[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 21 (Friday, February 8, 2008)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D110-D111]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
SUDAN DIVESTMENT PRESIDENTIAL SIGNING STATEMENT
Committee on Financial Services: Held a hearing entitled ``Negative 
Implications of the President's Signing Statement on the Sudan 
Accountability and Divestment Act.'' Testimony was heard from Frank T. 
Caprio, General Treasurer, State of Rhode Island; Patricia M. Wald, 
former Judge and Chief Judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 
District of Columbia Circuit; and public witnesses.
U.S. LONG-TERM IRAQ COMMITMENT
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on International 
Organizations, Human Rights, and Oversight held a hearing on the 
November 26 Declaration of Principles: Implications for U.N. 
Resolutions on Iraq and for Congressional Oversight. Testimony was 
heard from public witnesses.
FLORIDA 13TH DISTRICT CONTESTED ELECTION
Committee on House Administration: The Committee authorized and 
directed the Chairman to report to the full Committee that the Task 
Force has completed its investigation related to the election of a 
Representative from the 13th Congressional District of Florida to the 
House, and that the Chairman also report to the Committee the Task 
Force's recommendation that the election contest in the 13th District 
be dismissed.
  Prior to this action, the Election Task Force held a briefing on the 
findings in the Investigation into the FL-13 Congressional District 
Contested Election. The Task Force was briefed by Nabajyoti Barkakati, 
Senior Level Technologist, Center for Technology and Engineering 
Applied Research and Methods, GAO.
MILITARY BASE REALIGNMENT
CONTRACTING OPPORTUNITIES
Committee on Oversight and Government Reform: Subcommittee on 
Government Management, Organization, and Procurement held a hearing on 
Military Base Realignment: Contracting Opportunities for Impacted 
Communities. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the 
Department of Defense: Timothy Foreman, Director, Office of Small and 
Disadvantaged Business Utilization, Secretary of the Navy; Tracey 
Pinson, Director, Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business 
Utilization, Secretary of the Army; Luwanda W. Jenkins, Special 
Secretary, Governor's Office of Minority Affairs, State of Maryland; 
and public witnesses.

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FEDERAL PROTECTIVE SERVICE REVIEW
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure: Subcommittee on 
Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management held a 
hearing on Government Accountability Office's Review of the Federal 
Protective Service: Preliminary Findings. Testimony was heard from Mark 
Goldstein, Director, Physical Infrastructure Issues, GAO.