[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 63 (Thursday, April 19, 2007)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D526-D528]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
RISING HIGHWAY FATALITIES
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing, 
and Urban Development, and Related Agencies concluded a hearing to 
examine rising highway fatalities, after receiving testimony from 
Nicole R. Nason, Administrator, National Highway Traffic Safety 
Administration, John H. Hill, Administrator, Federal Motor Carrier 
Safety Administration, both of the United States Department of 
Transportation; and Mark V. Rosenker, Chairman, National Transportation 
Safety Board.

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APPROPRIATIONS: DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, 
Science, and Related Agencies concluded a hearing to examine proposed 
budget estimates for fiscal year 2008 for the Department of Justice, 
after receiving testimony from John F. Clark, Director, United States 
Marshals Service, Karen P. Tandy, Administrator, United States Drug 
Enforcement Administration, and Michael J. Sullivan, Acting Director, 
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, all of the 
Department of Justice.
APPROPRIATIONS: MILITARY CONSTRUCTION
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Military Construction, 
Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies concluded a hearing to examine 
proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2008 for military 
construction for the Army, Navy, and Marine Corps, after receiving 
testimony from Keith E. Eastin, Assistant Secretary of the Army for 
Installations and Environment; Lieutenant General Robert Wilson, USA, 
Assistant Chief of Staff for Installation Management and Commanding 
General, Installation Management Command; Major General David P. 
Burford, Assistant to the Director of the Army National Guard; 
Brigadier General Richard J. Sherlock, Deputy Chief, Army Reserve and 
Deputy Commander for Management, Resources, and Support, U.S. Army 
Reserve Command; B.J. Penn, Assistant Secretary of the Navy for 
Installations and Environment; Major General James F. Flock, Assistant 
Deputy Commandant for Installations and Logistics (Facilities); and 
Rear Admiral Mark A. Handley, Navy Director of Ashore Readiness.
LOGCAP
Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
the Department of Defense's management of costs under the Logistics 
Civil Augmentation Program (LOGCAP) contract in Iraq, after receiving 
testimony from Senator Dorgan; and Claude M. Bolton, Jr., Assistant 
Secretary of the Army for Acquisition, Logistics and Technology, 
William H. Reed, Director, Defense Contract Audit Agency, Keith D. 
Ernst, Acting Director, Defense Contract Management Agency, Patrick J. 
Fitzgerald, Auditor General Department of the Army, and Major General 
Jerome Johnson, USA, Commanding General, United States Army Sustainment 
Command, all of the Department of Defense.
BUDGET: MILITARY SPACE PROGRAMS
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Strategic Forces Committee 
concluded open and closed hearings to examine proposed budget estimates 
for fiscal year 2008 for the military space programs in review of the 
Defense Authorization Request and the Future Years Defense Program, 
after receiving testimony from Ronald M. Sega, Under Secretary of Air 
Force, General Kevin P. Chilton, USAF, Commander, Air Force Space 
Command, Major General William L. Shelton, USAF, Commander, Joint 
Functional Component Command for Space, United States Strategic 
Command, Vice Admiral James D. McArthur, Jr., USN, Commander, Naval 
Network Warfare Command, all of the Department of Defense; and 
Christina T. Chaplain, Director, Acquisition and Sourcing Management, 
Government Accountability Office.
U.S. COMPETITIVENESS
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on 
Science, Technology, and Innovation concluded a hearing to examine 
United States competitiveness through basic research, after receiving 
testimony John Marburger III, Director, Office of Science and 
Technology Policy; Arden L. Bement, Jr., Director, National Science 
Foundation; and William A. Jeffrey, Director, National Institute of 
Standards and Technology, Department of Commerce.
ALTERNATIVE FUELS AND VEHICLES TAX INCENTIVES
Committee on Finance: Committee concluded a hearing to examine grains, 
cane, and automobiles relating to tax incentives for alternative fuels 
and vehicles, after receiving testimony from Robert Farrington, Manager 
and Principal Researcher, Advance Vehicle Systems Group, National 
Renewable Energy Laboratory, Department of Energy; R. James Woolsey, 
National Commission on Energy Policy, former Director of Central 
Intelligence; Vinod Khosla, Khosla Ventures, Menlo Park, California; 
Bruce E. Dale, Michigan State University Department of Chemical 
Engineering and Materials Science, East Lansing; and Jay D. Debertin, 
CHS Inc., Inver Grove Heights, Minnesota.
GLOBAL WARMING
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Committee 
concluded a hearing to examine the impact of global warming on private 
and federal insurance, focusing on financial risks to federal and 
private insurers in coming decades for damages caused by weather-
related events in the United States, after receiving testimony from 
John B. Stephenson, Director, Natural Resources and Environment, 
Government Accountability Office; Eldon Gould, Administrator, Risk 
Management Agency, Department of Agriculture; Michael Buckley, Deputy 
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Emergency Management Agency, Department of Homeland Security; and 
Andrew Castaldi, Swiss Reinsurance America Corporation, Wilton, 
Connecticut.
IMPLEMENTING POSTAL REFORM
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Subcommittee 
on Federal Financial Management, Government Information, Federal 
Services, and International Security concluded an oversight hearing to 
examine the current state of the Postal Service along with the efforts 
underway to implement the Postal Accountability and Enhancement Act 
(Public Law 109-435), including the Postal Service's financial 
condition in fiscal year 2007, the opportunities and challenges facing 
the Service, and major issues and areas for Congressional oversight, 
after receiving testimony from John E. Potter, Postmaster General and 
Chief Executive Officer, United States Postal Service; Dan G. Blair, 
Chairman, Postal Regulatory Commission; and Katherine Siggerud, 
Director, Physical Infrastructure Issues, Government Accountability 
Office.
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded an oversight hearing to 
examine the Department of Justice, after receiving testimony from 
Alberto R. Gonzales, Attorney General, Department of Justice.
INTELLIGENCE
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee met in closed session to 
receive a briefing on certain intelligence matters from officials of 
the intelligence community.
BIODENTICAL HORMONES
Special Committee on Aging: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
bioidentical hormones, focusing on menopausal hormone therapy using 
conjugated equine estrogens and other forms of estrogen therapy, after 
receiving testimony from Jacques Rossouw, Chief, Women's Health 
Initiative Branch, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National 
Institutes of Health, and Steven K. Galson, Director, Center for Drug 
Evaluation and Research, Food and Drug Administration, both of the 
Department of Health and Human Services; Eileen Harrington, Deputy 
Director, Bureau of Consumer Protection, Federal Trade Commission; 
JoAnn E. Manson, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts; Leonard 
Wartofsky, Endocrine Society, Chevy Chase, Maryland; Loyd V. Allen, 
Jr., International Journal of Pharmaceutical Compounding, Sugar Land, 
Texas; T. S. Wiley, Santa Barbara, California.