[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 102 (Friday, June 22, 2007)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D886-D887]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
MERCURY EXPORT BAN ACT OF 2007
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Environment and 
Hazardous Materials held a hearing on H.R. 1534, Mercury Export Ban Act 
of 2007. Testimony was heard from Alice C. Williams, Deputy Associate 
Administrator, Infrastructure and Environment, Office of Environmental 
Projects and Operations, National Nuclear Security Administration, 
Department of Energy; Cornel A. Holder, Administrator, Defense National 
Stockpile Center, Defense Logistics Agency, Department of Defense; 
James B. Gulliford, Assistant Administrator, Office of Prevention, 
Pesticides and Toxic Substances, EPA; C. Mark Smith, Deputy Director, 
Office of Research and Standards, Director, Mercury Program, Department 
of Environmental Protection, State of Massachusetts; and public 
witnesses.
IMAGES KIDS SEE ON THE SCREEN
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Telecommunications 
and the Internet held a hearing entitled ``Images Kids See on the 
Screen.'' Testimony was heard from public witnesses.

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HOMEOWNER DOWNPAYMENT ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS
Committee on Financial Services: Subcommittee on Housing and Community 
Opportunity held a hearing entitled ``Homeowner Downpayment Assistance 
Programs and Related Issues.'' Testimony was heard from the following 
officials of the Department of Housing and Urban Development: Margaret 
Burns, Director, Office of Single Family Housing Program, FHA; and 
James Heist, Assistant Inspector General, Audits; William B. Shear, 
Director, Financial Markets and Community Investment, GAO; and public 
witnesses.
FUTURE OF NATO
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Held a hearing on the Future of NATO: How 
Valuable an Asset? Testimony was heard from Daniel Fried, Assistant 
Secretary, Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs, Department of 
State; and GEN Bantz J. Craddock, USA, Commander, U.S. European 
Command, Supreme Allied Command of Europe, Department of Defense.
HHS'S RESPONSE TO NATION'S EMERGENCY CARE CRISIS
Committee on Oversight and Government Reform: Held a hearing on the 
Response of the Department of Health and Human Services to the Nation's 
Emergency Care Crisis. Testimony was heard from the following officials 
of the Department of Health and Human Services: Kevin Yeskey, M.D., 
Director, Office of Preparedness and Emergency Operations and Acting 
Deputy Assistant Secretary, Preparedness and Response; and Walter 
Koroshetz, M.D., Deputy Director, National Institute of Neurological 
Diseases and Stroke, NIH; and public witnesses.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on Science and Technology: Ordered reported the following 
measures: H.R. 2698, amended, Federal Aviation Research and Development 
Reauthorization Act of 2007; and H. Res. 487, Recognizing the 
contribution of modeling and simulation technology to the security and 
prosperity of the United States, and recognizing modeling and 
simulation as a National Critical Technology.
DCIA BRIEFING
Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence: Met in executive session to 
receive a DCIA briefing on a recent report. The Committee was briefed 
by Michael V. Hayden, Director, CIA.