[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 69 (Tuesday, April 29, 2008)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D513-D514]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
AUTHORIZATION--DEFENSE
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Personnel met in closed 
session and approved for full committee consideration, those provisions 
which fall within the jurisdiction of the subcommittee, of the proposed 
National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal year 2009.
AUTHORIZATION--DEFENSE
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on SeaPower met in closed 
session and approved for full committee consideration, those provisions 
which fall within the jurisdiction of the subcommittee, of the proposed 
National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal year 2009.
AUTHORIZATION--DEFENSE
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Readiness and Management 
Support met in closed session and approved for full committee 
consideration, those provisions which fall within the jurisdiction of 
the subcommittee, of the proposed National Defense Authorization Act 
for fiscal year 2009.
AUTHORIZATION--DEFENSE
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and 
Capabilities met in closed session and approved for full committee 
consideration, those provisions which fall within the jurisdiction of 
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subcommittee, of the proposed National Defense Authorization Act for 
fiscal year 2009.
SUBPRIME HOME LENDING
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on 
Interstate Commerce, Trade, and Tourism concluded a hearing to examine 
improving consumer protections in subprime home lending, after 
receiving testimony from Lydia B. Parnes, Director, Bureau of Consumer 
Protection, Federal Trade Commission; Connecticut Attorney General 
Richard Blumenthal, Hartford; Kathleen E. Keest, Center for Responsible 
Lending, Durham, North Carolina; and Ira J. Rheingold, National 
Association of Consumer Advocates, and Bill Himpler, American Financial 
Services Association, both of Washington, D.C.
EPA'S TOXIC CHEMICAL POLICIES
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee concluded an 
oversight hearing to examine the Environmental Protection Agency's 
toxic chemical policies, focusing on current Toxic Substances Control 
Act implementation and risk assessment issues, after receiving 
testimony from Jim Gulliford, Assistant Administrator, Office of 
Prevention, Pesticides and Toxic Substances, Environmental Protection 
Agency; John B. Stephenson, Director, Natural Resources and 
Environment, Government Accountability Office; Linda C. Giudice, 
University of California, San Francisco, Department of Obstetrics, 
Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences; Annette Gellert, WELL Network, 
Tiburon, California; V.M. DeLisi, Fanwood Chemical, Inc., Fanwood, New 
Jersey, on behalf of the Synthetic Organic Chemical Manufacturers 
Association; Laura M. Plunkett, Integrative Biostrategies, LLC, 
Houston, Texas; and Lynn R. Goldman, Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg 
School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland.
REAL ID ACT
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 the REAL ID Act 
(Public Law 109-13) and the Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative, 
focusing on its implementation, including S. 717, to repeal title II of 
the REAL ID Act of 2005, to restore section 7212 of the Intelligence 
Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004, which provides States 
additional regulatory flexibility and funding authorization to more 
rapidly produce tamper-and counterfeit-resistant driver's licenses, and 
to protect privacy and civil liberties by providing interested 
stakeholders on a negotiated rulemaking with guidance to achieve 
improved 21st century licenses to improve national security, after 
receiving testimony from Stewart Baker, Assistant Secretary of Homeland 
Security for Policy; Derwood K. Staeben, Senior Advisor, Western 
Hemisphere Travel Initiative, Bureau of Consular Affairs, Department of 
State; State Representative Donna Stone, Delaware General Assembly, 
Dover, on behalf of the National Conference of State Legislatures; and 
David Quam, National Governors Association, Caroline Fredrickson, 
American Civil Liberties Union, Roger J. Dow, Travel Industry 
Association of America (TIA), Sophia Cope, Center for Democracy and 
Technology, and Angelo I. Amador, United States Chamber of Commerce, 
and Americans for Better Borders Coalition (ABB), all of Washington, 
D.C.
WORKPLACE SAFETY
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee 
concluded a hearing to examine the Occupational Safety and Health 
Administration, focusing on penalties related to workplace safety, 
after receiving testimony from Peg Seminario, AFL-CIO, Washington, 
D.C.; David M. Uhlmann, University of Michigan Law School Environmental 
Law and Policy Program, Ann Arbor; Ron Hayes, FIGHT Project, Fairhope, 
Alabama; George Jenson, Jenson Fire Protection, Ellicott City, 
Maryland; and Donald Coit Smith, Temple, Texas.
RUNAWAY AND HOMELESS YOUTH
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
living on the street, focusing on finding solutions to protect runaway 
and homeless youth, including the Runaway, Homeless, and Missing 
Children Protection Act (P.L. 108-96), after receiving testimony from 
Mark Redmond and Michael Hutchins, both of Spectrum Youth and Family 
Services, Burlington, Vermont; Victoria A. Wagner, National Network for 
Youth, Washington, D.C.; Jerome Kilbane, Covenant House, Pennsylvania, 
Philadelphia; and Djimon Hounsou, Los Angeles, California.
BUSINESS MEETING
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee met in closed session to 
consider pending intelligence matters.
  Committee recessed subject to the call.