[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 2 (Thursday, January 6, 2005)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D12-D13]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
NOMINATION
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: Committee ordered 
favorably reported the nomination of Mike Johanns, of Nebraska, to be 
Secretary of Agriculture.
  Prior to this action, committee concluded hearings on the nomination 
of Mr. Johanns, after the nominee, who was introduced by Senators Hagel 
and Nelson (NE), testified and answered questions in his own behalf.

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TSUNAMI RELIEF EFFORTS/IRAQ
Committee on Armed Services: on Wednesday, January 5, Committee met in 
closed session to receive a briefing on U.S. Government tsunami relief 
efforts in the Indian Ocean region, on the situation in Iraq and 
Afghanistan, and on other significant military issues around the world 
from Peter W. Rodman, Assistant Secretary of Defense for International 
Security Affairs; Admiral Thomas B. Fargo, USN, Commander, U.S. Pacific 
Command; Lieutenant General James T. Conway, USMC, Director for 
Operations, J3, and Major General Ronald L. Burgess, Jr., USA, Director 
for Intelligence, J2, both of The Joint Staff; Evans J. R. Revere, 
Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs; 
and Ronald L. Schlicher, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Iraq.
NOMINATION
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee ordered 
favorably reported the nomination of Carlos M. Gutierrez, of Michigan, 
to be Secretary of Commerce.
  Prior to this action, on Wednesday, January 5, Committee concluded a 
hearing on the nomination of Mr. Gutierrez, after the nominee, who was 
introduced by Senators Levin and Stabenow, testified and answered 
questions in his own behalf.
NOMINATION
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee ordered 
favorably reported the nomination of Margaret Spellings, of Texas, to 
be Secretary of Education.
  Prior to this action, committee concluded hearings on the nomination 
of Ms. Spellings, after the nominee, who was introduced by Senator 
Cornyn, testified and answered questions in her own behalf.
NOMINATION
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
the nomination of Alberto R. Gonzales, of Texas, to be Attorney General 
of the United States, after the nominee, who was introduced by Senators 
Cornyn and Salazar, testified and answered questions in his own behalf. 
Testimony was also received from Admiral John D. Hutson, USN (Ret.), 
Franklin Pierce Law Center, Concord, New Hampshire; Harold Hongju Koh, 
Yale Law School, New Haven, Connecticut; and Douglas A. Johnson, Center 
of Victims of Torture, Minneapolis, Minnesota.