[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 19 (Wednesday, January 31, 2007)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D124-D125]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
ARMY EQUIPMENT RESET
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Air and Land Forces and 
the Subcommittee on Readiness held a joint hearing on Army equipment 
reset. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the 
Department of Defense: MG Vincent E. Boles, USA, Assistant Deputy Chief 
of Staff, G-4; BG Charles A. Anderson, USA, Director, Force 
Development, Office of the Chief of Staff, G-8; BG Robert M. Radin, 
USA, Deputy Chief of Staff, Logistics and Operations, U.S. Army 
Materiel Command; and Thomas E. Mullins, Deputy Assistant Secretary of 
the Army, Plans, Programs, and Resources; and William M. Solis, 
Director, Defense Capabilities and Management Team, GAO.
NATIONAL NUCLEAR SECURITY ADMINISTRATION ACT IMPLEMENTATION
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Strategic Forces held a 
hearing on the Department of Energy's implementation of the National 
Nuclear Security Administration Act of 2000. Testimony was heard from 
Samuel W. Bodman, Secretary of Energy; and the following officials of 
the Natural Resources and Environment Division, GAO: Gene Aloise, 
Director; and James Noel, Assistant Director.
SPECIAL OPERATIONS FORCES
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Terrorism, Unconventional 
Threats and Capabilities held a hearing on current manning, equipping 
and readiness challenges facing Special Operations Forces. Testimony 
was heard from the following officials of the Department of Defense: 
GEN Doug Brown, USA, Commander, U.S. Special Operations Command; LTG 
Robert W. Wagner, USA, Commander, U.S. Army Special Operations Command; 
RADM Joseph Maguire, USN, Commander, U.S. Naval Special Warfare 
Command; LTG Michael M. Wooley, USAF, Commander, U.S. Air Force Special 
Operations Command; and MG Dennis J. Hejlik, USMC, Commander, U.S. 
Marine Corps Special Operations Command.
STRENGTHENING THE MIDDLE CLASS
Committee on Education and Labor: Held a hearing on Strengthening 
America's Middle Class: Evaluating the Economic Squeeze on America's 
Families. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
COMMITTEE ORGANIZATION
Committee on Financial Services: Met for organizational purposes.
IRAN CRISIS
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Held a hearing on Understanding the Iran 
Crisis. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
OVERSIGHT--PRESIDENTIAL SIGNING STATEMENTS
Committee on the Judiciary: Held an oversight hearing entitled 
``Presidential Signing Statements under the Bush Administration: A 
Threat to Checks and Balances and the Rule of Law?'' Testimony was 
heard from John Elwood, Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Office of 
Legal Counsel, Department of Justice; former Representative Mickey 
Edwards of Oklahoma; and public witnesses.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on Science and Technology: Ordered reported the following 
measures: H.R. 547, as amended, Advanced Fuels Infrastructure Research 
and Development Act; and H. Res. 72, Recognizing the work and 
accomplishments of Mr. Britt ``Max'' Mayfield, Director of the National 
Hurricane Center's Tropical Prediction Center upon his retirement.
COMMITTEE ORGANIZATION; OVERSIGHT PLAN
Committee on Small Business: Met for organizational purposes.
  The Committee also approved an Oversight Plan for the 110th Congress.
FEDERAL RAILROAD SAFETY PROGRAM REAUTHORIZATION
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure: Subcommittee on 
Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials concluded hearings on 
Reauthorization of the Federal Rail Safety Program. Testimony was heard 
from public witnesses.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure: Subcommittee on Water 
Resources and Environment approved for full Committee action the 
following bills: H.R. 720, Healthy Communities Water Supply Act of 
2007; H.R. 569, as amended, Water Quality Investment Act of 2007; and 
H.R. 700, as amended, Water Quality Financing Act of 2007.
MIDDLE CLASS ECONOMIC CHALLENGES
Committee on Ways and Means: Held a hearing on the Economic Challenges 
Facing Middle Class Families. Testimony was heard from Peter R. Orszag, 
Director, CBO; and public witnesses.

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Joint Meetings
MIDDLE-CLASS PROSPERITY
Joint Economic Committee: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
ensuring the economic future by promoting middle-class prosperity, 
after receiving testimony from Robert E. Rubin, Citigroup, New York, 
New York, and Lawrence H. Summers, Harvard University, Cambridge, 
Massachusetts, both a former Secretary of the Treasury; Alan S. 
Blinder, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey; and Richard 
Vedder, Ohio University, Athens, American Enterprise Institute.


           COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 2007

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Armed Services: to hold hearings to examine the 
nomination of Gen. George W. Casey Jr., USA, for reappointment to 
the grade of general and to be Chief of Staff, United States Army, 
9:30 a.m., SR-325.
  Committee on the Budget: to hold hearings to examine the current 
account deficit and the foreign debt of the United States, 10 a.m., 
SD-608.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: to hold 
hearings to examine a view from the Federal Communications 
Commission relating to assessing the communications marketplace, 10 
a.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: to hold hearings to 
examine accelerated biofuels diversity, focusing on how home-grown, 
biologically derived fuels can blend into the nation's 
transportation fuel mix, 9:30 a.m., SDG-50.
  Committee on Finance: to hold hearings to examine improving the 
health of America's children relating to the future of Children's 
Health Insurance Program (CHIP), 10 a.m., SD-215.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: business meeting to consider an 
original resolution authorizing expenditures by the committee during 
the 110th Congress; to be followed by a hearing to examine securing 
America's interests in Iraq, focusing on the remaining options in 
Iraq in the strategic context, 9:15 a.m., SH-216.
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: 
Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management, the Federal 
Workforce, and the District of Columbia, to hold hearings to examine 
privacy implications of the Federal government's health information 
technology initiative relating to private health records, focusing 
on the efforts of Department of Health and Human Services to 
integrate privacy into the Health Information Technology national 
infrastructure and Office of Personnel Management's efforts to 
expand the use of Health Information Technology through the Federal 
Employees Health Benefits Program and the impact such actions have 
on Federal employees' health information privacy, 2:30 p.m., SD-342.
  Committee on Indian Affairs: to hold hearings to examine the 
nomination of Carl Joseph Artman, of Colorado, to be an Assistant 
Secretary of the Interior for Indian Affairs; to be followed by a 
business meeting to consider the nomination, 9:30 a.m., SR-485.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: to hold hearings to examine the 
nomination of J. Michael McConnell, of Virginia, to be Director of 
National Intelligence, 2:30 p.m., SD-106.
  Full Committee, to hold closed hearings to examine certain 
intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.


                                 House

  No Committee meetings are scheduled.