[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 38 (Tuesday, March 6, 2007)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D266-D267]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
CHILD NUTRITION
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: Committee concluded 
a hearing to examine child nutrition and the school setting, focusing 
on nutrition standards, and breakfast commodities, after receiving 
testimony from Janey Thornton, Hardin County School District, 
Elizabethtown, Kentucky, on behalf of the School Nutrition Association; 
Teresa Nece, Des Moines Public Schools, Des Moines, Iowa; Susan K. 
Neely, American Beverage Association, Washington, D.C.; Mary Lou 
Hennrich, Community Health Partnership, Portland, Oregon; and Kelly D. 
Brownell, Yale University Rudd Center for Food Policy and Obesity, New 
Haven, Connecticut.
WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER
Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
the care, living conditions, and administration of outpatients at the 
Walter Reed Army Medical Center, after receiving testimony from David 
S.C. Chu, Under Secretary for Personnel and Readiness, and William 
Winkenwerder, Jr., Assistant Secretary for Health Affairs, both of the 
Department of Defense; and General Peter J. Schoomaker, USA, Chief of 
Staff, and Lieutenant General Kevin C. Kiley, USA, Surgeon General, 
both of the United States Army.
CAFE
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded 
an oversight hearing to examine the Corporate Average Fuel Economy 
(CAFE) Program, which includes mile per gallon standards for light 
trucks and cars that manufacturers must

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meet for vehicles sold in the United States, after receiving testimony 
from Nicole R. Nason, Administrator, National Highway Traffic Safety 
Administration, Department of Transportation; Katherine Siggerud, 
Director, Physical Infrastructure, Government Accountability Office; 
David L. Greene, Corporate Fellow, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, 
National Transportation Research Center, Department of Energy; and 
David Friedman, Union of Concerned Scientists, Elizabeth A. Lowery, 
General Motors, Alan Reuther, International Union, United Automobile 
Aerospace and Agricultural Implement Workers of America, and Tom 
Stricker, Toyota Motor North America, all of Washington, D.C.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee ordered favorably reported 
the following business items:
  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; 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.
  Also, Committee adopted its rules of procedure for the 110th 
Congress.
NO CHILD LEFT BEHIND REAUTHORIZATION
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee 
concluded a hearing to examine strategies for attracting, supporting, 
and retaining high quality educators relating to No Child Left Behind 
Reauthorization, after receiving testimony from Pamela Burtnett, Lake 
County Education Association, Leesburg, Florida; Linda Darling-Hammond, 
Stanford University, Stanford, California; Kati Haycock, Education 
Trust, Washington, D.C.; Barbara Maguire, Park Elementary School, 
Casper, Wyoming; William L. Sanders, SAS Institute, Inc., Cary, North 
Carolina; Jon Schnur, New Leaders for New Schools, New York, New York; 
Jesse Solomon, Boston Public Schools, Boston, Massachusetts; Wanda J. 
Watkins, Richardson Independent School District, Dallas, Texas; and 
Beverly Young, California State University System, Long Beach.
UNITED STATES ATTORNEYS
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded a hearing to examine if 
the Department of Justice is politicizing the hiring and firing of 
United States attorneys, including S. 214, to amend chapter 35 of title 
28, United States Code, to preserve the independence of United States 
attorneys, after receiving testimony from Carol C. Lam, Southern 
District of California, San Diego, David C. Iglesias, District of New 
Mexico, Albuquerque, John McKay, Western District of Washington, 
Seattle, and H.E. Bud Cummins, III, Eastern District of Arkansas, 
Little Rock, each a former United States Attorney.
INTELLIGENCE
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee held closed hearings on 
intelligence matters, receiving testimony from officials of the 
intelligence community.
  Committee recessed subject to the call.