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“Senate Committee Meetings” mentioning the U.S. Dept. of Commerce was published in the Daily Digest section on pages D173-D174 on Feb. 12, 2007.
The publication is reproduced in full below:
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee approved for reporting the following subcommittee assignments for the 110th Congress:
Subcommittee on Aviation Operations, Safety, and Security: Senators Rockefeller (Chair), Kerry, Dorgan, Boxer, Nelson (FL), Cantwell, Lautenberg, Pryor, Carper, McCaskill, Klobuchar, Lott, McCain, Hutchison, Snowe, Smith, Ensign, Sununu, DeMint, Vitter, and Thune.
Subcommittee on Science, Technology, and Innovation: Senators Kerry
(Chair), Rockefeller, Dorgan, Boxer, Cantwell, Pryor, McCaskill, Klobuchar, Ensign, McCain, Hutchison, Smith, Sununu, DeMint, and Thune.
Subcommittee on Interstate Commerce, Trade, and Tourism: Senators Dorgan (Chair), Rockefeller, Kerry, Boxer, Cantwell, Pryor, McCaskill, DeMint, McCain, Snowe, Smith, Ensign, and Sununu.
Subcommittee on Space, Aeronautics, and Related Science: Senators Nelson (FL) (Chair), Kerry, Dorgan, Pryor, Hutchison, Lott, and Sununu.
Subcommittee on Oceans, Atmosphere, Fisheries, and Coast Guard: Senators Cantwell (Chair), Kerry, Boxer, Nelson (FL), Lautenberg, Carper, Klobuchar, Snowe, Lott, Smith, Sununu, DeMint, and Vitter.
Subcommittee on Surface Transportation and Merchant Marine Infrastructure, Safety, and Security: Senators Lautenberg (Chair), Rockefeller, Kerry, Dorgan, Cantwell, Pryor, Carper, McCaskill, Klobuchar, Smith, McCain, Lott, Hutchison, Snowe, DeMint, Vitter, and Thune.
Subcommittee on Consumer Affairs, Insurance, and Automotive Safety: Senators Pryor (Chair), Rockefeller, Nelson (FL), Cantwell, Lautenberg, Carper, McCaskill, Klobuchar, Sununu, McCain, Lott, Snowe, Smith, Vitter, and Thune.
Senators Inouye and Stevens are ex officio members of each of the Subcommittees.
ENERGY EFFICIENCY
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Subcommittee on Energy concluded a hearing to examine recommendations on policies and programs to improve the energy efficiency of buildings and to expand the role of electric and gas utilities in energy efficiency programs, after receiving testimony from Kim Christianson, North Dakota Department of Commerce, Bismarck, on behalf of the National Association of State Energy Officials; R. K. Stewart, American Institute of Architects, and Kateri Callahan, Alliance to Save Energy, both of Washington, D.C.; Charles R. Zimmerman, Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., Bentonville, Arkansas; Jack Hebert, Cold Climate Housing Research Center, Fairbanks, Alaska; and James E. Rogers, Duke Energy, Charlotte, North Carolina, on behalf of the Edison Electric Institute.
