[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 12 (Friday, January 25, 2008)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D45-D47]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                      CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD

              Week of January 28 through February 2, 2008

                             Senate Chamber

  On Monday, at 3 p.m., Senate will resume consideration of S. 2248, 
FISA Amendments Act, and vote on the motion to invoke cloture on the 
Rockefeller/Bond Amendment No. 3911 at 4:30 p.m.
  During the balance of the week Senate will consider any other cleared 
legislative and executive business, including appropriation bills, and 
conference reports, when available.


                           Senate Committees

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)
  Committee on Armed Services: January 31, Subcommittee on 
Personnel, to hold an oversight hearing to examine military 
recruiting, 9:30 a.m., SR-232A.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: January 31, to 
hold hearings to examine strengthening our economy, focusing on 
foreclosure and neighborhood preservation, 10 a.m., SD-538.
  Committee on the Budget: January 29, to hold hearings to examine 
the long-term budget outlook, 10 a.m., SD-608.
  January 30, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the 
economic stimulus, focusing on budget policy for a strong economy 
over the short- and long-term budget outlook, 10 a.m., SD-608.
  January 31, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the long-
term outlook and sources of growth in health care spending, 10 a.m., 
SD-608.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: January 30, business 
meeting to consider pending calendar business, 11:30 a.m., SD-366.
  January 31, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine S. 2323, 
to provide for the conduct of carbon capture and storage technology 
research, development, and demonstration projects, and S. 2144, to 
require the Secretary of Energy to conduct a study of feasibility 
relating to the construction and operation of pipelines and carbon 
dioxide sequestration facilities, 10 a.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: January 30, to hold 
hearings to examine the threats and protections for the polar bear, 
10 a.m., SD-406.
  January 31, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine a report 
on the National Surface Transportation Policy and Revenue Study 
Commission, 10 a.m., SD-406.
  Committee on Finance: January 29, to hold hearings to examine the 
nomination of Douglas H. Shulman, of the District of Columbia, to be 
Commissioner of Internal Revenue, Department of the Treasury, 10 
a.m., SD-215.
  January 30, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine private 
fees for service in Medicare Advantage plans, 10 a.m., SD-215.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: January 30, to hold hearings to 
examine the nominations of James K. Glassman, of Connecticut, to be 
Under Secretary for Public Diplomacy with the rank of Ambassador, 
Goli Ameri, of Oregon, to be Assistant Secretary for Educational and 
Cultural Affairs, and David J. Kramer, of Massachusetts, to be 
Assistant Secretary for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor, all of 
the Department of State, 11 a.m., SD-419.
  January 31, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine 
Afghanistan, 9:30 a.m., SD-419.

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  Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: January 31, 
to hold hearings to examine weathering the economic storm, focusing 
on helping working families in troubling times, 10 a.m., SD-430.
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: January 
31, Subcommittee on Federal Financial Management, Government 
Information, Federal Services, and International Security, to hold 
hearings to examine eliminating agency payment errors, 2:30 p.m., 
SD-342.
  Committee on the Judiciary: January 30, to hold oversight hearings 
to examine the Department of Justice, 10 a.m., SH-216.
  January 31, Full Committee, business meeting to consider S. 1638, 
to adjust the salaries of Federal justices and judges, S. 352, to 
provide for media coverage of Federal court proceedings, S. 2450, to 
amend the Federal Rules of Evidence to address the waiver of the 
attorney-client privilege and the work product doctrine, S. 2304, to 
amend title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 
1968 to provide grants for the improved mental health treatment and 
services provided to offenders with mental illnesses, and the 
nominations of Mark R. Filip, of Illinois, to be Deputy Attorney 
General, Ondray T. Harris, of Virginia, to be Director, Community 
Relations Service, and David W. Hagy, of Texas, to be Director of 
the National Institute of Justice, Department of Justice, 10 a.m., 
SD-226.
  Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship: January 30, to 
hold hearings to examine the Small Business Administration's 
accountability, focusing on the efficacy of women's contracting and 
lender oversight, 10 a.m., SR-428A.
  Special Committee on Aging: January 31, to hold hearings to 
examine elderly voters, focusing on opportunities and challenges for 
the 2008 election, 10:30 a.m., SH-216.


                            House Committees

  Committee on Appropriations, January 29, Subcommittee on Defense, 
executive, DOD Inspector General on Outsourcing, 10 a.m., H-140 
Capitol.
  Committee on Armed Services, January 29, Subcommittee on Oversight 
and Investigations, hearing on Interagency Reform: Can the 
Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) Case Study Illuminate the 
Future of Reconstruction and Stabilization Operations? 10 a.m., 2212 
Rayburn.
  Committee on the Budget, January 29, hearing on Using Fiscal 
Policy to Bolster the U.S. Economy, 10 a.m., 210 Cannon.
  Committee on Education and Labor, January 29, hearing on H.R. 
3195, ADA Restoration Act of 2007, 10 a.m., 2175 Rayburn.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, January 29, Subcommittee on 
Health, hearing entitled ``Covering Uninsured Kids: Missed 
Opportunities for Moving Forward,'' 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  January 29, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, to vote 
on the issuance of subpoenas for witnesses and documents in 
connection with the Subcommittee's ongoing investigation into the 
adequacy of the efforts of the FDA to protect the American public 
from excessive risks from prescription drugs and other matters, 9:30 
a.m., followed by a hearing entitled ``Science and Mission at Risk: 
FDA's Self-Assessment,'' 10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  January 29, Subcommittee on Telecommunications and Internet, 
hearing entitled ``Public, Educational, and Governmental (PEG) 
Services in the Digital TV Age,'' 1 p.m., 2322 Rayburn.
  Committee on Homeland Security, January 29, hearing entitled 
``Ensuring Safe and Effective Housing Programs in the Wake of 
Disasters,'' 2 p.m., 311 Cannon.
  Committee on the Judiciary, January 29, Subcommittee on Commercial 
and Administrative Law, hearing on the Growing Mortgage Foreclosure 
Crisis: Identifying Solutions and Dispelling Myths, 2 p.m., 2141 
Rayburn.
  January 29, Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and 
Civil Liberties, oversight hearing on Reform of the State Secrets 
Privilege, 10 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  January 29, Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland 
Security, hearing on Enforcement of Federal Espionage Laws, 2 p.m., 
2237 Rayburn.
  Committee on Natural Resources, January 29, Subcommittee on Water 
and Power, oversight hearing on the Immediate Federal and State Role 
in Addressing Uncertain Water Deliveries for California and the 
Impacts on California Communities,'' 10 a.m., 1334 Longworth.
  Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, January 29, to 
consider the following measures: H. Con. Res. 273, Recognizing the 
50th Anniversary of the National Academy of Recording Arts and 
Sciences; H. Res. 76, Urging the establishment and observation of a 
legal public holiday in honor of Cesar E. Chavez; H. Res. 867, 
Commending the Houston Dynamo soccer team for winning the 2007 Major 
League Soccer Cap; H.R. 3532, To designate the facility of the 
United States Postal Service located at 5815 McLeod Street in Lula, 
Georgia, as the ``Private Johnathon Millican Lula Post Office;'' 
H.R. 3936, To designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 116 Highway in Cleveland, Georgia as the ``Sgt. 
Jason Harkins Post Office Building;'' H.R. 4203, To designate the 
facility of the United States Postal Service located at 3035 Stone 
Mountain Street in Lithonia, Georgia, as the ``Jamaal RaShard 
Addison Post Office Building;'' H.R. 4454, To designate the facility 
of the United States Postal Service located at 3050 Hunsinger Lane 
in Louisville, Kentucky, as the ``Iraq and Afghanistan Fallen 
Military Heroes of Louisville Memorial Post Office Building;'' in 
honor of the servicemen and women from Louisville, Kentucky, who 
died in service during Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation 
Iraqi Freedom; H.R. 5135, To designate the facility of the United 
States Postal Service located at 201 West Greenway Street in Derby, 
Kansas, as the ``Sergeant Jamie O. Maugans Post Office Building;'' 
S. 2272, To designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service known as the Southpark Station in Alexandria, Louisiana, as 
the ``John `Marty' Thiels Southpark Station,'' in honor and memory 
of Thiels, a Louisiana postal worker who was killed in the line of 
duty on October 4, 2007; and S. 2478, To designate the facility of 
the United States Postal Service located at 59 Colby in East 
Hampstead, New Hampshire, as the ``Captain Jonathan D. Grassbaugh 
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Office;'' followed by a hearing on Addressing the Screening Gap: The 
National Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program, 9:30 
a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  January 29, Subcommittee on Information Policy, Census and 
National Archives, to consider H.R. 3548, Plain Language in 
Government Communications Act of 2007, 2 p.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  January 29, Subcommittee on National Security and Foreign Affairs, 
to continue hearings on Pakistani Elections: Will They Be Free and 
Fair or Fundamentally Flawed (Part II), 11 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on Rules, January 28, to consider H.R. 1528, New England 
National Scenic Trail Designation Act, 4 p.m., H-313 Capitol.
  Committee on Small Business, January 29, hearing entitled ``SBIR: 
America's National Technology Development Incubator,'' 10 a.m., 2360 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, January 29, Subcommittee on 
Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs, hearing on the Use of 
Artificial Intelligence to Improve the VA's Claims Processing 
System, 2 p.m., 340 Cannon.
  January 29, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, hearing 
on VA Credentialing and Privileging: A Patient Safety Issue, 10 
a.m., 340 Cannon.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, January 29, executive, 
briefing on Pakistan, 1 p.m., H-405 Capitol.
  Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming, 
January 30, hearing entitled ``Learning from a Laureate: Science, 
Security and Sustainability,'' 9 a.m., room to be announced.


                             Joint Meetings

  Joint Economic Committee: February 1, to hold hearings to examine 
the current economic outlook, 9:30 a.m., SD-106.