[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 195 (Wednesday, December 19, 2007)]
[Daily Digest]
[Page D1658]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
FEDERAL MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY ADMINISTRATION
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on 
Surface Transportation and Merchant Marine Infrastructure, Safety and 
Security concluded an oversight hearing to examine the Federal Motor 
Carrier Safety Administration, focusing on truck driver hours-of-
service (HOS) rules and truck safety, after receiving testimony from 
John H. Hill, Administrator, Federal Motor Carrier Safety 
Administration, Department of Transportation; Dave Osiecki, American 
Trucking Associations, Arlington, Virginia; Walter J. Krupski, Jr., W. 
Krup Trucking, Inc., Stewartsville, New Jersey, on behalf of the Owner-
Operator Independent Drivers Association; Joan Claybrook, Public 
Citizen and Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety, and LaMont Byrd, 
International Brotherhood of Teamsters, both of Washington, D.C.; and 
Daphne Izer, Parents Against Tired Truckers (P.A.T.T), Lisbon, Maine.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine the nominations of Charles W. Larson, Jr., of Iowa, to be 
Ambassador to the Republic of Latvia, who was introduced by Senators 
Harkin and Grassley, and Mary Ann Glendon, of Massachusetts, to be 
Ambassador to the Holy See, after the nominees testified and answered 
questions in their own behalf.
KOSOVO
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee met in closed session to 
receive a briefing on Kosovo, focusing on future challenges, from 
Daniel Fried, Assistant Secretary of State for the Bureau of European 
and Eurasian Affairs.
NOMINATION
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
the nomination of Mark R. Filip, of Illinois, to be Deputy Attorney 
General, Department of Justice, who was introduced by Representative 
Kirk, after the nominee testified and answered questions in his own 
behalf.