[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 118 (Thursday, July 17, 2008)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D913-D915]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
NUCLEAR WEAPONS COMPLEX MODERNIZATION
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Strategic Forces held a 
hearing on nuclear weapons complex modernization. Testimony was heard 
from Thomas P. D'Agostino, Administrator, National Nuclear Security 
Administration, Department of Energy; Gene Aloise, Director, Natural 
Resources and Environment, GAO; and public witnesses.
URBAN EDUCATION REFORM
Committee on Education and Labor: Held a hearing on Mayor and 
Superintendent Partnerships in Education: Closing the Achievement Gap. 
Testimony was heard from the following officials of the City of New 
York; Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg; and Joel I. Klein, Chancellor, Public 
Schools of New York City; the following officials of the District of 
Columbia: Mayor Adrian M. Fenty; and Chancellor Michelle Rhee, DC 
Public Schools; Arne Duncan, Chief Executive Officer, Public Schools, 
Chicago, Illinois; and Beverly L. Hall, Superintendent, Public Schools, 
Atlanta, Georgia.
IMPROVED BUILDING ENERGY EFFICIENCY
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Energy and Air 
Quality held a hearing entitled ``Climate Benefits of Improved Building 
Energy Efficiency.'' Testimony was heard from David Rodgers, Deputy 
Assistant Secretary, Energy Efficiency, Department of Energy; Robert J. 
Meyers, Principal

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Deputy Assistant Administrator, Office of Air and Radiation, EPA; Brad 
Heavner, Director, Environment, State of Maryland; and public 
witnesses.
BROADBAND PROVIDERS AND CONSUMER PRIVACY
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Telecommunications 
and the Internet held a hearing entitled ``What Your Broadband Provider 
Knows About Your Web Use: Deep Packet Inspection and Communications 
Laws and Policies.'' Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
GAO REPORT--LENDER RACE-GENDER DATA COLLECTION
Committee on Financial Services: Subcommittee on Oversight and 
Investigations held a hearing entitled ``GAO Report on Regulation B: 
Should Lenders Be Required to Collect Race and Gender Data of Borrowers 
for All Loans.'' Testimony was heard from Orice Williams, Director, 
Financial Markets and Community Investment, GAO; Sandra F. Braunstein, 
Director, Consumer and Community Affairs, Federal Reserve Board, 
Federal Reserve System; and public witnesses.
AIDING AMERICAN BUSINESSES ABROAD
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on Terrorism, 
Nonproliferation and Trade held a hearing on Aiding American Businesses 
Abroad: Government Action to Help Beleaguered American Firms and 
Investors. Testimony was heard from Israel Hernandez, Assistant 
Secretary, Trade Promotion and Director General, U.S. and Foreign 
Commercial Service, International Trade Administration, Department of 
Commerce; David D. Nelson, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau 
of Economic, Energy and Business Affairs; and public witnesses.
VENEZUELA: LOOKING AHEAD
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere 
held a hearing on Venezuela: Looking Ahead. Testimony was heard from 
Thomas A. Shannon, Jr., Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Western 
Hemisphere Affairs, Department of State; and public witnesses.
BORDER SECURITY PROGRAM
Committee on Homeland Security: Held a hearing entitled ``The Challenge 
of Aligning Programs, Personnel, and Resources to Achieve Border 
Security.'' Testimony was heard from Michael Chertoff, Secretary of 
Homeland Security.
ADMINISTRATION INTERROGATION RULES
Committee on the Judiciary: Continued hearings on From the Department 
of Justice to Guantanamo Bay: Administration Lawyers and Administration 
Interrogation Rule, Part V. Testimony was heard from the following 
former officials of the Department of Justice: John D. Ashcroft, 
Attorney General; and Walter Dellinger, former Assistant Attorney 
General, Office of Legal Counsel; and a public witness.
OVERSIGHT--INTERAGENCY GROUP ON INSULAR AFFAIRS
Committee on Natural Resources: Subcommittee on Insular Affairs held an 
oversight hearing on Successes and Challenges of the Interagency Group 
on Insular Affairs. Testimony was heard from Douglas W. Domenech, 
Deputy Assistant Secretary, Insular Affairs, Department of the 
Interior; Pedro A. Tenorio; Resident Representative, Commonwealth of 
the Northern Mariana Islands; and Jeffrey Farrow, former Co-Chair of 
the White House Interagency Group on Insular Affairs.
HEALTH INSURANCE TERMINATIONS; PAT TILLMAN/JESSICA LYNCH REPORT
Committee on Oversight and Government Reform: Held a hearing on 
Business Practices in the Individual Health Insurance Market: 
Terminations of Coverage. Testimony was heard from Abby Block, 
Director, Center for Drug and Health Plan Choice, Centers for Medicare 
and Medicaid Service, Department of Health and Human Services; and 
public witnesses.
  The Committee also approved a Committee Report entitled ``Misleading 
Information from the Battlefield: The Tillman and Lynch Episodes.''
SBA'S CONTRACTING PROGRAMS
Committee on Small Business: Held a hearing on Small Business 
Administration's Contracting Programs and Recent GAO Examination of 
Programs. Testimony was heard from Jovita Carranza, Acting 
Administrator, SBA; and from the following officials of the GAO: 
William Shear, Director, Financial Markets and Community Investment; 
and Gregory D. Kutz, Managing Director, Forensics Audits and Special 
Investigations.
MODERN MEASURE OF POVERTY
Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Income Security and Family 
Support held a hearing on Establishing a Modern Poverty Measure. 
Testimony was heard from Mark Levitan, Director, Poverty Research, 
Center for Economic Opportunity, New York City; and public witnesses.
BRIEFING--HOT SPOTS
Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence: Subcommittee on Terrorism, 
Human Intelligence, Analysis and Counterterrorism met in executive 
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hold a briefing on Hot Spots. The Subcommittee was briefed by 
departmental witnesses.

Joint Meetings
CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION
Conferees met to resolve the differences between the Senate and House 
passed versions of H.R. 4040, to establish consumer product safety 
standards and other safety requirements for children's products and to 
reauthorize and modernize the Consumer Product Safety Commission, but 
did not complete action thereon, and recessed subject to the call.