, Colorado.
HEALTH IMPACTS OF OIL SPILL
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee 
concluded a hearing to examine the health impacts of the Gulf of Mexico 
oil spill, after receiving testimony from Lisa Kaplowitz, Deputy 
Assistant Secretary for Policy, Office of the Assistant Secretary for 
Preparedness and Response, John Howard, Director, National Institute 
for Occupational Safety and Health, Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention, Aubrey Keith Miller, Senior Medical Advisor, National 
Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, National Institutes of 
Health, and Michael Taylor, Deputy Commissioner for Foods, Food and 
Drug Administration, all of the Department of Health and Human 
Services.
NOMINATION
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
the nomination of James Michael Cole, of the District of Columbia, to 
be Deputy Attorney General, Department of Justice, after the nominee, 
who was introduced by former Senator John C. Danforth, testified and 
answered questions in his own behalf.
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.