[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 23 (Wednesday, February 7, 2007)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D148-D150]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
FARM BILL PROPOSAL
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: Committee concluded 
a hearing to examine the Department of Agriculture farm bill proposal, 
after receiving testimony from Michael Johanns, Secretary of 
Agriculture.
LENDING PRACTICES AND HOME FORECLOSURES
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine predatory lending practices and home foreclosures, 
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receiving testimony from Jesse L. Jackson, Sr., Rainbow PUSH Coalition, 
and Delores King, both of Chicago, Illinois; Harry Dinham, National 
Association of Mortgage Brokers, McLean, Virginia; Jean Constantine-
Davis, AARP Foundation, Hilary Shelton, National Association for the 
Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), and Douglas G. Duncan, Mortgage 
Bankers Association, all of Washington, D.C.; Martin Eakes, Center for 
Responsible Lending and Center for Community Self-Help, Durham, North 
Carolina; and Amy Womble, Pittsboro, North Carolina.
BUDGET: FISCAL YEAR 2008
Committee on the Budget: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the 
President's Fiscal Year 2008 budget proposal, after receiving testimony 
from Robert J. Portman, Director, Office of Management and Budget.
CLIMATE CHANGE RESEARCH
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded 
a hearing to examine climate change research and scientific integrity, 
after receiving testimony from William Brennan, Acting Director, U.S. 
Climate Change Science Program, National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
Administration, Department of Commerce; Richard A. Anthes, University 
Corporation for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, Colorado, on behalf of 
the National Academies; Rick Piltz, Government Accountability Project, 
Washington, D.C.; F. Sherwood Rowland, University of California, 
Irvine, Departments of Chemistry and Earth System Science; Thomas R. 
Knutson, Princeton, New Jersey; and James R. Mahoney, Ashburn, 
Virginia.
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine the President's proposed budget request for fiscal 
year 2008 for the Department of Energy, after receiving testimony from 
Samuel W. Bodman, Secretary of Energy.
GLOBAL WARMING AND WILDLIFE PROTECTION
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Subcommittee on Private 
Sector and Consumer Solutions to Global Warming and Wildlife Protection 
concluded a hearing to examine global warming and wildlife, focusing on 
informing the Committee and the United States Senate on issues related 
to these issues, after receiving testimony from Roger Mann, College of 
William and Mary Virginia Institute of Marine Science, Gloucester 
Point; David H. Stalling, Trout Unlimited, Missoula, Montana; A. Lee 
Foote, University of Alberta, Alberta, Canada; Brendan P. Kelly, 
University of Alaska, Fairbanks; Thomas E. Lovejoy, H. John Heinz III 
Center for Science, Economics, and the Environment, Washington, D.C.
BUDGET
Committee on Finance: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the 
President's Fiscal Year 2008 budget proposal for the Department of 
Health and Human Services, after receiving testimony from Michael O. 
Leavitt, Secretary of Health and Human Services.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: On January 24, 
2007, Committee announced the following subcommittee assignments for 
the 110th Congress:
  Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations: Senators Levin (Chairman), 
Carper, Pryor, Obama, McCaskill, Tester, Coleman, Coburn, Domenici, 
Warner, and Sununu.
  Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management, the Federal 
Workforce, and the District of Columbia: Senators Akaka (Chairman), 
Levin, Carper, Pryor, Landrieu, Voinovich, Stevens, Coburn, and Warner.
  Subcommittee on Federal Financial Management, Government Information, 
Federal Services, and International Security: Senators Carper 
(Chairman), Levin, Akaka, Obama, McCaskill, Tester, Coburn, Stevens, 
Voinovich, Domenici, and Sununu.
  Ad Hoc Subcommittee on State, Local, and Private Sector Preparedness 
and Integration: Senators Pryor (Chairman), Akaka, Landrieu, Obama, 
McCaskill, Tester, Sununu, Voinovich, Coleman, Domenici, and Warner.
  Ad Hoc Subcommittee on Disaster Recovery: Senators Landrieu 
(Chairman), Carper, Pryor, Stevens, and Domenici.
  Senators Lieberman and Collins are ex officio members of each of the 
Subcommittees.
ELECTRONIC VOTING
Committee on Rules and Administration: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine the hazards of electronic voting systems, focusing on the 
accuracy, reliability, and security of voting machines and technology, 
including proposals for a voter verifiable paper audit trail (VVPAT), 
after receiving testimony from Senator Nelson (FL); Representative 
Holt; Conny B. McCormack, Los Angeles County, Norwalk, California; 
David J. Becker, People for the American Way, and Warren Stewart, 
VoteTrustUSA, both of Washington, D.C.; Britain J. Williams, Kennesaw 
State University, Tucker, Georgia; Dan S. Wallach, Rice University, 
Houston, Texas; Connie Schmidt, Election Consulting Services, Spring 
Hill,

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Kansas; and Michael Waldman, New York University School of Law Brennan 
Center for Justice, New York, New York.
INTELLIGENCE
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee held closed hearings on 
intelligence matters, receiving testimony from officials of the 
intelligence community.
  Committee recessed subject to the call.