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Administration: Representatives Daniel E. Lungren 

(CA), McCarthy (CA), and Harper. Committee on 

the Judiciary: Representatives Sensenbrenner, Coble, 

Gallegly, Goodlatte, Daniel E. Lungren (CA), Issa, 

Forbes, King (IA), Franks (AZ), Gohmert, Jordan 

(OH), Poe (TX), Chaffetz, Rooney, and Harper. 

Committee on Natural Resources: Young (AK), 

Gallegly, Duncan, Flake, Brown (SC), McMorris 

Rodgers, Gohmert, Bishop (UT), Shuster, Lamborn, 

Smith (NE), Wittman, Broun (GA), Fleming, 

Coffman (CO), Chaffetz, Lummis, McClintock, and 

Cassidy. Committee on Oversight and Government 

Reform: Representatives Burton (IN), McHugh, 

Mica, Souder, Platts, Duncan, Turner, Westmoreland, McHenry, Foxx, Bilbray, Jordan (OH), Flake, 

Fortenberry, and Chaffetz. Committee on Rules: 

Representatives Lincoln Diaz-Balart (FL) and Sessions. Committee on Science and Technology: Representatives Sensenbrenner, Smith (TX), Rohrabacher, Bartlett, Ehlers, Lucas, Biggert, Akin, 

Neugebauer, Inglis, McCaul, Mario Diaz-Balart (FL), 

Bilbray, Broun (GA), and Olson. Committee on 

Small Business: Representatives Bartlett, Akin, King 

(IA), Westmoreland, Gohmert, Fallin, Buchanan, 

Luetkemeyer, Schock, and Thompson (PA). Committee on Standards of Official Conduct: Representatives Bonner, Barrett (SC), Kline (MN), Conaway, 

and Dent. Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure: Representatives Young (AK), Petri, Coble, 

Duncan, Ehlers, LoBiondo, Moran (KS), Gary G. 

Miller (CA) (when sworn), Brown (SC), Johnson (IL), 

Platts, Graves, Shuster, Boozman, Capito, Gerlach, 

Mario Diaz-Balart (FL), Dent, Mack, Westmoreland, 

Schmidt, Miller (MI), Fallin, Buchanan, Latta, 

Scalise, Cao, Guthrie, and Schock. Committee on 

Veterans’ Affairs: Representatives Stearns, Moran 

(KS), Brown (SC), Miller (FL), Boozman, Turner, 

Bilbray, Bilirakis, Buchanan, and Scalise. Committee 

on Ways and Means: Representatives Herger, Sam 

Johnson (TX), Brady (TX), Ryan (WI), Cantor, Linder, Nunes, Tiberi, Ginny Brown-Waite (FL), Davis 

(KY), Reichert, Boustany, Heller, and Roskam. 

 Pages H139–40 

Meeting Hour: Agreed that when the House adjourns today, it adjourn to meet at 12:30 p.m. on 

Tuesday, January 13 for morning hour debate. 

 Page H141 

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

and one recorded vote developed during the proceedings of today and appear on pages H136–37, 

H137, H138 and H138–39. There were no quorum 

calls. 

Adjournment: The House met at 9 a.m. and adjourned at 4:40 p.m. 

Committee Meetings 

FHA OVERSIGHT OF LOAN ORIGINATORS 

Committee on Financial Services: Met to discuss ‘‘FHA 

Oversight of Loan Originators.’’ The following officials of the Department of Housing and Urban Development participated in the discussion: Phillip 

Murray, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Single Family 

Housing; and James A. Heist, Assistant Inspector 

General, Audit, Office of Inspector General; and 

non-governmental persons. 

Joint Meetings 

No joint committee meetings were held. 

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CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD 

Week of January 11 through January 17, 2009 

Senate Chamber 

On Sunday, at approximately 2 p.m., Senate will 

vote on the motion to invoke cloture on the motion 

to proceed to consideration of S. 22, Lands Bill. 

During the balance of the week, Senate may consider any cleared legislative and executive business. 

Senate Committees 

(Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated) 

Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: January 

14, to hold hearings to examine the nomination of 

Thomas J. Vilsack, to be Secretary of Agriculture, 10 

a.m., SD–G50. 

Committee on Armed Services: January 15, to hold 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, 9:30 a.m., SD–106. 

Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: January 13, to hold hearings to examine the nomination of 

Shaun Donovan, of New York, to be Secretary of Housing 

and Urban Development, 10 a.m., SD–538. 

January 15, Full Committee, to hold 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, 10 a.m., SD–538. 

Committee on the Budget: January 13, to hold hearings to 

examine the nominations of Peter R. Orszag, of Massachusetts, to be Director, and Robert L. Nabors II, of New 

Jersey, to be Deputy Director, both of the Office of Management and Budget, 9 a.m., SD–608. 


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January 15, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the debt outlook and its implications for policy, 10 

a.m., SD–608. 

Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: January 13, 

to hold hearings to examine the nomination of Steven 

Chu, to be Secretary of Energy, 10 a.m., SD–366. 

January 15, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the nomination of Ken Salazar to be Secretary of the 

Interior, 9:30 a.m., SD–366. 

Committee on Environment and Public Works: January 14, 

to hold hearings to examine the nominations of Lisa P. 

Jackson, to be Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, and Nancy Helen Sutley, to be Chairman 

of the Council on Environmental Quality, 10 a.m., 

SD–406. 

Committee on Foreign Relations: January 13, to hold hearings to examine the nomination of Hillary R. Clinton, to 

be Secretary of State, 9:30 a.m., SH–216. 

January 15, Full Committee, 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, 9:30 a.m., SH–216. 

Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: January 13, to hold hearings to examine the nomination of 

Arne Duncan to be Secretary of Education, 10 a.m., 

SD–430. 

January 14, Full Committee, business meeting to consider pending calendar business, 10 a.m., SD–430. 

January 15, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine investing in health information technology (IT), focusing on stimulus for a healthier America, 10 a.m., 

SD–430. 

Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: 

January 14, to hold hearings to examine the nominations 

of Peter R. Orszag, of Massachusetts, to be Director, and 

Robert L. Nabors II, of New Jersey, to be Deputy Director, both of the Office of Management and Budget, 2 

p.m., SD–342. 

January 15, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the nomination of Janet A. Napolitano, to be Secretary of Homeland Security, 10 a.m., SD–342. 

Committee on Indian Affairs: January 15, to hold hearings to examine job creation and economic stimulus in 

Indian country, 2:30 p.m., SD–628. 

Committee on the Judiciary: January 15, to hold hearings 

to examine the nomination of Eric H. Holder, to be Attorney General of the United States, 9:30 a.m., SR–325. 

Committee on Veterans’ Affairs: January 14, to hold hearings to examine the nomination of Eric Shinseki, to be 

Secretary of Veterans Affairs, 10 a.m., SD–106. 

House Committees 

Committee on Armed Services, January 14, to meet for organizational purposes, 10 a.m., 2118 Rayburn. 

Committee on Energy and Commerce, January 15, hearing 

entitled ‘‘The U.S. Climate Action Partnership,’’ 10:30 

a.m., 2123 Rayburn. 

Committee on Financial Services, January 13, to meet to 

discuss ‘‘Priorities for the Next Administration: Use of 

TARP Funds under EESA,’’ 2 p.m., 2128 Rayburn. 

Committee on Rules, January 13, to consider the following: H.R. 384, TARP Reform and Accountability Act 

of 2009; and the Children’s Health Insurance Program 

Reauthorization Act of 2009, 5 p.m., H–313 Capitol. 

Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming, January 15, to meet for organizational purposes; followed by a hearing on ‘‘Reinvigorating the Economy 

through Stimulus Legislation: Opportunities for All,’’ 

1:45 p.m., room to be announced. 


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