[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 142 (Tuesday, September 9, 2008)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1051-D1052]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
GEORGIA
Committee on Armed Services: Committee met in open and closed hearings 
to examine the current situation in Georgia and implications for United 
States policy, after receiving testimony from Daniel Fried, Assistant 
Secretary of State for the Bureau of European and Eurasian Affairs; and 
Eric S. Edelman, Under Secretary for Policy, Lieutenant General John M. 
Paxton, Jr., USMC, Director for Operations, J-3, and Brigadier General 
Michael T. Flynn, Director for Intelligence, J-2, USA, both of the 
Joint Staff, all of the Department of Defense.
PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION AND GAS PRICES
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine strengthening the ability of public transportation 
systems to reduce the dependence of the United States on foreign oil, 
after receiving testimony from William M. Millar, American Public 
Transportation Association, and Robert Puentes, Brookings Institution 
Metropolitan Infrastructure Initiative, both of Washington, D.C.; 
Andrew H. Darrell, Environmental Defense Fund, New York, New York; 
Dorothy W. Dugger, San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District, 
Oakland, California; Keith Parker, Charlotte Area Transit System, 
Charlotte, North Carolina; and David W. Kilmer, Red Rose Transit 
Authority, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATION
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Subcommittee on 
Transportation and Infrastructure concluded an oversight hearing to 
examine the Economic Development Administration, Department of 
Commerce, after receiving testimony from Benjamin Erulkar, Deputy 
Assistant Secretary for Economic Development, and Todd J. Zinser, 
Inspector General, both of the Department of Commerce; David W. 
Edgerley, Maryland Department of Business and Economic Development, 
Baltimore; Mayor Larry Thoma, Elgin, Oklahoma; and Leanne Mazer, Tri-
County Council for Western Maryland, Cumberland, on behalf of the 
National Association of Development Organizations.
HEALTH CARE REFORM
Committee on Finance: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
improving health care quality, focusing on an integral step toward 
reforming the health care system, after receiving testimony from Peter 
V. Lee, Pacific Business Group on Health, San Francisco, California; 
Samuel R. Nussbaum, WellPoint, Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana; Greg 
Schoen, Fairview Northland Medical Center, Princeton, Minnesota; Kevin 
Weiss, American Board of Medical Specialties, Evanston, Illinois; and 
William Roper, National Quality Forum, Chapel Hill, North Carolina.

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NOMINATION
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Committee 
concluded a hearing to examine the nomination of Ruth Y. Goldway, of 
California, to be a Commissioner of the Postal Regulatory Commission, 
after the nominee testified, who was introduced by Senator Clinton, and 
answered questions in her own behalf.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
the nominations of Clark Waddoups, to be United States District Judge 
for the District of Utah, who was introduced by Senators Hatch and 
Bennett, Michael M. Anello, to be United States District Judge for the 
Southern District of California, Mary Stenson Scriven, to be United 
States District Judge for the Middle District of Florida, Gregory G. 
Garre, of Maryland, to be Solicitor General of the United States, and 
Christine M. Arguello, to be United States District Judge for the 
District of Colorado, and Philip A. Brimmer, to be United States 
District Judge for the District of Colorado, who were both introduced 
by Senators Allard and Salazar, after the nominees testified and 
answered questions in their own behalf.
2008 GENERAL ELECTIONS
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded an oversight hearing to 
examine the Department of Justice, focusing on protecting the right to 
vote and preparations for the 2008 general election, after receiving 
testimony from Grace Chung Becker, Acting Assistant Attorney General, 
Civil Rights Division, and Barry Sabin, Deputy Assistant Attorney 
General, Criminal Division, both of the Department of Justice; Bryan P. 
O'Leary, Crowell and Moring, LLP, Washington, D.C.; Gilda R. Daniels, 
University of Baltimore School of Law, Baltimore, Maryland; and Keshia 
Anderson, Chesterfield, Virginia.