[Congressional Record Volume 152, Number 15 (Thursday, February 9, 2006)]
[Daily Digest]
[Page D75]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
U.S. COMPETITIVENESS--21ST CENTURY MARKETPLACE
Committee on Government Reform: Held a hearing entitled ``Sharpening 
Our Edge--Staying Competitive in the 21st Century Marketplace.'' 
Testimony was heard from Carlos M. Gutierrez, Secretary of Commerce; 
and public witnesses.

Joint Meetings
RUSSIA
Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe (Helsinki Commission): 
on Wednesday, February 9, 2006, Commission concluded a hearing to 
examine the current situation and future prospects for human rights, 
civil society, and democratic governance in Russia, after receiving 
testimony from Daniel Fried, Assistant Secretary, Bureau of European 
and Eurasian Affairs, and Barry F. Lowenkron, Assistant Secretary, 
Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor, both of the Department of 
State; Allison Gill, Human Rights Watch, Moscow, Russia; Andrew C. 
Kuchins, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Andrei 
Piontkovsky, Hudson Institute, and Natalia Bourjaily, International 
Center for Not-for-Profit Law, all of Washington, D.C.; and Nicolai N. 
Petro, University of Rhode Island, Kingston.