[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 100 (Wednesday, June 20, 2007)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D862-D864]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
REAUTHORIZATION OF THE HOPE VI PROGRAM
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine reauthorization of the Hope VI Program, after 
receiving testimony from Senator Mikulski; Orlando J. Cabrera, 
Assistant Secretary of Housing and Urban Development for Public and 
Indian Housing; David G. Wood, Director of Financial Markets and 
Community Investments, Government Accountability Office; Sandra B. 
Henriquez, Boston Housing Authority, Boston, Massachusetts; Richard D. 
Baron, McCormack, Baron, and Salazar, St. Louis, Missouri; Susan J. 
Popkin, Urban Institute, Washington, D.C.; and

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Charles F. Elsesser, Jr., National Low Income Housing Coalition, Miami, 
Florida.
FOREIGN REPAIR STATIONS
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on 
Aviation Operations, Safety, and Security concluded an oversight 
hearing to examine foreign aviation repair stations, focusing on air 
carrier maintenance that is outsourced, after receiving testimony from 
Calvin L. Scovel, III, Inspector General for the Department of 
Transportation; Margaret Gilligan, Deputy Associate Administrator for 
Aviation Safety, Federal Aviation Administration; Robert Roach, Jr., 
International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers, Upper 
Marlboro, Maryland; Marshall S. Filler, Aeronautical Repair Station 
Association (ARSA), Alexandria, Virginia; and Basil J. Barimo, Air 
Transport Association of America, Inc., and Tom Brantley, Professional 
Airways Systems Specialists (PASS) AFL-CIO, both of Washington, D.C.
EPA'S RESPONSE TO 9-11
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Subcommittee on Superfund 
and Environmental Health concluded a hearing to examine the 
Environmental Protection Agency's response to 9-11, focusing on lessons 
learned for future emergency preparedness, after receiving testimony 
from James L. Connaughton, Chairman, Council on Environmental Quality; 
Susan Parker Bodine, Assistant Administrator for the Office of Solid 
Waste and Emergency Response, Environmental Protection Agency; Captain 
Sven E. Rodenbeck, United States Public Health Service, Deputy Branch 
Chief, Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, Department of 
Health and Human Services; John B. Stephenson, Director for Natural 
Resources and Environment, Government Accountability Office; and David 
M. Newman, New York Committee for Occupational Safety and Health, and 
Nina Lavin, both of New York, New York.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing 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, who was introduced by Senator Collins, after the nominees 
testified and answered questions in their own behalf.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing 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, after the nominees testified and answered questions in their own 
behalf.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee order 
favorably reported the following:
  An original bill to provide for reconciliation pursuant to section 
602 of the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2008 (S. 
Con. Res. 21);
  S. 1642, a bill to extend the authorization of programs under the 
Higher Education Act of 1965, with amendments; 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.
HURRICANE KATRINA AFTERMATH
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
rising crime in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, including S. 368, 
to amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to 
enhance the COPS ON THE BEAT grant program, and S. 1547, to authorize 
appropriations for fiscal year 2008 for military activities of the 
Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense 
activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel 
strengths for such fiscal year, after receiving testimony from Senators 
Landrieu and Vitter; James B. Letten, United States Attorney, Eastern 
District of Louisiana, Department of Justice; and David L. Bell, 
Orleans Parish Juvenile Court, Anthony W. Cannatella, Sr., New Orleans 
Police Department, and Robert A. Stellingworth, New Orleans Police and 
Justice Foundation, all of New Orleans, Louisiana.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
the nominations of William Lindsay Osteen, Jr., to be United States 
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Judge for the Middle District of North Carolina, and Martin Karl 
Reidinger, to be United States District Judge for the Western District 
of North Carolina, who were both introduced by Senators Dole and Burr, 
Timothy D. DeGiusti, to be United States District Judge for the Western 
District of Oklahoma, who was introduced by Senator Inhofe, and Janis 
Lynn Sammartino, to be United States District Judge for the Southern 
District of California, who was introduced by Senator Feinstein, after 
the nominees testified and answered questions in their own behalf.
FAIR ELECTIONS NOW ACT
Committee on Rules and Administration: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine S. 1285, to reform the financing of Senate elections, after 
receiving testimony from Senators McConnell, Specter, and Durbin; 
former Senator Warren B. Rudman, Americans for Campaign Reform, Nick 
Nyhart, Public Campaign, and Scott E. Thomas, Dickstein Shapiro LLP, 
all of Washington, DC; Stephen M. Hoersting, Centers for Competitive 
Politics, Arlington, Virginia; and Arnold Hiatt, Stride Rite 
Corporation, Boston, Massachusetts.