[Congressional Record Volume 152, Number 3 (Friday, January 20, 2006)]
[Daily Digest]
[Page D10]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
DECENCY
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: On Thursday, 
January, 19, 2005, Committee concluded a hearing to examine decency in 
broadcasting, cable, and other media, after receiving testimony from 
Jack Valenti, on behalf of the Motion Picture Association of America, 
Bruce T. Reese, Bonneville International Corporation, on behalf of the 
National Association of Broadcasters, and Jeff McIntyre, American 
Psychological Association, all of Washington, D.C.; Charles W. Ergen, 
EchoStar Communications Corporation, Englewood, Colorado; David L. 
Cohen, Comcast Corporation, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Brent Bozell, 
III, Parents Television Council, Alexandria, Virginia; Martin D. 
Franks, CBS Corporation, New York, New York; and Alan Rosenberg, Screen 
Actors Guild, Los Angeles, California.
PROTECTING CHILDREN
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: On Thursday, 
January, 19, 2005, Committee concluded a hearing to examine methods of 
protecting children on the Internet, after receiving testimony from 
Senator Lincoln; James H. Burrus, Deputy Assistant Director, Criminal 
Investigative Division, Federal Bureau of Investigation, and Laura H. 
Parsky, Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Criminal Division, both of 
the Department of Justice; James B. Weaver, III, Virginia Polytechnic 
Institute and State University Department of Communication, Blacksburg; 
Tim Lordan, Internet Education Foundation, Washington, D.C.; Tatiana S. 
Platt, America Online, Inc., Dulles, Virginia; and Paul J. Cambria, 
Jr., Adult Freedom Foundation, Buffalo, New York.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Foreign Relations: On Thursday, January, 19, 2005, 
Committee concluded a hearing to examine the nominations of Claudia A. 
McMurray, of Virginia, to be Assistant Secretary for Oceans and 
International Environmental and Scientific Affairs, who was introduced 
by Senator Warner, and Bradford R. Higgins, of Connecticut, to be Chief 
Financial Officer, and to be an Assistant Secretary for Resource 
Management, both of the Department of State, after the nominees 
testified and answered questions in their own behalf.
BILATERAL MALARIA ASSISTANCE
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: On Thursday, 
January, 19, 2005, Subcommittee on Federal Financial Management, 
Government Information, and International Security concluded a hearing 
to examine bilateral malaria assistance, focusing on progress on the 
President's malaria initiative, malaria program reforms at United 
States Agency for International Development, lessons on malaria control 
from the field, and what the experts say about indoor residual 
spraying, after receiving testimony from Michael Miller, Deputy 
Assistant Administrator for Global Health, United States Agency for 
International Development; Donald R. Roberts, Uniformed Services 
University of the Health Sciences; Simon Kunene, Swaziland Ministry of 
Health, Mbabane; and Andy Arata, American Association for the 
Advancement of Science, Washington, D.C.