[Congressional Record Volume 152, Number 31 (Monday, March 13, 2006)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D224-D225]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION
Committee on Armed Services: On Friday, March 10, 2006, Subcommittee on 
Emerging Threats and Capabilities concluded a hearing to examine the 
defense authorization request for fiscal year 2007 and the future years 
defense program, focusing on the roles and missions of the Department 
of Defense regarding homeland defense and support to civil authorities, 
after receiving testimony from Paul McHale, Assistant Secretary of 
Defense for Homeland Defense; Lieutenant General Joseph R. Inge, USA, 
Deputy Commander, United States Northern Command; and Lieutenant 
General H. Steven Blum, USA, Chief, National Guard Bureau.
JIEDDO
Committee on Armed Services: Committee met in closed session to receive 
a briefing from the Joint Improvised Explosive Device Defeat 
Organization (JIEDDO) from General Montgomery C. Meigs, USA (Ret.), 
Director, and General Daniel B. Allyn, USA, Deputy Director, both of 
the JIEDDO.
DEFECTIVE PRODUCT ACCOUNTABILITY
Committee on the Judiciary: On Friday, March 10, 2006, Committee 
concluded a hearing to examine proposed legislation to provide federal 
criminal penalties for the introduction of dangerously defective 
products into interstate commerce, after receiving testimony from 
former Michigan Governor John Engler, on behalf of the National 
Association of Manufacturers, and Victor Schwartz, Shook, Hardy, and 
Bacon, LLP, both of Washington, D.C.; Barry Maron, Minneapolis Heart 
Institute Foundation, Minneapolis, Minnesota; Brian Panish, Panish, 
Shea, and Boyle, LLP, Los Angeles, California; Frank J. Vandall, Emory 
University School of Law, Atlanta, Georgia; Rob Steinbuch, University 
of Arkansas at Little Rock William H. Bowen School of Law; and Donald 
L. Mays, Consumers Union, Yonkers, New York.
NEW SUBCOMMITTEE
Select Committee on Intelligence: On Tuesday, March 7, 2006, Committee 
announced the establishment of

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the Subcommittee on Oversight of the Terrorist Surveillance Program 
with the following membership:
  Senators Roberts (Chairman), Hatch, DeWine, Bond, Rockefeller, Levin, 
and Feinstein.