[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 44 (Wednesday, March 14, 2007)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D328-D329]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
APPROPRIATIONS: ARMY
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense concluded a 
hearing to examine proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2008 for 
the United States Army, after receiving testimony from Pete Geren, 
Acting Secretary, and General Peter Schoomaker, Chief of Staff, both of 
the United States Army.
NO CHILD LEFT BEHIND ACT
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human 
Services, and Education and Related Agencies concluded a hearing to 
examine federal funding for the No Child Left Behind Act, after 
receiving testimony from Margaret Spellings, Secretary of Education; 
Deborah Jewell-Sherman, Richmond Public Schools, Richmond, Virginia; 
Jane Babcock, Keokuk Community School District, Keokuk, Iowa; John F. 
Jennings, Center on Education Policy, and Gene Wilhoit, Council of 
Chief State School Officers, both of Washington, D.C.; and Robert E. 
Slavin, Johns Hopkins University Center for Data-Driven Reform in 
Education, Baltimore, Maryland.
2008: BUDGET
Committee on the Budget: Committee met to mark up a proposed concurrent 
resolution setting forth the fiscal year 2008 budget for the Federal 
Government, but did not complete consideration thereon, and will meet 
again tomorrow.

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HEALTH CARE REFORM
Committee on Finance: Committee concluded a hearing to examine charting 
a course for health care moving toward universal coverage, after 
receiving testimony from James J. Mongan, Partners HealthCare, and 
Richard G. Frank, Citizens' Health Care Working Group, both of Boston, 
Massachusetts; Stuart H. Altman, Brandeis University Heller School for 
Social Policy and Management, Waltham, Massachusetts; and John F. 
Sheils, Lewin Group, Falls Church, Virginia.
EXTRAJUDICIAL KILLINGS IN THE PHILLIPPINES
Committee on Foreign Relations: Subcommittee on East Asian and Pacific 
Affairs concluded a hearing to examine strategies to end the violence 
relating to extrajudicial killings in the Philippines, after receiving 
testimony from Eric G. John, Deputy Assistant Secretary for East Asian 
and Pacific Affairs, and Jonathan D. Farrar, Principal Deputy Assistant 
Secretary for Democracy, Human Rights and Labor Bureau, both of the 
Department of State; T. Kumar, Amnesty International, USA, and G. 
Eugene Martin, United States Institute of Peace, both of Washington, 
D.C.; Elizer M. Pascua, United Church of Christ in the Philippines, 
Manila; and Marie Hilao-Enriquez, Alliance for the Advancement of 
People's Rights in the Philippines, Quezon City.
ISLAMIC RADICALISM
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Committee 
concluded a hearing to examine the threat of Islamic radicalism to the 
homeland, focusing on preventing and countering radicalization, after 
receiving testimony from Michael Chertoff, Secretary, Charles E. Allen, 
Assistant Secretary for Intelligence and Analysis, Chief Intelligence 
Officer, and Daniel W. Sutherland, Officer for Civil Rights and Civil 
Liberties, all of the Department of Homeland Security.
PRESCRIPTION DRUG USER FEES
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee 
concluded a hearing to examine enhancing patient access and drug safety 
relating to Prescription Drug User Fees, including S. 484, to amend the 
Public Health Service Act and the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act 
to improve drug safety and oversight, after receiving testimony from 
Andrew C. Von Eschenbach, Commissioner, Food and Drugs, Food and Drug 
Administration, Department of Health and Human Services; Kim Witczak, 
Woodymatters, Minneapolis, Minnesota; Mark McClellan, American 
Enterprise Institute-Brookings Joint Center for Regulatory Studies, and 
Diane Edquist Dorman, National Organization for Rare Disorders, both of 
Washington, D.C.; and D. Bruce Burlington, Wyeth Pharmaceuticals, 
Collegeville, Pennsylvania.
OPEN GOVERNMENT ACT
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
reinvigorating the Freedom of Information Act relating to open 
government, focusing on S. 849, to promote accessibility, 
accountability, and openness in Government by strengthening section 552 
of title 5, United States Code (commonly referred to as the Freedom of 
Information Act), after receiving testimony from Katherine M. Cary, 
Texas Office of the Attorney General, Austin; Tom Curley, Associated 
Press, New York, New York, on behalf of the Sunshine in Government 
Initiative; Meredith Fuchs, George Washington University National 
Security Archive, Washington, D.C.; and Sabina Haskell, Brattleboro 
Reformer, Brattleboro, Vermont.
SENATE CAMPAIGN DISCLOSURE PARITY ACT
Committee on Rules and Administration: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine S. 223, to require Senate candidates to file designations, 
statements, and reports in electronic form, after receiving testimony 
from Senators Feingold and Cochran; Nancy Erickson, Secretary of the 
United States Senate; Patrina M. Clark, Staff Director, Federal 
Election Commission; and Thomas E. Mann, Brookings Institute, and 
Stephen R. Weissman, Campaign Finance Institute, both of Washington, 
D.C.