[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 74 (Tuesday, June 7, 2005)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D569-D571]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
CAFT-DR
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: Committee concluded 
a hearing to examine the United States-Central America-Dominican 
Republic Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA), focusing on potential impacts on 
the agriculture and food sectors, after receiving testimony from Mike 
Johanns, Secretary of Agriculture; Allen F. Johnson, Chief Agricultural 
Negotiator, Office of the United States Trade Representative; Bob 
Stallman, Columbus, Texas, on behalf of the American Farm Bureau 
Federation; Cal Dooley, Food Products Association, Tom Buis, National 
Farmers Union, and Augustine Tantillo, American Manufacturing Trade 
Action Coalition, all

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of Washington, D.C.; Robert E. McLendon, Leary Georgia, National Cotton 
Council; and Jack Roney, American Sugar Alliance, Arlington, Virginia.
APPROPRIATIONS: DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Interior and Related 
Agencies approved for full Committee consideration H.R. 2361, making 
appropriations for the Department of the Interior, environment, and 
related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2006, with an 
amendment in the nature of a substitute.
TANKER PROGRAM
Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded open and closed 
hearings to examine the Department of Defense Inspector General's 
Management Accountability Review of the Boeing KC-767A Tanker Program, 
after receiving testimony from Gordon R. England, Acting Deputy 
Secretary, Michael W. Wynne, Under Secretary for Acquisition, 
Technology, and Logistics, Joseph E. Schmitz, Inspector General, and 
Thomas F. Gimble, Deputy Inspector General, all of the Department of 
Defense; and Michael L. Dominguez, Acting Secretary, and General John 
P. Jumper, USAF, Chief of Staff, both of the U.S. Air Force.
INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND REFORM
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on 
International Trade and Finance concluded a hearing to examine progress 
on reform of the International Monetary Fund, focusing on the growing 
role of international debt securities, the increase in volume of 
private capital flows, and the increasing interconnection between 
financial markets, after receiving testimony from Randal Quarles, 
Acting Under Secretary of the Treasury for International Affairs; Allan 
H. Meltzer, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; and 
C. Fred Bergsten, Institute for International Economics, Washington, 
D.C.
PRIVATE PENSIONS
Committee on Finance: Committee held a hearing to current problems and 
future challenges of defined-benefit pension plans, relating to the 
United Airlines case, receiving testimony from David M. Walker, 
Comptroller General of the United States, Government Accountability 
Office; Bradley D. Belt, Executive Director, Pension Benefit Guaranty 
Corporation; Douglas Holtz-Eakin, Director, Congressional Budget 
Office; Patricia A. Friend, Association of Flight Attendants--CWA, AFL-
CIO, and Duane E. Woerth, Air Line Pilots Associaiton, International, 
both of Washington, D.C.; Robert Roach, Jr., International Association 
of Machinists and Aerospace Workers, Upper Marlboro, Maryland; Glenn F. 
Tilton, United Airlines, Chicago, Illinois; Douglas M. Steenland, 
Northwest Airlines, Minneapolis, Minnesota; and Gerald Grinstein, Delta 
Air Lines, Atlanta, Georgia.
  Hearing recessed subject to the call.
NOMINATION
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine the nomination of Zalmay Khalilzad, of Maryland, to be 
Ambassador to Iraq, after the nominee, who was introduced by Senator 
Hagel, testified and answered questions in his own behalf.
CHINA
Committee on Foreign Relations: Subcommittee on East Asian and Pacific 
Affairs concluded a hearing to examine the emergence of China 
throughout Asia relating to security and economic consequences for the 
U.S., focusing on China's growth in the East Asia region, what growth 
means for the United States, and policy decisions to maintain U.S. 
presence politically, economically, and militarily in the region, after 
receiving testimony from Christopher R. Hill, Assistant Secretary of 
State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs; Minxin Pei, Carnegie 
Endowment for International Peace, and Catharin E. Dalpino, Georgetown 
University and The George Washington University, both of Washington, 
D.C.; and Mikkal E. Herberg, The National Bureau of Asian Research, 
Seattle, Washington.
PENSION PLAN REFORM
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Subcommittee on 
Retirement Security and Aging concluded a hearing to examine reforming 
hybrid and multi-employer pension plans, focusing on the causes of 
uncertainty for hybrids and multiemployer plans, including funding 
problems and proposals to restore stability and solvency, after 
receiving testimony from Randy G. DeFrehn, National Coordinating 
Committee for Multiemployer Plans, Timothy P. Lynch, Motor Freight 
Carriers Association, William F. Sweetnam, Jr., The Groom Law Group, on 
behalf of the American Benefits Council, and David Certner, AARP, all 
of Washington, D.C.; Jeffrey Noddle, SUPERVALU, INC., Minneapolis, 
Minnesota, on behalf of the Food Marketing Institute; John Ward, 
Standard Forwarding Co., East Moline, Illinois, on behalf of the 
Multiemployer Pension Plan Alliance; and Ellen Collier, Eaton 
Corporation, Cleveland, Ohio, on behalf of the Coalition to Preserve 
the Defined Benefit System.

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BORDER SECURITY
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Immigration, Border 
Security and Citizenship and the Subcommittee on Terrorism, Technology 
and Homeland Security concluded joint hearings to examine the successes 
and challenges of border security, focusing on resources and strategies 
to improve national security, after receiving testimony from David 
Aguilar, Chief, Office of Border Patrol, U.S. Customs and Border 
Protection, and Wesley Lee, Acting Director, Detention and Removal 
Operations, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, both of the 
Department of Homeland Security; and C. Stewart Verdery, Jr., Mehlman 
Vogel Castagnetti, Inc., and Center for Strategic and International 
Studies, Washington, D.C.
BUSINESS MEETING
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee met in closed session and 
ordered favorably reported an original bill 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.
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