[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 14 (Thursday, February 10, 2005)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D80-D81]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
BUDGET: DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION REQUEST
Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
the proposed Defense Authorization Request for Fiscal Year 2006 and the 
Future Years Defense Program, after receiving testimony from General 
Peter J. Schoomaker, USA, Chief of Staff, United States Army; Admiral 
Vernon E. Clark, USN, Chief of Naval Operations; General Michael W. 
Hagee, USMC, Commandant of the Marine Corps; and General John P. 
Jumper, USAF, Chief of Staff, United States Air Force.
MORTGAGE MARKET
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine the role of government-sponsored enterprises in the 
mortgage market, focusing on promoting affordable housing and 
homeownership opportunities for low- and moderate-income Americans, 
after receiving testimony from John C. Weicher, Assistant Secretary of 
Housing and Urban Development, Federal Housing Commissioner; Allen J. 
Fishbein, Consumer Federation of America, and Richard K. Green, George 
Washington University School of Business, both of Washington, D.C.; 
Anthony B. Sanders, The Ohio State University Fisher College of 
Business, Columbus; and Susan M. Wachter, University of Pennsylvania 
Wharton School, Philadelphia.
2006 BUDGET
Committee on the Budget: Committee held a hearing to examine the 
President's proposed budget for fiscal year 2006, after receiving 
testimony from John W. Snow, Secretary of the Treasury.
TSUNAMI RESPONSE
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine lessons learned regarding the tsunami response, focusing on 
inquiries from American citizens, coordinating government-wide 
mechanisms, and engaging the international community, after receiving 
testimony from Senator Frist; Alan Larson, Under Secretary of State for 
Economic, Business, and Agricultural Affairs; Paul Wolfowitz, Deputy 
Secretary of Defense; Andrew S. Natsios, Administrator, U.S. Agency for 
International Development; Daniel Toole, United Nations Children's Fund 
(UNICEF), New York, New York; and Mary E. McClymont, InterAction, and 
Nancy Lindborg, Mercy Corps, both of Washington, D.C.
NEW HUMAN RESOURCES SYSTEM
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Subcommittee 
on Oversight of Government Management, the Federal Workforce and the 
District of Columbia concluded a hearing to examine the new human 
resources system of the Department of Homeland Security, focusing on 
unlocking the potential of employees, pay and performance management, 
adverse actions and appeals, and labor-management relations, after 
receiving testimony from David M. Walker, Comptroller General of the 
United States, Government Accountability Office; Ronald J. James, Chief 
Human Capital Officer, Department of Homeland Security; Ronald P. 
Sanders, Associate Director for Strategic Human Resources Policy, 
Office of Personnel Management; and Darryl A. Perkinson, Federal 
Managers Association, Colleen M. Kelley, National Treasury Employees 
Union, John Gage, American Federation of Government Employees, AFL-CIO, 
Richard N. Brown, National Federation of Federal Employees, and Kim 
Mann, National Association of Agriculture Employees, all of Washington, 
D.C.
BANKRUPTCY REFORM
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
bankruptcy reform, focusing on S. 256, to amend title 11 of the United 
States Code, after receiving testimony from Kenneth H. Beine, Shoreline 
Credit Union, Two Rivers, Wisconsin, on behalf of the Credit Union 
National Association; Maria T. Vullo, Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton and 
Garrison, LLP, New York, New York; Malcolm Bennett, International 
Realty and Investments, Inc., Los Angeles, California, on behalf of 
National Multi Housing Council and National Apartment Association; 
Phillip L. Strauss, National Child Support Enforcement Association, San 
Francisco, California; David McCall, United Steelworkers of America, 
AFL-CIO, Columbus, Ohio; R. Michael Stewart

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Menzies, Sr., Easton Bank and Trust Company, Easton, Maryland, on 
behalf of the Independent Community Bankers of America; Elizabeth 
Warren, Harvard Law School, Cambridge, Massachusetts; and Todd J. 
Zywicki, Georgetown University Law Center, Washington, D.C.
INTELLIGENCE
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee held closed hearings on 
intelligence matters, receiving testimony from officials of the 
intelligence community.
  Committee recessed subject to call.