[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 116 (Thursday, September 15, 2005)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D922-D923]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
CAPITOL VISITOR CENTER
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Legislative Branch 
concluded a hearing to examine the progress of Capitol Visitor Center 
construction, focusing on the Architect of the Capitol's progress in 
managing the project's schedule since the Subcommittee's last hearing 
on the project, estimate of a general time frame for completing the 
construction, and the costs and funding, including the potential impact 
of scheduling issues on cost, after receiving testimony from Alan 
Hartman, Architect of the Capitol; Bernard L. Ungar, Director, and 
Terrell Dorn, Assistant Director, both of Physical Infrastructure 
Issues, Government Accountability Office.
NOMINATIONS:
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine the nominations of Keith E. Gottfried, of 
California, to be General Counsel, Kim Kendrick, of the District of 
Columbia, who was introduced by Senator Santorum, Keith A. Nelson, of 
Texas, and Darlene F. Williams, of Texas, each to be an Assistant 
Secretary, all of the Department of Housing and Urban Development, and 
Israel Hernandez, of Texas, to be Assistant Secretary and Director 
General of the United States and Foreign Commercial Service, Darryl W. 
Jackson, of the District of Columbia, to be an Assistant Secretary, 
Franklin L. Lavin, of Ohio, to be Under Secretary for International 
Trade, who was introduced by Senator DeWine, and David H. McCormick, of 
Pennsylvania, to be Under Secretary for Export Administration, who was 
introduced by Senator Santorum, all of the Department of Commerce, 
after the nominees testified and answered questions in their own 
behalf.
U.S.-INDONESIA RELATIONS
Committee on Foreign Relations: Subcommittee on East Asian and Pacific 
Affairs concluded a hearing to examine U.S.-Indonesia relations, 
focusing on a bilateral relationship with Indonesia, after receiving 
testimony from Eric G. John, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for 
Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs; James R. Kunder, Assistant 
Administrator, Bureau for Asia and the Near East, U.S. Agency for 
International Development; Hadi Soesastro, Centre for Strategic and 
International Studies, Jakarta, Indonesia; Randolph Martin, Mercy 
Corps, Washington, D.C.; and Paul M. Cleveland, Arlington, Virginia.

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NOMINATIONS:
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Committee 
concluded a hearing to examine the nominations of Stewart A. Baker, of 
Virginia, who was introduced by Senator McCain and former Senator Robb, 
and Julie L. Myers, of Kansas, who was introduced by Senator Roberts, 
each to be an Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security, after the 
nominees testified and answered questions in their own behalf.
NOMINATION
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded hearings on the 
nomination of John G. Roberts, Jr., of Maryland, to be Chief Justice of 
the United States Supreme Court, after the nominee further answered 
questions in his own behalf. Also, testimony was received from 
Representative John Lewis; Jennifer Cabranes Braceras and Peter 
Kirsanow, each a Commissioner, U.S. Commission on Civil Rights; Dick 
Thornburgh, former Attorney General of the United States; Carol M. 
Browner, former Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency; John 
Engler, former Michigan Governor, Lansing; Bruce Botelho, former Alaska 
Attorney General, Juneau; Judge Nathaniel Jones, U.S. Circuit Court of 
Appeals to the Sixth Circuit (Retired); Judge Denise Lindberg, Third 
District of the Utah State Court, Salt Lake City; Stephen L. Tober, 
Portsmouth, New Hampshire, Tom Hayward, Chicago, Illinois, and Pamela 
A. Bresnahan, Washington, D.C., all on behalf of the American Bar 
Association; Reginald M. Turner, Jr., National Bar Association, 
Detroit, Michigan; Wade Henderson, Leadership Conference on Civil 
Rights, Maureen E. Mahoney, Latham & Watkins, Catherine E. Stetson, 
Hogan & Hartson, Marcia Greenberger, National Women's Law Center, Peter 
B. Edelman, Georgetown University Law Center, and Diana Furchtgott-
Roth, Hudson Institute, all of Washington, D.C.; Kathryn Webb Bradley, 
Duke Law School, Durham, North Carolina; Charles Fried, Harvard Law 
School, Cambridge, Massachusetts; Patricia L. Bellia, Notre Dame Law 
School, South Bend, Indiana; Judith Resnik, Yale Law School, New Haven, 
Connecticut; Christopher S. Yoo, Vanderbilt University Law School, 
Nashville, Tennessee; David Strauss, University of Chicago Law School, 
and Susan Thistlethwaite, Chicago Theological Seminary, both of 
Chicago, Illinois; Robert Reich, Brandeis University, Waltham, 
Massachusetts; Anne Marie Tallman, Mexican American Legal Defense and 
Education Fund, Los Angeles, California; Rabbi Dale Polakoff, 
Rabbinical Council of America, Great Neck, New York; Karen Pearl, 
Planned Parenthood Federation of America, New York, New York; Henrietta 
Wright, Dallas, Texas, on behalf of the Dallas Children's Advocacy 
Center; Roderick Jackson, Ensley High School, Birmingham, Alabama; and 
Beverly Jones, Lafayette, Tennessee.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Veterans Affairs: Committee ordered favorably reported the 
following bills:
  S. 1182, to amend title 38, United States Code, to improve health 
care for veterans, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute, (as 
approved by the Committee, the substitute amendment incorporated 
related provisions of S. 1182, as introduced, and provisions of S. 
1177, S. 1189, and S. 1190); and
  S. 716, to amend title 38, United States Code, to enhance services 
provided by vet centers, to clarify and improve the provision of 
bereavement counseling by the Department of Veterans Affairs.