[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 110 (Wednesday, July 11, 2007)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D954-D955]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine the nominations of Bijan Rafiekian, of California, 
and Diane G. Farrell, of Connecticut, both to be Members of the Board 
of Directors of the Export-Import Bank of the United States, and 
William Herbert Heyman, of New York, William S. Jasien, of Virginia, 
and Mark S. Shelton, of Kansas, all to be Directors of the Securities 
Investor Protection Corporation, after the nominees testified and 
answered questions in their own behalf.
UNITED STATES WEATHER AND ENVIRONMENTAL SATELLITES
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded 
a hearing to examine United States weather and environmental 
satellites, focusing on their readiness for the 21st century, after 
receiving testimony from Mary Kicza, Assistant Administrator for 
Satellite and Information Services National Environmental Satellite, 
Data, and Information Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
Administration, Department of Commerce; Michael H. Freilich, Director, 
Earth and Science Division, Science Mission Directorate, National 
Aeronautics and Space Administration; David Powner, Director, 
Information Technology Management Issues, Government Accountability 
Office; Antonio J. Busalacchi, Jr., University of Maryland Earth System 
Science Interdisciplinary Center, College Park; and Greg J. Holland, 
National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR), Boulder, Colorado.
OZONE NAAQS
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Subcommittee on Clean Air 
and Nuclear Safety concluded a hearing to examine the Environmental 
Protection Agency's proposed revision to the Ozone National Ambient Air 
Quality Standards (NAAQS), after receiving testimony from Stephen L. 
Johnson, Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency; James D. 
Werner, Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental 
Control, Dover; Mayor George L. Grace, Saint Gabriel, Louisiana, on 
behalf of the National Conference of Black Mayors; Michelle L. Bell, 
Yale University School of Forestry

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and Environmental Studies, New Haven, Connecticut; Vickie Patton, 
Environmental Defense, Boulder, Colorado; and Roger O. McClellan, 
Albuquerque, New Mexico.
CARRIED INTERESTS
Committee on Finance: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the 
federal income tax treatment of carried interests, the right to receive 
a percentage of private equity, venture capital, hedge funds, or 
similar investment profits without an obligation to contribute capital 
to the fund, focusing on current taxation of carried interests, the use 
of carried interests by both small and large partnerships in industries 
as diverse as real estate and natural resources, and the similarity of 
the current tax treatment for carried interests and other analogous 
areas, after receiving testimony from Eric Solomon, Assistant Secretary 
of the Treasury for Tax Policy; Peter R. Orszag, Director, 
Congressional Budget Office; Andrew J. Donohue, Director, Division of 
Investment Management, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission; Kate D. 
Mitchell, Scale Venture Partners, Foster City, California; and Mark P. 
Gergen, University of Texas School of Law, Austin.
INSPECTORS GENERAL
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Committee 
concluded a hearing to examine ways to strengthen the unique role of 
the Nation's Inspectors General, after receiving testimony from Clay 
Johnson III, Deputy Director for Management, Office of Management and 
Budget; Glenn A. Fine, Inspector General, Department of Justice; Earl 
E. Devaney, Inspector General, Department of the Interior; Eleanor 
Hill, King and Spalding, LLP; and Danielle Brian, Project on Government 
Oversight (POGO), Washington, D.C.
PRESERVING PROSECUTORIAL INDEPENDENCE (PART VI)
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee continued hearings to examine the 
Department of Justice politicizing the hiring and firing of United 
States Attorneys, focusing on preserving prosecutorial independence 
(Part VI), receiving testimony from Sara M. Taylor, former Deputy 
Assistant to the President and Director of Political Affairs for the 
White House.
  Hearing recessed subject to the call.
INTELLIGENCE
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee held closed hearings on 
intelligence matters, receiving testimony from officials of the 
intelligence community.
  Committee recessed subject to the call.