[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 14 (Wednesday, January 24, 2007)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D82-D83]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
PANDEMIC FLU
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human 
Services, Education, and Related Agencies concluded a hearing to 
examine progress made and challenges ahead relating to pandemic flu, 
focusing on vaccines, antiviral therapies, and diagnostics, after 
receiving testimony from Anthony S. Fauci, Director, National Institute 
of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, 
Julie L. Gerberding, Director, Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention, and Gerald W. Parker, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, 
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response, all of 
the Department of Health and Human Services.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Armed Services: Committee ordered favorably reported the 
nomination of Lieutenant General

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David H. Petraeus, USA, to be General and Commander, Multi-National Forces--
Iraq, and 1,125 military nominations in the Army, Navy, Air Force, and 
Marine Corps.
AIRLINE INDUSTRY
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine the potential impact of airline mergers and industry 
consolidation relating to the state of the airline industry, focusing on the 
role of the Federal government in the industry's ongoing restructuring, and 
the prospect of consolidation, after receiving testimony from Senator 
Isakson; Andrew B. Steinberg, Assistant Secretary of Transportation for 
Aviation and International Affairs; Gerald Grinstein, Delta Air Lines, 
Atlanta, Georgia; W. Douglas Parker, US Airways Group, Phoenix, Arizona; 
Robert Roach, Jr., International Association of Machinists and Aerospace 
Workers, Upper Marlboro, Maryland; and Mark Cooper, Consumer Federation of 
America, Washington, D.C.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee adopted its 
rules of procedure for the 110th Congress.
CAP AND TRADE SYSTEM PROPOSAL
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee held a hearing to 
examine an analysis completed by the Energy Information Administration 
entitled ``Energy Market and Economic Impacts of a Proposal to Reduce 
Greenhouse Gas Intensity with a Cap and Trade System'', receiving testimony 
from Howard Gruenspecht, Deputy Administrator, Energy Information 
Administration, Department of Energy; Jason S. Grumet, National Commission 
on Energy Policy, Daniel A. Lashof, Natural Resources Defense Council, and 
Anne E. Smith, CRA International, all of Washington, D.C.; and Jeffry E. 
Sterba, PNM Resources, Albuquerque, New Mexico.
  Hearing recessed subject to the call.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee ordered favorably 
reported an original (S. Res. 38) resolution authorizing expenditures by the 
Committee.
  Also, committee adopted its rules of procedure for the 110th Congress and 
announced the following subcommittee assignments:
  Subcommittee on Energy: Senators Dorgan (Chairman), Akaka, Wyden, Johnson, 
Landrieu, Cantwell, Menendez, Sanders, Tester, Murkowski, Craig, Burr, 
DeMint, Corker, Sessions, Bunning, and Martinez.
  Subcommittee on Public Lands and Forests: Senators Wyden (Chairman), 
Akaka, Johnson, Landrieu, Cantwell, Salazar, Menendez, Lincoln, Sanders, 
Burr, Craig, Thomas, Murkowski, DeMint, Sessions, Smith, and Bunning.
  Subcommittee on National Parks: Senators Akaka (Chairman), Dorgan, 
Landrieu, Salazar, Menendez, Lincoln, Sanders, Tester, Thomas, Murkowski, 
Burr, Corker, Sessions, Smith, and Martinez.
  Subcommittee on Water and Power: Senators Johnson (Chairman), Dorgan, 
Wyden, Cantwell, Salazar, Lincoln, Tester, Corker, Craig, Thomas, DeMint, 
Smith, and Bunning.
  Senators Bingaman and Domenici are ex officio members of each of the 
Subcommittees.
NOMINATION
Committee on Finance: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the 
nomination of Michael J. Astrue, of Massachusetts, to be Commissioner of 
Social Security, after the nominee, who was introduced by Senator Kerry, 
testified and answered questions in his own behalf.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee ordered favorably reported S. Con. 
Res. 2, expressing the bipartisan resolution on Iraq.
  Also, Senate committee announced the following subcommittee assignments:
  Subcommittee on African Affairs: Senators Feingold (Chair), Nelson (FL), 
Obama, Cardin, Webb, Sununu, Coleman, Vitter, and Hagel.
  Subcommittee on East Asian and Pacific Affairs: Senators Boxer (Chair), 
Kerry, Feingold, Obama, Webb, Murkowski, Isakson, Vitter, and Hagel.
  Subcommittee on European Affairs: Senators Obama (Chair), Dodd, Menendez, 
Cardin, Casey, DeMint, Voinovich, Corker, and Murkowski.
  Subcommittee on Near East and South and Central Asian Affairs: Senators 
Kerry (Chair), Dodd, Feingold, Boxer, Cardin, Coleman, Hagel, Sununu, and 
Voinovich.
  Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere, Peace Corps, and Narcotics Affairs: 
Senators Dodd (Chair), Kerry, Nelson (FL), Menendez, Webb, Corker, Isakson, 
Coleman, and Sununu.
  Subcommittee on International Development and Foreign Assistance, Economic 
Affairs and International Environmental Protection: Senators Menendez 
(Chair), Kerry, Boxer, Obama, Casey, Hagel, Corker, Murkowski, and DeMint.
  Subcommittee on International Operations and Organizations, Democracy and 
Human Rights: Senators Nelson (FL) (Chair), Feingold, Menendez, Casey, Webb, 
Vitter, Voinovich, DeMint, and Isakson.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Committee ordered 
favorably reported an original resolution authorizing expenditures by the 
Committee.
  Also, committee adopted its rules of procedure for the 110th Congress.