[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 148 (Tuesday, October 2, 2007)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1303-D1304]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
NATIONAL FLOOD INSURANCE PROGRAM
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine the National Flood Insurance Program, focusing on 
the National Flood Insurance Program's financial structure, the extent 
of compliance with mandatory requirements, the status of map 
modernization efforts and Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)'s 
oversight of the program, after receiving testimony from David I. 
Maurstad, Assistant Administrator and Federal Insurance Administrator, 
Mitigation Division, Federal Emergency Management Agency, Department of 
Homeland Security; Orice Williams, Director, Financial Markets and 
Community Investments, Government Accountability Office; Chad 
Berginnis, Ohio Emergency Management Agency, Columbus, on behalf of the 
Association of State Floodplain Managers, Inc., Donald L. Griffin, 
Property Casualty Insurers Association of America, Des Plaines, 
Illinois; Gerald E. Galloway, University of Maryland, College Park; J. 
Robert Hunter, Consumer Federation of America, Washington, D.C.; Mark 
Davey, Fidelity National Property and Casualty Insurance Group, 
Jacksonville, Florida; and Vince Malta, Malta and Co., Inc, San 
Francisco, California, on behalf of the National Association of 
Realtors.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine the nominations of Andrew R. Cochran, of Virginia, 
to be Inspector General, Environmental Protection Agency, John S. 
Bresland, of New Jersey, to be Chairperson and a Member, and Charles 
Russell Horner Shearer, of Delaware, to be a Member, each of the 
Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board, and Thomas C. 
Gilliland, of Georgia, to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the 
Tennessee Valley Authority, who was introduced by Senators Chambliss 
and Isakson, after the nominees testified and answered questions in 
their own behalf.
  Also, Committee concluded a hearing to examine the nominations of 
William H. Graves, of Tennessee, and Susan Richardson Williams, of 
Tennessee, each to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the 
Tennessee Valley Authority.
PREPARING THE NATIONAL CAPITAL REGION FOR A PANDEMIC
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Subcommittee 
on Oversight of Government Management, the Federal Workforce, and the 
District of Columbia concluded a hearing to examine preparing the 
national capital region for a pandemic, after receiving testimony from 
Kevin Yeskey, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Director, Office of 
Preparedness and Emergency Operations, Office of the Assistant 
Secretary for Preparedness and Response, Department of Health and Human 
Services; Christopher T. Geldart, Director, Office of National Capital 
Region Coordination, Federal Emergency Management Agency, Department of 
Homeland Security; Colonel Robert P. Mauskapf, USMC (Ret.), Virginia 
Department of Health (VDH), Richmond; and Darrell L. Darnell, District 
of Columbia Homeland Security and Emergency Management Agency.
MINE SAFETY
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee 
concluded a hearing to examine issues and challenges facing current 
mine safety, after receiving testimony from Kevin G. Stricklin, 
Administrator, Coal Mine Safety and Health, Mine Safety and Health 
Administration (MSHA), Department of

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Labor; Jeffery Kohler, Associate Director, Mine Safety and Health 
Research, National Institute of Occupational Health, Centers for 
Disease Control and Prevention, Department of Health and Human 
Services; Joseph Osterman, Managing Director, National Transportation 
Safety Board; Dennis O'Dell, United Workers of America, Fairfax, 
Virginia; Robert L. Ferriter, Colorado School of Mines, Golden; and 
Bruce Watzman, National Mining Association, Washington, D.C.
PRESERVING THE RULE OF LAW
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
preserving the rule of law in the fight against terrorism, after 
receiving testimony from Jack Landman Goldsmith, Harvard Law School, 
Cambridge, Massachusetts.
NOMINATION
Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Committee ordered favorably reported 
the nomination of Paul J. Hutter, of Virginia, to be General Counsel, 
Department of Veterans Affairs.