[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 155 (Monday, October 15, 2007)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1353-D1354]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
NATION'S FOOD SUPPLY--CAN THE FDA ASSURE SAFETY AND SECURITY
Committee on Energy and Commerce: On October 11, the Subcommittee on 
Oversight and Investigations continued hearings entitled ``Diminished 
Capacity: Can the FDA Assure the Safety and Security of the Nation's 
Food Supply?--Part III.'' Testimony was heard from the following 
officials of the Department of Health and Human Services: David W. K. 
Assistant Commissioner, Food Protection; Margaret O'K. Glavin, 
Associate Commissioner, Regulatory Affairs, both with the FDA; and 
Richard Raymond, M.D., Under Secretary for Food Safety, Food Safety and 
Inspection Service; Martin F. Martin, Analyst in Asian Trade and 
Finance Foreign Affairs, Defense, and Trade Division, CRS, Library of 
Congress; and a public witness.
Committee on Rules: Granted, by a voice vote, a structured rule 
providing for one hour of debate on H.R. 2102, Free Flow of Information 
Act of 2007, equally divided and controlled by the chairman and ranking 
minority member of the Committee on the Judiciary.

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  The rule waives all points of order against consideration of the bill 
except those arising under clause 9 or 10 of rule XXI. The rule 
provides that the amendment in the nature of a substitute recommended 
by the Committee on the Judiciary shall be considered as adopted. The 
bill, as amended, shall be considered as read. The rule waives all 
points of order against provisions of the bill.
  The rule makes in order only the amendment printed in the Rules 
Committee report if offered by Representative Boucher or his designee. 
The amendment shall not be subject to a demand for division of the 
question, shall be considered as read, and shall be debatable for ten 
minutes equally divided and controlled by the proponent and an 
opponent. The rule waives all points of order against the amendment 
printed in this report except those arising under clause 9 or 10 of 
rule XXI. The rule provides one motion to recommit with or without 
instructions. Finally, the rule permits the Chair, during consideration 
of the bill in the House, to postpone further consideration of the bill 
to a time designated by the Speaker. Testimony was heard from 
Representatives Boucher, Smith of Texas and Pence.
Committee on Rules: Granted, by a voice vote, a closed rule providing 
one hour of debate in the House on H. Res. 734, expressing the sense of 
the House of Representatives regarding the withholding of information 
relating to corruption in Iraq, equally divided and controlled by the 
chairman and ranking minority member of the Committee on Oversight and 
Government Reform. The rule waives all points of order against 
consideration of the resolution and provides that the resolution shall 
be considered as read. The rule provides one motion to recommit which 
may not contain instructions. Testimony was heard from Chairman Waxman 
and Representative Tom Davis of Virginia.

Joint Meetings
HUMAN TRAFFICKING
Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe: On Thursday, October 
11, 2007, Commission concluded a hearing to examine United States and 
the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe's (OSCE) 
efforts to combat human trafficking for forced labor purposes, after 
receiving testimony from Mark P. Lagon, Deputy Assistant Secretary of 
State for Bureau of International Organization Affairs; Charlotte M. 
Ponticelli, Deputy Under Secretary of Labor for International Affairs; 
Michael E. Feinberg, Acting Director, Office of International Affairs, 
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Department of Homeland 
Security; Eva Biaudet, OSCE Special Representative, Helsinki, Finland; 
Roger Plant, Special Action Programme to Combat Forced Labour, Geneva, 
Switzerland; and Kevin Bales, Free the Slaves, Washington, D.C.