[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 99 (Tuesday, June 19, 2007)]
[Daily Digest]
[Page D852]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
APPROPRIATIONS: INTERIOR, ENVIRONMENT, AND RELATED AGENCIES
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and 
Related Agencies approved for full committee consideration an original 
bill making appropriations for Interior, Environment, and Related 
Agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2008.
APPROPRIATIONS: LABOR, HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, EDUCATION, AND 
RELATED AGENICES
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human 
Services, Education, and Related Agencies approved for full committee 
consideration an original bill making appropriations for Labor, Health 
and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies for the fiscal year 
ending September 30, 2008.
NOMINATION
Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded a hearing on the 
nomination of Preston M. Green, of Texas, to be Secretary of the Army, 
after the nominee, who was introduced by Senators Hutchison and Cornyn, 
testified and answer questions in his own behalf.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Finance: Committee ordered favorably reported an original 
bill entitled, ``Energy Advancement and Investment Act of 2007'', with 
amendments.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine the nominations of June Carter Perry, of the District of 
Columbia, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Sierra Leone, Mark Green, 
of Wisconsin, to be Ambassador to the United Republic of Tanzania, 
Wanda L. Nesbitt, of Pennsylvania, to be Ambassador to the Republic of 
Cote D'Ivoire, Frederick B. Cook, of Florida, to be Ambassador to the 
Central African Republic, Robert B. Nolan, of Virginia, to be 
Ambassador to the Kingdom of Lesotho, Maurice S. Parker, of California, 
to be Ambassador to the Kingdom of Swaziland, and William John 
Garvelink, of Michigan, to be Ambassador to the Democratic Republic of 
the Congo, after the nominees testified and answered questions in their 
own behalf.
PASSPORT BACKLOG
Committee on Foreign Relations: Subcommittee on International 
Operations and Organizations, Democracy and Human Rights concluded a 
hearing to examine the passport backlog and the Department of State's 
response to the Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative, after receiving 
testimony from Maura Harty, Assistant Secretary of State for Consular 
Affairs.
JUVENILE DIABETES RESEARCH
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Committee 
concluded a hearing to examine the Juvenile Diabetes Research 
Foundation and the federal government, focusing on a model public-
private partnership accelerating research toward a cure, after 
receiving testimony from Griffin P. Rodgers, Director, National 
Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National 
Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services; Mary 
Tyler Moore, Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, New York, New York; 
Caroline McEnery, Fairfield, Connecticut, Caitlin Crawford, Yarmouth, 
Maine, Tre' Hawkins, Detroit, Michigan, and Ann, Abraham, and Curtis 
Strader, Lakeville, Minnesota, all on behalf of the Juvenile Diabetes 
Research Foundation Children's Congress; and Adam Morrison, Charlotte, 
North Carolina.
NOMINATION
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee concluded open and closed 
hearings to examine the nomination of John A. Rizzo, of the District of 
Columbia, to be General Counsel of the Central Intelligence Agency, 
after the nominee, who was introduced by Senator Warner, testified and 
answered questions in his own behalf.