[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 45 (Thursday, March 15, 2007)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D342-D344]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
EMERGENCY SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS FISCAL YEAR 2007
Committee on Appropriations: Ordered reported, as amended, the 
Emergency Supplemental Appropriations for Fiscal Year 2007.
  The Committee also approved the Report on the Revised Suballocation 
of Budget Allocations for Fiscal Year 2007.
EUROPEAN COMMAND; JOINT FORCES COMMAND BUDGET
Committee on Armed Services: Held a hearing on the Fiscal Year 2008 
National Defense Authorization Budget Request from the U.S. European 
Command and Joint Forces Command. Testimony was heard from the 
following officials of the Department of Defense: GEN Bantz J. 
Craddock, USA, Commander, U.S. European Command, NATO Supreme Allied 
Commander Europe; and GEN Lance Smith, USAF, Commander, U.S. Joint 
Forces Command,

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NATO Supreme Allied Commander for Transformation.
MILITARY ADVOCACY/BENEFICARY GROUPS
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Military Personnel 
continued hearings on views of military advocacy and beneficiary 
groups. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
SHIP CONSTRUCTION LOAN GUARANTEE PROGRAM
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Seapower and Expeditionary 
Forces held a hearing on the Federal ship construction loan guarantee 
program. Testimony was heard from Sean Connaughton, Administrator, 
Maritime Administration, Department of Transportation; and public 
witnesses.
EMPLOYER-PROVIDED HEALTH BENEFITS
Committee on Education and Labor: Subcommittee on Health, Employment, 
Labor and Pensions held a hearing on Examining Innovative Approaches to 
Covering the Uninsured Through Employer-Provided Health Benefits. 
Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Ordered reported the following bills: 
H.R. 251, amended, Truth in Caller ID Act of 2007; H.R. 477, amended, 
Stroke Treatment and Ongoing Prevention Act; H.R. 727, Trauma Care 
Systems Planning and Development Act of 2007; H.R. 545, Native American 
Methamphetamine Enforcement and Treatment Act of 2007; and H.R. 1132, 
amended, National Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program 
Reauthorization Act of 2007.
COMBATING SPYWARE
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade, and 
Consumer Protection held a hearing entitled ``Combating Spyware: The 
Spy Act.'' Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
CLIMATE CHANGE: STATE AND LOCAL PERSPECTIVES
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Energy and Air 
Quality held a hearing entitled ``Climate Change: State and Local 
Perspectives.'' Testimony was heard from Lisa P. Jackson, Commissioner, 
Department of Environmental Protection, State of New Jersey; Linda 
Adams, Secretary, Environmental Protection Agency, State of California; 
Julie Caruthers Parsley, Commissioner, Public Utility Commission, State 
of Texas; Ron Curry, Secretary, Environment Department, State of New 
Mexico; and Patrick McCrory, Mayor, City of Charlotte, North Carolina.
LEGISLATIVE PROPOSALS--GSE REFORM
Committee on Financial Services: Held a hearing entitled ``Legislative 
Proposals on GSE Reform.'' Testimony was heard from Robert Steel, Under 
Secretary, Domestic Finance, Department of the Treasury; the following 
officials of the Department of Housing and Urban Development: James B. 
Lockhart, III, Director, Office of Federal Housing Enterprise 
Oversight; and L. Carter Carnick, General Deputy Assistant Secretary, 
Department of Housing and Urban Development; and public witnesses.
U.S. POLICY TOWARD SOUTH PACIFIC ISLANDS
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on Asia, the Pacific, and 
the Global Environment held a hearing on U.S. Policy Toward South 
Pacific Island Nations, Including Australia and New Zealand. Testimony 
was heard from Glyn Davies, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of East 
Asian and Pacific Affairs, Department of State.
U.S.-TURKISH RELATIONS
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on Europe held a hearing on 
U.S.-Turkish Relations and the Challenges Ahead. Testimony was heard 
from the following officials of the Department of State: Daniel Fried, 
Assistant Secretary, Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs; and GEN 
Joseph W. Ralston USAF (Ret.), Special Envoy, Countering the Kurdistan 
Worker's Party; and Dan Fata, Deputy Assistant Secretary, European and 
NATO Affairs, Department of Defense.
IRANIAN NUCLEAR CRISIS
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on Terrorism, 
Nonproliferation, and Trade, and the Subcommittee on the Middle East 
and South Asia held a joint hearing on Iranian Nuclear Crisis: Latest 
Developments and Next Steps. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
FEMA DISASTER RESPONSE
Committee on Homeland Security: Held a hearing entitled ``Disaster 
Declarations: Where Is FEMA in a Time of Need?'' Testimony was heard 
from VADM Harvey Johnson, USCG, Deputy Director, FEMA, Department of 
Homeland Security; Mike Beebe, Governor, State of Arkansas; and Bruce 
Baughman, Director, Emergency Management Agency, State of Alabama.

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BORDER CROSSINGS; IMMIGRANTS AND HUMAN TRAFFICKING
Committee on Homeland Security: Subcommittee on Border, Maritime, and 
Global Counterterrorism held a hearing entitled ``Crossing the Border: 
Immigrants in Detention and Victims of Trafficking.'' Testimony was 
heard from John P. Torres, Director, Office of Detention and Removal 
Operations, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Department of Homeland 
Security; and public witnesses.
ELECTION REFORM
Committee on House Administration: Subcommittee on Elections held a 
hearing on Election Reform ``Machines and Software.'' Testimony was 
heard from Eric Clark, Secretary of State, Mississippi; and a public 
witnesses.
  Hearings continue March 20.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on the Judiciary: Ordered reported the following bills: H.R. 
580, amended, 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; H.R. 1433, 
District of Columbia House Voting Rights Act of 2007; and pending 
Committee business.
  The Committee also approved pending Committee business.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on Natural Resources: Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests 
and Public Lands held a hearing on the following bills: H.R. 713, 
Niagara Falls National Heritage Area Act; H.R. 754, To designate the 
National Museum of Wildlife Art, located at 2820 Rungius Road, Jackson, 
Wyoming, as the National Museum of Wildlife Art of the United States; 
and H.R. 929, Land Between the Rivers Southern Illinois National 
Heritage Area Act of 2007. Testimony was heard from Representatives 
Slaughter and Cubin; Janet Snyder Matthews, Associate Director, 
Cultural Resources, National Park Service, Department of the Interior; 
and public witnesses.
NASA's FISCAL YEAR 2008 BUDGET REQUEST
Committee on Science and Technology: Held a hearing on NASA's Fiscal 
Year 2008 Budget Request. Testimony was heard from Michael Griffin, 
Administrator, NASA.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on Small Business: Ordered reported the following bills: H.R. 
1361, RECOVER Act; H.R. 1332, amended, Small Business Lending 
Improvements Act of 2007; and H.R. 1468, Disadvantages Business 
Disaster Eligibility Act.
WATER RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT ACT OF 2007
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure: Ordered reported, as 
amended, H.R. 1495, Water Resources Development Act of 2007.
  The Committee also approved pending Committee business.
VETERANS MEASURES
Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Ordered reported the following bills: 
H.R. 327, Joshua Omvig Veterans Suicide Prevention Act; H.R. 797, 
amended, Dr. James Allen Veteran Vision Equity Act; and H.R. 1284, 
Veterans' Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act of 2007.
TRAUMATIC BRAIN AND POLY-TRAUMA CENTERS
Committee on Veterans Affairs: Subcommittee on Health held a hearing on 
Traumatic Brain and Poly-trauma Centers. Testimony was heard from 
Barbara Sigford, National Program Director, Physical Medicine and 
Rehabilitation, Veterans Health Administration, Department of Veterans 
Affairs; representatives of veterans organizations; and public 
witnesses.
AMERICAN WORKERS--ECONOMIC SECURITY
Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Income Security and Family 
Support held a hearing on Increasing Economic Security for American 
Workers. Testimony was heard from former Secretary of Labor Robert B. 
Reich; and public witnesses.
NONMARKET ECONOMY TRADE REMEDY ACT
Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Trade held a hearing on 
H.R. 1229, Nonmarket Economy Trade Remedy Act of 2007. Testimony was 
heard from Representative Visclosky; David M. Spooner, Assistant 
Secretary, Import Administration, International Trade Administration; 
and public witnesses.
CIA BRIEFING; GEOSPATIAL INTELLIGENCE
Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence: Met in executive session to 
receive a CIA briefing. The Committee was briefed by departmental 
witnesses.
  The Committee also met in executive session to hold a hearing on 
Geospatial Intelligence. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.