[Congressional Record Volume 152, Number 47 (Wednesday, April 26, 2006)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D385-D387]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
BIOFUELS INDUSTRY
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: Committee concluded 
a hearing to examine the state of the biofuels industry, after 
receiving testimony from Bob Dinneen, Renewable Fuels Association, 
Washington, D.C.; Joe Jobe, National Biodiesel Board, Jefferson City, 
Missouri; Jay Derbertin, CHS, Inc., St. Paul, Minnesota; and Robert C. 
Brown, Iowa State University Center for Sustainable Environmental 
Technologies, Ames.

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APPROPRIATIONS: NATIONAL GUARD & RESERVE
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense concluded a 
hearing to examine proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2007 for 
the National Guard and Reserve, after receiving testimony from 
Lieutenant General H. Steven Blum, Chief, National Guard Bureau; 
Lieutenant General Clyde A. Vaughn, Director, Army National Guard; 
Major General Charles Ickes, II, Acting Director, Air National Guard; 
Lieutenant General James R. Helmly, Chief, Army Reserve; Vice Admiral 
John G. Cotton, Chief, Naval Reserve; Lieutenant General John W. 
Bergman, Commander, Marine Forces Reserve; and Lieutenant General John 
A. Bradley, Chief, Air Force Reserve.
APPROPRIATIONS: GAO
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Legislative Branch 
concluded a hearing to examine proposed budget estimates for fiscal 
year 2007 for the Government Accountability Office, after receiving 
testimony from David M. Walker, Comptroller General of the United 
States, Gene L. Dodaro, Chief Operating Officer, Sallyanne Harper, 
Chief Administrator Office, and George G. Strader, Controller, all of 
the Government Accountability Office.
APPROPRIATIONS: NASA
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, and 
Science, and Related Agencies concluded a hearing to examine proposed 
budget estimates for fiscal year 2007 for the National Aeronautics and 
Space Administration, after receiving testimony from Michael D. 
Griffin, Administrator, National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Armed Services: Committee ordered favorably reported 2,043 
nominations in the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps.
MATH AND SCIENCE EDUCATION
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on 
Technology, Innovation, and Competitiveness concluded a hearing to 
examine certain efforts to foster innovation in math and science 
education, after receiving testimony from Mary Ann Rankin, University 
of Texas at Austin; Paul Dugan, Washoe County School District, Reno, 
Nevada; Thomas N. McCausland, Siemens Medical Solutions, Malvern, 
Pennsylvania; and Ioannis Miaoulis, Museum of Science, Boston, 
Massachusetts.
CLIMATE CHANGE
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on 
Global Climate Change and Impacts concluded a hearing to examine 
projected and past effects of climate change, focusing on certain 
marine and terrestrial systems, after receiving testimony from Steven 
A. Murawski, Director, Scientific Programs and Chief Science Advisor, 
National Marine Fisheries Service and Ecosystem Goal Team Leader, 
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of 
Commerce; Thomas R. Armstrong, Program Coordinator, Earth Surface 
Dynamics Program, U.S. Geological Survey, Department of the Interior; 
Syun-Ichi Akasofu, International Arctic Research Center, Fairbanks, 
Alaska; Robert W. Corell, American Meteorological Society, Grasonville, 
Maryland; and Paul Reiter, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee ordered favorably 
reported the nominations of Richard Capka, of Pennsylvania, to be 
Administrator of the Federal Highway Administration, Department of 
Transportation, and James B. Gulliford, of Missouri, to be Assistant 
Administrator for Toxic Substances, and William Ludwig Wehrum, Jr., of 
Tennessee, to be an Assistant Administrator, both of the Environmental 
Protection Agency.
  Also, Committee adopted a proposal to amend Committee Rule 7(d) on 
the naming of public buildings and facilities.
CUSTOMS AND TRADE AUTHORIZATIONS
Committee on Finance: Committee held a hearing to examine 
authorizations for activities of the United States International Trade 
Commission, United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement, United 
States Customs and Border Protection, and for an International Trade 
Data System, receiving testimony from Stephen Koplan, Chairman, 
International Trade Commission; Julie Myers, Assistant Secretary for 
Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and Jayson P. Ahern, Assistant 
Commissioner, Office of Field Operations, United States Customs and 
Border Protection, both of the Department of Homeland Security; Timothy 
E. Skud, Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Tax, Trade, and 
Tariff Policy; Marian Duntley, Toyota Motor Sales USA, Inc., Torrance, 
California, on behalf of the American Association of Exporters and 
Importers; Peter H. Powell, C.H. Powell, Company, Westwood, 
Massachusetts, on behalf of the National Customs Brokers and Forwarders 
Association of America, Inc.; Brian Monks, Underwriters Laboratories, 
Inc., Northbrook, Illinois; Jerry Cook, Sara Lee Branded Apparel, 
Winston-Salem, North Carolina; and Mic Dinsmore, Port of Seattle, 
Seattle, Washington.
  Hearing recessed subject to the call.

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U.S.-INDIA ATOMIC ENERGY COOPERATION
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine United States-India atomic energy cooperation, focusing on 
strategic and nonproliferation implications, including S. 2429, to 
authorize the President to waive the application of certain 
requirements under the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 with respect to India, 
after receiving testimony from Ashton B. Carter, Harvard University 
Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Cambridge, 
Massachusetts; William J. Perry, Stanford University Hoover 
Institution, Stanford, California; Robert L. Gallucci, Georgetown 
University Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service, Ashley J. Tellis, 
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Robert J. Einhorn, Center 
for Strategic and International Studies, Gary Milhollin, Wisconsin 
Project on Nuclear Arms Control, and Stephen P. Cohen, Brookings 
Institution, all of Washington, D.C.; and Ronald F. Lehman, II, 
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California.
HIV/AIDS
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Subcommittee 
on Federal Financial Management, Government Information, and 
International Security held an oversight hearing to examine Federal 
efforts to ensure early diagnosis and access to treatment for HIV/AIDS, 
focusing on how federal funding is being distributed to provide AIDS 
drugs and HIV testing opportunities in the United States, receiving 
testimony from Deborah Parham Hopson, Associate Administrator, HIV/AIDS 
Bureau, Health Resources and Services Administration, and Kevin Fenton, 
Director, National Center for HIV, STD, and TB Prevention, Centers for 
Disease Control and Prevention, both of the Department of Health and 
Human Services; Marcia Crosse, Director, Health Care, Government 
Accountability Office; Beth Scalco, National Alliance of State and 
Territorial AIDS Directors, Washington, D.C.; and Michael Weinstein, 
AIDS Healthcare Foundation, Los Angeles, California.
  Hearing recessed subject to the call.
DIGITAL RADIO REVOLUTION
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee held a hearing to examine the 
future of the music industry in the digital radio revolution, focusing 
on parity, platforms, and protection issues, receiving testimony from 
Edgar Bronfman, Jr., Warner Music Group, New York, New York; Gary 
Parsons, XM Satellite Radio Inc., Washington, D.C.; Bruce T. Reese, 
Bonneville International Corporation, Salt Lake City, Utah, on behalf 
of the National Association of Broadcasters; N. Mark Lam, Live365, 
Inc., Foster City, California, on behalf of the Digital Media 
Association; Anita Baker, Grosse Point, Michigan; Todd Rundgren, Darby, 
Pennsylvania; and Victoria Shaw, Nashville, Tennessee.
  Hearings recessed subject to the call.
FINANCING AND ENTREPRENEURIAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS
Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine the reauthorization of the Financing and 
Entrepreneurial Development programs administered by the Small Business 
Administration, after receiving testimony from Hector V. Barreto, 
Administrator, Small Business Administration; Harry C. Alford, National 
Black Chamber of Commerce, Inc., Washington, D.C.; Mark Morrissette, 
North Atlantic Capital, Portland, Maine, on behalf of the National 
Association of Small Business Investment Companies; James R. Baird, Bay 
Area Development Company, Walnut Creek, California; and James A. 
Maxwell, Granite State Economic Development Corporation/New England 
Business Finance, Portsmouth, New Hampshire.