[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 62 (Thursday, May 12, 2005)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D475-D476]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
APPROPRIATIONS: AMTRAK
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Transportation, Treasury, 
The Judiciary, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies 
concluded a hearing to examine proposed budget estimates for fiscal 
year 2006 for the National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak), 
after receiving testimony from David L. Gunn, President and Chief 
Executive Officer, and David M. Laney, Chairman of the Board of 
Directors, both of Amtrak; and Jeffrey A. Rosen, General Counsel, and 
Kenneth M. Mead, Inspector General, both of the Department of 
Transportation.
APPROPRIATIONS: NASA
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, and 
Science, concluded a hearing to examine proposed budget estimates for 
fiscal year 2006 for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 
after receiving testimony from Michael D. Griffin, Administrator, 
National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
APPROPRIATIONS: DEPARTMENT OF STATE
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, 
and Related Programs concluded a hearing to examine proposed budget 
estimates for fiscal year 2006 for the Department of State and Foreign 
Operations, after receiving testimony from Condoleezza Rice, Secretary 
of State.
AUTHORIZATION--NATIONAL DEFENSE
Committee on Armed Services: Committee ordered favorably reported the 
following bills: An original bill entitled ``National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2006''; An original bill entitled 
``Department of Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2006''; An 
original bill entitled ``Military Construction Authorization Act for 
Fiscal Year 2006''; and An original bill entitled ``Department of 
Energy National Security Act for Fiscal Year 2006''.
TRUTH IN BROADCASTING ACT
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded 
a hearing to examine S. 967, to amend the Communications Act of 1934 to 
ensure that prepackaged news stories contain announcements that inform 
viewers that the information within was provided by the United States 
Government, after receiving testimony from Jonathan S. Adelstein, 
Commissioner, and Austin C. Schlick,

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Acting General Counsel, both of the Federal Communications Commission; 
Susan A. Poling, Managing Associate General Counsel, Government 
Accountability Office; Barbara Cochran, Radio-Television News Directors 
Association, Washington, D.C.; Douglas Simon, D S Simon Productions, 
Inc., New York, New York; and Judith T. Phair, Public Relations Society 
of America, Laurel, Maryland.
NOMINATION
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee ordered reported, without 
recommendation, the nominations of John Robert Bolton, of Maryland, to 
be the U.S. Representative to the United Nations, with the rank and 
status of Ambassador, and the U.S. Representative in the Security 
Council of the United Nations, and to be U.S. Representative to the 
Sessions of the General Assembly of the United Nations during his 
tenure of service as U.S. Representative to the United Nations.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee ordered favorably reported the 
nomination of William H. Pryor, Jr., of Alabama, to be United States 
Circuit Judge for the Eleventh Circuit.
  Also, Committee resumed its markup of S. 852, to create a fair and 
efficient system to resolve claims of victims for bodily injury caused 
by asbestos exposure, but did not complete action thereon, and recessed 
subject to the call.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
the nominations of Rachel Brand, of Iowa, who was introduced by 
Senators Grassley and Harkin, Alice S. Fisher, of Virginia, who was 
introduced by Senator McConnell, and Regina B. Schofield, of Virginia, 
who was introduced by Senators Cochran and Lott, each to be an 
Assistant Attorney General, Department of Justice, after the nominees 
testified and answered questions in their own behalf.
VETERANS LONG TERM CARE
Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine issues relating to the planning, providing, and paying for 
veterans' long-term care services, after receiving testimony from 
Jonathan B. Perlin, Under Secretary of Veterans Affairs for Health; 
Lourdes E. Alvarado-Ramos, Washington State Department of Veterans 
Affairs, Seattle, on behalf of the National Association of State 
Veterans Homes; and Joshua M. Wiener, RTI International, Fred Cowell, 
Paralyzed Veterans of America, and Donald L. Mooney, The American 
Legion, all of Washington, D.C.
HIV/AIDS
Special Committee on Aging: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
the threat of HIV affecting people over fifty, focusing on U.S. HIV/
AIDS trends, specifically among persons 50 years and older, and the 
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention efforts for people in this 
age group who are at high risk for acquiring and transmitting HIV, 
after receiving testimony from Robert S. Janssen, Director, Division of 
HIV/AIDS Prevention, National Center for Infectious Diseases, 
Coordinating Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention, Department of Health and Human Services; Thomas 
Bruner, Cascade AIDS Project, Portland, Oregon; Jeanine M. Reilly, 
Broadway House for Continuing Care, Newark, New Jersey; and Shirley 
Royster, Boston, Massachusetts.