[Congressional Record Volume 152, Number 9 (Tuesday, January 31, 2006)]
[Daily Digest]
[Page D34]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
PANDEMIC INFLUENZA PREPAREDNESS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human 
Services, Education, and Related Agencies concluded a hearing to 
examine pandemic influenza preparedness at Federal, State and local 
levels, after receiving testimony from John Agwunobi, Assistant 
Secretary for Health, and Julie L. Gerberding, Director, Centers for 
Disease Control and Prevention, both of the Department of Health and 
Human Services; Mary Mincer Hansen, Iowa Department of Public Health, 
Des Moines; Calvin B. Johnson, Pennsylvania Department of Health, 
Harrisburg; Bruce W. Dixon, Allegheny County Department of Public 
Health, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; Joanne Godley, Philadelphia 
Department of Social Services, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Richard 
Webby, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee; 
George B. Abercrombie, Hoffmann-La Roche, Inc., Branchburg, New Jersey; 
Daniel Soland, Chiron Corporation, Emeryville, California; Christopher 
Viehbacher, GlaxoSmithKline, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina; 
and John M. Barry, Tulane University Health Sciences Center, New 
Orleans, Louisiana.
VIDEO CONTENT
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded 
a hearing to examine video content, focusing on video competition, 
program access, and local sports programming, after receiving testimony 
from Ben Pyne, Disney and ESPN Networks Affiliate Sales, New York, New 
York; Matt Polka, American Cable Association, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; 
Robert G. Lee, WDBJ Television, Inc., Roanoke, Virginia; Joseph W. Waz, 
Jr., Comcast Corporation, Washington, D.C.; Daniel M. Fawcett, DIRECTV, 
Inc., El Segundo, California; and Doron Gorshein, The America Channel, 
Heathrow, Florida.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine the nominations of Kristie A. Kenney, of Virginia, to be 
Ambassador to the Republic of the Philippines, and Michael W. Michalak, 
of Michigan, for the rank of Ambassador during his tenure of service as 
United States Senior Official to the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation 
Forum, after the nominees testified and answered questions in their own 
behalf.
HURRICANE KATRINA
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Committee 
continued hearings to examine Hurricane Katrina response issues, 
focusing on the challenges during a catastrophe, including the 
evacuation of New Orleans in advance of Hurricane Katrina, receiving 
testimony from Johnny B. Bradberry, Louisiana Department of 
Transportation and Development, Joseph A. Donchess, Louisiana Nursing 
Home Association, and Jimmy Guidry, Louisiana Department of Health and 
Hospitals, all of Baton Rouge; Terry J. Ebbert, City of New Orleans 
Office of Homeland Security and Public Safety, and Kevin U. Stephens, 
City of New Orleans Health Department, both of New Orleans, Louisiana; 
and Walter S. Maestri, Jefferson Parish Department of Emergency 
Management, Louisiana.
  Committee will meet again on Wednesday, February 1.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee 
concluded a hearing to examine the nominations of Edwin G. Foulke, Jr., 
of South Carolina, to be an Assistant Secretary of Labor, and Richard 
Stickler, of West Virginia, to be Assistant Secretary of Labor for Mine 
Safety and Health, after the nominees testified and answered questions 
in their own behalf.