[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 76 (Wednesday, May 9, 2007)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E1007-E1008]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                       SENATE COMMITTEE MEETINGS

  Title IV of Senate Resolution 4, agreed to by the Senate on February 
4, 1977, calls for establishment of a system for a computerized 
schedule of all meetings and hearings of Senate committees, 
subcommittees, joint committees, and committees of conference. This 
title requires all such committees to notify the Office of the Senate 
Daily Digest--designated by the Rules Committee--of the time, place, 
and purpose of the meetings, when scheduled, and any cancellations or 
changes in the meetings as they occur.
  As an additional procedure along with the computerization of this 
information, the Office of the Senate Daily Digest will prepare this 
information for printing in the Extensions of Remarks section of the 
Congressional Record on Monday and Wednesday of each week.
  Meetings scheduled for Wednesday, May 9, 2007 may be found in the 
Daily Digest of today's Record.

                           MEETINGS SCHEDULED

                                 MAY 10
     9 a.m.
       Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
       Oversight of Government Management, the Federal Workforce, 
           and the District of Columbia Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine a status report on reform 
           efforts by the Under Secretary of Homeland Security for 
           Management.
                                                            SD-342
     9:30 a.m.
       Energy and Natural Resources
         To hold hearings to examine the nominations of Joseph 
           Timothy Kelliher, of the District of Columbia, to be a 
           Member of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, and 
           R. Lyle Laverty, of Colorado, to be Assistant Secretary 
           for Fish and Wildlife.
                                                            SD-366
       Indian Affairs
         Business meeting to consider S. 1200, to amend the Indian 
           Health Care Improvement Act to revise and extend the 
           Act, S. 310, to express the policy of the United States 
           regarding the United States relationship with Native 
           Hawaiians and to provide a process for the recognition 
           by the United States of the Native Hawaiian governing 
           entity, H.R. 835, to reauthorize the programs of the 
           Department of Housing and Urban Development for housing 
           assistance for Native Hawaiians, and S.J. Res. 4, to 
           acknowledge a long history of official depredations and 
           ill-conceived policies by the United States Government 
           regarding Indian tribes and offer an apology to all 
           Native Peoples on behalf of the United States.
                                                            SR-485
       Appropriations
       Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related 
           Agencies Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine the Federal Aviation 
           Administration's budget performance and treatment.
                                                            SD-138
     10 a.m.
       Finance
         To hold hearings to examine economic issues for America's 
           working families and middle class.
                                                            SD-215
       Judiciary
         To hold hearings to examine the nominations of Leslie 
           Southwick, of Mississippi, to be United States Circuit 
           Judge for the Fifth Circuit, Janet T. Neff, to be 
           United States District Judge for the Western District 
           of Michigan, and Liam O'Grady, to be United States 
           District Judge for the Eastern District of Virginia.
                                                            SD-226
       Commerce, Science, and Transportation
       Oceans, Atmosphere, Fisheries, and Coast Guard Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine the effects of climate change 
           and ocean acidification on living marine resoucres.
                                                            SR-253
       Appropriations
       State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs 
           Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine proposed budget estimates for 
           fiscal year 2008 for the Department of State and 
           foreign operations.
                                                            SD-106
     2:30 p.m.
       Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
         To hold hearings to examine violent Islamist extremism, 
           focusing on government efforts to defeat it.
                                                            SD-342
     3 p.m.
       Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
         To hold hearings to examine the nominations of David 
           George Nason, of Rhode Island, to be an Assistant 
           Secretary of the Treasury, Mario Mancuso, of New York, 
           to be Under Secretary of Commerce for Export 
           Administration, Michael W. Tankersley, of Texas, to be 
           Inspector General, Export-Import Bank, Scott A. Keller, 
           of Florida, to be an Assistant Secretary of Housing and 
           Urban Development, Robert M. Couch, of Alabama, to be 
           General Counsel of the Department of Housing and Urban 
           Development, and Janis Herschkowitz, of Pennsylvania, 
           David George Nason, of Rhode Island, and Nguyen Van 
           Hanh, of California, each to be a Member of the Board 
           of Directors of the National Consumer Cooperative Bank.
                                                            SD-538

                                 MAY 15
     10 a.m.
       Energy and Natural Resources
         To hold hearings to examine the short-term energy outlook 
           for summer 2007, focusing on oil and gasoline.
                                                            SD-366
       Environment and Public Works
         To hold hearings to examine green buildings, focusing on 
           benefits to health, the environment, and the bottom 
           line.
                                                            SD-406
       Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
         To hold hearings to examine equal representation in 
           Congress, focusing on providing voting rights to the 
           District of Columbia.
                                                            SD-342
       Judiciary
         To hold hearings to examine the Department of Justice 
           politicizing the hiring and firing of United States 
           Attorneys, focusing on preserving prosecutorial 
           independence.
                                                            SD-226
       Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
       Retirement and Aging Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine Alzheimer's disease, focusing 
           on current and future breakthrough research.
                                                            SD-628
     2:30 p.m.
       Energy and Natural Resources
       National Parks Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine S. 553, to amend the Wild and 
           Scenic Rivers Act to designate certain segments of the 
           Eightmile River in the State of Connecticut as 
           components of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers 
           System, S. 800, to establish the Niagara Falls National 
           Heritage Area in the State of New York, S. 916, to 
           modify the boundary of the Minidoka Internment National 
           Monument, to establish the Minidoka National Historic 
           Site, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to 
           convey certain land and improvements of the Gooding 
           Division of the Minidoka Project, Idaho, S. 1057, to 
           amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate 
           certain segments of the New River in the States of 
           North Carolina and Virginia as a component of the 
           National Wild and Scenic Rivers System, S. 1209, to 
           provide for the continued administration of Santa Rosa 
           Island, Channel Islands National Park, in accordance 
           with the laws (including regulations) and policies of 
           the National Park Service, S. 1281, to amend the Wild 
           and Scenic Rivers Act to designate certain rivers and 
           streams of the headwaters of the Snake River System as 
           additions to the National Wild and Scenic River System, 
           H.R. 161, to adjust the boundary of the Minidoka 
           Internment National Monument to include the Nidoto Nai 
           Yoni Memorial in Bainbridge Island, Washington, H.R. 
           247, to designate a Forest Service trail at Waldo Lake 
           in the Willamette National Forest in the State of 
           Oregon as a national recreation trail in honor of Jim 
           Weaver, a former Member of the House of 
           Representatives, and H.R. 376, to authorize the 
           Secretary of the Interior to conduct a special resource 
           study to determine the suitability and feasibility of 
           including the battlefields and related sites of the 
           First and Second Battles of Newtonia, Missouri, during 
           the Civil War as part of Wilson's Creek National 
           Battlefield or designating the battlefields and related 
           sites as a separate unit of the National Park System.
                                                            SD-366

                                 MAY 16
     10 a.m.
       Environment and Public Works
       Clean Air and Nuclear Safety Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine the state of mercury 
           regulation, science, and technology.
                                                            SD-406
       Finance
         To hold hearings to examine the efficacy of United States 
           preference programs.
                                                            SD-215
       Judiciary
         To hold hearings to examine rogue online pharmacies, 
           focusing on the growing problem of internet drug 
           trafficking.
                                                            SD-226
       Veterans' Affairs
         To hold hearings to examine the nomination of Michael K. 
           Kussman, of Massachusetts, to be Under Secretary for 
           Health of the Department of Veterans Affairs.
                                                            SD-562

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     2:30 p.m.
       Commerce, Science, and Transportation
         Business meeting to consider pending calendar business.
                                                            SR-253
       Small Business and Entrepreneurship
         Business meeting to markup S. 1256, to amend the Small 
           Business Act to reauthorize loan programs under that 
           Act.
                                                           SR-428A
     3 p.m.
       Appropriations
       Financial Services and General Government Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine proposed budget estimates for 
           fiscal year 2008 for the United States Securities and 
           Exchange Commission.
                                                            SD-192

                                 MAY 17
     9:30 a.m.
       Armed Services
         To hold hearings to examine the United States European 
           Command in review of the Defense Authorization Request 
           for Fiscal Year 2008 and the Future Years Defense 
           Program.
                                                            SH-216
     10 a.m.
       Commerce, Science, and Transportation
         To hold hearings to examine violence in the media.
                                                            SR-253

                                 MAY 22
     9 a.m.
       Armed Services
       SeaPower Subcommittee
         Closed business meeting to markup those provisions which 
           fall under the subcommittee's jurisdiction of the 
           proposed National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 
           Year 2008.
                                                            SR-222
     10 a.m.
       Armed Services
       Personnel Subcommittee
         Closed business meeting to markup those provisions which 
           fall under the subcommittee's jurisdiction of the 
           proposed National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 
           Year 2008.
                                                           SR-232A
       Commerce, Science, and Transportation
       Surface Transportation and Merchant Marine Infrastructure, 
           Safety and Security Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine rail safety reauthorization.
                                                            SR-253
     12:30 p.m.
       Armed Services
       Airland Subcommittee
         Closed business meeting to markup those provisions which 
           fall under the subcommittee's jurisdiction of the 
           proposed National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 
           Year 2008.
                                                            SR-222
     4 p.m.
       Armed Services
       Readiness and Management Support Subcommittee
         Closed business meeting to markup those provisions which 
           fall under the subcommittee's jurisdiction of the 
           proposed National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 
           Year 2008.
                                                            SR-222
     5:30 p.m.
       Armed Services
       Emerging Threats and Capabilities Subcommittee
         Closed business meeting to markup those provisions which 
           fall under the subcommittee's jurisdiction of the 
           proposed National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 
           Year 2008.
                                                           SR-232A

                                 MAY 23
     9:30 a.m.
       Veterans' Affairs
         To hold hearings to examine health legislation.
                                                            SD-562
     10 a.m.
       Commerce, Science, and Transportation
         To hold hearings to examine communications, taxation and 
           federalism.
                                                            SR-253
     11:30 a.m.
       Armed Services
       Strategic Forces Subcommittee
         Closed business meeting to markup those provisions which 
           fall under the subcommittee's jurisdiction of the 
           proposed National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 
           Year 2008.
                                                            SR-222
     2:30 p.m.
       Armed Services
         Closed business meeting to markup the proposed National 
           Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008.
                                                            SR-222

                                 MAY 24
     9:30 a.m.
       Armed Services
         Closed business meeting to markup the proposed National 
           Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008.
                                                            SR-222
     10 a.m.
       Commerce, Science, and Transportation
         To hold hearings to examine the nominations of Michael E. 
           Baroody, of Virginia, to be Chairman and Commissioner 
           of the Consumer Product Safety Commission, and Charles 
           Darwin Snelling, of Pennsylvania, to be a Member of the 
           Board of Directors of the Metropolitan Washington 
           Airports Authority.
                                                            SR-253

                             CANCELLATIONS

                                 MAY 10
     2:30 p.m.
       Intelligence
         To hold closed hearings to examine certain intelligence 
           matters.
                                                            SH-219

                             POSTPONEMENTS

     2 p.m.
       Judiciary
         To hold hearings to examine the nomination of Michael J. 
           Sullivan, of Massachusetts, to be Director, Bureau of 
           Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives.
                                                            SD-226