[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 14 (Wednesday, January 24, 2007)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D84-D85]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
COMMITTEE ORGANIZATION
Committee on Education and Labor: Met for organizational purposes.
SOUTH SUDAN
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on Africa and Global Health 
held a hearing on South Sudan: The Comprehensive Peace Agreement on 
Life Support. Testimony was heard from Representative Wolf; and Roger 
Winter, former Special Representative for Sudan.
COMMITTEE ORGANIZATION
Committee on the Judiciary: Met for organizational purposes.

[[Page D85]]


MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES; COMMITTEE ORGANIZATION; OVERSIGHT PLAN
Committee on Science and Technology: Ordered reported the following 
measures: H.R. 365, Methamphetamine Remediation Research Act of 2007; 
H. Res. 59, Supporting the goals and ideals of National Engineers Week; 
and H. Con. Res. 34, Honoring the life of Percy Lavon Julian, a pioneer 
in the field of organic chemistry research and development and the 
first and only African American chemist to be inducted into the 
National Academy of Sciences.
  Prior to this action, the Committee met for organizational purposes.
  The Committee approved an Oversight Plan for the 110th Congress.
SURFACE TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure: Subcommittee on 
Highways and Transit held a hearing on Surface Transportation System: 
Challenges for the Future. Testimony was heard from Jeffrey N. Shane, 
Under Secretary, Policy, Department of Transportation; and public 
witnesses.
POVERTY--ECONOMIC AND SOCIETAL COSTS
Committee on Ways and Means: Held a hearing on Economic and Societal 
Costs of Poverty. Testimony was heard from Sigurd R. Nilsen, Director, 
Education, Workforce, and Income Security, GAO; and public witnesses.
INTELLIGENCE SUPPORT TO POLICY MAKER
Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence: Met in executive session to 
hold a hearing on Intelligence Support to the Policy Maker. Testimony 
was heard from Lee Hamilton, Co-Chair, Iraq Study Group (Baker-Hamilton 
Commission).