[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 154 (2008), Part 14]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages 19565-19566]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                       SENATE COMMITTEE MEETINGS

  Title IV of Senate Resolution 4, agreed to by the Senate on February 
4, 1977, calls for establishment of a system for a computerized 
schedule of all meetings and hearings of Senate committees, 
subcommittees, joint committees, and committees of conference. This 
title requires all such committees to notify the Office of the Senate 
Daily Digest--designated by the Rules Committee--of the time, place, 
and purpose of the meetings, when scheduled, and any cancellations or 
changes in the meetings as they occur.
  As an additional procedure along with the computerization of this 
information, the Office of the Senate Daily Digest will prepare this 
information for printing in the Extensions of Remarks section of the 
Congressional Record on Monday and Wednesday of each week.
  Meetings scheduled for Thursday, September 18, 2008 may be found in 
the Daily Digest of today's Record.

                           MEETINGS SCHEDULED

                              SEPTEMBER 23
     9:30 a.m.
       Armed Services
         To hold hearings to examine the situation in Iraq and 
           Afghanistan; with the possibility of a closed session 
           in SVC-217 following the open session.
                                                            SD-106
       Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
       Employment and Workplace Safety Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine investing in a skilled 
           workforce, focusing on making the best use of tax-payer 
           dollars to maximize results.
                                                            SD-430
     10 a.m.
       Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
       Disaster Recovery Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine after action reviews of 
           federal, state, and local activities to respond and 
           recover from Hurricanes Gustav and Ike.
                                                            SD-G50
       Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
         To hold hearings to examine turmoil in United States 
           credit markets, focusing on recent actions regarding 
           investment banks and other financial institutions.
                                                            SD-538
       Energy and Natural Resources
         To hold hearings to examine reasons that diesel fuel 
           prices have been so high and what can be done to 
           address this situation.
                                                            SD-366
       Environment and Public Works
         To hold hearings to examine regulation of greenhouse 
           gases under the Clean Air Act (Public Law 101-549).
                                                            SD-406
       Finance
         To hold hearings to examine covering the uninsured, 
           focusing on making health insurance markets work.
                                                            SD-215
       Judiciary
         To hold hearings to examine equal pay for equal work.
                                                            SH-216
       Appropriations
       Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related 
           Agencies Subcommittee
       Financial Services and General Government Subcommittee
         To hold joint hearings to examine food marketing to 
           children.
                                                            SD-192
     10:30 a.m.
       Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
       Federal Financial Management, Government Information, 
           Federal Services, and International Security 
           Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine reducing the undercount in 
           the 2010 census.
                                                            SD-342

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     2:15 p.m.
       Foreign Relations
         Business meeting to consider pending calendar business.
                                                    S-116, Capitol
     2:30 p.m.
       Commerce, Science, and Transportation
         To hold oversight hearings to examine the transition to 
           digital television, focusing on the February 2009 
           deadline.
                                                            SR-253
       Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
       Oversight of Government Management, the Federal Workforce, 
           and the District of Columbia Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine the elements of the federal 
           government responsible for coordinating our public 
           diplomacy, including their respective missions, 
           organizational structures, workforce, and management.
                                                            SD-342
       Intelligence
         To hold hearings to examine the new Attorney General 
           guidelines for domestic intelligence collection.
                                                            SD-G50

                              SEPTEMBER 24
     9:30 a.m.
       Veterans' Affairs
         To hold oversight hearings to examine cooperation and 
           collaboration by the Departments of Veterans Affairs 
           and Defense on information technology efforts.
                                                            SR-418
     10 a.m.
       Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
       Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
       Disaster Recovery Subcommittee
         To hold joint hearings to examine the effectiveness of 
           agricultural disaster assistance programs in the wake 
           of the 2008 Midwest floods, Hurricane Gustav, and 
           Hurricane Ike.
                                                           SR-328A
       Finance
         To hold hearings to examine infrastructure needs and the 
           consequences of inaction.
                                                            SD-215
       Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
         To hold hearings to examine domestic partner benefits for 
           federal employees.
                                                            SD-342
       Commerce, Science, and Transportation
       Interstate Commerce, Trade, and Tourism Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine the imbalance in United 
           States-Korea automobile trade.
                                                            SR-253
       Joint Economic Committee
         To hold hearings to examine the current economic outlook.
                                                            SD-106
     10:30 a.m.
       Aging
         To hold hearings to examine ways to respect Americans' 
           choices at the end of life.
                                                            SD-562
     10:45 a.m.
       Judiciary
       Human Rights and the Law Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine extracting natural resources, 
           focusing on corporate responsibility and the rule of 
           law.
                                                            SH-216
     2:30 p.m.
       Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
       State, Local, and Private Sector Preparedness and 
           Integration Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine the Federal Emergency 
           Management Agency's (FEMA) future preparedness 
           planning.
                                                            SD-342
       Environment and Public Works
         To hold hearings to examine the Bush Administration's 
           environmental record at the Department of the Interior 
           and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
                                                            SD-406
       Judiciary
       Terrorism, Technology and Homeland Security Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine the Visa Waiver Program, 
           focusing on mitigating risks to ensure the safety of 
           all Americans.
                                                            SH-216

                              SEPTEMBER 25
     9:30 a.m.
       Armed Services
         To hold hearings to examine the authorization of Survival 
           Evasion Resistance and Escape techniques for 
           interrogations in Iraq, focusing on the Committee's 
           inquiry into the treatment of detainees in United 
           States custody.
                                                            SD-106
       Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
         To hold hearings to examine ways to prevent nuclear 
           terrorism, focusing on hard lessons learned from 
           troubled investments.
                                                            SD-342
     10 a.m.
       Commerce, Science, and Transportation
         To hold hearings to examine broadband providers and 
           consumer privacy.
                                                            SR-253
     2:30 p.m.
       Intelligence
         To hold hearings to examine the nomination of J. Patrick 
           Rowan, of Maryland, to be an Assistant Attorney 
           General.
                                                            SD-G50