[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 33 (Thursday, February 28, 2008)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D197-D198]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
HALLMARK/WESTLAND MEAT RECALL
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural 
Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies 
concluded a hearing to examine the recent Hallmark/Westland Meat 
Company meat recall, after receiving testimony from Ed Schafer, 
Secretary of Agriculture; and Wayne Pacelle, Humane Society of the 
United States, and J. Patrick Boyle, American Meat Institute, both of 
Washington, D.C.
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION REQUEST
Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
the defense authorization request for fiscal year 2009 for Department 
of the Navy, and the future years defense program, after receiving 
testimony from Donald C. Winter, Secretary of the Navy, Admiral Gary 
Roughead, USN, Chief of Naval Operations, and General James T. Conway, 
USMC, Commandant of the Marine Corps, all of the Department of Defense.
SEMIANNUAL MONETARY POLICY REPORT
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine the semiannual ``Monetary Policy Report to the 
Congress'', after receiving testimony from Ben S. Bernanke, Chairman, 
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION BUDGET
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded 
an oversight hearing to examine the President's proposed budget request 
for fiscal year 2009 for the Department of Transportation, after 
receiving testimony from Mary E. Peters, Secretary, and Robert 
Sturgell, Acting Administrator, Federal Aviation Administration, both 
of the Department of Transportation.
AMERICAN SAMOA AND THE COMMONWEALTH OF THE NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS 
ECONOMIES
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine the impact of increased minimum wages on the 
economies of American Samoa and the Commonwealth of the Northern 
Mariana Islands, after receiving testimony from Representative 
Faleomavaega; Jay Berman, Senior Economist, Office of the Assistant 
Secretary for Policy, Department of Labor; Nikolao I. Pula, Acting 
Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Interior for Insular Affairs; 
American Samoa Governor Togiola T.A. Tulafono, Pago Pago; and Governor 
Benigno R. Fitial, and Resident Representative Pedro A. Tenorio, both 
of Saipan, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.
LAND BILLS
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Subcommittee on Water and 
Power concluded a hearing to examine S. 177 and H.R. 2085, bills to 
authorize the Secretary of the Interior to convey to the McGee

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Creek Authority certain facilities of the McGee Creek Project, 
Oklahoma, S. 1473 and H.R. 1855, bills to authorize the Secretary of 
the Interior, acting through the Bureau of Reclamation, to enter into a 
cooperative agreement with the Madera Irrigation District for purposes 
of supporting the Madera Water Supply Enhancement Project, S. 1474 and 
H.R. 1139, bills to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to plan, 
design and construct facilities to provide water for irrigation, 
municipal, domestic, and other uses from the Bunker Hill Groundwater 
Basin, Santa Ana River, California, S. 1929, to authorize the Secretary 
of the Interior, acting through the Commissioner of Reclamation, to 
conduct a feasibility study of water augmentation alternatives in the 
Sierra Vista Subwatershed, S. 2370, to clear title to certain real 
property in New Mexico associated with the Middle Rio Grande Project, 
and H.R. 2381, to promote Department of the Interior efforts to provide 
a scientific basis for the management of sediment and nutrient loss in 
the Upper Mississippi River Basin, after receiving testimony from 
Representative Radanovich; Robert J. Quint, Director of Operations, 
Bureau of Reclamation, Department of the Interior; Mayor Mick Cornett, 
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; John Rossi, Western Municipal Water District, 
Riverside, California; Carl Janzen, Madera Irrigation District, Madera, 
California; and Charles Potucek, Upper San Pedro Partnership, Sierra 
Vista, Arizona.
NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Subcommittee on Clean Air 
and Nuclear Safety concluded an oversight hearing to examine the 
Nuclear Regulatory Commission, focusing on the security of the nuclear 
power plants in the United States, after receiving testimony from 
Senators Specter and Casey; Dale E. Klein, Chairman, and Gregory B. 
Jaczko, and Peter B. Lyons, both Commissioners, all of the U.S. Nuclear 
Regulatory Commission; Christopher Crane, Exelon Corporation, 
Warrenville, Illinois; Eric F. Wilson, G4S Regulated Security 
Solutions, Palm Beach Gardens, Florida; David A. Lochbaum, Nuclear 
Safety Project, on behalf of the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS), 
and Marvin Fertel, Nuclear Energy Institute, both of Washington, D.C.
REAL ESTATE MARKET
Committee on Finance: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the real 
estate market, focusing on building a strong economy, after receiving 
testimony from Lawrence B. Lindsey, Lindsey Group, and David Seiders, 
National Association of Home Builders (NAHB), both of Washington, D.C.; 
Timothy H. Callahan, Callahan Capital Partners, Denver, Colorado, on 
behalf of the Real Estate Roundtable; and Jeffrey H. Schwartz, 
ProLogis, Chicago, Illinois, on behalf of the National Association of 
Real Estate Investment Trusts.
POST-ELECTION PAKISTAN
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine the policy options of the United States in post-election 
Pakistan, after receiving testimony from John D. Negroponte, Deputy 
Secretary of State.
VISA WAIVER PROGRAM
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Terrorism, Technology and 
Homeland Security concluded a hearing to examine weaknesses in the visa 
waiver program, focusing on possible safeguards needed to protect the 
United States of America, including the Implementing Recommendations of 
the 9/11 Commission Act of 2007 (Public Law 110-53), after receiving 
testimony from Paul Rosenzweig, Acting Assistant Secretary for 
International Affairs, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy, 
Department of Homeland Security; Stephen A. Tony Edson, Deputy 
Assistant Secretary of State for Visa Services; Jess T. Ford, Director, 
International Affairs and Trade, Government Accountability Office; 
Susan Ginsburg, Migration Policy Institute, Washington, D.C.; and 
Jessica M. Vaughan, Center for Immigration Studies, Franklin, 
Massachusetts.
INTELLIGENCE
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee held closed hearings on 
intelligence matters, receiving testimony from officials of the 
intelligence community.
  Committee recessed subject to the call.