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“Senate Committee Meetings” mentioning the Department of Interior was published in the Daily Digest section on pages D1567-D1568 on Dec. 4, 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 ordered favorably reported the following:
S. 2332, to promote transparency in the adoption of new media ownership rules by the Federal Communications Commission, and to establish an independent panel to make recommendations on how to increase the representation of women and minorities in broadcast media ownership, with amendments;
S. 1581, to establish an interagency committee to develop an ocean acidification research and monitoring plan and to establish an ocean acidification program within the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, with amendments;
S. 2307, to amend the Global Change Research Act of 1990, with amendments;
S. 2355, to amend the National Climate Program Act to enhance the ability of the United States to develop and implement climate change adaptation programs and policies, with amendments; and
Promotion lists in the United States Coast Guard and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Commission Corps (NOAA).
CREDIT CARD PRACTICES
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations concluded a hearing to examine credit card practices, focusing on unfair interest rate increases, after receiving testimony from Roger C. Hochschild, Discover Financial Services, Riverwoods, Illinois; Bruce L. Hammonds, Bank of America, Wilmington, Delaware; Ryan Schneider, Capital One Financial Corporation, McLean, Virginia; Janet Hard, Freeland, Michigan; Bonnie Rushing, Naples, Florida; and Millard Glasshof, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
NEW MADRID SEISMIC ZONE
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Ad Hoc Subcommittee on State, Local, and Private Sector Preparedness and Integration concluded a hearing to examine the earthquake zone within the central Mississippi Valley, extending from northeast Arkansas, through southeast Missouri, western Tennessee, western Kentucky to southern Illinois, known as the Madrid Seismic Zone, after receiving testimony from Glenn M. Cannon, Assistant Administrator, Disaster Operations Directorate, Federal Emergency Management Agency, Department of Homeland Security; John R. Hayes, Jr., National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Department of Commerce; David Applegate, Senior Science Advisor for Earthquakes and Geological Hazards, United States Geological Survey, Department of the Interior; David Maxwell, Arkansas Department of Emergency Management (ADEM), Conway, on behalf of the Central United States Earthquake Consortium (CUSEC); and Callen Hays, Memphis Light, Gas, and Water, Memphis, Tennessee.
FOOD SAFETY
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee concluded a hearing to examine developing a comprehensive response to food safety problems, after receiving testimony from Michael O. Leavitt, Secretary of Health and Human Services; Joseph Corby, New York State Department of Agriculture and Markets, Albany; Paul B. Young, Waters Corporation, Newtownards, Northern Ireland; and Michael R. Taylor, George Washington University School of Public Health and Health Services, Caroline Smith DeWaal, Center for Science in the Public Interest, and Cal Dooley, Grocery Manufacturers Association, all of Washington, D.C.
CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES ELECTRONIC PRESCRIBING
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded a hearing to examine electronic prescribing of controlled substances, addressing health care and law enforcement priorities, after receiving testimony from Joseph T. Rannazzisi, Deputy Assistant Administrator, Office of Diversion Control, Drug Enforcement Administration, Department of Justice; Tony Trenkle, Director, E-Health and Standards Services, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Department of Health and Human Services; Laura L. Adams, Rhode Island Quality Institute, Swampscott, Massachusetts; Kevin D. Hutchinson, SureScripts, LLC, Alexandria, Virginia; David C. Miller, Compuware Corporation, Detroit, Michigan; and Michael A. Podgurski, Rite Aid Corporation, Camp Hill, Pennsylvania.
