[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 90 (Wednesday, June 6, 2007)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D776-D777]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
TUBERCULOSIS PATIENT
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human 
Services, Education, and Related Agencies concluded a hearing to 
examine failures in the health care and border control systems, 
focusing on one tuberculosis patient's international public health 
threat, after receiving testimony from Julie L. Gerberding, Director, 
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and Anthony S. Fauci, 
Director, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, 
National Institutes of Health, both of the Department of Health and 
Human Services; Deborah J. Spero, Deputy Commissioner, United States 
Customs and Border Protection, Department of Homeland Security; Steven 
R. Katkowsky, Fulton County Department of Health and Wellness, and 
Andrew Speaker, both of Atlanta, Georgia; and Nils Daulaire, Global 
Health Council, Washington, D.C.
THE ROLE OF PRIVATE STUDENT LENDING
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine paying for a college education, focusing on the role 
of private student lending, after receiving testimony from New York 
Attorney General Andrew M. Cuomo, Tracy Grooms, Bank of America 
Corporation, and Peter B. Tarr, First Marblehead Corporation, all of 
New York, New York; Sevester Bell, Howard University, Jennifer Pae, 
United States Student Association, Barry W. Goulding, Sallie Mae, and 
Luke Swarthout, United States Public Interest Research

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Group (U.S. PIRG), all of Washington, D.C.; and Jonathan Avidan, 
Langhorne, Pennsylvania.
EFFECTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE ON WATER SUPPLY
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Subcommittee on Water and 
Power concluded a hearing to examine the impact of climate change on 
water supply and availability in the United States, focusing on related 
issues from a water-use perspective, after receiving testimony from 
Christopher Milly, Research Hydrologist, United States Geological 
Survey, and Terry Fulp, Area Manager, Boulder Canyon Operations Office, 
Bureau of Reclamation, both of the Department of the Interior; Bradley 
H. Udall, Director, National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration-
University of Colorado Western Water Assessment, Boulder; Timothy F. 
Brick, Metropolitan Water District of Southern California, Los Angeles; 
Philip W. Mote, University of Washington Climate Impacts Group, 
Seattle; Patrick O'Toole, Family Farm Alliance, Savery, Wyoming; Jack 
Williams, Trout Unlimited, Arlington, Virginia; and Timothy Culbertson, 
National Hydropower Association, Ephrata, Washington.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee ordered favorably 
reported the following:
  S. 506, to improve efficiency in the Federal Government through the 
use of high-performance green buildings, with an amendment in the 
nature of a substitute;
  H.R. 1195, to amend the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient 
Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users to make technical 
corrections, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
  H.R. 798, to direct the Administrator of General Services to install 
a photovoltaic system for the headquarters building of the Department 
of Energy;
  S. 635, to provide for a research program for remediation of closed 
methamphetamine production laboratories; and
  S. 1523, to amend the Clean Air Act to reduce emissions of carbon 
dioxide from the Capitol power plant.
TRADE AND GLOBALIZATION
Committee on Finance: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
international trade and globalization, focusing on adjustments for a 
21st century workforce, after receiving testimony from Lael Brainard, 
Brookings Institution Global Economy and Development Program, Jane 
McDonald-Pines, AFL-CIO, and Howard Rosen, Trade Adjustment Assistance 
Coalition, all of Washington, D.C.; Kimberly M. Didier, Newton 
Development Corporation, Newton, Iowa; and Jerry Ann Ross, Eureka, 
Montana.
THE FUTURE OF AMERICAN INNOVATION
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded a hearing to examine S. 
1145, to amend title 35, United States Code, to provide for patent 
reform, focusing on the future of American innovation, after receiving 
testimony from Jon W. Dudas, Under Secretary for Intellectual Property, 
and Director, United States Patent and Trademark Office, Department of 
Commerce; Bruce G. Bernstein, InterDigital Communications Cooperation, 
King of Prussia, Pennsylvania; Mary E. Doyle, Palm, Inc., Sunnyvale, 
California; John A. Squires, Goldman, Sachs and Company, New York, New 
York; and Kathryn L. Biberstein, Alkermes, Inc., Cambridge, 
Massachusetts, on behalf of the Biotechnology Industry Organization 
(BIO).