March 12
Senate
Budget
The President's FY2010 Budget and Revenue Proposals
Witness: Timothy Geithner, Secretary of the Treasury
10 A.M. SD-608
Commerce, Science and Transportation
Climate Science - Empowering Our Response to Climate Change
10 A.M. 253 Russell
Energy and Natural Resources
To receive testimony on pending legislation regarding electricity transmission lines
9:30 A.M. SD-406
Energy and Natural Resources
To consider the nomination of David Hayes to be Deputy Secretary of the Interior
2:30 PM. SD-366
Finance
Workforce Issues in Health Care Reform: Assessing the Present and Preparing for the Future
Witnesses: David Goodman, M.D., Director, Center for Health Policy Research, Dartmouth College,
Allan Goroll, M.D., Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Fitzhugh Mullan, M.D., Professor of Medicine and Health Policy, George Washington University
Steven Wartman, M.D., Ph.D., President, Association of Academic Health Centers
10 A.M. 215 Dirksen
House
Appropriations - Commerce, Justice, Science Subcommittee
"What Works" for Successful Prisoner Reentry
10:00 AM, H-309 The Capitol
Appropriations - Defense Subcommittee
Army and Marine Corps Force Protection
10:00 AM, H-140 The Capitol
Appropriations - Homeland Security Subcommittee
Securing the Nation's Rail and Transit System
10:00 AM, 2362-A Rayburn
Appropriations - Military Construction, Veterans Affairs Subcommittee
Review of Veterans Affairs Challenges
10:00 AM, H-143 The Capitol
Appropriations - Transportation, Housing and Urban Development Subcommittee
Transportation Challenges of Rural America
10:00 AM, 2358-A Rayburn
Appropriations - State, Foreign Operations Subcommittee
Africa: Great Lakes, Sudan and the Horn
11:00 AM, 2359 Rayburn
Appropriations - Agriculture Subcommittee
Domestic Nutrition Programs
1:00 PM, 2362-A Rayburn
Appropriations - Military Construction, Veterans Affairs Subcommittee
Family and Troop Housing
1:30 PM, H-143 The Capitol
Armed Services
To receive testimony on The Department of Defense at High Risk: Recommendations of the Comptroller General for Improving Departmental Management.
Witnesses: Mr. Gene Dodaro, Acting Comptroller General of the United States
10 A.M. 2118 Rayburn
Armed Services - The Military Personnel Subcommittee
To receive testimony on military resale and morale, welfare and recreation overview.
Witnesses: Mr. Arthur Myers, Principal Director, Military Community and Family Policy, Office of the Under Secretary of Defense (Personnel and Readiness)
Rear Admiral Robert J. Bianchi, USN, Commander, Navy Exchange Service Command
Major General Keith L. Thurgood, USAR, Commander, Army and Air Force Exchange Service
Mr. Timothy R. Larsen, Director, Personal and Family Readiness Division, Manpower and Reserve Affairs Department, Headquarters, U.S. Marine Corps
Mr. Philip E. Sakowitz, Jr., Director and Chief Executive Officer, Defense Commissary Agency
Mr. Richard Gorman, Chief Operating Officer, U.S. Army Family and Morale, Welfare and Recreation Command
Mr. John B. Baker, Director, Fleet and Family Readiness, Commander, Navy Installations Command
Mr. Charles E. Milam, Director of Air Force Services, Headquarters U.S. Air Force
1 P.M. 2212 Rayburn
Budget
Education Department FY 2010 Budget
Witness: Arne Duncan, Secretary of Education
10 A.M. 210 Cannon
Energy and Commerce - Subcommittee on Energy and the Environment
Consumer Protection Policies in Climate Change
10 A.M. 2322 Rayburn
Energy and Commerce - Subcommittee on Communications, Technology and the Internet
Universal Service: Reforming the High-Cost Fund
10 A.M. 2123 Rayburn
Financial Services - Subcommittee on Capital Markets, Insurance, and Government Sponsored Enterprises
Mark-to-Market Accounting: Practices and Implications
10 A.M. 2128 Rayburn
Financial Services - Subcommittee on International Monetary Policy and Trade
The Iran Sanctions Enabling Act of 2009
10 A.M. 2220 Rayburn
Foreign Affairs - Subcommittee on Terrorism, Nonproliferation and Trade
U.S. Foreign Economic Policy in the Global Crisis
C. Fred Bergsten, Ph.D.,Director, Peterson Institute for International Economics,
Peter Morici, Ph.D., Professor of Logistics, Business and Public Policy,University of Maryland
Simon Johnson, Ph.D., Professor of Entrepreneurship,Global Economics and Management (GEM), MIT Sloan School of Management
Philip I. Levy, Ph.D., Resident Scholar, American Enterprise Institute
10:30 A.M. 2172 Rayburn
Homeland Security - Subcommittee on Border, Maritime, and Global Counterterrorism Hearing
Border Violence: An Examination of DHS Strategies and Resources
Witnesses: Vice Admiral Roger T. Rufe Jr. (USCG Ret), Director, Office of Operations Coordination, Department of Homeland Security
Alonzo Peña, Department of Homeland Security Attaché, U.S. Embassy, Mexico
John Leech, Acting Director, Office of Counternarcotics Enforcement, Department of Homeland Security
Salvador Nieto, Deputy Assistant Commissioner Intelligence and Operations Coordination Customs and Border Protection
Kumar Kibble, Deputy Director, Office of Investigations Immigration and Customs Enforcement
10 A.M. 311 Cannon
Judiciary - Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security, and Education Subcommittee on Healthy Families and Communities Joint Hearing
Lost Educational Opportunities in Alternative Settings
10 A.M. 2175 Rayburn
Oversight and Government Reform - National Security and Foreign Affairs Subcommittee
Money, Guns, and Drugs: Are U.S. Inputs Fueling Violence on the U.S.-Mexico Border?"
10 A.M. 2154 Rayburn
Science and Technology - Subcommittee on Investigations and Oversight
ATSDR: Problems in the Past, Potential for the Future?
Witnesses: Panel 1: Jeffrey Camplin, President, Camplin Environmental Services Inc.
Ronald Hoffman, Tisch Cancer Institute, Mount Sinai School of Medicine
Randall Parrish, NERC Isotope Geosciences Lab, British Geological Survey
Salvador Mier, Former Director of Prevention, Center for Disease Control
Panel 2: Henry Cole, President, Henry Cole and Associates
David Ozonoff, Professor of Environmental Health, Boston University
Ronnie Wilson, Former Ombudsman, Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry
Panel 3: Howard Frumkin, Director for Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry
Small Business - Subcommittee on Contracting and Technology
"Ensuring Stimulus Contracts for Small and Veteran-owned Businesses"
10 A.M. 2360 Rayburn
Veterans Affairs
Meeting to Approve the Views and Estimates for Veterans Affairs FY 2010 Budget
2 P.M. 334 Cannon
Ways and Means - Subcommittee on Income Security and Family Support
Protecting Lower-Income Families While Fighting Global Warming
10 A.M. B-318 Rayburn