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Daily Digest Committee Meetings/Hearings Schedule

This document provides a brief description of each committee meeting and hearing scheduled to take place today, and on days thereafter. The time and location of each meeting/hearing is identified. Meetings that have been canceled or postponed are also noted.

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Thursday, Jan. 15, 2009

9:30 am
    Armed Services
         Hearings to examine the nominations of William J. Lynn III, to be Deputy Secretary, Robert F. Hale, to be Under Secretary (Comptroller) and Chief Financial Officer, Michele Flournoy, to be Under Secretary for Policy, and Jeh Charles Johnson, to be General Counsel, all of the Department of Defense.
SD-106        
    
9:30 am
    Energy and Natural Resources
         Hearings to examine the nomination of Ken Salazar, to be Secretary of the Interior.
SD-G50        
    
9:30 am
    Foreign Relations
         Business meeting to consider the nomination of Hillary R. Clinton, to be Secretary of State; to be followed by a hearing to examine the nomination of Susan E. Rice, to be Representative to the United Nations, with the rank and status of Ambassador, and the Representative in the Security Council of the United Nations, and to be Representative to the Sessions of the General Assembly of the United Nations during her tenure of service as Representative to the United Nations.
SH-216        
    
9:30 am
    Judiciary
         Hearings to examine the nomination of Eric H. Holder, to be Attorney General of the United States.
SR-325        
    
10:00 am
    Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
         Hearings to examine the nominations of Mary Schapiro, of New York, to be Chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission, Christina Romer, of California, to be Chair of the Council of Economic Advisors, Austan Goolsbee, of Illinois, and Cecilia Rouse, of New Jersey, each to be a Member of the Council of Economic Advisors, and Daniel Tarullo, of Maryland, to be a Member of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.
SD-538        
    
10:00 am
    Budget
         Hearings to examine the debt outlook and its implications for policy.
SD-608        
    
10:00 am
    Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
         Hearings to examine the nomination of Janet A. Napolitano, to be Secretary of Homeland Security.
SD-342        
    
10:00 am
    Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
         Hearings to examine investing in health information technology (IT), focusing on stimulus for a healthier America.
SD-430        
    
11:15 am
    Finance
         Organizational business meeting to consider committee's rules of procedure for the 111th Congress, and an original bill to reauthorize the Children's Health Insurance Program.
SD-215        
    
2:30 pm
    Indian Affairs
         Hearings to examine job creation and economic stimulus in Indian country.
SD-628        
    

Wednesday, Jan. 21, 2009

10:00 am
    Budget
         Hearings to examine addressing short- and long-term fiscal challenges.
SD-608        
    
10:00 am
    Finance
         Hearings to examine the nomination of Timothy F. Geithner, of New York, to be Secretary of the Treasury.
SD-215        
    
10:00 am
    Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
         Hearings to examine the financial crisis and the breakdown of financial governance.
SD-342        
    
10:00 am
    Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
         Organizational business meeting to consider committee's rules of procedure for the 111th Congress, and any pending nominations.
SD-430        
    
2:00 pm
    Commerce, Science, and Transportation
         Hearings to examine the nomination of Ray LaHood, to be Secretary of Transportation.
SR-253        
    
2:30 pm
    Foreign Relations
         Business meeting to consider the nomination of Susan E. Rice, to be Permanent Representative to the United Nations, with the rank and status of Ambassador, and to be Representative to the Sessions of the General Assembly of the United Nations during her tenure of service as Representative to the United Nations.
S-116        
    

Thursday, Jan. 22, 2009

9:30 am
    Foreign Relations
         Hearings to examine the nominations of James B. Steinberg, to be Deputy Secretary, and Jacob J. Lew, to be Deputy Secretary for Management and Resources, both of the Department of State.
SD-419        
    
9:30 am
    Foreign Relations
         Business meeting to consider pending calendar business.
SD-419        
    
10:00 am
    Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
         Hearings to examine what States are doing to keep citizens healthy.
SD-430        
    

Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2009

9:30 am
    Armed Services
         Hearings to examine challenges facing the Department of Defense.
SD-106        
    
 
  

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