Monday, February 5, 2007 [[Page D136]] Daily Digest Senate Chamber Action Routine Proceedings, pages S1545-S1581 Measures Introduced: Three bills and three resolutions were introduced, as follows: S. 488-490, and S. Res. 69-71. Page S1576 Iraq Sense of Congress Cloture: Senate resumed consideration of the motion to proceed to consideration of S. 470, to express the sense of Congress on Iraq. Pages S1555-67 During consideration of this measure today, Senate also took the following action: By 49 yeas to 47 nays (Vote No. 44), three-fifths of those Senators duly chosen and sworn, not having voted in the affirmative, Senate rejected the motion to close further debate on the motion to proceed to consideration of the bill. Pages S1555-66 Senator Reid entered a motion to reconsider the vote by which the motion to invoke cloture on the motion to proceed to consideration of the bill failed (listed above). Pages S1566-67 Bill Referral--Agreement: Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation was discharged from further consideration of S. 153, to provide for the monitoring of the long-term medical health of firefighters who responded to emergencies in certain disaster areas and for the treatment of such firefighters, and the bill was then referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Pages S1576, S1580 Reading of Washington's Farewell Address: A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing that, notwithstanding the Resolution of the Senate of January 24, 1901, the traditional reading of Washington's Farewell Address take place on Monday, February 26, 2007, at 2 p.m. Pages S1580-81 Appointments: Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe (Helsinki): The Chair, on behalf of the Vice President, pursuant to Public Law 94-304, as amended by Public Law 99-7, appointed the following Senators as members of the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe (Helsinki) during the 110th Congress: Senators Dodd, Feingold, Clinton, Kerry, and Cardin. Page S1580 Co-Chairman of the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe (Helsinki): The Chair, on behalf of the Vice President, pursuant to Public Law 94-304, as amended by Public Law 99-7, appointed Senator Cardin, as Co-Chairman of the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe (Helsinki) during the 110th Congress. Page S1580 Messages From the President: Senate received the following messages from the President of the United States: Transmitting a report relative to the interdiction of aircraft engaged in illicit drug trafficking; which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. (PM-3) Page S1575 Transmitting, pursuant to law, a report relative to blocking property of certain persons contributing to the conflict in Cote d'Ivoire; which was referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. (PM-4) Page S1575 Transmitting, pursuant to law, the Budget of the United States Government for Fiscal Year 2008; referred jointly, pursuant to the order of January 30, 1975 as modified by the order of April 11, 1986; which was referred to the Committees on the Budget; and Appropriations. (PM-5) Pages S1575-76 Executive Communications: Page S1576 Additional Cosponsors: Pages S1576-77 Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions: Pages S1577-80 Additional Statements: Pages S1574-75 Amendments Submitted: Page S1580 Notices of Hearings/Meetings: Page S1580 Authorities for Committees to Meet: Page S1580 Record Votes: One record vote was taken today. (Total--44) Page S1566 Adjournment: Senate convened at 2 p.m., and adjourned at 7:11 p.m., until 10 a.m., on Tuesday, February 6, 2007. (For Senate's program, see the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page S1581.) [[Page D137]] Committee Meetings (Committees not listed did not meet) GENOCIDE Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Human Rights and the Law concluded a hearing to examine genocide and the rule of law, focusing on ongoing efforts against the perpetrators of genocide and other human rights violators, after receiving testimony from Sigal P. Mandelker, Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Criminal Division, Department of Justice; Lieutenant General Romeo A. Dallaire, Parliament of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario; Diane F. Orentlicher, American University Washington College of Law, Washington, D.C.; and Don Cheadle, Los Angeles, California. House of Representatives Chamber Action Public Bills and Resolutions Introduced: 36 public bills, H.R. 797-832; and 7 resolutions, H. Con. Res. 53-55; and H. Res. 124-127 were introduced. Pages H1208-11 Additional Cosponsors: Pages H1211-12 Report Filed: A report was filed today as follows: H.R. 547, to facilitate the development of markets for alternative fuels and Ultra Low Sulfur Diesel fuel through research, development, and demonstration and data collection, with an amendment (H. Rept. 110- 7). Page H1208 Speaker: Read a letter from the Speaker wherein she appointed Representative Lampson to act as Speaker Pro Tempore for today. Page H1155 Suspensions: The House agreed to suspend the rules and pass the following measures: Sergeant Henry Ybarra III Post Office Building Designation Act: H.R. 577, to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 3903 South Congress Avenue in Austin, Texas, as the ``Sergeant Henry Ybarra III Post Office Building''; Pages H1156-58 Sergeant Lea Robert Mills Brooksville Aviation Branch Post Office Designation Act: H.R. 514, to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 16150 Aviation Loop Drive in Brooksville, Florida, as the ``Sergeant Lea Robert Mills Brooksville Aviation Branch Post Office''; Page H1158 Scipio A. Jones Post Office Building Designation Act: H.R. 433, to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1700 Main Street in Little Rock, Arkansas, as the ``Scipio A. Jones Post Office Building''; Pages H1158-59 Supporting the goals and ideals of National Consumer Protection Week: H. Res. 94, to support the goals and ideals of National Consumer Protection Week, by a 2/3 Yea-and-Nay vote of 398 yeas with none voting ``nay,'' Roll No. 74; and Pages H1159-62, H1169 Supporting the goals and ideals of National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day: H. Con. Res. 35, to support the goals and ideals of National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day, by a 2/3 Yea-and-Nay vote of 396 yeas with none voting ``nay,'' Roll No. 75. Pages H1162-67, H1169-70 Presidential Messages: Read a message from the President wherein he notified Congress of the continuation of the national emergency and related measures blocking the property of certain persons contributing to the conflict in Cote d'Ivoire--referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered printed (H. Doc. 110-11); Pages H1167-68 Read a message from the President wherein he transmitted a report relating to the interdiction of aircraft engaged in illicit drug trafficking--referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and ordered printed (H. Doc. 110-12); and Page H1168 Read a message from the President wherein he transmitted to Congress the Budget of the United States Government for Fiscal Year 2008-- referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered printed (H. Doc. 110-3). Page H1168 Recess: The House recessed at 3:24 p.m. and reconvened at 6:30 p.m. Page H1168 House of Representatives Page Board--Appointment: Read a letter from the Minority Leader wherein he appointed Representative Brown-Waite to the House of Representatives Page Board. Page H1169 Senate Message: Message received from the Senate today appears on page H1155. Quorum Calls--Votes: Two Yea-and-Nay votes developed during the proceedings of today and appear [[Page D138]] on pages H1169, H1169-70. There were no quorum calls. Adjournment: The House met at 2:00 p.m. and adjourned at midnight. Committee Meetings No committee meetings were held. NEW PUBLIC LAWS (For last listing of Public Laws, see Daily Digest, p. D 65) H.R. 475, to revise the composition of the House of Representatives Page Board to equalize the number of members representing the majority and minority parties and to include a member representing the parents of pages and a member representing former pages. Signed on February 2, 2007 (Public Law 110-2). COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 2007 (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated) Senate Committee on Armed Services: to hold hearings to examine the President's budget request for fiscal year 2008 and the fiscal years 2007 and 2008 war supplemental requests in review of the Defense Authorization Request for Fiscal Year 2008 and the Future Years Defense Program, 9:30 a.m., SH-216. Committee on the Budget: to hold hearings to examine war costs, 10 a.m., SD-608. Committee on Environment and Public Works: to hold an oversight hearing to examine recent Environmental Protection Agency decisions, focusing on EPA actions and documents, including monitoring regulations related to perchlorate, the process for setting National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS), the lead NAAQS process, air toxics control (the ``once in always in'' policy), the Toxic Release Inventory, and EPA library closures, 10 a.m., SD-406. Committee on Finance: to hold hearings to examine the President's Fiscal Year 2008 budget proposal, 2:45 p.m., SD-215. Committee on Foreign Relations: Subcommittee on African Affairs, to hold hearings to examine a comprehensive stabilization, reconstruction and counter-terrorism strategy for Somalia, 10 a.m., SD-628. Committee on the Judiciary: to hold hearings to examine if the Department of Justice is politicizing the hiring and firing of U.S. attorneys relating to preserving prosecutorial independence, 9:30 a.m., SD-226. Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the nominations of John Preston Bailey, to be United States District Judge for the Northern District of West Virginia, and Otis D. Wright II, and George H. Wu, each to be United States District Judge for the Central District of California, 2:30 p.m., SD-226. Select Committee on Intelligence: to hold closed hearings to examine certain intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219. House Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Homeland Security, on Major Management Challenges Facing the Department of Homeland Security in Implementing Legislated and Other Security Improvements, 10 a.m., 2362A Rayburn. Committee on the Budget, hearing on the President's Fiscal Year 2008 Budget, 10 a.m., 210 Cannon. Committee on Energy and Commerce, hearing entitled ``A Review of the Department of Health and Human Services' Fiscal Year 2008 Budget,'' 10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn. Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, to consider authorizing the issuance of subpoenas in connection with a planned hearing on adequacy of the Food and Drug Administration to assure the safety of the drug supply, 9:30 a.m., 2218 Rayburn. Committee on Financial Services, hearing entitled ``Federal Housing Response to Hurricane Katrina,'' 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn. Committee on Homeland Security, Subcommittee on Transportation and Infrastructure, hearing entitled ``Update on Federal Rail and Public Transportation Security Efforts,'' 10 a.m., 311 Cannon. Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security, hearing and mark up of the following bills: H.R. 545, Native American Methamphetamine Enforcement and Treatment Act of 2007; H.R. 137, Animal Fighting Prohibition Enforcement Act of 2007; and H.R. 740, To amend title 18, United States Code, to prevent caller ID spoofing, 1 p.m., 2141 Rayburn. Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, hearing entitled ``The Lasting Impact of CPA Decision-Making on Iraq Reconstruction,'' 10 a.m., 2154 Rayburn. Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, Subcommittee on Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management, to mark up the following: a measure to direct the Administrator of General Services to install a photovoltaic system for the headquarters building of the Department of Energy; the Appalachian Regional Development Act Amendments of 2007; H.R. 187, To designate the Federal building and United States courthouse and customhouse located at 515 West First Street in Duluth, Minnesota, as the ``Gerald W. Heaney Federal Building and United States Courthouse and Customhouse;'' H.R. 342, To designate the United States courthouse located at 555 Independent Street, Cape Girardeau, Missouri, as the ``Rush Hudson Limbaugh, Sr., United States Courthouse;'' H.R. 399, To designate the United States Courthouse to be constructed in Jackson, Mississippi, as the ``R. Jess Brown United States Courthouse;'' H.R. 429, To designate the United States courthouse located at 225 Cadman Plaza East, Brooklyn, New York, as the ``Hugh L. Carey United States Courthouse;'' H.R. 430, To designate the United States bankruptcy courthouse located at 271 Cadman Plaza East, Brooklyn, [[Page D139]] New York as the ``Conrad Duberstein United States Bankruptcy Courthouse;'' H.R. 478, To designate the Federal building and United States courthouse located at 101 Barr Street in Lexington, Kentucky, as the ``Scott Reed Federal Building and United States Courthouse;'' H.R. 544, To designate the United States courthouse at South Federal Place in Sante Fe, New Mexico, as the ``Santiago E. Campos United States Courthouse;'' and H.R. 584, To designate the headquarters building of the Department of Education in Washington, D.C., as the Lyndon Baines Johnson Federal Building, 10 a.m., 2167 Rayburn. 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Next Meeting of the HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 10 a.m., Tuesday, February 6 House Chamber Program for Tuesday: Consideration of the following suspensions: (1) H.R. 161--Bainbridge Island Japanese American Monument Act of 2007; (2) H.R. 235--Allowing for the renegotiation of the payment schedule of contracts between the Secretary of the Interior and the Redwood Valley County Water District; (3) H.R. 356--Removing certain restrictions on the Mammoth Community Water District's ability to use certain property acquired by that District from the United States; (4) H.R. 386--Yakima- Tieton Irrigation District Conveyance Act of 2007; (5) H.R. 482-- American River Pump Station Project Transfer Act of 2007; and (6) H.R. 512--Commission to Study the Potential Creation of the National Museum of the American Latino Act of 2007. _______________________________________________________________________ Extensions of Remarks, as inserted in this issue HOUSE Abercrombie, Neil, Hawaii, E258, E261 Blumenauer, Earl, Ore., E259 Boustany, Charles W., Jr., La., E254 Brown-Waite, Ginny, Fla., E264 Burgess, Michael C., Tex., E252, E254 Cardoza, Dennis A., Calif., E255 Carnahan, Russ, Mo., E263 Carney, Christopher P., Pa., E258 Castle, Michael N., Del., E254 Davis, Danny K., Ill., E256 DeGette, Diana, Colo., E256 Eshoo, Anna G., Calif., E251, E253 Filner, Bob, Calif., E260 Frelinghuysen, Rodney P., N.J., E255 Hastings, Alcee L., Fla., E252 Honda, Michael M., Calif., E252 Hooley, Darlene, Ore., E258 Johnson, Eddie Bernice, Tex., E262 Jordan, Jim, Ohio, E262 Kirk, Mark Steven, Ill., E260 LaHood, Ray, Ill., E262 Langevin, James R., R.I., E263 Lewis, John, Ga., E252 Lewis, Ron, Ky., E265 Lynch, Stephen F., Mass., E255 McDermott, Jim, Wash., E257, E261 Miller, George, Calif., E260 Miller, Jeff, Fla., E251, E254 Murphy, Patrick J., Pa., E263 Norwood, Charlie, Ga., E256 Oberstar, James L., Minn., E257, E261, E264 Rangel, Charles B., N.Y., E254, E257 Reyes, Silvestre, Tex., E256 Slaughter, Louise McIntosh, N.Y., E259 Thompson, Mike, Calif., E258 Van Hollen, Chris, Md., E262 Wolf, Frank R., Va., E251, E253, E256 Woolsey, Lynn C., Calif., E259