[Congressional Record Volume 152, Number 79 (Monday, June 19, 2006)]
[Daily Digest]
[Page D655]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Armed Services: Committee met in closed session and 
ordered favorably reported S. 3237, to authorize appropriations for 
fiscal year 2007 for the intelligence and intelligence-related 
activities of the United States Government, the Intelligence Community 
Management Account, and the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and 
Disability System.
BIOFUELS
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine implementation of the Renewable Fuel Standard in the 
2005 Energy Bill and the future potential of biofuels such as 
biodiesel, cellulosic ethanol, and E85, after receiving testimony from 
William Wehrum, Acting Assistant Administrator, Office of Air and 
Radiation, Environmental Protection Agency; Michael Pacheco, National 
Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, Colorado; Charles P. Carey, 
Chicago Board of Trade, Chicago, Illinois; Chris Standlee, Abengoa 
Bioenergy Corporation, Chesterfield, Missouri, on behalf of the 
Renewable Fuels Association; Daniel More, Morgan Stanley, New York, New 
York; and Joe Jobe, National Biodiesel Board, Jefferson City, Missouri.
NOMINATIONS:
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine the nominations of Robert D. McCallum, Jr., of Georgia, to be 
Ambassador to Australia, and Leslie V. Rowe, of Washington, to be 
Ambassador to Papua New Guinea, and to serve concurrently and without 
additional compensation as Ambassador to the Solomon Islands and 
Ambassador to the Republic of Vanuatu, after the nominees testified and 
answered questions in their own behalf.
IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT IN THE WORKPLACE
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Immigration, Border 
Security and Citizenship concluded a hearing to examine the lessons 
learned from the immigration reform legislation of 1986 relating to 
enforcement in the workplace, focusing on investigation and prosecution 
of employers engaged in the hiring of illegal aliens, receiving 
testimony from Stewart Baker, Assistant Secretary for Policy, and Julie 
L. Myers, Assistant Secretary for U.S. Immigration and Customs 
Enforcement, both of the Department of Homeland Security; Martin H. 
Gerry, Deputy Commissioner for Disability and Income Security Programs, 
Social Security Administration; Richard M. Stana, Director, Homeland 
Security and Justice, Government Accountability Office; C. Stewart 
Verdery, Jr., Center for Strategic and International Studies; Cecilia 
Munoz, National Council of La Raza, and Linda Dodd-Major, all of 
Washington, D.C.
  Hearing recessed subject to the call.