[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 71 (Wednesday, May 25, 2005)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D544-D546]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
GRAIN STANDARDS ACT REAUTHORIZATION
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: Committee concluded 
a hearing to examine the proposed reauthorization of the U.S. Grain 
Standards Act, focusing on the Federal Grain Inspection Service, and 
mandatory export inspection and weighing services, after receiving 
testimony from David R. Shipman, Acting Administrator, Grain 
Inspection, Packers, and Stockyards Administration, Department of 
Agriculture; Jerry D. Gibson, Bunge North America, Inc., Destrehan, 
Louisiana, on behalf of the National Grain and Feed Association, and 
the North American Export Grain Association; Thomas Dahl, American 
Association of Grain Inspection and Weighing Agencies, Sioux City, 
Iowa; and Garry Niemeyer, National Corn Growers Association, Glenarm, 
Illinois.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Armed Services: Committee ordered favorably reported the 
nomination of Kenneth J. Krieg, of Virginia, to be Under Secretary of 
Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics, and 661 nominations 
in the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine the nominations of Ben S. Bernanke, of New Jersey, 
to be a Member of the Council of Economic Advisers, and Brian D. 
Montgomery, of Texas, to be Assistant Secretary of Housing, Federal 
Housing Commissioner, Department of Housing and Urban Development, who 
was introduced by Senator Cornyn, after the nominees testified and 
answered questions in their own behalf.
COASTAL ZONE MANAGEMENT ACT
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded 
a hearing to examine S.360, to reauthorize and amend the Coastal Zone 
Management Act, after receiving testimony from Thomas Kitsos, Associate 
Deputy Assistant Administrator, National Ocean Service, National 
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce; Walter 
D. Cruickshank, Deputy Director, Minerals Management Service, 
Department of the Interior; Bill Jeffress, Alaska Department of Natural 
Resources, Anchorage; W. Donald Hudson, Jr., Maine State Planning 
Office, Augusta; Sarah W. Cooksey, Delaware Coastal Programs, Dover, on 
behalf of the Coastal States Organization; Tom Fry, National Ocean 
Industries Association, Washington, D.C.; and Sarah Chasis, Natural 
Resources Defense Council, New York, New York.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee resumed markup of 
proposed comprehensive energy legislation, focusing on provisions 
relating to renewable energy, nuclear matters, and studies, but did not 
complete action thereon, and will meet again tomorrow.

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ENERGY PROJECT PERMITTING
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee concluded an 
oversight hearing to examine the process for issuing permits for energy 
projects, focusing on the White House Task Force on Energy Project 
Streamlining, and ensuring that energy exploration, production, and 
transportation projects are permitted efficiently, after receiving 
testimony from J. Mark Robinson, Director, Office of Energy Projects, 
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission; Dennis J. Duffy, Cape Wind 
Associates, LLC, Boston, Massachusetts; Sharon Buccino, Natural 
Resources Defense Council, New York, New York; and Ronald E. Hogan, 
Questar Market Resources, Pinedale, Wyoming.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine the nominations of David Horton Wilkins, of South Carolina, to 
be Ambassador to Canada, who was introduced by Senators Allard, Graham, 
DeMint, and Reed; William Alan Eaton, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to 
Panama; James M. Derham, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to Guatemala; 
Robert Johann Dieter, of Colorado, to be Ambassador to Belize; Paul A. 
Trivelli, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to Nicaragua; and Linda Jewell, 
of the District of Columbia, to be Ambassador to Ecuador, after each 
nominee testified and answered questions in their own behalf.
COUNTERFEIT GOODS
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Committee 
concluded a hearing to examine how counterfeit goods provide easy cash 
for criminals and terrorists, focusing on how intellectual property 
rights crime affects this country, including the possibility that 
proceeds from counterfeiting fund terrorism, after receiving testimony 
from John C. Stedman, County of Los Angeles Sheriff's Department, Los 
Angeles, California; Kris Buckner, Investigative Consultants, 
Lawnsdale, California; and Matthew Levitt, The Washington Institute for 
Near East Policy, Washington, D.C.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Committee 
ordered favorably reported the nominations of Philip J. Perry, of 
Virginia, to be General Counsel, Department of Homeland Security, 
Carolyn L. Gallagher, of Texas, and Louis J. Giuliano, of New York, 
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.
NOMINATION
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Committee 
concluded a hearing to examine the nomination of Linda Morrison Combs, 
of North Carolina, to be Controller, Office of Federal Financial 
Management, Office of Management and Budget, after the nominee 
testified and answered questions in her own behalf.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee ordered 
favorably reported the following items:
  S. 1107, to reauthorize the Head Start Act,
  S. 518, to provide for the establishment of a controlled substance 
monitoring program in each State, and;
  The nominations of Charles P. Ruch, of South Dakota, to be a Member 
of the Board of Trustees of the Barry Goldwater Scholarship and 
Excellence in Education Foundation, Kim Wang, of California, to be a 
Member of the National Museum and Library Services Board, and Harry 
Robinson, Jr., of Texas, to be a Member of the National Museum Services 
Board.
AMERICAN INDIAN POLICIES
Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
S.J. Res. 15, to acknowledge a long history of official depredations 
and ill-conceived policies by the United States Government regarding 
Indian tribes and offer an apology to all Native Peoples on behalf of 
the United States, after receiving testimony from Senator Brownback; 
Tex Hall, National Congress of American Indians, Washington, D.C.; 
Edward K. Thomas, Central Council of the Tlingit and Haida Indian 
Tribes of Alaska, Juneau; and Negiel Bigpond, Sr., Two Rivers Native 
American Training Center, Bixby, Oklahoma.
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 will meet again tomorrow.
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY PIRACY
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Intellectual Property 
concluded a hearing to examine piracy of intellectual property and 
counterfeiting problems, after receiving testimony from Marybeth 
Peters, Register of Copyrights, and Associate Librarian for Copyright 
Services, United States Copyright Office, Library of Congress; Stephen 
M. Pinkos, Deputy Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual 
Property, and Deputy Director, United States Patent and

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Trademark Office; James E. Mendenhall, Acting General Counsel, Office 
of the U.S. Trade Representative; Eric H. Smith, International 
Intellectual Property Alliance, and Robert W. Holleyman II, Business 
Software Alliance, both of Washington, D.C.; and Taylor Hackford, 
Directors Guild of America, Los Angeles, California.
INTELLIGENCE
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee held closed hearings on 
intelligence matters, receiving testimony from officials of the 
intelligence community.
  Committee recessed subject to call.