[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 67 (Thursday, May 19, 2005)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D515-D516]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
APPROPRIATIONS: EPA
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Interior and Related 
Agencies concluded a hearing to examine proposed budget estimates for 
fiscal year 2006 for the Environmental Protection Agency, after 
receiving testimony from Steven L. Johnson, Administrator, 
Environmental Protection Agency.
REGULATION NMS
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded 
hearings to examine Regulation National Market System (NMS) designed to 
strengthen our national market system for equity securities, focusing 
on recent market developments, after receiving testimony from William 
H. Donaldson, Chairman, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee continued markup 
of proposed comprehensive energy legislation, focusing on provisions 
relating to Energy Efficiency and Electricity, but did not complete 
action thereon, and will meet again on Tuesday, May 24.
ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Subcommittee on Fisheries, 
Wildlife, and Water concluded an oversight hearing to examine the 
implementation of the Endangered Species Act (Public Law 93-205), 
focusing on successes and shortcomings of the Act, and possible 
improvements to ensure species protection in the future, after 
receiving testimony from Senator Crapo; Craig Manson, Assistant 
Secretary of the Interior for Fish and Wildlife and Parks; James H. 
Lecky, Senior Advisor for Intergovernmental Programs, National Marine 
Fisheries Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 
Department of Commerce; Robin M. Nazzaro, Director, Natural Resources 
and Environment, Government Accountability Office; John F. Kostyack, 
National Wildlife Federation, Jamie Rappaport Clark, Defenders of 
Wildlife, and Monita Fontaine, National Endangered Species Act Reform 
Coalition, all of Washington, D.C.; and Reed Hopper, Pacific Legal 
Foundation, Sacramento, California.
IRAN
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded hearings to examine 
weapons proliferation, terrorism and democracy in Iran, after receiving 
testimony from R. Nicholas Burns, Under Secretary of State for 
Political Affairs; and Geoffrey Kemp, The Nixon Center, Gary Milhollin, 
Wisconsin Project on Nuclear Arms Control, George Perkovich, Carnegie 
Endowment for International Peace, and Abbas William Samii, Radio Free 
Europe/Radio Liberty, all of Washington, D.C.
  Also, committee met in closed session to receive a briefing on 
weapons proliferation, terrorism and democracy in Iran from officials 
of the intelligence community.
NOMINATION
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Committee 
concluded a hearing to examine the nomination of Philip J. Perry, of 
Virginia, to be General Counsel, Department of Homeland Security, after 
the nominee, who was introduced by Senator Warner, testified and 
answered questions in his own behalf.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Committee 
concluded a hearing to examine the nominations of Carolyn L. Gallagher, 
of Texas, who was introduced by Senator Cornyn, and Louis J. Giuliano, 
of New York, who was introduced by Senator Warner, each to be a 
Governor of the United States Postal Service, and Tony Hammond, of 
Virginia, to be a Commissioner of the Postal Rate Commission, who was 
introduced by Senator Bond, after the nominees testified and answered 
questions in their own behalf.
AMERICAN WORKFORCE
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee met to 
discuss issues relating to higher education and corporate leaders, 
focusing on defining the roles industry and institutions of higher 
education will have to ensure that the United States has

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the skilled and diverse workforce it will need to succeed today and in 
the future, after receiving testimony from Louis Caldera, University of 
New Mexico, Albuquerque; Robert Craves, Washington Education 
Foundation, Issaquah, Washington; Edward J. Hoff, IBM, Armonk, New 
York; Edison Jackson, Medgar Evers College--City University of New 
York, Brooklyn; Patricia McGuire, Trinity University, Washington, D.C.; 
James Mullen, Biogen Idec, Cambridge, Massachusetts; Walter Nolte, 
Casper College, Casper, Wyoming; Laura Palmer-Noone, University of 
Phoenix, Phoenix, Arizona; Charles B. Reed, California State 
University, Long Beach; and Patrick J. Sweeney, Odin Technologies, 
Reston, Virginia.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee resumed 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.