[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 157 (Wednesday, October 17, 2007)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1373-D1375]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
STATUS OF DTV TRANSITION
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Telecommunications 
and the Internet held a hearing entitled ``Status of the DTV 
Transition--Part 2.'' Testimony was heard from Kevin J. Martin, 
Chairman, FCC; John M.R. Kneuer, Assistant Secretary, Communications 
and Information, National Telecommunications and Information 
Administration, Department of Commerce; Mark L. Goldstein, Director, 
Physical Infrastructure Issues, GAO; and public witnesses.
U.S.-RUSSIA ECONOMIC RELATIONSHIP
Committee on Financial Services: Subcommittee on Domestic and 
International Monetary Policy, Trade and Technology held a hearing on 
U.S.-Russia Economic Relationship: Implications of the Yukos Affair. 
Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
LATE HOUSING ASSISTANCE PAYMENTS
Committee on Financial Services: Subcommittee on Housing and Community 
Opportunity held a hearing on The Impacts of Late Housing Payments on 
Tenants and Owners in the Project-Based Rental Assistance Program. 
Testimony was heard from John W. Cox, Chief Financial Officer, 
Department of Housing and Urban Development; David Wood, Director, 
Financial Markets and Community Investment, GAO; and public witnesses.

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BURMA CRISIS
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on Asia, Pacific and the 
Global Environment held a hearing on the Crisis in Burma: Can the U.S. 
Bring about a Peaceful Resolution? Testimony was heard from the 
following officials of the Department of State: Scot Marciel, Deputy 
Assistant Secretary, Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs; and Lisa 
Chiles, Deputy Assistant Administrator, Bureau for Asia and the Near 
East, U.S. Agency for International Development; and public witnesses.
ELECTRIC GRID CYBER THREATS
Committee on Homeland Security, Subcommittee on Emerging Threats, 
Cybersecurity and Science, and Technology held a hearing entitled ``The 
Cyber Threat To Control Systems: Stronger Regulations Are Necessary To 
Secure the Electric Grid.'' Testimony was heard from Greg Wilshusen, 
Director, Information Security Issues, GAO; and Greg Garcia, Assistant 
Secretary Office of Cyber Security and Telecommunication, Department of 
Homeland Security.
CAPITOL VISITOR CENTER
Committee on House Administration: Held an oversight hearing on The 
Capitol Visitor Center: the Visitor Experience. Testimony was heard 
from Terrie S. Rouse, CEO for Visitor Services, Capital Visitor Center; 
Thomas L. Stevens, Director, Visitor Services, U.S. Capitol; and Chief 
Phillip D. Morse, Sr., Chief of Police, U.S. Capitol Police.
SEX CRIMES AND THE INTERNET
Committee on the Judiciary: Held a hearing on Sex Crimes and the 
Internet. Testimony was heard from Representatives Pomeroy, Lampson, 
Musgrave, Carney, Wasserman Schultz, and Rodgers; the following 
officials of the Department of Justice: Michael A. Mason, Executive 
Assistant Director, Cyber Response Branch, FBI; Laurence E. Rothenberg, 
Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Office of Legal Policy; and public 
witnesses.
GLOBAL WARMING'S POLAR BEAR PERMAFROST IMPACTS
Committee on Science and Technology: Subcommittee on Investigations and 
Oversight held a hearing on Disappearing Polar Bears and Permafrost: Is 
a Global Warming Tipping Point Embedded in the Ice? Testimony was heard 
from Sue Haseltine, Associate Director, Biology, U.S. Geological 
Survey, Department of the Interior; and public witnesses.
WOMEN IN ACADEMIC SCIENCE/ENGINEERING
Committee on Science and Technology: Subcommittee on Research and 
Science Education held a hearing on Women in Academic Science and 
Engineering. Testimony was heard from Donna E. Shalala, former 
Secretary of Health and Human Services; and public witnesses.
SMALL BUSINESS ENERGY PRIORITIES
Committee on Small Business: Held a hearing entitled ``Small Business 
Energy Priorities.'' Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
AVIATION NEXTGEN PROGRAM REDUCING FLIGHT DELAYS
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure: Subcommittee on 
Aviation held a hearing on NextGen: The FAA's Automatic Dependent 
Surveillance-Broadcast (AD-B) Contract. Testimony was heard from the 
following officials of the Department of Transportation: Vincent 
Capezzuto, Manager, Surveillance and Broadcast Services Program Office, 
FAA; and Calvin L. Scovel III, Inspector General; and public witnesses.
MARINER EDUCATION AND WORK FORCE
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure: Subcommittee on Coast 
Guard and Maritime Transportation held a hearing on Mariner Education 
and Work Force. Testimony was heard from RADM Joel Whitehead, U.S. 
Coast Guard, Department of Homeland Security; Sean Connaughton, 
Administrator, MARAD, Department of Transportation; and public 
witnesses.
CURRENT CONFLICTS AND LONG-TERM COSTS
Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Held a hearing on the Long-Term Costs 
of the Current Conflicts. Testimony was hear from Matthew S. Goldberg, 
Deputy Assistant Director, National Security, CBO; the following 
officials of the Department of Veterans Affairs: Michael J. Kussman, 
M.D., Under Secretary for Health; and Daniel L. Cooper, VADM (Ret.), 
Under Secretary, Benefits; and Amy Belasco, Specialist in U.S. Defense 
Policy and Budget, CRS, Library of Congress.
SERVICE MEMBER TAX RELIEF
Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Select Revenue Measures 
and the Subcommittee on Income Security and Family Support held a joint 
hearing on the Heroes Earnings Assistance and Relief Tax Act of 2007. 
Testimony was heard from Representatives Davis of California, Lampson 
and Jones of North Carolina; David A. Rust, Acting Deputy

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Commissioner, Disability and Income Security Programs, SSA; Michelle D. 
LaRock, Deputy Director, Program Development, Division of veterans' 
Affairs, State of New York; and public witnesses.
BRIEFING--HOT SPOTS
Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence: Met in executive session to 
receive a briefing on Hot Spots. The Committee was briefed by 
departmental witnesses.