[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 131 (Thursday, September 6, 2007)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1165-D1166]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
IRAQI SECURITY FORCES INDEPENDENT ASSESSMENT COMMISSION
Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded a hearing to examine a 
report on the findings of the Iraqi Security Forces Independent 
Assessment Commission, receiving testimony from General James L. Jones, 
Jr., USMC (Ret.), Chairman, General George A. Joulwan, USA (Ret.), 
Chief Charles H. Ramsey, John J. Hamre, General John N. Abrams, USA 
(Ret.), Lieutenant General Martin R. Berndt, USMC (Ret.), Admiral 
Gregory G. Johnson, USN (Ret.), Sergeant Major Alford L. McMichael, 
USMC (Ret.), and Lieutenant General James C. King, USA (Ret.), all of 
the Iraqi Security Forces Independent Assessment Commission.
MILITARY DETAINEES
Committee on Armed Services: Committee met in closed session to receive 
a briefing regarding the treatment of detainees from certain members of 
the intelligence community.
CONFINED ANIMAL OPERATION INDUSTRY
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine the potential human health, water quality, and other 
impacts of the confined animal feeding operation industry, after 
receiving testimony from Robert M. Hirsch, Associate Director for 
Water, United States Geological Survey, Department of the Interior; 
Benjamin H. Grumbles, Assistant Administrator for Water, Environmental 
Protection Agency; W.A. Drew Edmondson, Oklahoma Attorney General, 
Oklahoma City; Leonard Blackham, Utah Department of Agriculture and 
Food, Salt Lake City, on behalf of the National Association of State 
Departments of Agriculture; Catharine Fitzsimmons, Iowa Department of 
Natural Resources, Urbandale, on behalf of the National Association of 
Clean Air Agencies; Thomas P. Bonacquisti, Loudoun County Sanitation 
Authority,

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Leesburg, Virginia, on behalf of Association of Metropolitan Water 
Agencies; Olin Sims, National Association of Conservation Districts, 
McFadden, Wyoming; Chris Chinn, American Farm Bureau Federation, 
Clarence, Missouri; Nicholas Nemec, Western Organization of Resource 
Councils, Holabird, South Dakota; Michael R. Dicks, Oklahoma State 
University, Stillwater; and Richard J. Dove, New Bern, North Carolina.
PENSION ISSUES
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 III), focusing on 
pensions issues, after receiving testimony from Russell Read, 
California Public Employees' Retirement System, Sacramento; Alan J. 
Auerbach, University of California Berkeley Burch Center for Tax Policy 
and Public Finance; and Donald B. Trone, Foundation for Fiduciary 
Studies, Coraopolis, Pennsylvania.
DHS STATUS REPORT
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Committee 
concluded a hearing to examine a Department of Homeland Security status 
report, focusing on assessing challenges and measuring progress, after 
receiving testimony from David M. Walker, Comptroller General of the 
United States, Government Accountability Office; and Paul A. Schneider, 
Under Secretary of Homeland Security for Management.
NOMINATION
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee 
concluded a hearing to examine the nomination of Charles E. F. Millard, 
of New York, to be Director of the Pension Benefit Guaranty 
Corporation, after the nominee testified and answered questions in his 
on behalf.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee ordered favorably reported the 
following:
  S. 453, to prohibit deceptive practices in Federal elections, with an 
amendment in the nature of a substitute;
  S. 1692, to grant a Federal charter to Korean War Veterans 
Association, Incorporated;
  S. Res. 282, supporting the goals and ideals of a National Polycystic 
Kidney Disease Awareness Week to raise public awareness and 
understanding of polycystic kidney disease and to foster understanding 
of the impact polycystic kidney disease has on patients and future 
generations of their families;
  S. Res. 134, designating September 2007 as ``Adopt a School Library 
Month'';
  S. Res. 288, designating September 2007 as ``National Prostate Cancer 
Awareness Month'';
  S. Res. 292, designating the week beginning September 9, 2007, as 
``National Assisted Living Week'';
  S. Res. 301, recognizing the 50th anniversary of the desegregation of 
Little Rock Central High School, one of the most significant events in 
the American civil rights movement; and
  The nominations of Richard A. Jones, to be United States District 
Judge for the Western District of Washington, Sharion Aycock, to be 
United States District Judge for the Northern District of Mississippi, 
Michael David Credo, to be United States Marshal for the Eastern 
District of Louisiana, and Esteban Soto III, of Maryland, to be United 
States Marshal for the District of Puerto Rico.
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.