[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 5 (Wednesday, January 10, 2007)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D26-D27]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
NATIONAL ENERGY SECURITY
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: Committee concluded 
a hearing to examine agriculture and rural America's role in enhancing 
national energy security, after receiving testimony from Keith Collins, 
Chief Economist, Department of Agriculture; Philip Sharp, Resources for 
the Future, Washington, D.C.; J. Read Smith, 25x'25 Renewable Energy 
Alliance, St. John, Washington; Michael Pacheco, National Renewable 
Energy Laboratory, Golden, Colorado; Ron Miller, Aventine Renewable 
Energy, LLC, Pekin, Illinois, on behalf of the Renewable Fuels 
Association; Roger P. Webb, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta; 
Gene Gourley, on behalf of the National Pork Producers Council and the 
Iowa Pork Producers Association, Webster City; Loni Kemp, Minnesota 
Project, Canton; and John Sellers, Iowa State Soil Conservation 
Committee, Corydon.
SOMALIA
Committee on Armed Services: Committee met in closed session to receive 
a briefing regarding United States military action in Somalia from 
Theresa Whelan, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense; Janila Howard, 
Analyst, East Africa Counter-Terrorism, Defense Intelligence Agency; 
and Brigadier General Otis G. Mannon, USAF, Deputy Director for Special 
Operations, J-3 Operations Directorate, Joint Chiefs of Staff.
GEOPOLITICS OF OIL
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee held a hearing to 
examine global oil supplies and what it means for United States 
economic and national security, focusing on U.S. dependence on imported 
oil, the rapid growth in oil consumption in emerging economies such as 
China and India and the impact on U.S. energy security, how political 
stability in the Middle East could affect future oil supplies, and the 
implications of recent developments in the Russian energy sector for 
U.S. and global energy security, receiving testimony from General 
Charles F. Wald, USAF (Ret.), former Deputy Commander, United States 
European Command, Member, Energy Security Leadership Council, Linda G. 
Stuntz, Stuntz, Davis, and Staffier, on behalf of the Council on 
Foreign Relations Independent Task Force, Flynt Leverett, New America 
Foundation, all of Washington, D.C.; Robert D. Hormats, Goldman Sachs 
(International), New York, New York; and Fatih Birol, International 
Energy Agency, Paris, France.
  Hearing recessed subject to the call.
BUSINESS TAX INCENTIVES
Committee on Finance: Committee concluded a hearing to examine tax 
incentives for businesses in response to a minimum wage increase, after 
receiving testimony from Jared Bernstein, Economic Policy Institute, 
Washington, D.C.; Joseph J. Sabia, University of Georgia Department of 
Housing and Consumer Economics, Athens; Matthew F. Kadish, Small 
Business Council of America, Cleveland, Ohio; Dave

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Ratner, Dave's Soda and Pet City, Agawam, Massachusetts, on behalf of 
the National Retail Federation; and Bruce G. Obenour, Akwen, LTD, 
Akron, Ohio.
IRAQ
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine securing America's interests and the current situation in Iraq, 
after receiving testimony from Michael O'Hanlon, Brookings Institution, 
Paul R. Pillar, Georgetown University, and Phebe Marr, all of 
Washington, D.C.; and Yahia Khairi Said, London School of Economics, 
London, United Kingdom.
HEALTH CARE COVERAGE
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee 
concluded a hearing to examine challenges and opportunities relating to 
health care for all Americans, after receiving testimony from Peter 
Meade, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts, and John McDonough, 
Health Care for All, both of Boston, Massachusetts; Karen Davis, 
Commonwealth Fund, New York, New York; Debra Ness, National Partnership 
for Women and Families, Andy Stern, Service Employees International 
Union, Larry Burton, Business Roundtable, Peter Harbage, New America 
Foundation, Joseph R. Antos, American Enterprise Institute, and John C. 
Goodman, National Center for Policy Analysis, all of Washington, D.C.; 
and Pat Vredevoogd Combs, National Association of Realtors, Grand 
Rapids, Michigan.
GOVERNMENT DATA MINING PROGRAMS
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
balancing privacy and security, focusing on the privacy implications of 
government data mining programs, including proposed legislation to 
prevent and mitigate identity theft, to ensure privacy, to provide 
notice of security breaches, and to enhance criminal penalties, law 
enforcement assistance, and other protections against security 
breaches, fraudulent access, and misuse of personally identifiable 
information, after receiving testimony from former Representative Barr; 
Jim Harper, CATO Institute, Leslie Harris, Center for Democracy and 
Technology, and James Jay Carafano, Heritage Foundation, all of 
Washington, DC; and Kim A. Taipale, Center for Advanced Studies in 
Science and Technology Policy, New York, New York.
BUSINESS MEETING
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee met in closed session to 
consider pending intelligence matters.
  Committee recessed subject to the call.