[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 83 (Tuesday, May 20, 2008)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D638-D639]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                   COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR WEDNESDAY,

                              MAY 21, 2008

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: to hold 
hearings to examine efforts to create jobs with climate solutions, 
focusing on the ways agriculture and forestry can help lower costs 
in a low-carbon economy, 2:30 p.m., SR-328A.
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: business meeting to 
consider pending calendar business, 10 a.m., SD-406.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: to hold hearings to examine treaty 
Between the Government of the United States of America and the 
Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern 
Ireland Concerning Defense Trade Cooperation, done at Washington and 
London on June 21 and 26, 2007 (Treaty Doc.110-07), and treaty 
Between the Government of the United States of America and the 
Government of Australia Concerning Defense Trade Cooperation, done 
at Sydney, September 5, 2007 (Treaty Doc.110-10), 9:15 a.m., SD-419.
  Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: business 
meeting to consider the nomination of Paul A. Schneider, of 
Maryland, to be Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security, Time to be 
announced, S-216, Capitol.
  Committee on the Judiciary: to hold hearings to examine the 
skyrocketing price of oil, 10 a.m., SD-106.
  Committee on Rules and Administration: to hold hearings to examine 
the nominations of Cynthia L. Bauerly, of Minnesota, Caroline C. 
Hunter, of Florida, and Donald F. McGahn, of the District of 
Columbia, each to be a Member of the Federal Election Commission; to 
be followed by a business meeting to consider and vote on the 
nominations, 2:45 p.m., SR-301, 2 p.m., SR-301.
  Committee on Veterans' Affairs: to hold hearings to examine 
pending health care legislation, 9:30 a.m., SR-418.


                                 House

  Committee on Education and Labor, hearing on the National 
Mathematics Advisory Panel Report: Foundations for Success, 10 a.m., 
2175 Rayburn.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Health, hearing 
on the following bills: H.R. 1157, Breast Cancer and Environmental 
Research Act of 2007; and

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H.R. 758, Breast Cancer Patient Protection Act of 2007, 11 a.m., 
2123 Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, Subcommittee on Oversight and 
Investigations, hearing entitled ``The Impact of Credit-Based 
Insurance Scoring on the Availability and Affordability of 
Insurance,'' 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on Foreign Affairs, hearing on the Rise of Sovereign 
Wealth Funds: Impacts on U.S. Foreign Policy and Economic Interests, 
9:30 a.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on the Middle East and South Asia, hearing on the 
U.S.-Israel-Egypt Trilateral Relationship: Shoring Up the Foundation 
of Regional Peace, 1 p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on Homeland Security, hearing entitled ``Diversity at 
DHS: Keeping Pace or Missing the Mark? 10 a.m., 311 Cannon.
  Subcommittee on Emerging Threats, Cybersecurity, and Science and 
Technology, hearing entitled ``Implications of Cyber Vulnerabilities 
on the Resiliency and Security of the Electric Grid,'' 2 p.m., 311 
Cannon.
  Committee on House Administration, hearing on Assessment of 
Administrative Compliance with Internal Controls, 11 a.m., 1310 
Longworth.
  Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and 
Homeland Security, oversight hearing on FBI Whistleblowers, 1:30 
p.m., 2141 Rayburn.
  Committee on Natural Resources, oversight hearing entitled `` The 
Danger of Deception: Do Endangered Species Have a Chance?'' 10 a.m., 
1324 Longworth.
  Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife and Oceans, to mark up the 
following bills: H.R. 2964, Captive Primate Safety Act; H.R. 5350, 
To authorize the Secretary of Commerce to sell or exchange certain 
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration property located in 
Norfolk, Virginia; and H.R. 5451, Coastal Zone Reauthorization Act 
of 2008, 2 p.m., 1334 Longworth.
  Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Subcommittee on 
Domestic Policy, hearing on Neighborhoods: the blameless victims of 
the subprime mortgage crisis, 2 p.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Information Policy, Census, and National Archives 
and the Subcommittee on Insular Affairs of the Committee on Natural 
Resources, joint hearing on Census Data: Special Issues Related to 
the U.S. Territories, 10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn.
  Committee on Rules, to consider H.R. 5658, Duncan Hunter National 
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2009, 4 p.m., H-313 
Capitol.
  Committee on Science and Technology, Subcommittee on Energy and 
Environment, hearing on H.R. 5618, National Sea Grant College 
Program Amendments Act of 2008, 10 a.m., 2325 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Investigation and Oversight, hearing on EPA's 
Restructured IRIS System: Have Polluters and Politics Overwhelmed 
Science, 11 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Committee on Small Business, Subcommittee on Urban and Rural 
Entrepreneurship, hearing entitled ``Competitive Bidding for Durable 
Medical Equipment,'' 10 a.m., 1539 Rayburn.
  Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Subcommittee on 
Water and Environment, hearing on Reauthorization of the Great Lakes 
Legacy Act, 10 a.m., 2167 Rayburn.