[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 96 (Wednesday, June 11, 2008)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D725-D726]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
SPYWARE IMPLICATIONS
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded 
a hearing to examine the impact and policy implications of spyware on 
consumers and businesses, including S. 1625, to protect against the 
unauthorized installation of computer software, to require clear 
disclosure to computer users of certain computer software features that 
may pose a threat to user privacy, after receiving testimony from 
Eileen Harrington, Deputy Director, Bureau of Consumer Protection, 
Federal Trade Commission; Arthur A. Butler, Ater Wynne LLP, Seattle, 
Washington, on behalf of Americans for Fair Electronic Commerce 
Transactions; Jerry Cerasale, Direct Marketing Association, Inc., and 
Marc Rotenberg, Electronic Privacy Information Center, both of 
Washington, D.C.; Benjamin Edelman, Harvard Business School, Boston, 
Massachusetts; and Vincent Weafer, Symantec Corporation, Culver City, 
California, on behalf of the Business Software Alliance.
SOVEREIGN WEALTH FUNDS
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine sovereign wealth funds, government investment funds, funding by 
foreign currency reserves, but managed separately from official 
currency reserves, focusing on foreign policy consequences in an era of 
new money, after receiving testimony from Jagdish Bhagwati, Council on 
Foreign Relations, New York, New York; Daniel W. Drezner, Tufts 
University Fletcher School, Boston,

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Massachusetts; and David Marchick, Carlyle Group, Washington, D.C.
PROTECTING AMERICANS
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee held a hearing to examine the 
effect on consumers and consideration for the efforts of Congress, 
focusing on the Supreme Court's treatment of laws that protect the 
health, safety, jobs, and retirement of Americans, receiving testimony 
from Andy R. Anderson, Morgan, Lewis and Bockius, LLP, Chicago, 
Illinois, on behalf of the United States Chamber of Commerce; Thomas O. 
McGarity, University of Texas School of Law, Austin; Richard M. Cooper, 
Williams and Connolly, LLP, Washington, D.C.; Robert M. Lawless, 
University of Illinois College of Law, Champaign; Bridget Robb, 
Gwynedd, Pennsylvania; and Maureen Kurtek, Pottsville, Pennsylvania.
  Hearing recessed subject to the call.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
the nominations of Paul G. Gardephe, and Cathy Seibel, both to be a 
United States District Judge for the Southern District of New York, 
Kiyo A. Matsumoto, to be United States District Judge for the Eastern 
District of New York, and Glenn T. Suddaby, to be United States 
District Judge for the Northern District of New York, after each 
nominee testified and answered questions in their own behalf.