[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 53 (Wednesday, April 27, 2005)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D410-D411]
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 concluded 
a hearing to examine the nominations of Thomas C. Dorr, of Iowa, to be 
Under Secretary of Agriculture for Rural Development, and to be a 
Member of the Board of Directors of the Commodity Credit Corporation, 
after the nominee, who was introduced by Senator Grassley, testified 
and answered questions in his own behalf.
APPROPRIATIONS: DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense concluded a 
hearing to examine proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2006 for 
the Department of Defense, after receiving testimony from Donald H. 
Rumsfeld, Secretary, Tina Jonas, Under Secretary (Comptroller), and 
General Richard Myers, Chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff, all 
of the Department of Defense.
CONSTELLATION ARCHITECTURE
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense concluded a closed 
hearing to examine the Constellation Architecture Panel, after 
receiving testimony from General James E. Cartwright, Commander, U.S. 
Strategic Command; Charlie Allen, Deputy Director of Intelligence for 
Collection; Dennis Fitzgerald, Acting Director, National Reconnaissance 
Office; Leo Hazelwood, Constellation Architecture Panel; and Tom 
Boehling, Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence.
APPROPRIATIONS: SAA/CAPITOL POLICE BOARD/CAPITOL GUIDE SERVE
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Legislative Branch 
concluded a hearing to examine proposed budget estimates for fiscal 
year 2006 for activities of the Sergeant at Arms, the U.S. Capitol 
Police Board, and the Capitol Guide Service, after receiving testimony 
from William H. Pickle, Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate, 
Wilson Livingood, Sergeant at Arms of the House of Representatives, and 
Alan Hantman, Architect of the Capitol, all on behalf of the Capitol 
Police Board and Capitol Guide Board; and Terrance Gainer, Chief, U.S. 
Capitol Police.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee ordered 
favorably reported the nominations of Maria Cino, of Virginia, to be 
Deputy Secretary of Transportation, Phyllis F. Scheinberg, of Virginia, 
to be an Assistant Secretary of Transportation, Joseph H. Boardman, of 
New York, to be Administrator of the Federal Railroad Administration 
Department of Transportation, 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.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee ordered 
favorably reported the following bills:

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  S. 655, to amend the Public Health Service Act with respect to the 
National Foundation for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 
with an amendment in the nature of a substitute; and
  S. 898, to amend the Public Health Service Act to authorize a 
demonstration grant program to provide patient navigator services to 
reduce barriers and improve health care outcomes, with an amendment in 
the nature of a substitute.
CHEMICAL FACILITIES SAFETY
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Committee 
concluded a hearing to examine the vulnerability of the United States 
to a chemical attack, focusing on federal and industry efforts to 
address security issues at chemical facilities as targets of terrorism, 
after receiving testimony from Senator Corzine; Carolyn W. Merritt, 
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard 
Investigation Board; John B. Stephenson, Director, Natural Resources 
and Environment, Government Accountability Office; Richard A. 
Falkenrath, The Brookings Institution, Washington, D.C.; and Stephen E. 
Flynn, Council on Foreign Relations, New York, New York.
INDIAN GAMING REGULATION
Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee held an oversight hearing to 
examine the state of Indian gaming regulation, focusing on concerns of 
Congress expressed in the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act regarding the 
operation and regulation of gaming on Indian lands, receiving testimony 
from Philip N. Hogen, Chairman, National Indian Gaming Commission; Earl 
E. Devaney, Inspector General, Department of the Interior; Thomas B. 
Heffelfinger, U.S. Attorney for the District of Minnesota, Department 
of Justice; Norman DesRosiers, Viejas Tribal Government Gaming 
Commission, Alpine, California; Charles Colombe, Rosebud Sioux Tribe, 
Rosebud, South Dakota, and Mark Van Norman, Washington, D.C., both on 
behalf of the National Indian Gaming Association; Kevin K. Washburn, 
University of Minnesota Law School, Minneapolis; and Steven A. Light 
and Kathryn R.L. Rand, School of Law, both of the University of North 
Dakota, Grand Forks.
  Hearings recessed subject to the call.
NOMINATION
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
the nomination of Paul D. Clement, of Virginia, to be Solicitor General 
of the United States, Department of Justice, after the nominee, who was 
introduced by Senator Feingold, testified and answered questions in his 
own behalf.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Rules and Administration: Committee ordered favorably 
reported an original bill, to amend the Federal Election Campaign Act 
of 1971 to clarify when organizations described in section 527 of the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 must register as political committees, in 
lieu of S. 271.
PATRIOT ACT
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine the history and application of the USA PATRIOT Act (Public Law 
107-56) and the importance of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act 
(Public Law 95-511), focusing on their role in improving the ability of 
the intelligence and law enforcement communities to fight the global 
war on terrorism, after receiving testimony from Alberto R. Gonzales, 
Attorney General of the United States, and Robert S. Mueller III, 
Director, Federal Bureau of Investigation, both of the Department of 
Justice; and Porter J. Goss, Director, Central Intelligence Agency.
REDEFINING RETIREMENT
Special Committee on Aging: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
redefining retirement in the 21st century workplace, focusing on 
demographic and labor force trends and the economic and fiscal need to 
increase labor force participation among older workers, after receiving 
testimony from Barbara D. Bovbjerg, Director, Education, Workforce, and 
Income Security, Government Accountability Office; Frank Robinson, 
Washington Nationals, and Douglas Holbrook, AARP Board of Directors, 
both of Washington, D.C.; Kathlyn Peterson, SSM Health Care, Madison, 
Wisconsin; Laurie Barr, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland; 
and Valerie Paganelli, Watson Wyatt Worldwide, Seattle, Washington.