[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 147 (Tuesday, November 8, 2005)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1166-D1167]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
PAWS
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: Subcommittee on 
Research, Nutrition, and General Legislation concluded a hearing to 
examine S. 1139, to amend the Animal Welfare Act to strengthen the 
ability of the Secretary of Agriculture to regulate the pet industry, 
entitled ``Pet Animal Welfare Statute'' (PAWS), after receiving 
testimony from Norma

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Worley, Maine Department of Agriculture, Food, and Rural Resources, 
Augusta; Ronald Menaker, American Kennel Club, New York, New York; 
Henry E. Childers, Cranston, Rhode Island, on behalf of the American 
Veterinary Medical Association; Michael Maddox, Pet Industry Joint 
Advisory Council, Wayne Pacelle, Humane Society of the United States, 
and Sara Amundson, Doris Day Animal League, all of Washington, D.C.; 
and John E. Hoffman, Flintridge, California.
ENVIRONMENTAL LAWS: CONTRACTOR LIABILITY
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Subcommittee on Superfund 
and Waste Management concluded an oversight hearing to examine the 
impact of certain government contractor liability proposals on 
environmental laws, after receiving testimony from Major General Don T. 
Riley, Director, Civil Works, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers; Anthony 
Zelenka, Bertucci Contracting Corporation, Jefferson, Louisiana; 
Beverly Wright, Dillard University Deep South Center for Environmental 
Justice, New Orleans, Louisiana, on behalf of the National Black 
Environmental Justice Network; Warren Perkins, Boh Bros. Construction 
Company, Baton Rouge, Louisiana; Michael Feigin, Bovis Lend Lease, and 
Joel Shufro, New York Committee for Occupational Safety and Health, 
both of New York, New York; Craig S. King, Arent Fox, and Steven L. 
Schooner, George Washington University Law School, both of Washington, 
D.C.; and Paul Becker, Willis, Nashville, Tennessee.
KOSOVO
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine the future of Kosovo and the American role in bringing 
stability to Southeastern Europe, after receiving testimony from R. 
Nicholas Burns, Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs; and 
Richard C. Holbrooke, Perseus, LLC, New York, New York.
NOMINATION
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine the nominations of Alejandro Daniel Wolff, of California, to be 
the U.S. Deputy Representative to the United Nations, with the rank and 
status of Ambassador, and the U.S. Deputy Representative in the 
Security Council of the United Nations, and to be U.S. Representative 
to the Sessions of the General Assembly of the United Nations, during 
his tenure of service as U.S. Deputy Representative to the United 
Nations, after the nominee testified and answered questions in his own 
behalf.
SAUDI ARABIA
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee held a hearing to examine United 
States-Saudi Arabia relations relating to the war on terror, focusing 
on collective efforts to combat terrorism since the terrorist attacks 
in Riyahd, Saudi Arabia in May 2003, and the Saudi Arabian Monetary 
Authority regulation of the financial sector, receiving testimony from 
Daniel L. Glaser, Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Treasury, Office of 
Terrorist Financing and Financial Crimes; Anthony H. Cordesman, Center 
for Strategic and International Studies, Nina Shea, Center for 
Religious Freedom, and Steven Emerson, Investigative Project on 
Terrorism, all of Washington, D.C.; and Gulam Bakali, Islamic 
Association of North Texas, Richardson.
  Hearing recessed subject to the call.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
the nominations of Carol E. Dinkins, of Texas, to be Chairman, who was 
introduced by Senators Hutchison and Cornyn, and Alan Charles Raul, of 
the District of Columbia, to be Vice Chairman, both of the Privacy and 
Civil Liberties Oversight Board, after the nominees testified and 
answered questions in their own behalf.
HURRICANE RESPONSE FOR SMALL BUSINESS
Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship: Committee concluded 
hearings to examine strengthening hurricane recovery efforts for small 
businesses, focusing on preliminary observations on contracting for 
hurricane response and recovery efforts, after receiving testimony from 
Representative Bennie Thompson; Hector V. Barreto, Administrator, Small 
Business Administration; Major General Ronald L. Johnson, Deputy 
Commander, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Department of the Army; 
Gregory D. Rothwell, Chief Procurement Officer, Department of Homeland 
Security; David E. Cooper, Director, Acquisition and Sourcing 
Management, Government Accountability Office; and Walter Isaacson, 
Louisiana Recovery Authority, Baton Rouge.