[Congressional Record Volume 150, Number 132 (Wednesday, November 17, 2004)]
[Daily Digest]
[Page D1081]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
IRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN
Committee on Armed Services: Committee received a closed briefing on 
Iraq and Afghanistan from Paul D. Wolfowitz, Deputy Secretary of 
Defense; General Peter Pace, USMC, Vice Chairman, Joint Chiefs of 
Staff; Lieutenant General Lance L. Smith, USAF, Deputy Commander, 
United States Central Command; John E. McLaughlin, Deputy Director, 
Central Intelligence; and Ronald L. Schlicher, Deputy Assistant 
Secretary of State, Coordinator for Iraq, Bureau of Near Eastern 
Affairs.
NOMINATIONS:
Committee on Armed Services: Committee ordered favorably reported the 
nominations of Joseph F. Bader, of the District of Columbia, and R. 
Bruce Matthews, of New Mexico, each to be a Member of the Defense 
Nuclear Facilities Safety Board; and Otis Webb Brawley, Jr., of 
Georgia, and Vinicio E. Madrigal, of Louisiana, each to be a Member of 
the Board of Regents of the Uniformed Services University of the Health 
Sciences; and 459 nominations in the Navy and Air Force.
PRENATAL GENETIC TESTING TECHNOLOGY
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on 
Science, Technology and Space concluded a hearing to examine prenatal 
genetic testing technology, focusing on science, policy and ethics, 
after receiving testimony from Brian Chicoine, Advocate Lutheran 
General Hospital Adult Down Syndrome Center, Park Ridge, Illinois; 
Kathy Hudson, Johns Hopkins University Department of Pediatrics, Andrew 
J. Imparato, American Association of People with Disabilities, and 
Andrew Kimbrell, International Center for Technology Assessment, all of 
Washington, D.C.; Cheryl Sensebrenner, Alexandria, Virginia; and John 
Bruchalski, Fairfax, Virginia.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee met and approved 
sundry Committee resolutions.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee ordered favorably reported S. 
2734, to implement the recommendations of the Inspector General of the 
Department of the Interior regarding Indian Tribal detention 
facilities, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute.
TRIBAL LOBBYING OVERSIGHT
Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee held an oversight hearing on 
lobbying practices involving Indian tribes, focusing on the propriety 
of certain dealings and interactions, especially those relative to 
testimony and evidence in the pending matter In re Tribal Lobbying 
Matters, et. al., receiving testimony from Marc Schwartz, Marc Schwartz 
Partners, Inc., and Carlose Hisa, Yselta del Sur Pueblo, both of El 
Paso, Texas; and Michael Scanlon, Capitol Campaign Strategies, LLC, 
Washington, D.C.