[Congressional Record Volume 152, Number 124 (Thursday, September 28, 2006)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1057-D1058]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
FEDERAL VOTING ASSISTANCE PROGRAM
Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
issues relating to military voting, focusing on the Federal Voting 
Assistance Program, which allows absentee voting by members of the 
military and civilians living overseas, after receiving testimony from 
David S.C. Chu, Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness; 
Paul DeGregorio, Chairman, U.S. Election Assistance Commission; Derek 
B. Stewart, Director, Defense Capabilities and Management, Government 
Accountability Office; and Deborah L. Markowitz, National Association 
of Secretaries of State, Washington, D.C.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Armed Services: Committee ordered favorably reported the 
nominations of General Bantz J. Craddock, USA, for reappointment to the 
grade of general and to be Commander, U.S. European Command, Vice 
Admiral James G. Stavridis, USN, for appointment to the grade of 
admiral and to be Commander, U.S. Southern Command, Nelson M. Ford, of 
Virginia, to be Assistant Secretary of the Army for Financial 
Management and Comptroller, Ronald J. James, of Ohio, to be Assistant 
Secretary of the Army for Manpower and Reserve Affairs, Major General 
Todd I. Stewart, USAF, (Ret.), of Ohio, to be a Member of the National 
Security Education Board, John Edward Mansfield, of Virginia, Larry W. 
Brown, of Virginia, and Peter Stanley Winokur, of Maryland, each to be 
a Member of the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board, and 7,735 
routine military nominations in the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marine 
Corps.
ECONOMY
Committee on the Budget: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the 
state of the economy and budget, after receiving testimony from Edward 
P. Lazear, Chairman, Council of Economic Advisors; and Kevin A. 
Hassett, American Enterprise Institute, Chris Edwards, Cato Institute, 
and Peter R. Orszag, Brookings Institution, all of Washington, D.C.
NATIONAL AIRSPACE SYSTEM
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on 
Aviation concluded a hearing to examine new aircraft in the National 
Airspace System (NAS), focusing on developing safety standards and 
operating procedures to ensure their safe integration

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into the NAS, after receiving testimony from Michael A. Cirillo, Vice 
President, Systems Operations Services, Air Traffic Organization, and 
Nicholas A. Sabatini, Associate Administrator, Aviation Safety, both of 
the Federal Aviation Administration, Department of Transportation; Vern 
Raburn, Eclipse Aviation Corporation, Albuquerque, New Mexico; Edward 
E. Iacobucci, DayJet Corporation, Delray Beach, Florida; Jack J. 
Pelton, Cessna Aircraft Company, Wichita, Kansas, on behalf of General 
Aviation Manufacturers Association; and Matthew G. Andersson, CRA 
International, Chicago, Illinois.
HAZARDOUS WASTE
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Subcommittee on Superfund 
and Waste Management concluded a hearing to examine S. 3871, to amend 
the Solid Waste Disposal Act to direct the Administrator of the 
Environmental Protection Agency to establish a hazardous waste 
electronic manifest system, after receiving testimony from Susan P. 
Bodine, Assistant Administrator, Office of Solid Waste and Emergency 
Response, Environmental Protection Agency; Cheryl T. Coleman, South 
Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control, Columbia; 
Frederick J. Florjancic, Jr., Safety-Kleen Systems, Inc., Plano, Texas; 
and Phillip J. Bond, Information Technology Association of America, 
Arlington, Virginia.
PUBLIC DEBT
Committee on Finance: Subcommittee on Long-term Growth and Debt 
Reduction concluded a hearing to examine America's public debt, 
focusing on the national savings rate and federal budget deficits, 
after receiving testimony from former Representative Charles W. 
Stenholm, Peter R. Orszag, Brookings Institution, and Chris Edwards, 
Cato Institute, all of Washington, D.C.; and Robert L. Bixby, Concord 
Coalition, Arlington, Virginia.
SECURING THE NATIONAL CAPITAL REGION
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Subcommittee 
on Oversight of Government Management, the Federal Workforce, and the 
District of Columbia concluded hearings to examine the National Capital 
Region's strategic security plan, focusing on the ability of the 
responsible Federal, state and local government agencies of the 
National Capital Region to respond to a terrorist attack or natural 
disaster, including coordination efforts within the region, after 
receiving testimony from Thomas Lockwood, Director, Office of National 
Capital Region Coordination, Department of Homeland Security; William 
O. Jenkins, Jr., Director, Homeland Security and Justice Issues, 
Government Accountability Office; Deputy Mayor Edward D. Reiskin, 
District of Columbia Public Safety and Justice; Robert P. Crouch, Jr., 
Assistant to the Virginia Governor, Richmond; Dennis R. Schrader, 
Maryland Governor's Office of Homeland Security, Annapolis, Maryland; 
and Fairfax County Executive Anthony H. Griffin, Fairfax, Virginia.
EMERGENCY MEDICAL CARE
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: On Wednesday, 
September 27, Subcommittee on Bioterrorism and Public Health 
Preparedness concluded a hearing to examine measures to improve 
emergency medical care, focusing on the need for change to continue 
providing quality emergency medical care when and where it is expected, 
after receiving testimony from Frederick C. Blum, West Virginia 
University School of Medicine, Morgantown, on behalf of American 
College of Emergency Physicians; Margaret VanAmringe, Joint Commission 
on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations, Washington, D.C.; Nancy 
Bonalumi, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, 
Pennsylvania, on behalf of Emergency Nurses Association; Leon L. Haley, 
Jr., Grady Health System, Atlanta, Georgia; and Robert R. Bass, 
Maryland Institute of Emergency Medical Services Systems, Baltimore, on 
behalf of Institute of Medicine's Committee on the Future of Emergency 
Care in the U.S. Health System.
INTELLIGENCE
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee held closed hearings on 
intelligence matters, receiving testimony from officials of the 
intelligence community.
  Committee recessed subject to the call.