[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 101 (Wednesday, June 18, 2008)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D763-D764]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
APPROPRIATIONS: COMMERCE, JUSTICE, SCIENCE, AND RELATED AGENCIES
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and 
Related Agencies approved for full Committee consideration an original bill 
making appropriations for Commerce, Justice, Science, and related agencies 
for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2009.
APPROPRIATIONS: DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Homeland Security approved for 
full Committee consideration an original bill making appropriations for the 
Department of the Homeland Security for the fiscal year ending September 30, 
2009.
SHIPMENT OF SENSITIVE MISSILE COMPONENTS
Committee on Armed Services: Committee met in closed session to receive a 
briefing on the report titled ``Investigation into the Shipment of Sensitive 
Missile Components to Taiwan,'' also known as the ``Donald Report'' from 
Admiral Kirkland H. Donald, USN, Director, Office of Naval Nuclear 
Propulsion, and Deputy Administrator, Office of Naval Reactors, National 
Nuclear Security Administration, Department of Energy.
WILDFIRE SEASON
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine the preparedness of federal land management agencies for the 2008 
wildfire season, after receiving testimony from Mark Rey, Under Secretary of 
Agriculture for Natural Resources and Environment; James Cason, Associate 
Deputy Secretary of the Interior; Ron Thatcher, National Federation of 
Federal Employees' Forest Service Council, Libby, Montana; Casey Judd, 
Federal Wildland Fire Service Association, Inkom, Idaho; and Deborah Miley, 
National Wildlife Suppression Association, Lyons, Oregon.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Finance: Committee ordered favorably reported the following:
  S.J. Res. 38, waiving certain provisions of the Trade Act of 1974 relating 
to the appointment of a Deputy United States Trade Representative;
  An original bill entitled ``Iran Sanctions Act of 2008''; and
  The nominations of Richard T. Morrison, and David Gustafson, both of 
Virginia, and Elizabeth Crewson Paris, of the District of Columbia, each to 
be a Judge of the United States Tax Court, Eric M. Thorson, of Virginia, to 
be Inspector General, Department of the Treasury, Edwin Eck, of Montana, to 
be a Member of the Internal Revenue Service Oversight Board, and Deanna 
Tanner Okun, of Idaho, to be a Deputy United States Trade Representative, 
with the rank of Ambassador, Executive Office of the President.
PROTECTING PERSONAL INFORMATION
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Committee concluded 
a hearing to examine protecting personal information, focusing on steps the 
federal government has in place to ensure privacy, after receiving testimony 
from Linda Koontz, Director, Information Management Issues, Government 
Accountability Office; Hugo Teufel, III, Chief Privacy Officer, Department 
of Homeland Security; Ari Schwartz, Center for Democracy and Technology, 
Washington, D.C.; and Peter P. Swire, The Ohio State University Moritz 
College of Law, Bethesda, Maryland.
IMPROVING ENERGY EFFICIENCY
Committee on Rules and Administration: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine improving energy efficiency, focusing on increasing the use of 
renewable sources of energy, and reducing the ``carbon footprint'' of the 
Capitol complex, after receiving testimony from Terrell G. Dorn, Director, 
Physical Infrastructure Issues, Government Accountability Office; Stephen T. 
Ayers, Acting Architect of the Capitol; and Brendan Owens, United States 
Green Building Council, and Jean Carroon, National Trust for Historic 
Preservation Sustainable Preservation Coalition, both of Washington, D.C.
FAIRNESS IN NURSING HOME ARBITRATION ACT
Special Committee on Aging: Committee concluded a joint hearing with the 
Committee on the Judiciary Subcommittee on Antitrust, Competition Policy and 
Consumer Rights, to examine S. 2838, to amend chapter 1 of title 9 of United 
States Code with respect to arbitration, after receiving testimony from 
Alison E. Hirschel, National Consumer Voice for Quality Long Term Care, East 
Lansing, Michigan;

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Kelley Rice-Schild, Floridean Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, Miami, 
Florida, on behalf of the American Health Care Association and National 
Center for Assisted Living; Stephen J. Ware, University of Kansas School of 
Law, Lawrence; David W. Kurth, Burlington, Wisconsin; and Kenneth L. Connor, 
Washington, D.C.
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