[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 116 (Tuesday, July 15, 2008)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D888-D889]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
SEMIANNUAL MONETARY POLICY REPORT
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine the semiannual ``Monetary Policy Report to the 
Congress'', after receiving testimony from Ben S. Bernanke, Chairman, 
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.
U.S. FINANCIAL MARKETS
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine recent developments in United States financial 
markets and regulatory responses to those developments, after receiving 
testimony from Henry M. Paulson, Jr., Secretary of the Treasury; Ben S. 
Bernanke, Chairman, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System; 
former Representative Christopher Cox, Chairman, United States 
Securities and Exchange Commission.
SUMMER AIR TRAVEL
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on 
Aviation Operations, Safety, and Security concluded a hearing to 
examine the 2008 summer air travel season, focusing on addressing 
congestion and delay, after receiving testimony from Hank Krakowski, 
Chief Operating Officer, Air Traffic Organization, Federal Aviation 
Administration, and Tyler Duvall, Acting Under Secretary for Policy,

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both of the Department of Transportation; Susan Fleming, Director, 
Physical Infrastructure Issues, Government Accountability Office; and 
John M. Meenan, Air Transport Association of America, Inc., Washington, 
D.C.
ENERGY MARKET
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine S. 3233, to promote development of a 21st century 
energy system to increase United States competitiveness in the world 
energy technology marketplace, and S. 2730, to facilitate the 
participation of private capital and skills in the strategic, economic, 
and environmental development of a diverse portfolio of clean energy 
and energy efficiency technologies within the United States, to 
facilitate the commercialization and market penetration of the 
technologies, after receiving testimony from Alexander Karsner, 
Assistant Secretary of Energy for Energy Efficiency and Renewable 
Energy; John Denniston, Kleiner, Perkins, Caufield, and Byers, Menlo 
Park, California; Jeanine Hull, Dykema Gossett, PLLC, Washington, D.C.; 
Dan W. Reicher, Google.org, Mountain View, California; and Jeffrey 
Eckel, Hannon Armstrong, Annapolis, Maryland.
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS
Committee on Finance: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
international enforcement of intellectual property rights and American 
competitiveness, after receiving testimony from Andy Lack, SONY BMG 
Music Entertainment, and Jeff Kindler, Pfizer, Inc, both of New York, 
New York; John H. Barton, Stanford Law School, Stanford, California; 
and J. Walter Cahill, International Alliance of Theatrical Stage 
Employees, Moving Pictures Technicians, Artists and Allied Crafts of 
the United States, Its Territories and Canada, AFL-CIO, CLC, 
Washington, D.C.
CRISIS IN ZIMBABWE
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine the crisis in Zimbabwe and prospects for its resolution, after 
receiving testimony from Jendayi Frazer, Assistant Secretary, Bureau of 
African Affairs, Department of State; Katherine J. Almquist, Assistant 
Administrator, Bureau for Africa, United States Agency for 
International Development (USAID); Tom Melia, Freedom House, 
Washington, D.C.; and Michelle D. Gavin, Council on Foreign Relations, 
New York, New York.
NOMINATION
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Committee 
concluded a hearing to examine the nomination of Gus P. Coldebella, of 
Massachusetts, to be General Counsel, Department of Homeland Security, 
after the nominee testified and answered questions in his own behalf.
AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT COVERAGE
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee 
concluded a hearing to examine the Americans with Disabilities Act 
(Public Law 101-336), focusing on ways to determine the proper scope of 
its coverage, after receiving testimony from Chai Feldblum, Georgetown 
University Law Center Federal Legislation Clinic, Michael Eastman, U.S. 
Chamber of Commerce, Terry W. Hartle, American Council on Education, 
and Andrew Grossman, Heritage Foundation, all of Washington, D.C.; 
Samuel R. Bagenstos, Washington University Law School, Saint Louis, 
Missouri; Sue Gamm, Public Consulting Group, Chicago, Illinois; Carey 
L. McClure, Griffin, Georgia; and Jo Anne Simon, Brooklyn, New York.
GOOGLE-YAHOO AGREEMENT
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Antitrust, Competition 
Policy and Consumer Rights concluded a hearing to examine the Google-
Yahoo agreement, focusing on the future of internet advertising, after 
receiving testimony from David Drummond, Google Inc., Mountain View, 
California; Michael Callahan, Yahoo!, Sunnyvale, California; Brad 
Smith, Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, Washington; Matthew Crowley, 
Yellowpages.com, Glendale, California; and Tim Carter, 
AsktheBuilder.com, Cincinnati, Ohio.