[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 172 (Wednesday, November 7, 2007)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1490-D1491]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
MEAT INDUSTRY RECALLS
Committee on Agriculture: Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy and Poultry 
held a hearing to review recent recalls in the meat industry. Testimony 
was heard from Richard Raymond, M.D., Under Secretary, Food Safety, 
USDA.
INDIAN HEALTH CARE IMPROVEMENT ACT AMENDMENTS OF 2007
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Health approved for 
full Committee action, as amended, H.R. 1328, Indian Health Care 
Improvement Act Amendments of 2007.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on Financial Services: Ordered reported the following bills: 
H.R. 4043, Preserving and Expanding Minority Depository Institutions 
Act; H.R. 3915, Mortgage Reform and Anti-Predatory Lending Act of 2007; 
H.R. 3837, amended, Escrow, Appraisal, and Mortgage Servicing 
Improvements Act; H.R. 4050, Levee-Like Structure Consideration Act of 
2007.
  Began markup of H.R. 4051, Housing Assistance Authorization Act of 
2007.
  Will continue tomorrow.
PAKISTAN
Committee on Foreign Affairs, hearing on Democracy, Authoritarianism, 
and Terrorism in Contemporary Pakistan. Testimony was heard from John 
D. Negroponte, Deputy Secretary of State.
U.S. CAPITOL POLICE AND LIBRARY OF CONGRESS POLICE MERGER; CAPITOL 
CONSTRUCTION AND SLAVE LABOR CONTRIBUTIONS
Committee on House Administration: Ordered reported, as amended, H.R. 
3690, U.S. Capitol Police and Library of Congress Police Merger 
Implementation Act of 2007.
  The Committee also held a hearing on the Construction of the United 
States Capital: Recognizing the Contributions of Slave Labor. Testimony 
was heard from Senator Lincoln; Representative Lewis of Georgia, former 
Representative J.C. Watts of Oklahoma; William C. Allen, Architectural 
Historian, Office of the Architect of the Capitol; and public 
witnesses.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on the Judiciary: Ordered reported the following bills: H.R. 
1312, Arts Require Timely Service (ARTS) Act; H.R. 1759, amended, 
Managing Arson Through Criminal History (MATCH) Act of

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2007; H.R. 2489, Genocide Accountability Act of 2007; H.R. 3971, 
amended, Death in Custody Reporting Act of 2007; H.R. 3992, Mentally 
Ill Offender Treatment and Crime Reduction Reauthorization Act of 2007; 
and H.R. 971, amended, Community Pharmacy Fairness Act of 2007.
  The Committee began markup of H.R. 3609, Emergency Home Ownership and 
Mortgage Equity Protection Act of 2007.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on Natural Resources: Ordered reported, as amended, the 
following measures: H.R. 3079, Northern Mariana Islands Covenant 
Implementation Act; Northern Mariana Islands Delegate Act; H.R. 1497, 
Legal Timber Protection Act; H.R. 3998, To authorize the Secretary of 
the Interior to conduct special resources studies of certain lands and 
structures to determine the appropriate means for preservation, use and 
management of the resources associated with such lands and structures; 
H.R. 1662, To amend the Reclamation Safety Dams Act of 1978 to 
authorize improvements for the security of dams and other facilities; 
and H.R. 2246, To validate certain conveyances made by the Union 
Pacific Railroad Company of lands located in Reno, Nevada, that were 
originally conveyed by the United States to facilitate construction of 
transcontinental railroads.
DRUG RESISTANT INFECTIONS
Committee on Oversight and Government Reform: Held a hearing on Drug 
Resistant Infections in the Community: Consequences for Public Health. 
Testimony was heard from Julie Louise Gerberding, M.D., Director, 
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Department of Health and 
Human Services; James Burns, M.D., Chief Deputy Commissioner, Public 
Health, Department of Health, State of Virginia; Elizabeth A. Bancroft, 
M.D., Medical Epidemiologist, Los Angeles County, Department of Health 
Services, Los Angeles, California; and public witnesses.
NEGOTIATING WITH IRANIANS
Committee on Oversight and Government Reform: Subcommittee on National 
Security and Foreign Affairs continued hearings on Iran: Reality, 
Options and Consequences, Part 2, Negotiating with Iranians: Missed 
Opportunities and Paths Forward. Testimony was heard from Kenneth 
Katzman, Specialist in Middle Eastern Affairs, Foreign Affairs, 
Defense, and Trade Division, CRS, Library of Congress; and public 
witnesses.
CONFERENCE REPORT--DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS FISCAL YEAR 
2008
Committee on Rules: Granted, by a voice vote, a conference report rule 
waiving all points of order against the conference report on H.R. 3222, 
Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2008, and against its 
consideration and providing that the conference report shall be 
considered as read. Testimony was heard from Representative Murtha.
SMALL BUSINESS ECONOMY
Committee on Small Business: Held a hearing entitled ``The State of The 
Small Business Economy,'' to examine the production, employment and 
output of our nation's small businesses. Testimony was heard from 
Frederic S. Mishkin, member, Board of Governors, Federal Reserve 
System.
VETERANS EDUCATION BENEFITS
Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Ordered reported, as amended, H.R. 
3882, To amend title 38, United States Code, to change the length of 
the obligated period of service on active duty required for receiving 
certain education benefits administered by the Secretary of Veterans 
Affairs.
BRIEFINGS--PAKISTAN; AND CIA INSPECTOR GENERAL
Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence: Met in executive session to 
receive a briefing on Pakistan. The Committee was briefed by 
departmental witnesses.
  The Committee also met in executive session to receive a briefing on 
CIA Inspector General. The Committee was briefed by departmental 
witnesses.
OIL SHOCK: POTENTIAL FOR CRISIS
Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming: Held a 
hearing entitled ``Oil Shock: Potential for Crisis.'' Testimony was 
heard from ADM Dennis Blair, USN, (Ret.), former Commander in Chief, 
U.S. Pacific Command; and Carol P. Browner, former Administrator, EPA.