[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 21 (Tuesday, March 1, 2005)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D154-D155]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION
Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
military strategy and operational requirements from combatant 
commanders in review of the Defense Authorization Request for fiscal 
year 2006, after receiving testimony from General James L. Jones, Jr., 
USMC, Commander, United States European Command, Supreme Allied 
Commander, Europe; General John P. Abizaid, USA, Commander, U.S. 
Central Command; and General Bryan D. Brown, USA, Commander, U.S. 
Special Operations Command.
NOMINATION
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine the nomination of Ronald Rosenfeld, of Oklahoma, to 
be a Director of the Federal Housing Finance Board, after the nominee, 
who was introduced by former Oklahoma Governor Frank Keating, testified 
and answered questions in his own behalf.
BUDGET: DEFENSE
Committee on the Budget: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the 
President's proposed budget for fiscal year 2006 for defense, after 
receiving testimony from Paul Wolfowitz, Deputy Secretary, General 
Peter Pace, Vice Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff, and Tina Jonas, Under 
Secretary (Comptroller), all of the Department of Defense.
BUDGET: DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine the President's proposed budget request for fiscal 
year 2006 for the Department of the Interior, after receiving testimony 
from Gale A. Norton, Secretary, and Lynn Scarlett, Assistant Secretary 
for Policy, Management, and Budget, both of the Department of the 
Interior.
DEFINED BENEFIT PENSION PLAN PROPOSAL
Committee on Finance: Committee held a hearing to examine the financial 
status of Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation and the Administration's 
Defined Benefit Plan Funding Proposal, receiving testimony from Mark J. 
Warshawsky, Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for EconomicPolicy; Ann 
L. Combs, Assistant Secretary of Labor for the Employee Benefits 
Security Administration; Bradley D. Belt, Executive Director, Pension 
Benefit Guaranty Corporation; Larry Zimpleman, Principal Financial 
Group, Des Moines, Iowa, on behalf of the Business Roundtable; Alan 
Reuther, United Auto Workers, Washington, D.C.; and Randall S. 
Kroszner, The University of Chicago Graduate School of Business, 
Chicago, Illinois.
  Hearings recessed subject to the call of the Chair.
FDA's DRUG APPROVAL PROCESS
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee held a 
hearing to examine Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) drug approval 
process, focusing on FDA's drug approval process after a sponsor 
demonstrates that their benefits outweigh their risks for a specific 
population and use, and that the drug meet meets standards for safety 
and efficacy, receiving testimony from Sandra L. Kweder, Deputy 
Director, Office of New Drugs, Food and Drug Administration, Department 
of Health and Human Services; Nancy Davenport-Ennis, National Patient 
Advocate Foundation, Scott Gottlieb, American Enterprise Institute, and 
William B. Schultz, Zuckerman Spaeder, LLP, all of Washington, D.C.; 
Thomas R. Fleming, University of Washington Department of 
Biostatistics, Seattle; David Fassler, University of Vermont College of 
Medicine, Burlington, on behalf of American Academy of Child and 
Adolescent Psychiatry and the American Psychiatric Association; and 
Abbey S. Meyers, National Organization for Rare Disorders, Danbury, 
Connecticut.
  Hearings recessed until Thursday, March 3.
NATIVE HAWAIIAN GOVERNMENT REORGANIZATION ACT
Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
S. 147, to express the policy of the United States regarding the United 
States relationship with Native Hawaiians and to provide a process for 
the recognition by the United States of the Native Hawaiian governing 
entity, after receiving testimony from Representative Case and Delegate 
Faleomavaega; Hawaii Governor Linda Lingle, Hawaii State Attorney 
General Mark Ben,Haunani Apoliona, Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Micah 
Kane, State Department of Hawaiian Home Lands, and Jade Danner, Council 
for Native Hawaiian Advancement, all of Honolulu; Tex Hall, National 
Congress of American Indians, Washington, D.C.; and Julie Kitka, Alaska 
Federation of Natives, Anchorage, Alaska.

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NOMINATION
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
the nomination of William Gerry Myers III, of Idaho, to be United 
States Circuit Judge for the Ninth Circuit, after the nominee, who was 
introduced by Senator Craig, testified and answered questions in his 
own behalf.