[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 37 (Monday, March 5, 2007)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D260-D261]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR TUESDAY,

                              MARCH 6, 2007

          (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: to hold hearings to 
examine child nutrition and the school setting, 9:30 a.m., SH-216.
  Committee on Armed Services: to hold hearings to examine the care, 
living conditions, and administration of outpatients at the Walter Reed 
Army Medical Center, 9:30 a.m., SD-106.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: to hold oversight 
hearings to examine the Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) Program, 
10:30 a.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: business meeting to consider committee 
rules of procedure for the 110th Congress, S. 377, to establish a United 
States-Poland parliamentary youth exchange program, S. 494, to endorse 
further enlargement of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and 
to facilitate the timely admission of new members to NATO, S. 676, to 
provide that the Executive Director of the Inter-American Development 
Bank or the Alternate Executive Director of the Inter-American 
Development Bank may serve on the Board of Directors of the Inter-
American Foundation, S. Res. 65, condemning the murder of Turkish-
Armenian journalist and human rights advocate Hrant Dink and urging the 
people of Turkey to honor his legacy of tolerance, and the nominations: 
of Ryan C. Crocker, of Washington, to be Ambassador to the Republic of 
Iraq, William B. Wood, of New York, to be Ambassador to the Islamic 
Republic of Afghanistan, and Stanley Davis Phillips, of North Carolina, 
to be Ambassador to the Republic of Estonia, 2:15 p.m., S-116, Capitol.
  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: to hold hearings 
to examine strategies for attracting, supporting, and retaining high 
quality educators relating to No Child Left Behind Reauthorization, 10 
a.m., SD-430.
  Committee on the Judiciary: to hold hearings to examine if the 
Department of Justice is politicizing the hiring and firing of United 
States attorneys, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs: to hold joint hearings with the House 
Committee on Veterans' Affairs to examine the legislative presentation of 
the Veterans of Foreign Wars, 9:30 a.m., 345 CHOB.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: to hold closed hearings to examine 
certain intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.

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                                  House

  Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural 
Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies, on 
Natural Resources and Conservation Service, 10 a.m., 2362A Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies, on 
Department of Commerce Overview, 10 a.m., H-309 Capitol, and on Secretary 
of Commerce, 2 p.m., 2359 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development, and Related Agencies, on 
Secretary of Energy, 10 a.m., 2362B Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government, on Issues in 
the Federal Workforce, 10 a.m., 2220 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Homeland Security, on Container Security Challenges and 
Goals, 10 a.m., 2212 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related 
Agencies, on NIH Director with National Cancer Institute/National Heart, 
Lung and Blood Institute/National Institute of Allergy and Infectious 
Disease/National Institute of Child Health and Human Development/National 
Center on Minority Health and Health Disparities, 10 a.m., 2359 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Military Construction, Veterans' Affairs and Related 
Agencies, on VA Medical Care, 10 a.m., and on Department of Veterans' 
Affairs Panel, 1 p.m., H-143 Capitol.
  Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations and Related Programs, on Iraq 
Political and Reconstruction Strategy, Alternative Perspectives, 10 a.m., 
2358 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Transportation, and Housing and Urban Development and 
Related Agencies, on Department of Transportation Inspector General 
Management Challenges and GAO High Risk Series, 2 p.m., 2358 Rayburn.
  Committee on Armed Services, Subcommittee on Readiness, hearing on the 
National Security Personnel System--Is it Working? 2 p.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Budget, hearing on the Department of Defense and the 
Fiscal Year 2008 Budget, 10 a.m., 210 Cannon.
  Committee on Education and Labor, hearing on Are Hidden 401(k) Fees 
Undermining Retirement Security? 11 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Energy and Air 
Quality, hearing entitled ``Carbon Capture and Sequestration: An 
Overview,'' 10 a.m., 2322 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Health, hearing entitled ``Exploring Options for 
Improving the Medicare Physician Payment System,'' 9:30 a.m., 2123 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, to consider H.R. 1227, Gulf Coast 
Hurricane Housing Recovery Act of 2007, 10 a.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  Committee on Foreign Affairs, hearing on The Iranian Challenge, 2 p.m., 
2172 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on International Organizations, Human Rights, and 
Oversight, hearing on Global Polling Data on Opinion of American 
Policies, Values and People, 10 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on Homeland Security, hearing on a measure entitled ``Rail 
and Public Transportation Security Act of 2007,'' 10 a.m., 311 Cannon.
  Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Commercial and 
Administrative Law, to consider issuing subpoenas to former U.S. 
Attorneys Daniel Bogden, District of Nevada and Paul K. Charlton of 
Arizona in conjunction with the afternoon hearing, 10 a.m., and a hearing 
on H.R. 580, to amend chapter 35 of title 28, United States Code, to 
provide for a 120-day limit to the term of a United States Attorney 
appointed on an interim basis by the Attorney General, 2 p.m., 2141 
Rayburn.
  March 7, full Committee, hearing on ``Protecting the Right to Vote: 
Election Deception and Irregularities in Recent Federal Elections,'' 3 
p.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Committee on Natural Resources, Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife and 
Oceans, hearing on the Coral Reef Conservation Reauthorization Act of 
2007, 10 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Subcommittee on 
Information Policy, Census and National Archives, to consider the 
following: A Citizen's Guide on Using the Freedom of Information Act and 
the Privacy Act of 1974 to Request Government Records; a measure Openness 
Promotes Effectiveness in our National (OPEN) Government Act of 2007; and 
a measure Presidential Records Act Amendment of 2007, 2 p.m., 2154 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Rules, to consider the following: H.R. 569, Water Quality 
Investment Act of 2007; and H.R. 700, Healthy Communities Water Supply 
Act of 2007, 2:30 p.m., H-313 Capitol.
  Committee on Ways and Means, Subcommittee on Health, hearing on the 
Medicare Payment Advisory Commission's report on the Sustainable Growth 
Rate, 2 p.m., 1100 Longworth.
  Subcommittee on Income Security and Family Support, hearing on Recent 
Changes to Programs Assisting Low-Income Families, 11 a.m., B-318 
Rayburn.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, executive, hearing on 
Director of National Intelligence (DNI) and National Intelligence Program 
(NIP) Budget Roll-out, 2:30 p.m., H-405 Capitol.


                             Joint Meetings

  Joint Hearing: Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs, to hold joint 
hearings with the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs to examine the 
legislative presentation of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, 9:30 a.m., 345 
CHOB.