[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 11 (Thursday, January 24, 2008)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D40-D41]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
NOMINATION
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: Committee concluded 
a hearing to examine the nomination of Ed Schafer, of North Dakota, to 
be Secretary of Agriculture, after the nominee, who was introduced by 
Senators Conrad and Dorgan, and Representative Pomeroy, testified and 
answered questions in his own behalf.
BUDGET AND ECONOMIC OUTLOOK
Committee on the Budget: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the 
Congressional Budget Office budget and economic outlook, focusing on 
fiscal years 2008 to 2018, after receiving testimony from Peter R. 
Orszag, Director, Congressional Budget Office.
MINING LAW OF 1872 REFORM
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded an 
oversight hearing to examine ways to reform the Mining Law of 1872, 
after receiving testimony from Henri Bisson, Deputy Director, Bureau of 
Land Management, and Deborah Gibbs Tschudy, Deputy Associate Director, 
Minerals Revenue Management, Minerals Management Service, both of the 
Department of the Interior; Mayor Alan Bernholtz, Crested Butte, 
Colorado; William E. Cobb, Freeport McMoran Mining Company, Phoenix, 
Arizona, on behalf of the National Mining Association; Randy Wanamaker, 
BBC Human Resource Development Corporation, Juneau, Alaska; Michael P. 
Dombeck, University of Wisconsin College of Natural Resources, Stevens 
Point, on behalf of Trout Unlimited, and sundry organizations; James F. 
Cress, Holme Roberts and Owen LLP, Denver, Colorado; Ryan Alexander, 
Taxpayers for Common Sense, Washington, D.C.; and James M. Otto, 
Boulder, Colorado.
CALIFORNIA WAVIER
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee concluded an 
oversight hearing to examine the Environmental Protection Agency's 
decision to deny a wavier to the state of California, after receiving 
testimony from Stephen L. Johnson, Administrator, Environmental 
Protection Agency (EPA); Maryland Governor Martin O'Malley, Annapolis; 
Vermont Governor James Douglas, Montpelier; Pennsylvania Governor 
Edward G. Rendell, Harrisburg; Michigan Attorney General Mike Cox, 
Lansing; Douglas Haaland, Assembly Republican Caucus, Sacramento, 
California; David Doniger, Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), 
New York, New York; and Jeffrey R. Holmstead, Bracewell and Giuliani, 
Washington, D.C.
STRENGTHENING AMERICA'S ECONOMY
Committee on Finance: Committee concluded hearings to examine 
legislative options aimed at stimulus relating to strengthening 
America's economy, after receiving testimony from Martin Feldstein, 
Harvard University Department of Economics, Cambridge, Massachusetts; 
and Jason Furman, Brookings Institution, Washington, D.C.
CLIMATE TREATY
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine international climate change negotiation, focusing on Bali and 
the path toward a post-2012 climate treaty, after receiving testimony 
from James L. Connaughton, Chairman, Council on Environmental Quality, 
Executive Office of the President; James R. Lyons, Oxfam America, Glenn 
T. Prickett, Conservation International, and John J. Castellani, 
Business Roundtable, all of Washington, D.C.; and Elliot Diringer, Pew 
Center on Global Climate Change, Arlington, Virginia.
NORTH KOREA UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Permanent 
Subcommittee on Investigations concluded a hearing to examine the 
United Nations Development Program in North Korea, including management 
reform efforts at the United Nations (UN) Secretariat since 2006, 
oversight and accountability in selected UN organizations, and UN and 
other international organization activities in Burma, after receiving 
testimony from Zalmay Khalilzad, Ambassador to the United Nations, and 
Mark D. Wallace, Ambassador for United Nations Management and Reform, 
both of the Department of State; Thomas Melito, Director, International 
Affairs and Trade, Government Accountability Office; and Frederick 
Tipson, Washington, D.C., and David Lockwood, David Morrison, and 
Robert Benson, all of New York, New York, all of the United Nations.
CONTRACTING IN HOSTILE ZONES
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Subcommittee 
on Federal Financial Management, Government Information, Federal 
Services,

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and International Security concluded a joint hearing with the 
Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management, the Federal 
Workforce, and the District of Columbia to examine management and 
oversight of contingency contracting in hostile zones, after receiving 
testimony from Stuart W. Bowen, Jr., Special Inspector General for Iraq 
Reconstruction, William M. Solis, Director, Carole F. Coffey, Assistant 
Director, both of the Defense Capabilities and Management Team, 
Government Accountability Office; P. Jackson Bell, Deputy Under 
Secretary for Logistics and Materiel Readiness, and General David M. 
Maddox, USA (Ret.), Member, Commission on Army Acquisition and Program, 
Management in Expeditionary Operations, both of the Department of 
Defense; John E. Herbst, Coordinator for Reconstruction and 
Stabilization, and William H. Moser, Deputy Assistant Secretary for 
Logistics Management, both of the Department of State; James R. Kunder, 
Acting Deputy Assistant Administrator, United States Agency for 
International Development; First Sergeant Perry Jefferies, USA (Ret.), 
Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America, Waco, Texas; and Dina L. 
Rasor and Robert H. Bauman, both of San Jose, California.
FAIR PAY RESTORATION ACT
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee 
concluded a hearing to examine S. 1843, to amend title VII of the Civil 
Rights Act of 1964 and the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 
to clarify that an unlawful practice occurs each time compensation is 
paid pursuant to a discriminatory compensation decision or other 
practice, after receiving testimony from Margot Dorfman, United States 
Women's Chamber of Commerce, and Eric Dreiband, Akin, Gump, Strauss, 
Hauer and Feld, both of Washington, D.C.; Samuel R. Bagenstos, 
Washington University in Saint Louis School of Law, Saint Louis, 
Missouri; and Lilly Ledbetter, Jacksonville, Alabama.
VETERANS DISABILITY COMPENSATION
Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine the report of the Veterans' Disability Benefits Commission, 
focusing on veterans disability compensation, after receiving testimony 
from Todd Bowers, Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America, New York, 
New York; Gerald T. Manar, Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United 
States, Washington, D.C.; and Steve Smithson, American Legion, 
Indianapolis, Indiana.