[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 107 (Thursday, June 26, 2008)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D824-D826]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Appropriations: Committee ordered favorably reported the 
following:
  An original bill making appropriations for the Departments of Labor, 
Health and Human Services, Education, and related agencies for the 
fiscal year ending September 30, 2009.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
the nominations of Nelson M. Ford, of Virginia, to be Under Secretary 
of the

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Army, Joseph A. Benkert, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary, 
Sean Joseph Stackley, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary of the 
Navy, and Frederick S. Celec, of Virginia, to be Assistant to the 
Secretary for Nuclear and Chemical and Biological Defense Programs, all 
of the Department of Defense, after each nominee testified and answered 
questions in their own behalf.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Armed Services: Committee ordered favorably reported the 
nominations of General David H. Petraeus, USA, for reappointment to the 
grade of general and to be Commander, United States Central Command, 
Lieutenant General Raymond T. Odierno, USA, for appointment to the 
grade of general and to be Commander, Multi-National Force-Iraq, and 
2,121 nominations in the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps.
INTERNATIONAL TAX REFORM
Committee on Finance: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the 
foundation of international tax reform, focusing on worldwide, 
territorial, and related corporate tax issues, after receiving 
testimony from James R. Hines, Jr., University of Michigan Law School, 
Ann Arbor; Stephen E. Shay, Ropes and Gray, Boston, Massachusetts; and 
Robert H. Dilworth, McDermott, Will, and Emery, LLP, Washington, D.C.
TERRORIST ATTACK AFTERMATH
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Committee 
concluded a hearing to examine nuclear terrorism, focusing on the 
federal response for providing medical care and meeting basic needs in 
the aftermath of an attack, after receiving testimony from R. David 
Paulison, Administrator, Federal Emergency Management Agency, 
Department of Homeland Security; Rear Admiral W. Craig Vanderwagen, 
Assistant Secretary of Health and Human Services for Preparedness and 
Response; Paul McHale, Assistant Secretary of Defense for Homeland 
Defense and Americas' Security Affairs; and James H. Schwartz, 
Arlington County Fire Department, Arlington, Virginia, on behalf of the 
International Association of Fire Chiefs.
NATION'S FINANCIAL CHALLENGES
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Subcommittee 
on Federal Financial Management, Government Information, Federal 
Services, and International Security concluded a hearing to examine 
addressing the nation's financial challenges, focusing on reliable, 
useful, and timely financial and performance information in developing 
and implementing strategies to control the current and future spending 
of federal government programs and polices, after receiving testimony 
from Gene L. Dodaro, Acting Comptroller General of the United States, 
Government Accountability Office; Daniel I. Werfel, Deputy Controller, 
Office of Management and Budget; Kenneth E. Carfine, Fiscal Assistant 
Secretary, Department of the Treasury; and David M. Walker, former 
Comptroller General of the United States, Peter G. Peterson Foundation, 
Robert L. Bixby, Concord Coalition, James Horney, Center on Budget and 
Policy Priorities, and Maurice P. McTigue, George Mason University 
Mercatus Center, all of Washington, D.C.
CAPTA
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Subcommittee on 
Children and Families concluded a hearing to examine reauthorization of 
the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act (CAPTA) (Public Law 93-
247), focusing on protecting children and strengthening families, after 
receiving testimony from Cheryl Anne Boyce, Chief, Child Abuse and 
Neglect Program, Division of Development Translational Research, 
National Institute of Mental Health, National Institutes of Health, 
Department of Health and Human Services; Karen Foley-Schain, 
Connecticut Children's Trust Fund, Hartford; Tanya Long, Parents 
Anonymous, Inc., Columbus, Ohio; and Caren Kaplan, American Humane 
Association, Denver, Colorado.
INDIAN COUNTRY HEALTH SERVICES
Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee concluded an oversight hearing 
to examine access to contract health services in Indian country, after 
receiving testimony from Robert G. McSwain, Director, Indian Health 
Service, Department of Health and Human Services; H. Sally Smith, 
National Indian Health Board, Washington, D.C.; Marlene Krein, Mercy 
Hospital, Devils Lake, North Dakota; Stacy Dixon, Susanville Indian 
Rancheria, Susanville, California; Jefferson Keel, Chickasaw Nation, 
Ada, Oklahoma, on behalf of the National Congress of American Indians; 
Linda Holt, Northwest Portland Area Indian Health Board, Portland, 
Oregon; and Brenda E. Shore, United South and Eastern Tribes, Inc., 
Nashville, Tennessee.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee ordered favorably reported the 
following:
  S. 2979, to exempt the African National Congress from treatment as a 
terrorist organization;
  H.R. 5690, to remove the African National Congress from treatment as 
a terrorist organization for

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certain acts or events, provide relief for certain members of the 
African National Congress regarding admissibility, with an amendment;
  S. 2892, to promote the prosecution and enforcement of frauds against 
the United States by suspending the statute of limitations during times 
when Congress has authorized the use of military force;
  S. 1211, to amend the Controlled Substances Act to provide enhanced 
penalties for marketing controlled substances to minors, with an 
amendment in the nature of a substitute;
  S. Res. 594, designating September 2008 as ``Tay-Sachs Awareness 
Month''; and
  The nominations of Paul G. Gardephe, to be 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, 
Cathy Seibel, to be United States District Judge for the Southern 
District of New York, Glenn T. Suddaby, to be United States District 
Judge for the Northern District of New York, Kelly Harrison Rankin, to 
be United States Attorney for the District of Wyoming, and Clyde R. 
Cook, Jr., to be United States Marshal for the Eastern District of 
North Carolina.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Committee ordered favorably reported 
the following:
  S. 2969, to amend title 38, United States Code, to enhance the 
capacity of the Department of Veterans Affairs to recruit and retain 
nurses and other critical health-care professionals;
  S. 3023, to amend title 38, United States Code, to require the 
Secretary of Veterans Affairs to prescribe regulations relating to the 
notice to be provided claimants with the Department of Veterans Affairs 
regarding the substantiation of claims, with amendments;
  S. 2617, to increase, effective as of December 1, 2008, the rates of 
compensation for veterans with service-connected disabilities and the 
rates of dependency and indemnity compensation for the survivors of 
certain disabled veterans; with an amendment in the nature of a 
substitute; and
  An original bill to provide technical corrections to S. 22, the Post 
9/11 Veterans Educational Assistance Act of 2007.


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  On Page D826, June 26, 2008, the Record reads: BUSINESS MEETING 
S. 2617, to increase, effective as of December 1, 2008, the rates 
of compensation for veterans with service-connected disabilities 
and the rates of dependency and indemnity compensation for the 
survivors of certain disabled veterans; and An original bill to 
provide technical corrections to S. 22, the Post 9/11 Veterans 
Educational Assistance Act of 2007.5The online Record has been 
corrected to read: BUSINESS MEETING S. 2617, to increase, 
effective as of December 1, 2008, the rates of compensation for 
veterans with service-connected disabilities and the rates of 
dependency and indemnity compensation for the survivors of certain 
disabled veterans, with an amendment in the nature of a 
substitute; and
  
    
  
  An original bill to provide technical corrections to S. 22, the 
Post 9/11 Veterans Educational Assistance Act of 2007.


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NOMINATION
Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine the nomination of Christine O. Hill, to be Assistant Secretary 
of Veterans Affairs for Congressional Affairs, after the nominee, who 
was introduced by Senator Dole, testified and answered questions in her 
own behalf.