[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 127 (Tuesday, October 4, 2005)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1008-D1009]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                   COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR WEDNESDAY,

                            OCTOBER 5, 2005

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee 
on Trade, Tourism, and Economic Development, to hold hearings to 
examine spyware, 2:30 p.m., SD-562.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: to hold hearings to 
examine the status of efforts to reduce greenhouse gases relating to 
the Kyoto Protocol, 2:30 p.m., SD-406.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: business meeting to consider the 
nominations of Robert A. Mosbacher, of Texas, to be President of the 
Overseas Private Investment Corporation, Jan E. Boyer, of Texas, to 
be United States Alternate Executive Director of the Inter-American 
Development Bank, C. Boyden Gray, of the District of Columbia, to be 
Representative of the United States of America to the European 
Union, with the rank and status of Ambassador, Francis Rooney, of 
Florida, to be Ambassador to the Holy See, Alfred Hoffman, of 
Florida, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Portugal, Thomas A. 
Shannon, Jr., of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary of State for 
Western Hemisphere Affairs, Charles A. Ford, of Virginia, to be 
Ambassador to the Republic of Honduras, Mark Langdale, of Texas, to 
be Ambassador to the Republic of Costa Rica, Brenda LaGrange 
Johnson, of New

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York, to be Ambassador to Jamaica, Alexander R. Vershbow, of the 
District of Columbia, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Korea, 
Patricia Louise Herbold, of Washington, to be Ambassador to the 
Republic of Singapore, William Paul McCormick, of Oregon, to be 
Ambassador to New Zealand, and serve concurrently and without 
additional compensation as Ambassador to Samoa, John J. Danilovich, 
of California, to be Chief Executive Officer, Millennium Challenge 
Corporation, John Hillen, of Virginia, to be Assistant Secretary of 
State for Political-Military Affairs, Barry F. Lowenkron, of 
Virginia, to be Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human 
Rights, and Labor, Kent R. Hill, of Virginia, to be Assistant 
Administrator of the United States Agency for International 
Development, Jacqueline Ellen Schafer, of the District of Columbia, 
to be Assistant Administrator of the United States Agency for 
International Development, Josette Sheeran Shiner, of Virginia, to 
be United States Alternate Governor of the International Bank for 
Reconstruction and Development for a term of five years; United 
States Alternate Governor of the Inter-American Development Bank for 
a term of five years; United States Alternate Governor of the 
African Development Bank for a term of five years; United States 
Alternate Governor of the African Development Fund; United States 
Alternate Governor of the Asian Development Bank; and United States 
Alternate Governor of the European Bank for Reconstruction and 
Development, Jendayi Elizabeth Frazer, Assistant Secretary of State 
for African Affairs, to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the 
African Development Foundation, and a promotion list in the foreign 
service, 2:15 p.m., S-116, Capitol.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: to receive a closed briefing 
regarding certain intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.
  Special Committee on Aging: to hold hearings to examine preparing 
for and meeting the needs of older Americans during a disaster, 
10:30 a.m., SH-216.


                                 House

  Committee on Government Reform, Subcommittee on Federal Workforce 
and Agency Organization, hearing entitled ``Mom, Apple Pie, and 
Working for America: Accountability and Rewards for the Federal 
Workforce,'' 10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.