[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 33 (Tuesday, February 27, 2007)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D219-D221]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: On Tuesday, February 
13, 2007 committee approved for reporting the following subcommittee 
assignments for the 110th Congress:
  Subcommittee on Nutrition and Food Assistance, Sustainable and 
Organic Agriculture, and General Legislation: Senators Leahy 
(Chairman), Lincoln, Stabenow, Brown, Casey, Klobuchar, Coleman, Lugar, 
Cochran, McConnell, and Crapo.
  Subcommittee on Energy, Science and Technology: Senators Conrad 
(Chairman), Nelson (NE), Salazar, Brown, Casey, Klobuchar, Thune, 
Lugar, Graham, Coleman, and Grassley.
  Subcommittee on Domestic and Foreign Marketing, Inspection, and Plant 
and Animal Health: Senators Baucus (Chairman), Conrad, Stabenow, Nelson 
(NE), Salazar, Casey, Graham, McConnell, Roberts, Crapo, and Thune.

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  Subcommittee on Production, Income Protection and Price Support: 
Senators Lincoln (Chairman), Leahy, Conrad, Baucus, Brown, Klobuchar, 
Roberts, Cochran, Coleman, Thune, and Grassley.
  Subcommittee on Rural Revitalization, Conservation, Forestry and 
Credit: Senators Stabenow (Chairman), Leahy, Baucus, Lincoln, Nelson 
(NE), Salazar, Crapo, Lugar, Cochran, McConnell, and Graham.
AGRICULTURE PROGRAMS BUDGET
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural 
Development, and Related Agencies concluded a hearing to examine the 
President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 2008 for 
agriculture programs, after receiving testimony from Mike Johanns, 
Secretary of Agriculture; and Andrew von Eschenbach, Commissioner, Food 
and Drug Administration, Department of Health and Human Services.
SUPPLEMENTAL BUDGET REQUEST
Committee on Appropriations: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
the Supplemental Request for fiscal year 2007, after receiving 
testimony from Condoleezza Rice, Secretary of State; Robert Gates, 
Secretary of Defense; and General Peter Pace, Chairman, Joint Chiefs of 
Staff.
WORLDWIDE THREATS
Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded open and closed 
hearings to examine the current and future worldwide threats to the 
national security of the United States, after receiving testimony from 
General Michael D. Maples, USA, Director, Defense Intelligence Agency; 
Thomas Fingar, Deputy Director of National Intelligence for Analysis, 
and Chairman, and Joseph DeTrani, North Korea Mission Manager, both of 
the National Intelligence Council; and Vice Admiral John M. McConnell, 
USN (Ret.), Director, National Intelligence.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Armed Services: Committee ordered favorably reported 1,281 
military nominations in the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps.
PASSENGER RAIL INVESTMENT AND IMPROVEMENT ACT
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on 
Surface Transportation and Merchant Marine Infrastructure, Safety and 
Security concluded a hearing to examine S. 294, to reauthorize Amtrak, 
after receiving testimony from Senator Casey; Pennsylvania Governor 
Edward G. Rendell, Harrisburg; Joseph H. Boardman, Administrator, 
Federal Railroad Administration, Department of Transportation; Frank J. 
Busalacchi, Wisconsin Department of Transportation, Madison, on behalf 
of the States for Passenger Rail Coalition; Kelly Taylor, Oregon 
Department of Transportation Rail Division, Salem; and Alex Kummant, 
Amtrak, Washington, D.C.
ENERGY
Committee on Finance: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
America's energy future, focusing on bold ideas and practical 
solutions, including the Air Force Energy Strategy for the 21st 
Century, after receiving testimony from Michael A. Aimone, Assistant 
Deputy Chief of Staff for Logistics, Installations, and Mission 
Support, United States Air Force; Montana Governor, Brian Schweitzer, 
Helena; Dan E. Arvizu, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, 
Colorado; Robert Socolow, Princeton University Carbon Mitigation 
Initiative, Princeton, New Jersey; and Dan W. Reicher, Google 
Corporation Energy and Climate Initiatives, Mountain View, California.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine the nominations Stanley Davis Phillips, of North Carolina, to 
be Ambassador to the Republic of Estonia, who was introduced by 
Senators Dole, Burr, and Lieberman, and Sam Fox, of Missouri, to be 
Ambassador to Belgium, who was introduced by former Senator Danforth 
and Senators Bond, McCaskill, and Specter, after the nominees testified 
and answered questions in their own behalf.
TOBACCO REGULATION
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee 
concluded a hearing to examine S. 625, to protect the public health by 
providing the Food and Drug Administration with certain authority to 
regulate tobacco products, after receiving testimony from Lisa Shames, 
Acting Director, Natural Resources and Environment, Government 
Accountability Office; Matthew Myers, Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids, 
and Elmer Huerta, American Cancer Society, both of Washington, D.C.; 
Richard Land, Southern Baptist Convention, Nashville, Tennessee; Jack 
E. Henningfield, Pinney and Associates, and Johns Hopkins University 
School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland; Gregory N. Connolly, Harvard 
School of Public Health, Cambridge, Massachusetts; and Alan Blum, 
University of Alabama Center for the Study of Tobacco and Society, 
Tuscaloosa.
PROSECUTORS AND DEFENDERS INCENTIVE ACT
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded a hearing to examine S. 
442, to provide for loan repayment for prosecutors and public 
defenders, after receiving testimony from Paul A. Logli, Winnebago

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County State's Attorney, Rockford, Illinois, on behalf of the National 
District Attorneys Association; Jessica A. Bergeman, Cook County 
Assistant State's Attorney, Chicago, Illinois; and George B. Shepherd, 
Emory University School of Law, Atlanta, Georgia.