Thursday, November 1, 2007 [[Page D1459]] Daily Digest HIGHLIGHTS See Resume of Congressional Activity. Senate passed H.R. 3963, Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act. Senate Chamber Action Routine Proceedings, pages S13647-S13716 Measures Introduced: Twenty-one bills and four resolutions were introduced, as follows: S. 2280-2300, S.J. Res. 23, S. Res. 363-364, and S. Con. Res. 52. Page S13684 Measures Reported: S. 2284, to amend the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968, to restore the financial solvency of the flood insurance fund. (S. Rept. No. 110-214) S. 2285, to reauthorize the Federal terrorism risk insurance program. (S. Rept. No. 110-215) S. 1518, to amend the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act to reauthorize the Act, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. (S. Rept. No. 110-216) S. 2168, to amend title 18, United States Code, to enable increased federal prosecution of identity theft crimes and to allow for restitution to victims of identity theft, with amendments. S. 2286, to establish a nonpartisan commission on natural catastrophe risk management and insurance. Page S13684 Measures Passed: Children's Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act: By 64 yeas to 30 nays (Vote No. 403), Senate passed H.R. 3963, to amend title XXI of the Social Security Act to extend and improve the Children's Health Insurance Program, after agreeing to the motion to proceed to its consideration, clearing the measure for the President. Pages S13657-76 During consideration of this measure today, Senate also took the following action: By 65 yeas to 30 nays (Vote No. 402), three-fifths of those Senators duly chosen and sworn, having voted in the affirmative, Senate agreed to the motion to close further debate on the bill. Pages S13675-76 Charles George Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center: Committee on Veterans' Affairs was discharged from further consideration of H.R. 2546, to designate the Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Asheville, North Carolina, as the ``Charles George Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center,'' and the bill was then passed, clearing the measure for the President. Page S13713 Farm Bill Extension Act--Agreement: A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing that after a period of morning business on Monday, November 5, 2007, Senate begin consideration of H.R. 2419, to provide for the continuation of agricultural programs through fiscal year 2012. Page S13713 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 continuation of the national emergency relative to the actions and policies of the Government of Sudan as declared in Executive Order 13067 of November 3, 1997; which was referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. (PM-31) Page S13683 Nominations Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nominations: Charles Darwin Snelling, of Pennsylvania, to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority for a term expiring May 30, 2012. Robert Clarke Brown, of Ohio, to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority for a term expiring November 22, 2011. [[Page D1460]] Daniel D. Heath, of New Hampshire, to be United States Alternate Executive Director of the International Monetary Fund for a term of two years. Sean R. Mulvaney, of Illinois, to be an Assistant Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development. 2 Air Force nominations in the rank of general. 5 Army nominations in the rank of general. 7 Coast Guard nominations in the rank of admiral. 1 Marine Corps nomination in the rank of general. 1 Navy nomination in the rank of admiral. Routine lists in the Air Force, Army, Coast Guard, Marine Corps, Navy. Pages S13714, S13716 Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations: Carl T. Johnson, of Virginia, to be Administrator of the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, Department of Transportation. 1 Army nomination in the rank of general. 7 Coast Guard nominations in the rank of admiral. Routine lists in the Air Force, Army, Foreign Service, Marine Corps, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Navy. Pages S13715-16 Messages from the House: Page S13683 Measures Referred: Page S13683 Measures Read the First Time: Pages S13683, S13713-14 Executive Communications: Pages S13683-84 Executive Reports of Committees: Page S13684 Additional Cosponsors: Pages S13685-86 Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions: Pages S13686-S13712 Additional Statements: Pages S13681-83 Amendments Submitted: Pages S13712-13 Authorities for Committees to Meet: Page S13713 Record Votes: Two record votes were taken today. (Total--403) Pages S13675-76 Adjournment: Senate convened at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 7:48 p.m., until 10 a.m. on Friday, November 2, 2007. (For Senate's program, see the remarks of the Majority Leader in today's Record on pages S13714- 15.) Committee Meetings (Committees not listed did not meet) BUSINESS MEETING Committee on Environment and Public Works: Subcommittee on Private Sector and Consumer Solutions to Global Warming and Wildlife Protection approved for full Committee consideration S. 2191, to direct the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to establish a program to decrease emissions of greenhouse gases, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. NOMINATIONS Committee on Finance: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the nominations of Christopher A. Padilla, of the District of Columbia, to be Under Secretary of Commerce for International Trade, Christina H. Pearson, of Maryland, to be an Assistant Secretary of Health and Human Services, and Benjamin Eric Sasse, of Nebraska, to be an Assistant Secretary of Health and Human Services, who was introduced by Senators Hagel and Nelson (NE), after the nominees testified and answered questions in their own behalf. SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION LOAN PROGRAM Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs: Subcommittee on Federal Financial Management, Government Information, Federal Services, and International Security concluded a hearing to examine the Small Business Administration (SBA), focusing on the efficacy of the 7(a) loan program, including the 7(a) program's purpose and the performance measures SBA uses to assess the program's results, evidence of any market constraints that may affect small businesses' access to credit in the conventional lending market, the segments of the small business lending market that were served by 7(a) loans and the segments that were served by conventional loans, and the factors that may cause uncertainty about these costs, after receiving testimony from William B. Shear, Director, Financial Markets and Community Investment, Government Accountability Office; Grady Hedgespeth, Director of Financial Assistance, Small Business Administration; Veronique de Rugy, George Mason University Mercatus Center, Arlington, Virginia; and Anthony R. Wilkinson, National Association of Government Guaranteed Lenders, Stillwater, Oklahoma. NOMINATIONS Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the nominations of Gregory F. Jacob, of New Jersey, to be Solicitor, and Howard Radzely, of Maryland, to be Deputy Secretary, both of the Department of Labor, after the nominees testified and answered questions in their own behalf. [[Page D1461]] FLOOD CONTROL ACT Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee concluded an oversight hearing to examine the impact of the Flood Control Act of 1944 (Public Law 78- 534) on Indian Tribes along the Missouri River, after receiving testimony from Robin M. Nazzaro, Director, and Jeffery Malcolm, Assistant Director, both of Natural Resources and Environment, Government Accountability Office; Ron His Horse Is Thunder, Standing Rock Sioux Tribe, Fort Yates, North Dakota; Michael B. Jandreau, Lower Brule Sioux Tribe, Lower Brule, South Dakota; Marcus Wells, Jr., Three Affiliated Tribes of the Fort Berthold Reservation, New Town, North Dakota; Roger Trudell, Santee Sioux Nation, Niobrara, Nebraska; Robert W. Cournoyer, Yankton Sioux Tribe, Marty, South Dakota; and John Yellowbird Steele, Oglala Sioux Tribe, Pine Ridge, South Dakota. BUSINESS MEETING Committee on the Judiciary: Committee ordered favorably reported the following: S. 1946, to help Federal prosecutors and investigators combat public corruption by strengthening and clarifying the law, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute; S. 2168, to amend title 18, United States Code, to enable increased federal prosecution of identity theft crimes and to allow for restitution to victims of identity theft, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute; and The nominations of John Daniel Tinder, of Indiana, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Seventh Circuit, and Julie L. Myers, of Kansas, to be Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security. INTELLIGENCE Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee held closed hearings on intelligence matters, receiving testimony from officials of the intelligence community. Committee recessed subject to call. House of Representatives Chamber Action Public Bills and Resolutions Introduced: 29 public bills, H.R. 4039- 4067; 3 private bills, H.R. 4068-4070; and 6 resolutions, H. Con. Res. 245; and H. Res. 788-792, were introduced. Pages H12453-55 Additional Cosponsors: Pages H12455-56 Report Filed: A report was filed today as follows: H.R. 2857, to reauthorize and reform the national service laws, with an amendment (H. Rept. 110-420). Page H12453 Speaker: Read a letter from the Speaker wherein she appointed Representative Weiner to act as Speaker Pro Tempore for today. Page H12387 Journal: The House agreed to the Speaker's approval of the Journal by a recorded vote of 227 ayes to 187 noes with 1 voting ``present'', Roll No. 1029. Pages H12396-97 Committee Elections: The House agreed to H. Res. 788, electing the following Member to serve on certain committees of the House of Representatives: Committee on Armed Services: Representative Tsongas (to rank immediately after Representative Giffords). Committee on the Budget: Representative Tsongas (to rank immediately after Representative McGovern). Page H12397 Hardrock Mining and Reclamation Act of 2007: The House passed H.R. 2262, to modify the requirements applicable to locatable minerals on public domain lands, consistent with the principles of self-initiation of mining claims, by a yea-and-nay vote of 244 yeas to 166 nays, Roll No. 1033. Pages H12397-H12432 Rejected the Pearce motion to recommit the bill to the Committee on Natural Resources with instructions to report the same back to the House promptly with amendments, by a yea-and-nay vote of 170 yeas to 240 nays, Roll No. 1032. Pages H12430-31 Pursuant to the rule, the amendment in the nature of a substitute recommended by the Committee on Natural Resources now printed in the bill shall be considered as an original bill for the purpose of amendment under the five-minute rule. Page H12410 Agreed by unanimous consent that during the consideration of H.R. 2262, the Rahall manager's amendment (No. 1 printed in H. Rept. 110- 416) is modified by the form placed at the desk. Pages H12420-21 [[Page D1462]] Accepted: Rahall modified manager's amendment (No. 1 printed in H. Rept. 110- 416) that clarifies that ``valid existing rights'' associated with existing mining claims would be protected under the Act. It clarifies that in addition to paying a 4% royalty, existing operations will still need to come into compliance with the Act within 10 years; clarifies that the claim maintenance and location fees currently allotted to administration of the mining laws will continue to be so allotted, with the balance going to clean-up of abandoned hardrock mines, subject to appropriations; clarifies that user fees assessed by the BLM to process mining permit applications will be used for administration of the mining law program; limits the purview of section 504-citizen suits to permits issued pursuant to title III of the Act; and finally, clarifies that nothing under the Act will affect the sovereign immunity of any Indian Tribe; Page H12421 Matsui amendment (No. 3 printed in H. Rept. 110-416) that states that river watershed areas may be considered as eligible and as priorities to receive funding from the Abandoned Locatable Minerals Mine Reclamation Fund; and Pages H12422-23 Heller (NV) amendment (No. 4 printed in H. Rept. 110-416) that redirects 50 percent of the funds deposited into the Hardrock Reclamation Fund to states in proportion to the royalty funds generated there. Pages H12423-24 Rejected: Pearce amendment (No. 7 printed in H. Rept. 110-416) that sought to establish the Mineral Commodity Information Administration into a role in the Department of the Interior. This administration would have the Minerals Information Team (MIT) to collect, analyze, and disseminate information on the domestic and international supply of, and demand for, minerals and mineral materials critical to the U.S economy and national security. The amendment would have removed the MIT from under the U.S. Geological Survey and established it as a stand-alone agency within the Department of the Interior and would have increased MIT's staff in order to perform the new and expanded functions authorized in the amendment; Pages H12425-28 Pearce amendment (No. 2 printed in H. Rept. 110-416) that sought to strike the definition of ``undue degradation'' in the legislation (by a recorded vote of 173 ayes to 244 noes, Roll No. 1030); and Pages H12421-22, H12428 Cannon amendment (No. 6 printed in H. Rept. 110-416) that sought to strike section 517--Mineral materials (by a recorded vote of 175 ayes to 240 noes, Roll No. 1031). Pages H12424-25, H12429 Agreed that the Clerk be authorized to make technical and conforming changes to reflect the actions of the House. Page H12432 H. Res. 780, the rule providing for consideration of the bill, was agreed to by a recorded vote of 224 ayes to 195 noes, Roll No. 1028, after agreeing to order the previous question by a yea-and-nay vote of 221 yeas to 194 nays, Roll No. 1027. Pages H12389-96 Meeting Hour: Agreed by unanimous consent that when the House adjourns today, it adjourn to meet at 12:30 p.m. on Monday, November 5th for morning hour debate. Page H12435 Providing for a recess of the House for a joint meeting to receive His Excellency Nicholas Sarkozy, President of the French Republic: Agreed by unanimous consent that it may be in order at any time on Wednesday, November 7, 2007, for the Speaker to declare a recess, subject to the call of the chair, for the purpose of receiving in joint meeting His Excellency Nicholas Sarkozy, President of the French Republic. Page H12435 Calendar Wednesday: Agreed by unanimous consent to dispense with the Calendar Wednesday business of Wednesday, November 7th. Page H12435 Providing for consideration of a Presidential veto: Agreed by unanimous consent that if a message transmitting a Presidential veto is laid before the House on Monday, November 5, 2007, then after the message is read and the objections of the President are spread at large upon the Journal, further consideration of the veto message and the bill shall be postponed until the following day, Tuesday, November 6, 2007. Page H12435 Presidential Message: Read a message from the President wherein he notified Congress of the continuation of the national emergency declared with respect to Sudan--referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered printed (H. Doc. 110-70). Page H12435 Senate Messages: Message received from the Senate today and message received from the Senate by the Clerk and subsequently presented to the House today appear on page H12387. Quorum Calls--Votes: Three yea-and-nay votes and four recorded votes developed during the proceedings of today and appear on pages H12395- 96, H12396, H12397, H12428-29, H12429, H12431 and H12431-32 . There were no quorum calls. Adjournment: The House met at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 5:41 p.m. [[Page D1463]] Committee Meetings CONTROLLING CARBON EMISSIONS Committee on the Budget: Held a hearing on Counting the Change: Accounting for the Fiscal Impacts of Controlling Carbon Emissions. Testimony was heard from Peter Orszag, Director, CBO; and public witnesses. COLLEGE COSTS AND EQUAL OPPORTUNITY Committee on Education and Labor: Held a hearing on Barriers to Equal Educational Opportunities: Addressing the Rising Costs of a College Education. Testimony was heard from public witnesses. FDA FOREIGN DRUG INSPECTION PROGRAM Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee Oversight and Investigations held a hearing entitled ``FDA Foreign Drug Inspection Program: A System at Risk.'' Testimony was heard from Marcia G. Crosse, Director, Public Health and Military Health Care Issues, GAO; Andrew C. Von Eschenbach, M.D., Commissioner, FDA, Department of Health and Human Services; Carl R. Nielsen, former Director, Division of Import Operations, Office of Regulatory Affairs, FDA, Department of Health and Human Services; and public witnesses. AVIATION SECURITY Committee on Homeland Security: Subcommittee on Transportation Security and Infrastructure Protection held a hearing entitled ``Aviation Security Part II: A Frontline Perspective on the Need for Enhanced Human Resources and Equipment.'' Testimony was heard from public witnesses. MOBILE-STATE WORKER TAX FAIRNESS Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law held a hearing on H.R. 3359, Mobile Workforce State Income Tax Fairness and Simplification Act of 2007. Testimony was heard from public witnesses. MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES; ENHANCED RECOVERY AND EQUITABLE RETIREMENT ACT OF 2007 Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security approved for full Committee action the following bills: H.R. 2489, Genocide Accountability Acct of 2007; H.R. 3971, Death in Custody Reporting Act of 2007; H.R. 3992, Mentally Ill Offender Treatment and Crime Reduction Reauthorization and Improvement Act of 2007. The Subcommittee also held a hearing on H.R. 2878, Enhanced Financial Recovery and Equitable Retirement Treatment Act of 2007. Testimony was heard from Kenneth E. Melson, Director, Executive Office for U.S. Attorneys for the Eastern District of Virginia, Department of Justice; and public witnesses. SOUTHEAST ARIZONA LAND EXCHANGE AND CONSERVATION ACT OF 2007 Committee on Natural Resources: Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands held a hearing on H.R. 3301, Southeast Arizona Land Exchange and Conservation Act of 2007. Testimony was heard from Joel Holtrop, Deputy Chief, National Forest System, Forest Service, USDA; Luke Johnson, Deputy Director, Bureau of Land Management, Department of the Interior; and public witnesses. MEDICAID REGULATORY ACTIONS Committee on Oversight and Government Reform: Held a hearing on The Administration's Regulatory Actions on Medicaid: The Effects on Patients, Doctors, Hospitals, and States. Testimony was heard from Marjorie Kanof, Managing Director, Health Care, GAO; Dennis Smith, Director, Center on Medicaid and State Operations, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid, Department of Health and Human Services. COORDINATING FEDERAL AND STATE IT Committee on Oversight and Government Reform: Subcommittee on Government Management, Organization and Procurement held a hearing on Too Many Cooks? Coordinating Federal and State Health IT. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the Department of Health and Human Services: Robert M. Kolodner, National Coordinator for Health Information Technology; Cheryl Austein Casnoff, Associate Administrator, Office of Health Information Technology, Health Resources Services Administration; and Carolyn M. Clancy, M.D., Director, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; Winston Price, M.D., Chair, Health IT and Transparency Advisory Board, State of Georgia; Lori Evans, Deputy Commissioner, Health IT Information, State of New York; Farzad Mostashari, M.D., Assistant Commissioner, Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, City of New York; and a public witness. PENDING FREE TRADE AGREEMENTS IMPACTS Committee on Small Business: Held a hearing on Evaluating the Impact of Pending Free Trade Agreements upon U.S. Small Businesses. Testimony was heard from John Veroneau, Deputy U.S. Trade Representative; and public witnesses. [[Page D1464]] COMMERCIAL DRIVER DRUG-ALCOHOL TESTING Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure: Subcommittee on Highway and Transit held a hearing on Drug and Alcohol Testing of Commercial Motor Vehicle Drivers. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the GAO: Gregory D. Kutz, Managing Director, Forensic Audits and Special Investigations; and Katherine A. Siggerud, Director, Physical Infrastructure Team; John Hill, Administrator, Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, Department of Transportation; Robert L. Stephenson, II, Director, Division of Workplace Programs, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Department of Health and Human Services; John Wilburn Williamson, Assistant Director, Driver and Vehicle Services, Division of Motor Vehicles, State of North Carolina; and public witnesses. VA CONSTRUCTION PROCESS Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Subcommittee on Health held a hearing on the VA Construction Process. Testimony was heard from MG David W. Eidsuane, USAF, Commander, Air Armament Center, Eglin Air Force Base, Florida, Department of the Air Force; Donald H. Orndoff, Director, Office of Construction and Facilities Management, Department of Veterans Affairs; and representatives of veterans organizations. TAX RELIEF MEASURES Committee on Ways and Means: Ordered reported, as amended, the following bills: H.R. 3996, Temporary Tax Relief Act of 2007; and H.R. 3997, Heroes Earnings Assistance and Relief Tax Act of 2007. WILDFIRES AND THE CLIMATE CRISIS Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming: Held a hearing entitled ``Wildfires and the Climate Crisis.'' Testimony was heard from Abigail Kimbell, Chief, Forest Service, USDA; and public witnesses. Joint Meetings INTELLIGENCE AUTHORIZATION Conferees met to resolve the differences between the Senate and House versions of proposed legislation authorizing funds for fiscal year 2008 for the intelligence community, but did not complete action thereon, and recessed subject to the call and will meet again on Thursday, November 8, 2007 at 2:30 p.m. LABOR/HHS/EDUCATION APPROPRIATIONS Conferees agreed to file a conference report on the differences between the Senate and House passed versions of H.R. 3043, making appropriations for the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2008. NEW PUBLIC LAWS (For last listing of Public Laws, see Daily Digest, p. D1438) H.R. 3678, to amend the Internet Tax Freedom Act to extend the moratorium on certain taxes relating to the Internet and to electronic commerce. Signed on October 31, 2007. (Public Law 110-108) S. 2258, to temporarily extend the programs under the Higher Education Act of 1965, to amend the definition of an eligible not-for- profit holder. Signed on October 31, 2007. (Public Law 110-109) COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 2007 (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated) Senate No meetings/hearings scheduled. House Committee on Financial Services, hearing entitled ``Progress in Administration and Other Efforts To Coordinate and Enhance Mortgage Foreclosure Prevention,'' 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn. *These figures include all measures reported, even if there was no accompanying report. A total of 213 reports have been filed in the Senate, a total of 419 reports have been filed in the House. [[Page D1465]] Resume of Congressional Activity FIRST 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 4 through October 31, 2007 Senate House Total Days in session............... 156 145 .. Time in session............... 1,187 hrs., 8 1,292 hrs., 9 .. Congressional Record: Pages of proceedings........... 13,646 12,385 .. Extensions of Remarks.......... .. 2,296 .. Public bills enacted into law. 24 79 .. Private bills enacted into law .. .. .. Bills in conference........... 10 10 .. Measures passed, total........ 483 942 1,425 Senate bills................... 68 29 .. House bills.................... 99 434 .. Senate joint resolutions....... 5 .. .. House joint resolutions........ 4 4 .. Senate concurrent resolutions.. 21 6 .. House concurrent resolutions... 28 77 .. Simple resolutions............. 258 392 .. Measures reported, total...... *354 *406 760 Senate bills................... 207 2 .. House bills.................... 59 277 .. Senate joint resolutions....... 5 .. .. House joint resolutions........ 1 .. .. Senate concurrent resolutions.. 8 .. .. House concurrent resolutions... 5 7 .. Simple resolutions............. 69 120 .. Special reports............... 17 7 .. Conference reports............ 1 6 .. Measures pending on calendar.. 288 39 .. Measures introduced, total.... 2,706 5,130 7,836 Bills.......................... 2,271 4,038 .. Joint resolutions.............. 22 61 .. Concurrent resolutions......... 51 244 .. Simple resolutions............. 362 787 .. Quorum calls.................. 6 7 .. Yea-and-nay votes............. 401 525 .. Recorded votes................ .. 494 .. Bills vetoed.................. 1 2 .. Vetoes overridden............. .. .. .. DISPOSITION OF EXECUTIVE NOMINATIONS January 4 through October 31, 2007 Civilian nominations, totaling 407, disposed of as follows: Confirmed..........................................216... Unconfirmed........................................165... Withdrawn...........................................25... Returned to White House..............................1... Other Civilian nominations, totaling 3159, disposed of as follows: Confirmed........................................2,304... Unconfirmed........................................855... Air Force nominations, totaling 6,067, disposed of as follows: Confirmed........................................6,053... Unconfirmed.........................................14... Army nominations, totaling 6,002, disposed of as follows: Confirmed........................................5,928... Unconfirmed.........................................74... Navy nominations, totaling 4,590, disposed of as follows: Confirmed........................................4,583... Unconfirmed..........................................7... Marine Corps nominations, totaling 1,334, disposed of as follows: Confirmed........................................1,329... 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Next Meeting of the HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 12:30 p.m., Monday, November 5 House Chamber Program for Monday: To be announced. _______________________________________________________________________ Extensions of Remarks, as inserted in this issue HOUSE Akin, W. Todd, Mo., E2303 Bonner, Jo, Ala., E2297, E2298, E2299, E2300, E2300 Boustany, Charles W., Jr., La., E2299 Clay, Wm. Lacy, Mo., E2306 Cuellar, Henry, Tex., E2312 Davis, Lincoln, Tenn., E2313 Diaz-Balart, Lincoln, Fla., E2300 Drake, Thelma D., Va., E2303 Duncan, John J., Jr., Tenn., E2308 Emerson, Jo Ann, Mo., E2301 Farr, Sam, Calif., E2304, E2312 Hastings, Alcee L., Fla., E2302, E2310 Hoyer, Steny H., Md., E2297, E2299 Jackson-Lee, Sheila, Tex., E2306 Johnson, Sam, Tex., E2308 Jordan, Jim, Ohio, E2303 Knollenberg, Joe, Mich., E2301 Lamborn, Doug, Colo., E2301 Larson, John B., Conn., E2312 Lipinski, Daniel, Ill., E2304 McCollum, Betty, Minn., E2311 McDermott, Jim, Wash., E2305 Mack, Connie, Fla., E2303 Maloney, Carolyn B., N.Y., E2311, E2312 Matsui, Doris O., Calif., E2304 Miller, Brad, N.C., E2300 Moore, Dennis, Kans., E2308 Pence, Mike, Ind., E2299 Poe, Ted, Tex., E2300 Pryce, Deborah, Ohio, E2309 Roskam, Peter J., Ill., E2313 Schmidt, Jean, Ohio, E2307 Sestak, Joe, Pa., E2307 Shuler, Heath, N.C., E2310, E2312 Skelton, Ike, Mo., E2304 Smith, Adrian, Nebr., E2299 Solis, Hilda L., Calif., E2305 Tauscher, Ellen O., Calif., E2308 Thompson, Bennie G., Miss., E2302 Towns, Edolphus, N.Y., E2310 Walden, Greg, Ore., E2309 Wolf, Frank R., Va., E2298 Woolsey, Lynn C., Calif., E2301, E2307