[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 20 (Thursday, February 1, 2007)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D128-D129]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
NOMINATION
Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded a hearing 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, 
after the nominee testified and answered questions in his own behalf.
DEFICIT AND FOREIGN DEBT
Committee on the Budget: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the 
current account deficit and the foreign debt of the United States, 
after receiving testimony from C. Fred Bergsten, and William R. Cline, 
both of Peterson Institute for International Economics, Washington, 
D.C.; and David R. Malpass, New York, New York.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on the Budget: On January 31, 2007, Committee ordered 
favorably reported an original resolution (S. Res. 52) authorizing 
expenditures by the Committee and adopted its rules of procedure for 
the 110th Congress.
COMMUNICATIONS MARKETPLACE
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded 
a hearing to examine a view from the Federal Communications Commission 
relating to assessing the communications marketplace, focusing on 
telecommunications, media, consumer protection, and enhancing public 
safety, after receiving testimony from Kevin J. Martin, Chairman, and 
Michael J. Copps, Jonathan S. Adelstein, Deborah Taylor Tate, and 
Robert M. McDowell, each a Commissioner, all of the Federal 
Communications Commission.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: On January 31, 
2007, Committee ordered favorably reported an original resolution (S. 
Res. 58) authorizing expenditures by the Committee.
TRANSPORTATION BIOFUELS
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine accelerated biofuels diversity, focusing on ways 
home-grown biologically derived fuels can blend into the nation's 
transportation fuel mix, after receiving testimony from sundry public 
witnesses.

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CHIP
Committee on Finance: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
improving the health of America's children relating to the future of 
the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP), focusing on State 
experiences in implementing CHIP and issues to consider before its 
reauthorization, after receiving testimony from Kathryn G. Allen, 
Director, Health Care, Government Accountability Office; Georgia 
Governor Sonny Perdue, Atlanta, on behalf of the Southern Governors' 
Association; Anita Smith, Iowa Department of Human Services, Des 
Moines; Cindy Mann, Georgetown University Health Policy Institute 
Center for Children and Families, Washington, D.C.; and Craig Bedford, 
Kim Lee Bedford, and Job Timothy Bedford, all of Baltimore, Maryland.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee ordered favorably reported an 
original resolution (S. Res. 64) authorizing expenditures by the 
Committee during the 110th Congress.
IRAQ: STRATEGIC CONTEXT
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine securing America's interests in Iraq, focusing on the remaining 
options in Iraq in the strategic context, after receiving testimony 
from Lieutenant General Brent Scowcroft, USAF (Ret.), Scowcroft Group, 
and Zbigniew Brzezinski, Center for Strategic and International 
Studies, both of Washington, D.C., both a former National Security 
Advisor.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: On January 31, 
2007, Committee ordered favorably reported an original resolution (S. 
Res. 60) authorizing expenditures by the Committee.
PRIVATE HEALTH RECORDS
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Subcommittee 
on Oversight of Government Management, the Federal Workforce, and the 
District of Columbia concluded an oversight hearing 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, after receiving testimony from Robert Kolodner, Interim 
National Coordinator, Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT, 
Department of Health and Human Services; Daniel A. Green, Deputy 
Associate Director, Center for Employee and Family Support Policy, 
Office of Personnel Management; David A. Powner, Director, Information 
Technology Management Issues, Government Accountability Office; Mark A. 
Rothstein, University of Louisville School of Medicine Institute for 
Bioethics, Health Policy and Law, Louisville, Kentucky; and Carol C. 
Diamond, Markle Foundation, New York, New York.
NOMINATION
Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee ordered favorably reported the 
nomination of Carl Joseph Artman, of Colorado, to be Assistant 
Secretary of the Interior for Indian Affairs.
  Prior to this action, committee concluded a hearing to examine the 
nomination of Carl Joseph Artman, of Colorado, to be Assistant 
Secretary of the Interior for Indian Affairs, after the nominee 
testified and answered questions in his own behalf.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Veterans Affairs: On January 31, 2007, Committee approved 
for reporting an original resolution (S. Res. 55) authorizing 
expenditures by the Committee and adopted its rules of procedure for 
the 110th Congress.
NOMINATION
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine the nomination of J. Michael McConnell, of Virginia, to be 
Director of National Intelligence, after the nominee, who was 
introduced by Senator Warner, testified and answered questions in his 
own behalf.