Tuesday, January 20, 2009 Daily Digest

HIGHLIGHTS The House and Senate met for the Inauguration of President Barack Hussein Obama and Vice President Joseph Robinette Biden, Jr. Senate Gary Gensler, of Maryland, to be a Commissioner Chamber Action of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission for Routine Proceedings, pages S661–71 a term expiring April 13, 2012. Nomination—Agreement: A unanimous-consent- Shaun L. S. Donovan, of New York, to be Sec- time agreement was reached providing that at 12 retary of Housing and Urban Development. noon, on Wednesday, January 21, 2009, Senate con- Gary Gensler, of Maryland, to be Chairman of the sider the nomination of Hillary Clinton, to be Sec- Commodity Futures Trading Commission. retary of State, and that there be 3 hours of debate, Arne Duncan, of Illinois, to be Secretary of Edu- with the time equally divided and controlled be- cation. tween the two Leaders, or their designees, and that Austan Dean Goolsbee, of Illinois, to be a Mem- Senate then vote on confirmation of the nomination. ber of the Council of Economic Advisers. Page S670 Timothy F. Geithner, of New York, to be Sec- retary of the Treasury. Nominations Confirmed: Senate confirmed the fol- Robert F. Hale, of Virginia, to be Under Secretary lowing nominations: of Defense (Comptroller). Arne Duncan, of Illinois, to be Secretary of Edu- Eric H. Holder, Jr., of the District of Columbia, cation. to be Attorney General. Janet Ann Napolitano, of Arizona, to be Secretary John P. Holdren, of Massachusetts, to be Director of Homeland Security. of the Office of Science and Technology Policy. Peter R. Orszag, of Massachusetts, to be Director Lisa Perez Jackson, of New Jersey, to be Adminis- of the Office of Management and Budget. trator of the Environmental Protection Agency. Steven Chu, of California, to be Secretary of En- Jeh Charles Johnson, of New York, to be General ergy. Counsel of the Department of the Defense. Thomas J. Vilsack, of Iowa, to be Secretary of Ag- Ronald Kirk, of Texas, to be United States Trade riculture. Representative, with the rank of Ambassador. Kenneth Lee Salazar, of Colorado, to be Secretary Jacob J. Lew, of New York, to be Deputy Sec- of the Interior. retary of State for Management and Resources. Eric K. Shinseki, of Hawaii, to be Secretary of Ray LaHood, of Illinois, to be Secretary of Trans- Veterans Affairs. Pages S663 S671 portation. Nominations Received: Senate received the fol- Jane Lubchenco, of Oregon, to be Under Secretary lowing nominations: of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere. Hillary Rodham Clinton, of New York, to be Sec- Janet Ann Napolitano, of Arizona, to be Secretary retary of State. of Homeland Security. Dennis Cutler Blair, of Pennsylvania, to be Direc- William J. Lynn, III, of the District of Columbia, tor of National Intelligence. to be Deputy Secretary of Defense. Steven Chu, of California, to be Secretary of En- Peter R. Orszag, of Massachusetts, to be Director ergy. of the Office of Management and Budget. Michele A. Flournoy, of Maryland, to be Under Robert L. Nabors II, of New Jersey, to be Deputy Secretary of Defense for Policy. Director of the Office of Management and Budget. Thomas Andrew Daschle, of South Dakota, to be Susan E. Rice, of the District of Columbia, to be Secretary of Health and Human Services. the Representative of the United States of America D53

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to the United Nations, with the rank and status of Eric K. Shinseki, of Hawaii, to be Secretary of Ambassador, and the Representative of the United Veterans Affairs. States of America in the Security Council of the Daniel K. Tarullo, of Massachusetts, to be Mem- United Nations. ber of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve Cecilia Elena Rouse, of California, to be Member System for a term of fourteen years from February 1, of the Council of Economic Advisers. 2008. Susan E. Rice, of the District of Columbia, to be Hilda L. Solis, of California, to be Secretary of Representative of the United States of America to Labor. the Sessions of the General Assembly of the United Thomas J. Vilsack, of Iowa, to be Secretary of Ag- Nations during her tenure of service as Representa- riculture. Page S671 tive of the United States of America to the United Additional Cosponsors: Page S670 Nations. Additional Statements: Pages S663–67 Mary L. Schapiro, of the District of Columbia, to be a Member of the Securities and Exchange Com- Adjournment: Senate convened at 3 p.m. and ad- mission for a term expiring June 5, 2014. journed at 3:58 p.m., until 12 p.m. on Wednesday, January 21, 2009. (For Senate’s program, see the re- Christina Duckworth Romer, of California, to be marks of the Acting Majority Leader in today’s a Member of the Council of Economic Advisers. Record on page S671.) James Braidy Steinberg, of Texas, to be Deputy Secretary of State. Kenneth Lee Salazar, of Colorado, to be Secretary Committee Meetings of the Interior. (Committees not listed did not meet) Nancy Helen Sutley, of California, to be a Mem- ber of the Council on Environmental Quality. No committee meetings were held. h House of Representatives Quorum Calls—Votes: There were no Yea and Nay Chamber Action votes, and there were no Recorded votes. There were Public Bills and Resolutions Introduced: There no quorum calls. were no bills or resolutions introduced. Adjournment: The House met at 10 a.m. and at Additional Cosponsors: Page H390 12:47 p.m., pursuant to H. Res. 61, it stands ad- Reports Filed: There were no reports filed today. journed until 12 noon on Wednesday, January 21, 2009. Speaker: Read a letter from the Speaker wherein she appointed Representative Castello to act as Speaker Pro Tempore for today. Page H389 Committee Meetings Committee Resignation: Read a letter from Rep- No committee meetings were held. resentative Scalise, wherein he resigned from the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure Joint Meetings and Veterans’ Affairs. Page H389 No joint committee meetings were held. Committee Resignation: Read a letter from Rep- f resentative Daniel E. Lungren (CA), wherein he re- signed from the Committee on the Budget. COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR WEDNESDAY, Page H389 JANUARY 21, 2009 Inauguration Ceremonies: Pursuant to H. Res. 23, (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated) the House proceeded in a body to the Inauguration Ceremony for President Barack Obama and Vice Senate President Joseph Biden. Pages H389–90 Committee on the Budget: to hold hearings to examine ad- dressing short-and long-term fiscal challenges, 10 a.m., SD–608.

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