[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 84 (Wednesday, May 21, 2008)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D646-D648]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
NATIONAL ADVISORY PANEL REPORT
Committee on Education and Labor: Held a hearing on the National 
Mathematics Advisory Panel Report: Foundations for Success. Testimony 
was heard from public witnesses.
BREAST CANCER RESEARCH/CARE
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Health held a hearing 
on the following bills: H.R. 1157, Breast Cancer and Environmental 
Research Act of 2007; and H.R. 758, Breast Cancer Patient Protection 
Act of 2007. Testimony was heard from Deborah Winn, Associate Director, 
Epidemiology and Genetics Research Program, National Cancer Institute, 
NIH, Department of Health and Human Services; and public witnesses.
CREDIT-BASED INSURANCE SCORING
Committee on Financial Services: Subcommittee on Oversight and 
Investigations held a hearing entitled `` The Impact of Credit-Based 
Insurance Scoring on the Availability and Affordability of Insurance.'' 
Testimony was heard from Lydia B. Parnes, Director, Bureau of Consumer 
Protection, FTC; Kevin McCarty, Commissioner of Insurance, State of 
Florida; George J. Keiser, Representative, State of North Dakota; and 
public witnesses.
SOVEREIGN WEALTH FUNDS
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Held a hearing on the Rise of Sovereign 
Wealth Funds: Impacts on U.S. Foreign Policy and Economic Interests. 
Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
U.S.-ISRAEL-EGYPT RELATIONSHIP
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on the Middle East and South 
Asia held a hearing on the U.S.-Israel-Egypt Trilateral Relationship: 
Shoring Up the Foundation of Regional Peace. Testimony was heard from 
public witnesses.

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HOMELAND SECURITY DEPARTMENT DIVERSITY
Committee on Homeland Security: Held a hearing entitled ``Diversity at 
DHS: Keeping Pace or Missing the Mark? Testimony was heard from Elaine 
Duke, Under Secretary, Management, Department of Homeland Security; 
George Stalcup, Director, Strategic Issues, GAO; and a public witness.
CYBER VULNERABILITIES' ELECTRIC GRID
Committee on Homeland Security: Subcommittee on Emerging Threats, 
Cybersecurity, and Science and Technology held a hearing entitled 
``Implications of Cyber Vulnerabilities on the Resiliency and Security 
of the Electric Grid.'' Testimony was heard from Joseph T. Kelliher, 
Chairman, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Department of Energy; 
Greg Wilshusen, Director, Information Security Issues, GAO; William R. 
McCollum, Jr., Chief Operating Office, TVA; and a public witness.
OFFICES ADMINISTRATIVE COMPLIANCE WITH INTERNAL CONTROLS
Committee on House Administration: Held a hearing on Assessment of 
Administrative Compliance with Internal Controls. Testimony was heard 
from the following officials of the House of Representatives: James 
Cornell, Inspector General; and Daniel P. Beard, Chief Administrative 
Officer.
FBI WHISTLEBLOWERS
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and 
Homeland Security held an oversight hearing on FBI Whistleblowers. 
Testimony was heard from Senator Grassley; Bassem Youssef, Unit Chief, 
Communications Analyst Division, Counterterrorism Division, FBI, 
Department of Justice; and a public witness.
ENDANGERED SPECIES
Committee on Natural Resources: Held an oversight hearing entitled 
``The Danger of Deception: Do Endangered Species Have a Chance?'' 
Testimony was heard from Robin Nazarro, Director, Natural Resources and 
Environment Program, GAO; R. Lyle Laverly, Assistant Secretary, Fish 
and Wildlife and Parks, Department of the Interior; Jane Luxton, 
General Counsel, NOAA, Department of Commerce; and public witnesses.
SUBLIME MORTGAGE CRISIS
Committee on Oversight and Government Reform: Subcommittee on Domestic 
Policy held a hearing on Neighborhoods: the blameless victims of the 
subprime mortgage crisis. Testimony was heard from Daniel T. Kildee, 
Treasurer, Genesee County, Michigan; Nancy Floreen, Councilmember, 
Montgomery County, Maryland; and public witnesses.
U.S. TERRITORIES CENSUS DATA ISSUES
Committee on Oversight and Government Reform: Subcommittee on 
Information Policy, Census, and National Archives and the Subcommittee 
on Insular Affairs of the Committee on Natural Resources held a joint 
hearing on Census Data: Special Issues Related to the U.S. Territories. 
Testimony was heard from Thomas Mesenbourg, Acting Deputy Director, 
Bureau of the Census, Department of Commerce; Nikalao Pula, Director, 
Office of Insular Affairs, Department of the Interior; and public 
witnesses.
DUNCAN HUNTER NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION FISCAL YEAR 2009--PART II
Committee on Rules: Granted, by a record vote of 8 to 4, a rule 
providing for further consideration of H.R. 5658, the Duncan Hunter 
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2009, under a 
structured rule without further general debate.
  The rule considers as an original bill for the purpose of amendment 
the amendment in the nature of a substitute recommended by the 
Committee on Armed Services. The committee amendment shall be 
considered as read. The rule waives all points of order against the 
committee amendment except those arising under clause 10 of rule XXI.
  The rule makes in order only those amendments printed in the report 
of the Committee on Rules and waives all points of order against such 
amendments except those arising under clause 9 or 10 of rule XXI. The 
amendments made in order shall be considered as read, shall be 
debatable for the time specified in the Rules Committee report equally 
divided by the proponent and an opponent, shall not be subject to 
amendment, and shall not be subject to a demand for a division of the 
question.
  The rule permits the chairman of the Committee on Armed Services or 
his designee to offer amendments en bloc if those amendments have been 
printed in the Rules Committee report and not earlier disposed of. The 
Chairman of the Committee of the Whole may recognize for consideration 
any amendment printed in the Committee report out of the order it was 
printed but not sooner than 30 minutes after the chairman of the 
Committee on Armed Services announces from the floor a request to that 
effect. The rule provides one motion to recommit with or without 
instructions. The rule provides that, notwithstanding the operation of 
the previous question, the chair may postpone further consideration 
until a time designated by the Speaker. The rule provides that in the 
engrossment of H.R. 5658, the text of H.R. 6048, as passed the House, 
shall be added at

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the end of H.R. 5658. The rule authorizes the Speaker to entertain 
motions that the House suspend the rules at any time through the 
legislative day of Thursday, May 22, 2008, relating to any measure 
pertaining to agricultural programs. Testimony was heard from 
Representatives Abercrombie, Smith of Washington, Boren, Sestak, 
Cummings, Waxman, Waters, Maloney of New York, Jackson-Lee of Texas, 
Boswell, Lee of California, Schiff, Bean, Akin, Gingrey, Franks of 
Arizona, Sessions, Shays, Rohrabacher, Buyer, Terry, Kirk, and 
Boustany.
NATIONAL SEA GRANT COLLEGE PROGRAM AMENDMENTS ACT OF 2008
Committee on Science and Technology: Subcommittee on Energy and 
Environment held a hearing on H.R. 5618, National Sea Grant College 
Program Amendments Act of 2008. Testimony was heard from Craig McLean, 
Deputy Assistant Administrator, Programs and Administration, Oceanic 
Atmospheric Research, NOAA, Department of Commerce: and public 
witnesses.
EPA'S POLLUTION HEALTH
RISKS SYSTEM
Committee on Science and Technology: Subcommittee on Investigation and 
Oversight held a hearing on EPA's Restructured IRIS System: Have 
Polluters and Politics Overwhelmed Science. Testimony was heard from 
John Stephenson, Director, Natural Resources and Environment, GAO; 
George Gray, Assistant Administrator, Research and Development, EPA; 
and Susan Dudley, Administrator, Office of Information and Regulatory 
Affairs, OMB.
DURABLE MEDICAL EQUIPMENT COMPETITIVE BIDDING
Committee on Small Business: Subcommittee on Urban and Rural 
Entrepreneurship held a hearing entitled ``Competitive Bidding for 
Durable Medical Equipment.'' Testimony was heard from Laurence D. 
Wilson, Director, Chronic Care Policy Group, Center for Medicare 
Management, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Department of 
Health and Human Services; and public witnesses.
GREAT LAKES LEGACY ACT REAUTHORIZATION
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure: Subcommittee on Water 
and Environment held a hearing on Reauthorization of the Great Lakes 
Legacy Act. Testimony was heard from Lieutenant Governor John D. 
Cherry, State of Michigan; Benjamin H. Grumbles, Assistant 
Administrator, Water, EPA; and public witnesses.