[Congressional Record Volume 152, Number 14 (Wednesday, February 8, 2006)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D67-D68]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
PHONE RECORD PRIVACY
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on 
Consumer Affairs, Product Safety, and Insurance concluded hearings to 
examine issues with respect to the procurement and sale of consumers' 
private phone records, and Federal efforts to protect the privacy and 
security of telephone records and other types of sensitive consumer 
information, after receiving testimony from Senator Schumer; former 
Representative Steve Largent, on behalf of CTIA--The Wireless 
Association; Kris Anne Monteith, Chief, Enforcement Bureau, Federal 
Communications Commission; Lydia B. Parnes, Director, Bureau of 
Consumer Protection, Federal Trade Commission; Marc Rotenberg, 
Electronic Privacy Information Center, and Cindy Southworth, National 
Network to End Domestic Violence, both of Washington, D.C.; and Robert 
Douglas, PrivacyToday.com, Steamboat Springs, Colorado.
Nominations:
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine the nominations of Terrence L. Bracy, of Virginia, 
to be a Member of the Board of Trustees of the Morris K. Udall 
Scholarship and Excellence in National Environmental Policy Foundation, 
Dennis Bottorff, of Tennessee, who was introduced by Senator Alexander, 
Robert M. Duncan, of Kentucky, who was introduced by Senators McConnell 
and Bunning, Susan Richardson Williams, of Tennessee, who was 
introduced by Senator Alexander, William B. Sansom, of Tennessee, 
Howard A. Thrailkill, of Alabama, who was introduced by Senators 
Sessions and Alexander, and Donald R. DePriest, of Mississippi, who was 
introduced by Senators Cochran and Lott, all to be Members of the Board 
of Directors of the Tennessee Valley Authority, after the nominees 
testified and answered questions in their own behalf.
MEDICARE PRESCRIPTION DRUG BENEFIT
Committee on Finance: Committee held a hearing to examine 
implementation of the new Medicare prescription drug benefit, focusing 
on the volume of calls to 1-800-MEDICARE, pharmacy outreach, and total 
enrollment in the drug benefit program, receiving testimony from Mark 
B. McClellan, Administrator, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid 
Services, Department of Health and Human Services; William Fleming, 
Humana, Inc., Louisville, Kentucky; Susan E. Rawlings, Wellpoint, Inc., 
Newbury Park, California; David W. Bernauer, Walgreen Company, 
Deerfield, Illinois; Tobey Schule, Sykes Pharmacy, Kalispell, Montana; 
Joy Paeth, Area Agency on Aging of Southwestern Illinois, Belleville; 
and Pamela Willoughby, St. John's Episcopal Church and Bedford 
Presbyterian Church, Bedford, Virginia.
  Hearing recessed subject to the call.
NOMINATIONS:
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine the nominations of Janice L. Jacobs, of Virginia, to be 
Ambassador to the Republic of Senegal, and to serve concurrently and 
without additional compensation as Ambassador to the Republic of 
Guinea-Bissau, and Jeanine E. Jackson, of Wyoming, to be Ambassador to 
Burkina Faso, who was introduced by Senator Enzi, after the nominees 
testified and answered questions in their own behalf.
IRAQ
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine ongoing efforts to achieve the reconstruction and development 
of Iraq, focusing on improving primary health care, expanding access to 
electricity, providing potable water, restoring sewage systems, 
improving local governance and community development, connecting Iraq 
to the global economy, and transforming primary education, after 
receiving testimony from Stuart W. Bowen, Jr., Special Inspector 
General for Iraq Reconstruction (SIGIR), Office of the SIGIR, 
Department of Defense; James Jeffrey, Senior Advisor to the Secretary 
of State for Iraq, Department of State; James R. Kunder, Assistant 
Administrator for Asia and the Near East, U.S. Agency for International 
Development; and Joseph A. Christoff, Director, International Affairs 
and Trade, Government Accountability Office.
INDIAN TRIBES AND THE FEDERAL ELECTION CAMPAIGN ACT
Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee concluded an oversight hearings 
to examine the application of the Federal Election Campaign Act to 
Indian tribes and the Federal Election Commission's past decisions in 
this area, after receiving testimony from Michael E. Toner, Chairman, 
and Robert D. Lenhard, Vice Chairman, both of the Federal Election 
Commission; and Philip N. Hogen, National Indian Gaming Commission, W. 
Ron Allen, National Congress of American Indians, Lawrence Noble, 
Center for Responsive Politics, and James A. Thurber, American 
University Center for Congressional and Presidential Studies, all of 
Washington, D.C.
LEGISLATIVE PROCESS TRANSPARENCY
Committee on Rules and Administration: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine procedures to bring

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greater transparency to the legislative process, focusing on lobbying 
and related reforms, and strengthening the enforcement of existing 
public advocacy laws and ethics rules that cover Members of Congress, 
staff and lobbyists, after receiving testimony from Senators McCain, 
Feingold, Coleman, and Obama; and former Representative Al Swift and 
Robert D. Hynes, Jr., both of Colling Murphy Swift Hynes, LLC, James A. 
Thurber, Center for Congressional and Presidential Studies, and Fred 
Wertheimer, Democracy 21, all of Washington, D.C.
INTELLIGENCE
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee met in closed session to 
receive a briefing on certain intelligence matters from officials of 
the intelligence community.