[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 129 (Thursday, September 23, 2010)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D994-D996]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
EPA REGULATION ON AGRICULTURE
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: Committee concluded 
an oversight hearing to examine the impact of EPA regulation on 
agriculture, after receiving testimony from Lisa P. Jackson, 
Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency; Rich Hillman, Arkansas 
Farm Bureau, Carlisle; Jay Vroom, CropLife America, Washington, D.C.; 
and Jere White, Kansas Corn Growers Association, Barnett, on behalf of 
the Kansas Grain Sorghum Producers.
FEDERAL HOUSING ADMINISTRATION
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine the Federal Housing Administration, focusing on 
current conditions and future challenges, after receiving testimony 
from David H. Stevens, Assistant Secretary for Housing, and 
Commissioner, Federal Housing Administration, Department of Housing and 
Urban Development; and Matthew J. Scire, Director, Financial Markets 
and Community Investment, Government Accountability Office.

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BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on the Budget: Committee ordered favorably reported the 
nomination of Jacob J. Lew, of New York, to be Director of the Office 
of Management and Budget.
NATIONWIDE PUBLIC SAFETY NETWORK
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded 
a hearing to examine the need for a nationwide public safety network, 
including S. 3756, to amend the Communications Act of 1934 to provide 
public safety providers an additional 10 megahertz of spectrum to 
support a national, interoperable wireless broadband network and 
authorize the Federal Communications Commission to hold incentive 
auctions to provide funding to support such a network, after receiving 
testimony from James Arden Barnett, Jr., Chief, Public Safety and 
Homeland Security Bureau, Federal Communications Commission; Mayor 
Annise D. Parker, Houston, Texas; Robert L. Davis, San Jose Police 
Department Chief, San Jose, California, on behalf of the Major Cities 
Chiefs Association (MCC); Steve McClure, West Virginia Emergency 
Medical Services, Ripley; Jeffrey D. Johnson, International Association 
of Fire Chiefs, Salem, Oregon; and Kenneth J. Zdunek, Roberson and 
Associates, LLC, Chicago, Illinois.
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY'S LOAN GUARANTEE PROGRAM
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine the Department of Energy's Loan Guarantee Program 
and its effectiveness in spurring the near-term deployment of clean 
energy technology, after receiving testimony from Jonathan Silver, 
Executive Director, Loan Programs Office, Department of Energy; Timothy 
Newell, U.S. Renewables Group, Santa Monica, California; Jens 
Meyerhoff, First Solar, Tempe, Arizona; Michael D. Scott, Miller 
Buckfire & Co., LLC, New York, New York; and Marvin S. Fertel, Nuclear 
Energy Institute (NEI), Washington, D.C.
TAX REFORM
Committee on Finance: Committee concluded a hearing to examine tax 
reform, focusing on lessons from the Tax Reform Act of 1986, after 
receiving testimony from former Democratic Leader of the House of 
Representatives Dick Gephardt; former Representative William R. Archer, 
Jr.; John E. Chapoton, Brown Advisory, Washington, D.C.; and Randall D. 
Weiss, Conference Board, New York, New York.
NOMINATION
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine the nomination of Cameron Munter, of California, to be 
Ambassador to the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, Department of State, 
after the nominee testified and answered questions in his own behalf.
WATER AND SECURITY CHALLENGES IN SOUTHEAST ASIA
Committee on Foreign Relations: Subcommittee on East Asian and Pacific 
Affairs concluded a hearing to examine challenges to water and security 
in Southeast Asia, after receiving testimony from Joseph Yun, Deputy 
Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs; 
Richard P. Cronin, Stimson Center, and Dekila Chungyalpa, World 
Wildlife Fund, both of Washington; and Aviva Imhof, International 
Rivers, Berkeley, California.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee ordered 
favorably reported the following business items:
  S. 3751, to amend the Stem Cell Therapeutic and Research Act of 2005, 
with an amendment in the nature of a substitute; and
  The nominations of Subra Suresh, of Massachusetts, to be Director of 
the National Science Foundation, Mary Minow, of California, to be a 
Member of the National Museum and Library Services Board, Julie 
Reisken, of Colorado, Joseph Pietrzyk, of Ohio, and Harry Korrell III, 
of Washington, all to be a Member of the Legal Services Corporation 
Board, and Pamela Young-Holmes, of Wisconsin, to be a member of the 
National Council on Disabilities.
  Also, Committee announced the following subcommittee assignments:
Subcommittee on Children and Families: Senators Dodd (Chair), Bingaman, 
Murray, Reed, Sanders, Casey, Hagan, Merkley, Bennet, Alexander, Gregg, 
McCain, Hatch, Murkowski, Coburn, and Roberts.
Subcommittee on Employment and Workplace Safety: Senators Murray 
(Chair), Dodd, Mikulski, Hagan, Merkley, Franken, Bennet, Goodwin, 
Isakson, Gregg, Burr, McCain, Hatch, and Murkowski.
Subcommittee on Retirement and Aging: Senators Mikulski (Chair), 
Bingaman, Reed, Sanders, Casey, Franken, Goodwin, Burr, Gregg, 
Alexander, Isakson, and Coburn.
  Senators Harkin and Enzi are ex-officio members of the subcommittees.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee ordered favorably reported the 
following business items:
  S. 3767, to establish appropriate criminal penalties for certain 
knowing violations relating to food that is misbranded or adulterated, 
with an amendment in the nature of a substitute; and

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  The nominations of Kathleen M. O'Malley, of Ohio, to be United States 
Circuit Judge for the Federal Circuit, Beryl Alaine Howell, and Robert 
Leon Wilkins, both to be United States District Judge for the District 
of Columbia, 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, John J. 
McConnell, Jr., to be United States District Judge for the District of 
Rhode Island, Goodwin Liu, of California, to be United States Circuit 
Judge for the Ninth Circuit, and William C. Killian, to be United 
States Attorney for the Eastern District of Tennessee, Robert E. 
O'Neill, to be United States Attorney for the Middle District of 
Florida, Albert Najera, to be United States Marshal for the Eastern 
District of California, William Claud Sibert, to be United States 
Marshal for the Eastern District of Missouri, Myron Martin Sutton, to 
be United States Marshal for the Northern District of Indiana, David 
Mark Singer, to be United States Marshal for the Central District of 
California, Steven Clayton Stafford, to be United States Marshal for 
the Southern District of California, and Jeffrey Thomas Holt, to be 
United States Marshal for the Western District of Tennessee, all of the 
Department of Justice.
VETERANS' AFFAIRS DISABILITY COMPENSATION
Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Committee concluded an oversight 
hearing to examine Veterans' Affairs disability compensation, focusing 
on presumptive disability decision-making, after receiving testimony 
from Eric K. Shinseki, Secretary, and Anthony J. Principi, former 
Secretary, St. Michaels, Maryland, both of the Department of Veterans 
Affairs; Linda Birnbaum, Director, National Institute of Environmental 
Health Sciences, and Director, National Toxicology Program, and Diane 
Bild, Associate Director for Prevention and Population Sciences, 
Division of Cardiovascular Sciences, National Heart, Lung, and Blood 
Institute, both of the National Institutes of Health, Department of 
Health and Human Services; and Jonathan M. Samet, University of 
Southern California Keck School of Medicine, Washington, D.C.
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.