[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 61 (Tuesday, April 17, 2007)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D504-D505]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
COMBATING AUTISM
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human 
Services, and Education and Related Agencies held a hearing to examine 
the status of autism and autism research, receiving testimony from 
Julie L. Gerberding, Director, Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention, and Thomas R. Insel, Director, National Institute of Mental 
Health, National Institutes of Health, both of the Department of Health 
and Human Services; Judith E. Favell, Celeste Foundation, Mount Dora, 
Florida; Robert C. Wright and Bradley Whitford, both of Autism Speaks, 
New York, New York; Marguerite Kirst Colston, Autism Society of 
America, Bethesda, Maryland; and Josh Cobbs, Sioux City, Iowa.
  Hearing recessed subject to the call.
COMBAT READINESS
Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
whether the Army and Marine Corps are properly sized, organized, and 
equipped to respond to the most likely missions over the next two 
decades while retaining adequate capability to respond to all 
contingencies along the spectrum of combat, after receiving testimony 
from Andrew F. Krepinevich, Jr., Center for Strategic and Budgetary 
Assessments, and Lawrence J. Korb, Center for American Progress, both 
of Washington, D.C.; General Barry R. McCaffrey (Ret.) USA, BR 
McCaffrey Associates LLC, Arlington, Virginia; and Major General Robert 
H. Scales, Jr. (Ret.) USA, Colgen, Inc., Dayton, Maryland.
BUDGET: DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION
Committee on Armed Services: Committee met in closed session to receive 
a briefing to examine the current readiness of United States ground 
forces in review of the Defense Authorization Request for fiscal year 
2008 and the Future Years Defense Program, from Lieutenant General 
James J. Lovelace, Jr., USA, Deputy Chief of Staff, G-3/5/7, 
Headquarters, Department of the Army, and Lieutenant General Richard F. 
Natonski, USMC, Deputy Commandant for Plans, Policies, and Operations, 
Headquarters,

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United States Marine Corps, both of the Department of Defense.
MORTGAGE MARKET SECURITIZATION
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on 
Securities, Insurance and Investment concluded a hearing to examine the 
role of securitization relating to subprime mortgage market turmoil, 
including the mechanics of the nonprime mortgage securitization 
process, the impact of recent increases in defaults and delinquencies 
on the nonprime securitization market, characteristics of the 
securitization process that present challenges in mitigating potential 
foreclosures, and factors taken into consideration in the 
securitization process when assessing credit risk for mortgage-backed 
securities and monitoring assigned ratings, after receiving testimony 
from Gyan Sinha, Bear, Stearns and Co. Inc, David Sherr, Lehman 
Brothers Inc., Susan Barnes, Standard and Poor's Ratings Services, and 
Warren Kornfeld, Moody's Investors Service, all of New York, New York; 
Kurt Eggert, Chapman University School of Law, Orange, California; and 
Christopher L. Peterson, University of Florida Levin College of Law, 
Gainesville.
XM-SIRIUS RADIO
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded 
a hearing to examine the proposed merger between XM and Sirius 
satellite radio services, after receiving testimony from Mel Karmazin, 
Sirius Satellite Radio, and David Bank, RBC Capital Markets, both of 
New York, New York; W. Russell Withers, Jr., Withers Broadcasting 
Companies, Mount Vernon, Illinois, on behalf of the National 
Association of Broadcasters; and Gene Kimmelman, Consumers Union, on 
behalf of Common Cause, Consumer Federation of America, Free Press, and 
Media Access Project, and Gigi B. Sohn, Public Knowledge, both of 
Washington, D.C.
WORKPLACE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Subcommittee on 
Employment and Workplace Safety concluded a hearing to examine domestic 
violence in the workplace, after receiving testimony from Laura A. 
Fortman, Maine Department of Labor, Augusta; Kathy Rodgers, Legal 
Momentum, New York, New York; Sue K. Willman, Spencer Fane Britt and 
Browne LLP, Kansas City, Missouri, on behalf of the Society for Human 
Resource Management; and Yvette Cade, Temple Hills, Maryland.