[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 85 (Thursday, May 22, 2008)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D653-D655]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
the nominations of General David H. Petraeus, USA, for reappointment to 
the grade of general and to be Commander, United States Central 
Command, and Lieutenant General Raymond T. Odierno, USA, for 
appointment to the grade of general and to be Commander, Multi-National 
Force-Iraq, after each nominee testified and answered questions in 
their own behalf.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Armed Services: Committee ordered favorably reported 144 
nominations in the Army, Navy, and Air Force.

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NOMINATION
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine the nomination of Steven C. Preston, of Illinois, to 
be Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, after the nominee 
testified and answered questions in his own behalf.
TRADE ENFORCEMENT ACT
Committee on Finance: Committee concluded a hearing to examine S. 1919, 
to establish trade enforcement priorities for the United States, to 
strengthen the provisions relating to trade remedies, after receiving 
testimony from Warren Maruyama, General Counsel, Office of the United 
States Trade Representative; and Lael Brainard, Brookings Institution, 
John R. Magnus, TradeWins LLC, and Robert D. Atkinson, Information 
Technology and Innovation Foundation, all of Washington, D.C.
ANTI-DOPING TREATY
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine the International Convention Against Doping in Sport, adopted 
by the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural 
Organization on October 19, 2005 (Treaty Doc.110-14), after receiving 
testimony from Scott M. Burns, Deputy Director, Office of National Drug 
Control Policy, Executive Office of the President; Joan Donoghue, 
Principal Deputy Legal Adviser, Department of State; Jair Lynch, U.S. 
Olympic Committee, former Olympic Medalist, Washington, D.C.; and 
Travis T. Tygart, United States Anti-Doping Agency, Colorado Springs, 
Colorado.
SECURITY CLEARANCE PROCESS
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 improving the 
security clearance process, focusing on reform efforts to streamline, 
standardize, and update the process, after receiving testimony from 
Brenda S. Farrell, Director, Defense Capabilities and Management, 
Government Accountability Office; Clay Johnson, III, Deputy Director 
for Management, Office of Management and Budget; Elizabeth McGrath, 
Principal Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Business 
Transformation; John P. Fitzpatrick, Director, Special Security Center, 
Office of the Director of National Intelligence; and Kathy L. Dillaman, 
Associate Director, Federal Investigative Services Division, Office of 
Personnel Management.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR BACKLOGS
Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee concluded an oversight hearing 
to examine the status of probate backlogs at the Department of the 
Interior, after receiving testimony from Carl J. Artman, Assistant 
Secretary of the Interior for Indian Affairs; Gary Svanda, Madera City 
Council, Madera, California; Robert Chicks, Stockbridge Munsee Band of 
Mohican Indians, Bowler, Wisconsin; and Douglas Nash, Seattle 
University School of Law Institute for Indian Estate Planning and 
Probate, Seattle, Washington.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee ordered favorably reported the 
following:
  S. 2756, to amend the National Child Protection Act of 1993 to 
establish a permanent background check system, with an amendment in the 
nature of a substitute;
  S. 2982, to amend the Runaway and Homeless Youth Act to authorize 
appropriations, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
  S. 1210, to extend the grant program for drug-endangered children;
  S. Res. 563, designating September 13, 2008, as ``National Childhood 
Cancer Awareness Day'';
  S. Res. 567, designating June 2008 as ``National Internet Safety 
Month''; and
  The nominations of Elisebeth C. Cook, of Virginia, to be an Assistant 
Attorney General for the Office of Legal Policy, Department of Justice, 
William T. Lawrence, to be United States District Judge for the 
Southern District of Indiana, and G. Murray Snow, to be United States 
District Judge for the District of Arizona, and William Walter Wilkins, 
III, to be United States Attorney for the District of South Carolina.
CIVIL LEGAL ASSISTANCE
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
efforts to provide civil legal assistance to low-income Americans, 
focusing on the Legal Services Corporation, and improvements needed in 
governance, accountability, and grants management, and oversight, after 
receiving testimony from Jeanette Franzel, Director, Financial 
Management and Assurance, Government Accountability Office; Helaine M. 
Barnett, Washington, D.C., and Jonann C. Chiles, Little Rock, Arkansas, 
both of the Legal Services Corporation; Rebekah Diller, New York 
University School of Law Brennan Center for Justice, New York, New 
York; Lora J. Livingston, American Bar Association (ABA), Austin, 
Texas; Jo-Ann Wallace, National Legal Aid and Defender Association,

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Washington, D.C.; Wilhelm H. Joseph, Jr., Maryland's Legal Aid Bureau, 
Inc., Baltimore; and Kenneth F. Boehm, National Legal and Policy 
Center, Falls Church, Virginia.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Rules and Administration: Committee ordered favorably 
reported 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.
MEDICARE PART D
Special Committee on Aging: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
improving the Medicare program for the most vulnerable, focusing on 
senior citizens at risk, and including Medicare Part D and the Social 
Security Administration's implementation of the low-income subsidy, 
after receiving testimony from Barbara D. Bovbjerg, Director, 
Education, Workforce, and Income Security Issues, Government 
Accountability Office; N. Joyce Payne, AARP, and Laura Summer, 
Georgetown University Health Policy Institute, both of Washington, 
D.C.; Lisa Emerson, Oregon Senior Health Insurance Benefits Assistance 
(SHIBA) Program, Salem, Oregon; and Judy Korynasz, Hillsboro, Oregon.