[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 70 (Tuesday, May 1, 2007)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D591-D592]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
FARM BILL RECOMMENDATIONS
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: Committee concluded 
a hearing to examine conservation policy recommendations for the farm 
bill, after receiving testimony from Senators Cardin and Menendez; 
Wisconsin Governor Jim Doyle, Madison, on behalf of the Midwestern 
Governors Association; Olin Sims, National Association of Conservation 
Districts, McFadden, Wyoming; Ferd Hoefner, Sustainable Agriculture 
Coalition, and Julie M. Sibbing, National Wildlife Federation, on 
behalf of the Agriculture and Wildlife Working Group, both of 
Washington, D.C.; John Hansen, Nebraska Farmers Union, Lincoln, on 
behalf of the National Farmers Union; and Robert Harrington, Montana 
State Forester, Missoula, on behalf of the National Association of 
State Foresters.
TRUCK DRIVER FATIGUE REDUCTION
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on 
Surface Transportation and Merchant Marine Infrastructure, Safety and 
Security concluded a hearing to examine Electronic On-Board Recorders 
(EOBRs) and truck driver fatigue reduction, after receiving testimony 
from John H. Hill, Administrator, Federal Motor Carrier Safety 
Administration, and Mark V. Rosenker, Chairman, National Transportation 
Safety Board, both of the Department of Transportation; John E. 
Harrison, Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance, Washington, D.C.; Jerry 
G. Gabbard, Siemens VDO Automotive Corporation, Issaquah, Washington; 
Anne T. McCartt, Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, Arlington, 
Virginia; Richard S. Reiser, Werner Enterprises, Inc., Omaha, Nebraska, 
on behalf of the American Trucking Associations, Inc.; and Richard G. 
Olson, Fil-Mor Express, Inc., Cannon Falls, Minnesota.
ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY VEHICLES
Committee on Finance: Subcommittee on Energy, Natural Resources, and 
Infrastructure concluded a hearing to examine advanced technology 
vehicles, focusing on the transportation system of the future, after 
receiving testimony from Mark M. Chernoby, DaimlerChrysler Corporation, 
Auburn Hills, Michigan; David Vieau, A123Systems, Watertown, 
Massachusetts; Martin Eberhard, Tesla Motors Inc., San Carlos, 
California; Walter McManus, University of Michigan Transportation 
Research Institute, Ann Arbor; and Phillip Baxley, Shell Hydrogen LLC, 
Houston, Texas.
NOMINATION
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Committee 
concluded a hearing to examine the nomination of Howard Charles 
Weizmann, of Maryland, to be Deputy Director of the Office of Personnel 
Management, after the nominee testified and answered questions in his 
own behalf.

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PROCESS PATENTS
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
process patents, including S. 1145, to amend title 35, United States 
Code, to provide for patent reform, after receiving testimony from 
Wayne W. Herrington, Assistant General Counsel, United States 
International Trade Commission; John R. Thomas, Georgetown University 
Law Center, Washington, D.C.; Michael K. Kirk, American Intellectual 
Property Law Association, Arlington, Virginia; and Christopher A. 
Cotropia, University of Richmond School of Law, Richmond, Virginia.
FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE SURVEILLANCE ACT MODERNIZATION
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine modernizing the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (Public 
Law 95-511), after receiving testimony from Kenneth L. Wainstein, 
Assistant Attorney General, National Security Division, Department of 
Justice; J. Michael McConnell, Director of National Intelligence; and 
Lieutenant General Keith B. Alexander, Director, National Security 
Agency.