[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 70 (Tuesday, May 24, 2005)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D535-D536]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science 
and Related Agencies concluded a hearing to examine proposed budget 
estimates for fiscal year 2006 for the Department of Justice, after 
receiving testimony from Alberto R. Gonzales, Attorney General, and 
Robert S. Mueller III, Director, Federal Bureau of Investigations, both 
of the Department of Justice.
U.S. ANTI-DOPING AGENCY
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded 
a hearing to examine S. 529, to designate a United States Anti-Doping 
Agency and to examine the competitive pressures that lead amateur 
athletes to use drugs, the sources of such drugs, and the science of 
doping, after receiving testimony from Jim Scherr, U.S. Olympic 
Committee, and Terrence Madden, U.S. Anti-Doping Agency, both of 
Colorado Springs, Colorado; Roger Blake, California Interscholastic 
Federation, Alameda; Don H. Catlin, University of California at Los 
Angeles Medical School; and Kelli White, Voorhees, New Jersey.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Finance: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the 
nominations of Alex Azar II, of Maryland, to be Deputy Secretary of 
Health and Human Services, who was introduced by Senator Hatch, Timothy 
D. Adams, of Virginia, to be Under Secretary of the Treasury for 
International Affairs, who was introduced by Senator McConnell, Suzanne 
C. DeFrancis, of Maryland, to be Assistant Secretary of Health and 
Human Services for Public Affairs, Charles E. Johnson, of Utah, to be 
Assistant Secretary of Health and Human Services for Budget, 
Technology, and Finance, who was introduced by Senator Hatch, and Shara 
L. Aranoff, of Maryland, to be a Member of the United States 
International Trade Commission, who was introduced by Senator Baucus, 
after the nominees testified and answered questions in their own 
behalf.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine the nominations of Eduardo Aguirre, Jr., of Texas, to be 
Ambassador to Spain and Andorra, who was introduced by Senators 
Hutchison, Cornyn and Martinez; Victoria Nuland, of Connecticut, to be 
Permanent Representative of the United States of America on the Council 
of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, with the rank and status of 
Ambassador, who was introduced by Senator Lieberman; Julie Finley, of 
the District of Columbia, to be U.S. Representative to the Organization 
for Security and Cooperation in Europe, with the rank of Ambassador, 
who was introduced by Senator Warner; and John F. Tefft, of Virginia, 
to be Ambassador to Georgia, and Craig Roberts Stapleton, of 
Connecticut, to be Ambassador to France, after the nominees testified 
and answered questions in their own behalf.
U.S. SPECIAL COUNSEL
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Subcommittee 
on Oversight of Government Management, the Federal Workforce, and the 
District of Columbia concluded a hearing to examine a review of the 
U.S. Office of Special Counsel, focusing on safeguarding the merit 
system by protecting federal employees and applicants from prohibited 
personnel practices, especially reprisal for whistleblowing, after 
receiving testimony from Scott J. Bloch, Special Counsel, U.S. Office 
of Special Counsel.
SPECIALTY HOSPITALS
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Subcommittee 
on Federal Financial Management, Government Information, and 
International Security concluded an oversight hearing to examine the 
competitive effects of specialty hospitals, after receiving testimony 
from John D. Graubert, Principal Deputy General Counsel, Federal Trade 
Commission; Mark E. Miller, Executive Director, Medicare Payment 
Advisory Commission; Regina E. Herzlinger, Harvard Business School, 
Boston, Massachusetts; Stan Pelofsky, Oklahoma Spine Hospital, Oklahoma 
City; John T. Thomas, Baylor Health Care System, Dallas, Texas; William 
G. Plested, American Medical Association, Chicago, Illinois; James E. 
Cain, Lampasas, Texas; and Ed Jungbluth, Albuquerque, New Mexico.

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USA PATRIOT ACT AUTHORIZATION
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine proposed legislation to reauthorize certain provisions of the 
Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools 
Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism (USA PATRIOT) Act of 2001 
and the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004, to 
clarify certain definitions in the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance 
Act of 1978, to provide additional investigative tools necessary to 
protect the national security, after receiving testimony from Valerie 
Caproni, General Counsel, Federal Bureau of Investigation, David S. 
Kris, former Associate Deputy Attorney General, and Daniel P. Collins, 
former Associate Deputy Attorney Chief Privacy Officer, all of the 
Department of Justice; and Joseph Onek, Constitution Project, and James 
X. Dempsey, Center for Democracy and Technology, both of Washington, 
D.C.