[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 23 (Wednesday, February 7, 2007)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D151-D152]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
HOMELAND SECURITY APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Homeland Security held a 
hearing on Using Risk to Determine Homeland Security Investments. 
Testimony was heard from William Jenkins, Director, Homeland Security 
and Justice Issue Team, GAO; and a public witness.
NATIONAL DEFENSE BUDGET REQUEST
Committee on Armed Services: Held a hearing on the Fiscal Year 2008 
National Defense Budget Request from the Department of Defense. 
Testimony was heard from the following officials of the Department of 
Defense: Robert M. Gates, Secretary; and GEN Peter Pace, USMC, 
Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff.
TREASURY DEPARTMENT FY 2008 BUDGET
Committee on the Budget: Held a hearing on the Treasury Department 
Fiscal Year 2008 Budget. Testimony was heard from Henry M. Paulson, 
Jr., Secretary of the Treasury.
STRENGTHENING AMERICA's MIDDLE CLASS--ECONOMIC SOLUTIONS
Committee on Education and Labor: Held a hearing on Strengthening 
America's Middle Class: Finding Economic Solutions to Help America's 
Families. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
FOREIGN INVESTMENTS IN THE U.S.
Committee on Financial Services: Held a hearing entitled ``Committee on 
Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS), One Year After Dubai 
Ports World.'' Testimony was heard from Clay Lowery, Assistant 
Secretary, Department of the Treasury; former Representative Steve 
Bartlett of Texas; and public witnesses.
INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS BUDGET
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Held a hearing on International Relations 
Budget for Fiscal Year 2008. Testimony was heard from Condoleezza Rice, 
Secretary of State.
HOMELAND SECURITY DEPARTMENT CHALLENGES
Committee on Homeland Security: Held a hearing entitled ``An Overview 
of Issues and Challenges Facing the Department of Homeland Security.'' 
Testimony was heard from the following officials of the GAO: David M. 
Walker, Comptroller General; and Norman Rabkin, Managing Director, 
Homeland Security and Justice; and Richard L. Skinner, Inspector 
General, Department of Homeland Security.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on the Judiciary: Ordered reported the following bills: H.R. 
545, Native American Methamphetamine Enforcement and Treatment Act of 
2007; H.R. 137, amended, Animal Fighting Prohibition Enforcement Act of 
2007; and H.R. 740, To amend title 18, United States Code, to prevent 
caller ID spoofing.

[[Page D152]]


COMMITTEE ORGANIZATION
Committee on Natural Resources: Met for organizational purposes.
  The Committee also approved an Oversight Plan for the 110th Congress.
IRAQ RECONSTRUCTION
Committee on Oversight and Government Reform: Held a hearing entitled 
``Iraqi Reconstruction: Reliance on Private Military Contractors and 
Status Report.'' Testimony was heard from Tina Ballard, Assistant Under 
Secretary, Procurement and Policy, Department of the Army; and public 
witnesses.
ADVANCED FUELS INFRASTRUCTURE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT ACT; OVERSIGHT 
PLAN
Committee on Rules: Granted, by a voice vote, an open rule providing 1 
hour of general debate on H.R. 547, Advanced Fuels Infrastructure 
Research and Development Act, equally divided and controlled by the 
chairman and ranking minority member of the Committee on Science and 
Technology. The rule waives all points of order against consideration 
of the bill except those arising under clauses 9 or 10 of rule XXI. The 
rule makes in order the Committee on Science and Technology amendment 
in the nature of a substitute now printed in the bill as an original 
bill for the purpose of amendment. The amendment in the nature of a 
substitute shall be considered for amendment by section with each 
section considered as read. The rule authorizes the Chair to accord 
priority in recognition to Members who have pre-printed their 
amendments in the Congressional Record. Finally, the rule provides one 
motion to recommit with or without instructions. Testimony was heard 
from Chairman Gordon; and Representatives Hall of Texas, Burgess and 
King of Iowa.
  The Committee adopted an Oversight Plan for the 110th Congress, and 
authorized its transmission to the Committee on Oversight and 
Government Reform and the Committee on House Administration.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES; OVERSIGHT PLAN
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure: Ordered reported the 
following bills: H.R. 720, Water Quality Financing Act of 2007; H.R. 
569, Water Quality Investment Act of 2007; H.R. 700, Healthy 
Communities Water Supply Act of 2007; H.R. 798, To direct the 
Administrator of General Services to install a photovoltaic system for 
the headquarters building of the Department of Energy; H.R. 799, 
amended, Appalachian Regional Development Act Amendments of 2007; H.R. 
802, amended, Maritime Pollution Prevention Act of 2007; H.R. 342, 
amended, 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, amended, 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, amended, To designate the headquarters building of the 
Department of Education in Washington, D.C., as the Lyndon Baines 
Johnson Federal Building.
  The Committee approved an Oversight Plan for the 110th Congress.
OMB FY 2008 BUDGET REQUEST
Committee on Ways and Means: Held a hearing on the President's Fiscal 
Year 2008 for the OMB. Testimony was heard from Ronald J. Portman, 
Director, OMB.
SUBCOMMITTEE ORGANIZATION
Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Social Security met for 
organizational purposes.