[Congressional Record Volume 152, Number 133 (Wednesday, December 6, 2006)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1136-D1137]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: Committee concluded 
a hearing to examine the nominations of Leland A. Strom, of Illinois, 
to be a Member of the Farm Credit Administration Board, Farm Credit 
Administration, Mark Everett Keenum, of Mississippi, to be Under 
Secretary of Agriculture for Farm and Foreign Agricultural Services, 
and to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the Commodity Credit 
Corporation, who was introduced by Senator Cochran, and Jill E. 
Sommers, of Kansas, to be a Commissioner of the Commodity Futures 
Trading Commission, after the nominees testified and answered questions 
in their own behalf.
CLIMATE CHANGE
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine issues relating to climate change and the media's 
treatment of the issue, after receiving testimony from David Deming, 
University of Oklahoma, Norman; Daniel P. Schrag, Harvard University, 
Cambridge, Massachusetts; Robert M. Carter, James Cook University, 
Townsville, Australia; Naomi Oreskes, University of California, San 
Diego; and Dan Gainor, Business and Media Institute, Alexandria, 
Virginia.

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NOMINATIONS
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee ordered favorably 
reported the nominations of Alex A. Beehler, of Maryland, to be 
Inspector General, Environmental Protection Agency, and Eric D. 
Eberhard, of Washington, and Diane Humetewa, of Arizona, each to be a 
Member of the Board of Trustees of the Morris K. Udall Scholarship and 
Excellence in National Environmental Policy Foundation.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Finance: Committee ordered favorably reported the 
nominations of Robert F. Hoyt, of Maryland, to be General Counsel, 
Michele A. Davis, of Virginia, Anthony W. Ryan, of Massachusetts, and 
Phillip L. Swagel, of Maryland, each to be an Assistant Secretary, Paul 
Cherecwich, Jr., of Utah, and Deborah L. Wince-Smith, of Virginia, both 
to be a Member of the Internal Revenue Service Oversight Board, all of 
the Department of the Treasury, Dean A. Pinkert, of Virginia, and 
Irving A. Williamson, of New York, both to be a Member of the United 
States International Trade Commission, and Dana K. Bilyeu, of Nevada, 
Mark J. Warshawsky, of Maryland, and Jeffrey Robert Brown, of Illinois, 
each to be a Member of the Social Security Advisory Board.
HURRICANE DISASTER
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Committee 
concluded a hearing to examine the extent of fraud, waste, and abuse 
relating to Hurricanes Katrina and Rita disaster relief efforts, after 
receiving testimony from Gregory D. Kutz, Managing Director, and John 
J. Ryan, Assistant Director, both of the Forensic Audits and Special 
Investigations, Government Accountability Office.
NOMINATION
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Committee 
concluded a hearing to examine the nomination of Paul A. Schneider, of 
Maryland, to be Under Secretary of Homeland Security for Management, 
after the nominee testified and answered questions in his own behalf.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee approved 
for reporting the nominations of Terry L. Cline, to be Administrator of 
the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, 
Department of Health and Human Services, Foreststorn Hamilton, Benjamin 
Donenberg, Joan Israelite, Charlotte P. Kessler, Robert Bretley Lott, 
William Francis Price, Jr., each to be a Member of the National Council 
of the Arts, and Dana Gioia, to be Chairperson of the National 
Endowment for the Arts, all of the National Foundation on the Arts and 
the Humanities, John Peyton, to be Member of the Board of Trustees of 
the Harry S Truman Scholarship Foundation, Sara Alicia Tucker, to be 
Under Secretary of Education, Department of Education, Gerald Walpin, 
to be Inspector General, Corporation for National and Community 
Service, Blanca E. Enriquez, to be Member of the National Institute for 
Literacy Advisory Board, National Institute For Literacy, Elizabeth 
Dougherty, to be Member of the National Mediation Board, Leon R. 
Sequeira, to be Assistant Secretary of Policy, Department of Labor, and 
sundry nominations in the Public Service.
FBI
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded oversight hearings to 
examine activities of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Department 
of Justice, focusing on national security, criminal investigations, and 
science and technology, after receiving testimony from Robert S. 
Mueller III, Director, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Department of 
Justice.
BANKRUPTCY ABUSE PREVENTION AND CONSUMER PROTECTION ACT
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Administrative Oversight 
and the Courts concluded oversight hearings to examine oversight 
hearings to examine implementation of the Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention 
and Consumer Protection Act (Public Law 109-8), after receiving 
testimony from Clifford J. White III, Director, Executive Office for 
United States Trustees, Department of Justice; Randall J. Newsome, 
Chief Judge, Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of California; 
Henry E. Hildebrand III, Chapter 13 Standing Trustee, Middle District 
of Tennessee, Nashville; Todd Zywicki, George Mason University School 
of Law, Arlington, Virginia; Steve Bartlett, Financial Services 
Roundtable, Washington, D.C.; David C. Jones, Association of 
Independent Consumer Credit Counseling Agencies, Poinciana, Florida; 
and Robert Lawless, University of Illinois College of Law, Champaign.
NOMINATION
Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine the nomination of Jovita Carranza, of Illinois, to 
be Deputy Administrator of the Small Business Administration, after the 
nominee, who was introduced by Senator McConnell, testified and 
answered questions in her own behalf.