[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 79 (Wednesday, May 14, 2008)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D598-D599]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
APPROPRIATIONS: NATIONAL GUARD AND RESERVE
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense concluded a 
hearing to examine proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2009, 
after receiving testimony in behalf of funds for their respective 
activities from Lieutenant General John A. Bradley, Chief of Air Force 
Reserve, Vice Admiral John G. Cotton, Chief of Navy Reserve, Lieutenant 
General Jack C. Stultz, Commander of Army Reserve, Lieutenant General 
Jack W. Bergman, United States Marine Corps Reserve, Commander, Marine 
Forces Reserve, Lieutenant General H. Steven Blum, Chief, National 
Guard Bureau, Lieutenant General Clyde Vaughn, Director of the Army 
National Guard, and Lieutenant General Craig McKinley, Director of the 
Air National Guard, all of the Department of Defense.
APPROPRIATIONS: FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Financial Services and 
General Government concluded a hearing to examine proposed budget 
estimates for fiscal year 2009 for the Federal Trade Commission, after 
receiving testimony from William E. Kovacic, Chairman, and Jon 
Leibowitz, Commissioner, both of the Federal Trade Commission.
PLASTIC ADDITIVES IN CONSUMER PRODUCTS
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on 
Consumer Affairs, Insurance, and Automotive Safety concluded a hearing 
to examine plastic additives in consumer products, focusing on 
bisphenol-A and phthalates, after receiving testimony from Senator 
Schumer; Norris Alderson, Associate Commissioner for Science, Food and 
Drug Administration, Department of Health and Human Services; Marilyn 
Wind, Deputy Associate Executive, Director for Health Sciences, 
Consumer Product Safety Commission; J.P. Myers, Environmental Health 
Sciences, Charlottesville, Virginia; Elizabeth

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Hitchcock, United States Public Interest Research Group, Washington, 
D.C.; and Steven G. Hentges, American Chemistry Council, Arlington, 
Virginia.
GLOBAL FOOD CRISIS
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine responding to the global food crisis, after receiving testimony 
from Henrietta H. Fore, Director, United States Foreign Assistance and 
Administrator, United States Agency for International Development 
(USAID); Edward P. Lazear, Chairman, Council of Economic Advisers; 
Josette Sheeran, United Nations World Food Programme, Rome, Italy; and 
Peter McPherson, National Association of State Universities and Land-
Grant Colleges, former Administrator of USAID, and James R. Lyons, 
Oxfam America, both of Washington, D.C.
NOMINATION
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Committee 
concluded a hearing to examine the nomination of Paul A. Schneider, of 
Maryland, to be Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security, after the 
nominee testified and answered questions in his own behalf.
NATIONAL ARCHIVES
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Subcommittee 
on Federal Financial Management, Government Information, Federal 
Services, and International Security concluded an oversight hearing to 
examine the National Archives, focusing on protecting the history of 
the United States for future generations, after receiving testimony 
from Allen Weinstein, Archivist of the United States, and Paul 
Brachfeld, Inspector General, both of the National Archives and Records 
Administration; Linda Koontz, Director, Information Management Issues, 
Government Accountability Office; Patrice McDermott, 
OpenTheGovernment.org, Thomas Blanton, George Washington University 
National Security Archive, and Martin J. Sherwin, George Mason 
University, on behalf of the National Coalition for History, all of 
Washington, D.C.; and James S. Henderson, Society of American 
Archivists, Portland, Maine.
FOOD ALLERGIES IN CHILDREN
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Subcommittee on 
Children and Families concluded a hearing addressing the challenge of 
children with food allergies, after receiving testimony from Anthony S. 
Fauci, Director, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, 
National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services; 
Hugh A. Sampson, Mount Sinai School of Medicine Jaffe Food Allergy 
Institute, New York, New York, on behalf of the American Academy of 
Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology; Donna Kosiorowski, West Haven School 
District, Shelton, Connecticut, on behalf of the National Association 
of School Nurses; Colene Birchfield, Ooltewah, Tennessee; and Teresa 
Walters, Aurora, Colorado.
ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE
Special Committee on Aging: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
the future of Alzheimer's disease, focusing on current medical 
breakthroughs and challenges, after receiving testimony from former 
Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor and former Speaker of the 
House of Representatives Newt Gingrich, both of the Alzheimer's Study 
Group, Washington, D.C.; Rudolph E. Tanzi, Massachusetts General 
Hospital Genetics and Aging Research Unit, Hull; Chuck Jackson, Albany, 
Oregon; and Suzanne Carbone, Silver Spring, Maryland.