[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 49 (Wednesday, March 21, 2007)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D372-D373]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
2007 FARM BILL
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: Committee concluded 
a hearing to examine the performance of the United States trade and 
food aid programs for the 2007 Farm Bill, after receiving testimony 
from Michael W. Yost, Administrator of the Foreign Agricultural 
Service, Department of Agriculture; William Hammink, Director, Office 
of Food for Peace, United States Agency for International Development; 
Thomas Melito, Director, International Affairs and Trade, Governmental 
Accountability Office; Charles Sandefur, Alliance for Food Aid, 
Washington, D.C.; Tim Hamilton, Food Export Association of the Midwest 
USA, McLean, Virginia, on behalf of the Coalition to Promote U.S. 
Agricultural Exports; David Kauck, CARE USA, Richmond, Vermont; and 
Joel Nelsen, California Citrus Mutual, Exeter.
APPROPRIATIONS: AIR FORCE
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense concluded a 
hearing to examine proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2008 for 
Air Force, after receiving testimony from Michael W. Wynne, Secretary, 
and General T. Michael Moseley, Chief of Staff, USAF, both of the 
United States Air Force.
APPROPRIATIONS: DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Energy and Water 
Development concluded a hearing to examine proposed budget estimates 
for fiscal year 2008 for the Department of Energy, after receiving 
testimony from Raymond L. Orbach, Under Secretary of Energy for 
Science.
APPROPRIATIONS: THE JUDICIARY
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Financial Services and 
General Government concluded a hearing to examine proposed budget 
estimates for fiscal year 2008 for the federal judiciary, after 
receiving testimony from Julia S. Gibbons, Judge, U.S. Court of 
Appeals, Sixth Circuit Chair of the Budget Committee of the Judicial 
Conference; and James C. Duff, Director, Administrative Office of the 
U.S. Courts.
POLICY OPTIONS
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Strategic Forces concluded 
a hearing to examine nuclear and strategic policy options, after 
receiving testimony from Robert L. Gallucci, Georgetown University 
Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service, Washington, D.C.; Sidney B. 
Drell, Stanford University, Palo Alto, California; and Keith B. Payne, 
Missouri State University Graduate Department of Defense and Strategic 
Studies, Fairfax, Virginia.
IRAN SANCTIONS
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine assessing the effectiveness of the current United 
States' sanctions on Iran relating to minimizing potential threats from 
Iran, after receiving testimony from R. Nicholas Burns, Under Secretary 
of State for Political Affairs; Stuart Levey, Under Secretary of the 
Treasury for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence; and

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Mark Foulon, Acting Under Secretary of Commerce for Industry and 
Security.
CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on 
Consumer Affairs, Insurance, and Automotive Safety concluded an 
oversight hearing to examine the Consumer Product Safety Commission, 
after receiving testimony from Nancy A. Nord, Acting Chairman, and 
Thomas H. Moore, Commissioner, both of the United States Consumer 
Product Safety Commission; Sally Greenberg, Consumers Union, Rachel 
Weintraub, Consumer Federation of America, and John C. Dean, National 
Association of State Fire Marshals, all of Washington, D.C.; and 
Frederick Locker, Toy Industry Association and Juvenile Products 
Manufacturers Association, New York, New York, on behalf of the 
Consumer Product Safety Commission Coalition of the National 
Association of Manufacturers.
GLOBAL WARMING
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee held a hearing to 
examine a perspective on global warming--an increase in the average 
temperature of the earth's atmosphere, especially a sustained increase 
sufficient to cause climatic change, receiving testimony from former 
Vice President of the United States Al Gore.
  Hearing recessed subject to the call.
GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Committee 
concluded a hearing to examine an overview of Government Accountability 
Office assistance to Congressional oversight, focusing on past work, 
and future challenges and opportunities, after receiving testimony from 
David M. Walker, Comptroller General of the United States, Government 
Accountability Office.
LONG-TERM HEALTH IMPACTS OF 9/11
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee 
concluded a hearing to examine a review of treatment, diagnosis, and 
monitoring efforts, focusing on the long-term health impacts from 
September 11, after receiving testimony from Mayor Michael R. 
Bloomberg, Edward Skyler, Deputy Mayor for Administration, Robin 
Herbert, World Trade Center (WTC) Medical Monitoring Program Data and 
Coordination Center at Mount Sinai, Kerry J. Kelly, New York City Fire 
Department Bureau of Health Services, Joan Reibman, Bellevue Hospital 
WTC Environmental Health Center, and Jeanne Mager Stellman, Columbia 
University Mailman School of Public Health, all of New York, New York; 
James Melius, New York State Laborers' Health and Safety Trust Fund, 
Albany; and Jeffrey L. Endean, Morris County Sheriff's Office, 
Succasunna, New Jersey.
NATIONAL SECURITY LETTERS
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
the findings of the Inspector General of the improper use of the 
National Security Letters by the Federal Bureau of Investigation 
relating to the misuse of the Patriot Act powers, after receiving 
testimony from Glenn A. Fine, Inspector General, Department of Justice.
IDENTITY THEFT
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Terrorism, Technology and 
Homeland Security concluded a hearing to examine recent developments 
involving the security of sensitive consumer information relating to 
identity theft and solutions for an evolving problem, including S. 238, 
to amend title 18, United States Code, to limit the misuse of Social 
Security numbers, to establish criminal penalties for such misuse, 
after receiving testimony from Ronald J. Tenpas, Associate Deputy 
Attorney General, Department of Justice; Lydia B. Parnes, Director, 
Bureau of Consumer Protection, Federal Trade Commission; Joanne McNabb, 
California Office of Privacy Protection, Sacramento; Jim Davis, 
University of California, Los Angeles; and Chris Jay Hoofnagle, 
University of California, Berkeley Boalt Hall School of Law.