[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 162 (Wednesday, October 24, 2007)]
[Daily Digest]
[Page D1419]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


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                    COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR THURSDAY,

                            OCTOBER 25, 2007

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: business 
meeting to continue markup of the 2007 Farm Bill, Time to be 
announced, SR-328A.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee 
on Interstate Commerce, Trade, and Tourism, to hold hearings to 
examine sweatshop conditions in the toy industry in China, 9:30 
a.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: Subcommittee on 
Transportation Safety, Infrastructure Security, and Water Quality, 
to hold an oversight hearing to examine the effectiveness of federal 
drunk driving programs, 10 a.m., SD-406.
  Committee on Finance: to hold hearings to examine small business 
health insurance, focusing on building a gateway to coverage, 10 
a.m., SD-215.
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: 
Subcommittee on Federal Financial Management, Government 
Information, Federal Services, and International Security, to hold 
hearings to examine single audits, focusing on a recent study on the 
potential impacts that implementing certain recommendations could 
have to help ensure that federal funds are safeguarded, 2:30 p.m., 
SD-342.
  Committee on the Judiciary: business meeting to consider S. 1946, 
to help Federal prosecutors and investigators combat public 
corruption by strengthening and clarifying the law, S. Res. 347, 
designating May 2008 as ``National Be Bear Aware and Wildlife 
Stewardship Month'', S. Res. 346, expressing heartfelt sympathy for 
the victims of the devastating thunderstorms that caused severe 
flooding during August 2007 in the States of Illinois, Iowa, 
Minnesota, Ohio, and Wisconsin, and the nominations of John Daniel 
Tinder, of Indiana, to be United States Circuit Judge for the 
Seventh Circuit, and Julie L. Myers, of Kansas, to be Assistant 
Secretary of Homeland Security, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: to hold closed hearings to 
examine certain intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.


                                 House

  Committee on Agriculture, hearing to review agriculture disaster 
conditions across the nation, 10 a.m., 1300 Longworth.
  Committee on the Budget, hearing on Surface Transportation: 
Investment Needs and the Budget, 10 a.m., 210 Cannon.
  Committee on Education and Labor, Subcommittee on Workforce 
Protections, hearing on H.R. 3582, Fair Home Health Care Act, 9:30 
a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, to consider the following 
measures: H.R. 1534, Mercury Export Ban Act of 2007; H.R. 3461, 
Safeguarding America's Families by Enhancing and Reorganizing New 
and Efficient Technologies Act of 2007; H.R. 2601 To extend the 
authority of the Federal Trade Commission to collect fees to 
administer and enforce the provisions relating to the ``Do-not-
call'' registry of the Telemarketing Sales Rule; H.R. 3541, Do-Not-
Call Improvement Act of 2007; H.R. 3526, To include all banking 
agencies within the existing regulatory authority under the Federal 
Trade Commission Act with respect to depository institutions; H.R. 
3403, 911 Modernization and Safety Act of 2007; and H.R. 3919, 
Broadband Census of America Act of 2007; 10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, hearing entitled ``Transparency 
of Extractive Industries: High Stakes for Resource-Rich Countries, 
Citizens and International Business,'' 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Foreign Affairs, Subcommittee on Asia, the Pacific, 
and the Global Environment, and the Subcommittee on Terrorism, 
Nonproliferation, and Trade, hearing on The Six Party Process: 
Progress and Perils in North Korea's Denuclearization, 3 p.m., 2320 
Rayburn.
  October 25, Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere, hearing on 
U.S. Security Assistance to Mexico, 2 p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Commercial and 
Administrative Law, hearing on H.R. 3010, Arbitration Fairness Act 
of 2007, 2 p.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism and Homeland Security, hearing on 
Organized Retail Theft Prevention: Fostering a Comprehensive Public-
Private Response, 10 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, hearing on Iraq, 10 
a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on Science and Technology, hearing on Health Insurer 
Consolidations, The Impact on Small Business, 10 a.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, hearing on The 
Impact of Railroad Injury, Accident, and Discipline Policies on the 
Safety of America's Railroads, 10 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, Subcommittee on Economic 
Opportunity, oversight hearing on VETS DVOP/LVER Program, 2 p.m., 
334 Cannon.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, executive, briefing on 
Recent Middle East Events, 9 a.m., H-405 Capitol.
  Select Committee to Investigate the Voting Irregularities of 
August 2, 2007, hearing on Voting in the House of Representatives--
Rules, Procedures, Precedents, Custom and Practice, 8:30 a.m., H-313 
Capitol.