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“Senate Committee Meetings” mentioning the Federal Reserve System was published in the Daily Digest section on pages D188-D189 on Feb. 14, 2007.
The publication is reproduced in full below:
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
IRANIAN ACTIVITIES
Committee on Armed Services: Committee met in closed session to receive a briefing regarding Iranian activities in Iraq from Eric S. Edelman, Under Secretary of Defense for Policy; Lieutenant General Douglas E. Lute, USA, Director for Operations, J-3, The Joint Staff; Lieutenant General Michael D. Maples, USA, Director, Defense Intelligence Agency; and David Satterfield, Senior Advisor to the Secretary of State, Coordinator for Iraq, Department of State.
MONETARY POLICY REPORT
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the semiannual Monetary Policy Report to the Congress, after receiving testimony from Ben S. Bernanke, Chairman, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.
TAX COMPLIANCE
Committee on the Budget: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the President's fiscal year 2008 budget proposals on tax compliance, after receiving testimony from Mark W. Everson, Commissioner, Internal Revenue Service, Department of the Treasury.
OVERSEAS SWEATSHOP ABUSES
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on Interstate Commerce, Trade, and Tourism concluded a hearing to examine overseas sweatshop abuses, focusing on their impact on U.S. workers and the need for anti-sweatshop legislation, including S. 367, to amend the Tariff Act of 1930 to prohibit the import, export, and sale of goods made with sweatshop labor, after receiving testimony from David J. Socolow, New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development, Trenton; Betty Fuentes, International Labor Rights Fund, and Daniel T. Griswold, Cato Institute, both of Washington, D.C.; Sheikh Nazma, and Charles Kernaghan, both of the National Labor Committee, New York, New York; James D. English, United Steelworkers, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; and Steven A. Jesseph, Worldwide Responsible Apparel Production, Arlington, Virginia.
DEEPWATER PROGRAM
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on Oceans, Atmosphere, Fisheries and Coast Guard concluded an oversight hearing to examine recent setbacks to the Coast Guard Deepwater Program, focusing on efforts to improve management and address certain operations challenges, after receiving testimony from Admiral Thad W. Allen, Commandant, and Captain Kevin P. Jarvis, (Ret.), both of the U.S. Coast Guard, and Richard L. Skinner, Inspector General, all of the Department of Homeland Security; Stephen L. Caldwell, Acting Director, Homeland Security and Justice Issues, Government Accountability Office; Leo S. Mackay, Lockheed Martin Maritime Systems and Sensors, Arlington, Virginia; and Philip A. Teel, Northrop Grumman Ship Systems, Pascagoula, Mississippi.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee ordered favorably reported the following business items:
S. 558, to provide parity between health insurance coverage of mental health benefits and benefits for medical and surgical services, with an amendment;
S. 556, to reauthorize the Head Start Act; and
The nomination of Leon R. Sequeira, of Virginia, to be Assistant Secretary of Labor.
JUDICIAL SECURITY AND INDEPENDENCE
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded a hearing to examine judicial security and independence, including S. 378, to amend title 18, United States Code, to protect judges, prosecutors, witnesses, victims, and their family members, S. 197, to authorize salary adjustments for justices and judges of the United States for fiscal year 2007, S. 344, to permit the televising of Supreme Court proceedings, and S. 352, to provide for media coverage of Federal court proceedings, after receiving testimony from Associate Justice Anthony M. Kennedy, United States Supreme Court.
COMMITTEE FUNDING RESOLUTIONS
Committee on Rules and Administration: Committee concluded a hearing on proposed legislation authorizing expenditures by the Select Committee on Intelligence, the Committee on Foreign Relations, and the Committee on Finance, after receiving testimony from Senators Rockefeller, Bond, Lugar, and Grassley.
INTELLIGENCE
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee held closed hearings on intelligence matters, receiving testimony from officials of the intelligence community.
Committee recessed subject to the call.
