[Congressional Record Volume 152, Number 118 (Wednesday, September 20, 2006)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E1774-E1775]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                          PERSONAL EXPLANATION

                                 ______
                                 

                         HON. KATHERINE HARRIS

                               of florida

                    in the house of representatives

                     Wednesday, September 20, 2006

  Ms. HARRIS. Mr. Speaker, on rollcall vote No. 451, had I been present 
I would have voted ``yea''; on rollcall vote No. 452, had I been 
present I would have voted ``yea''; on rollcall vote No. 453, had I 
been present I would have voted ``yea''.

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                       SENATE COMMITTEE MEETINGS

  Title IV of Senate Resolution 4, agreed to by the Senate on February 
4, 1977, calls for establishment of a system for a computerized 
schedule of all meetings and hearings of Senate committees, 
subcommittees, joint committees, and committees of conference. This 
title requires all such committees to notify the Office of the Senate 
Daily Digest--designated by the Rules Committee--of the time, place, 
and purpose of the meetings, when scheduled, and any cancellations or 
changes in the meetings as they occur.
  As an additional procedure along with the computerization of this 
information, the Office of the Senate Daily Digest will prepare this 
information for printing in the Extensions of Remarks section of the 
Congressional Record on Monday and Wednesday of each week.
  Meetings scheduled for Thursday, September 21, 2006 may be found in 
the Daily Digest of today's Record.

                           MEETINGS SCHEDULED

                              SEPTEMBER 22
     9:30 a.m.
       Foreign Relations
         To hold hearings to examine the nomination of Clyde 
           Bishop, of Delaware, to be Ambassador to the Republic 
           of the Marshall Islands.
                                                            SD-419

                              SEPTEMBER 26
     9:30 a.m.
       Judiciary
         To hold hearings to examine how widespread is the problem 
           and is there adequate criminal enforcement relating to 
           illegal insider trading.
                                                            SD-226
     10 a.m.
       Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
         To hold hearings to examine the New Basel Capital Accord.
                                                            SD-538
       Veterans' Affairs
         To hold hearings to examine the nomination of Robert T. 
           Howard, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary of 
           Veterans Affairs (Information and Technology); to be 
           followed by a business meeting off the floor after the 
           first roll call vote, to consider the nomination of Mr. 
           Howard.
                                                            SR-418
     10:45 a.m.
       Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
       Oversight of Government Management, the Federal Workforce, 
           and the District of Columbia Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine the Federal government's 
           implementation of pay for performance systems for its 
           senior executives, focusing on the regulatory structure 
           for the systems, the agency certification process, and 
           the effectiveness of the role of the Office of 
           Personnel Management in evaluating and monitoring these 
           systems.
                                                            SD-342
     2 p.m.
       Judiciary
         To hold hearings to examine judicial nominations.
                                                            SD-226
     2:30 p.m.
       Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
       Federal Financial Management, Government Information, and 
           International Security Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine uncollected taxes and issues 
           of transparency relating to deconstructing the tax 
           code, focusing on the 2006 updated estimate of the tax 
           gap by the IRS, examine IRS efforts to close the tax 
           gap as well as legislative solutions to increase tax 
           payer compliance, and explore the transparency of the 
           tax code.
                                                            SD-342
     3 p.m.
       Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe
         To hold hearings to examine the Shanghai Cooperation 
           Organization and its impact on United States interests 
           in Central Asia.
                                                            SD-538
     3:15 p.m.
       Commerce, Science, and Transportation
       Foreign Relations
         To hold joint hearings to examine International Polar 
           Year.
                                                            SR-253

                              SEPTEMBER 27
     10 a.m.
       Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
         To hold hearings to examine the nominations of 
           Christopher A. Padilla, of the District of Columbia, to 
           be an Assistant Secretary of Commerce, and Bijan 
           Rafiekian, of California, to be a Member of the Board 
           of Directors of the Export-Import Bank of the United 
           States.
                                                            SD-538
       Commerce, Science, and Transportation
         Business meeting to consider pending calendar business.
                                                            SR-253
       Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
         To hold hearings to examine new technologies to improve 
           care for people with diabetes and reduce the burden on 
           the health care system, focusing on the development of 
           an artificial pancreas.
                                                            SD-342
       Energy and Natural Resources
       Public Lands and Forests Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine S. 3599, to establish the 
           Prehistoric Trackways National Monument in the State of 
           New Mexico, S. 3794, to provide for the implementation 
           of the Owyhee Initiative Agreement, S. 3854, to 
           designate certain land in the State of Oregon as 
           wilderness, H.R. 3603, to promote the economic 
           development and recreational use of National Forest 
           System lands and other public lands in central Idaho, 
           to designate the Boulder-White Cloud Management Area to 
           ensure the continued management of certain National 
           Forest System lands and Bureau of Land Management lands 
           for recreational and grazing use and conservation and 
           resource protection, to add certain National Forest 
           System lands and Bureau of Land Management lands in 
           central Idaho to the National Wilderness Preservation 
           System, and H.R. 5025, to protect for future 
           generations the recreational opportunities, forests, 
           timber, clean water, wilderness and scenic values, and 
           diverse habitat of Mount Hood National Forest, Oregon.
                                                            SD-628
     2:30 p.m.
       Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
       Bioterrorism and Public Health Preparedness Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine measures to improve emergency 
           medical care.
                                                            SD-430
     3 p.m.
       Judiciary
       Immigration, Border Security and Citizenship Subcommittee
         To hold an oversight hearing to examine United States 
           refugee admissions and policy.
                                                            SD-226

                              SEPTEMBER 28
     9:30 a.m.
       Armed Services
         To hold hearings to examine issues relating to military 
           voting and the Federal Voting Assistance Program.
                                                            SH-216
     10 a.m.
       Commerce, Science, and Transportation
       Aviation Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine new aircraft in the National 
           Airspace System.
                                                            SR-253