[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 19 (Wednesday, February 6, 2008)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D94-D95]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                    COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR THURSDAY,

                            FEBRUARY 7, 2008

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Armed Services: to hold hearings to examine the final 
report of the Commission on the National Guard and Reserves, 9:30 
a.m., SD-106.
  Subcommittee on Readiness and Management Support, to hold hearings 
to examine business transformation and financial management at the 
Department of Defense, 2:30 p.m., SR-222.
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: to hold hearings 
to examine ways to reform the regulation of government sponsored 
enterprises, 10 a.m., SD-538.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: to hold 
hearings to examine the nominations of Robert A. Sturgell, of 
Maryland, to be Administrator of the Federal Aviation 
Administration, and Simon Charles Gros, of New Jersey, to be an 
Assistant Secretary for Governmental Affairs, both of the Department 
of Transportation, 10 a.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: to hold an oversight 
hearing to examine the energy market effects of the recently-passed 
renewable fuel standard, 9:30 a.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Finance: to hold hearings to examine selling to 
seniors, focusing on the need for accountability and oversight of 
marketing and sales by Medicare private plans, 10 a.m., SD-215.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: Subcommittee on African Affairs, 
to hold hearings to examine the immediate and underlying causes and 
consequences of Kenya's flawed election, 9:30 a.m., SD-419.
  Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the nominations of 
Hector E. Morales, of Texas, to be Permanent Representative of the 
United States of America to the Organization of American States, 
with the rank of Ambassador, Department of State, Larry Woodrow 
Walther, of Arkansas, to be Director of the Trade and Development 
Agency, and Ana M. Guevara, of Florida, to be United States 
Alternate Executive Director of the International Bank for 
Reconstruction and Development, 2:30 p.m., SD-419.
  Committee on Indian Affairs: to hold hearings to examine the 
nomination of Robert G. McSwain, of Maryland, to be Director of the 
Indian Health Service, Department of Health and Human Services, 9:30 
a.m., SD-628.
  Committee on the Judiciary: to hold hearings to examine the 
Founding Fathers papers, focusing on ensuring public access to our 
national treasures, 10 a.m., SD-226.
  Select Committee on Intelligence: closed business meeting to 
consider pending calendar business, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.


                                 House

  Committee on Agriculture, Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, and 
Poultry, hearing to review the National Veterinary Medical Service 
Act, 10:30 a.m., 1300 Longworth.
  Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Defense, executive, 
on DOD Force Health Protection, 1:30 p.m., and, executive, on 
Surgeon Generals of the Services, 2:30 p.m., H-140 Capitol.
  Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies, on 
Department of Interior, Overview with the Secretary, 10 a.m., B-308 
Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Legislative Branch, on Capitol Visitor Center, 10 
a.m., 2362-A Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and 
Related Agencies, on Quality of Life, 2 p.m., H-143 Capitol.
  Subcommittee on Transportation, and Housing and Urban Development, 
and Related Agencies, on Department of Transportation Fiscal Year 
Budget Request, 1 p.m., 2359 Rayburn.
  Committee on Armed Services, Subcommittee on Military Personnel, 
hearing on beneficiary advocacy overview, 3 p.m., 2212 Rayburn.
  Committee on the Budget, hearing on the President's Fiscal Year 
2009 Budget, 11 a.m., 210 Cannon.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, hearing entitled ``Department of 
Energy's Fiscal Year 2009 Budget Proposal,'' 10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, hearing entitled ``The Holocaust 
Insurance Accountability Act of 2007 (H.R. 1746): Holocaust Era 
Insurance Restitution After ICHEIC, the International Commission on 
Holocaust Era Insurance Claims,'' 9:30 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, hearing entitled 
``Diversity in the Financial Services Sector,'' 2:30 p.m., 2128 
Rayburn.
  Committee on Foreign Affairs, Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere, 
hearing on U.S. Obligations under the Merida Initiative, 10 a.m., 
2212 Rayburn.
  Committee on Homeland Security, Subcommittee on Emerging Threats, 
Cybersecurity, and Science and Technology, hearing entitled ``Other 
Transaction Authority: Flexibility at the Expense of 
Accountability?'' 2 p.m., 311 Cannon.

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  Committee on the Judiciary, oversight hearing on the Department of 
Justice, 11 a.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Committee on Science and Technology, Subcommittee on Research and 
Science Education, hearing on Visas for Foreign Scholars and 
Students, 2 p.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Technology and Innovation, to mark up the 
following bills: H.R. 3916, To provide for the next generation of 
border and maritime security technologies; H.R. 4847, United States 
Fire Administration Reauthorization Act of 2007; and H.R. 5161, 
Green Transportation Infrastructure Research and Technology Transfer 
Act, 10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Small Business, hearing entitled ``The Small Business 
Administration's Budget for Fiscal Year 2009, 10 a.m., 2360 Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Subcommittee on 
Aviation, hearing on the President's Fiscal Year 2009 Federal 
Aviation Administration Budget, 10 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment, hearing on Agency 
Budgets and Priorities for Fiscal Year 2009, 2 p.m., 2167 Rayburn.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs, hearing on the Department of 
Veterans Affairs Budget Request for Fiscal Year 2009, 1 p.m., 334 
Cannon.
  Committee on Ways and Means, hearing on President Bush's budget 
proposals for fiscal year 2009, 9:30 a.m., 1100 Longworth.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, hearing on World Wide 
Threats, 10 a.m., 2118 Rayburn.


                             Joint Meetings

  Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe: to continue 
hearings to examine anti-Semitism in the Organization for Security 
and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) region, 2:30 p.m., SD-406.