Thursday, May 1, 2008 [[Page D531]] Daily Digest HIGHLIGHTS See Resume of Congressional Activity. Senate Chamber Action Routine Proceedings, pages S3649-S3733 Measures Introduced: Nineteen bills and five resolutions were introduced, as follows: S. 2951-2969, and S. Res. 544-548. Pages S3698-99 Measures Passed: Farm Security and Rural Investment Act Extension: Senate passed S. 2954, to amend Public Law 110-196 to provide for a temporary extension of programs authorized by the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 beyond May 2, 2008. Page S3727 Jicarilla Apache Reservation: Senate passed H.R. 3522, to ratify a conveyance of a portion of the Jicarilla Apache Reservation to Rio Arriba County, State of New Mexico, pursuant to the settlement of litigation between the Jicarilla Apache Nation and Rio Arriba County, State of New Mexico, to authorize issuance of a patent for said lands, and to change the exterior boundary of the Jicarilla Apache Reservation accordingly, clearing the measure for the President. Page S3727 Technical Corrections: Senate agreed to H. Con. Res. 340, to make technical corrections in the enrollment of the bill H.R. 493. Page S3727 National Child Care Worthy Wage Day: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions was discharged from further consideration of H. Con. Res. 112, supporting the goals and ideas of a National Child Care Worthy Wage Day, and the resolution was then agreed to. Page S3727 Iraq Reconstruction Assistance: Senate agreed to S. Res. 494, expressing the sense of the Senate on the need for Iraq's neighbors and other international partners to fulfill their pledges to provide reconstruction assistance to Iraq, after agreeing to the following amendment proposed thereto: Pages S3727-28 Cantwell (for Reid) Amendment No. 4653, to improve the resolution. Page S3728 National Drug Court Month: Committee on the Judiciary was discharged from further consideration of S. Res. 534, designating the month of May 2008 as ``National Drug Court Month'', and the resolution was then agreed to. Pages S3728-29 National Substitute Teacher Recognition Week: Senate agreed to S. Res. 544, designating May 5 through 9, 2008, as National Substitute Teacher Recognition Week. Page S3729 Honoring Recipients of the El Dorado Promise Scholarship: Senate agreed to S. Res. 545, honoring the recipients of the El Dorado Promise scholarship. Page S3729 National Physical Fitness and Sports Month: Senate agreed to S. Res. 546, designating May 2008 as ``National Physical Fitness and Sports Month'' and the week of May 1 through May 7, 2008 as ``National Physical Education and Sports Week''. Pages S3729-30 North American Occupational Safety and Health Week: Senate agreed to S. Res. 547, designating the week of May 4 through May 10, 2008, as ``North American Occupational Safety and Health Week'' and May 7, 2008, as ``Occupational Safety and Health Professionals Day''. Pages S3730-31 Measures Considered: FAA Reauthorization Act: Senate continued consideration of H.R. 2881, to amend title 49, United States Code, to authorize appropriations for the Federal Aviation Administration for fiscal years 2008 through 2011, to improve aviation safety and capacity, to provide stable funding for the national aviation system, and taking action on the following amendments proposed thereto: Pages S3655-89 Pending: Rockefeller Amendment No. 4627, in the nature of a substitute. Pages S3655-89 [[Page D532]] Reid Amendment No. 4628 (to Amendment No. 4627), to change the enactment date. Page S3655 Reid Amendment No. 4629 (to Amendment No. 4628), of a perfecting nature. Page S3655 Reid Amendment No. 4630 (to the language proposed to be stricken by Amendment No. 4627), to change the enactment date. Page S3655 Reid Amendment No. 4631 (to Amendment No. 4630), of a perfecting nature. Page S3655 Motion to commit the bill to the Committee on Finance, with instructions to report back forthwith, with Reid Amendment No. 4636, to change the enactment date. Pages S3656-89 Reid Amendment No. 4637 (to Amendment No. 4636), of a perfecting nature. Pages S3656-89 Rockefeller Amendment No. 4642 (to Amendment No. 4637), of a perfecting nature. Pages S3660-89 A motion was entered to close further debate on Rockefeller Amendment No. 4627 (listed above), and, in accordance with the provisions of Rule XXII of the Standing Rules of the Senate, and pursuant to the unanimous-consent agreement of Thursday, May 1, 2008, a vote on cloture will occur at 2:30 p.m. on Tuesday, May 6, 2008. Page S3689 A motion was entered to close further debate on the bill, and, in accordance with the provisions of Rule XXII of the Standing Rules of the Senate, a vote on cloture will occur on Monday, May 5, 2008. Pages S3689, S3733 A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing that all first- degree amendments be filed by 3:30 p.m., on Monday, May 5, 2008. Page S3733 Message from the President: Senate received the following message from the President of the United States: Transmitting, pursuant to law, a report relative to the issuance of an Executive Order that takes additional steps with respect to the national emergency that was originally declared in Executive Order 13047 of May 20, 1997; which was referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. (PM-45) Pages S3695-96 Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations: Sean Joseph Stackley, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary of the Navy. Steven C. Preston, of Illinois, to be Secretary of Housing and Urban Development. Liliana Ayalde, of Maryland, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Paraguay. Tatiana C. Gfoeller-Volkoff, of the District of Columbia, to be Ambassador to the Kyrgyz Republic. Page S3733 Messages from the House: Page S3696 Measures Referred: Page S3696 Measures Placed on the Calendar: Page S3696 Enrolled Bills Presented: Pages S3696-97 Executive Communications: Pages S3697-98 Additional Cosponsors: Pages S3699-3701 Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions: Pages S3701-21 Additional Statements: Pages S3694-95 Amendments Submitted: Pages S3721-26 Notices of Hearings/Meetings: Page S3726 Authorities for Committees to Meet: Pages S3726-27 Adjournment: Senate convened at 9:30 a.m. and adjourned at 7:33 p.m., until 9:30 a.m. on Friday, May 2, 2008. (For Senate's program, see the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page S3733.) 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. [[Page D533]] 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. [[Page D534]] House of Representatives Chamber Action Public Bills and Resolutions Introduced: 20 public bills, H.R. 5937- 5956; and 7 resolutions, H. Con. Res. 339-340, and H. Res. 1168-1172, were introduced. Pages H3017-18 Additional Cosponsors: Pages H3019-21 Reports Filed: A report was filed today as follows: H.R. 5579, to remove an impediment to troubled debt restructuring on the part of holders of residential mortgage loans, with an amendment (H. Rept. 110-615); and H.R. 5818, to authorize the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to make loans to States to acquire foreclosed housing and to make grants to States for related costs, with an amendment (H. Rept. 110-471). Page H3017 The prayer was offered by the guest Chaplain, Pastor Gary Strickland, Kingdom Place, Lumberton, North Carolina. Page H2951 Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2008: The House agreed to the Senate amendment to H.R. 493, to prohibit discrimination on the basis of genetic information with respect to health insurance and employment, by a yea-and-nay vote of 414 yeas to 1 nay, Roll No. 234-- clearing the measure for the President. Pages H2961-80 H. Res. 1156, the rule providing for consideration of the Senate amendment, was agreed to by voice vote after agreeing to order the previous question. Pages H2956-61 Providing for consideration of motions to suspend the rules: The House agreed to H. Res. 1167, to provide for consideration of motions to suspend the rules, by a yea-and-nay vote of 228 yeas to 189 nays, Roll No. 236, after agreeing to order the previous question by a yea-and-nay vote of 226 yeas to 190 nays, Roll No. 235. Pages H2953-56, S2980-81 Suspension--Proceedings Resumed: The House agreed to suspend the rules and pass the following measure which was debated on Wednesday, April 30th: Authorizing the use of the Capitol Grounds for the National Peace Officers' Memorial Service: H. Con. Res. 308, to authorize the use of the Capitol Grounds for the National Peace Officers' Memorial Service, by a \2/3\ yea-and-nay vote of 412 yeas with none voting ``nay'', Roll No. 237. Pages H2981-82 Suspensions: The House agreed to suspend the rules and pass the following measures: Making technical corrections in the enrollment of the bill H.R. 493: H. Con. Res. 340, to make technical corrections in the enrollment of the bill H.R. 493; Pages H2982-83 Ensuring Continued Access to Student Loans Act of 2008: Agreed to the Senate amendments to H.R. 5715, to ensure continued availability of access to the Federal student loan program for students and families, by a \2/3\ yea-and-nay vote of 388 yeas to 21 nays, Roll No. 239-- clearing the measure for the President; and Pages H2983-87 Amending Public Law 110-196 to provide for a temporary extension of programs authorized by the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 beyond May 2, 2008: S. 2954, to amend Public Law 110-196 to provide for a temporary extension of programs authorized by the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 beyond May 2, 2008--clearing the measure for the President. Pages H2987-88 Food and Energy Security Act of 2007--Motion to Instruct Conferees: Rejected the Flake motion to instruct conferees on H.R. 2419, to provide for the continuation of agricultural programs through fiscal year 2012, by a yea-and-nay vote of 157 yeas to 259 nays, Roll No. 238. Consideration of the motion began on Wednesday, April 30th. Pages H2988-89 Meeting Hour: Agreed by unanimous consent that when the House adjourns today, it adjourn to meet at 12:30 p.m. on Monday, May 5th for morning hour debate. Page H2992 Food and Energy Security Act of 2007--Motion to Instruct Conferees: The House began consideration of the Ryan (WI) motion to instruct conferees on H.R. 2419, to provide for the continuation of agricultural programs through fiscal year 2012. Further proceedings were postponed. Pages H2992-95 Food and Energy Security Act of 2007--Motion to Instruct Conferees: The House began consideration of the Kind motion to instruct conferees on H.R. 2419, to provide for the continuation of agricultural programs through fiscal year 2012. Further proceedings were postponed. Pages H2995-99 Speaker pro tempore: Read a letter from the Speaker wherein she appointed Representative Hoyer and Representative Van Hollen to act as Speaker pro tempore to sign enrolled bills and joint resolutions through May 5, 2008. Page H2999 [[Page D535]] Presidential Message: Read a message from the President wherein he notified Congress of the issuance of an Executive Order that takes additional steps with respect to the national emergency declared in Executive Order 13047 relating to Burma--referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered to be printed (H. Doc. 110-107). Pages H2999-H3000 Senate Messages: Messages received from the Senate today appear on pages H2951 and H2987. Senate Referral: S. 1760 was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce and S. 2954 was held at the desk. Page H3017 Quorum Calls--Votes: Six yea-and-nay votes developed during the proceedings of today and appear on pages H2979-80, H2980, H2981, H2981- 82, H2988-89, and H2989. There were no quorum calls. Adjournment: The House met at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 6:46 p.m. Committee Meetings FDA GLOBALIZATION ACT Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Health held a hearing on the Food and Drug Administration Globalization Act, focusing on Drug Safety Provisions. Testimony was heard from Janet Woodcock, M.D., Director, Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, FDA, Department of Health and Human Services; and public witnesses. BROADBAND ACCESS DISABLED Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet held a hearing on a measure Enhancing Access to Broadband Technology and Services for Persons with Disabilities. Testimony was heard from public witnesses. FHA HOUSING STABILIZATION AND HOMEOWNERSHIP RETENTION ACT Committee on Financial Services: Ordered reported, as amended, H.R. 5830, FHA Housing Stabilization and Homeownership Retention Act of 2008. IRAQI REFUGEES/DISPLACED PERSONS Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on the Middle East and South Asia, and the Subcommittee on International Organizations, Human Rights and Oversight held a joint hearing on No Direction Home: An NGO Perspective on Iraqi Refugees and IDPs. Testimony was heard from Representative Blumenauer; and public witnesses. MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES Committee on Homeland Security: Subcommittee on Transportation and Infrastructure Protection began markup of the following measures: H.R. 4179, Fair, Accurate, Secure and Timely Redress Act of 2007; H.R. 4749, National Bombing Prevention Act of 2008; H.R. 5909, To amend the Aviation and Transportation Security Act to prohibit advance notice to certain individuals, including security screeners, of covert testing of security screening procedures for the purpose of enhancing transportation security at airports, and for other purposes; and H. Res. 1150, Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the Transportation Security Administration should, in accordance with the congressional mandate provided for in the Implementing Recommendations of the 9/11 Commission Act of 2007, enhance security against terrorist attack and other security threats to our Nation's rail and mass transit lines. U.S. CAPITOL--ADMINISTRATION AND MANAGEMENT Committee on House Administration: Subcommittee on Capitol Security held a hearing on the Administration and Management of the United States Capitol. Testimony was heard from Chief Phillip D. Morse, U.S. Capitol Police; Richard M. Stana, Director, Homeland Security and Justice, GAO; and Matthew Tighe, Chairman, U.S. Capitol Police Labor Committee. UNSAFE FOREIGN PRODUCTS Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law held a hearing on H.R. 5913, Protecting Americans from Unsafe Foreign Products Act. Testimony was heard from public witnesses. TOBACCO TAX ENFORCEMENT Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security held a hearing on the following bills: H.R. 4081, Prevent All Cigarette Trafficking Act of 2007; and H.R. 5689, Smuggled Tobacco Prevention Act of 2008. Testimony was heard from Representatives Weiner and Kildee; William Hoover, Assistant Director, Office of Field Operations, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, Department of Justice; David Lapp, Chief Counsel, Tobacco Enforcement Unit, Office of the Attorney General, State of Maryland; and public witnesses. MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES Committee on Oversight and Government Reform: Ordered reported the following measures: H.R. 5683, amended, Government Accountability Office Act; H.R. [[Page D536]] 3774, amended, Senior Executive Service Diversity Assurance Act; H.R. 5787, amended, Federal Real Property Disposal Enhancement Act of 2008; H.R. 5912, amended, To amend title 39, United States Code, to make cigarettes and certain other tobacco products nonmailable, and for other purposes; H.R. 5811, amended, Electronic Communications Preservation Act; the Thrift Savings Plan Enhancement Act; H. Res. 923, Recognizing the State of Minnesota's 150th anniversary; H. Res. 1113, Celebrating the role of mothers in the United States and supporting the goals and ideals of Mother's Day; H. Res. 1114, Supporting the goals and ideals of the Arbor Day Foundation and National Arbor Day; H. Res. 1122, Recognizing Armed Forces Day; and H. Res. 1132, Supporting the goals and ideals of Peace Officers Memorial Day. NASA'S AERONAUTICS RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT Committee on Science and Technology: Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics held a hearing on NASA's Aeronautics Research and Development: Status and Issues. Testimony was heard from Jaiwon Shin, Associate Administrator, Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate, NASA; and public witnesses. SMALL BUSINESS-FARMS RAIL TRANSPORTATION ACCESS Committee on Small Business: Held a hearing entitled ``Rail Transportation Access for Small Businesses and Family Farmers.'' Testimony was heard from public witnesses. EDUCATION TAX INCENTIVES Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Select Revenue Measures held a hearing on Education Tax Incentives. Testimony was heard from Michael Brostek, Director, Tax Issues, Strategic Issues Team, GAO; Karen Gilbreath Sowell, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Tax Policy, Department of the Treasury; Dan Ebersole, Director, Office of Treasury and Fiscal Services, State of Georgia; and public witnesses. Joint Meetings IMPACT OF HIGH FOOD PRICES Joint Economic Committee: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the ways that high food prices are impacting American families, after receiving testimony from Joseph Glauber, Chief Economist, Department of Agriculture; George Braley, America's Second Harvest, and Tom Buis, National Farmers Union, both of Washington, D.C.; and Richard Reinwald, Reinwald's Bakery, Huntington, New York, on behalf of the Retail Bakers of America and the American Bakers Association. FARM BILL EXTENSION ACT Conferees met to resolve the differences between the Senate and House passed versions of H.R. 2419, to provide for the continuation of agricultural programs through fiscal year 2012, but did not complete action thereon, and recessed subject to the call. NEW PUBLIC LAWS (For last listing of Public Laws, see Daily Digest, p. D518) H.R. 1119, to amend title 36, United States Code, to revise the congressional charter of the Military Order of the Purple Heart of the United States of America, Incorporated, to authorize associate membership in the corporation for the spouse and siblings of a recipient of the Purple Heart medal. Signed on April 30, 2008. (Public Law 110-207) COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR FRIDAY, MAY 2, 2008 (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated) Senate No meetings/hearings scheduled. House No Committee meetings are scheduled. Joint Meetings Joint Economic Committee: to hold hearings to examine the employment-unemployment situation for April 2008, 9:30 a.m., SD-562. *These figures include all measures reported, even if there was no accompanying report. A total of 78 reports have been filed in the Senate, a total of 107 reports have been filed in the House. [[Page D537]] Resume of Congressional Activity SECOND SESSION OF THE ONE HUNDRED TENTH CONGRESS The first table gives a comprehensive resume of all legislative business transacted by the Senate and House. The second table accounts for all nominations submitted to the Senate by the President for Senate confirmation. DATA ON LEGISLATIVE ACTIVITY January 3 through April 30, 2008 Senate House Total Days in session............... 66 50 .. Time in session............... 379 hrs., 22 312 hrs., 11 .. Congressional Record: Pages of proceedings........... 3648 2949 .. Extensions of Remarks.......... .. 786 .. Public bills enacted into law. 14 13 .. Private bills enacted into law .. .. .. Bills in conference........... 5 7 .. Measures passed, total........ 161 272 .. Senate bills................... 20 14 .. House bills.................... 35 108 .. Senate joint resolutions....... 1 1 .. House joint resolutions........ 1 1 .. Senate concurrent resolutions.. 10 3 .. House concurrent resolutions... 10 25 .. Simple resolutions............. 84 120 .. Measures reported, total...... *115 *108 .. Senate bills................... 70 1 .. House bills.................... 34 70 .. Senate joint resolutions....... .. .. .. House joint resolutions........ .. .. .. Senate concurrent resolutions.. 2 .. .. House concurrent resolutions... 2 1 .. Simple resolutions............. 7 36 .. Special reports............... .. .. .. Conference reports............ .. .. .. Measures pending on calendar.. 458 54 .. Measures introduced, total.... 563 1,328 .. Bills.......................... 420 1,006 .. Joint resolutions.............. 4 6 .. Concurrent resolutions......... 14 60 .. Simple resolutions............. 125 256 .. Quorum calls.................. 1 2 .. Yea-and-nay votes............. 114 160 .. Recorded votes................ .. 71 .. Bills vetoed.................. .. 1 .. Vetoes overridden............. .. .. .. DISPOSITION OF EXECUTIVE NOMINATIONS January 3 through April 30, 2008 Civilian nominations totaling 321 (including 180 nominations carried over from the First Session), disposed of as follows: Confirmed...........................................69... Unconfirmed........................................228... Withdrawn...........................................24... Other Civilian nominations, totaling 813 (including 8 nominations carried over from the First Session), disposed of as follows: Confirmed..........................................181... Unconfirmed........................................632... Air Force nominations, totaling 4,813 (including 5 nominations carried over from the First Session), disposed of as follows: Confirmed........................................4,738... Unconfirmed.........................................75... Army nominations, totaling 1,338 (including 19 nominations carried over from the First Session), disposed of as follows: Confirmed........................................1,148... Unconfirmed........................................189... Withdrawn............................................1... Navy nominations, totaling 795 (including 3 nominations carried over from the First Session), disposed of as follows: Confirmed..........................................185... Unconfirmed........................................610... Marine Corps nominations, totaling 1,522 (including 1 nomination carried over from the First Session), disposed of as follows: Confirmed........................................1,521... Unconfirmed..........................................1... Summary Total nominations carried over from the First Session..216 Total nominations received this Session..............9,386 Total confirmed......................................7,842 Total unconfirmed....................................1,735 Total withdrawn.........................................25 Total returned to the White House........................0 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD (USPS 087ÿ09390). The Periodicals postage is paid at Washington, D.C. The public proceedings of each House of Congress, as reported by the Official Reporters thereof, are printed pursuant to directions of the Joint Committee on Printing as authorized by appropriate provisions of Title 44, United States Code, and published for each day that one or both Houses are in session, excepting very infrequent instances when two or more unusually small consecutive issues are printed one time. 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Next Meeting of the HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 12:30 p.m., Monday, May 5 House Chamber Program for Monday: To be announced. _______________________________________________________________________ Extensions of Remarks, as inserted in this issue HOUSE Andrews, Robert E., N.J., E788, E790 Bachmann, Michele, Minn., E801 Bartlett, Roscoe G., Md., E803 Capito, Shelley Moore, W.Va., E794 Castle, Michael N., Del., E788, E792, E796 Cole, Tom, Okla., E805 Costa, Jim, Calif., E788, E791 Costello, Jerry F., Ill., E790, E793 Cuellar, Henry, Tex., E789, E792, E794 Davis, David, Tenn., E803 Delahunt, William D., Mass., E800 Ellsworth, Brad, Ind., E795 Farr, Sam, Calif., E806 Frank, Barney, Mass., E806 Garrett, Scott, N.J., E808 Gerlach, Jim, Pa., E801 Graves, Sam, Mo., E808 Hare, Phil, Ill., E790, E792 Hastings, Alcee L., Fla., E788, E791 Honda, Michael M., Calif., E802 Hooley, Darlene, Ore., E799 Kucinich, Dennis J., Ohio, E787, E808 Lampson, Nick, Tex., E795 Levin, Sander M., Mich., E795 Lewis, John, Ga., E797 Lewis, Ron, Ky., E789, E792 McCarthy, Carolyn, N.Y., E803 McCollum, Betty, Minn., E795 McHugh, John M., N.Y., E800 McMorris Rodgers, Cathy, Wash., E805 Mahoney, Tim, Fla., E796 Maloney, Carolyn B., N.Y., E802 Marchant, Kenny, Tex., E797 Matsui, Doris O., Calif., E798 Meek, Kendrick B., Fla., E796 Miller, Jeff, Fla., E805 Neal, Richard E., Mass., E804 Norton, Eleanor Holmes, D.C., E806 Pickering, Charles W. ``Chip'', Miss., E799 Poe, Ted, Tex., E787, E790, E793 Porter, Jon C., Nev., E787, E807 Price, David E., N.C., E799 Radanovich, George, Calif., E805 Rahall, Nick J., II, W.Va., E794 Rangel, Charles B., N.Y., E789, E792, E794, E796, E801 Reichert, David G., Wash., E797 Reyes, Silvestre, Tex., E803 Rohrabacher, Dana, Calif., E804 Rush, Bobby L., Ill., E803 Sali, Bill, Idaho, E788, E791 Sarbanes, John P., Md., E797 Scott, David, Ga., E797 Smith, Adrian, Nebr., E804, E805 Speier, Jackie, Calif.,E787, E807 Tancredo, Thomas G., Colo., E802, E807 Visclosky, Peter J., Ind., E798 Waxman, Henry A., Calif., E794