[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 128 (Wednesday, October 5, 2005)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1014-D1015]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
SPYWARE
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on 
Trade, Tourism, and Economic Development concluded a hearing to examine 
the impact of spyware that is downloaded without authorization on 
consumers and the Internet as a medium of communication and commerce, 
and Federal efforts to protect consumers from this problem, after 
receiving testimony from Deborah Platt Majoras, Chairman, Federal Trade 
Commission.
KYOTO PROTOCOL: GREENHOUSE GASES
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine the status of efforts to reduce greenhouse gases 
relating to the Kyoto Protocol, which is an amendment to the United 
Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) requiring 
countries which ratify this protocol to commit to reduce their 
emissions of carbon dioxide and five other greenhouse gases, or engage 
in emissions trading if they maintain or increase emissions of these 
gases, after receiving testimony from Harlan L. Watson, Senior Climate 
Negotiator and Special Representative, Bureau of Oceans and 
International Environmental and Scientific Affairs, Department of 
State; Lord Nigel Lawson, House of Lords, and Michael Grubb, Imperial 
College London Department of Environmental Science and Technology, both 
of the United Kingdom; and Margo Thorning, American Council for Capital 
Formation, Washington, D.C.
BUSINESS MEETING: NOMINATIONS
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee ordered favorably reported 
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, 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 York, to be Ambassador to Jamaica, Alexander 
R. Vershbow, of the District of Columbia, to be Ambassador to the 
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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 Foreign Service 
Officer promotion list received in the Senate on July 29, 2005.
INTELLIGENCE
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee met in closed session to 
receive a briefing on certain intelligence matters from officials of 
the intelligence community.
OLDER AMERICANS' NEEDS DURING DISASTERS
Special Committee on Aging: Committee held a hearing to examine 
preparing for and meeting the needs of older Americans during a 
disaster, focusing on seniors in nursing homes or assisted living 
facilities, organizing safe and accessible transportation, temporary 
housing, and providing continuity of services to older evacuees, 
receiving testimony from Keith Bea, Specialist, American National 
Government, Government and Finance Division, Congressional Research 
Service, Library of Congress; Maria Greene, Georgia Department of Human 
Resources, Atlanta; Jeffrey Goldhagen, Duval County Health Department, 
Jacksonville, Florida; Leigh E. Wade, Area Agency on Aging of Southwest 
Florida, Inc., Fort Myers, on behalf of the National Association of 
Area Agencies on Aging; Carolyn S. Wilken, University of Florida, 
Gainesville; and Susan C. Waltman, Greater New York Hospital 
Association, New York, New York.
  Hearing recessed subject to the call.