[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 98 (Monday, June 18, 2007)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E1332-E1333]
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 Tuesday, June 19, 2007 may be found in the 
Daily Digest of today's Record.

                           MEETINGS SCHEDULED

                                JUNE 20
     9:30 a.m.
       Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
         Business meeting to consider original bills entitled, 
           ``The Higher Education Access Reconciliation Act'', 
           ``The Higher Education Amendments of 2007'', and the 
           nominations of Jerome F. Kever, of Illinois, Michael 
           Schwartz, of Illinois, and Virgil M. Speakman, Jr., of 
           Ohio, all to be Members of the Railroad Retirement 
           Board, Marylyn Andrea Howe, of Massachusetts, and 
           Lonnie C. Moore, of Kansas, both to be Members of the 
           National Council on Disability, and Kerri Layne Briggs, 
           of Virginia, to be Assistant Secretary for Elementary 
           and Secondary Education, Department of Education.
                                                            SD-628
     10 a.m.
       Foreign Relations
         To hold hearings to examine the nominations of William R. 
           Brownfield, of Texas, to be Ambassador to the Republic 
           of Colombia, Peter Michael McKinley, of Virginia, to be 
           Ambassador to the Republic of Peru, and Patrick Dennis 
           Duddy, of Maine, to be Ambassador to the Bolivarian 
           Republic of Venezuela.
                                                            SD-419
       Judiciary
         To hold hearings to examine rising crime in the aftermath 
           of Hurricane Katrina.
                                                            SD-226
       Rules and Administration
         To hold hearings to examine S. 1285, to reform the 
           financing of Senate elections.
                                                            SR-301
       Environment and Public Works
       Superfund and Environmental Health Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine the Environmental Protection 
           Agency's response to 9-11, focusing on lessons learned 
           for future emergency preparedness.
                                                            SD-406
     2 p.m.
       Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
         To hold hearings to examine reauthorization of the Hope 
           VI Program.
                                                            SD-538
     2:30 p.m.
       Commerce, Science, and Transportation
       Aviation Operations, Safety, and Security Subcommittee
         To hold an oversight hearing to examine foreign aviation 
           repair stations.
                                                            SR-253
       Judiciary
         To hold hearings to examine pending judicial nominations.
                                                            SD-226
     3 p.m.
       Foreign Relations
         To hold hearings to examine the nominations of Anne Woods 
           Patterson, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the Islamic 
           Republic of Pakistan, Nancy J. Powell, of Iowa, to be 
           Ambassador to Nepal, Joseph Adam Ereli, of the District 
           of Columbia, to be Ambassador to the Kingdom of 
           Bahrain, Richard Boyce Norland, of Iowa, to be 
           Ambassador to the Republic of Uzbekistan, and Stephen 
           A. Seche, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the Republic 
           of Yemen.
                                                            SD-419

                                JUNE 21
     9:30 a.m.
       Foreign Relations
         To hold hearings to examine a strategic assessment of 
           United States and Russia relations.
                                                            SD-419
       Indian Affairs
         To continue oversight hearings to examine law enforcement 
           in Indian Country.
                                                            SR-485
     10 a.m.
       Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
         To hold hearings to examine working towards ending 
           homelessness, focusing on the reauthorization of the 
           McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (Public Law 100-
           77).
                                                            SD-538
       Budget
         To hold hearings to examine health care and the budget, 
           focusing on issues and challenges for reform.
                                                            SD-608
       Commerce, Science, and Transportation
         To hold hearings to examine telephone number porting and 
           caller-ID spoofing.
                                                            SR-253
       Environment and Public Works
         To continue hearings to examine the case for the 
           California waiver, including an update from the 
           Environmental Protection Agency.
                                                            SD-406
       Finance
         To hold hearings to examine barriers to work to be 
           overcome for individuals receiving Social Security 
           Disability Benefits.
                                                            SD-215
       Judiciary
         Business meeting to consider S. 1145, to amend title 35, 
           United States Code, to provide for patent reform, S. 
           Res. 230, designating the month of July 2007, as 
           ``National Teen Safe Driver Month'', S. Res. 231, 
           recognizing the historical significance of Juneteenth 
           Independence Day and expressing the sense of the Senate 
           that history should be regarded as a means for 
           understanding the past and solving the challenges of 
           the future, and the nomination of Leslie Southwick, of 
           Mississippi, to be United States Circuit Judge for the 
           Fifth Circuit, and possible authorization of subpoenas 
           in connection with the investigation of the legal basis 
           for the warrantless wiretap program.
                                                            SD-226
       Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe
         To hold hearings to examine the Guantanamo Bay detention 
           camp, focusing on the implications for United States 
           human rights leadership.
                                                          2325RHOB
     11 a.m.
       Aging
         To hold hearings to examine America's aging farming 
           population, focusing on the threat to the future of 
           American agriculture as aging farmers are not being 
           replaced by younger generations.
                                                            SR-325
     2 p.m.
       Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
       State, Local, and Private Sector Preparedness and 
           Integration Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine the state of public-private 
           collaboration in preparing for and responding to 
           national catastrophes.
                                                            SD-342
       Appropriations
         Business meeting to markup proposed legislation making 
           appropriations for Labor, Health and Human Services, 
           and Education, and Related Agencies, Interior, 
           Environment, and Related Agencies, and Legislative 
           Branch for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2008.
                                                            SD-106
       Foreign Relations
         To hold hearings to examine the nominations of John L. 
           Withers II, of Maryland, to be Ambassador to the 
           Republic of Albania, Charles Lewis English, of New 
           York, to be Ambassador to Bosnia and Herzegovina, 
           Cameron Munter, of California, to be Ambassador to the 
           Republic of Serbia, Roderick W. Moore, of Rhode Island, 
           to be Ambassador to the Republic of Montenegro, and J. 
           Christian Kennedy, of Indiana, to be Ambassador during 
           his tenure of service as Special Envoy for Holocaust 
           Issues.
                                                            SD-419
       Judiciary
         To hold an oversight hearing to examine the Civil Rights 
           Division of the Department of Justice.
                                                            SD-226
     2:30 p.m.
       Commerce, Science, and Transportation
       Science, Technology, and Innovation Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine energy efficiency 
           technologies and programs.
                                                            SR-253
     3:30 p.m.
       Intelligence
         To hold closed hearings to examine certain intelligence 
           matters.
                                                            SH-219

                                JUNE 22
     10 a.m.
       Appropriations
       Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related 
           Agencies Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine a new vision for medical 
           research relating to the fiscal year 2008 budget for 
           the National Institutes of Health.
                                                            SD-116


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                                JUNE 25
     11 a.m.
       Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
       Investigations Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine excessive speculation in the 
           natural gas market.
                                                            SD-106

                                JUNE 26
     10 a.m.
       Commerce, Science, and Transportation
         To hold hearings to examine the impact of media violence 
           on children.
                                                            SR-253
       Energy and Natural Resources
         To hold an oversight hearing to examine the preparedness 
           of the federal land management agencies for the 2007 
           wildfire season and efforts to contain the costs of 
           wildfire management activities.
                                                            SD-366
       Judiciary
         To hold hearings to examine the nomination of William W. 
           Mercer, of Montana, to be Associate Attorney General.
                                                            SD-226
       Rules and Administration
         To hold hearings to examine Smithsonian Institution 
           governance reform, focusing on a report by the 
           Smithsonian's Independent Review Committee.
                                                            SR-301

                                JUNE 27
     9:30 a.m.
       Judiciary
       Constitution Subcommittee
         To hold an oversight hearing to examine the federal death 
           penalty.
                                                            SD-226
       Veterans' Affairs
         Business meeting to markup pending legislation; to be 
           immediately followed by a full committee hearing to 
           examine the nomination of Charles L. Hopkins, of 
           Massachusetts, to be an Assistant Secretary of Veterans 
           Affairs (Operations, Preparedness, Security and Law 
           Enforcement).
                                                            SD-562
     10:30 a.m.
       Aging
         To hold hearings to examine the relationship between 
           doctors and the drug industry.
                                                            SD-106

                                JUNE 28
     10 a.m.
       Commerce, Science, and Transportation
       Oceans, Atmosphere, Fisheries, and Coast Guard Subcommittee
         To hold an oversight hearing to examine the President's 
           proposed budget request for fiscal year 2008 for the 
           National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
                                                            SR-253

                                 JULY 9
     2:30 p.m.
       Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
       Investigations Subcommittee
         To continue hearings to examine excessive speculation in 
           the natural gas market.
                                                            SD-342

                                JULY 11
     9:30 a.m.
       Veterans' Affairs
         To hold an oversight hearing to examine Veterans Affairs 
           health care funding.
                                                            SD-562
     10 a.m.
       Judiciary
         To continue hearings to examine the Department of Justice 
           politicizing the hiring and firing of United States 
           Attorneys, focusing on preserving prosecutorial 
           independence (Part VI).
                                                            SD-226

                                JULY 18
     10 a.m.
       Judiciary
         To continue oversight hearings to examine the Department 
           of Justice.
                                                            SH-216

                                JULY 25
     9:30 a.m.
       Veterans' Affairs
         To hold hearings to examine Veterans Affairs and the 
           Department of Defense education issues.
                                                            SD-562