[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 83 (Tuesday, June 21, 2005)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D641-D642]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
APPROPRIATIONS: COMMERCE/JUSTICE/SCIENCE
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science 
and Related Agencies approved for full Committee consideration H.R. 
2862, making appropriations for Science, the Departments of State, 
Justice, and Commerce, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 2006, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute.
APPROPRIATIONS: AGRICULTURE PROGRAMS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural 
Development, and Related Agencies approved for full Committee 
consideration H.R. 2744, making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural 
Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies for the 
fiscal year ending September 30, 2006, with an amendment in the nature 
of a substitute.
IED
Committee on Armed Services: Committee met in closed session to receive 
a briefing on the nature of the evolving Improvised Explosive Devices 
(IEDs) threat and the Department of Defense's approach to addressing 
this threat from General Richard A. Cody, USA, Vice Chief of Staff, 
United States Army, Brigadier General Joseph L. Votel, USA, Director, 
Joint IED Task Force, and Robert Buhrkuhl, Director of the Joint Rapid 
Acquisition Cell, all of the Department of Defense.
REGULATORY RELIEF
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine proposals to reduce unnecessary regulatory burden on 
depository institutions insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance 
Corporation, after receiving testimony from John M. Reich, Vice 
Chairman, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation; Julie L. Williams, 
Acting Comptroller, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, and 
Richard M. Riccobono Acting Director, Office of Thrift Supervision, 
both of the Department of the Treasury; Mark W. Olson, Member, Board of 
Governors of the Federal Reserve System; JoAnn M. Johnson, Chairman, 
National Credit Union Administration; Eric McClure, Missouri Division 
of Finance, Jefferson City, on behalf of the Conference of State Bank 
Supervisors; Steve Bartlett, Financial Services Roundtable, Carolyn 
Carter, National Consumer Law Center, and Travis Plunkett, Consumer 
Federation of America, all of Washington, D.C.; Arthur R. Connelly, 
South Shore Savings Bank, South Weymouth, Massachusetts, on behalf of 
the America's Community Bankers; Chris Loseth, Potlatch No. 1 Federal 
Credit Union, Lewiston, Idaho, on behalf of the Credit Union National 
Association, Inc.; David Hayes, Security Bank, Dyersburg, Tennessee, on 
behalf of the Independent Community Bankers of America; Edward Pinto, 
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LLC, Sarasota, Florida, on behalf of the National Federation of 
Independent Business; Bradley Rock, Bank of Smithtown, Smithtown, New 
York, on behalf of the American Bankers Association; Christopher A. 
Korst, Rent-A-Center, Inc., Plano, Texas; Eugene F. Maloney, Federated 
Investors, Inc., Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; and Michael Vadala, The 
Summit Federal Credit Union, Rochester, New York.
DEEPWATER IMPLEMENTATION PLAN
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on 
Fisheries and the Coast Guard concluded a hearing to examine the Coast 
Guard's revised deepwater implementation plan to secure America's 
waterways, focusing on preliminary observations on the condition of 
deepwater legacy assets and acquisition management challenges, after 
receiving testimony from Admiral Thomas H. Collins, Commandant, and 
Rear Admiral Patrick M. Stillman, Program Executive Officer, Deepwater 
Program, both of the U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security; 
Margaret T. Wrightson, Director, Homeland Security and Justice, 
Government Accountability Office; and Ronald O'Rourke, Specialist in 
National Defense, Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress.
U.S.-RUSSIA POLICY
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine the United States policy toward Russia, focusing on the fate of 
democracy, human rights, and the rule of law, energy issues, economic 
investment, and the spread of HIV/AIDS, receiving testimony from 
Patricia M. Cloherty, The U.S. Russia Investment Fund, New York, New 
York; Frank A. Verrastro and Celeste A. Wallander, both of the Center 
for Strategic and International Studies, Washington, D.C.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine the nomination of Larry Miles Dinger, of Iowa, to be Ambassador 
to the Republic of the Fiji Islands, and to serve concurrently and 
without additional compensation as Ambassador to the Republic of Nauru, 
the Kingdom of Tonga, Tuvalu, and the Republic of Kiribati; Joseph A. 
Mussomeli, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the Kingdom of Cambodia; 
and Emil A. Skodon, of Illinois, to be Ambassador to Brunei Darussalam, 
after the nominees testified and answered questions in their own 
behalf.
JUVENILE DIABETES
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Committee 
concluded a hearing to examine issues relating to juvenile diabetes, 
focusing on the personal toll on families, financial costs to the 
Federal health care system, and research progress toward a cure, after 
receiving testimony from Allen M. Spiegel, Director, National Institute 
of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of 
Health, Department of Health and Human Services; Mary Tyler Moore, 
Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF), New York, New York; 
Douglas Wick, Red Wagon Entertainment, Los Angeles, California; Gary 
Hall, Jr., Miami, Florida; and certain representatives of the JDRF 
Children's Congress.
VOTING TECHNOLOGY
Committee on Rules and Administration: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine the issue of voter verification in the Federal elections 
process, focusing on Direct Recording Electronic (DRE) voting machine 
security, and Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT), after 
receiving testimony from Senator Ensign; Conny McCormack, Los Angeles 
County Registrar Recorder, Norwalk, California; James C. Dickson, 
American Association of People with Disabilities, Washington, D.C.; 
David L. Dill, Stanford University Department of Computer Science, 
Stanford, California; and Ted Selker, Massachusetts Institute of 
Technology (MIT) Media Lab, Cambridge, on behalf of the Caltech/MIT 
Voting Technology Project.