Tuesday, October 27, 2009
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Daily Digest
Senate
Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S10743-S10791
Measures Introduced: Ten bills and three resolutions were introduced,
as follows: S. 1931-1940, and S. Res. 323-325.
Pages S10776-77
Measures Passed:
National Hemangioma Treatment Awareness Day: Senate agreed to S. Res.
324, designating November 1, 2009, as ``National Hemangioma Treatment
Awareness Day''.
Page S10791
National Hispanic Media Week: Senate agreed to S. Res. 325,
designating October 25 through October 31, 2009, as ``National Hispanic
Media Week'' in honor of the Latino Media of America.
Page S10791
Measures Considered:
Unemployment Compensation Extension Act--Agreement: Senate resumed
consideration of the motion to proceed to consideration of H.R. 3548,
to amend the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2008 to provide for the
temporary availability of certain additional emergency unemployment
compensation.
Pages S10769-72
During consideration of this measure today, Senate also took the
following action:
By 87 yeas to 13 nays (Vote No. 329), three-fifths of those Senators
duly chosen and sworn, having voted in the affirmative, Senate agreed
to the motion to close further debate on the motion to proceed to
consideration of the bill.
Page S10771
A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further
consideration of the motion to proceed to consideration of the bill at
approximately 11:30 a.m., on Wednesday, October 28, 2009, and that time
during any period of morning business, recess, or adjournment count
post-cloture.
Page S10791
Appointments:
Advisory Committee on Student Financial Assistance: The Chair, on
behalf of the President pro tempore, pursuant to Public Law 99-498, as
amended by Public Law 110-315, appointed the following individuals to
the Advisory Committee on Student Financial Assistance: David Gruen of
Wyoming, and William Luckey of Kentucky.
Page S10791
Message from the President: Senate received the following message from
the President of the United States:
Transmitting, pursuant to law, a report relative to the continuation
of the national emergency relative to the actions and policies of the
Government of Sudan as declared in Executive Order 13067 of November 3,
1997; which was referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and
Urban Affairs. (PM-37)
Page S10775
Nomination Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nomination:
By unanimous vote of 97 yeas (Vote No. EX. 328), Irene Cornelia
Berger, of West Virginia, to be United States District Judge for the
Southern District of West Virginia.
Pages S10750-56, S10756-58, S10791
Messages from the House:
Page S10775
Measures Referred:
Page S10775
Measures Placed on the Calendar:
Page S10775
Executive Reports of Committees:
Pages S10775-76
Additional Cosponsors:
Pages S10777-78
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:
Pages S10778-87
Additional Statements:
Pages S10774-75
Amendments Submitted:
Pages S10787-90
Authorities for Committees to Meet:
Page S10790
Privileges of the Floor:
Pages S10790-91
Record Votes: Two record votes were taken today. (Total--329)
Pages S10758, S10771
Adjournment: Senate convened at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 7:10 p.m.,
until 9:30 a.m. on Wednesday, October 28, 2009. (For Senate's program,
see the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page
S10791.)
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Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
DAIRY PRICES
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: Subcommittee on
Domestic and Foreign Marketing, Inspection, and Plant and Animal
Health, with the Subcommittee on Production, Income Protection and
Price Support, concluded a joint hearing to examine low dairy prices,
focusing on exploring avenues for federal action, after receiving
testimony from Russell C. Redding, Pennsylvania Acting Secretary of
Agriculture, Harrisburg; Eric Ooms, New York Farm Bureau, Old Chatham;
Paul Toft, Associated Milk Producers Inc., Rice Lake, Wisconsin; Ray
Souza, Western United Dairymen, Turlock, California; Doug Nuttelman,
Nuttelman Dairy, Stromsburg, Nebraska; Edward W. Gallagher, Dairylea
Cooperative Inc., Syracuse, New York; Paul Kruse, Blue Bell Creameries,
L.P., Brenham, Texas, on behalf of the International Dairy Foods
Association; and Lucas S. Sjostrom, Holstein Association USA,
Brattleboro, Vermont.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Armed Services: Committee ordered favorably reported the
nominations of Christine H. Fox, of Virginia, to be Director of Cost
Assessment and Program Evaluation, and Gladys Commons, of Virginia, to
be Assistant Secretary of the Navy, both of the Department of Defense,
and 891 nominations in the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps.
AMERICAN RECOVERY AND REINVESTMENT ACT
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded
an oversight hearing to examine the broadband stimulus programs in the
American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, focusing on the steps taken to
address challenges, and the remaining risks in evaluating applications
and awarding funds and overseeing funded projects, after receiving
testimony from Lawrence E. Strickling, Assistant Secretary of Commerce
for Communications and Information, National Telecommunications and
Information Administration; Jonathan Adelstein, Administrator, Rural
Utilities Service, USDA Rural Development, Rural Utilities Service,
Department of Agriculture; and Mark L. Goldstein, Director, Physical
Infrastructure Issues, Government Accountability Office.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee ordered
favorably reported the nominations of Anne S. Ferro, of Maryland, to be
Administrator of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration,
Cynthia L. Quarterman, of Georgia, to be Administrator of the Pipeline
and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, both of the Department
of Transportation, Erroll G. Southers, of California, to be Assistant
Secretary of Homeland Security for Transportation Security
Administration, Patrick Gallagher, of Maryland, to be Director of the
National Institute of Standards and Technology, Department of Commerce,
Elizabeth M. Robinson, of Virginia, to be Chief Financial Officer, and
Paul K. Martin, of Maryland, to be Inspector General, both of the
National Aeronautics and Space Administration, and a promotion list in
the Coast Guard.
CLEAN ENERGY JOBS AND AMERICAN POWER ACT
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee held a hearing to
examine S. 1733, to create clean energy jobs, promote energy
independence, reduce global warming pollution, and transition to a
clean energy economy, receiving testimony from Steven Chu, Secretary of
Energy; Ray LaHood, Secretary of Transportation; Ken Salazar, Secretary
of the Interior; Lisa P. Jackson, Administrator, Environmental
Protection Agency; and Jon Wellinghoff, Chairman, Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission.
INTELLIGENCE
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee held closed hearings on
intelligence matters, receiving testimony from officials of the
intelligence community.
Committee recessed subject to call.
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House of Representatives
Chamber Action
Public Bills and Resolutions Introduced: 15 public bills, H.R. 3932-
3946; and 3 resolutions, H. Res. 871-873, were introduced.
Pages H11867-68
Additional Cosponsors:
Page H11868
Reports Filed: There were no reports filed today.
Speaker: Read a letter from the Speaker wherein she appointed
Representative Edwards (MD) to act as Speaker pro tempore for today.
Page H11793
Recess: The House recessed at 10:55 a.m. and reconvened at 12 noon.
Page H11796
Chaplain: The prayer was offered by the Guest Chaplain, Reverend Chris
Williamson, Strong Tower Bible Church, Franklin, TN.
Page H11796
Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies
Appropriations Act, 2010--Motion to Instruct Conferees: The House
agreed to the Simpson motion to instruct conferees on H.R. 2996, making
appropriations for the Department of the Interior, environment, and
related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2010, by a
yea-and-nay vote of 267 yeas to 147 nays, Roll No. 816. Debate on the
motion occurred on Monday, October 26th.
Page H11824
The Chair appointed the following conferees: Dicks, Moran (VA),
Mollohan, Chandler, Hinchey, Olver, Pastor, Price (NC), Obey, Simpson,
Calvert, LaTourette, Cole, and Lewis (CA).
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Suspensions--Proceedings Resumed: The House agreed to suspend the rules
and pass the following measures which were debated on Monday, October
26th:
AmericaView Geospatial Imagery Mapping Program Act: H.R. 2489,
amended, to authorize a comprehensive national cooperative geospatial
imagery mapping program through the United States Geological Survey, to
promote use of the program for education, workforce training and
development, and applied research, and to support Federal, State,
tribal, and local government programs, by a \2/3\ yea-and-nay vote of
379 yeas to 33 nays, Roll No. 817 and
Pages H11824-25
Agreed to amend the title so as to read: ``To authorize a national
cooperative geospatial imagery program through the United States
Geological Survey to promote use of remote sensing data.''.
Page H11825
Recognizing Weber State University for the 120th anniversary of its
founding as an institution of higher education: H. Res. 854, to
recognize Weber State University for the 120th anniversary of its
founding as an institution of higher education, by a \2/3\ yea-and-nay
vote of 412 yeas with none voting ``nay'', Roll No. 818.
Pages H11825-26
Amending title 36, United States Code, to grant a Federal charter to
the Military Officers Association of America: The House passed S. 832,
to amend title 36, United States Code, to grant a Federal charter to
the Military Officers Association of America.
Pages H11826-27
Suspensions--Proceedings Postponed: The House debated the following
measures under suspension of the rules. Further proceedings were
postponed:
Welcoming to the United States and to Washington, DC, His All
Holiness Bartholomew, Archbishop of Constantinople, New Rome,
Ecumenical Patriarch: H. Res. 838, amended, to welcome to the United
States and to Washington, DC, His All Holiness Bartholomew, Archbishop
of Constantinople, New Rome, Ecumenical Patriarch on his upcoming trip
on October 20, 2009, through November 6, 2009;
Pages H11827-30
Encouraging the Government of Iran to allow Joshua Fattal, Shane
Bauer, and Sarah Shourd to reunite with their families: S. Con. Res.
45, to encourage the Government of Iran to allow Joshua Fattal, Shane
Bauer, and Sarah Shourd to reunite with their families in the United
States as soon as possible; and
Pages H11830-32
Honoring the 2560th anniversary of the birth of Confucius: H. Res.
784, to honor the 2560th anniversary of the birth of Confucius and
recognizing his invaluable contributions to philosophy and social and
political thought.
Pages H11832-33
Presidential Message: Read a message from the President wherein he
notified Congress of the continuation of the national emergency
declared with respect to Sudan--referred to the Committee on Foreign
Affairs and ordered printed (H. Doc. 111-74).
Page H11826
Quorum Calls--Votes: Three yea-and-nay votes developed during the
proceedings of today and appear on pages H11824, H11824-25, and H11825-
26. There were no quorum calls.
Adjournment: The House met at 10:30 a.m. and adjourned at 10:35 p.m.
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Committee Meetings
ENERGY GRID SECURITY
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Energy and
Environment held a hearing entitled ``Protecting the Electric Grid:
H.R. 2165, Bulk Power System Protection Act of 2009, and H.R. 2195, To
amend the Federal Power Act to provide additional authorities to
adequately protect the critical electric infrastructure against cyber
attack.'' Testimony was heard from the following officials of the
Department of Energy: Joseph McClelland, Director, Office of Electric
Reliability, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission; and Patricia
Hoffman, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, Office of Electricity;
and public witnesses.
PRIVATE FUND INVESTMENT ADVISERS REGISTRATION ACT OF 2009
Committee on Financial Services: Ordered reported, as amended, H.R.
3818, Private Fund Investment Advisers Registration Act of 2009.
IRAN IN THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere,
the Subcommittee on the Middle East and South Asia and the Subcommittee
on Terrorism, Nonproliferation and Trade held a joint hearing on Iran
in the Western Hemisphere. Testimony was heard frompublic witnesses.
HOMELAND SECURITY PREPAREDNESS GRANTS
Committee on Homeland Security: Subcommittee on Emergency
Communications, Preparedness and Response held a hearing entitled
``Preparedness: What has $29 billion in homeland security grants bought
and how do we know?'' Testimony was heard from Timothy Manning, Deputy
Administrator, FEMA, Department of Homeland Security; David Maxwell,
Director, Department of Management, State of Arkansas; and a public
witness.
FEDERAL PANDEMIC INFLUENZA RESPONSE
Committee on Homeland Security: Subcommittee on Emerging Threats,
Cybersecurity and Science, and Technology held a hearing entitled
``Real-Time Assessment of the Federal Response to Pandemic Influenza.''
Testimony was heard from the following officials of the Department of
Homeland Security: Alexander Garza, M.D., Chief Medical Officer and
Assistant Secretary, Health Affairs; Richard Serino, Deputy
Administrator, FEMA; and Marcy Forman, Director, Intellectual Property
Rights Coordination Center; and Nicole Lurie, M.D., Assistant
Secretary, Preparedness and Response, Department of Health and Human
Services.
LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Commercial and
Administrative Law held a hearing on the Legal Services Corporation.
Testimony was heard from the following officials of the Legal Services
Corporation: Helaine Barnett, President; and Michael McKay, Vice
Chairman of the Board; Susan Ragland, Director, Financial Management
and Assurance Team, GAO; and public witnesses.
ASHCROFT V. IQBAL SUPREME COURT DECISION
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil
Rights and Civil Liberties held hearing on Access to Justice Denied:
Ashcroft v. Iqbal. Testimony was heard from Gregory Katsas, former
Assistant Attorney General, Civil Division, Department of Justice; and
public witnesses.
MAGNUSON-STEVENS FISHERY CONSERVATION ACT IMPLEMENTATION
Committee on Natural Resources: Subcommittee on Insular Affairs, Oceans
and Wildlife held an oversight hearing on Implementation of the
Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Reauthorization
Act of 2006. Testimony was heard from Steven A. Murawski, Director,
Scientific Programs and Chief Science Advisor, National Marine
Fisheries Service, NOAA, Department of Commerce; and public witnesses.
USGS-BUREAU OF RECLAMATION AND CLIMATE MANAGEMENT
Committee on Natural Resources: Subcommittee on Water and Power held an
oversight hearing entitled `` Water Management and Climate Variability:
Information Support at the USGS and Bureau of Reclamation.'' Testimony
was heard from Matthew C. Larsen, Deputy Director, Water Resources
Division, U.S. Geological Survey, Department of the Interior; Michael
Strobel, Director, National Water and Climate Center, USDA; and public
witnesses.
GOVERNMENT PROCUREMENT AND DISPOSAL
Committee on Oversight and Government Reform: Subcommittee on
Government Management, Organization and Procurement held a hearing
entitled ``IT Procurement and Disposal: Application of the Federal
Government's Green Policies in the Life Cycle Management of its IT
Assets.'' Testimony was heard from Representatives Gene Green of Texas
and Thompson of California; John Stephenson, Director, Natural
Resources and Environment, GAO; Casey
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Coleman, Chief Information Officer, GSA; James Jones, Principal Deputy
Administrator, Office of Prevention, Pesticides and Toxics, EPA; and
public witnesses.
HOMELAND SECURITY SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH
Committee on Science and Technology: Subcommittee on Technology and
Innovation held a hearing on Developing Research Priorities at DHS's
Science and Technology Directorate. Testimony was heard from Brad
Buswell, Acting Under Secretary, Science and Technology Directorate,
Department of Homeland Security; and public witnesses.
ECONOMIC RECOVERY FUNDS OVERSIGHT
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure: Subcommittee on
Economic Development, Public Buildings and Emergency Management held a
hearing on Recovery Tracking: Following the Dollars to the Jobs.
Testimony was heard from John R. Fernandez, Assistant Secretary,
Economic Development, Economic Development Administration, Department
of Commerce; Robert Peck, Commissioner, Public Buildings Service, GSA;
Bruce Kendall, Director, Office of Facilities Engineering and
Operations, Smithsonian Institution and public witnesses.
NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL REVIEW
Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence: Met in executive session to
receive a briefing on National Security Council Review. The Committee
was briefed by departmental witnesses.
CONGRESSIONAL NOTIFICATIONS: INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY MANAGEMENT
Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence: Subcommittee on Oversight
and Investigations, and the Subcommittee on Intelligence Community
Management held a joint hearing regarding the Congressional
Notifications: Intelligence Community Policies, Practices, and
Procedures. Testimony was heard from Robert Litt, General Counsel,
Office of the Director of National Intelligence.
Joint Meetings
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, ENVIRONMENT, AND RELATED AGENCIES
APPROPRIATIONS ACT
Conferees agreed to file a conference report on the differences between
the Senate and House passed versions of H.R. 2996, making
appropriations for the Department of the Interior, environment, and
related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2010.
COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR WEDNESDAY,
OCTOBER 28, 2009
(Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)
Senate
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on
Securities, Insurance and Investment, to hold hearings to examine
dark pools, flash orders, high frequency trading, and other market
structure issues, 9:30 a.m., SD-538.
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: to hold
hearings to examine combating distracted driving, focusing on
managing behavioral and technological risks, 2:30 p.m., SR-253.
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: to hold hearings to
examine the role of natural gas in mitigating climate change, 10
a.m., SD-366.
Subcommittee on National Parks, to hold hearings to examine
current and expected impacts of climate change on units of the
National Park System, 2 p.m., SD-366.
Committee on Environment and Public Works: to continue hearings to
examine S. 1733, to create clean energy jobs, promote energy
independence, reduce global warming pollution, and transition to a
clean energy economy, 9:30 a.m., SD-406.
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: business
meeting to consider S. 1649, to prevent the proliferation of weapons
of mass destruction, to prepare for attacks using weapons of mass
destruction, S. 1862, to provide that certain Secret Service
employees may elect to transition to coverage under the District of
Columbia Police and Fire Fighter Retirement and Disability System,
H.R. 553, to require the Secretary of Homeland Security to develop a
strategy to prevent the over-classification of homeland security and
other information and to promote the sharing of unclassified
homeland security and other information, S. 1755, to direct the
Department of Homeland Security to undertake a study on emergency
communications, H.R. 730, to strengthen efforts in the Department of
Homeland Security to develop nuclear forensics capabilities to
permit attribution of the source of nuclear material, S. 1825, to
extend the authority for relocation expenses test programs for
Federal employees, S. 1860, to permit each current member of the
Board of Directors of the Office of Compliance to serve for 3 terms,
H.R. 955, to designate the facility of the United States Postal
Service located at 10355 Northeast Valley Road in Rollingbay,
Washington, as the ``John `Bud' Hawk Post Office'', H.R. 1516, to
designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located
at 37926 Church Street in Dade City, Florida, as the ``Sergeant
Marcus Mathes Post Office'', H.R. 1713, to name the South Central
Agricultural Research Laboratory of the Department of Agriculture in
Lane, Oklahoma, and the facility of the United States Postal Service
located at 310 North Perry Street in Bennington, Oklahoma, in honor
of former Congressman Wesley ``Wes'' Watkins, H.R. 2004, to
designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located
at 4282 Beach Street in Akron, Michigan, as the ``Akron Veterans
Memorial Post Office'', H.R. 2760, to designate the facility of the
United States Postal Service
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located at 1615 North Wilcox Avenue in Los Angeles, California, as
the ``Johnny Grant Hollywood Post Office Building'', H.R. 2972, to
designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located
at 115 West Edward Street in Erath, Louisiana, as the ``Conrad
DeRouen, Jr. Post Office'', H.R. 3119, to designate the facility of
the United States Postal Service located at 867 Stockton Street in
San Francisco, California, as the ``Lim Poon Lee Post Office'', H.R.
3386, to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service
located at 1165 2nd Avenue in Des Moines, Iowa, as the ``Iraq and
Afghanistan Veterans Memorial Post Office'', H.R. 3547, to designate
the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 936
South 250 East in Provo, Utah, as the ``Rex E. Lee Post Office
Building'', H.R. 2215, to designate the facility of the United
States Postal Service located at 140 Merriman Road in Garden City,
Michigan, as the ``John J. Shivnen Post Office Building'', and the
nominations of Rafael Borras, of Maryland, to be Under Secretary of
Management for Homeland Security, David S. Ferriero, of North
Carolina, to be Archivist of the United States, National Archives
and Records Administration, and Susan Tsui Grundmann, of Virginia,
and Anne Marie Wagner, of Virginia, both to be a Member of the Merit
Systems Protection Board, 10 a.m., SD-342.
Ad Hoc Subcommittee on Contracting Oversight, to hold hearings to
examine new Office of Management and Budget (OMB) guidance to combat
waste, inefficiency, and misuse in federal government contracting,
2:30 p.m., SD-342.
Committee on the Judiciary: to hold hearings to examine effective
strategies for preventing health care fraud, 10 a.m., SD-226.
Special Committee on Aging: to hold hearings to examine 401(k)
target date funds, 2 p.m., SD-562.
House
Committee on Agriculture, Subcommittee on Horticulture and Organic
Agriculture, hearing to review the implementation of the
Horticulture and Organic Agriculture Title of the Food, Conservation
and Energy Act of 2008, 10 a.m., 1300 Longworth.
Committee on Financial Services, to consider the following
measures: H.R. 3890, To amend the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to
enhance oversight of nationally recognized statistical rating
organizations; and a Discussion Draft (revised) of October 16, 2009
of the Accountability and Transparency in Rating Agencies Act, 10
a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
Committee on Foreign Affairs, to mark up H.R. 2194, Iran Refined
Petroleum Sanctions Act of 2009, 10 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
Subcommittee on the Middle East and South Asia, hearing on A
Regional Overview of the Middle East, 1 p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
Committee on the Judiciary, hearing on Legal Issues Relating to
Football Head Injuries, 10 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
Committee on Natural Resources, to mark up the following bills:
H.R. 2213, To reauthorize the Neotropical Migratory Bird
Conservation Act; H.R. 2888, Devils' Staircase Wilderness Act of
2009; H.R. 2781, To amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to
designate segments of the Molalla River in Oregon, as components of
the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System; H.R. 86, To eliminate an
unused lighthouse reservation, provide management consistency by
bringing the rocks and small islands along the coast of Orange
County, California, and meet the original Congressional intent of
preserving Orange County's rocks and small islands; and H.R. 118, To
authorize the addition of 100 acres to Morristown National
Historical Park, 10 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, hearing entitled
``Executive Compensation: How Much is Too Much?'' 11 a.m., 2154
Rayburn.
Committee on Rules, to consider H.R. 3854, Small Business
Financing and Investment Act of 2009, 3 p.m., H-313 Capitol.
Committee on Small Business, hearing entitled ``The Recovery Act
and Broad Evaluation of Broadband Investments on Small Businesses
and Job Creation,'' 10 a.m., 2360 Rayburn.
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Subcommittee on
Aviation, hearing on NEXTGEN: A Review of the RTCA Mid-Term
Implementation Task Force Report, 2 p.m., 2167 Rayburn.
Committee on Veterans' Affairs, to mark up the following: H.R.
1168, Veterans Retraining Act of 2009, and a draft bill the
Veterans' Small Business Assistance and Servicemembers Protection
Act of 2009, 10 a.m., 334 Cannon.
Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, Subcommittee on
Technical and Tactical Intelligence, executive, briefing on Overhead
Architecture, 4 p.m., 304 HVC.
Joint Meetings
Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe: to hold hearings
to examine advancing United States interests in the Organization for
Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) region, 2 p.m., SVC-212/
210.
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Next Meeting of the SENATE
9:30 a.m., Wednesday, October 28
Senate Chamber
Program for Wednesday: After the transaction of any morning business
(not to extend beyond two hours), Senate will continue consideration of
the motion to proceed to consideration of H.R. 3548, Unemployment
Compensation Extension Act.
Next Meeting of the HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
10 a.m., Wednesday, October 28
House Chamber
Program for Wednesday: To be announced.
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Extensions of Remarks, as inserted in this issue
HOUSE
Adler, John H., N.J., E2643
Bordallo, Madeleine Z., Guam, E2644
Brady, Robert A., Pa., E2642
Carter, John R., Tex., E2644
DeLauro, Rosa L., Conn., E2641
Higgins, Brian, N.Y., E2638
Kildee, Dale E., Mich., E2641
Kirk, Mark Steven, Ill., E2641
Klein, Ron, Fla., E2638
Lewis, Jerry, Calif., E2641
Lowey, Nita M., N.Y., E2637
Miller, Jeff, Fla., E2642, E2643
Ortiz, Solomon P., Tex., E2642
Perriello, Thomas S.P., Va., E2643
Quigley, Mike, Ill., E2638, E2643
Radanovich, George, Calif., E2638
Rangel, Charles B., N.Y., E2640
Reyes, Silvestre, Tex., E2642
Richardson, Laura, Calif., E2637, E2639, E2644
Rogers, Mike, Ala., E2642
Ryan, Tim, Ohio, E2638
Schakowsky, Janice D., Ill., E2639
Smith, Lamar, Tex., E2642
Thompson, Mike, Calif., E2641
Whitfield, Ed, Ky., E2640
Wolf, Frank R., Va., E2643
Woolsey, Lynn C., Calif., E2637