[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 94 (Tuesday, June 12, 2007)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D806-D807]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
the nominations of Vice Admiral Eric T. Olson, USN, for appointment to 
the grade of Admiral and to be Commander, United States Special 
Operations Command, Thomas P.

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D'Agostino, of Maryland, to be Under Secretary of Energy for Nuclear 
Security, and Administrator, National Nuclear Security Administration, 
and Michael G. Vickers, of California, to be an Assistant Secretary of 
Defense for Special Operations and Low-Intensity Conflict, after the 
nominees testified and answered questions in their own behalf.
UNIVERSAL SERVICE FUND
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded 
a hearing to examine the Universal Service Fund, focusing on assessing 
the recommendations of the Federal-State Joint Board, after receiving 
testimony from Deborah Taylor Tate, Commissioner, Federal 
Communications Commission; Everett B. Flannery, Jr., Kennebec County 
Sheriff's Office, Augusta, Maine, on behalf of the Maine Sheriffs' 
Association; John E. Rooney, U.S. Cellular, Chicago, Illinois; Roger 
Nishi, Waitsfield and Champlain Valley Telecom, Waitsfield, Vermont, on 
behalf of sundry organizations; Jonathan D. Foxman, Chinook Wireless, 
Great Falls, Montana; and Joel E. Lubin, AT&T Services, Inc., 
Washington, D.C.
HEALTH EFFECTS OF ASBESTOS
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine the health affects of asbestos, focusing on methods 
of mitigating such impacts, after receiving testimony from Senator 
Murray; David N. Weissman, Director, Division of Respiratory Disease 
Studies, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health Centers 
for Disease Control and Prevention, Department of Health and Human 
Services; Captain Aubrey Miller, United States Public Health Service, 
Region 8, United States Environmental Protection Agency; Melanie Marty, 
California Environmental Protection Agency Office of Environment Health 
Hazard Assessment, Oakland; Ann G. Wylie, University of Maryland 
Department of Geology, College Park; David Weill, Stanford University 
Medical Center Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care, Stanford, 
California; Richard A. Lemen, Assistant Surgeon General, United States 
Public Health Service, (Ret.), Canton, Georgia; Linda Reinstein, 
Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization, Redondo Beach, California; 
Barry Castleman, Garrett Park, Maryland
TRADE ENFORCEMENT
Committee on Finance: Committee concluded a hearing to examine trade 
agreement enforcement for a 21st century economy, after receiving 
testimony from former Representative Dan Glickman, Motion Picture 
Association of America, Jennifer A. Hillman, Georgetown University Law 
Center Institute of International Economic Law, Robert E. Lighthizer, 
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher and Flom LLP, and Erik O. Autor, National 
Retail Federation, all of Washington, D.C.
FOREIGN ASSISTANCE REFORM
Committee on Foreign Relations: Subcommittee on International 
Development and Foreign Assistance, Economic Affairs and International 
Environmental Protection concluded a hearing to examine the efficacy of 
the Foreign Assistance Reform, focusing on successes, failures, and the 
future of foreign aid programs, after receiving testimony from 
Henrietta H. Fore, Acting U.S. Director of Foreign Assistance, and 
Acting Administrator, United States Agency for International 
Development; and Lael Brainard, Brookings Institution, Samuel A. 
Worthington, InterAction, and Steven Radelet, Center for Global 
Development, all of Washington, D.C.
NOMINATION
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine the nomination of the Reuben Jeffery, III, to be Under 
Secretary of State for Economic, Energy and Agricultural Affairs, after 
the nominee, who was introduced by Senator Chambliss, testified and 
answered questions in his own behalf.
ASSESSING TELEWORK POLICIES
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Subcommittee 
on Oversight of Government Management, the Federal Workforce, and the 
District of Columbia concluded a hearing to examine assessing telework 
policies and initiatives in the federal government, after receiving 
testimony Daniel A. Green, Deputy Associate Director for Employee and 
Family Support Policy, Strategic Human Resources Policy Division, 
Office of Personnel Management; Jon W. Dudas, Under Secretary of 
Commerce for Intellectual Property, Director, United States Patent and 
Trademark Office; Stanley Kaczmarczyk, Deputy Associate Administrator, 
Office of Governmentwide Policy, United States General Services 
Administration; Bernice Steinhardt, Director of Strategic Issues, 
Government Accountability Office; Tom Davison, Federal Managers 
Association, and Stephen W.T. O'Keeffe, Telework Exchange, both of 
Alexandria, Virginia; and David Isaacs, Hewlett-Packard Company, 
Washington, D.C.
TERRORIST IDEOLOGY
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine terrorist ideology, after receiving testimony from Stephen 
Ulph, Jamestown Foundation, and Daniel Kimmage, Radio Free Europe/Radio 
Liberty, both of Washington, D.C.; and Rebekah Cragin, RAND 
Corporation, Arlington, Virginia.