[Congressional Record Volume 152, Number 4 (Tuesday, January 24, 2006)]
[Daily Digest]
[Page D14]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
MINE SAFETY
Committee on Appropriations: On Monday, January 23, Subcommittee on 
Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies 
concluded hearings to examine mine safety issues, focusing on the Sago 
Mine disaster in West Virginia, after receiving testimony from David G. 
Dye, Acting Assistant Secretary for Mine Safety and Health, and Ray 
McKinney, Administrator, Coal Mine Safety and Health, both of the 
Department of Labor; Bennett K. Hatfield, International Coal Group, 
Inc., Ashland, Kentucky; J. Davitt McAteer, Wheeling Jesuit University, 
Wheeling, West Virginia, former Assistant Secretary of Labor for Mine 
Safety and Health; Chris R. Hamilton, West Virginia Coal Association, 
Charleston; Cecil E. Roberts, United Mine Workers of America, Fairfax, 
Virginia; and Bruce Watzman, National Mining Association, Washington, 
D.C.
BROADCAST TELEVISION AND RADIO FLAG TECHNOLOGY
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded 
hearings to examine digital audio broadcast issues and the use of audio 
flag for the protection of digital music, focusing on the FCC's 
Broadcast Flag Order and strategies to protect music and other audio 
content in a digital age, after receiving testimony from Andrew Setos, 
Fox Entertainment Group, Inc., and Thomas B. Patton, Philips 
Electronics North America Corporation, both of New York, New York; 
Jonathan Band, American Library Association, Chicago, Illinois, on 
behalf of the Library Copyright Alliance; Leslie Harris, Center for 
Democracy and Technology, and Mitch Bainwol, Recording Industry 
Association of America, Washington, D.C.; Gary Shapiro, Consumers 
Electronics Association, Arlington, Virginia, on behalf of the Home 
Recording Rights Coalition; and Dan Halyburton, Susquehanna Radio 
Corporation, York, Pennsylvania, on behalf of the National Association 
of Broadcasters.
CATASTROPHIC PREPAREDNESS
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Committee 
concluded hearings to examine catastrophic planning and preparedness 
issues, focusing on hurricane response activities including the 
Hurricane Pam Exercise, after receiving testimony from Wayne Fairley, 
Chief, Response Operation Branch, Response and Recovery Division 
(Region VI), Federal Emergency Management Agency, Department of 
Homeland Security; Sean R. Fontenot, Louisiana Office of Homeland 
Security and Emergency Preparedness, and Madhu Beriwal, Innovative 
Emergency Management, Inc. (IEM), both of Baton Rouge, Louisiana; and 
Jesse St. Amant, Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness 
for Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana.
NOMINATION
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee ordered favorably reported the 
nomination of Samuel A. Alito, Jr., of New Jersey, to be an Associate 
Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States.