Wednesday, March 4, 2009
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Daily Digest
HIGHLIGHTS
House and Senate met in a Joint Meeting to receive the Right
Honorable Gordon Brown, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom of
Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
Senate
Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S2723-S2778
Measures Introduced: Five bills and two resolutions were introduced, as
follows: S. 522-526, and S. Res. 63-64.
Pages S2766-67
Measures Considered:
Omnibus Appropriations Act: Senate continued consideration of H.R.
1105, making omnibus appropriations for the fiscal year ending
September 30, 2009, taking action on the following amendments proposed
thereto:
Pages S2728-62
Rejected:
By 38 yeas to 57 nays (Vote No. 77) Coburn Amendment No. 596, to
require the use of competitive procedures to award contracts, grants,
and cooperative agreements funded under this Act.
Pages S2734-35, S2748-51
By 37 yeas to 58 nays (Vote No. 78) Coburn Amendment No. 608, to
provide for the Emmett Till Unsolved Civil Rights Crime Act from funds
already provided for the Weed and Seed Program.
Pages S2732-34, S2735-40, S2743-46, S2751-54
By 34 yeas to 61 nays (Vote No. 79) Coburn Amendment No. 610, to
prohibit funding for certain congressional earmarks.
Pages S2741, S2754-61
By 43 yeas to 52 nays (Vote No. 80) Coburn Modified Amendment No.
623, to prohibit taxpayer dollars from being earmarked to 14 clients of
a lobbying firm under Federal investigation for making campaign
donations in exchange for political favors for the group's clients.
Pages S2741-43, S2746-48, S2761
Pending:
Wicker Modified Amendment No. 607, to require that amounts
appropriated for the United Nations Population Fund are not used by
organizations which support coercive abortion or involuntary
sterilization.
Pages S2728, S2754
Thune Modified Amendment No. 635, to provide funding for the
Emergency Fund for Indian Safety and Health, with an offset.
Pages S2728, S2754
Murkowski Amendment No. 599, to modify a provision relating to the
repromulgation of final rules by the Secretary of the Interior and the
Secretary of Commerce.
Page S2728
Cochran (for Kyl) Amendment No. 634, to prohibit the expenditure of
amounts made available under this Act in a contract with any company
that has a business presence in Iran's energy sector.
Page S2761
Cochran (for Inhofe) Amendment No. 613, to provide that no funds may
be made available to make any assessed contribution or voluntary
payment of the United States to the United Nations if the United
Nations implements or imposes any taxation on any United States
persons.
Pages S2761-62
Cochran (for Crapo (and others)) Amendment No. 638, to strike a
provision relating to Federal Trade Commission authority over home
mortgages.
Pages S2761-62
A motion was entered to close further debate on the bill and, in
accordance with the provisions of Rule XXII of the Standing Rules of
the Senate, a vote on cloture will occur on Friday, March 6, 2009.
A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further
consideration of the bill at approximately 10:30 a.m. on Thursday,
March 5, 2009.
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Escort Committee--Agreement: A unanimous-consent agreement was reached
providing that the President of the Senate be authorized to appoint a
committee on the part of the Senate to join with a like committee on
the part of the House of Representatives to escort the Honorable Gordon
Brown, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, into the House Chamber for
the joint meeting on Wednesday, March 4, 2009.
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Messages from the President: Senate received the following messages
from the President of the United States:
Transmitting, pursuant to law, a notice relative to the continuation
of the national emergency with respect to the actions and policies of
certain members of the Government of Zimbabwe and other persons to
undermine Zimbabwe's democratic processes or institutions; which was
referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. (PM-
10)
Pages S2764-65
Transmitting, pursuant to the provisions of section 1512 of the Strom
Thurmond National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1999
(Public Law 105-261), certification that the export of two
environmental chambers to be used to test automotive parts is not
detrimental to the U.S. space launch industry and will not measurably
improve missile or space launch capabilities of the People's Republic
of China; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
(PM-11)
Page S2765
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
Ronald C. Sims, of Washington, to be Deputy Secretary of Department
of Housing and Urban Development.
John Berry, of the District of Columbia, to be Director of the Office
of Personnel Management for a term of four years.
Page S2778
Messages from the House:
Page S2765
Measures Referred:
Page S2765
Measures Read the First Time:
Pages S2765-S2778
Executive Communications:
Pages S2765-66
Additional Cosponsors:
Page S2767
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:
Pages S2767-75
Amendments Submitted:
Pages S2775-78
Authorities for Committees to Meet:
Page S2778
Privileges of the Floor:
Page S2778
Record Votes: Four record votes were taken today. (Total--80)
Pages S2750-51, S2753, S2760-61, S2761
Adjournment: Senate convened at 9:30 a.m. and adjourned at 7:06 p.m.,
until 9:30 a.m. on Thursday, March 5, 2009. (For Senate's program, see
the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page
S2778.)
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
CHILDREN'S NUTRITION
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: Committee concluded
a hearing to examine improving nutrition for America's children in
difficult economic times, after receiving testimony from Katie Wilson,
Onalaska School District, Onalaska, Wisconsin; Susan Bartlett, Abt
Associates Inc., Cambridge, Massachusetts; Connie K. Boldt, Knoxville
Community Schools, Knoxville, Iowa; David M. Page, The John Hopkins
University, Baltimore, Maryland; Lucy Nolan, End Hunger Connecticut!,
Hartford; and Kenneth Hecht, California Food Policy Advocates, Oakland.
BUDGET
Committee on Finance: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the
President's proposed budget for fiscal year 2010, after receiving
testimony from Timothy F. Geithner, Secretary of the Treasury.
IRAN
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee met in closed session to
receive a briefing to examine the Iran status report, focusing on
nuclear and political issues, from national security briefers.
FINANCIAL GOVERNANCE SYSTEMIC RISK AND BREAKDOWN
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Committee
concluded a hearing to examine systemic risk and breakdown of financial
governance, after receiving testimony from Robert E. Litan, Ewing
Marion Kauffman Foundation, Kansas City, Missouri; Damon A. Silvers,
American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations
(AFL-CIO), Washington, D.C.; and Robert C. Pozen, MFS Investment
Management, Boston, Massachusetts.
TAX HAVEN BANKS
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Permanent
Subcommittee on Investigations concluded a hearing to examine financial
institutions which are located in offshore tax havens and which use
practices that facilitate tax evasion and other misconduct by United
States clients, after receiving testimony from John DiCicco, Acting
Assistant Attorney General, Tax Division, Department of Justice; Doug
Shulman, Commissioner, Internal Revenue Service, Department of the
Treasury; and Mark Branson, UBS Global Wealth Management and Swiss
Bank, Zurich, Switzerland.
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NONPARTISAN COMMISSION OF INQUIRY
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded a hearing to examine a
nonpartisan commission of inquiry, after receiving testimony from
Thomas R. Pickering, Hills and Company, and David B. Rivkin, Jr., Baker
Hostetler LLP, both of Washington, D.C.; Lee F. Gunn, Vice Admiral, USN
(Ret.), Institute for Public Research, and Jeremy A. Rabkin, George
Mason University School of Law, both of Arlington, Virginia; John J.
Farmer, Jr., Arseneault, Whipple, Farmer, Fassett, and Azzarello, LLP,
Chatham, New Jersey; and Frederick A.O. Schwarz, Jr., New York
University School of Law Brennan Center for Justice, New York.
HEALTH CARE REFORM
Special Committee on Aging: Committee concluded a hearing to examine
health reform in an aging America, after receiving testimony from
Thomas E. Hamilton, Center for Medicaid and State Operations, Centers
for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Department of Health and Human
Services; Karen E. Timberlake, Wisconsin Department of Health Services,
Madison; Holly Benson, Florida Agency for Health Care Administration,
Tallahassee; Henry Claypool, Paraprofessional Healthcare Institute
(PHI), New York, New York; Melanie Bella, Center for Health Care
Strategies, Hamilton, New Jersey; and Judith Feder, Georgetown
University, Washington, D.C.
House of Representatives
Chamber Action
Public Bills and Resolutions Introduced: 25 public bills, H.R. 1292-
1318; and 6 resolutions, H.J. Res. 37; and H. Res. 206-210 were
introduced.
Pages H2978-80
Additional Cosponsors:
Pages H2980-81
Report Filed: A report was filed today as follows:
H. Res. 205, providing for further consideration of the bill (H.R.
1106) to prevent mortgage foreclosures and enhance mortgage credit
availability (H. Rept. 111-23).
Page H2978
Speaker: Read a letter from the Speaker wherein she appointed
Representative Jackson-Lee (TX) to act as Speaker Pro Tempore for
today.
Page H2927
Chaplain: The prayer was offered by the guest Chaplain, Chaplain
Cherita Potter, National Chaplain, American Legion Auxiliary, Seaside,
Oregon.
Page H2927
Recess: The House recessed at 10:05 a.m. for the purpose of receiving
the Right Honorable Gordon Brown, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. The House reconvened at 12:45
p.m., and agreed that the proceedings had during the Joint Meeting be
printed in the Record.
Page H2928
Joint Meeting to receive the Right Honorable Gordon Brown, Prime
Minister of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland:
The House and Senate met in a joint session to receive the Right
Honorable Gordon Brown, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom of Great
Britain and Northern Ireland. He was escorted into the Chamber by a
committee comprised of Representatives Hoyer, Clyburn, Larson (CT),
Becerra, DeLauro, Skelton, Berman, Neal (MA), McIntyre, Watson,
Chandler, Boehner, Cantor, Pence, McCotter, McMorris Rodgers, Carter,
McCarthy (CA), Ros-Lehtinen, King (NY), McHugh, and Petri; and Senators
Reid, Durbin, Kerry, Dodd, Feingold, Boxer, Cardin, Webb, Shaheen,
Kaufman, McConnell, Kyl, Lugar, Corker, Isakson, Risch, Barrasso, and
Wicker.
Pages H2928-31
Suspensions: The House agreed to suspend the rules and pass the
following measures:
Recognizing Beverly Eckert's service to the Nation and particularly
to the survivors and families of the September 11, 2001, attacks: H.
Res. 201, to recognize Beverly Eckert's service to the Nation and
particularly to the survivors and families of the September 11, 2001,
attacks, by a \2/3\ yea-and-nay vote of 419 yeas with none voting
``nay'', Roll No. 94;
Pages H2934-36, H2946
Recognizing and honoring the employees of the Department of Homeland
Security on its sixth anniversary for their continuous efforts to keep
the Nation safe: H. Res. 195, to recognize and honor the employees of
the Department of Homeland Security on its sixth anniversary for their
continuous efforts to keep the Nation safe, by a \2/3\ yea-and-nay vote
of 418 yeas with none voting ``nay'', Roll No. 95;
Pages H2936-38, H2946-47
Raising awareness and promoting education on the criminal justice
system by establishing March as ``National Criminal Justice Month'': H.
Res. 45, to raise awareness and promote education on the
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criminal justice system by establishing March as ``National Criminal
Justice Month'', by a \2/3\ yea-and-nay vote of 415 yeas with none
voting ``nay'', Roll No. 96; and
Pages H2940-42, H2947-48
Extending certain immigration programs: H.R. 1127, to extend certain
immigration programs.
Pages H2942-45
Suspension--Proceedings Postponed: The House debated the following
measure under suspension of the rules. Further proceedings were
postponed:
Supporting the goals and ideals of Multiple Sclerosis Awareness Week:
H. Con. Res. 14, to support the goals and ideals of Multiple Sclerosis
Awareness Week.
Pages H2938-40
Presidential Messages: Read a message from the President certifying
that export of certain items to the People's Republic of China is not
detrimental to the U.S. space launch industry--referred to the
Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered printed (H. Rept. 111-21) and
Page H2957
Read a message from the President wherein he notified Congress of the
continuation beyond March 6, 2009 of the national emergency with
respect to the actions and policies of certain members of the
Government of Zimbabwe and other persons to undermine Zimbabwe's
democratic processes or institutions referred to the Committee on
Foreign Affairs and ordered printed (H. Rept. 111-22).
Page H2957
Quorum Calls--Votes: Three yea-and-nay votes developed during the
proceedings of today and appear on pages H2946, H2946-47, H2947-48.
There were no quorum calls.
Adjournment: The House met at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 7:32 p.m.
Committee Meetings
COMMERCE, JUSTICE, SCIENCE, AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice,
Science, and Related Agencies held a hearing on the Place of NOAA
Science in the Overall Science Enterprise. Testimony was heard from
public witnesses.
ENERGY AND WATER DEVELOPMENT APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Energy and Water
Development and Related Agencies held a hearing on Department of
Energy: Project Management Oversight. Testimony was heard from a public
witness.
INTERIOR, ENVIRONMENT AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Interior, Environment and
Related Agencies held a hearing on EPA Oversight. Testimony was heard
from John Stephenson, Director, Natural Resources and Environment, GAO;
and Bill A. Roderick, Acting Inspector General, EPA.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Ordered reported the following bills:
H.R. 1256: Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act; H.R.
1259, Dextromethorphan Distribution Act of 2009; H.R. 1246, Early
Hearing Detection and Intervention Act of 2009; H.R. 1253, Health
Insurance Restrictions and Limitations Clarification Act of 2009; H.R.
20, as amended, Melanie Blocker Stokes Mom's Opportunity to Access
Health Education, Research, and Support for Postpartum Depression Act;
H.R. 479, as amended, Wakefield Act; H.R. 577, as amended, Vision Care
for Kids Act of 2009; H.R. 756, National Pain Care Policy Act of 2009;
H.R. 914, Physician Workforce Enhancement Act of 2009; and H.R. 307,
Christopher and Dana Reeve Paralysis Act.
TARP OVERSIGHT
Committee on Financial Services: Subcommittee on Financial Institutions
and Consumer Credit held a hearing entitled ``TARP Oversight: Is TARP
Working for Main Street?'' Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
IMMIGRATION IMMIGRANT LAW
Committee on Homeland Security: Held hearing entitled ``Examining
287(g): The Role of State and Local Law Enforcement in Immigration
Law.'' Testimony was heard from William Riley, Acting Chairman, Office
of State and Local Coordination, U.S. Immigration and Customs
Enforcement, Department of Homeland Security; Richard Stana, Director,
Homeland Security and Justice Issues, GAO; from the following officials
of the State of Maryland: Chief J. Thomas Manger, Montgomery County
Police Department; Sheriff Chuck Jenkins, Fairfax County and a public
witness.
AFGHANISTAN AND PAKISTAN: UNDERSTANDING A COMPLEX THREAT ENVIRONMENT
Committee on Oversight and Government Reform: Subcommittee on National
Security and Foreign Affairs held a hearing on Afghanistan and
Pakistan: Understanding a Complex Threat Environment. Testimony
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was heard from Paul R. Pillar, former National Intelligence Officer for
the Near East and South Asia; and public witnesses.
HELPING FAMILIES SAVE THEIR HOMES ACT OF 2009
Committee on Rules: Committee granted, by non-record vote, a rule
providing for further consideration of H.R. 1106, Helping Families Save
Their Homes Act of 2009. The rule provides that amendment number 1
printed in House report 111-21 to be offered by Representative John
Conyers or his designee shall be perfected by the modification printed
in the report of the Committee on Rules.
21st CENTURY WATER PLANNING
Committee on Science and Technology: Held a hearing on 21st Century
Water Planning: the Importance of a Coordinated Federal Approach.
Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
CURRENT ECONOMY--STATE OF RENEWABLE FUELS
Committee on Small Business: Held a hearing entitled ``The State of the
Renewable Fuels Industry in the Current Economy.'' Testimony was heard
from public witnesses.
WATER QUALITY INVESTMENT ACT OF 2009
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure: Subcommittee on Water
Resources and Environment approved for full Committee action H.R. 1262
``Water Quality Investment Act of 2009.''
VA LEGISLATION
Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity
held a hearing on the following bills: H.R. 147, To amend the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986 to allow taxpayers to designate a portion of their
income tax payment to provide assistance to homeless veterans; H.R.
228, To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to establish a
scholarship program for students seeking a degree or certificate in the
areas of visual impairment and orientation and mobility; H.R. 297,
Veterans Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment Subsistence Allowance
Improvement Act of 2009; H.R. 466, Wounded Veteran Job Security Act;
H.R. 929, To amend title 38, United States Code, to require the
Secretary of Veterans Affairs to carry out a program of training to
provide eligible veterans with skills relevant to the job market; H.R.
942, Veterans Self-Employment Act of 2009; H.R. 950, To amend chapter
33 of title 38, United States Code, to increase educational assistance
for certain veterans pursuing a program of education offered through
distance learning; H.R. 1088, Mandatory Veterans Specialist Training
Act of 2009; H.R. 1089, Veterans Employment Rights Realignment Act of
2009; and other draft legislation. Testimony was heard from
Representatives Doggett, Israel, Welch, and Alexander; Keith M. Wilson,
Director, Office of Education Service, Department of Veterans Affairs;
Patrick H. Boulay, Chief, USERRA Unit, U.S. Office of Special Counsel;
representatives of veterans organizations; and public witnesses.
PRESIDENT'S FISCAL YEAR 2010 BUDGET OVERVIEW
Committee on Ways and Means: Concluded hearings on the President's
Fiscal Year 2010 Budget Overview. Testimony was heard from Pete R.
Orszag, Director, OMB.
PREPARING FOR COPENHAGEN: HOW DEVELOPING COUNTRIES ARE FIGHTING CLIMATE
CHANGE
Select Committee on Energy Independence: Held a hearing entitled
``Preparing for Copenhagen: How Developing Countries Are Fighting
Climate Change.'' Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR THURSDAY,
MARCH 5, 2009
(Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)
Senate
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: to hold hearings
to examine American International Group, focusing on government
intervention and implications for future regulation, 10 a.m., SD-
538.
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: to hold hearings to
examine draft legislative proposals on energy research and
development, 9:30 a.m., SH-216.
Committee on Foreign Relations: to hold hearings to examine United
States strategy regarding Iran, 10:30 a.m., SD-419.
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: to hold
hearings to examine transparency and accountability for recovery and
reinvestment spending, 10 a.m., SD-342.
Subcommittee on Federal Financial Management, Government
Information, Federal Services, and International Security, to hold
hearings to examine how the Obama Administration can achieve an
accurate and cost-effective 2010 census, 2:30 p.m., SD-342.
Committee on the Judiciary: business meeting to consider S. 386,
to improve enforcement of mortgage fraud, securities fraud,
financial institution fraud, and other frauds related to federal
assistance and relief programs, for the recovery of funds lost to
these frauds, S. 49, to help Federal prosecutors and investigators
combat public corruption by strengthening and clarifying the law, S.
146, to amend the Federal antitrust laws to provide expanded
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coverage and to eliminate exemptions from such laws that are
contrary to the public interest with respect to railroads, S. 256,
to enhance the ability to combat methamphetamine, and the
nominations of Elena Kagan, of Massachusetts, to be Solicitor
General of the United States, Thomas John Perrelli, of Virginia, to
be Associate Attorney General, and David S. Kris, of Maryland, to be
an Assistant Attorney General, all of the Department of Justice, 10
a.m., SD-226.
Committee on Veterans' Affairs: to hold joint hearings to examine
the legislative presentations of veterans' service organizations,
9:30 a.m., SD-106.
Select Committee on Intelligence: to hold closed hearings to
examine intelligence matters, receiving testimony from officials of
the intelligence community, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.
House
Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice,
Science, and Related Agencies, on Science Education, 10 a.m., and on
Where Are We Today: Today's Assessment of ``The Gathering Storm,'' 2
p.m., 2359 Rayburn.
Subcommittee Defense, executive, on Global Mobility, 10 a.m., H-
140 Capitol.
Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations and Related Programs, on
The Role of Civilian and Military Agencies in the Advancement of
America's Diplomatic and Development Objectives, 10 a.m., 2362A
Rayburn.
Committee on Armed Services, hearing on combating piracy on the
high seas, 10 a.m., 2118 Rayburn.
Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, hearing on Can DOD
Travelers Book a Trip? Defense Travel System Update, 1 p.m., 2212
Rayburn.
Committee on the Budget, hearing on Treasury Department Fiscal
Year 2010 Budget, 10 a.m., 210 Cannon.
Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade
and Consumer Protection, hearing on Consumer Protection in the Used
and Subprime Car Market, 10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
Subcommittee on Energy and Environment, hearing on the role of
offsets in climate legislation, 9:30 a.m., 2322 Rayburn.
Committee on Financial Services, Subcommittee on Capital Markets,
Insurance and Government Sponsored Enterprises, hearing entitled
``Perspectives on Systemic Risk,'' 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
Committee on Foreign Affairs, hearing on the Role for Congress and
the President in War: The Recommendations of the National War Powers
Commission, 10 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
Committee on Homeland Security, Subcommittee on Management,
Investigations and Oversight, hearing entitled ``Putting People
First: A Way Forward for the Homeland Security Workforce,'' 10 a.m.,
311 Cannon.
Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Immigration,
Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security and International Law, to
adopt Rules of Procedure and Statement of Policy for Private
Immigration bills; Adopt rules of Procedure for Private Claims
bills; Continue the Subcommittee's Policy on the Granting of Federal
Charters; and to request Department of Homeland Security
Departmental Reports on the Beneficiaries of certain private
Immigration bills 10 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
Committee on Natural Resources, Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral
Resources, oversight hearing entitled ``Energy Outlooks, and the
Role of Federal Onshore and Offshore Resources in Meeting Future
Energy Demand,'' 2 p.m., 1324 Longworth.
Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Subcommittee on
Information Policy, Census, and National Archives, hearing on Status
of 2010 Census Operations, 10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
Committee on Science and Technology, Subcommittee on Space and
Aeronautics, hearing on Cost Management Issues in NASA's
Acquisitions and Programs, 10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, to mark up the
following bills: H.R. 915, FAA Reauthorization Act; and 1262, Water
Quality Investment Act, 11 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, Subcommittee on
Terrorism, Human Intelligence, Analysis and Counterintelligence,
executive briefing entitled ``Hot Spots Update,'' 1 p.m. H-304
Capitol.
Joint Meetings
Joint Hearing: Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs, to hold
joint hearings to examine the legislative presentations of veterans'
service organizations, 9:30 a.m., SD-106.
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Next Meeting of the SENATE
9:30 a.m., Thursday, March 5
Senate Chamber
Program for Thursday: After the transaction of any morning business
(not to extend beyond 10:30 a.m.), Senate will continue consideration
of H.R. 1105, Omnibus Appropriations Act.
Next Meeting of the HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
10 a.m., Thursday, March 5
House Chamber
Program for Thursday: Complete consideration of H.R. 1106--Helping
Families Save Their Homes Act of 2009 (Subject to a Rule).
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Extensions of Remarks, as inserted in this issue.
HOUSE
Brady, Robert A., Pa., E543
Buyer, Steve, Ind., E547
Carter, John R., Tex., E540
Castle, Michael N., Del., E541
Coble, Howard, N.C., E551
Davis, Lincoln, Tenn., E555
Diaz-Balart, Lincoln, Fla., E553
Duncan, John J., Jr., Tenn., E542
Forbes, J. Randy, Va., E555
Fortenberry, Jeff, Nebr., E549
Frelinghuysen, Rodney P., N.J., E549
Giffords, Gabrielle, Ariz., E540
Hare, Phil, Ill., E548
Lofgren, Zoe, Calif., E541
Lynch, Stephen F., Mass., E544
McHenry, Patrick T., N.C., E551
Miller, Gary G., Calif., E544
Moran, James P., Va., E547
Moran, Jerry, Kans., E549
Napolitano, Grace F., Calif., E549
Pallone, Frank, Jr., N.J., E539
Paul, Ron, Tex., E548
Pelosi, Nancy, Calif., E539
Petri, Thomas E., Wisc., E546
Rangel, Charles B., N.Y., E544
Rush, Bobby L., Ill., E550
Sanchez, Loretta, Calif., E542
Schauer, Mark H., Mich., E552
Smith, Adrian, Nebr., E548, E551
Space, Zachary T., Ohio, E542, E543, E544, E546, E547, E548, E549, E550
Van Hollen, Chris, Md., E556