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“Senate Committee Meetings” mentioning the U.S. Dept. of Justice was published in the Daily Digest section on pages D131-D132 on Feb. 10, 2009.
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Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee ordered favorably reported the nominations of Austan Dean Goolsbee, of Illinois, and Cecilia Elena Rouse, of California, both to be Members of the Council of Economic Advisers.
Committee ordered favorably reported an original resolution authorizing expenditures by the Committee.
Also, committee announced the following subcommittee assignments:
Subcommittee on Financial Institutions: Senators Johnson (Chair), Reed, Schumer, Bayh, Menendez, Akaka, Tester, Kohl, Merkley, Bennet, Crapo, Bennett, Hutchison, Bunning, Martinez, Corker, and DeMint.
Subcommittee on Housing, Transportation, and Community Development: Senators Menendez (Chair), Johnson, Reed, Schumer, Akaka, Brown, Tester, Kohl, Warner, Merkley, Vitter, Hutchison, Bennett, Johanns, Crapo, Martinez, and DeMint.
Subcommittee on Securities, Insurance, and Investment: Senators Reed
(Chair), Johnson, Schumer, Bayh, Menendez, Akaka, Brown, Warner, Bennet, Dodd, Bunning, Martinez, Bennett, Crapo, Vitter, Johanns, and Corker.
Subcommittee on Economic Policy: Senators Brown (Chair), Tester, Merkley, Dodd, and DeMint.
Subcommittee on Security and International Trade and Finance: Senators Bayh (Chair), Kohl, Warner, Bennet, Dodd, Corker, and Johanns.
TROUBLED ASSET RELIEF PROGRAM
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded an oversight hearing to examine the financial rescue program, focusing on a new plan for the Trouble Asset Relief Program (TARP), after receiving testimony from Timothy F. Geithner, Secretary of the Treasury.
HEALTH REFORM BUDGET
Committee on the Budget: Committee concluded a hearing to examine issues and budget options for health reform, focusing on expanding health insurance coverage and the efficiency of the health care system, after receiving testimony from Douglas W. Elmendorf, Director, Congressional Budget Office.
RENEWABLE ELECTRICITY STANDARD PROPOSAL
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded a hearing to examine renewable electricity standards proposal, after receiving testimony from David A. Wright, South Carolina Public Service Commissioner, Columbia, on behalf of the Southeastern Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners; Ralph Izzo, Public Service Enterprise Group Incorporated, Newark, New Jersey; Donald N. Furman, Iberdrola Renewables, Inc., Portland, Oregon; Scott P. Jones, Forest Landowners Association, Atlanta, Georgia; and Lester B. Lave, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
NORTH KOREA
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee met in closed session to receive a briefing on North Korea from officials of the National Security community.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the nominations of Elena Kagan, of Massachusetts, to be Solicitor General of the United States, who was introduced by Senator Reed, and Thomas John Perrelli, of Virginia, to be Associate Attorney General, both of the Department of Justice, 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.
