[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 184 (Tuesday, December 4, 2007)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1567-D1568]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee ordered 
favorably reported the following:
  S. 2332, to promote transparency in the adoption of new media 
ownership rules by the Federal Communications Commission, and to 
establish an independent panel to make recommendations on how to 
increase the representation of women and minorities in broadcast media 
ownership, with amendments;
  S. 1581, to establish an interagency committee to develop an ocean 
acidification research and monitoring plan and to establish an ocean 
acidification program within the National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
Administration, with amendments;
  S. 2307, to amend the Global Change Research Act of 1990, with 
amendments;
  S. 2355, to amend the National Climate Program Act to enhance the 
ability of the United States to develop and implement climate change 
adaptation programs and policies, with amendments; and
  Promotion lists in the United States Coast Guard and National Oceanic 
and Atmospheric Administration Commission Corps (NOAA).
CREDIT CARD PRACTICES
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Permanent 
Subcommittee on Investigations concluded a hearing to examine credit 
card practices, focusing on unfair interest rate increases, after 
receiving testimony from Roger C. Hochschild, Discover Financial 
Services, Riverwoods, Illinois; Bruce L. Hammonds, Bank of America, 
Wilmington, Delaware; Ryan Schneider, Capital One Financial 
Corporation, McLean, Virginia; Janet Hard, Freeland, Michigan; Bonnie 
Rushing, Naples, Florida; and Millard Glasshof, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
NEW MADRID SEISMIC ZONE
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Ad Hoc 
Subcommittee on State, Local, and Private Sector Preparedness and 
Integration concluded a hearing to examine the earthquake zone within 
the central Mississippi Valley, extending from northeast Arkansas, 
through southeast Missouri, western Tennessee, western Kentucky to 
southern Illinois, known as the Madrid Seismic Zone, after receiving 
testimony from Glenn M. Cannon, Assistant Administrator, Disaster 
Operations Directorate, Federal Emergency Management Agency, Department 
of Homeland Security; John R. Hayes, Jr., National Earthquake Hazards 
Reduction Program, National Institute of Standards and Technology, 
Department of Commerce; David Applegate, Senior Science Advisor for 
Earthquakes and Geological Hazards, United States Geological Survey, 
Department of the Interior; David Maxwell, Arkansas Department of 
Emergency Management (ADEM), Conway, on behalf of the Central United 
States Earthquake Consortium (CUSEC); and Callen Hays, Memphis Light, 
Gas, and Water, Memphis, Tennessee.
FOOD SAFETY
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee 
concluded a hearing to examine developing a comprehensive response to 
food safety problems, after receiving testimony from Michael O. 
Leavitt, Secretary of Health and Human Services; Joseph Corby, New York 
State Department of Agriculture and Markets, Albany; Paul B. Young, 
Waters Corporation, Newtownards, Northern Ireland; and Michael R. 
Taylor, George Washington University School of Public Health and Health 
Services, Caroline Smith DeWaal, Center for Science in the Public 
Interest, and Cal Dooley, Grocery Manufacturers Association, all of 
Washington, D.C.

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CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES ELECTRONIC PRESCRIBING
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
electronic prescribing of controlled substances, addressing health care 
and law enforcement priorities, after receiving testimony from Joseph 
T. Rannazzisi, Deputy Assistant Administrator, Office of Diversion 
Control, Drug Enforcement Administration, Department of Justice; Tony 
Trenkle, Director, E-Health and Standards Services, Centers for 
Medicare and Medicaid Services, Department of Health and Human 
Services; Laura L. Adams, Rhode Island Quality Institute, Swampscott, 
Massachusetts; Kevin D. Hutchinson, SureScripts, LLC, Alexandria, 
Virginia; David C. Miller, Compuware Corporation, Detroit, Michigan; 
and Michael A. Podgurski, Rite Aid Corporation, Camp Hill, 
Pennsylvania.