[Congressional Record Volume 154, Number 153 (Thursday, September 25, 2008)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1174-D1175]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
SERE TECHNIQUES
Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
the authorization of Survival Evasion Resistance and Escape (SERE) 
techniques for interrogations in Iraq, focusing on the Committee's 
inquiry into the treatment of detainees in United States custody, after 
receiving testimony from Colonel Steven M. Kleinman, USAFR, former 
Director of Intelligence, Personnel Recovery Academy, and Colonel John 
R. Moulton II, USAF (Ret.), former Commander, both of the Joint 
Personnel Recovery Agency, United States Joint Forces Command, 
Department of Defense.
CONSUMER PRIVACY
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded 
a hearing to examine broadband internet service providers and consumer 
privacy, focusing on online advertising, after receiving testimony from 
Dorothy Attwood, AT&T, Inc., San Antonio, Texas; Peter Stern, Time 
Warner Cable, Stamford, Connecticut; and Thomas J. Tauke, Verizon 
Communications, and Gigi B. Sohn, Public Knowledge, both of Washington, 
D.C.
SUPERFUND SITE
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee concluded an 
oversight hearing to examine the Environmental Protection Agency's 
(EPA) cleanup of the Superfund site in Libby, Montana, after receiving 
testimony from Stephen J. Nesbitt, Assistant Inspector General for 
Investigations, Office of Inspector General, Environmental Protection 
Agency; and Brad Black, Center for Asbestos Related Disease, and 
Marianne Roose, Board of Commissioners, both of Libby, Montana.
MIDDLE EAST PEACE PROCESS
Committee on Foreign Relations: Subcommittee on Near Eastern and South 
and Central Asian Affairs concluded a hearing to examine the Middle 
East peace process, focusing on progress and prospects, after receiving 
testimony from David Welch, Assistant Secretary of State for Near 
Eastern Affairs.
PREVENTING NUCLEAR TERRORISM
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Committee 
concluded a hearing to examine ways to prevent nuclear terrorism, 
focusing on radiation detection portal monitors as key elements in the 
national defenses against the threats of nuclear smuggling, after 
receiving testimony from Gene Aloise, Director, Natural Resources and 
Environment, Government Accountability Office; Vayl S. Oxford, 
Director, Domestic Nuclear Detection Office, and Thomas S. Winkowski, 
Assistant Commissioner, Office of Field Operations, U.S. Customs and 
Border Protection, both of the Department of Homeland Security; Thomas 
B. Cochran, Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc., Washington, D.C.; 
and Richard L. Wagner, Jr., Center for the Study of the Presidency, 
McLean, Virginia.
WEAPONS SYSTEMS
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Subcommittee 
on Federal Financial Management, Government Information, Federal 
Services, and International Security concluded a hearing to examine the 
cost growth of major Department of Defense (DOD) weapons systems, 
focusing on fundamental changes that are needed to improve weapon 
program outcomes, after receiving testimony from James I. Finley, 
Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Technology; 
Michael J. Sullivan, Director, Acquisition and Sourcing Management, 
Government Accountability Office; and Steven L. Schooner, George 
Washington University Law School Government Procurement Law Program, 
and Clark Murdock, Center for Strategic and International Studies, both 
of Washington, D.C.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee ordered favorably reported S. 
3355, to authorize the Crow Tribe of Indians water rights settlement.
RECOGNITION BILLS
Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
S. 724, to extend the Federal recognition to the Little Shell Tribe of 
Chippewa Indians of Montana, S. 514, to extend Federal recognition to 
the Muscogee Nation of Florida, S. 1058, to expedite review of the 
Grand River Bands of Ottawa Indians of Michigan to secure a timely and 
just determination of whether the Bands are entitled to recognition as 
a Federal Indian tribe so that the Bands may receive eligible funds 
before the funds are no longer available, and H.R. 1294, to extend 
Federal recognition to the Chickahominy Indian Tribe, the Chickahominy 
Indian Tribe-Eastern Division, the Upper Mattaponi Tribe, the 
Rappahannock Tribe, Inc., the Monacan Indian Nation, and the Nansemond 
Indian Tribe, after receiving testimony from Senator Webb; 
Representative Moran; Virginia Governor Timothy M. Kaine, Richmond; R. 
Lee Fleming, Director, Office of Federal Acknowledgment, Department of 
the Interior; John Sinclair, Little

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Shell Tribe of Chippewa Indians of Montana, Great Falls; Ann Denson 
Tucker, Muscogee Nation of Florida, Bruce; Ron Yob, Grand River Bands 
of Ottawa Indians, Grand Rapids, Michigan; and Helen C. Rountree, Old 
Dominion University, Norfolk, Virginia.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee ordered favorably reported the 
following:
  H.R. 3971, to encourage States to report to the Attorney General 
certain information regarding the deaths of individuals in the custody 
of law enforcement agencies, with an amendment in the nature of a 
substitute;
  S. 3501, to ensure that Congress is notified when the Department of 
Justice determines that the Executive Branch is not bound by a statute;
  H.R. 1943, to provide for an effective HIV/AIDS program in Federal 
prisons;
  S. Res. 659, A resolution designating September 27, 2008, as Alcohol 
and Drug Addiction Recovery Day; and
  The nominations of Clark Waddoups, to be United States District Judge 
for the District of Utah, 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, Christine M. Arguello, to be United States District Judge for 
the District of Colorado, Philip A. Brimmer, to be United States 
District Judge for the District of Colorado, Gregory G. Garre, of 
Maryland, to be Solicitor General of the United States, George W. 
Venables, to be United States Marshal for the Southern District of 
California, A. Brian Albritton, to be United States Attorney for the 
Middle District of Florida, C. Darnell Jones II, to be United States 
District Judge for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, Mitchell S. 
Goldberg, to be United States District Judge for the Eastern District 
of Pennsylvania, Joel H. Slomsky, to be United States District Judge 
for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, Eric F. Melgren, to be United 
States District Judge for the District of Kansas, and Anthony John 
Trenga, to be United States District Judge for the Eastern District of 
Virginia, all of the Department of Justice.
  Also, Committee approved the authorization for subpoenas relating to 
the Department of Justice Office of Legal Counsel.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Rules and Administration: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine the nominations of Gracia M. Hillman, of the District of 
Columbia, Donetta Davidson, of Colorado, Rosemary E. Rodriguez, of 
Colorado, and Gineen Bresso Beach, of New York, each to be a Member of 
the Election Assistance Commission, after the nominees, who were 
introduced by Senator Feinstein, testified and answered questions in 
their own behalf.
NOMINATION
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine the nomination of J. Patrick Rowan, of Maryland, to be an 
Assistant Attorney General, after the nominee testified and answered 
questions in his own behalf.