[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 23 (Wednesday, February 7, 2007)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E293-E294]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




        HAPPY NEW YEAR TO THE ORGANIZATION OF CHINESE AMERICANS

                                 ______
                                 

                           HON. JASON ALTMIRE

                            of pennsylvania

                    in the house of representatives

                      Wednesday, February 7, 2007

  Mr. ALTMIRE. Madam Speaker, I would like to wish the membership of 
the Organization of Chinese Americans a healthy and happy New Year for 
the year 4705, the year of the pig.
  The New Year is a time for reflection and thanksgiving for the joys 
of life and loved ones and I am thankful for the richness that this 
organization brings to my region. Chinese Americans have made great 
contributions to western Pennsylvania and to our Nation as a whole and 
I am honored for this opportunity to wish them a wonderful year in 
4705.
  I ask my colleagues in the United States House of Representatives to 
join me in wishing the members of the Organization of Chinese Americans 
a very happy and prosperous New year.

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                       SENATE COMMITTEE MEETINGS

  Title IV of Senate Resolution 4, agreed to by the Senate on February 
4, 1977, calls for establishment of a system for a computerized 
schedule of all meetings and hearings of Senate committees, 
subcommittees, joint committees, and committees of conference. This 
title requires all such committees to notify the Office of the Senate 
Daily Digest--designated by the Rules Committee--of the time, place, 
and purpose of the meetings, when scheduled, and any cancellations or 
changes in the meetings as they occur.
  As an additional procedure along with the computerization of this 
information, the Office of the Senate Daily Digest will prepare this 
information for printing in the Extensions of Remarks section of the 
Congressional Record on Monday and Wednesday of each week.
  Meetings scheduled for Thursday, February 8, 2007 may be found in the 
Daily Digest of today's Record.

                           MEETINGS SCHEDULED

                               FEBRUARY 9
     9:30 a.m.
       Armed Services
         To receive a briefing on the Department of Defense 
           Inspector General's report on the activities of the 
           Office of Special Plans prior to the war in Iraq; to be 
           followed by a closed session in SR-232A.
                                                            SR-222
                              FEBRUARY 12
     2:30 p.m.
       Energy and Natural Resources
       Energy Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine recommendations on policies 
           and programs to improve the energy efficiency of 
           buildings and to expand the role of electric and gas 
           utilities in energy efficiency programs.
                                                            SD-366
                              FEBRUARY 13
     9:45 a.m.
       Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
         To hold hearings to examine challenges and opportunities 
           relating to rural development.
                                                           SR-328A
     10 a.m.
       Budget
         To hold hearings to examine the President's Fiscal Year 
           2008 budgetary proposals for the Department of Health 
           and Human Services.
                                                            SD-608
       Energy and Natural Resources
         To hold hearings to examine the ``Stern Review of the 
           Economics of Climate Change'' examining the economic 
           impacts of climate change and stabilizing greenhouse 
           gases in the atmosphere.
                                                            SD-106
       Environment and Public Works
         To hold hearings to review and report the recommendations 
           of the United States Climate Action Partnership Report.
                                                            SD-406
       Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
         To hold hearings to examine The Healthy Families Act, 
           focusing on safeguarding Americans' livelihood, 
           families and health with paid sick days.
                                                            SD-430
       Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
         To hold hearings to examine the Homeland Security 
           Department's budget request for Fiscal Year 2008.
                                                            SD-342
       Appropriations
       Interior and Related Agencies Subcommittee
         To hold oversight hearings to examine the Outer 
           Continental Shelf oil and natural gas royalty 
           management by the Department of the Interior.
                                                            SD-124
       Small Business and Entrepreneurship
         To hold hearings to examine alternatives for easing small 
           business health care costs.
                                                           SR-428A
                              FEBRUARY 14
     10 a.m.
       Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
         To hold hearings to examine the semiannual monetary 
           policy report to the Congress.
                                                            SD-106
       Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
         Business meeting to consider Mental Health Parity Act of 
           2007, Head Start for School Readiness Act, and any 
           pending nominations.
                                                            SD-430
       Judiciary
         To hold hearings to examine judicial security and 
           independence.
                                                            SH-216
       Commerce, Science, and Transportation
       Trade, Tourism, and Economic Development Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine overseas sweatshop abuses, 
           focusing on their impact on U.S. workers and the need 
           for anti-sweatshop legislation.
                                                            SR-253
     2:30 p.m.
       Commerce, Science, and Transportation
       Fisheries and Coast Guard Subcommittee
         To hold an oversight hearing to examine recent setbacks 
           to the Coast Guard Deepwater Program.
                                                            SR-253
                              FEBRUARY 15
     9:15 a.m.
       Foreign Relations
         To hold hearings to examine the nominations of Ryan C. 
           Crocker, of Washington, to be Ambassador to the 
           Republic of Iraq, and William B. Wood, of New York, to 
           be Ambassador to the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan.
                                                            SD-628
     9:30 a.m.
       Armed Services
         To hold hearings to examine the current and future 
           readiness of the Army and Marine Corps; there is a 
           possibility of a closed session in SR-222 following the 
           open session.
                                                            SH-216
       Commerce, Science, and Transportation
       Aviation Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine the Administration's proposal 
           to reauthorize the Federal Aviation Administration 
           (Part 1).
                                                            SR-253
       Energy and Natural Resources
         To hold hearings to examine the President's proposed 
           budget request for fiscal year 2008 for the Department 
           of the Interior.
                                                            SD-366
     10 a.m.
       Finance
         To hold hearings to examine the Administration trade 
           agenda for 2007.
                                                            SD-215
                              FEBRUARY 28
     2:30 p.m.
       Commerce, Science, and Transportation
       Science and Space Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine the President's budget for 
           the National Aeronautics and Space Administration 
           (NASA).
                                                            SR-253