[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 25 (Thursday, February 14, 2008)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D147-D148]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
AFGHANISTAN STRATEGY
Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded hearings to examine 
the strategy in Afghanistan, focusing on reports by the Afghanistan 
Study Group and the Atlantic Council of the United States, after 
receiving testimony from James J. Shinn, Assistant Secretary for Asian 
and Pacific Security Affairs, Office of the Secretary of Defense for 
Policy, and Lieutenant General John F. Sattler, USMC, Director for 
Strategic Plans and Policy, J-5, Joint Staff, both of the Department of 
Defense; Richard A. Boucher, Assistant Secretary of State for South and 
Central Asian Affairs; General James L. Jones, USMC (Ret.), Atlantic 
Council of the United States, and Karl F. Inderfurth, George Washington 
University, both of Washington, D.C.
CURRENT U.S. ECONOMY
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine the current state of the United States economy and 
financial matters, after receiving testimony from Henry M. Paulson, 
Jr., Secretary of the Treasury; former Representative Christopher Cox, 
Chairman, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission; and Ben S. Bernanke, 
Chairman, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AND HEALTH CARE REFORM
Committee on the Budget: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
health care and the federal budget, focusing on information technology 
and health care reform, after receiving testimony from Valerie C. 
Melvin, Director, Human Capital and Management, Information Systems 
Issues, Government Accountability Office; Laura L. Adams, Rhode Island 
Quality Institute, Providence; and Mary R. Grealy, Healthcare 
Leadership Council, Washington, D.C.
USDA FOREST SERVICE BUDGET
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine the President's proposed budget request for fiscal 
year 2009 for the United States Department of Agriculture Forest 
Service (USDA), after receiving testimony from Mark Rey, Under 
Secretary, and Abigail Kimbell, Chief, USDA Forest Service, both of the 
Department of Agriculture.
MARINE VESSEL EMISSIONS REDUCTION ACT
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine S. 1499, to amend the Clean Air Act to reduce air 
pollution from marine vessels, after receiving testimony from Bryan 
Wood-Thomas, Associate Director, Office of Transportation and Air 
Quality, Office of Air and Radiation, U.S. Environmental Protection 
Agency; Barry R. Wallerstein, South Coast Air Quality Management 
District, Diamond Bar, California; Lisa P. Jackson, New Jersey 
Department of Environmental Protection, Trenton; Jennifer J. Mouton, 
Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality Air Quality Assessment 
Division, Baton Rouge; John G. Miller, American College of Emergency 
Physicians (ACEP), San Pedro, California; Richard Kassel, Natural 
Resources Defense Council (NRDC), New York, New York; Joe Accardo, Jr., 
Ports Association of Louisiana (PAL), and Joel T. Chaisson, Port of 
South Louisiana, both of LaPlace; Ken Wells, Offshore Marine Service 
Association, Harahan, Louisiana; and Jonah Ramirez, San Bernardino, 
California.
INTERNATIONAL CARBON CAP AND TRADE PROGRAM
Committee on Finance: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
international aspects of a carbon cap and trade program, focusing on 
experiences and implications for a United States cap-and-trade program, 
after receiving testimony from Senator Specter; Jennifer Haverkamp, 
Enviromental Defense Fund, and Kjell Olav Kristiansen, Point Carbon, 
both of Washington, D.C.; Abraham F. Breehey, International Brotherhood 
of Boilermakers, Iron Ship Builders, Blacksmiths, Forgers and Helpers 
(AFL-CIO), Fairfax, Virginia; and Ruksana Mirza, Holcim (US), Inc., 
Waltham, Massachusetts.
FEDERAL ACQUISITION WORKFORCE
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Subcommittee 
on Oversight of Government Management, the Federal Workforce, and the 
District of Columbia concluded a hearing to examine ways to build and 
strengthen the Federal acquisition workforce, after receiving testimony 
from Paul A. Denett, Administrator, Federal Procurement Policy, Office 
of Management and Budget; Frank J. Anderson, Jr., President, Defense 
Acquisition University,

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Office of the Under Secretary for Acquisition, Technology, and 
Logistics, Department of Defense; and Karen A. Pica, Director, Federal 
Acquisition Institute, General Services Administration.
DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY BUDGET
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Committee 
concluded a hearing to examine the President's proposed budget request 
for fiscal year 2009 for the Department of Homeland Security, after 
receiving testimony from Michael Chertoff, Secretary of Homeland 
Security.
DNI AUTHORITIES
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine the authorities given to the Director of National Intelligence 
and personnel issues, after receiving testimony from J. Michael 
McConnell, Director of National Intelligence.