[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 106 (Wednesday, June 25, 2008)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D812-D814]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
APPROPRIATIONS: EIA
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Energy and Water 
Development concluded a hearing to examine proposed budget estimates 
for fiscal year 2009 for the Energy Information Administration (EIA), 
focusing on forecasts for oil and gasoline prices, after receiving 
testimony from Guy Caruso, Administrator, Energy Information 
Administration, Department of Energy.
AFGHANISTAN
Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded a closed hearing to 
examine the current situation in Afghanistan, after receiving testimony 
from General Dan K. McNeill, USA (Ret.), former Commander, North 
Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) International Security Assistance 
Force.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee ordered 
favorably reported the nominations of Neel T. Kashkari, of California, 
to be an Assistant Secretary of the Treasury, Christopher R. Wall, of 
Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary of Commerce, Sheila McNamara 
Greenwood, of Louisiana, to be an Assistant Secretary of Housing and 
Urban Development, Susan D. Peppler, of California, to be an Assistant 
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, Joseph J. Murin, of 
Pennsylvania, to be President, Government National Mortgage 
Association, Luis Aguilar, of Georgia, Troy A. Paredes, of Missouri, 
and Elisse Walter, of Maryland, all to

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be Members of the Securities and Exchange Commission, Donald B. Marron, 
of Maryland, to be a Member of the Council of Economic Advisers, and 
Michael E. Fryzel, of Illinois, to be a Member of the National Credit 
Union Administration Board.
FUTURE ENERGY NEEDS
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine the increased global energy demand, focusing on the 
challenges for meeting future energy needs, while developing new 
technologies to address current and future global climate change, after 
receiving testimony from Raymond L. Orbach, Under Secretary of Energy 
for Science; Neil Hirst, International Energy Agency, Paris, France; 
Tom Wilson, Electric Power Research Institute Global Climate Change 
Research, Palo Alto, California; and Raymond J. Kopp, Resources for the 
Future, and Karan Bhatia, General Electric Company, both of Washington, 
D.C.
FEDERAL ROLE FOR SURFACE TRANSPORTATION
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine the future federal role for surface transportation, 
focusing on safety, maintenance, and expansion needs for the capacity 
and reliability of the highway freight system, after receiving 
testimony from Bruce E. Seely, Michigan Technological University, 
Houghton; Lance R. Grenzeback, Cambridge Systematics Inc., Cambridge, 
Massachusetts; Kathleen F. Marvaso, American Automobile Association 
(AAA), and Deron Lovaas, Natural Resources Defense Council, both of 
Washington, D.C.; Samuel R. Staley, Reason Foundation, Los Angeles, 
California; and Alan E. Pisarski, Falls Church, Virginia.
PAKISTAN
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine a new strategy for an enhanced partnership with Pakistan, after 
receiving testimony from Richard A. Boucher, Assistant Secretary of 
State for South and Central Asian Affairs; Mitchell Shivers, Principal 
Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Asian and Pacific Affairs; 
Mark S. Ward, Senior Deputy Assistant Administrator for Asia, U.S. 
Agency for International Development; General Anthony C. Zinni, USMC 
(Ret.), former Commander in Chief, United States Central Command, Falls 
Church, Virginia; and Wendy J. Chamberlain, Middle East Institute, 
Washington, D.C.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Committee 
ordered favorably reported the following:
  S. 1924, to amend chapter 81 of title 5, United States Code, to 
create a presumption that a disability or death of a Federal employee 
in fire protection activities caused by any of certain diseases is the 
result of the performance of such employee's duty, with an amendment in 
the nature of a substitute;
  H.R. 5683, to make certain reforms with respect to the Government 
Accountability Office, with amendments;
  S. 3013, to provide for retirement equity for Federal employees in 
nonforeign areas outside the 48 contiguous States and the District of 
Columbia, with amendments;
  S. 3175, to amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and 
Emergency Assistance Act to reauthorize the predisaster hazard 
mitigation program, to make technical corrections to that Act, with 
amendments;
  S. 2382, to require the Administrator of the Federal Emergency 
Management Agency to quickly and fairly address the abundance of 
surplus manufactured housing units stored by the Federal Government 
around the country at taxpayer expense, with an amendment in the nature 
of a substitute;
  S. 2148, to provide for greater diversity within, and to improve 
policy direction and oversight of, the Senior Executive Service, with 
an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
  S. 2816, to provide for the appointment of the Chief Human Capital 
Officer of the Department of Homeland Security by the Secretary of 
Homeland Security;
  S. 3015, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 18 S. G Street, Lakeview, Oregon, as the ``Dr. 
Bernard Daly Post Office Building'';
  H.R. 5395 and S. 2622, bills to designate the facility of the United 
States Postal Service located at 11001 Dunklin Drive in St. Louis, 
Missouri, as the ``William `Bill' Clay Post Office Building'';
  H.R. 5479, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 117 North Kidd Street in Ionia, Michigan, as the 
``Alonzo Woodruff Post Office Building'';
  H.R. 4185, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 11151 Valley Boulevard in El Monte, California, as 
the ``Marisol Heredia Post Office Building'';
  H.R. 5528, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 120 Commercial Street in Brockton, Massachusetts, as 
the ``Rocky Marciano Post Office Building'';
  H.R. 3721, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 1190 Lorena Road in Lorena, Texas, as the ``Marine 
Gunnery Sgt. John D. Fry Post Office Building'';

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  H.R. 5517, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 7231 FM 1960 in Humble, Texas, as the ``Texas 
Military Veterans Post Office'';
  H.R. 5168, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 19101 Cortez Boulevard in Brooksville, Florida, as 
the ``Cody Grater Post Office Building'';
  S. 3082, to designate the facility of the United States Postal 
Service located at 1700 Cleveland Avenue in Kansas City, Missouri, as 
the ``Reverend Earl Abel Post Office Building''; and
  The nomination of Elaine C. Duke, of Virginia, to be Under Secretary 
for Management, Department of Homeland Security.
OVERSEAS TRAVEL PRIVACY VIOLATIONS
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on the Constitution concluded 
a hearing to examine practices by the Department of Homeland Security 
at ports of entry of the United States, focusing on laptop searches and 
other violations of privacy faced by Americans returning from overseas 
travel, after receiving testimony from James Jay Carafano, Heritage 
Foundation, and Peter P. Swire, Ohio State University Moritz College of 
Law, on behalf of the Center for American Progress Action Fund, both of 
Washington, D.C.; Larry Cunningham, Bronx District Attorney Office, 
Bronx, New York; Susan K. Gurley, Association of Corporate Travel 
Executives, Alexandria, Virginia; Farhana Y. Khera, Muslim Advocates, 
and Lee Tien, Electronic Frontier Foundation, both of San Francisco, 
California; and Nathan A. Sales, George Mason University School of Law, 
Arlington, Virginia.
HOME HEATING OIL PRICES
Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine solutions to address the rise in home heating oil 
prices, after receiving testimony from David F. Johnson, Deputy 
Assistant Secretary of Energy for Petroleum Reserves; Jennifer Brooks, 
Penquis, Bangor, Maine; Sandra Farrell, Northboro Oil Company, 
Northboro, Massachusetts; Michael J. Ferrante, Massachusetts Oilheat 
Council, Wellesley Hills, Massachusetts; and Michael D. Stoddard, 
Environment Northeast, Portland, Maine.