[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 173 (Thursday, November 8, 2007)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1497-D1498]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
LOCALISM, DIVERSITY, AND MEDIA OWNERSHIP
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded 
a hearing to examine localism, diversity, and media ownership, after 
receiving testimony from Alex Nogales, National Hispanic Media 
Coalition (NHMC), Los Angeles, California; Frank A. Blethen, Seattle 
Times, Seattle, Washington; Timothy F. Winter, Parents Television 
Council (PTC), Alexandria, Virginia; James F. Goodman, Capitol 
Broadcasting Company, Inc., Raleigh, North Carolina; and John Lavine, 
Northwestern University Medill School of Journalism, Evanston, 
Illinois.
HISTORIC LAND BILLS
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Subcommittee on National 
Parks concluded a hearing to examine S. 86, to designate segments of 
Fossil Creek, a tributary to the Verde River in the State of Arizona, 
as wild and scenic rivers, S. 1365, to amend the Omnibus Parks and 
Public Lands Management Act of 1996 to authorize the Secretary of the 
Interior to enter into cooperative agreements with any of the 
management partners of the Boston Harbor Islands National Recreation 
Area, S. 1449, to establish the Rocky Mountain Science Collections 
Center to assist in preserving the archeological, anthropological, 
paleontological, zoological, and geologic artifacts and archival 
documentation from the Rocky Mountain region through the construction 
of an on-site, secure collections facility for the Denver Museum of 
Nature and Science in Denver, Colorado, S. 1921, to amend the American 
Battlefield Protection Act of 1996 to extend the authorization for that 
Act, S. 1941, to direct the Secretary of the Interior to study the 
suitability and feasibility of designating the Wolf House, located in 
Norfolk, Arkansas, as a unit of the National Park System, S. 1961, to 
expand the boundaries of the Little River Canyon National Preserve in 
the State of Alabama, S. 1991, to authorize the Secretary of the 
Interior to conduct a study to determine the suitability and 
feasibility of extending the Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail to 
include additional sites associated with the preparation and return 
phases of the expedition, S. 2098, to establish the Northern Plains 
Heritage Area in the State of North Dakota, S. 2220, to amend the 
Outdoor Recreation Act of 1963 to authorize certain appropriations, and 
H.R. 1191, to authorize the National Park Service to pay for services 
rendered by subcontractors under a General Services Administration 
Indefinite Deliver Indefinite Quantity Contract issued for work to be 
completed at the Grand Canyon National Park, after receiving testimony 
from Katherine H. Stevenson, Acting Assistant Director, Business 
Services, National Park Service, Department of the Interior; Joel 
Holtrop, Deputy Chief for the National Forest System, United States 
Forest Service, Department of Agriculture; Ron Steed, R and W 
Excavating, Hildale, Utah; George Sparks, Denver Museum of Nature and 
Science, Denver, Colorado; Charles Wichman, Jr., National Tropical 
Botanical Garden, Kalaheo, Hawaii; and Tracy Potter, Northern Plains 
Heritage Foundation, Mandan, North Dakota.
AMERICA'S CLIMATE SECURITY ACT
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee held a hearing to 
examine S. 2191, to direct the Administrator of the Environmental 
Protection Agency to establish a program to decrease emissions of 
greenhouse gases, receiving testimony from Peter A. Darbee, PG&E 
Corporation, San Francisco, California; and Jonathan C. Pershing, World 
Resources Institute, Anne E. Smith, CRA International, Margo Thorning, 
American Council for Capital Formation, and Wiley Barbour, 
Environmental Resources Trust, Inc., all of Washington, D.C.
  Committee will meet again on Tuesday, November 13, 2007.
SYRIA
Committee on Foreign Relations: Subcommittee on Near East and South and 
Central Asian Affairs concluded a hearing to examine Syria, focusing on 
options and implications for Lebanon and the surrounding region, after 
receiving testimony from C. David Welch, Assistant Secretary of State 
for Near Eastern Affairs Bureau; Robert Malley, International Crisis 
Group, and Emile El-Hokayem, Henry L. Stimson Center, both of 
Washington, DC; and David W. Lesch, Trinity University, San Antonio, 
Texas.
EMPLOYMENT RIGHTS
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee 
concluded a hearing to examine ways to protect the employment rights of 
those who protect the United States, after receiving testimony from 
Charles S. Ciccolella, Assistant Secretary of Labor for Veterans' 
Employment and Training; L. Gordon Sumner, Jr., Executive Director, 
National Committee for Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve, and 
Lieutenant Colonel Steve Duarte, USMC, both of the Department of 
Defense; Scott Bloch, Special Counsel, United States Office of Special 
Counsel; Brenda Farrell, Director, Military and Civilian Personnel 
Issues in the Defense Capabilities and Management Team, Government 
Accountability Office; Major Ladda Tammy Duckworth, Illinois Department 
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Veterans' Affairs, Springfield; Lieutenant General Dennis M. McCarthy, 
Reserve Officers Association, Washington, DC; and Richard Halbrook, 
Dollar Thrifty Automotive Group, Inc., Tulsa, Oklahoma.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee ordered favorably reported the 
following:
  S. 2135, to prohibit the recruitment or use of child soldiers, to 
designate persons who recruit or use child soldiers as inadmissible 
aliens, to allow the deportation of persons who recruit or use child 
soldiers, with an amendment; and
  The nomination of Michael J. Sullivan, of Massachusetts, to be 
Director, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives, 
Department of Justice.