[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 42 (Tuesday, April 12, 2005)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D318-D319]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
APPROPRIATIONS: DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural 
Development, and Related Agencies concluded a hearing to examine 
proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2006 for the Department of 
Agriculture, after receiving testimony from Mike Johanns, Secretary of 
Agriculture.
IRAQI SECURITY FORCES
Committee on Armed Services: Committee met in closed session to receive 
a briefing regarding assessment of Iraqi Security Forces from General 
Gary E. Luck, USA (Ret.), Peter W. Rodman, Assistant Secretary of 
Defense for International Security Affairs, Lieutenant General Raymond 
T. Odierno, USA, Assistant to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of 
Staff, and Lieutenant General Walter L. Sharp, USA, Director of 
Strategic Plans and Policy, J-5, The Joint Staff.
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on SeaPower concluded closed 
and open hearings to examine Navy shipbuilding and industrial base 
status in review of the Defense Authorization Request for fiscal year 
2006, after receiving testimony from Admiral Vernon E. Clark, USN, 
Chief of Naval Operations, United States Navy; Ronald O'Rourke, 
National Defense Specialist, Congressional Research Service, Library of 
Congress; Michael W. Toner, General Dynamics Corporation, Falls Church, 
Virginia; and Philip A. Dur, Northrop Grumman Ship Systems, Pascagoula, 
Mississippi.
NOMINATIONS:
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded 
a hearing to examine the nominations of Michael D. Griffin, of 
Virginia, to be Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space 
Administration, who was introduced by Senators Mikulski and Sarbanes; 
Joseph H. Boardman, of New York, to be Administrator of the Federal 
Railroad Administration, Department of Transportation, who was 
introduced by Senator Schumer; Nancy Ann Nord, of the District of 
Columbia, to be a Commissioner of the Consumer Product Safety 
Commission, and William Cobey, of North Carolina, to be a Member of the 
Board of Directors of the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority, 
who was introduced by Senators Dole and Burr, after the nominees 
testified and answered questions in their own behalf.
OIL RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine developing a reliable supply of oil from domestic 
oil shale and oil sands resources, focusing on opportunities to advance 
technology that will facilitate environmentally friendly development of 
oil shale and oil sands resources, after receiving testimony from Mark 
Maddox, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Energy for Fossil 
Energy; Ted Barna, Assistant Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for 
Nuclear, Biological, and Chemical Technology; Thomas Lonnie, Assistant 
Director, Minerals, Realty, and Resource Protection, Bureau of Land 
Management, Department of the Interior; Russell George, Colorado 
Department of Natural Resources, Denver; Stephen Mut, Shell Exploration 
and Production Company, Washington, D.C.; Jim Evans, Associated 
Governments of Northwestern Colorado, Rifle; and Steve Smith, The 
Wilderness Society, Denver, Colorado.
NATIONAL MALL
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Subcommittee on National 
Parks concluded a hearing to examine management and planning issues for 
the National Mall, including the history of the development, security 
projects and other planned construction, and future development plans, 
after receiving testimony from John Parsons, Associate Regional 
Director, Lands, Resources, and Planning, National Capital Region, 
National Park Service, Department of the Interior; and W. Kent Cooper, 
National Mall Third Century Initiative, John V. Cogbill, III, National 
Capital Planning Commission, and David M. Childs, Commission of Fine 
Arts, all of Washington, D.C.
NOMINATION
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded hearings to examine 
the nominations of John Robert Bolton, of Maryland, to be U.S. 
Representative to

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United Nations, with the rank and status of Ambassador and U.S. 
Representative in the Security Council of the United Nations, and 
Representative to the Sessions of the General Assembly of the United 
Nations during his tenure of service as Representative of the United 
States of America to the United Nations, after the nominee further 
testified and answered questions in his own behalf. Testimony was also 
received from Carl W. Ford, Jr., former Assistant Secretary of State 
for Intelligence and Research.
NOMINATION
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee concluded open and closed 
hearings to examine the nomination of John D. Negroponte, of New York, 
to be Director of National Intelligence, after the nominee, who was 
introduced by Senator Stevens, testified and answered questions in his 
own behalf.
RETIREMENT PLANS
Special Committee on Aging: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
the role of employer-sponsored retirement plans in increasing national 
savings, focusing on 401(k) plans, individual retirement accounts 
(IRAs), and financial literacy, after receiving testimony from Mark J. 
Warshawsky, Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Economic Policy; 
and J. Mark Iwry, The Brookings Institution, C. Eugene Steuerle, The 
Urban Institute, and James A. Klein, American Benefits Council, and 
John M. Kimpel, Fidelity Investments, all of Washington, D.C.