[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 71 (Thursday, May 1, 2008)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D532-D533]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
HOMELESS VETERANS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing 
and Urban Development, and Related Agencies concluded a joint hearing 
with the Subcommittee on Military Construction and Veterans' Affairs, 
and Related Agencies to examine the issue of homeless veterans in the 
United States, after receiving testimony from Mark Johnston, Deputy 
Assistant Secretary for Special Needs, Office of Community Planning and 
Development, Department of Housing and Urban Development; Peter H. 
Dougherty, Director, Homeless Veterans Programs, Department of Veterans 
Affairs; Cheryl Beversdorf, National Coalition for Homeless Veterans, 
Steven R. Berg, National Alliance to End Homelessness, and Richard 
Weidman, Vietnam Veterans of America, all of Washington, D.C.; and Paul 
Lambros, Plymouth Housing Group, Seattle, Washington.
FINANCIAL LITERACY FOR HOMEBUYERS
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on 
Economic Policy concluded a hearing to examine financial literacy for 
today's homebuyers, focusing on quality consumer education and 
counseling, after receiving testimony from Sarah Bloom Raskin, Maryland 
Office of Financial Regulation, Takoma Park, on behalf of the 
Conference of State Bank Supervisors (CSBS); Kenneth D. Wade, 
NeighborWorks America, Washington, D.C.; and Ronni Cohen, Delaware 
Money School, Claymont.

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NOMINATIONS
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded 
a hearing to examine the nominations of Lily Fu Claffee, of Illinois, 
to be General Counsel, and William J. Brennan, of Maine, to be 
Assistant Secretary for Oceans and Atmosphere, both of the Department 
of Commerce, after each nominee testified and answered questions in 
their own behalf.
PUBLIC UTILITY HOLDING COMPANY ACT
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine the adequacy of state and federal regulatory 
structures for governing electric utility holding companies relating to 
the repeal of the Public Utility Holding Company Act in the Energy 
Policy Act of 2005 (Public Law 109-58), after receiving testimony from 
Senator Feingold; Joseph T. Kelliher, Chairman, and Philip D. Moeller, 
Jon Wellinghoff, Suedeen G. Kelly, and Marc Spitzer, each a 
Commissioner, all of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission; Mark 
Gaffigan, Director, Natural Resources and Environment, Government 
Accountability Office; James Y. Kerr II, North Carolina Utilities 
Commission, Raleigh, on behalf of the National Association of 
Regulatory Utility Commissioners; David K. Owens, Edison Electric 
Institute, Washington, D.C.; and Scott Hempling, National Regulatory 
Research Institute, Silver Spring, Maryland.
MILITARY BUILD-UP ON GUAM
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine the military build-up on Guam, focusing on the 
impact on the civilian community, planning, and response, after 
receiving testimony from Madeleine Z. Bordallo, Delegate from Guam; 
Guam Governor Felix P. Camacho, Hagatna; David F. Bice, Executive 
Director, Joint Guam Program Office, Assistant Secretary of the Navy 
for Installations and Environment, Department of Defense; Nikolao I. 
Pula, Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Interior for Insular 
Affairs; and Brian J. Lepore, Director, Defense Capabilities and 
Management, Government Accountability Office.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine the nominations of Robert Stephen Beecroft, of California, to 
be Ambassador to the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, James B. Cunningham, 
of New York, to be Ambassador to Israel, Richard E. Hoagland, of the 
District of Columbia, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Kazakhstan, 
and Joseph Evan LeBaron, of Oregon, to be Ambassador to the State of 
Qatar, all of the Department of State, after each nominee testified and 
answered questions in their own behalf.
CHILDHOOD INJURY PREVENTION
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee 
concluded a hearing to examine preventing childhood accidental injury, 
after receiving testimony from Ileana Arias, Director, National Center 
for Injury Prevention and Control, Centers for Disease Control and 
Prevention, Department of Health and Human Services; Alan Korn, Safe 
Kids USA, and Meri-K Appy, Home Safety Council, both of Washington, 
D.C.; Amber N. Williams, State and Territorial Injury Prevention 
Directors Association, Atlanta, Georgia; and Justin Bruns, Baltimore, 
Maryland.
INDIAN ENERGY DEVELOPMENT
Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee concluded an oversight hearing 
to examine Indian energy development, focusing on regaining self-
determination over reservation resources, after receiving testimony 
from Robert W. Middleton, Director, Office of Indian Energy and 
Economic Development, Office of the Assistant Secretary-Indian Affairs, 
Department of the Interior; Steven J. Morello, Director, Office of 
Indian Energy Policy and Programs, Department of Energy; Marcus D. 
Wells, Jr., Three Affiliated Tribes of the Fort Berthold Indian 
Reservation, New Town, North Dakota; Carl Venne, Crow Nation, Crow 
Agency, Montana; Steven C. Begay, Dine Power Authority (DPA), Window 
Rock, Arizona; and Julie Kitka, Alaska Federation of Natives, 
Anchorage.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
the nominations of G. Steven Agee, of Virginia, to be United States 
Circuit Judge for the Fourth Circuit, who was introduced by Senators 
Warner and Webb, William T. Lawrence, to be United States District 
Judge for the Southern District of Indiana, who was introduced by 
Senators Lugar and Bayh, and G. Murray Snow, to be United States 
District Judge for the District of Arizona, who was introduced by 
Senator Kyl, after each nominee testified and answered questions in 
their own behalf.
BUSINESS MEETING
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee ordered favorably reported 
an original bill to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2009 for 
intelligence and intelligence-related activities of the United States 
Government, the Community Management Account, and the Central 
Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability System.