[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 114 (Tuesday, July 17, 2007)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D994-D995]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
FARM BILL EXTENSION ACT
Committee on Agriculture: Began consideration of H.R. 2419, Farm Bill 
Extension Act of 2007.
  Will continue tomorrow.
BUDGETING TO FIGHT WASTE, FRAUD, AND ABUSE
Committee on the Budget: Held a hearing on Budgeting to Fight Waste, 
Fraud, and Abuse. Testimony was heard from the following officials of 
the Department of Health and Human Services: Michael O. Leavitt, 
Secretary; and Timothy B. Hill, Chief Financial Officer, Center for 
Medicare and Medicaid Services; Linda Stiff, Deputy Commissioner, 
Operations Support, IRS, Department of the Treasury; Stephen C. Goss, 
Chief Actuary, SSA; and M. Patricia Smith, Commissioner, Department of 
Labor, State of New York.
FDA FOOD SUPPLY SAFETY
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Oversight and 
Investigations held a hearing entitled ``Diminished Capacity: Can the 
FDA Assure the Safety and Security of the Nation's Food Supply?--Part 
2.'' Testimony was heard from the following officials of the FDA, 
Department of Health and

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Human Services: Andrew C. Von Eschenbach, M.D., Commissioner; Richard 
M. Jacobs, Chemist/Toxic Element Specialist, District Laboratory, San 
Francisco; Ann M. Adams, Director, District Laboratory, Kansas City; 
and Carol A. Heppe, Director, Cincinnati District; William K. Hubbard, 
former Associate Commissioner, FDA, Department of Health and Human 
Services; and public witnesses.
MONETARY POLICY AND STATE OF THE ECONOMY
Committee on Financial Services: Held a hearing on Monetary Policy and 
State of the Economy. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
  Hearings continue tomorrow.
MULTIPLE PERIL INSURANCE ACT OF 2007
Committee on Financial Services: Subcommittee on Housing and Community 
Opportunity held a hearing on H.R. 920, Multiple Peril Insurance Act of 
2007. Testimony was heard from Representatives Baker, Taylor, Melancon, 
and Jindal; David I. Maurstad, Assistant Administrator, Mitigation, 
FEMA, Department of Homeland Security; Phillip Swagel, Assistant 
Secretary, Economic Policy, Department of the Treasury; and public 
witnesses.
U.S. POLICY OPTIONS IN IRAQ CRISIS
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Held a hearing on U.S. Policy Options in 
the Iraq Crisis. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
U.S-ASIA FISHERIES MANAGEMENT
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on Asia, the Pacific and the 
Global Environment held a hearing on the Conservation and Management of 
Highly Migrating Fish Stocks in the Western and Central Pacific Oceans, 
and Other International Fisheries Agreements of U.S. Interest in Asia 
and the Pacific. Testimony was heard from David A. Balton, Deputy 
Assistant Secretary, Oceans and Fisheries, Department of State; and 
public witnesses.
HOMEGROWN TERRORISM PREVENTION ACT OF 2007
Committee on Homeland Security: Subcommittee on Intelligence, 
Information Sharing, and Terrorism Risk Assessment approved for full 
Committee action, as amended, H.R. 1955, Homegrown Terrorism Prevention 
Act of 2007.
FAMILIES MEDICAL DEBT
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Commercial and 
Administrative Law held a hearing on Working Families in Financial 
Crisis: Medical Debt and Bankruptcy. Testimony was heard from Clifford 
J. White, Director, Executive Office for U.S. Trustees, Department of 
Justice; and public witnesses.
DOE'S SAVANNAH RIVER ECOLOGY LABORATORY SUPPORT
Committee on Science and Technology: Subcommittee on Investigations and 
Oversight and the Subcommittee on Energy and Environment held a joint 
hearing on the Department of Energy's Support for the Savannah River 
Ecology Laboratory (SREL), Part I. Testimony was heard from 
Representative Barrow; and public witnesses.
PATENT AND TRADE ACT AMENDMENTS
Committee on Science and Technology: Subcommittee on Technology and 
Innovation held a hearing on Amendments to the Patent and Trade Act of 
1980--the Next 25 Years. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
WATER POLLUTION CONTROL
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure: Held a hearing on the 
Status of the Nation's Waters, including Wetlands, Under the 
Jurisdiction of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act. Testimony was 
heard from Brian Schweitzer, Governor, State of Montana; Ron Curry, 
Secretary, Environment Department, State of New Mexico; and public 
witnesses.
  Hearings continue July 19.
FALSIFIED AIRMAN MEDICAL CERTIFICATE APPLICATIONS
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure: Subcommittee on 
Aviation held a hearing on FAA's Oversight of Falsified Airman Medical 
Certificate Applications. Testimony was heard from the following 
officials of the Department of Transportation: Calvin L. Scovel, III, 
Inspector General; and Nicholas A. Sabatini, Associate Administrator, 
Aviation Safety, FAA; Mitchell A. Garber, M.D., Medical Officer, 
National Transportation Safety Board; and a public witness.
VETERANS MEASURES
Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Ordered reported the following bills: 
H.R. 2623, To amend title 38, United States Code, to prohibit the 
collection of copayments for all hospice care furnished by the 
Department of Veterans Affairs; H.R. 2874, Veterans' Health Care 
Improvement Act of 2007; H.R. 1315, amended, To amend title 38, United 
States Code, to provide specially adaptive housing assistance to 
certain disabled members of the Armed Forces residing temporarily in 
housing owned by a family member; H.R. 760, amended, Filipino Veterans 
Equity Act of 2007; and H.R. 23, amended, Belated Thank You to the 
Merchant Mariners of World War II Act of 2007.