[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 18 (Thursday, February 17, 2005)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D142-D143]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
AGRICULTURE, RURAL DEVELOPMENT, FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION, AND 
RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural 
Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies held a 
hearing on Office of the Inspector General, Agriculture, Testimony was 
heard from the following officials of the Department of Agriculture: 
Phyllis K. Fong, Inspector General; Joyce Fleischman, Deputy Inspector 
General; Robert Young, Assistant Inspector General, Audit; Mark Woods, 
Assistant Inspector General, Investigations; Walt Kowal, Director, 
Business Management and Procurement; and Dennis Kaplan, Deputy 
Director, Budget, Legislation and Regulatory Systems.
DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense held a hearing on 
the Secretary of Defense. Testimony was heard from the following 
officials of the Department of Defense: Donald Rumsfeld, Secretary; GEN 
Richard B. Myers, USAF, Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff; and Tina W. 
Jonas, Under Secretary, Comptroller.
DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on The Department of Homeland 
Security held a hearing on Department of Homeland Security Management 
and Operations. Testimony was heard from Adm. James Loy, Deputy 
Secretary, Department of Homeland Security.
LABOR, HHS, EDUCATION, AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human 
Services, Education and Related Agencies held a hearing on Corporation 
for Public Broadcasting. Testimony was heard from Kathleen Cox, 
President and CEO, Corporation for Public Broadcasting; Pat Mitchell, 
President and CEO, Public Broadcasting Service; and Kevin Klose, 
President and CEO, National Public Radio.
NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION BUDGET REQUEST FISCAL YEAR 2006
Committee on Armed Services: Held a hearing on the Fiscal Year 2006 
National Defense budget request for the Department of the Navy. 
Testimony was heard from the following officials of the Department of 
the Navy: Gordon R. England, Secretary; ADM Vernon E. Clark, USN, Chief 
of Naval Operations; and GEN Michael W. Hagee, USMC, Commandant, U.S. 
Marine Corps.
DOMESTIC ENTITLEMENTS
Committee on the Budget: Held a hearing on Domestic Entitlements: 
Meeting the Needs. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
JOB TRAINING IMPROVEMENT ACT OF 2005
Committee on Education and the Workforce: Ordered reported, as amended, 
H.R. 27, Job Training Improvement Act of 2005.
HEALTH CARE PRIORITIES FISCAL YEAR 2006
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Held a hearing entitled: ``A Review 
of the Administration's FY 2006 Health Care Priorities.'' Testimony was 
heard from Michael O. Leavitt, Secretary of Health and Human Services.
DIGITAL TELEVISION TRANSITION
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Telecommunications 
and the Internet, hearing entitled ``The Role of Technology in 
Achieving a Hard Deadline for the DTV Transition.'' Testimony was heard 
from Mark L. Goldstein, Director, Physical Infrastructure Issues, GAO; 
and public witnesses.
MONETARY POLICY
Committee on Financial Services: Held a hearing on Monetary Policy and 
the State of the Economy. Testimony was heard from Alan Greenspan, 
Chairman, Board of Governors, Federal Reserve System.
  Prior to the hearing, the Committee met to consider pending Committee 
business.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURE; BUDGET VIEWS AND ESTIMATES; WOUNDED ARMY GUARD 
RESERVE FORCES
Committee on Government Reform: Ordered reported H. Res. 41, Expressing 
the sense of the House of Representatives that a day should be 
established as ``National Tartan Day'' to recognize the outstanding 
achievements and contributions made by Scottish-Americans to the United 
States.
  The Committee approved Budget Views and Estimates for Fiscal Year 
2006 for submission to the Committee on the Budget.
  The Committee also held a hearing entitled ``Wounded Army Guard 
Reserve Forces: Increasing the Capacity to Care.'' Testimony was heard 
from Gregory D. Kutz, Director, Financial Management and Assurance, 
GAO; the following officials of the Department of Defense: Ellen 
Embrey, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Employment Health; Daniel Denning, 
Acting Assistant Secretary, Army, Manpower and Reserve Affairs; LTG 
Franklin L. Hagenbeck, USA, Deputy Chief of Staff, G-1; LTG

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Kevin C. Kiley, M.D., USA, Army Surgeon General; MG Charles Wilson, 
USA, Deputy Commander, Army Reserve Command, Philip E. Sakowitz, Jr., 
Deputy Director, Army Installations Management Agency; BG Raymond C. 
Byrne, Jr., USA, Acting State Adjutant General, Oregon; SFC John Allen, 
USA, B/3/20th Special Forces Group, National Guard, North Carolina; SFC 
Joseph Perez, USA, 72nd Military Police Company, National Guard, 
Nevada; CWO Officer Rodger L. Shuttleworth, USA, Chief, Reserve 
Component Personnel Support Services Branch, Army Human Resources 
Command, National Guardsman, Maryland; and MSG Daniel Forney, USA, 
Reserve Component Liaison, Medical Hold, Walter Reed Medical Center, 
Army Reservist, Pennsylvania.
CONTINUITY OF REPRESENTATION ACT OF 2005
Committee on House Administration: Ordered reported, as amended, H.R. 
841, Continuity of Representation Act of 2005.
INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS BUDGET FISCAL YEAR 2006
Committee on International Relations: Held a hearing on the 
International Relations Budget for Fiscal Year 2006. Testimony was 
heard from Condoleezza Rice, Secretary of State.
NORTH KOREAN NUCLEAR CHALLENGE
Committee on International Relations: Subcommittee on Asia and the 
Pacific and the Subcommittee on International Terrorism and 
Nonproliferation held a joint hearing on the North Korean Nuclear 
Challenge: Is There a Way Forward? Testimony was heard from public 
witnesses.
TRADEMARK DILUTION REVISION ACT
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, and 
Intellectual Property held a hearing on H.R. 683, Trademark Dilution 
Revision Act of 2005. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
OVERSIGHT--HEALTHY FORESTS IMPLEMENTATION
Committee on Resources: Subcommittee on Forests and Forest Health held 
an oversight hearing on GAO Five Year Update on Wildland Fire and 
Forest Service/Bureau of Land Management Accomplishments in 
Implementing the Healthy Forests Restoration Act. Testimony was heard 
from Robin M. Nazzaro, Director, Natural Resources and Environment, 
GAO; Mark Rey, Under Secretary, Natural Resources and Environment, 
USDA; Rebecca Watson, Assistant Secretary, Land and Minerals 
Management, Department of the Interior; and public witnesses.
NASA'S BUDGET PROPOSAL FISCAL YEAR 2006
Committee on Science: Held a hearing on NASA's Fiscal Year 2006 Budget 
Proposal. Testimony was heard from Fred Gregory, Acting Administrator, 
NASA.
MEDICAL LIABILITY REFORM
Committee on Small Business: Held a hearing entitled ``Medical 
Liability Reform: Stopping the Skyrocketing Price of Health Care.'' 
Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
BUDGET VIEWS AND ESTIMATES
Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Began consideration of Budget Views and 
Estimates for Fiscal Year 2006 for submission to the Committee on the 
Budget.
PRESIDENT'S BUDGET FISCAL YEAR 2006--DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN 
SERVICES; BUDGET VIEWS AND ESTIMATES
Committee on Ways and Means: Held a hearing on the President's Fiscal 
Year 2006 Budget for the Department of Health and Human Services. 
Testimony was heard from Michael O. Leavitt, Secretary of Health and 
Human Services.
  The Committee approved Budget Views and Estimates for Fiscal Year 
2006 for submission to the Committee on the Budget.
COMMITTEE ORGANIZATION
Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Trade met for 
organizational purposes.
BRIEFING--GLOBAL UPDATES
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence: Met in executive session 
to receive a briefing on Global Updates. Testimony was heard from 
departmental witnesses.