Friday, January 29, 2010
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Daily Digest
Senate
Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S353-S362
Measures Introduced: Two bills and one resolution were introduced, as
follows: S. 2970-2971, and S. Res. 402.
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Measures Passed:
National Data Privacy Day: Senate agreed to S. Res. 402, expressing
support for the designation of January 28, 2010 as National Data
Privacy Day.
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Smith Nomination--Agreement: A unanimous-consent agreement was reached
providing that at approximately 3 p.m., on Monday, February 1, 2010,
Senate resume consideration of the nomination of M. Patricia Smith, of
New York, to be Solicitor for the Department of Labor.
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Additional Cosponsors:
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Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:
Pages S358-59
Notices of Hearings/Meetings:
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Adjournment: Senate convened at 9:30 a.m. and adjourned at 11:39 a.m.,
until 2 p.m. on Monday, February 1, 2010. (For Senate's program, see
the remarks of the Majority Leader in today's Record on page S359.)
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
No committee meetings were held.
House of Representatives
Chamber Action
Public Bills and Resolutions Introduced: 1 public bill, H.R. 4552 and 1
resolution, H. Res. 1049 were introduced.
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Additional Cosponsors:
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Reports Filed: Reports were filed today as follows:
H. Res. 995, a resolution of inquiry requesting the President to
transmit to the House of Representatives all information in the
possession of the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency
relating to nutrient management of the Illinois River Watershed,
Arkansas and Oklahoma, with amendments (H. Rept. 111-407);
H. Res. 983, a resolution requesting the President, and directing the
Secretary of Health and Human Services, to transmit to the House of
Representatives copies of documents, records, and communications in
their possession relating to certain agreements regarding health care
reform (H. Rept. 111-408); and In the Matter of Representative Fortney
``Pete'' Stark (H. Rept. 111-409).
Pages H426-27
Speaker: Read a letter from the Speaker wherein she appointed
Representative Edwards (MD) to act as Speaker Pro Tempore for today.
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Chaplain: The prayer was offered by the Guest Chaplain, Reverend Dr.
Alan Keiran, Office of the Senate Chaplain.
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Speaker Pro Tempore: Read a letter from the Speaker wherein she
appointed Representative Edwards (MD) to act as Speaker pro tempore to
sign enrolled bills and joint resolutions on this day.
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The United States Holocaust Memorial Council--Appointment: The Chair
announced the Speaker's appointment of the following Members of the
House of Representatives to the United States
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Holocaust Memorial Council: Representatives Waxman, Giffords, Klein
(FL), LaTourette, and Cantor.
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Senate Messages: Messages received from the Senate by the Clerk and
subsequently presented to the House today appear on page 425.
Senate Referrals: S. 2799 was held at the desk and S. 2968 was referred
to the Committee on the Judiciary.
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Quorum Calls--Votes: There were no Yea and Nay votes, and there were no
Recorded votes. There were no quorum calls.
Adjournment: The House met at 12 noon and adjourned at 12:08 p.m.
Committee Meetings
No committee meetings were held.
Joint Meetings
No joint committee meetings were held.
NEW PUBLIC LAWS
(For last listing of Public Laws, see Daily Digest, p. D43)
S. 2949, to amend section 1113 of the Social Security Act to provide
authority for increased fiscal year 2010 payments for temporary
assistance to United States citizens returned from foreign countries,
to provide necessary funding to avoid shortfalls in the Medicare cost-
sharing program for low-income qualifying individuals. Signed on
January 27, 2010. (Public Law 111-127)
CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD
Week of February 1 through February 6, 2010
Senate Chamber
On Monday, at approximately 3 p.m., Senate will resume consideration
of the nomination of M. Patricia Smith, of New York, to be Solicitor
for the Department of Labor, and after a period of debate, vote on the
motion to invoke cloture thereon at 5:30 p.m.
During the balance of the week, Senate may consider any cleared
legislative and executive business.
Senate Committees
(Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)
Committee on Armed Services: February 2, to hold hearings to
examine the Defense Authorization request for fiscal year 2011, the
Future Years Defense Program, the 2011 Quadrennial Defense Review,
and the 2011 Missile Defense Review; to be immediately followed by a
hearing to examine the ``Don't Ask, Don't Tell'' policy, 9 a.m., SD-
G50.
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: February 2, to
hold hearings to examine prohibiting certain high-risk investment
activities by banks and bank holding companies, 2:30 p.m., SD-538.
February 4, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the
implications of the ``Volcker Rules'' for financial stability, 10
a.m., SD-538.
Committee on the Budget: February 2, to hold hearings to examine
the President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 2011, 10
a.m., SD-608.
February 4, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the
President's proposed budget request and revenue proposals for fiscal
year 2011, 10 a.m., SD-608.
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: February 4, to
hold hearings to examine financial services and products, focusing
on the role of the Federal Trade Commission in protecting consumers,
2:30 p.m., SR-253.
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: February 2, to hold
hearings to examine the nominations of Larry Persily, of Alaska, to
be Federal Coordinator for Alaska Natural Gas Transportation
Projects, and Patricia A. Hoffman, of Virginia, to be Assistant
Secretary of Energy for Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability,
2:30 p.m., SD-366.
February 4, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the
President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 2011 for the
Department of Energy, 10 a.m., SD-366.
Committee on Environment and Public Works: February 4,
Subcommittee on Superfund, Toxics and Environmental Health, to hold
hearings to examine current science on public exposures to toxic
chemicals, 10 a.m., SD-406.
Committee on Finance: February 2, to hold hearings to examine the
President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 2011, 10 a.m.,
SD-215.
February 3, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the
President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 2011 for health
care proposals, 3:30 p.m., SD-215.
February 4, Full Committee, to continue hearings to examine the
President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 2011, 10 a.m.,
SD-215.
Committee on Foreign Relations: February 2, to hold hearings to
examine the nominations of Donald E. Booth, of Virginia, to be
Ambassador to the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, Bisa
Williams, of New Jersey, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Niger,
and Beatrice Wilkinson Welters, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the
Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, all of the Department of State,
10:30 a.m., SD-419.
February 2, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the
nominations of Rosemary Anne DiCarlo, of the District of Columbia,
to be Representative of the United States of America to the Sessions
of the General Assembly of the United Nations, during her tenure of
service as Deputy Representative of the United States of America to
the United Nations, and to be the Deputy Representative of the
United States of America to the United Nations, with the rank and
status of Ambassador and the Deputy
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Representative of the United States of America in the Security
Council of the United Nations, Brooke D. Anderson, of California, to
be an Alternate Representative of the United States of America to
the Sessions of the General Assembly of the United Nations during
her tenure of service as Alternate Representative of the United
States of America for Special Political Affairs in the United
Nations, and to be Alternate Representative of the United States of
America for Special Political Affairs in the United Nations, with
the rank of Ambassador, Allan J. Katz, of Florida, to be Ambassador
to the Portuguese Republic, Ian C. Kelly, of Maryland, to be U. S.
Representative to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in
Europe, with the rank of Ambassador, and Judith Ann Stewart Stock,
of Virginia, to be Assistant Secretary of State for Educational and
Cultural Affairs, all of the Department of State, 2:30 p.m., SD-419.
February 2, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the
nominations of Scott H. DeLisi, of Minnesota, to be Ambassador to
the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal, Harry K. Thomas, Jr., of
New York, to be Ambassador to the Republic of the Philippines, and
David Adelman, of Georgia, to be Ambassador to the Republic of
Singapore, all of the Department of State, 3:30 p.m., SD-419.
February 4, Subcommittee on International Development and Foreign
Assistance, Economic Affairs and International Environmental
Protection, to hold hearings to examine Haiti reconstruction,
focusing on smart planning moving forward, 3 p.m., SD-419.
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: February 2,
to hold hearings to examine the nomination of Craig Becker, of
Illinois, to be a Member of the National Labor Relations Board, 4
p.m., SD-430.
February 4, Full Committee, business meeting to consider the
nomination of Craig Becker, of Illinois, to be a Member of the
National Labor Relations Board, and any pending nominations, 10
a.m., SD-430.
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: February
4, Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, to hold hearings to
examine keeping foreign corruption out of the United States,
focusing on four case histories, 9:30 a.m., SD-342.
Committee on the Judiciary: February 4, business meeting to
consider S. 1789, to restore fairness to Federal cocaine sentencing,
S. 1624, to amend title 11 of the United States Code, to provide
protection for medical debt homeowners, to restore bankruptcy
protections for individuals experiencing economic distress as
caregivers to ill, injured, or disabled family members, and to
exempt from means testing debtors whose financial problems were
caused by serious medical problems, S. 1765, to amend the Hate Crime
Statistics Act to include crimes against the homeless, S. 1554, to
amend the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974 to
prevent later delinquency and improve the health and well-being of
maltreated infants and toddlers through the development of local
Court Teams for Maltreated Infants and Toddlers and the creation of
a National Court Teams Resource Center to assist such Court Teams,
H.R. 1741, to require the Attorney General to make competitive
grants to eligible State, tribal, and local governments to establish
and maintain certain protection and witness assistance programs, S.
1132, to amend title 18, United States Code, to improve the
provisions relating to the carrying of concealed weapons by law
enforcement officers, and the nominations of Edward Milton Chen, to
be United States District Judge for the Northern District of
California, and Louis B. Butler, Jr., to be United States District
Judge for the Western District of Wisconsin, and Christopher H.
Schroeder, of North Carolina, Mary L. Smith, of Illinois, and Dawn
Elizabeth Johnsen, of Indiana, all to be an Assistant Attorney
General, all of the Department of Justice, 10 a.m., SD-226.
February 4, Subcommittee on Antitrust, Competition Policy and
Consumer Rights, to hold hearings to examine the Comcast/NBC
Universal Merger, focusing on the future of competition and
consumers, 2:30 p.m., SD-226.
Committee on Rules and Administration: February 2, to hold
hearings to examine the Supreme Court's decision to allow unlimited
corporate spending in elections, 10 a.m., SR-301.
Select Committee on Intelligence: February 2, to hold hearings to
examine the world wide threat, 2:30 p.m., SH-216.
February 4, Full Committee, closed business meeting to consider
pending calendar business, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.
House Committees
Committee on Appropriations, February 3, Subcommittee on Commerce,
Justice, Science, and Related Agencies, on Science, Technology,
Engineering and Math Education 1, 10 a.m, and on Economic
Development Administration, 2 p.m., H-309 Capitol.
February 3, Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing and Urban
Development, and Related Agencies, on Investments in Transportation
Improvements: the FY 2011 Budget Request for the Department of
Transportation., 10 a.m., 2359 Rayburn.
February 4, Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and
Related Agencies, to continue on Science, Technology, Engineering
and Math Education 2, 10 a.m., H-309 Capitol.
Committee on Armed Services, February 3, hearing on the Fiscal
Year 2011 National Defense Authorization Budget Request from the
Department of Defense, 10 a.m., 2118 Rayburn.
February 3, Subcommittee on Military Personnel, hearing on the
report of the Defense Task Force on Sexual Assault in the Military
Services, 10 a.m., 210 HVC.
February 4, full Committee, hearing on the 2009 Quadrennial
Defense Review, 10 a.m., 2118 Rayburn.
Committee on the Budget, February 2, hearing on the President's
Fiscal Year 2011 Budget, 2 p.m., 210 Cannon.
Committee on Education and Labor, February 3, hearing on
Strengthening the Economy and Improving the Lives of American
Workers, 10 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
Committee on Energy and Commerce, February 4, hearing on
Department of Health and Human Services Fiscal Year 2011 Budget, 2
p.m., 2123 Rayburn.
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February 4, Subcommittee on Communications, Technology and the
Internet, hearing entitled ``An Examination of the Proposed
Combination of Comcast and NBC Universal,'' 9:30 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
Committee on Financial Services, and the Committee on Small
Business, joint hearing entitled ``Condition of Small Business and
the Commercial Real Estate Lending in Local Markets,'' 10 a.m., 2128
Rayburn.
Committee on Foreign Affairs, February 3, hearing on Yemen on the
Brink: Implications for U.S. Policy, 9:30 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
February 3, Subcommittee on the Middle East and South Asia,
hearing on America and the Iranian Political Reform Movement: First,
Do No Harm, 2 p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
Committee on Homeland Security, February 4, Subcommittee on
Management, Investigations, and Oversight, hearing entitled
``Furthering the Mission or Having Fun: Lax Travel Policies Cost DHS
Millions,'' 10 a.m., 311 Cannon.
Committee on House Administration, February 3, to continue
hearings on Review of the Use of Committee Funds in the First
Session of the 111th Congress, 10 a.m., 1310 Longworth.
February 3, hearing on Defining the Future of Campaign Finance in
an Age of Supreme Court Activism, 1 p.m., 1310 Longworth.
Committee on the Judiciary, February 3, Subcommittee on the
Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties, hearing on the
First Amendment and Campaign Finance After Citizens United, 10 a.m.,
2141 Rayburn.
February 4, Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law,
hearing on State Taxation: The Role of Congress in Defining Nexus,
11 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
Committee on Natural Resources, February 4, Subcommittee on Water
and Power, hearing on H.R. 4225, To authorize drought assistance
adjustments to provide immediate funding for projects and activities
that will help alleviate record unemployment and diminished
agricultural production related to the drought in California, 10
a.m., 1324 Rayburn.
Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, February 3,
Subcommittee on Federal Workforce, Postal Service and the District
of Columbia, hearing entitled ``Half Way Home to the District: The
Role of Halfway Houses in Reducing Crime and Recidivism in the
Nation's Capitol,'' 10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
February 4, full Committee, oversight hearing entitled ``Toyota
Gas Pedals: Is the Public At Risk?'' 10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
Committee on Rules, February 2, to consider H.R. 4061,
Cybersecurity Enhancement Act of 2009, 5 p.m., H-313 Capitol.
Committee on Science and Technology, February 3, Subcommittee on
Space and Aeronautics, hearing on Key Issues and Challenges Facing
NASA: Views of the Agency's Watchdogs, 10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
February 3, Subcommittee on Technology and Innovation, hearing on
Passenger Screening R&D: Responding to President Obama's Call to
Develop and Deploy the Next General of Screening Technologies, 2
p.m., 2318 Rayburn.
February 4, Subcommittee on Energy and Environment, hearing on
Geoengineering II: The Scientific Basis and Engineering Challenges,
10 a.m., 2325 Rayburn.
February 4, Subcommittee on Research and Science Education,
hearing on Strengthening Undergraduate and Graduate STEM Education,
10:30 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, February 3,
Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and
Emergency Management, hearing on FEMA's Urban Search and Rescue
Program in Haiti: How to Apply Lessons Learned at Home, 2 p.m., 2167
Rayburn.
February 4, Subcommittee on Aviation, hearing on Update: The
Federal Aviation Administration's Call to Action on Airline Safety
and Pilot Training, 10 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
Committee on Veterans' Affairs, February 3, Subcommittee on
Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs, hearing on
Implementation and Status Update on the Veterans' Benefits
Improvement Act, P.L. 110-389, 2 p.m., 334 Cannon.
February 3, Subcommittee on Health, hearing to review of VA
Contract Health Care: Project HERO, 10 a.m., 334 Cannon.
February 4, full Committee, hearing on VA's Budget Request for
Fiscal Year 2011 and Fiscal Year 2012, 10 a.m., 334 Cannon.
Committee on Ways and Means, February 3, hearing on the
President's Budget for Fiscal Year 2011 Budget, 10 a.m., and 2 p.m.,
1100 Longworth.
Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, February 3, hearing on
the Annual Threat Assessment, Part 1, 9 a.m., and executive, Part
II, 210 HVC.
Joint Meetings
Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe: February 2, to
hold hearings to examine Kazakhstan's leadership of the Organization
for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), 10 a.m., 1100,
Longworth Building.
Joint Economic Committee: February 5, to hold hearings to examine
the employment situation for January 2010, 9:30 a.m., SH-216.
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_______________________________________________________________________
Next Meeting of the SENATE
2 p.m., Monday, February 1
Senate Chamber
Program for Monday: After the transaction of any morning business (not
to extend beyond 3 p.m.), Senate will resume consideration of the
nomination of M. Patricia Smith, of New York, to be Solicitor for the
Department of Labor, and after a period of debate, vote on the motion
to invoke cloture thereon at 5:30 p.m.
Next Meeting of the HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
12:30 p.m., Tuesday, February 2
House Chamber
Program for Tuesday: To be announced.
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Extensions of Remarks, as inserted in this issue
HOUSE
Adler, John H., N.J., E110
Berkley, Shelley, Nev., E110
Childers, Travis W., Miss., E111
Johnson, Eddie Bernice, Tex., E109, E111
Levin, Sander M., Mich., E109
Pence, Mike, Ind., E110
Rehberg, Denny, Mont., E109
Reyes, Silvestre, Tex., E109, E111
Sanchez, Loretta, Calif., E109