[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 143 (Tuesday, September 25, 2007)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1261-D1263]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                   COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR WEDNESDAY,

                           SEPTEMBER 26, 2007

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Appropriations: to hold hearings to examine proposed 
budget estimates for fiscal year 2008 for the President's 
supplemental request for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, 2 p.m., 
SD-106.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: to hold hearings 
to examine the role and impact of credit rating agencies on the 
subprime credit markets, 9:30 a.m., SD-538.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: to hold hearings to 
examine S. 1543, to establish a national geothermal initiative to 
encourage increased production of energy from geothermal resources, 
10 a.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: to hold hearings to 
examine the impacts of global warming on the Chesapeake Bay, 9:30 
a.m., SD-406.

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  Committee on Finance: to hold hearings to examine offshore tax 
issues, focusing on reinsurance and hedge funds, 10 a.m., SD-215.
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: business 
meeting to consider H.R. 2654, to designate the facility of the 
United States Postal Service located at 202 South Dumont Avenue in 
Woonsocket, South Dakota, as the ``Eleanor McGovern Post Office 
Building'', H.R. 2467, to designate the facility of the United 
States Postal Service located at 69 Montgomery Street in Jersey 
City, New Jersey, as the ``Frank J. Guarini Post Office Building'', 
H.R. 2587, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 555 South 3rd Street Lobby in Memphis, Tennessee, 
as the ``Kenneth T. Whalum, Sr. Post Office Building'', H.R. 2778, 
to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service 
located at 3 Quaker Ridge Road in New Rochelle, New York, as the 
``Robert Merrill Postal Station'', H.R. 2825, to designate the 
facility of the United States Postal Service located at 326 South 
Main Street in Princeton, Illinois, as the ``Owen Lovejoy Princeton 
Post Office Building'', H.R. 3052, to designate the facility of the 
United States Postal Service located at 954 Wheeling Avenue in 
Cambridge, Ohio, as the ``John Herschel Glenn, Jr. Post Office 
Building'', H.R. 3106 and S. 2023, bills to designate the facility 
of the United States Postal Service located at 805 Main Street in 
Ferdinand, Indiana, as the ``Staff Sergeant David L. Nord Post 
Office'', H.R. 2765, to designate the facility of the United States 
Postal Service located at 44 North Main Street in Hughesville, 
Pennsylvania, as the ``Master Sergeant Sean Michael Thomas Post 
Office'', and the nomination of Julie L. Myers, of Kansas, to be 
Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security, 10 a.m., SD-342.
  Committee on the Judiciary: to hold hearings to examine the 
nomination of Michael J. Sullivan, of Massachusetts, to be Director, 
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives, 2:30 p.m., SD-
226.
  Committee on Rules and Administration: business meeting to 
consider the nominations of Robert Charles Tapella, of Virginia, to 
be Public Printer, Steven T. Walther, of Nevada, Hans von Spakovsky, 
of Georgia, David M. Mason, of Virginia, and Robert D. Lenhard, of 
Maryland, all to be Members of the Federal Election Commission, 10 
a.m., SR-301.
  Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship: to hold hearings 
to examine improving internet access to help small business compete 
in a global economy, 10 a.m., SR-428A.


                                 House

  Committee on Agriculture, Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities 
and Risk Management, hearing to review reauthorization of the 
Commodity Exchange Act, 10 a.m., 1300 Longworth.
  Committee on Armed Services, hearing to receive testimony on Army 
strategic initiatives, 2 p.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Health, hearing 
on the Food and Drug Safety Import Act, 10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, to continue mark up of H.R. 3355, 
Homeowners' Defense Act of 2007; and to mark up the following bills: 
H.R. 3524, HOPE VI Improvement and Reauthorization Act of 2007; and 
H.R. 946, Consumer Overdraft Protection Fair Practices Act, 10 a.m., 
2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Foreign Affairs, to mark up the following measures: 
S. 1612, International Emergency Economic Powers Enhancement Act; H. 
Res. 635, Recognizing the commencement of Ramadan, the Islamic holy 
month of fasting and spiritual renewal, and commend Muslims in the 
United States and throughout the world for their faith; H. Con. Res. 
200, Expressing the sense of Congress regarding the immediate and 
unconditional release of Daw Aung San Suu Kyi; H.R. 2003, Ethiopia 
Democracy and Accountability Act; H.R. 2828, to provide compensation 
to relatives of United States citizens who were killed as a result 
of the bombings of United States embassies in East Africa on August 
7, 1998; H.R. 3432, 200th Anniversary Commemoration Commission of 
the Transatlantic Slave Trade Act of 2007; H. Res. 405, Expressing 
the strong support of the House of Representatives for 
implementation of the July 8, 2006, United Nations-brokered 
agreement between President of the Republic of Cyprus Tassos 
Papadopoulos and Turkish Cypriot leader Mehmet Ali Talat relating to 
the reunification of Cyprus; H. Res. 624, Congratulating the State 
of Israel on chairing a United Nations committee for the first time 
in history; H. Res. 651, Recognizing the warm friendship and 
expanding strategic relationship between the United States and 
Brazil, commending Brazil on successfully reducing its dependence on 
oil by finding alternative ways to satisfy its energy needs, and 
recognizing the importance of the March 9, 2007, United States-
Brazil Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on biofuels cooperation; H. 
Res. 676, Declaring that it should continue to be the policy of the 
United States, consistent with the Taiwan Relations Act, to make 
available to Taiwan such defense articles and services as may be 
necessary for Taiwan to maintain a sufficient self-defense 
capability; and H. Con. Res. 203, Condemning the persecution of 
labor rights advocates in Iran, 10 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on Homeland Security, Subcommittee on Emerging Threats, 
Cybersecurity, and Science and Technology, hearing entitled ``Beyond 
the Checklist: Addressing Shortfalls in National Pandemic Influenza 
Preparedness,'' 10 a.m., 2311 Cannon.
  Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Subcommittee on 
Government Management, Organization, and Procurement, hearing on 
Federal Contracting: Removing Hurdles from Minority-Owned Small 
Businesses, 2 p.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on National Security and Foreign Affairs, hearing 
``Third Walter Reed Oversight Hearing: Keeping the Nation's Promise 
to Our Wounded Soldiers,'' 10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on Rules, to consider the following: H.R. 3121, Flood 
Insurance Reform and Modernization Act of 2007; and H.R. 3567, Small 
Business Investment Expansion Act of 2007, 3 p.m., H-313 Capitol,

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  Committee on Science and Technology, hearing on meeting the need 
for Interoperability and Information Security in Health IT, 10 a.m., 
2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Small Business, Subcommittee on Contracting and 
Technology, hearing on Small Business Renewable Energy Tax Incentive 
Possibilities, 10 a.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Subcommittee on 
Aviation, hearing on Airline Delays and Consumer Issues, 2 p.m., 
2167 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Highways and Transit, hearing on Federal Transit 
Administration's Proposed Rule on the New Starts and Small Starts 
Programs, 10 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, hearing on VA IT Reorganization: 
How Far Has VA Come? 10 a.m., 334 Cannon.
  Committee on Ways and Means, to mark up the following: a measure 
To amend the Internal Revenue Code to exclude discharges of 
indebtedness on principal residences from gross income; and H.R. 
1424, Paul Wellstone Mental Health and Addiction Equity Act of 2007, 
10 a.m., 1100 Rayburn.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, executive, briefing on 
Iran, 1:30 p.m., H-405 Capitol.
  Select Committee on Energy Independence, briefing entitled 
``Forgoing A Global Warning: International Perspectives,'' 10 a.m., 
2175 Rayburn.