[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 65 (Tuesday, May 17, 2005)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D495-D496]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
CAPITOL VISITOR CENTER
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Legislative Branch 
concluded a hearing to examine the progress of the Capitol Visitor 
Center, after receiving testimony from Alan Hantman, Architect of the 
Capitol; and David M. Walker, Comptroller General of the United States, 
Government Accountability Office.
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 numerous 
public witnesses.
CREDIT CARDS
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine the current legal and regulatory requirements and 
industry practices for credit card issuers with respect to consumer 
disclosures and marketing efforts, after receiving testimony from 
Senators Akaka and Feinstein; Edward M. Gramlich, Member, Board of 
Governors of the Federal Reserve System; Julie L. Williams, Acting 
Comptroller of the Currency, Department of the Treasury; Antony 
Jenkins, Citi Cards, Sioux Falls, South Dakota; Travis B. Plunkett, 
Consumer Federation of America, Edmund Mierzwinski, U.S. Public 
Interest Research Group, and Linda Sherry, Consumer Action, all of 
Washington, D.C.; Louis J. Freeh, MBNA Corporation, and Carter Franke, 
Chase Bank U.S.A., both of Wilmington, Delaware; Robert D. Manning, 
Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, New York; and Marge 
Connelly, Capital One Financial Corporation, Richmond, Virginia.
PORT SECURITY
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded 
a hearing to examine measures that have been taken since September 11, 
2001, to secure our nation's ports, focusing on the implementation of 
the Maritime Transportation Security Act and vulnerabilities that 
remain in the maritime transportation sector, after receiving testimony 
from Representative Ruppersberger; Robert M. Jacksta, Executive 
Director, Border Security and Facilitation, U.S. Customs and Border 
Security, Rear Admiral Larry Hereth, U.S. Coast Guard, and Richard L.

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Skinner, Acting Inspector General, Office of Inspector General, all of 
the Department of Homeland Security; Margaret T. Wrightson, Director, 
Homeland Security and Justice Issues, Government Accountability Office; 
Jean Godwin, American Association of Port Authorities, Alexandria, 
Virginia; and Christopher Koch, World Shipping Council, Washington, 
D.C.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee began markup of 
proposed comprehensive energy legislation, focusing on provisions 
relating to Indian Energy, Department of Energy Management, and 
Personnel and Training, but did not complete action thereon, and will 
meet again tomorrow.
NUCLEAR SECURITY
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee concluded a closed 
hearing to examine nuclear security issues, receiving testimony from 
officials of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
COMMISSION FOR AFRICA
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine the Commission for Africa, recommendations for a coherent 
strategy for African development and reform, after receiving testimony 
from former Senator Nancy Kassebaum-Baker, and Tidjane Thiam, Aviva, 
London, United Kingdom, both on behalf of the Commission for Africa; 
and Nancy Birdsall, Center for Global Development, Washington, D.C.
OIL FOR FOOD
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Permanent 
Subcommittee on Investigations held a hearing to examine the United 
Nations' Oil-for-Food Program, the illegal surcharges paid on Iraqi oil 
sales, and the nature and extent of the 2003 Khor al-Amaya incident, 
receiving testimony from George Galloway, Member of Parliament for 
Bethnal Green and Bow, Great Britain; and Mark L. Greenblatt, Counsel, 
Dan M. Berkovitz, Counsel to the Minority, and Steven A. Groves, 
Counsel, all of the U.S. Senate Permanent Subcommittee on 
Investigations.
  Hearing recessed subject to the call.
OLDER AMERICANS ACT REAUTHORIZATION
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Subcommittee on 
Retirement Security and Aging held a hearing to examine the 
Administration's recommendations for the Older Americans Act 
Reauthorization, focusing on the National Family Caregiver Support 
Program, primary long-term care issues, and the aging population and 
workforce, receiving testimony from Josefina Carbonell, Assistant 
Secretary of Health and Human Services for Aging; and Emily DeRocco, 
Assistant Secretary of Labor for Employment and Training.
  Hearing recessed subject to the call.
IMMIGRATION REFORM
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Immigration, Border 
Security and Citizenship and the Subcommittee on Terrorism, Technology 
and Homeland Security held a joint hearing to examine strengthening our 
national security, regarding the need for comprehensive immigration 
reform, receiving testimony from Asa Hutchinson, Venable, LLP, 
Washington, D.C., former Under Secretary of Homeland Security for 
Border and Transportation Security; Margaret D. Stock, United States 
Military Academy, West Point, New York, on behalf of the American 
Immigration Lawyers Association; and Mark K. Reed, Border Management 
Strategies, LLC, Tucson, Arizona.
  Hearing recessed subject to the call.
BUSINESS MEETING
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee met in closed session to 
consider pending intelligence matters.
  Committee recessed subject to the call.