[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 19 (Wednesday, February 6, 2008)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D90-D91]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Armed Services: Committee ordered favorably reported 782 
nominations in the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps.
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION
Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
the defense authorization request for fiscal year 2009, the future 
years defense program, and for operations in Iraq and Afghanistan, 
after receiving testimony from Robert M. Gates, Secretary, Admiral 
Michael G. Mullen, USN, Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff, and Tina W. 
Jonas, Under Secretary (Comptroller), all of the Department of Defense.
2009: BUDGET
Committee on the Budget: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the 
President's fiscal year 2009 budget and revenue proposals, after 
receiving testimony from Henry M. Paulson, Jr., Secretary, Department 
of the Treasury.
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY BUDGET
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine the President's proposed budget estimates for fiscal 
year 2009 for the Department of Energy, after receiving testimony from 
Samuel W. Bodman, Secretary of Energy.
SURFACE TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION REPORT
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine perspectives

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on the Surface Transportation Commission report, focusing on current 
and future transportation needs of the United States, after receiving 
testimony from Mary E. Peters, Secretary of Transportation; JayEtta Z. 
Hecker, Director, Physical Infrastructure Issues, Government 
Accountability Office; Debra L. Miller, Kansas Department of 
Transportation, Topeka, on behalf of the American Association of State 
Highway and Transportation Officials; and Janet F. Kavinoky, U.S. 
Chamber of Commerce, and Gregory M. Cohen, American Highway Users 
Alliance, both of Washington, D.C.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee ordered favorably 
reported S. 2146, to authorize the Administrator of the Environmental 
Protection Agency to accept, as part of a settlement, diesel emission 
reduction Supplemental Environmental Projects.
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES BUDGET
Committee on Finance: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the 
President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 2009 for the 
Department of Health and Human Services, after receiving testimony from 
Michael O. Leavitt, Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services.
KOREAN PENINSULA DENUCLEARIZATION
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine the Six-Party Talks for the denuclearization of the Korean 
Peninsula, after receiving testimony from Christopher R. Hill, 
Assistant Secretary of State for East Asia and Pacific Affairs.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine the nominations of Margaret Scobey, of Tennessee, to be 
Ambassador to the Arab Republic of Egypt, James Francis Moriarty, of 
Massachusetts, to be Ambassador to the People's Republic of Bangladesh, 
and Deborah K. Jones, of New Mexico, to be Ambassador to the State of 
Kuwait, all of the Department of State, after the nominees testified 
and answered questions in their own behalf.
SUDAN
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee met in closed session to 
receive a briefing on Sudan from Richard Williamson, President's 
Special Envoy to Sudan, Department of State.