December 10, 2008 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — DAILY DIGEST D1315 

Authorities for Committees to Meet: Page S10884 

Recess: Senate convened at 10:30 a.m. and recessed 

at 6:45 p.m., until 10 a.m. on Thursday, December 

11, 2008. (For Senate’s program, see the remarks of 

the Acting Majority Leader in today’s Record on 

page S10887.) 

Committee Meetings 

(Committees not listed did not meet) 

CLEAN ENERGY AND NATURAL 

RESOURCES 

Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee 

concluded a hearing to examine investments in clean 

energy and natural resources projects and programs 

to create ‘‘green jobs’’—family-supporting, middleskill jobs in the primary sectors of a clean energy 

economy of efficiency, renewables, and alternative 

transportation and fuels, and to stimulate the economy, after receiving testimony from Mark A. 

Limbaugh, former Assistant Secretary for Water and 

Science, and Denis Galvin, former Deputy Director 

National Park Service, National Parks Conservation 

Association, both of the Department of the Interior; 

Malcolm D. Woolf, Maryland Energy Administration, Annapolis, on behalf of the National Association of State Energy Officials; Bracken Hendricks, 

Center for American Progress Action Fund, and Joe 

Loper, Alliance to Save Energy, both of Washington, 

D.C.; Steven G. Hauser, GridPoint, Inc., and Kevin 

Book, Friedman Billings Ramsey and Company Capital Markets Corporation, both of Arlington, Virginia; and Cassandra Moseley, University of Oregon 

Institute for a Sustainable Environment, Eugene. 

PREVENTION AND PUBLIC HEALTH 

Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: 

Committee concluded a hearing to examine disease 

prevention and public health, focusing on transforming the health care system, after receiving testimony from Donald Wright, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Health and Human Services for 

Health; Jeffrey Levi, Trust for America’s Health, 

Washington, D.C.; Kenneth E. Thorpe, Emory University Rollins School of Public Health Department 

of Health Policy and Management, Atlanta, Georgia; 

John J. Mahoney, Pitney Bowes, Stamford, Connecticut; and Carol Hibbs, Marshalltown Community Y, Marshalltown, Iowa, on behalf of the YMCA 

of the USA’s Activate America: Pioneering Healthier 

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Communities. 

House of Representatives 

Chamber Action 

Public Bills and Resolutions Introduced: 18 public bills, H.R. 7321, 7325–7340; and 2 resolutions, 

H. Con. Res. 443; and H. Res. 1535 were introduced. Page H10975 

Additional Cosponsors: Pages H10975–76 

Reports Filed: Reports were filed today as follows: 

H.R. 7322, making appropriations for the Departments of Commerce and Justice, Science, and Related Agencies for the fiscal year ending September 

30, 2009 (H. Rept. 110–919); 

H.R. 7323, making appropriations for financial 

services and general government for the fiscal year 

ending September 30, 2009 (H. Rept. 110–920); 

H.R. 7324, making appropriations for energy and 

water development and related agencies for the fiscal 

year ending September 30, 2009 (H. Rept. 

110–921); and 

H. Res. 1534, providing for consideration of the 

bill (H.R. 7321) to authorize financial assistance to 

eligible automobile manufacturers (H. Rept. 

110–922). Pages H10870, H10876, H10974–75 

Speaker: Read a letter from the Speaker wherein she 

appointed Representative Tauscher to act as Speaker 

Pro Tempore for today. Page H10869 

Journal: The House agreed to the Speaker’s approval 

of the Journal by a recorded vote of 215 ayes and 

170 noes with 1 voting ‘‘present’’, Roll No. 686. 

 Pages H10869, H10877–78 

Calendar Wednesday: Agreed that the business in 

order under the Calendar Wednesday rule be dispensed with today. Page H10869 

Recess: The House recessed at 10:11 a.m. and reconvened at 2:30 p.m. Page H10870 

United States-China Economic and Security Review Commission—Appointment: Read a letter 

from Representative Boehner, Minority Leader, in 

which he reappointed Mr. Larry Wortzel of Williamsburg, Virginia, to the United States-China Economic and Security Review Commission, effective 

January 1, 2009. Page H10871 

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Waiving a requirement of clause 6(a) of rule 

XIII with respect to consideration of certain resolutions reported from the Committee on Rules: 

The House agreed to H. Res. 1533, waiving a requirement of clause 6(a) of rule XIII with respect to 

consideration of certain resolutions reported from the 

Committee on Rules, by a yea-and-nay vote of 226 

yeas to 169 nays, Roll No. 685, after agreeing to 

order the previous question by a yea-and-nay vote of 

224 yeas to 174 nays, Roll No. 684. Pages H10871–77 

Pursuant to section 2 of H. Res. 1533, H. Res. 

1516 and H. Res. 1526 are laid on the table. 

William Wilberforce Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2008: The House 

agreed to discharge from committee and pass H.R. 

7311, to authorize appropriations for fiscal years 

2008 through 2011 for the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 and to enhance measures to 

combat trafficking in persons. Pages H10888–H10905 

Condemning the November 26, 2008, terrorist 

attacks in Mumbai, India, and expressing sympathy to the innocent victims from India and 

around the world: The House agreed to discharge 

from committee and agree to H. Res. 1532, to condemn the November 26, 2008, terrorist attacks in 

Mumbai, India, and to express sympathy to the innocent victims from India and around the world. 

 Pages H10905–06 

Moment of Silence: The House observed a moment 

of silence in honor of the men and women in uniform who have given their lives in the service of our 

Nation in Iraq and Afghanistan, their families, and 

all who serve in the armed forces and their families. 

 Page H10907 

Auto Industry Financing and Restructuring Act: 

The House passed H.R. 7321, to authorize financial 

assistance to eligible automobile manufacturers, by a 

recorded vote of 237 ayes to 170 noes with 1 voting 

‘‘present’’, Roll No. 690. Pages H10908–35 

Accepted: 

LaTourette amendment (No. 1 printed in H. 

Rept. 110–922) that requires that any lending assistance provided under TARP or EISA to an insured 

depository institution shall report the amount of any 

increase or decrease in new lending attributed to the 

TARP or EISA assistance (by a recorded vote of 403 

ayes with none voting ‘‘no’’ and 1 voting ‘‘present’’, 

Roll No. 689). Pages H10932–34 

H. Res. 1534, the rule providing for consideration 

of the bill, was agreed to by a yea-and-nay vote of 

225 yeas to 179 noes with 1 voting ‘‘present’’, Roll 

No. 688, after agreeing to order the previous question by a yea-and-nay vote of 225 yeas to 180 nays 

with 1 voting ‘‘present’’, Roll No. 687. 

 Pages H10878–88, H10906–07, H10907–08 

Worker, Retiree, and Employer Recovery Act of 

2008: The House agreed to discharge from committee and pass H.R. 7327, to make technical corrections related to the Pension Protection Act of 

2006. Pages H10935–43 

Short-term Analog Flash and Emergency Readiness Act: The House agreed to discharge from committee and pass S. 3663, to require the Federal 

Communications Commission to provide for a shortterm extension of the analog television broadcasting 

authority so that essential public safety announcements and digital television transition information 

may be provided for a short time during the transition to digital television broadcasting. 

 Pages H10943–44 

Making a technical correction in the Paul 

Wellstone and Pete Domenici Mental Health 

Parity and Addiction Equity Act of 2008: The 

House agreed to discharge from committee and pass 

S. 3712, to make a technical correction in the Paul 

Wellstone and Pete Domenici Mental Health Parity 

and Addiction Equity Act of 2008. Page H10944 

Ensuring that the compensation and other 

emoluments attached to the office of Secretary 

of State are those which were in effect on January 1, 2007: The House agreed by unanimous consent to S.J. Res. 46, to ensure that the compensation 

and other emoluments attached to the office of Secretary of State are those which were in effect on January 1, 2007. Pages H10944–45 

Senate Message: Message received from the Senate 

today appears on page H10935. 

Senate Referrals: S. 3731 was referred to the Committee on Financial Services. Page H10957 

Quorum Calls—Votes: Four yea-and-nay votes and 

three recorded votes developed during the proceedings of today and appear on pages H10876, 

H10876–77, H10877–78, H10906–07, 

H10907–08, H10934, and H10935. There were no 

quorum calls. 

Adjournment: The House met at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 10:51 p.m. 

Committee Meetings 

TROUBLED ASSETS RELIEF PROGRAM 

OVERSIGHT 

Committee on Financial Services: Held a hearing entitled ‘‘Oversight Concerns Regarding Treasury Department Conduct of the Troubled Assets Relief Program.’’ Testimony was heard from the following officials of the Congressional Oversight Panel under the 

Emergency Economic Stabilization Act: Representative Hensarling and Elizabeth Warren, Chair; Gene