[Congressional Record Volume 152, Number 57 (Thursday, May 11, 2006)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D472-D473]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
AVIAN INFLUENZA
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: Committee concluded 
a hearing to examine the Department of Agriculture's national response 
plan to detect and control the potential spread of Avian Influenza into 
the United States, focusing on the Implementation Plan for the National 
Strategy for Pandemic Influenza, and migratory bird surveillance, after 
receiving testimony from Ron DeHaven, Administrator, Animal and Plant 
Health Inspection Service, Department of Agriculture.
NOMINATION
Committee on the Budget: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the 
nomination of Robert J. Portman, of Ohio, to be Director of the Office 
of Management and Budget, after the nominee, who was introduced by 
Senators Bunning and DeWine, testified and answered questions in his 
own behalf.
IRAN'S NUCLEAR PROGRAM
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee met in closed session to 
receive a briefing to examine Iran's nuclear program and the impact of 
potential sanctions from Robert Walpole, Deputy Director for Strategy 
and Evaluation, National Counter-proliferation Center, and S. Leslie 
Ireland, Mission Manager for Iran, both of the Office of the Director 
of National Intelligence; and Paul E. Simons, Deputy Assistant 
Secretary of State for Energy, Sanctions and Commodities, Bureau of 
Economics and Business Affairs.
BUSINESS MEETING: NOMINATIONS
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee ordered favorably reported the 
nominations of Brett M. Kavanaugh, of Maryland, to be United States 
Circuit Judge for the District of Columbia Circuit, and Sean F. Cox and 
Thomas L. Ludington, both to be a United States District Judge for the 
Eastern District of Michigan.

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VA HEALTHCARE LEGISLATIVE INITIATIVES
Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine proposed health care-related legislation, after receiving 
testimony from Michael Kussman, Principal Deputy Under Secretary for 
Health, Veterans Health Administration, and Jack Thompson, Deputy 
General Counsel, both of the Department of Veterans Affairs; Robert 
Shaw, State Veterans Center, Rifle, Colorado, on behalf of National 
Association of State Veterans Homes; John Melia, Wounded Warrior 
Project, Roanoke, Virginia; and Carl Blake, Paralyzed Veterans of 
America, Juan Lara, American Legion, and Adrian M. Atizado, Disabled 
American Veterans, all of Washington, D.C.
INTELLIGENCE
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee held closed hearings on 
intelligence matters, receiving testimony from officials of the 
intelligence community.
  Committee recessed subject to call.