[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 184 (Tuesday, December 4, 2007)]
[Daily Digest]
[Page D1570]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
HEALTH MEASURES
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Health held a hearing 
on the following bills: H.R. 1343, Health Centers Renewal Act of 2007; 
H.R. 2915, National Health Service Corps Scholarship and Loan 
Replacement Programs Reauthorization Act of 2007; and H.R. 4230, 
School-Based Health Clinic Act of 2007. Testimony was heard from Dennis 
P. Williams, Deputy Administrator, Health Resources and Services 
Administration, Department of Health and Human Services; and public 
witnesses.
SAME-DAY CONSIDERATION OF CERTAIN RESOLUTIONS REPORTED BY THE RULES 
COMMITTEE
Committee on Rules: Granted, by a vote of 8 to 2, a rule waiving clause 
6(a) of rule XIII (requiring a two-thirds vote to consider a rule on 
the same day it is reported from the Rules Committee) against certain 
resolutions reported from the Rules Committee. The rule applies the 
waiver to any resolutions reported on the legislative day of Wednesday, 
December 5, 2007, providing for consideration of the Senate amendments 
to the bill (H.R. 6) to reduce our Nation's dependency on foreign oil 
by investing in clean, renewable, and alternative energy resources, 
promoting new emerging energy technologies, developing greater 
efficiency, and creating a Strategic Energy Efficiency and Renewables 
Reserve to invest in alternative energy, and for other purposes.