[Congressional Record Volume 156, Number 162 (Thursday, December 9, 2010)]
[Daily Digest]
[Page D1178]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
NOMINATION
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: Committee concluded 
a hearing to examine the nomination of Ramona Emilia Romero, of 
Pennsylvania, to be General Counsel of the Department of Agriculture, 
after the nominee, who was introduced by Senator Casey, testified and 
answered questions in her own behalf.
CREDIT UNIONS
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine the state of the credit union industry, after 
receiving testimony from Deborah Matz, Chairman, National Credit Union 
Administration.
NOMINATION
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine the nomination of Joseph A. Smith, Jr., of North 
Carolina, to be Director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency, after 
the nominee, who was introduced by Senators Hagan and Burr, testified 
and answered questions in his own behalf.
NOMINATION
Committee on Finance: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the 
nomination of Carolyn W. Colvin, of Maryland, to be Deputy Commissioner 
of Social Security, Social Security Administration, after the nominee, 
who was introduced by Senator Cardin, testified and answered questions 
in her own behalf.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine the nominations of Sue Kathrine Brown, of Texas, to be 
Ambassador to Montenegro, Joseph M. Torsella, of Pennsylvania, to be 
Representative of the United States of America to the United Nations 
for U.N. Management and Reform, with the rank of Ambassador, and to be 
Alternate Representative of the United States of America to the 
Sessions of the General Assembly of the United Nations, who was 
introduced by Senator Casey, David Lee Carden, of New York, to be 
Representative to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, with the 
rank and status of Ambassador, Pamela L. Spratlen, of California, to be 
Ambassador to the Kyrgyz Republic, and Daniel L. Shields III, of 
Pennsylvania, to be Ambassador to Brunei Darussalam, all of the 
Department of State, and Eric G. Postel, of Wisconsin, to be an 
Assistant Administrator of the United States Agency for International 
Development, after the nominees testified and answered questions in 
their 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.