10/15/09 2:30 PMLocation : SD-419
Hearings to examine United States international broadcasting into the war zones, focusing on Iraq and
Afghanistan.
Location : SR-253
Hearings to examine the nominations of Erroll G. Southers, of California, to be Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security, Patrick Gallagher, of Maryland, to be Director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology, Department of Commerce,
and Paul K. Martin, of Maryland, to be Inspector General, and Elizabeth M. Robinson, of Virginia, to be Chief Financial Officer, both of the National Aeronautics and Space
Administration.
Location : S-407
Closed hearings to consider certain intelligence
matters.
10/15/09 10:30 AMLocation : SD-430
Hearings to examine equal health care for equal premiums, focusing on
women.
10/15/09 10:00 AMLocation : SD-419
Hearings to examine drought, flooding and refugees, focusing on the impacts of climate
change.
Location : SD-628
Hearings to examine health care solutions for America's small
businesses.
Location : SD-215
Hearings to examine the nominations of Jim R. Esquea, of New York, to be Assistant Secretary for Legislation, Ellen Gloninger Murray, of Virginia, to be Assistant Secretary for Resources and Technology, and Bryan Hayes Samuels, of Illinois, to be
Commissioner on Children, Youth, and Families, all of the Department of Health and Human
Services.
Location : SD-226
Business meeting to consider S.448 and H.R.985, bills to maintain the free flow of information to the public by providing conditions for the federally compelled disclosure of information by certain persons connected with the news media, S.369, to
prohibit brand name drug companies from compensating generic drug companies to delay the entry of a generic drug into the market, and S.379, to provide fair compensation to artists for use of their sound recordings, and the nominations of Jacqueline
H. Nguyen and Dolly M. Gee, both to be a United States District Judge for the Central District of California, and Edward Milton Chen and Richard Seeborg, both to be a United States District Judge for the Northern District of
California.
Location : SD-342
Hearings to examine S.1102, to provide benefits to domestic partners of Federal
employees.
