[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 118 (Tuesday, September 20, 2005)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D936-D937]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine the nominations of Emil W. Henry, Jr., of New York, 
to be Assistant Secretary for Financial Institutions, who was 
introduced by Representative Kelly, and Patrick M. O'Brien, of 
Minnesota, to be Assistant Secretary for Terrorist Financing, who was 
introduced by Senator Hatch, both of the Department of the Treasury, 
after the nominees testified and answered questions in their own 
behalf.
HURRICANE PREDICTION AND PREPARATION
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on 
Disaster Prevention and Prediction concluded a hearing to examine the 
prediction of Hurricane Katrina and the work of the National Hurricane 
Center, focusing on the role in forecasting, warning the public about 
hurricanes, and the essential role and activities following landfall, 
after receiving testimony from Max Mayfield, Director, Tropical 
Prediction Center/National Hurricane Center, National Weather Service, 
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of 
Commerce; Windell Curole, South Lafourche Levee District, Gallino, 
Louisiana; Marc L. Levitan, Louisiana State University Hurricane 
Center, Baton Rouge; Keith G. Blackwell, University of South Alabama 
Coastal Weather Research Center, Mobile; and C. Patrick Roberts, 
Florida Association of Broadcasters, Tallahassee.
CLIMATE CHANGE
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine climate change science and economics, focusing on 
the current state of climate change scientific research and the 
economics of strategies to manage climate change, including the 
relationship between energy consumption and climate change, and the 
potential effects on the U.S. economy of climate change and strategies 
to control greenhouse gas emissions, after receiving testimony from 
Howard Gruenspecht, Deputy Administrator, Energy Information 
Administration, Department of Energy; Anne E. Smith, CRA International, 
Boston, Massachusetts; and Jason S. Grumet, National Commission on 
Energy Policy, and Richard D. Morgenstern, Resources for the Future, 
both of Washington, D.C.
LATIN AMERICA
Committee on Foreign Relations: Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere, 
Peace Corps and Narcotics Affairs concluded a hearing to examine the 
diplomatic, political, and eoconomic consequences of the emergence of 
China in Latin America and the Caribbean, including military-to-
military contacts, and national security implications for the United 
States, after receiving testimony from Charles S. Shapiro, Principal 
Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs, and 
Robert Forden, Deputy Director for China and Mongolian Affairs, Bureau 
of East Asian and Pacific Affairs, both of the Department of State; 
Rogelio Pardo-Maurer IV, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for 
Western Hemisphere Affairs; and Stephen C. Johnson, The Heritage 
Foundation, David M. Lampton, Johns Hopkins University Paul H. Nitze 
School of Advanced International Studies, and Gal Luft, Institute for 
the Analysis of Global Security, all of Washington, D.C.
EMINENT DOMAIN
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
the impact of the Supreme Court's decision in Kelo v. City of New 
London on the use of eminent domain for economic development purposes, 
including a related measure S. 1313, to protect homes, small 
businesses, and other private property rights, by limiting the power of 
eminent domain, after receiving testimony from Senator Cornyn; Mayor 
Eddie A. Perez, Hartford, Connecticut, on behalf of the National League 
of Cities; Fred Jenkins, St. Luke's Pentecostal Church, North 
Hempstead, New York; Hilary O. Shelton, NAACP, Washington, D.C.; Thomas 
W. Merrill, Columbia University Law School, New York, New York; Steven 
J. Eagle, George Mason University School of

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Law, Arlington, Virginia; and Susette Kelo, New London, Connecticut.
AMERICAN LEGION
Joint Hearings: Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs concluded a joint 
hearing with the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs to receive the 
legislative priorities of the American Legion, focusing on budgetary 
recommendations for the Department of Veterans Affairs for FY 2006, 
after receiving testimony from Thomas L. Bock, American Legion, Aurora, 
Colorado.