[Congressional Record Volume 152, Number 60 (Tuesday, May 16, 2006)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D490-D491]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
NOMINATIONS:
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine the nominations of James Lambright, of Missouri, to 
be President of the Export-Import Bank of the United States, Armando J. 
Bucelo, Jr., and Todd S. Farha, both of Florida, each to be a Director 
of the Securities Investor Protection Corporation, Jon T. Rymer, of 
Tennessee, to be Inspector General, Federal Deposit Insurance 
Corporation, John W. Cox, of Texas, to be Chief Financial Officer, 
Department of Housing and Urban Development, and William Hardiman, of 
Michigan, to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the National 
Institute of Building Sciences, after each nominee testified and 
answered questions in their own behalf.
HEDGE FUNDS
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on 
Securities and Investment concluded a hearing to examine the role of 
hedge funds in U.S. capital markets, after receiving testimony from 
Randal K. Quarles, Under Secretary of the Treasury for Domestic 
Finance; Susan Ferris Wyderko, Director, Office of Investor Education 
and Assistance, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission; Patrick M. 
Parkinson, Deputy Director, Division of Research and Statistics, Board 
of Governors of the Federal Reserve System; James A. Overdahl, Chief 
Economist, U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission; Richard T. 
McCormack, Center for Strategic and International Studies, and Adam 
Lerrick, American Enterprise Institute, both of Washington, D.C.; James 
Chanos, Coalition of Private Investment Companies, New York, New York; 
and Kurt N. Schacht, Chartered Financial Analyst Institute, 
Charlottesville, Virginia.
TRANSPORTATION WORKER IDENTIFICATION CREDENTIAL PROGRAM
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded 
a hearing to examine the Transportation Security Administration's 
Transportation Worker Identification Credential Program, after 
receiving testimony from Michael P. Jackson, Deputy Secretary of 
Homeland Security; George P. Cummings, City of Los Angeles Harbor 
Department, San Pedro, California; Lisa B. Himber, Maritime Exchange 
for the Delaware River and Bay, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; and Larry 
I. Willis, AFL-CIO, Washington, D.C.
YUCCA MOUNTAIN REPOSITORY PROJECT
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded an 
oversight hearing to examine the status of the Yucca Mountain 
Repository Project within the Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste 
Management at the Department of Energy, focusing on the history of 
high-level nuclear waste disposal, after receiving testimony from B. 
John Garrick, Chairman, U.S. Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board; Paul 
M. Golan, Acting Director, Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste 
Management, Department of Energy; William Wehrum, Jr., Acting Assistant 
Administrator for Air and Radiation, U.S. Environmental Protection 
Agency; and Robert R. Loux, Nevada Agency for Nuclear Projects, Carson 
City.
LAND BILLS
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Subcommittee on National 
Parks concluded a hearing to examine S. 1686, to amend the Constitution 
Heritage Act of 1988 to provide for the operation of the

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National Constitution Center, S. 2417 and H.R. 4192, bills to authorize 
the Secretary of the Interior to designate the President William 
Jefferson Clinton Birthplace home in Hope, Arkansas, as a National 
Historic Site and unit of the National Park System, S. 2419 and H.R. 
4882, bills to ensure the proper remembrance of Vietnam veterans and 
the Vietnam War by providing a deadline for the designation of a 
visitor center for the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, S. 2568, to amend the 
National Trails System Act to designate the Captain John Smith 
Chesapeake National Historic Trail, S. 2627, to amend the Act of August 
21, 1935, to extend the authorization for the National Park System 
Advisory Board, and S. Res. 468, supporting the continued 
administration of Channel Islands National Park, including Santa Rosa 
Island, in accordance with the laws (including regulations) and 
policies of the National Park Service, after receiving testimony from 
Senators Warner, Sarbanes, Boxer, and Pryor; Stephen P. Martin, Deputy 
Director, National Park Service, Department of the Interior; Patricia 
Gallagher, Executive Director, National Capital Planning Commission; 
Patrick F. Noonan, Conservation Fund, Arlington, Virginia; Harry G. 
Robinson III, TRG Consulting Studio, Washington, D.C.; and Rimantas 
Saikus, Cleveland, Ohio.
NOMINATION
Committee on Finance: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the 
nomination of Susan C. Schwab, of Maryland, to be United States Trade 
Representative, with the rank of Ambassador, after the nominee 
testified and answered questions in her own behalf.
OIL DEPENDENCE
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine strategies for reducing dependence on oil, focusing on S. 2435, 
to increase cooperation on energy issues between the United States 
Government and foreign governments and entities in order to secure the 
strategic and economic interests of the United States, after receiving 
testimony from Vinod Khosla, Khosla Ventures, Menlo Park, California; 
and Jason S. Grumet, National Commission on Energy Policy, Washington, 
D.C.
RETIREMENT COMMUNITIES
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Subcommittee on 
Retirement Security and Aging concluded a hearing to examine naturally 
occurring retirement communities and what impact they may have on the 
ability to create livable community options for all Americans, after 
receiving testimony from Elinor Ginzler, AARP, Washington, D.C.; Fredda 
Vladeck, United Hospital Fund, New York, New York; Joyce Garver Keller, 
Ohio Jewish Communities, Columbus; Ann Sutton Burke, Jewish Family 
Service, Cincinnati, Ohio; Julia Pierson, Senior Home Services 
Comprehensive Housing Assistance, Inc., Baltimore, Maryland; and Beth 
K. Shapiro, Jewish Federation of Greater Washington, Rockville, 
Maryland.
VOTING RIGHTS ACT
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee held a hearing to examine the 
continuing need for Section 5 pre-clearance requirements of the Voting 
Rights Act, including trends in minority participation in the seven 
states originally covered by the Act, renewal of the Act, and the 
history and prospects for minority voter participation in the states 
originally covered by Section 5, receiving testimony from Anita S. 
Earls, University of North Carolina Center for Civil Rights, Chapel 
Hill; Pamela S. Karlan, Stanford Law School, Stanford, California; 
Keith Gaddie, University of Oklahoma, Norman; Theodore S. Arrington, 
University of North Carolina, Charlotte; and Richard H. Pildes, New 
York University School of Law, New York, New York.
  Hearing will continue on tomorrow.
NOMINATION
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine the nomination of Kenneth L. Wainstein, of Virginia, to be 
Assistant Attorney General for National Security, Department of 
Justice, after the nominee, who was introduced by Senator Warner, 
testified and answered questions in his own behalf.