[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 15 (Thursday, January 25, 2007)]
[Daily Digest]
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From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
IRAQ
Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
the current situation in Iraq and on the Administration's recently 
announced strategy for continued United States assistance to the Iraqi 
government and for an increased United States military presence in 
Iraq, after receiving testimony from William J. Perry, former Secretary 
of Defense, Hoover Institution, Stanford, California; General John M. 
Keane, former Vice Chief of Staff, United States Army; and Dennis B. 
Ross, Washington Institute for Near East Policy, Washington, D.C.
CREDIT CARD INDUSTRY
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine the billing, marketing, and disclosure practices of 
the credit card industry, and the impact of those practices on 
consumers, after receiving testimony from Elizabeth Warren, Harvard Law 
School, Cambridge, Massachusetts; Robert D. Manning, Rochester 
Institute of Technology E. Philip Saunders College of Business, 
Rochester, New York; Michael D. Donovan, Donovan Searles, LLC, 
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on behalf of the National Consumer Law 
Center and the National Association of Consumer Advocates; John G. 
Finneran, Jr., Capital One Financial Corporation, McLean, Virginia; 
Richard Vague, Barclays Bank Delaware, and Carter Franke, Chase Bank 
U.S.A., N.A., both of Wilmington, Delaware; Tamara Draut, Demos, 
London, United Kingdom; and Travis B. Plunkett, Consumer Federation of 
America, Washington, D.C., on behalf of Consumer Action.
BUDGET AND ECONOMIC OUTLOOK
Committee on the Budget: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the 
Congressional Budget Office budget and economic outlook for fiscal 
years 2008 through 2017, focusing on the projected growth of

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the economy of the United States and federal spending for major 
mandatory programs, after receiving testimony from Peter R. Orszag, 
Director, Congressional Budget Office.
OIL AND GAS RESOURCES
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded an 
oversight hearing to examine oil and gas resources on the Outer 
Continental Shelf and areas available for leasing in the Gulf of 
Mexico, after receiving testimony from C. Stephen Allred, Assistant 
Secretary of the Interior; Marjorie A. McKeithen, Louisiana Department 
of Natural Resources Office of Mineral Resources, Baton Rouge; Lisa P. 
Jackson, New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, Trenton; J. 
Larry Nichols, Devon Energy Corporation, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; Athan 
Manuel, Sierra Club, Washington, D.C.; and Paul K. Siegele, Chevron 
Corporation, San Ramon, California.
IRAQ: RECONSTRUCTION
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee continued hearings to examine 
the remaining options relating to securing America's interests in Iraq, 
focusing on reconstruction strategy, receiving testimony from David M. 
Satterfield, Senior Advisor to the Secretary of State and Coordinator 
for Iraq, Department of State; and Brigadier General Michael D. Jones, 
USA, J-5 Deputy Director for Political-Military Affairs-Middle East, 
Joint Chiefs of Staff.
  Hearings to continue.
IRAQ: POLITICAL STRATEGY
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee continued hearings to examine 
the remaining options relating to securing America's interests in Iraq 
focusing on political strategy, receiving testimony from Laith Kubba, 
National Endowment for Democracy, Qubad Talabani, Kurdistan Regional 
Government, and Rend Al-Rahim, all of Washington, D.C.; and Toby Dodge, 
International Institute for Strategic Studies, London, United Kingdom.
  Hearings to continue.
FOREIGN LANGUAGE STRATEGY
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Subcommittee 
on Oversight of Government Management, the Federal Workforce, and the 
District of Columbia concluded a hearing to examine the Federal 
government's efforts to develop a foreign language strategy, focusing 
on the government's efforts to increase foreign language education to 
meet the Federal workforce, national security, and economic 
competitiveness needs, after receiving testimony from Michael L. 
Dominguez, Principal Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel 
and Readiness; Holly Kuzmich, Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy and 
Programs, Department of Education; Everette E. Jordan, Director, 
National Virtual Translation Center, on behalf of the Federal Bureau of 
Investigation, Department of Justice; Rita Oleksak, American Council on 
the Teaching of Foreign Languages, Alexandria, Virginia; Michael Petro, 
Committee for Economic Development, Washington, D.C.; and Diane W. 
Birckbichler, The Ohio State University, Columbus.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee ordered favorably reported an 
original resolution (S. Res. 40) authorizing expenditures by the 
Committee and adopted its rules of procedure for the 110th Congress
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee ordered favorably reported the 
following business items:
  S. Res. 21, recognizing the uncommon valor of Wesley Autrey of New 
York, New York;
  S. Res. 24, designating January 2007 as ``National Stalking Awareness 
Month'';
  S. Res. 29, expressing the sense of the Senate regarding Martin 
Luther King, Jr. Day and the many lessons still to be learned from Dr. 
King's example of nonviolence, courage, compassion, dignity, and public 
service; and
  The nominations of Lisa Godbey Wood, to be United States District 
Judge for the Southern District of Georgia, Philip S. Gutierrez, and 
Valerie L. Baker, each to be United States District Judge for the 
Central District of California, Lawrence Joseph O'Neill, to be United 
States District Judge for the Eastern District of California, and 
Gregory Kent Frizzell, to be United States District Judge for the 
Northern District of Oklahoma.
  Committee ordered favorably reported an original resolution (S. Res. 
42) authorizing expenditures by the Committee.
  Also, committee adopted its rules of procedure for the 110th Congress 
and announced the following subcommittee assignments:
  Subcommittee on Administrative Oversight and the Courts: Senators 
Schumer (Chair), Feinstein, Feingold, Whitehouse, Sessions, Grassley, 
and Graham.
  Subcommittee on Antitrust, Competition Policy and Consumer Rights: 
Senators Kohl (Chair), Leahy, Biden, Feingold, Schumer, Cardin, Hatch, 
Specter, Grassley, Brownback, and Coburn.
  Subcommittee on the Constitution: Senators Feingold (Chair), Kennedy, 
Feinstein, Durbin, Cardin, Brownback, Specter, Graham, and Cornyn.

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  Subcommittee on Crime and Drugs: Senators Biden (Chair), Kennedy, 
Kohl, Feinstein, Feingold, Schumer, Durbin, Graham, Specter, Hatch, 
Grassley, Sessions, and Coburn.
  Subcommittee on Human Rights and the Law: Senators Durbin (Chair), 
Kennedy, Biden, Feingold, Cardin, Whitehouse, Coburn, Kyl, Graham, 
Cornyn, and Brownback.
  Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security and Refugees: Senators 
Kennedy (Chair), Biden, Feinstein, Schumer, Durbin, Cornyn, Grassley, 
Kyl, and Sessions.
  Subcommittee on Terrorism, Technology and Homeland Security: Senators 
Feinstein (Chair), Kennedy, Biden, Kohl, Schumer, Durbin, Cardin, Kyl, 
Hatch, Sessions, Cornyn, Brownback, and Coburn.
INTELLIGENCE REFORM
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine intelligence reform, focusing on strengthened intelligence 
capabilities, the national intelligence workforce, and budget 
authority, after receiving testimony from John S. Pistole, Deputy 
Director, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Department of Justice; 
Charles E. Allen, Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security for 
Intelligence and Analysis, Chief Intelligence Officer; James W. Spears, 
West Virginia Department of Military Affairs and Public Safety, 
Charleston; Cathy L. Lanier, Metropolitan Police Department, 
Washington, D.C.; and John C. Gannon, former Staff Director, House of 
Representatives Committee on Homeland Security, Alexandria, Virginia.