[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 75 (Tuesday, May 8, 2007)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D635-D636]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
U.S. OIL DEPENDENCE
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Energy and Water 
Development concluded a hearing to examine the policies and funding 
necessary for reducing United States oil dependence relating to the 
results of an analysis conducted to assess the economic impact of 
implementing the Energy Security Leadership Council's recommendations 
to the Nation, including S. 875, to improve energy security of the

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United States through a 50 percent reduction in the oil intensity of 
the economy of the United States by 2030 and the prudent expansion of 
secure oil supplies, to be achieved by raising the fuel efficiency of 
the vehicular transportation fleet, increasing the availability of 
alternative fuel sources, fostering responsible oil exploration and 
production, and improving international arrangements to secure the 
global oil supply, after receiving testimony from Senators Dorgan and 
Craig; Alexander Karsner, Assistant Secretary of Energy for Energy 
Efficiency and Renewable Energy; R.M. Burton, Director, Minerals 
Management Service, Department of the Interior; and Admiral Gregory G. 
Johnson, (Ret.) USN, former Commander, United States Naval Forces, 
Europe, and Frederick W. Smith, FedEx Corporation, both on behalf of 
the Energy Security Leadership Council, and Robert F. Wescott, 
Keybridge Research LLC, all of Washington, D.C.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee ordered 
favorably reported S. 357, to improve passenger automobile fuel economy 
and safety, reduce greenhouse gas emissions, reduce dependence on 
foreign oil, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute.
MEDICARE PRESCRIPTION DRUG BENEFIT
Committee on Finance: Committee concluded an oversight hearing to 
examine the Medicare prescription drug benefit (Part D), focusing on 
enrolling new dual-eligible beneficiaries in prescription drug plans, 
after receiving testimony from Kathleen M. King, Director, Health Care, 
and Barbara Bovbjerg, Director, Education, Workforce, and Income 
Security Issues, both of the Government Accountability Office; Abby L. 
Block, Director, Center for Beneficiary Choices, Centers for Medicare 
and Medicaid Services, Department of Health and Human Services; and 
Beatrice M. Disman, New York Regional Commissioner of Social Security, 
Social Security Administration.
MENTAL HEALTH AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT SYSTEMS
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee 
concluded a hearing to examine community integration and recovery, 
focusing on transforming mental health and substance abuse systems of 
care, after receiving testimony from Representative Kennedy; Terry L. 
Cline, Administrator, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services 
Administration, Department of Health and Human Services; Rodger 
McDaniel, Wyoming Department of Health, Cheyenne; Lisa Halpern, 
National Alliance on Mental Illness, Dorchester, Massachusetts; and 
Terry Lee Allebaugh, Housing for New Hope, Durham, North Carolina.
REAL ID ACT: PRIVACY AND CIVIL LIBERTIES CONCERNS
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
privacy and civil liberties concerns, focusing on the REAL ID Act 
(Public Law 109-13), after receiving testimony from Allen Gilbert, 
American Civil Liberties Union of Vermont, Montpelier; Jim Harper, CATO 
Institute, and James Jay Carafano, Heritage Foundation, both of 
Washington, D.C.; Bruce Schneier, BT Counterpane, Minneapolis, 
Minnesota; and Janice L. Kephart, 9/11 Security Solutions, LLC, 
Alexandria, Virginia.

BUSINESS MEETING
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee met in closed session to 
consider pending intelligence matters.