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“Senate Committee Meetings” mentioning the Department of Interior was published in the Daily Digest section on pages D811-D812 on July 9, 2009.
The publication is reproduced in full below:
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
APPROPRIATIONS: ENERGY AND WATER DEVELOPMENT, FINANCIAL SERVICES AND GENERAL GOVERNMENT, AND STATE, FOREIGN OPERATIONS, AND RELATED AGENCIES
Committee on Appropriations: Committee ordered favorably reported the following bills:
S. 1432, making appropriations for Financial Services and General Government for fiscal year 2010;
S. 1434, making appropriations for Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Agencies for fiscal year 2010; and
S. 1436, making appropriations for Energy and Water Development for fiscal year 2010.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the nominations of General James E. Cartwright, for reappointment as the Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and reappointment to the grade of general, of the Marine Corps, and Admiral Robert F. Willard, for reappointment to the grade of admiral and to be Commander, Pacific Command, of the Navy, who was introduced by Senator Inouye, after the nominees testified and answered questions on their own behalf.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the nominations of Wilma A. Lewis, of the Virgin Islands, to be Assistant Secretary, and Robert V. Abbey, of Nevada, to be Director of the Bureau of Land Management, who was introduced by Senator Ensign, both of the Department of the Interior, and Richard G. Newell, of North Carolina, to be Administrator of the Energy Information Administration, Department of Energy, after the nominees testified and answered questions in their own behalf.
U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY OVERSIGHT
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Subcommittee on Clean Air and Nuclear Safety concluded an oversight hearing to examine the Environmental Protection Agency's clean air regulations, one year after the CAIR and CAMR federal court decisions, focusing on key issues the Environmental Protection Agency faces in regulating mercury emissions from power plants, after receiving testimony from Regina McCarthy, Assistant Administrator, Office of Air and Radiation, Environmental Protection Agency; John B. Stephenson, Director, Natural Resources and Environment, Government Accountability Office; Douglas P. Scott, Illinois Environmental Protection Agency, Springfield; Christopher Korleski, Ohio Environmental Protection Agency, Columbus; Steven Corneli, NRG Energy, Inc., Princeton, New Jersey; Randall R. LaBauve, Florida Power and Light Company, Juno Beach; Gary R. Hart, ICAP Energy, Birmingham, Alabama; Conrad G. Schneider, Clean Air Task Force, Brunswick, Maine.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee continued consideration of Affordable Health Choices Act, but did not complete action thereon, and will meet again on Monday, July 13, 2009.
HEALTH CARE REFORM AND SMALL BUSINESSES
Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship: Committee concluded a hearing to examine health care reform, focusing on the concerns and priorities from the perspective of small businesses, after receiving testimony from Senator Wyden; John Arensmeyer, Small Business Majority, Sausalito, California; Kristie L. Arslan, National Association for the Self-Employed, Amanda Austin, National Federation of Independent Business, David D. Ferreira, United States Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, Todd McCracken, National Small Business Association, Len Nichols, New America Foundation, Ronald Phipps, National Association of Realtors, and Ann Sullivan, Madison Services Group, Inc., all of Washington, D.C.; and Michael Mitternight, Factory Service Agency, Inc., Metairie, Louisiana.
