[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 132 (Tuesday, October 18, 2005)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1049-D1050]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
THOROUGHBRED HORSE RACING JOCKEYS AND WORKERS
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Oversight and 
Investigations held a hearing entitled ``Thoroughbred Horse Racing 
Jockeys and Workers: Examining On-Track Injury Insurance and Other 
Health and Welfare Issues.'' Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
FINANCIAL SERVICES REGULATORY RELIEF ACT OF 2005
Committee on Financial Services: Subcommittee on Financial Institutions 
and Consumer Credit held a hearing on H.R. 3505, Financial Services 
Regulatory Relief Act of 2005. Testimony was heard from public 
witnesses.
IRAQ: PERCEPTIONS, REALITIES AND COST TO COMPLETE
Committee on Government Reform: Subcommittee on National Security, 
Emerging Threats, and International Relations held a hearing entitled 
``Iraq: Perceptions, Realities and Cost to Complete.'' Testimony was 
heard from the following officials of the Department of State: Howard 
J. Krongard, Inspector General; and Joseph Farinella, Acting Inspector 
General, Audit, U.S. Agency for International Development; the 
following officials of the Department of Defense: Stuart W. Bowen, Jr., 
Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction; Thomas Gimble, 
Acting Inspector General; and Joyce Morrow, U.S. Army Auditor General; 
Joseph Christoff, Director, International Trade, GAO; and public 
witnesses.
BRIEFING--RECENT SUBWAY TERROR THREAT WARNINGS
Committee on Homeland Security: Met in executive session to receive a 
briefing on the recent subway terror threat warnings and related 
actions. The Committee was briefed by departmental witnesses.
SCADA AND THE TERRORIST THREAT
Committee on Homeland Security: Subcommittee on Economic Security, 
Infrastructure Protection and Cybersecurity and the Subcommittee on 
Emergency Preparedness, Science, and Technology held a joint hearing 
entitled ``SCADA and the Terrorist Threat: Protecting the Nation's 
Critical Control Systems.'' Testimony was heard from Donald Purdy, 
Acting Director, National Cyber Security Division, Department of 
Homeland Security; Larry Todd, Director, Security, Safety and Law 
Enforcement, Bureau of

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Reclamation, Department of the Interior; Sam Varnado, Director, 
Information Operations Center, Sandia National Laboratory; K. P. 
Ananth, Associate Laboratory Director, National and Homeland Security, 
Idaho National Laboratory; and public witnesses.
BRIEFING--BIODEFENSE FOR THE 21ST CENTURY
Committee on Homeland Security: Subcommittee on Prevention of Nuclear 
and Biological Attack met in executive session to receive a briefing on 
Homeland Security Presidential Directive-10, ``Biodefense for the 21st 
Century.'' The Committee was briefed by departmental witnesses.
OVERSIGHT--VOTING RIGHTS ACT--EXAMINE IMPACT AND EFFECTIVENESS
  Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on the Constitution held 
an oversight hearing entitled ``To Examine the Impact and 
Effectiveness of the Voting Rights Act.'' Testimony was heard from 
Jack Kemp, former Secretary of Housing and Urban Development; Joe 
Rogers, former Lieutenant Governor, State of Colorado; and public 
witnesses.
REBUILDING NEW ORLEANS--VISION AND STRATEGY
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure: Subcommittee on Water 
Resources and Environment and the Subcommittee on Economic Development, 
Public Buildings and Emergency Management held a joint hearing entitled 
``A Vision and Strategy for Rebuilding New Orleans.'' Testimony was 
heard from Representatives Baker and Jefferson; the following officials 
of the State of Louisiana: Kathleen Babineaux Blanco, Governor; 
Mitchell J. Landrieu, Lieutenant Governor; and C. Ray Nagin, Mayor, New 
Orleans; and public witnesses.