[Congressional Record Volume 152, Number 75 (Tuesday, June 13, 2006)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D619-D620]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
FARM LOAN PROGRAMS
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: Committee concluded 
an oversight hearing to examine Department of Agriculture farm loan 
programs, focusing on the Farm Loan Programs Risk Assessment (FLPRA), 
and barriers for entry-level farmers and ranchers, after receiving 
testimony from Glen Keppy, Associate Administrator for Programs, Farm 
Service Agency, Department of Agriculture; Dennis A. Everson, First 
Dakota National Bank, Yankton, South Dakota, on behalf of the American 
Bankers Association; Elisabeth B. Senter, Federal Managers Association, 
Gregory, South Dakota, on behalf of the National Association of Credit 
Specialists of the Farm Service Agency; and Karen R. Krub, Farmers' 
Legal Action Group, Inc., St. Paul, Minnesota.
COMMUNICATIONS CONSUMER'S CHOICE & BROADBAND DEPLOYMENT ACT
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded 
a hearing to examine S. 2686, to amend the Communications Act of 1934, 
after receiving testimony from former Representatives Dan Glickman, on 
behalf of the Motion Picture Association of America, and Steve Largent, 
on behalf of the CTIA--The Wireless Association; Robert LeGrande, II, 
Office of the Chief Technology Officer, District of Columbia 
Government; Mayor Kenneth S. Fellman, Arvada, Colorado, on behalf of 
sundry organizations; Brigadier General Richard M. Green (Ret.), 
National Guard Association of the United States, Ben Scott, Free Press, 
on behalf of sundry organizations, John Rose, Organization for the 
Promotion and Advancement of Small Telecommunications Companies, on 
behalf of the Coalition to Keep America Connected, Kyle McSlarrow, 
National Cable & Telecommunications Association, Walter B. McCormick, 
Jr., USTelecom, and Christopher Putala, Earthlink, Inc., all of 
Washington, D.C.; Dave McCurdy, Arlington, Virginia, on behalf of the 
Electronic Industries Alliance and the Telecommunications Industry 
Association; John Rutledge, Rutledge Capital, Cos Cob, Connecticut, on 
behalf of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce; Philip Jones, Washington 
Utilities and Transportation Commission, Olympia, Washington, on behalf 
of the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners; and 
Robert S. Foosaner, Sprint Nextel Corporation, Reston, Virginia.
CORPORATE TAX COMPLIANCE
Committee on Finance: Committee held a hearing to examine trends in 
corporate taxes and opportunities to improve corporate tax compliance, 
including recent work on the misreporting of capital gains income from 
securities sales and options to improve compliance, receiving testimony 
from Mark Everson, Commissioner, Internal Revenue Service, Department 
of the Treasury; David M. Walker, Comptroller General of the United 
States, Government Accountability Office; Eileen J. O'Connor, Assistant 
Attorney General, Tax Division, Department of Justice; George A. 
Plesko, University of Connecticut School of Business, Storrs; Edward D. 
Kleinbard, Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen and Hamilton LLP, New York, New 
York; and Martin A. Sullivan, Tax Analysts, Falls Church, Virginia.
  Hearings recessed subject to the call.
COUNTERTERRORISM
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine the changing face of terror relating to counterterrorism, 
focusing on U.S. counterterrorism efforts, how terrorists are adapting 
and changing their operations, and where the U.S. is headed in the 
short and longer term, after receiving testimony from Vice Admiral John 
Scott Redd, USN (Ret.), Director, National Counterterrorism Center, 
Office of the Director of National Intelligence; Henry A. Crumpton, 
Coordinator for Counterterrorism, Department of State; and John E. 
McLaughlin, Johns Hopkins University Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced 
International Studies, and Daniel Benjamin, Center for Strategic and 
International Studies, both of Washington, D.C.
FEDERAL BUDGET
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Subcommittee 
on Federal Financial Management, Government Information, and 
International Security concluded an oversight hearing to examine 
autopilot budgeting, including the PART (Program Assessment Rating 
Tool) and consider how systematic performance reporting of government 
agencies helps taxpayers get better services as well as whether 
Congress can better utilize the report cards to inform their annual 
budgeting, after receiving testimony

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from Clay Johnson III, Deputy Director for Management, Office of 
Management and Budget; Eileen Norcross, George Mason University 
Mercatus Center, Fairfax, Virginia; and Adam Hughes, OMB Watch, 
Washington, D.C.
VOTING RIGHTS ACT: BILINGUAL EDUCATION
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee held a hearing to examine the 
continuing need for section 203 provisions of the Voting Rights Act 
regarding bilingual election materials, receiving testimony from Peter 
N. Kirsanow, Member, National Labor Relations Board, and Commissioner, 
United States Commission on Civil Rights; Deborah Wright, Los Angeles 
County Department of Registrar-Recorder, and John Trasvina, Mexican 
American Legal Defense and Education Fund, both of Los Angeles, 
California; Mauro E. Mujica, U.S. English, Inc., and Linda Chavez, One 
Nation Indivisible, and the Center for Equal Opportunity, both of 
Washington, D.C.; and Margaret Fung, Asian American Legal Defense and 
Education Fund, New York, New York.
  Hearing recessed subject to the call.