[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 37 (Wednesday, March 5, 2008)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D229-D231]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
APPROPRIATIONS: DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Energy and Water 
Development concluded a hearing to examine proposed budget estimates 
for fiscal year 2009 for the Department of Energy, after receiving 
testimony from Kevin M. Kolevar, Assistant Secretary for Electricity 
Delivery and Energy Reliability, Dennis R. Spurgeon, Assistant 
Secretary for Nuclear Energy, and James Slutz, Acting Principal Deputy 
Assistant Secretary for Fossil Energy, all of the Department of Energy.

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APPROPRIATIONS: DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense concluded a 
hearing to examine proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2009 for 
the Department of the Navy, after receiving testimony from Donald C. 
Winter, Secretary, Admiral Gary Roughead, Chief of Naval Operations, 
both of the United States Navy, and General James T. Conway, Commandant 
of the United States Marine Corps, all of the Department of Defense.
APPROPRIATIONS: DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Financial Services and 
General Government concluded a hearing to examine proposed budget 
estimates for fiscal year 2009 for the Department of the Treasury, 
after receiving testimony from Henry M. Paulson, Jr., Secretary of the 
Treasury.
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION REQUEST
Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
the defense authorization request for fiscal year 2009 for the 
Department of the Air Force, and the future years defense program, 
after receiving testimony from Michael W. Wynne, Secretary, and T. 
Michael Moseley, Chief of Staff, both of the United States Air Force, 
Department of Defense.
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE SERVICE-WIDE IMPROVEMENTS
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Personnel concluded a 
hearing to examine the findings and recommendations of the Department 
of Defense Task Force on Mental Health, the Army's Mental Health 
Advisory Team reports, and Department of Defense and service-wide 
improvements in mental health resources, including suicide prevention, 
for servicemembers and their families, after receiving testimony from 
Senator Boxer; Vice Admiral Donald C. Arthur, USN (Ret.), and Shelley 
M. MacDermid, both Co-Chair, Task Force on Mental Health, Colonel 
Charles W. Hoge, USA, Director, Division of Psychiatry and 
Neuroscience, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Colonel Carl A. 
Castro, USA, Research Area Director, Military Operational Medicine 
Research Program, Lieutenant General Eric B. Schoomaker, USA, Surgeon 
General of the United States Army and Commanding General, United States 
Army Medical Command, Vice Admiral Adam M. Robinson, Jr., USN, Surgeon 
General of the United States Navy and Chief, Bureau of Medicine and 
Surgery, Department of the Navy, Lieutenant General James G. Roudebush, 
USAF, Surgeon General of the United States Air Force, and Colonel Loree 
K. Sutton, USA, Special Assistant to the Assistant Secretary of Defense 
(Health Affairs) Psychological Health and Traumatic Brain Injury, all 
of the Department of Defense.
2009: BUDGET
Committee on the Budget: Committee met to mark up a proposed concurrent 
resolution setting forth the fiscal year 2009 budget for the Federal 
Government, but did not complete consideration thereon, and will meet 
again tomorrow.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee ordered favorably 
reported the nomination of J. Gregory Copeland, of Texas, to be General 
Counsel of the Department of Energy.
ANTIDUMPING INVESTIGATION ON URANIUM
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded an 
oversight hearing to examine the initial amendment between the United 
States and the Russian Federation on the Agreement Suspending the 
Antidumping Investigation on Uranium from the Russian Federation, after 
receiving testimony from David M. Spooner, Assistant Secretary of 
Commerce for Import Administration; William H. Tobey, Deputy 
Administrator for Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation, National Nuclear 
Security Administration, Department of Energy; Marvin Fertel, Nuclear 
Energy Institute, Washington, D.C.; John K. Welch, USEC Inc., Bethesda, 
Maryland; James P. Malone, Exelon Generation Company, LLC, Warrenville, 
Illinois; Robert C. Ervin, Jr., United Steelworkers Local 550 (USW), 
West Paducah, Kentucky; and Reinhard Hinterreither, Louisiana Energy 
Services, Eunice, New Mexico.
NATIONAL SECURITY THROUGH SMART POWER
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine strengthening national security, focusing on smart power from a 
military perspective, after receiving testimony from General Anthony C. 
Zinni, USMC (Ret.), former Commander in Chief, U.S. Central Command, 
and Admiral Leighton W. Smith, Jr., USN (Ret.), former Commander in 
Chief, U.S. Naval Forces Europe, both of the Department of Defense.
CENSUS IN PERIL
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Committee 
concluded a hearing to examine the 2010 Decennial Census, focusing on 
automation and information technology in order to improve census

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coverage, accuracy, and efficiency, after receiving testimony from 
Carlos M. Gutierrez, Secretary, and Steve H. Murdock, Director, U.S. 
Census Bureau, both of the Department of Commerce; and Mathew J. Scire, 
Director, Strategic Issues, and David A. Powner, Director, Information 
Technology Management Issues, both of the Government Accountability 
Office.
UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE REFORM
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Subcommittee 
on Federal Financial Management, Government Information, Federal 
Services, and International Security concluded a hearing to examine the 
state of the United States Postal Service one year after reform, after 
receiving testimony from John E. Potter, Postmaster General and Chief 
Executive Officer, United States Postal Service; and Dan G. Blair, 
Chairman, Postal Regulatory Commission.
CLIMBING COSTS OF HEATING HOMES
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Subcommittee on 
Children and Families concluded a hearing to examine the rising costs 
of heating homes, focusing on the Low Income Home Energy Assistance 
Program (LIHEAP), after receiving testimony from Regina Surber, 
Tennessee Department of Human Services, Nashville; Meg Power, National 
Community Action Foundation, Washington, D.C.; Deborah A. Frank, Boston 
University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts; and Robin 
Hussain, Hartford, Connecticut.
FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded an oversight hearing to 
examine the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), focusing on the 
FBI's current and future priorities, changes made to its mission, and 
challenges that are being addressed, after receiving testimony from 
Robert S. Mueller, III, Director, Federal Bureau of Investigation, 
Department of Justice.
ELDERLY HUNGER
Special Committee on Aging: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
elderly hunger in America, focusing on the steps needed to prevent this 
now and in the future, after receiving testimony from Edwin L. Walker, 
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy and Programs, Administration on 
Aging, Department of Health and Human Services; Kate Houston, Deputy 
Under Secretary of Agriculture for Food, Nutrition and Consumer 
Services; Marcus Lampros, Lampros Steel, Inc., Portland, Oregon; James 
P. Ziliak, University of Kentucky Center for Poverty Research, 
Lexington; and James Weill, Food Research and Action Center, and Bob 
Blancato, National Association of Nutrition and Aging Services 
Programs, both of Washington, D.C.; and Jan L. Jones, Harrah's 
Entertainment, Inc., Las Vegas, Nevada.