[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 23 (Wednesday, February 7, 2007)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D152-D153]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                    COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR THURSDAY,

                            FEBRUARY 8, 2007

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Appropriations: 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 Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: business meeting 
to consider an original bill entitled ``Public Transportation 
Terrorism Prevention Act of 2007'', Time to be announced, S-216, 
Capitol.
  Committee on the Budget: 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: to hold 
hearings to examine the present and future of public safety 
communications, 10 a.m., SR-253.

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  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: 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 Foreign Relations: to hold hearings to examine the 
President's foreign affairs budget; there is a possibility of a 
business meeting to consider the nomination of John D. Negroponte, 
of New York, to be Deputy Secretary of State, 9:15 a.m., SD-106.
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: 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: business meeting to consider S. 322, 
to establish an Indian youth telemental health demonstration 
project, S. 375, to waive application of the Indian Self-
Determination and Education Assistance Act to a specific parcel of 
real property transferred by the United States to 2 Indian tribes in 
the State of Oregon, S. 398, to amend the Indian Child Protection 
and Family Violence Prevention Act to identify and remove barriers 
to reducing child abuse, to provide for examinations of certain 
children, and S. 481, to recruit and retain more qualified 
individuals to teach in Tribal Colleges or Universities; 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: business meeting to consider 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. 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 the nominations of Marcia Morales Howard, to be 
United States District Judge for the Middle District of Florida, 
Nora Barry Fischer, to be United States District Judge for the 
Western District of Pennsylvania, Norman Randy Smith, of Idaho, to 
be United States Circuit Judge for the Ninth Circuit, John Alfred 
Jarvey, to be United States District Judge for the Southern District 
of Iowa, and Sara Elizabeth Lioi, to be United States District Judge 
for the Northern District of Ohio, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: to hold closed hearings to 
examine certain intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.


                                 House

  Committee on Appropriations, 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.
  Subcommittee on Homeland Security, on Secretary of Homeland 
Security, 10 a.m., 2359 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations and Related Programs, on 
oversight of Assistance Programs in Iraq, 2 p.m., 2359 Rayburn.
  Committee on Armed Services, 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 Education and Labor, 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, hearing on the Department of 
Energy's Budget for Fiscal Year 2008, 10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Committee on Foreign Affairs, hearing on The Escalating Crisis in 
Darfur: Are There Any Prospects for Peace? 10:30 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, hearing entitled 
``Management of Massive Homeland Security Contracts: Deepwater and 
SBInet,'' 10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on Science and Technology, 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, hearing entitled ``The Small Business 
Administration's Budget for Fiscal Year 2008,'' 10 a.m., 2360 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, 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, hearing on the VA's budget request 
for Fiscal Year 2008, 9:30 a.m., 334 Cannon.
  Committee on Ways and Means, hearing on the President's budget 
proposals for the Department of Health and Human Services, 10 a.m., 
1100 Longworth.