[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 27 (Tuesday, February 13, 2007)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D182-D184]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense held a hearing on 
U.S. Navy/Marine Corps Fiscal Year 2007 Supplemental Request. Testimony 
was heard from the following officials of the Department of the Navy: 
Donald Winter, Secretary; and ADM Michael G. Mullen, USN, Chief of 
Naval Operations; and GEN James T. Conway, USMC, Commandant of the 
Marine Corps.
HOMELAND SECURITY APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Homeland Security held a 
hearing on Aviation Security Challenges. Testimony was heard from 
Edmund S. (Kip) Hawley, Director, Transportation Security 
Administration, Department of Homeland Security; and Cathleen Berrick, 
Assistant Director, GAO.
  The Subcommittee also held a hearing on Transportation Security 
Challenges. Testimony was heard from Edmund S. (Kip) Hawley, Director, 
Transportation Security Administration, Cathleen Berrick, Assistant 
Director, GAO; and public witnesses.
INTERIOR, ENVIRONMENT, AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and 
Related Agencies, held a hearing on Overview of National Forest 
Service. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the USDA: 
Mark E. Rey, Under Secretary, Natural Resources and Environment; and 
Abigail R. Kimball, Chief, U.S. Forest Service.
MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, VETERANS' AFFAIRS, AND RELATED AGENCIES 
APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Military Construction, 
Veterans' Affairs, and Related Agencies held a hearing on Related 
Agencies. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the 
American Battle Monuments Commission: GEN. Frederick M. Franks, Jr., 
U.S. Army (Ret), Chairman; and BG. John W. Nicholson, U.S. Army (Ret) 
Secretary; John Paul Woodley, Jr., Assistant Secretary of the Army 
(Civil Works), Arlington National Cemetery; and Timothy C. Cox, Chief 
Operating Officer, Armed Forces Retirement Home.
AFGHANISTAN SECURITY AND STABILITY
Committee on Armed Services: Held a hearing on an assessment of 
security and stability in Afghanistan and developments in U.S. strategy 
and operations. Testimony was heard from Mary Beth Long, Principal 
Deputy Assistant Secretary, International Security Affairs, Department 
of Defense; John Anthony Gastright, Jr., Deputy Assistant Secretary, 
South and Central Asian Affairs and Coordinator for Afghanistan, 
Department of State; and LTG General Karl Eikenberry, USA, former 
Commander, Combined Forces Command-Afghanistan.
MILITARY HEALTH CARE BUDGET
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Military Personnel held a 
hearing to review the fiscal year 2008 military health care budget and 
the challenges facing the military health care system. Testimony was 
heard from William Winkenwerder, M.D., Assistant Secretary, Health 
Affairs, Department of Defense.
MARINE CORPS/NAVY RESET REQUIREMENTS
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Seapower and Expeditionary 
Forces and the Subcommittee on Readiness held a joint hearing on U.S. 
Marine Crops and U.S. Navy reset requirements. Testimony was heard from 
LTG Emerson Gardner, USMC, Deputy Commandant, Programs and Resources; 
and VADM Jonathon Greenert, USN, Deputy Chief of Naval Operations, 
Integration of Capabilities and Resources, both with the Department of 
the Navy.
HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES BUDGET FY 2008
Committee on the Budget: Held a hearing on the Department of Health and 
Human Services Fiscal Year 2008 Budget. Testimony was heard from 
Michael O. Leavitt, Secretary of Health and Human Services.
CLIMATE CHANGE PRIVATE SECTOR VIEWS
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Energy and Air 
Quality held a hearing entitled ``Addressing Climate Change--Views from 
Private Sector Panels.'' Testimony was heard from former Representative 
Philip R. Sharp of Indiana; and public witnesses.
FDA's DRUG SUPPLY SAFETY
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Oversight and 
Investigations held a hearing entitled ``The Adequacy of FDA to Assure 
the Safety of the Drug Supply. Testimony was heard from Senator 
Grassley; and public witnesses.

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MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES; OVERSIGHT PLAN
Committee on Financial Services: Ordered reported the following bills: 
H.R. 835, To reauthorize the programs of the Department of Housing and 
Urban Development for housing assistance for Native Hawaiians; and H.R. 
556, amended, National Security Foreign Investment Reform and 
Strengthened Transparency Act of 2007.
  The Committee approved an Oversight Plan for the 110th Congress.
FUTURE OF THE UN
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Held a hearing on the Future of the 
United Nations under Ban Ki-Moon. Testimony was heard from former 
Senator Timothy E. Wirth of Colorado; former Senator George Mitchell of 
Maine and former Co-Chair, U.S. Institute for Peace Task Forces on the 
United Nations; and John Bolton, former U.S. Permanent Representative 
to the United Nations.
BORDER SECURITY
Committee on Homeland Security: Subcommittee on Border, Maritime, and 
Global Counterterrorism held a hearing entitled ``Border Security: 
Infrastructure, Technology, and the Human Element.'' Testimony was 
heard from the following officials of the Department of Homeland 
Security; David V. Aguilar, Chief, Border Patrol, U.S. Customs and 
Border Protection; and RADM David Pekoske, USCG, U.S. Coast Guard.
RAIL AND MASS TRANSIT SECURITY
Committee on Homeland Security: Subcommittee on Transportation Security 
and Infrastructure Protection held a hearing entitled ``Rail and Mass 
Transit Security: Industry and Labor Perspectives.'' Testimony was 
heard from Fred Weiderhold, Inspector General, AMTRAK, and public 
witnesses.
FEDERAL AGENCY REGULATORY PLANNING AND REVIEW
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Commercial and 
Administrative Law held an oversight hearing entitled ``Amending 
Executive Order 12866: Good Governance or Regulatory Usurpation?'' 
Testimony was heard from Steven D. Aitken, Acting Administrator, Office 
of Information and Regulatory Affairs, OMB; Curtis W. Copeland, 
Specialist in American National Government, CRS, Library of Congress; 
and public witnesses.
EXECUTIVE BRANCH REFORM ACT; WHISTLEBLOWER PROTECTION ENHANCEMENT ACT
Committee on Oversight and Government Reform: Held a hearing on the 
following: the Executive Branch Reform Act of 2007; and the 
Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2007. Testimony was heard 
from Tom Devine, Legal Director, GAO; and public witnesses.
EARTH AND CLIMATE SCIENCE
Committee on Science and Technology: Held a hearing on National 
Imperatives for Earth and Climate Science (National Academy of Sciences 
Decadal Survey) Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
FEDERAL AGENCY REGULATORY PLANNING AND REVIEW
Committee on Science and Technology: Subcommittee on Investigations and 
Oversight held a hearing on Amending Executive Order 12866: Good 
Governance or Regulatory Usurpation? Testimony was heard from public 
witnesses.
PUBLIC-PRIVATE TRANSPORTATION PARTNERSHIPS
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure: Subcommittee on 
Highways and Transit held a hearing entitled ``Public-Private 
Partnerships: Innovative Financing and Protecting the Public 
Interest.'' Testimony was heard from Tyler Duvall, Assistant Secretary, 
Transportation Policy, Department of Transportation; Frank Busalacchi, 
Secretary of Transportation, State of Wisconsin; and public witnesses.
RAIL WORKER FATIGUE
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure: Subcommittee on 
Railroads, Pipelines and Hazardous Materials held a hearing entitled 
``Fatigue in the Rail Industry.'' Testimony was heard from Joseph 
Boardman, Administrator, Federal Railroad Administration, Department of 
Transportation; Mark V. Rosenker, Chairman, National Transportation 
Safety Board; and public witnesses.
MEDICARE BUDGET PROPOSALS FY 2008
Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Health held a hearing on 
the Medicare portions of the President's Fiscal Year 2008 Budget 
Proposals. Testimony was heard from Leslie V. Norwalk, Acting 
Administrator, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid, Department of Health 
and Human Services.
ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY AND POVERTY; SUBCOMMITTEE ORGANIZATION
Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Income Security and Family 
Support held a hearing on

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economic opportunity and poverty in America. Testimony was heard from 
public witnesses.
  Prior to the hearing, the Subcommittee met for organizational 
purposes.
EARNED INCOME TAX CREDIT
Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Oversight held a hearing 
on Earned Income Tax Credit Outreach. Testimony was heard from Richard 
J. Morgante, Commissioner, Wage and Investment Division, IRS, 
Department of the Treasury; and public witnesses.