[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 124 (Tuesday, July 31, 2007)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1094-D1096]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded a hearing on the 
nominations of Admiral Michael G. Mullen, USN, for reappointment to the 
grade of admiral and to be Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and 
General James E. Cartwright, USMC, for reappointment to the grade of 
general and to be Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, after the 
nominees testified and answered questions in their own behalf.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Armed Services: Committee ordered favorably reported 1,875 
nominations in the Army, Navy, and Air Force.
SECURITIES MARKETS
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine the state of the securities markets, including 
protecting investors, fostering efficient markets, and promoting 
capital formation, after receiving testimony from Christopher Cox, 
Chairman, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded 
a hearing to examine the nominations of Ronald Spoehel, of Virginia, to 
be Chief Financial Officer, National Aeronautics and Space 
Administration, William G. Sutton, Jr., of Virginia, to be an Assistant 
Secretary of Commerce, and Thomas J. Barrett, of Alaska, to be Deputy 
Secretary, who was introduced by Senator Murkowski, and Paul R. 
Brubaker, of Virginia, to be Administrator of the Research and 
Innovative Technology Administration, who was introduced by former 
Senator Cohen, both of the Department of Transportation, after the 
nominees testified and answered questions in their own behalf.
CREDIT REPAIR ORGANIZATION ACT
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded 
an oversight hearing to examine telemarketing practices, focusing on 
H.R. 2885, to amend the Credit Repair Organizations Act to clarify the 
applicability of certain provisions to credit monitoring services, 
after receiving testimony from Lydia Parnes, Director, Bureau of 
Consumer Protection, Federal Trade Commission; Iowa Assistant Attorney 
General Steve St. Clair, Des Moines; Richard Johnson, AARP, and Jerry 
Cerasale, Direct Marketing Association, Inc., both of Washington, DC; 
Joanne S. Faulkner, National Association of Consumer Advocates, New 
Haven, Connecticut, on behalf of sundry organizations; and Robin 
Holland, Equifax Inc., Atlanta, Georgia.
RENEWABLE FUELS INFRASTRUCTURE
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Subcommittee on Energy 
concluded an oversight hearing to examine how to improve the renewable 
fuels infrastructure to accommodate the increasing volumes of renewable 
fuels in the transportation sector, after receiving testimony from 
Senator Klobuchar; Alexander Karsner, Assistant Secretary of Energy for 
Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy; David Terry, Governors' Ethanol 
Coalition, Lincoln, Nebraska; Charles T. Drevna, National Petrochemical 
and Refiners Association, Washington, DC; Jonathon Lehman, VeraSun 
Energy, Brookings, South Dakota; Deborah L. Morrissett, DaimlerChrysler 
Corporation, Auburn Hills, Michigan; and Phillip J. Lampert, National 
Ethanol Vehicle Coalition, Jefferson City, Missouri.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee ordered favorably 
reported the following:
  S. 742, to amend the Toxic Substances Control Act to reduce the 
health risks posed by asbestos-containing products, with an amendment 
in the nature of a substitute;
  S. 595, to amend the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know 
Act of 1986 to strike a provision relating to modifications in 
reporting frequency;
  S. 1785, to amend the Clean Air Act to establish deadlines by which 
the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency shall issue a 
decision on whether to grant certain waivers of preemption under that 
Act, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
  S. 775, to establish a National Commission on the Infrastructure of 
the United States, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;

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  H.R. 50, to reauthorize the African Elephant Conservation Act and the 
Rhinoceros and Tiger Conservation Act of 1994;
  S. 1429, to amend the Safe Drinking Water Act to reauthorize the 
provision of technical assistance to small public water systems, with 
amendments;
  H.R. 465, to reauthorize the Asian Elephant Conservation Act of 1997;
  S. 1498, to amend the Lacey Act Amendments of 1981 to prohibit the 
import, export, transportation, sale, receipt, acquisition, or purchase 
in interstate or foreign commerce of any live animal of any prohibited 
wildlife species, with an amendment; and
  The nominations of R. Lyle Laverty, of Colorado, to be Assistant 
Secretary for Fish and Wildlife, Department of the Interior, and Robert 
Boldrey, of Michigan, to be a Member of the Board of Trustees of the 
Morris K. Udall Scholarship and Excellence in National Environmental 
Policy Foundation.
CARRIED INTEREST (PART II)
Committee on Finance: Committee concluded a hearing to examine carried 
interest, 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, (Part II), after 
receiving testimony from Joseph Bankman, Stanford Law School, Stanford, 
California; Charles I. Kingson, University of Pennsylvania Law School, 
Philadelphia; Darryll K. Jones, Stetson University School of Law, 
Gulfport, Florida; Adam Ifshin, DLC Management Corporation, Tarrytown, 
New York, on behalf of the International Council of Shopping Centers 
and the Real Estate Roundtable; John B. Frank, Oaktree Capital 
Management, L.P., Los Angeles, California; Bruce Rosenblum, Private 
Equity Council, Washington, D.C.; and William D. Stanfill, Trailhead 
Ventures, L.P., Denver, Colorado.
SAFEGUARDING NUCLEAR FUEL
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine nuclear energy and nonproliferation challenges, focusing on 
nuclear fuel safeguards and assurances, after receiving testimony from 
Senator Bayh; Andrew Semmel, Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary of State 
for Nuclear Nonproliferation Policy and Negotiations; and Henry 
Sokolski, Nonproliferation Policy Education Center, Fred McGoldrick, 
Bengelsdorf, McGoldrick and Associates, LLC., and Lawrence Scheinman, 
Monterey Institute of International Affairs James Martin Center for 
Nonproliferation Studies, all of Washington, D.C.
LEEGIN DECISION
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Antitrust, Competition 
Policy and Consumer Rights concluded a hearing to examine the impact of 
the Leegin Decision relating to consumer discounts and antitrust 
policy, after receiving testimony from Pamela Jones Harbour, 
Commissioner, Federal Trade Commission; Robery Pitofsky, Georgetown 
University Law School, and Janet L. McDavid, Hogan and Hartson, on 
behalf of the American Bar Association, both of Washington, D.C.; 
Stephen Bolerjack, Dykema Gossett PLLC, Detroit, Michigan, on behalf of 
the National Association of Manufacturers; and Marcy Syms, Syms Corp, 
Secaucus, New Jersey.
OXYCONTIN SETTLEMENT
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
the propriety and adequacy of the Oxycontin criminal settlement, after 
receiving testimony from John L. Brownlee, United States Attorney for 
the Western District of Virginia, and Jay P. McCloskey, former United 
States Attorney for Maine, both of the Department of Justice; Virginia 
Pagano, Philadelphia Police Department, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; 
Vikramaditya S. Khanna, University of Michigan Law School, Ann Arbor; 
Sidney M. Wolfe, Public Citizen, Washington, D.C.; James N. Campbell, 
Johns Hopkins University Blaustein Pain Treatment Center, Baltimore, 
Maryland; and Marianne Skolek, Myrtle Beach, South Carolina.
RETURNING SERVICE MEMBERS
Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine Department of Veterans Affairs and Department of Defense 
cooperation on the educational needs of returning service members, 
including S. 22, to amend title 38, United States Code, to establish a 
program of educational assistance for members of the Armed Forces who 
serve in the Armed Forces after September 11, 2001, after receiving 
testimony from Major General Ronald Young, Director, Manpower and 
Personnel, National Guard Bureau, United States Army, Tom Bush, 
Principal Director, Manpower and Personnel, and Curt Gilroy, Director, 
Accession Policy, all of the Department of Defense; Keith Wilson, 
Director of Education Service, Veterans Benefits Administration, and 
Dean Gallin, Deputy Counsel, Office of General Counsel, both of the 
Department of Veterans Affairs; G. Kim Wincup, former Vice Chairman, 
Congressional Commission on Servicemembers and Veterans Transition 
Assistance; James Bombard, Veterans Advisory Committee on Education, 
Albany, New York; Allison G. Jones, California State University 
Academic Affairs Student Academic Support, Ronald F. Chamrin, American 
Legion, Eric A. Hilleman, Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United 
States, and Patrick Campbell, Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America, 
all of Washington, D.C.; and Colonel Robert F. Norton, USA (Ret.), 
Military Officers Association of America, Alexandria, Virginia.

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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.