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“Senate Committee Meetings” mentioning the Department of Interior was published in the Daily Digest section on pages D532-D533 on May 1, 2008.
The publication is reproduced in full below:
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
HOMELESS VETERANS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies concluded a joint hearing with the Subcommittee on Military Construction and Veterans' Affairs, and Related Agencies to examine the issue of homeless veterans in the United States, after receiving testimony from Mark Johnston, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Special Needs, Office of Community Planning and Development, Department of Housing and Urban Development; Peter H. Dougherty, Director, Homeless Veterans Programs, Department of Veterans Affairs; Cheryl Beversdorf, National Coalition for Homeless Veterans, Steven R. Berg, National Alliance to End Homelessness, and Richard Weidman, Vietnam Veterans of America, all of Washington, D.C.; and Paul Lambros, Plymouth Housing Group, Seattle, Washington.
FINANCIAL LITERACY FOR HOMEBUYERS
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on Economic Policy concluded a hearing to examine financial literacy for today's homebuyers, focusing on quality consumer education and counseling, after receiving testimony from Sarah Bloom Raskin, Maryland Office of Financial Regulation, Takoma Park, on behalf of the Conference of State Bank Supervisors (CSBS); Kenneth D. Wade, NeighborWorks America, Washington, D.C.; and Ronni Cohen, Delaware Money School, Claymont.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the nominations of Lily Fu Claffee, of Illinois, to be General Counsel, and William J. Brennan, of Maine, to be Assistant Secretary for Oceans and Atmosphere, both of the Department of Commerce, after each nominee testified and answered questions in their own behalf.
PUBLIC UTILITY HOLDING COMPANY ACT
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the adequacy of state and federal regulatory structures for governing electric utility holding companies relating to the repeal of the Public Utility Holding Company Act in the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (Public Law 109-58), after receiving testimony from Senator Feingold; Joseph T. Kelliher, Chairman, and Philip D. Moeller, Jon Wellinghoff, Suedeen G. Kelly, and Marc Spitzer, each a Commissioner, all of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission; Mark Gaffigan, Director, Natural Resources and Environment, Government Accountability Office; James Y. Kerr II, North Carolina Utilities Commission, Raleigh, on behalf of the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners; David K. Owens, Edison Electric Institute, Washington, D.C.; and Scott Hempling, National Regulatory Research Institute, Silver Spring, Maryland.
MILITARY BUILD-UP ON GUAM
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the military build-up on Guam, focusing on the impact on the civilian community, planning, and response, after receiving testimony from Madeleine Z. Bordallo, Delegate from Guam; Guam Governor Felix P. Camacho, Hagatna; David F. Bice, Executive Director, Joint Guam Program Office, Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Installations and Environment, Department of Defense; Nikolao I. Pula, Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Interior for Insular Affairs; and Brian J. Lepore, Director, Defense Capabilities and Management, Government Accountability Office.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the nominations of Robert Stephen Beecroft, of California, to be Ambassador to the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, James B. Cunningham, of New York, to be Ambassador to Israel, Richard E. Hoagland, of the District of Columbia, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Kazakhstan, and Joseph Evan LeBaron, of Oregon, to be Ambassador to the State of Qatar, all of the Department of State, after each nominee testified and answered questions in their own behalf.
CHILDHOOD INJURY PREVENTION
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee concluded a hearing to examine preventing childhood accidental injury, after receiving testimony from Ileana Arias, Director, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Department of Health and Human Services; Alan Korn, Safe Kids USA, and Meri-K Appy, Home Safety Council, both of Washington, D.C.; Amber N. Williams, State and Territorial Injury Prevention Directors Association, Atlanta, Georgia; and Justin Bruns, Baltimore, Maryland.
INDIAN ENERGY DEVELOPMENT
Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee concluded an oversight hearing to examine Indian energy development, focusing on regaining self-
determination over reservation resources, after receiving testimony from Robert W. Middleton, Director, Office of Indian Energy and Economic Development, Office of the Assistant Secretary-Indian Affairs, Department of the Interior; Steven J. Morello, Director, Office of Indian Energy Policy and Programs, Department of Energy; Marcus D. Wells, Jr., Three Affiliated Tribes of the Fort Berthold Indian Reservation, New Town, North Dakota; Carl Venne, Crow Nation, Crow Agency, Montana; Steven C. Begay, Dine Power Authority (DPA), Window Rock, Arizona; and Julie Kitka, Alaska Federation of Natives, Anchorage.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the nominations of G. Steven Agee, of Virginia, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Fourth Circuit, who was introduced by Senators Warner and Webb, William T. Lawrence, to be United States District Judge for the Southern District of Indiana, who was introduced by Senators Lugar and Bayh, and G. Murray Snow, to be United States District Judge for the District of Arizona, who was introduced by Senator Kyl, after each nominee testified and answered questions in their own behalf.
BUSINESS MEETING
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee ordered favorably reported an original bill to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2009 for intelligence and intelligence-related activities of the United States Government, the Community Management Account, and the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability System.
