[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 91 (Thursday, June 7, 2007)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D787-D788]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
NOMINATION
Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
the nomination of Lieutenant General Douglas E. Lute, USA, to be 
Assistant to the President and Deputy National Security Advisor for 
Iraq and Afghanistan, after the nominee, testified and answer questions 
on his on behalf.
CONTINENTAL SHELF ALTERNATIVE ENERGY-RELATED USES
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine alternative energy-related uses on the outer 
continental shelf, focusing on opportunities, issues, and 
implementation of Section 388 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (Public

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Law 109-58), after receiving testimony from C. Stephen Allred, 
Assistant Secretary of the Interior for Land and Minerals Management; 
J. Mark Robinson, Director, Office of Energy Projects, Federal Energy 
Regulatory Commission; Michael W. Grainey, Oregon Department of Energy, 
Salem; Jason Bak, Finavera Renewables, British Columbia, Canada; and 
Jaime Steve, American Wind Energy Association, Washington, D.C.
RELIGIOUS ORGANIZATIONS AND GLOBAL WARMING
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine the views of religious organizations regarding 
global warming, after receiving testimony from Katharine Jefferts 
Schori, Episcopal Church, New York, New York; Jim Ball, Evangelical 
Climate Initiative, Suwanee, Georgia; Russell D. Moore, Southern 
Baptist Theological Seminary School of Theology, Louisville, Kentucky; 
James Tonkowich, Institute on Religion and Democracy, John L. Carr, 
United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, and David Saperstein, 
Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism, all of Washington D.C.; and 
David Barton, Aledo, Texas.
DHS ORGANIZATION
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Subcommittee 
on Oversight of Government Management, the Federal Workforce, and the 
District of Columbia to examine the acquisition organization of the 
Department of Homeland Security, including challenges to creating an 
integrated acquisition function, investment review process, and 
reliance on contracting for critical needs, after receiving testimony 
from Paul A. Schneider, Under Secretary for Management, and Rear 
Admiral John P. Currier, Assistant Commandant for Acquisition, United 
States Coast Guard, both of the Department of Homeland Security; and 
John P. Hutton, Director, Acquisition and Sourcing Management, 
Government Accountability Office.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee ordered favorably reported the 
following:
  S. 185, to restore habeas corpus for those detained by the United 
States;
  S. 720, to amend title 4, United States Code, to authorize the 
Governor of a State, territory, or possession of the United States to 
order that the National flag be flown at half-staff in that State, 
territory, or possession in the event of the death of a member of the 
Armed Forces from that State, territory, or possession who dies while 
serving on active duty;
  H.R. 692, to amend title 4, United States Code, to authorize the 
Governor of a State, territory, or possession of the United States to 
order that the National flag be flown at half-staff in that State, 
territory, or possession in the event of the death of a member of the 
Armed Forces from that State, territory, or possession who dies while 
serving on active duty;
  S. Res. 171, memorializing fallen firefighters by lowering the United 
States flag to half-staff on the day of the National Fallen Firefighter 
Memorial Service in Emmitsburg, Maryland;
  S. Res. 82, designating August 16, 2007 as ``National Airborne Day'';
  S. Res. 173, designating August 11, 2007, as ``National Marina Day''; 
and
  The nomination of Robert James Jonker, to be United States District 
Judge for the Western District of Michigan.
  Also, Committee approved the issuance of subpoenas in the connection 
with investigation into replacement of U.S. attorneys.
DECEPTIVE PRACTICES IN FEDERAL ELECTIONS
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded a hearing to examine S. 
453, to prohibit deceptive practices in Federal elections, after 
receiving testimony from Senators Schumer and Obama; Peter N. Kirsanow, 
Commissioner, United States Commission on Civil Rights; Maryland 
Attorney General Douglas F. Gansler, Baltimore; Jack B. Johnson, Prince 
George's County, Upper Marlboro, Maryland; Hilary O. Shelton, National 
Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), William B. 
Canfield, Williams and Jensen, PLLC, both of Washington, D.C.; John 
Trasvina, Mexican American Legal Defense and Education Fund (MALDEF), 
Los Angles, California; Richard Briffault, Columbia Law School, New 
York, New York.
INTELLIGENCE
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee held closed hearings on 
intelligence matters, receiving testimony from officials of the 
intelligence community.
  Committee recessed subject to the call.