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“Senate Committee Meetings” mentioning the Federal Reserve System was published in the Daily Digest section on pages D495-D496 on May 17, 2005.
The publication is reproduced in full below:
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
CAPITOL VISITOR CENTER
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Legislative Branch concluded a hearing to examine the progress of the Capitol Visitor Center, after receiving testimony from Alan Hantman, Architect of the Capitol; and David M. Walker, Comptroller General of the United States, Government Accountability Office.
APPROPRIATIONS: DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense concluded a hearing to examine proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2006 for the Department of Defense, after receiving testimony from numerous public witnesses.
CREDIT CARDS
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the current legal and regulatory requirements and industry practices for credit card issuers with respect to consumer disclosures and marketing efforts, after receiving testimony from Senators Akaka and Feinstein; Edward M. Gramlich, Member, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System; Julie L. Williams, Acting Comptroller of the Currency, Department of the Treasury; Antony Jenkins, Citi Cards, Sioux Falls, South Dakota; Travis B. Plunkett, Consumer Federation of America, Edmund Mierzwinski, U.S. Public Interest Research Group, and Linda Sherry, Consumer Action, all of Washington, D.C.; Louis J. Freeh, MBNA Corporation, and Carter Franke, Chase Bank U.S.A., both of Wilmington, Delaware; Robert D. Manning, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, New York; and Marge Connelly, Capital One Financial Corporation, Richmond, Virginia.
PORT SECURITY
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded a hearing to examine measures that have been taken since September 11, 2001, to secure our nation's ports, focusing on the implementation of the Maritime Transportation Security Act and vulnerabilities that remain in the maritime transportation sector, after receiving testimony from Representative Ruppersberger; Robert M. Jacksta, Executive Director, Border Security and Facilitation, U.S. Customs and Border Security, Rear Admiral Larry Hereth, U.S. Coast Guard, and Richard L. Skinner, Acting Inspector General, Office of Inspector General, all of the Department of Homeland Security; Margaret T. Wrightson, Director, Homeland Security and Justice Issues, Government Accountability Office; Jean Godwin, American Association of Port Authorities, Alexandria, Virginia; and Christopher Koch, World Shipping Council, Washington, D.C.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee began markup of proposed comprehensive energy legislation, focusing on provisions relating to Indian Energy, Department of Energy Management, and Personnel and Training, but did not complete action thereon, and will meet again tomorrow.
NUCLEAR SECURITY
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee concluded a closed hearing to examine nuclear security issues, receiving testimony from officials of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
COMMISSION FOR AFRICA
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the Commission for Africa, recommendations for a coherent strategy for African development and reform, after receiving testimony from former Senator Nancy Kassebaum-Baker, and Tidjane Thiam, Aviva, London, United Kingdom, both on behalf of the Commission for Africa; and Nancy Birdsall, Center for Global Development, Washington, D.C.
OIL FOR FOOD
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations held a hearing to examine the United Nations' Oil-for-Food Program, the illegal surcharges paid on Iraqi oil sales, and the nature and extent of the 2003 Khor al-Amaya incident, receiving testimony from George Galloway, Member of Parliament for Bethnal Green and Bow, Great Britain; and Mark L. Greenblatt, Counsel, Dan M. Berkovitz, Counsel to the Minority, and Steven A. Groves, Counsel, all of the U.S. Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations.
Hearing recessed subject to the call.
OLDER AMERICANS ACT REAUTHORIZATION
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Subcommittee on Retirement Security and Aging held a hearing to examine the Administration's recommendations for the Older Americans Act Reauthorization, focusing on the National Family Caregiver Support Program, primary long-term care issues, and the aging population and workforce, receiving testimony from Josefina Carbonell, Assistant Secretary of Health and Human Services for Aging; and Emily DeRocco, Assistant Secretary of Labor for Employment and Training.
Hearing recessed subject to the call.
IMMIGRATION REFORM
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security and Citizenship and the Subcommittee on Terrorism, Technology and Homeland Security held a joint hearing to examine strengthening our national security, regarding the need for comprehensive immigration reform, receiving testimony from Asa Hutchinson, Venable, LLP, Washington, D.C., former Under Secretary of Homeland Security for Border and Transportation Security; Margaret D. Stock, United States Military Academy, West Point, New York, on behalf of the American Immigration Lawyers Association; and Mark K. Reed, Border Management Strategies, LLC, Tucson, Arizona.
Hearing recessed subject to the call.
BUSINESS MEETING
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee met in closed session to consider pending intelligence matters.
Committee recessed subject to the call.
