[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 23 (Tuesday, February 12, 2008)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D126-D127]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
INTERIOR, ENVIRONMENT, AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and 
Related Agencies held a hearing on Wildland Fire Management Oversight. 
Testimony was heard from. Robin Nazzarro, Director, Natural Resources 
and Environment, GAO; the following officials of the USDA: Kathleen 
Tighe, Deputy Inspector General; and Mark E. Rey, Under Secretary, 
Natural Resources and Environment; James Cason, Assistant Secretary, 
Policy and Budget, Department of the Interior; and public witnesses.
WORKPLACE DISCRIMINATION
Committee on Education and Labor: Subcommittee on Health, Employment, 
Labor and Pensions held a hearing on Protecting American Employees from 
Workplace Discrimination. Testimony was heard from Representatives 
McCarthy of New York and Souder; public witnesses.
KETEK CLINICAL STUDY FRAUD
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Oversight and 
Investigations held a hearing entitled ``Ketek Clinical Study Fraud: 
What Sanofiaventis Knew.'' Testimony was heard from Senator Grassley; 
the following Special Agents, Office of Criminal Investigation, FDA, 
Department of Health and Human Services: Robert West, and Douglas 
Loveland; Robert Eke, Assistant to the Special Agent in Charge, Special 
Investigations Division, Office of Inspector General, Department of 
Housing and Urban Development; and public witnesses.

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MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on House Administration: Ordered reported the following: H.R. 
5159, amended, Capitol Visitor Center Act of 2008; and a privileged 
resolution dismissing the election contest relating to the office of 
the Representative from the 13th Congressional District of Florida 
(Jenning v.Buchanan).
GROWTH HORMONE'S HEALTH IMPACTS
Committee on Oversight and Government Reform: Held a hearing on Myths 
and Facts about Human Growth Hormone, B-12, and Other Substances. 
Testimony was heard from Susan Shurin, M.D., Deputy Director, National 
Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, NIH, Department of Health and Human 
Services; and public witnesses.
FEDERAL EMPLOYMENT PAY FOR PERFORMANCE
Committee on Oversight and Investigations: Subcommittee on Federal 
Workforce, Postal Service, and the District of Columbia held a hearing 
on Robbing Mary to Pay Peter and Paul: the Administration's Pay for 
Performance System. Testimony was heard from the following officials of 
the Department of the Treasury: J. Russell George, Inspector General, 
Tax Administration, Department of the Treasury; and Richard Spires, 
Deputy Commissioner, Operational Support, IRS; Diego Ruiz, Executive 
Director, SEC; Ronald Sanders, Chief Human Capital Officer, Office of 
the Director of National Intelligence; and public witnesses.
 PUBLIC HOUSING ASSET MANAGEMENT IMPROVEMENT ACT OF 2007
Committee on Rules: Granted, by voice vote, a structured rule providing 
one hour of general debate on H.R. 3521, Public Housing Asset 
Management Improvement Act of 2007, equally divided and controlled by 
the chairman and ranking minority member of the Committee on Financial 
Services. The rule waives all points of order against consideration of 
the bill except clauses 9 and 10 of rule XXI. The rule provides that 
the amendment in the nature of a substitute recommended by the 
Committee on Financial Services now printed in the bill shall be 
considered as an original bill for the purpose of amendment and shall 
be considered as read. The rule waives all points of order against the 
amendment in the nature of a substitute except for clause 10 of rule 
XXI.
  The rule makes in order only those amendments printed in the Rules 
Committee report. The amendments made in order may be offered only in 
the order printed in this report, may be offered only by a Member 
designated in this report, shall be considered as read, shall be 
debatable for the time specified in this report equally divided and 
controlled by the proponent and an opponent, shall not be subject to 
amendment, and shall not be subject to a demand for a division of the 
question in the House or in the Committee of the Whole. All points of 
order against the amendments except for clauses 9 and 10 of rule XXI 
are waived. The rule provides one motion to recommit with or without 
instructions. The rule provides that, notwithstanding the operation of 
the previous question, the Chair may postpone further consideration of 
the bill to a time designated by the Speaker. Finally, the rule tables 
H.Res. 955. Testimony was heard from Chairman Frank and Representatives 
Sires, Jackson-Lee of Texas, Meek of Florida and Capito.
 TO EXTEND THE PROTECT AMERICA ACT OF 2007 FOR 21 DAYS
Committee on Rules: Granted, by a vote of 7-4, a closed rule providing 
for consideration of H.R. 5349, which extends the Protect America Act 
of 2007 for 21 days. The rule provides for 60 minutes of debate, with 
40 minutes equally divided and controlled by the chairman and ranking 
minority member of the Committee on the Judiciary and 20 minutes 
equally divided and controlled by the chairman and ranking minority 
member of the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence.
  The rule waives all points of order against consideration of the bill 
except those arising under clause 9 or 10 of rule XXI. The rule 
provides that the bill shall be considered as read. The rule waives all 
points of order against provisions of the bill. The rule provides one 
motion to recommit with or without instructions. Finally, the rule 
permits the Chair, during consideration of the bill, to postpone 
further consideration of it to a time designated by the Speaker. 
Testimony was heard from Chairman Conyers and Representative Lungren.