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May 11, 2009: Congressional Record publishes “COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR 2009-05-12”

Volume 155, No. 71 covering the 1st Session of the 111th Congress (2009 - 2010) was published by the Congressional Record.

The Congressional Record is a unique source of public documentation. It started in 1873, documenting nearly all the major and minor policies being discussed and debated.

“COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR 2009-05-12” mentioning the Environmental Protection Agency was published in the Daily Digest section on pages D530-D531 on May 11, 2009.

The publication is reproduced in full below:

COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR TUESDAY,

MAY 12, 2009

(Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)

Senate

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense, to hold hearings to examine proposed budget request for fiscal year 2010 for the Army, 10:30 a.m., SD-192.

Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs, business meeting to mark up proposed budget request for fiscal year 2009 supplemental for the Department of State, foreign operations, and related programs, 2:30 p.m., SD-138.

Subcommittee on Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies, to hold hearings to examine proposed budget request for fiscal year 2010 for military construction, Veterans Affairs, and related agencies, 2:30 p.m., SD-124.

Committee on Armed Services: to hold hearings to examine the nominations of Andrew Charles Weber, of Virginia, to be Assistant to the Secretary of Defense for Nuclear and Chemical and Biological Defense Programs, Paul N. Stockton, of California, to be Assistant Secretary for Homeland Defense and Americas' Security Affairs, Thomas R. Lamont, of Illinois, to be Assistant Secretary of the Army for Manpower and Reserve Affairs, and Charles A. Blanchard, of Arizona, to be General Counsel of the Department of the Air Force, all of the Department of Defense, 10 a.m., SH-216.

Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: to hold hearings to examine S. 967, to amend the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to create a petroleum product reserve, and S. 283, to amend the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to modify the conditions for the release of products from the Northeast Home Heating Oil Reserve Account, 2:30 p.m., SD-366.

Committee on Environment and Public Works: to hold hearings to examine proposed budget request for fiscal year 2010 for the Environmental Protection Agency, 9:45 a.m., SD-406.

Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the nominations of Peter Silva Silva, of California, to be Assistant Administrator, and Stephen Alan Owens, of Arizona, to be Assistant Administrator for Toxic Substances, both of the Environmental Protection Agency, and Jo-Ellen Darcy, of Maryland, to be an Assistant Secretary of the Army, Department of Defense, 2:30 p.m., SD-406.

Committee on Finance: to hold hearings to examine financing comprehensive health care reform; to be immediately followed by a business meeting to consider the nomination of Neal S. Wolin, of Illinois, to be Deputy Secretary of the Treasury, 10 a.m., SD-106.

Committee on Foreign Relations: business meeting to consider the nominations of Harold Hongju Koh, of Connecticut, to be Legal Adviser of the Department of State, and Susan Flood Burk, of Virginia, to be Special Representative of the President for nuclear non-proliferation; to be immediately followed by a hearing to examine the United States strategy toward Pakistan, 10:15 a.m., SD-

419.

Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine energy security, focusing on historical perspectives and modern challenges, 2 p.m., SD-419.

Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: to hold hearings to examine the nomination of Cass R. Sunstein, of Massachusetts, to be Administrator of the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, 10 a.m., SD-

342.

Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the proposed budget request for fiscal year 2010 for the Department of Homeland Security, 4 p.m., SD-342.

Committee on the Judiciary: to hold hearings to examine helping State and local law enforcement, 10 a.m., SD-226.

Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the nominations of Gerard E. Lynch, of New York, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Second Circuit, and Mary L. Smith, of Illinois, to be Assistant Attorney General, Tax Division, Department of Justice, 2:30 p.m., SD-226.

Committee on Veterans' Affairs: business meeting to consider the nominations of Roger W. Baker, of Virginia, to be Assistant Secretary for Information and Technology, William A. Gunn, of Virginia, to be General Counsel, Jose D. Riojas, of Texas, to be Assistant Secretary for Operations, Security, and Preparedness, and John U. Sepulveda, of Virginia, to be Assistant Secretary for Human Resources, all of the Department of Veterans Affairs, Time to be announced, room to be announced.

Select Committee on Intelligence: to hold closed hearings to examine certain intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., S-407, Capitol.

House

Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development, and Related Agencies, on Army Corps of Engineers, 10 a.m., 2362-B Rayburn.

Subcommittee on Financial Services, General Government, and Related Agencies, on GSA, 2 p.m., 2220 Rayburn.

Subcommittee on Homeland Security, on Secretary of Homeland Security, 1 p.m., 2359 Rayburn.

Subcommittee on Interior and Environment, and Related Agencies, on Forest Service, 1:30 p.m., B-308 Rayburn.

Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies, on Secretary of Labor, 10 a.m., 2359 Rayburn, and on Members Requests, 2 p.m., 2358-C Rayburn.

Committee on Education and Labor, hearing on American's Competitiveness through High School Reform, 3 p.m., 2175 Rayburn.

Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade, and Consumer Protection, hearing on the following: Consumer Credit Protection Improvement Act of 2009 and H.R. 2190, Mercury Pollution Reduction Act, 2 p.m., 2322 Rayburn.

Subcommittee on Health, hearing on H.R. 1346, Medical Device Safety Act of 2009, 2 p.m., 2123 Rayburn.

Committee on Rules, to consider H.R. 2187, 21st Century Green High-Performing Public School Facilities Act, 5 p.m., H-313 Capitol.

SOURCE: Congressional Record Vol. 155, No. 71