[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 191 (Thursday, December 13, 2007)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1625-D1627]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
FINANCIAL LITERACY
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine educating consumers, protecting investors, and 
avoiding scams, focusing on financial literacy during the holiday 
season, after receiving testimony from Karen Tyler, North Dakota 
Securities Department, Bismarck, on behalf of the North American 
Securities Administrators Association, Inc.; Nancy Smith, AARP, 
Washington, D.C.; Julie Cripe, OmniBank, North America, Houston, Texas, 
on behalf of the American Bankers Association Education Foundation; and 
H. Art Taylor, Better Business Bureau Wise Giving Alliance, Arlington, 
Virginia.
FCC
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded 
an oversight hearing to examine the Federal Communications Commission 
(FCC), after receiving testimony from Kevin J. Martin, Chairman, and 
Michael J. Copps, Jonathan S. Adelstein, Deborah Taylor Tate, and 
Robert M. McDowell, each a Commissioner, all of the Federal 
Communications Commission (FCC).
OREGON AND WASHINGTON FORESTS
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Subcommittee on Public Lands 
and Forests concluded a hearing to examine forest restoration and 
hazardous fuels reduction efforts in the forests of Oregon and 
Washington, after receiving testimony from Mark Rey, Under Secretary of 
Agriculture for Natural Resources and Environment; Jim Caswell, 
Director, Bureau of Land Management, Department of the Interior; 
Russell C. Vaagen, Vaagen Bros. Lumber, Inc., Colville, Washington, on 
behalf of the Northeast

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Washington Forestry Coalition; Matt Donegan, Forest Capital Partners, 
LLC, and Russell Hoeflich, Nature Conservancy, both of Portland, 
Oregon; Boyd Britton, Grant County, John Day, Oregon; Philip S. Aune, 
American Forest Resource Council, Nine Mile Falls, Washington; and K. 
Norman Johnson, Corvallis, Oregon.
CLEAN WATER ACT COURT DECISIONS
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine the Clean Water Act (Public Law 92-500), focusing on 
the Supreme Court decisions in Solid Waste Agency of Northern Cook 
County and Rapanos-Carabell, after receiving testimony from Ron Curry, 
New Mexico Environment Department, Santa Fe; Scott C. Yaich, Ducks 
Unlimited (DU), Inc., Memphis, Tennessee; Duane J. Desiderio, National 
Association of Home Builders (NAHB), and George J. Mannina, Jr., 
O'Connor and Hannan, LLP, both of Washington, D.C.; and William W. 
Buzbee, Emory Law School Environmental and Natural Resources Law 
Program, Atlanta, Georgia.
HOUSING DECLINE
Committee on Finance: Committee concluded a hearing to examine issues 
relative to owner-occupied housing and mortgage markets, focusing on 
the extent of the housing decline problem and potential remedies, after 
receiving testimony from former Representative Jack Kemp, Kemp 
Partners, and Michael Decker, Securities Industry and Financial Markets 
Association (SIFMA), both of Washington, D.C.; Deborah A. Geier, 
Cleveland State University Cleveland-Marshall College of Law, 
Cleveland, Ohio; and Morris A. Davis, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 
Madison.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Finance: Committee ordered favorably reported the 
nominations of Christopher A. Padilla, of the District of Columbia, to 
be Under Secretary of Commerce for International Trade, Christina H. 
Pearson, of Maryland, and Benjamin Eric Sasse, of Nebraska, both to be 
an Assistant Secretary of Health and Human Services, and Charles E.F. 
Millard, of New York, to be Director of the Pension Benefit Guaranty 
Corporation.
HIV/AIDS, TUBERCULOSIS, AND MALARIA
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine perspectives on the next phase of the global fight against HIV/
AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria, after receiving testimony from Michel 
Kazatchkine, Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria, 
Geneva, Switzerland; Helen L. Smits, National Academies Institute of 
Medicine, and Nils Daulaire, Global Health Council, both of Washington, 
D.C.; and Ken Hackett, Catholic Relief Services, Baltimore, Maryland.
IMPLEMENTING FEDERAL AGENCIES CHIEF MANAGEMENT OFFICERS
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Subcommittee 
on Oversight of Government Management, the Federal Workforce, and the 
District of Columbia concluded a hearing to examine prioritizing 
management, focusing on implementing chief management officers at 
federal agencies, after receiving testimony from Clay Johnson, III, 
Deputy Director for Management, Office of Management and Budget; David 
M. Walker, Comptroller General of the United States, Government 
Accountability Office; and Paul A. Brinkley, Deputy Under Secretary of 
Defense for Business Transformation.
NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee 
concluded joint hearings with the House Committee on Education and 
Labor Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor and Pensions to examine 
the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), focusing on recent NLRB 
decisions and their impact on employee rights, after receiving 
testimony from Robert J. Battista, Chairman, and Wilma B. Liebman, 
Member, both of the National Labor Relations Board; Matt Finkin, 
University of Illinois, Champaign; Jonathan P. Hiatt, AFL-CIO, and 
Charles I. Cohen, Morgan, Lewis, and Bockius, LLP, both of Washington, 
D.C.; and Feliza Ryland, Old Star Resort, Orlando, Florida.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee ordered favorably reported the 
following:
   S. 1829, to reauthorize programs under the Missing Children's 
Assistance Act, with an amendment;
   S. 431, to require convicted sex offenders to register online 
identifiers, with amendments;
   S. 2344, to create a competitive grant program to provide for age-
appropriate Internet education for children;
   S. Res. 388, designating the week of February 4 through February 8, 
2008, as ``National Teen Dating Violence Awareness and Prevention 
Week''; and
   S. Res. 396, expressing the sense of the Senate that the hanging of 
nooses for the purpose of intimidation should be thoroughly 
investigated by Federal, State, and local law enforcement authorities 
and that any criminal violations should be vigorously prosecuted, with 
amendments.
   Also, Committee agreed to two resolutions of contempt relative to 
certain individuals.
   Committee recessed subject to the call of the chair.

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BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Committee ordered favorably reported 
the nomination of James B. Peake, of the District of Columbia, to be 
Secretary of Veterans Affairs.
INTELLIGENCE
  Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee held closed hearings on 
intelligence matters, receiving testimony from officials of the 
intelligence community.
   Committee recessed subject to the call of the chair.