[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 20 (Thursday, February 7, 2008)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D98-D100]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
NATIONAL GUARD AND RESERVES
Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
the final report of the Commission on the National Guard and Reserves, 
after receiving testimony from Major General Arnold L. Punaro, USMCR 
(Ret.), Chairman, and William L. Ball, III, Patricia L. Lewis, and 
Major General E. Gordon Stump, USAF (Ret.), all Commissioners, all of 
the Commission on the National Guard and Reserves.
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Readiness and Management 
Support concluded a hearing to examine business transformation and 
financial management at the Department of Defense, after receiving 
testimony from David M. Walker, Comptroller General of the United 
States, Government Accountability Office; and Paul A. Brinkley, Deputy 
Under Secretary for Business Transformation, Peter E. Kunkel, Principal 
Deputy Assistant Secretary of

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the Army for Financial Management and Comptroller, Douglas A. Brook, 
Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Financial Management and 
Comptroller, and John H. Gibson, Assistant Secretary of the Air Force 
for Financial Management and Comptroller, all of the Department of 
Defense.
GOVERNMENT-SPONSORED ENTERPRISES
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine ways to reform the regulation of government-
sponsored enterprises, after receiving testimony from David G. Nason, 
Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Financial Institutions; James 
B. Lockhart, III, Director, Office of Federal Housing Enterprise 
Oversight; Ronald A. Rosenfeld, Chairman, Federal Housing Finance 
Board; Richard F. Syron, Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation, 
McLean, Virginia; and Daniel H. Mudd, Federal National Mortgage 
Association, Washington, D.C.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded 
a hearing 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, who was introduced by Representative LoBiondo, 
both of the Department of Transportation, after the nominees testified 
and answered questions in their own behalf.
RENEWABLE FUEL STANDARD
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded an 
oversight hearing to examine the energy market effects of the recently-
passed renewable fuel standard enacted as part of the Energy 
Independence and Security Act (Public Law 110-140), after receiving 
testimony from Alexander Karsner, Assistant of Energy, Office of Energy 
Efficiency and Renewable Energy; Robert J. Meyers, Principal Deputy 
Assistant Administrator, Office of Air and Radiation, Environmental 
Protection Agency; Carol Werner, Environmental and Energy Study 
Institute, Charles T. Drevna, National Petrochemical and Refiners 
Association, Michael J. McAdams, Advanced Biofuels Coalition, and Bob 
Dinneen, Renewable Fuels Association, all of Washington, D.C.; and 
Brian Jennings, American Coalition for Ethanol, Sioux Falls, South 
Dakota.
MEDICARE PRIVATE PLANS
Committee on Finance: Committee concluded an oversight hearing to 
examine selling to seniors, focusing on the need for accountability and 
oversight of marketing and sales by Medicare private plans, after 
receiving testimony from Michael McRaith, Illinois Division of 
Insurance, Springfield, on behalf of the National Association of 
Insurance Commissioners; Peter C. Hebertson, Salt Lake County Aging 
Services, Salt Lake City, Utah; Patrick O'Toole, Humana Inc., 
Louisville, Kentucky; and George Harper, Mayflower, Arkansas.
KENYA
Committee on Foreign Relations: Subcommittee on African Affairs 
concluded a hearing to examine the immediate and underlying causes and 
consequences of Kenya's flawed election, after receiving testimony from 
Jendayi Frazer, Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs; 
Katherine J. Almquist, Assistant Administrator for Africa, United 
States Agency for International Development (USAID); and Chris Albin-
Lackey, Human Rights Watch, Joel D. Barkan, Center for Strategic and 
International Studies, and David Mozersky, International Crisis Group, 
all of Washington, D.C.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing 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, who was introduced by 
Senator Hutchison, Larry Woodrow Walther, of Arkansas, to be Director 
of the Trade and Development Agency, who was introduced by Senator 
Lincoln, Ana M. Guevara, of Florida, to be United States Alternate 
Executive Director of the International Bank for Reconstruction and 
Development, and Jeffrey J. Grieco, of Virginia, to be an Assistant 
Administrator of the United States Agency for International 
Development, after the nominees testified and answered questions in 
their own behalf.
NOMINATION
Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
the nomination of Robert G. McSwain, of Maryland, to be Director of the 
Indian Health Service, Department of Health and Human Services, after 
the nominee testified and answered questions in his own behalf.
FOUNDING FATHERS PROJECT
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
the Founding Fathers Project, focusing on ensuring public access to the 
complete annotated writings of the six founding fathers of the United 
States, after receiving testimony from Deanna B. Marcum, Associate 
Librarian for Library Services, Library of Congress; Allen Weinstein, 
Archivist of the United States, National Archives and Records

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Administration; Stanley Katz, Princeton University Woodrow Wilson 
School, Princeton, New Jersey; Rebecca W. Rimel, Pew Charitable Trusts, 
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Ralph Ketcham, Syracuse University Maxwell 
School, Syracuse, New York; and David G. McCullough, Camden, Maine.