[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 20 (Thursday, February 1, 2007)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D130-D132]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                      CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD

              Week of February 5 through February 9, 2007

                             Senate Chamber

  On Monday, at 4 p.m., Senate will resume consideration of the motion 
to proceed to consideration of S. 470, Iraq Sense of Congress and vote 
on the motion to invoke cloture thereon at 5:30 p.m.
  During the balance of the week, Senate may consider any cleared 
legislative and executive business.


                           Senate Committees

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)
  Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: February 7, to 
hold hearings to examine the United States Department of Agriculture 
farm bill proposal, 9:45 a.m., SD-106.
  Committee on Appropriations: February 8, Subcommittee on 
Transportation, Treasury, the Judiciary, and Housing and Urban 
Development, and Related Agencies, to hold hearings to examine the 
President's budget request for Fiscal Year 2008 for the Department 
of Transportation, 9:30 a.m., SD-138.
  Committee on Armed Services: February 6, to hold hearings to 
examine the President's budget request for fiscal year 2008 and the 
fiscal years 2007 and 2008 war supplemental requests in review of 
the Defense Authorization Request for Fiscal Year 2008 and the 
Future Years Defense Program, 9:30 a.m., SH-216.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: February 7, to 
hold hearings to examine predatory lending practices and home 
foreclosures, 10 a.m., SD-538.
  Committee on the Budget: February 6, to hold hearings to examine 
war costs, 10 a.m., SD-608.
  February 7, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
President's Fiscal Year 2008 budget proposal, 10 a.m., SD-608.
  February 8, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
President's Fiscal Year 2008 budget and revenue proposals, 10 a.m., 
SD-608.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: February 7, to 
hold hearings to examine climate change research and scientific 
integrity, 10 a.m., SR-253.
  February 8, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
present and future of public safety communications, 10 a.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: February 7, to hold 
hearings to examine the President's proposed budget request for 
fiscal year 2008 for the Department of Energy, 9:30 a.m., SD-366.
  February 8, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine issues 
relating to labor, immigration, law enforcement, and economic 
conditions in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, 9:30 
a.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: February 6, to hold an 
oversight hearing to examine recent Environmental Protection Agency 
decisions, focusing on EPA actions and documents, including 
monitoring regulations related to perchlorate, the process for 
setting National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS), the lead 
NAAQS process, air toxics control (the ``once in always in'' 
policy), the Toxic Release Inventory, and EPA library closures, 10 
a.m., SD-406.
  Committee on Finance: February 6, to hold hearings to examine the 
President's Fiscal Year 2008 budget proposal, 2:45 p.m., SD-215.
  February 7, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
President's Fiscal Year 2008 budget proposal, 10 a.m., SD-215.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: February 6, Subcommittee on 
African Affairs, to hold hearings to examine a comprehensive 
stabilization, reconstruction and counter-terrorism strategy for 
Somalia, 10 a.m., SD-628.
  February 8, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
President's foreign affairs budget, 9 a.m., SD-106.
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: February 8, 
to hold hearings to examine No Child Left Behind reauthorization, 
focusing on strategies that promote school improvement, 10 a.m., SH-
216.
  Committee on Indian Affairs: February 8, business meeting to 
consider pending calendar business; to be followed by an oversight 
hearing on diabetes in Indian Country, focusing on the Special 
Diabetes Program for Indians, 9:30 a.m., SR-485.
  Committee on the Judiciary: February 5, Subcommittee on Human 
Rights and the Law, to hold hearings to examine genocide and the 
rule of law, 3 p.m., SD-226.
  February 6, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine if the 
Department of Justice is politicizing the hiring and firing of U.S. 
attorneys relating to preserving prosecutorial independence, 9:30 
a.m., SD-226.
  February 6, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
nominations of John Preston Bailey, to be United States District 
Judge for the Northern District of West Virginia, and Otis D. Wright 
II, and George H. Wu, each to be United States District Judge for 
the Central District of California, 2:30 p.m., SD-226.
  February 8, Full Committee, business meeting to consider the 
nominations of Norman Randy Smith, of Idaho, to be United States 
Circuit Judge for the Ninth Circuit,

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Marcia Morales Howard, of Florida, to be United States District 
Judge for the Middle District of Florida, and John Alfred Jarvey, of 
Iowa, to be United States District Judge for the Southern District 
of Iowa, S. 188, to revise the short title of the Fannie Lou Hamer, 
Rosa Parks, and Coretta Scott King Voting Rights Act Reauthorization 
and Amendments Act of 2006, S. 214, to amend chapter 35 of title 28, 
United States Code, to preserve the independence of United States 
attorneys, S. 316, to prohibit brand name drug companies from 
compensating generic drug companies to delay the entry of a generic 
drug into the market, S. 236, to require reports to Congress on 
Federal agency use of data mining, S. Res. 23, designating the Week 
of February 5 through February 9, 2007, as ``National School 
Counseling Week,'' S. Res. 36, honoring women's health advocate 
Cynthia Boles Dailard, S. Res. 37, designating March 26, 2007 as 
``National Support the Troops Day'' and encouraging the people of 
the United States to participate in a moment of silence to reflect 
upon the service and sacrifice of members of the Armed Forces both 
at home and abroad, and S. Con. Res. 5, honoring the life of Percy 
Lavon Julian, a pioneer in the field of organic chemistry and the 
first and only African-American chemist to be inducted into the 
National Academy of Sciences, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  Committee on Rules and Administration: February 7, to hold 
hearings to examine the hazards of electronic voting, focusing on 
the machinery of democracy, 10 a.m., SR-301.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: February 6, to hold closed 
hearings to examine certain intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.
  February 7, Full Committee, to hold closed hearings to examine 
certain intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.
  February 8, Full Committee, to hold closed hearings to examine 
certain intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.


                            House Committees

  Committee on Appropriations, February 6, Subcommittee on Homeland 
Security, on Major Management Challenges Facing the Department of 
Homeland Security in Implementing Legislated and Other Security 
Improvements, 10 a.m., 2362A Rayburn.
  February 7, Subcommittee on Homeland Security, on Using Risk to 
Determine Homeland Security Investments, 10 a.m., 2358 Rayburn.
  February 8, Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food 
and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies, on Food Safety: 
Shedding Light on a Broken System, 1 p.m., 2362A Rayburn.
  February 8, Subcommittee on Homeland Security, on Secretary of 
Homeland Security, 10 a.m, 2359 Rayburn.
  February 8, Subcommittee on Select Intelligence Oversight Panel, 
executive, on Fiscal Year '07 Supplemental, 1:30 p.m., H-140 
Capitol.
  February 8, Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations and Related 
Programs, on oversight of Assistance Programs in Iraq, 2 p.m., 2359 
Rayburn.
  February 9, Subcommittee on Defense, on U.S. Army FY '07 
Supplemental, 10 a.m., 2359 Rayburn.
  February 9, Subcommittee on Military Construction, Veterans' 
Affairs, and Related Agencies, on Quality of Life, 9:30 a.m., H-143 
Capitol.
  Committee on Armed Services, February 7, hearing on the Fiscal 
Year 2008 National Defense Budget Request from the Department of 
Defense, 9:30 a.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  February 8, Subcommittee on Seapower and Expeditionary Forces, 
hearing on acquisition oversight of the U.S. Navy's Littoral Combat 
System, 3 p.m., 2212 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Budget, February 6, hearing on the President's 
Fiscal Year 2008 Budget, 10 a.m., 210 Cannon.
  February 7, hearing on the Treasury Department Fiscal Year 2008 
Budget, 10 a.m., 210 Cannon.
  Committee on Education and Labor, February 7, hearing on 
Strengthening America's Middle Class: Finding Economic Solutions to 
Help America's Families, 10:30 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  February 8, Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor and 
Pensions, hearing on Strengthening America's Middle Class Through 
the Employee Free Choice Act, 10:30 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, February 6, hearing entitled ``A 
Review of the Department of Health and Human Services' Fiscal Year 
2008 Budget,'' 10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, February 6, hearing entitled 
``Federal Housing Response to Hurricane Katrina,'' 10 a.m., 2128 
Rayburn.
  February 7, hearing entitled ``Committee on Foreign Investment in 
the United States (CFIUS), One Year After Dubai Ports World,'' 10 
a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Foreign Affairs, February 7, hearing on International 
Relations Budget for Fiscal Year 2008, 10 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  February 8, hearing on The Escalating Crisis in Darfur: Are There 
Any Prospects for Peace? 10:30 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on Homeland Security, February 6, Subcommittee on 
Transportation and Infrastructure, hearing entitled ``Update on 
Federal Rail and Public Transportation Security Efforts,'' 10 a.m., 
311 Cannon.
  February 7, full Committee, hearing entitled ``An Overview of 
Issues and Challenges Facing the Department of Homeland Security,'' 
1 p.m., 311 Cannon.
  Committee on the Judiciary, February 8, Subcommittee on Crime, 
Terrorism, and Homeland Security, hearing on the following bills: 
H.R. 660, To amend title 18, United States Code, to protect judges, 
prosecutors, witnesses, victims, and their family members; and H.R. 
297, NICS Improvement Act of 2007, 10 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Committee on Natural Resources, February 7, to meet for 
organizational purposes, 11 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, February 6, hearing 
entitled ``The Lasting Impact of CPA Decision-Making on Iraq 
Reconstruction,'' 10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  February 7, hearing entitled ``Iraqi Reconstruction: Reliance on 
Private Military Contractors and Status Report,'' 10 a.m., 2154 
Rayburn.

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  February 8, hearing entitled ``Management of Massive Homeland 
Security Contracts: Deepwater and SBInet,'' 10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  February 9, hearing entitled ``Allegations of Waste, Fraud, and 
Abuse in Pharmaceutical Pricing: Financial Impacts on Federal Health 
Programs and the Federal Taxpayer,'' 10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on Science and Technology, February 8, hearing on The 
State of Climate Change Science 2007: The Findings of the Fourth 
Assessment Report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change 
(IPCC), Working Group I Report, 10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Small Business, February 8, hearing entitled ``The 
Small Business Administration's Budget for Fiscal Year 2008,'' 10 
a.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, February 6, 
Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and 
Emergency Management, to mark up the following: a measure to direct 
the Administrator of General Services to install a photovoltaic 
system for the headquarters building of the Department of Energy; 
the Appalachian Regional Development Act Amendments of 2007; H.R. 
187, To designate the Federal building and United States courthouse 
and customhouse located at 515 West First Street in Duluth, 
Minnesota, as the ``Gerald W. Heaney Federal Building and United 
States Courthouse and Customhouse;'' H.R. 342, To designate the 
United States courthouse located at 555 Independent Street, Cape 
Girardeau, Missouri, as the ``Rush Hudson Limbaugh, Sr., United 
States Courthouse;'' H.R. 399, To designate the United States 
Courthouse to be constructed in Jackson, Mississippi, as the ``R. 
Jess Brown United States Courthouse;'' H.R. 429, To designate the 
United States courthouse located at 225 Cadman Plaza East, Brooklyn, 
New York, as the ``Hugh L. Carey United States Courthouse;'' H.R. 
430, To designate the United States bankruptcy courthouse located at 
271 Cadman Plaza East, Brooklyn, New York as the ``Conrad Duberstein 
United States Bankruptcy Courthouse;'' H.R. 478, To designate the 
Federal building and United States courthouse located at 101 Barr 
Street in Lexington, Kentucky, as the ``Scott Reed Federal Building 
and United States Courthouse;'' H.R. 544, To designate the United 
States courthouse at South Federal Place in Sante Fe, New Mexico, as 
the ``Santiago E. Campos United States Courthouse;'' and H.R. 584, 
To designate the headquarters building of the Department of 
Education in Washington, D.C., as the Lyndon Baines Johnson Federal 
Building, 10 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  February 8, full Committee, hearing entitled ``FY 2008 President's 
Budget Request for Department of Transportation and Environmental 
Protection Agency,'' 2 p.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, February 8, hearing on the VA's 
budget request for Fiscal Year 2008, 9:30 a.m., 334 Cannon.
  Committee on Ways and Means, February 6, hearing on President 
Bush's budget proposals for fiscal year 2008, 10 a.m., 1100 
Longworth.
  February 8, hearing on President Bush's budget proposals for the 
Department of Health and Human Services, 10 a.m., 1100 Longworth.