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Daily Digest - Thursday, November 18, 2004
Thursday, November 18, 2004
Daily Digest
HIGHLIGHTS
- The House passed S. 2986, to amend title 31 of the United States Code to increase the public debt limit.
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Senate
Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S11441-S11514
Measures Introduced:
Thirteen bills and seven resolutions were introduced, as follows: S. 2995-3007, S. Res. 470-473, and S. Con. Res. 147-149.
Page S11496
Measures Reported:
S. 346, to amend the Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act to establish a governmentwide policy requiring competition in certain executive agency procurements, with an amendment. (S. Rept. No. 108-415)
Pages S11495-96
Measures Passed:
Commending the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration:
Senate agreed to S. Con. Res. 149, commending the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and its employees for its dedication and hard work during Hurricanes Charley, Frances, Ivan, and Jeanne.
Pages S11505-06
Honoring the Life of Astronaut Leroy Gordon Cooper, Jr.: Senate agreed to S. Res. 470, honoring the life of astronaut Leroy Gordon Cooper, Jr.
Page S11506
Honoring the Late Senator Paul Simon: Senate agreed to S. Res. 471, authorizing the printing of tributes and other related materials in honor of the late Senator Paul Simon.
Pages S11506-07
Inez Sitter: Committee on Indian Affairs was discharged from further consideration of S. Res. 423, commending Inez Sitter for her service to the United States, and the resolution was then agreed to.
Pages S11507-08
Confederated Tribes of Coos: Committee on Indian Affairs was discharged from further consideration of S. Res. 441, expressing the sense of the Senate that October 17, 1984, the date of the restoration by the Federal Government of Federal recognition to the Confederated Tribes of Coos, Lower Umpqua, and Siuslaw Indians, should be memorialized, and the resolution was then agreed to.
Page S11507
Elder Fall Prevention Act: Senate passed S. 1217, to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to intensify programs with respect to research and related activities concerning falls among older adults, after agreeing to the committee amendment in the nature of a substitute.
Pages S11508-10
All-America City Awards: Senate agreed to H. Con. Res. 464, honoring the 10 communities selected to receive the 2004 All-America City Award.
Page S11510
National Day of the Horse: Committee on the Judiciary was discharged from further consideration of S. Res. 452, designating December 13, 2004, as ``National Day of the Horse'' and encouraging the people of the United States to be mindful of the contribution of horses to the economy, history, and character of the United States, and the resolution was then agreed to.
Page S11510
Alexander Hamilton: Committee on the Judiciary was discharged from further consideration of S. Con. Res. 123, recognizing and honoring the life and legacy of Alexander Hamilton on the bicentennial of his death because of his standing as one of the most influential Founding Fathers of the United States, and the resolution was then agreed to.
Page S11510
National Children's Memorial Day: Committee on the Judiciary was discharged from further consideration of S. Res. 436, designating the second Sunday in the month of December 2004 as ``National Children's Memorial Day'', and the resolution was then agreed to.
Pages S11510-11
Rose Revolution: Senate agreed to S. Res. 472, to honor the people of Georgia on the first anniversary of the Rose Revolution.
Pages S11511-12 D1088
Urging the Government of Ukraine: Senate agreed to S. Res. 473, urging the Government of Ukraine to ensure a democratic, transparent, and fair election process for the Presidential run-off election on November 21, 2004.
Page S11512-13
State High Risk Pool Funding Extension Act: A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing that the Senate request the House of Representatives return the papers with respect to S. 2283, to extend Federal funding for operation of State high risk health insurance pools.
Page S11444
Maiden Speeches--Agreement:
A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing that all maiden speeches by new Senators from the 108th Congress be printed as a Senate document; and that Senators have until the close of business on Friday, November 19, 2004 to submit such statements.
Page S11513
Printing Tributes--Agreement:
A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing that there be printed as individual Senate documents a compilation of materials from the Congressional Record in tribute to retiring Members of the 108th Congress.
Page S11513
Miscellaneous Trade and Technical Corrections Act Conference Report--Agreement:
A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further consideration of the conference report to accompany H.R. 1047, to amend the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to modify temporarily certain rates of duty, to make other technical amendments to the trade laws, on Friday, November 19, 2004; that there be one hour of debate, following which, Senate vote on the motion to invoke cloture on the conference report.
Page S11513
Nominations Confirmed:
Senate confirmed the following nominations:
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2 Air Force nominations in the rank of general.
A routine list in the Navy.
Page S11514
Nominations Discharged:
The following nominations were discharged from further consideration by the Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pension, and placed on the Executive Calendar:
Julia L. Wu, of California, to be a Member of the Board of Trustees of the Barry Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Foundation for a term expiring February 4, 2008, which was sent to the Senate on April 8, 2004.
Eugene Hickok, of Pennsylvania, to be Deputy Secretary of Education, which was sent to the Senate on May 13, 2004.
Edward R. McPherson, of Texas, to be Under Secretary of Education, which was sent to the Senate on May 13, 2004.
Robert Davila, of New York, to be a Member of the National Council On Disability for a term expiring September 17, 2006. (Reappointment), which was sent to the Senate on May 20, 2004.
Linda Wetters, of Ohio, to be a Member of the National Council On Disability for a term expiring September 17, 2006. (Reappointment), which was sent to the Senate on May 20, 2004.
Carol D'Amico, of Indiana, to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the National Board for Education Sciences for a term of two years. (New Position), which was sent to the Senate on June 14, 2004.
Laurie Stenberg Nichols, of South Dakota, to be a Member of the Board of Trustees of the Barry Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Foundation for a term expiring March 3, 2010, which was sent to the Senate on November 16, 2004.
The following nominations were discharged from further consideration by the Committee on Foreign Relations, and placed on the Executive Calendar:
Yousif B. Ghafari, of Michigan, to be an Alternate Representative of the United States of America to the Fifty-ninth Session of the General Assembly of the United Nations, which was sent to the Senate on July 22, 2004.
Jane Dee Hull, of Arizona, to be a Representative of the United States of America to the Fifty-ninth Session of the General Assembly of the United Nations, which was sent to the Senate on July 22, 2004.
Susan L. Moore, of Texas, to be an Alternate Representative of the United States of America to the Fifty-ninth Session of the General Assembly of the United Nations, which was sent to the Senate on September 20, 2004.
Page S11514
Messages From the House:
Pages S11492-93
Executive Communications:
Pages S11493-95
Additional Cosponsors:
Pages S11496-97
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:
Pages S11497-S11505
Additional Statements:
Pages S11488-92
Authority for Committees to Meet:
Page S11505
Adjournment:
Senate convened at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 6:49 p.m., until 9:30 a.m., on Friday, November 19, 2004 (For Senate's program, see the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on pages S11513-14.)
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Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT REFORM
Committee on Armed Services:
Subcommittee on Readiness and Management Support concluded a hearing to examine the status of financial management reform within the Department of Defense and the individual services, after receiving testimony from Tina W. Jonas, Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller); David M. Walker, Comptroller General of the United States; Valerie Lynn Baldwin, Assistant Secretary of the Army (Financial Management and Comptroller); Richard Greco, Jr., Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Financial Management and Comptroller); and Michael Montelongo, Assistant Secretary of the Air Force (Financial Management and Comptroller).
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation:
Committee concluded a hearing to examine the nominations of Jonathan Steven Adelstein, of South Dakota, to be a Member of the Federal Communications Commission, who was introduced by Senator Johnson, Ernest J. Wilson III of Maryland, to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, Claudia Puig, of Florida, to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, Gay Hart Gaines, of Florida, to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, Harold Jennings Creel, Jr., of South Carolina, to be a Federal Maritime Commissioner, and James S. Simpson, of New York, to be a Member of the Advisory Board of the Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation, after the nominees testified and answered questions in their own behalf.
PORNOGRAPHY ADDICTION
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation:
Subcommittee on Science, Technology and Space concluded a hearing to examine the brain science behind pornography addiction, focusing on the effects of addiction on families and communities, after receiving testimony from Judith Reisman, California Protective Parents Association, Sacramento; Mary Anne Layden, University of Pennsylvania Center for Cognitive Therapy, Philadelphia; James B. Weaver, III Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Department of Communication, Blacksburg; and Jeffrey Satinover, Weston, Connecticut.
PATIENT SAFETY
Committee on Finance:
Committee concluded a hearing to examine putting patient safety first regarding drugs such as Vioxx, focusing on the Food and Drug Administration, and heart attacks, after receiving testimony from David J. Graham, Associate Director for Science and Medicine, Office of Drug Safety, Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, and Sandra L. Kweder, Acting Director, Office of New Drugs, Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, both of the Food and Drug Administration, Department of Health and Human Services; Gurkirpal Singh, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California; Bruce M. Psaty, University of Washington, Seattle; and Raymond V. Gilmartin, Merck & Co., Inc., Whitehouse Station, New Jersey.
STANDING ROCK SIOUX RESERVATION
Committee on Indian Affairs:
Committee on Indian Affairs held an oversight hearing on the water problems on the Standing Rock Sioux Reserve, receiving testimony from William T. Grisoli, Brigadier General, Commander and Division Engineer, Northwestern Division, Army Corps of Engineers; Dennis Breitzman, Area Manager, Dakotas Area Office, Bureau of Reclamation, Department of the Interior; Richard Olson, Director, Division of Clinical and Community Services, and Ronald Ferguson, Director, Division of Sanitation Facilities Construction, both of the Indian Health Service, Department of Health and Human Services; and Charles W. Murphy, and Mike Claymore, both of Standing Rock Sioux Tribal Council, Fort Yates, North Dakota.
Hearing recessed subject to the call of the Chair.
House of Representatives
Chamber Action
Measures Introduced:
11 public bills, H.R. 5382-5392; and; 5 resolutions, H.J. Res. 112-113; H. Con. Res. 522-523, and H. Res. 862, were introduced.
Page H9999
Additional Cosponsors:
Page H10000
Reports Filed:
Reports were filed today as follows:
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H.R. 4634, to extend the terrorism insurance program of the Department of the Treasury, amended (H. Rept. 108-780);
H. Res. 858, waiving points of order against the conference report to accompany H.R. 1350, to reauthorize the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (H. Rept. 108-781);
H. Res. 859, providing for consideration of motions to suspend the rules (H. Rept. 108-782);
H. Res. 860, waiving a requirement of clause 6(a) of rule XIII with respect to consideration of certain resolutions reported from the Committee on Rules (H. Rept. 108-783);
H. Res. 861, waiving a requirement of clause 6(a) of rule XIII with respect to consideration of certain resolutions reported from the Committee on Rules (H. Rept. 108-784).
Page H9999
Speaker:
Read a letter from the Speaker wherein he appointed Representative Simpson to act as Speaker Pro Tempore for today.
Page H9965
Public Debt Limit Increase:
The House passed S. 2986, to amend title 31 of the United States Code to increase the public debt limit, by a recorded vote of 208 ayes to 204 noes, Roll No. 536.
Pages H9966-87
Rejected the Stenholm motion to commit the bill to the Committee on Ways and Means with instructions to report the bill back to the House forthwith with an amendment by a yea-and-nay vote of 194 yeas to 218 nays, Roll No. 535.
Page H9986
H. Res. 856, the rule providing for consideration of the bill was agreed to by voice vote, after agreeing to order the previous question by a yea-and-nay vote of 205 yeas to 191 nays, Roll No. 534.
Page H9974
Recess:
The House recessed at 11:15 a.m. and reconvened at 8:35 p.m.
Page H9974
Benjamin Franklin Commemorative Coin Act:
Agreed that the Clerk be authorized to make a technical correction in the engrossment of H.R. 3204, to require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins in commemoration of the tercentenary of the birth of Benjamin Franklin.
Page H9975
Congratulating the Boston Red Sox on winning the 2004 World Series:
The House agreed to discharge the Committee on Government Reform from consideration of and pass H. Res. 854, congratulating the Boston Red Sox on winning the 2004 World Series.
Pages H9987-91
Agreed to the Ose amendment making a technical correction to the resolution.
Page H9991
Quorum Calls--Votes:
Two yea-and-nay votes and one recorded vote developed during the proceedings of today and appears on pages H9974, H9986 and H9987. There were no quorum calls.
Adjournment:
The House met at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 11:55 p.m.
Committee Meetings
FLU VACCINE SHORTAGE
Committee on Energy and Commerce:
Subcommittee on Health and the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations held a joint hearing entitled ``Flu Vaccine: Protecting High-Risk Individuals and Strengthening the Market.'' Testimony was heard from the following officials of the Department of Health and Human Services: Lester M. Crawford, D.V.M., Acting Commissioner, FDA; Anthony S. Fauci, M.D., Director, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, NIH; and Julie L. Gerberding, M.D., Director, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; Janet Heinrich, Director, Healthcare/Public Health Issues, GAO; Janet Olszewski, Director, Department of Community Health, State of Michigan; and public witnesses.
LAW ENFORCEMENT AND THE FIGHT AGAINST METHAMPHETAMINE
Committee on Government Reform:
Subcommittee on Criminal Justice, Drug Policy and Human Resources held a hearing entitled ``Law Enforcement and the Fight Against Methamphetamine.'' Testimony was heard from Scott Burns, Deputy Director, State and Local Affairs, Office of National Drug Control Policy; the following officials of the Department of Justice: Domingo S. Herraiz, Director, Bureau of Justice Assistance, Office of Justice Programs; and Joseph Rannazzisi, Deputy Chief, Office of Enforcement, DEA; Lonnie Wright, Director, Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs, State of Oklahoma; and public witnesses.
COLOMBIA NARCO-TERRORISM
Committee on International Relations:
Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere held a hearing on Aid to Colombia--The European Role in the Fight Against Narco-terrorism. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the Department of State: Robert R. Charles, Assistant Secretary, Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement; and Adolfo A. Franco, Assistant Administrator, Bureau for Latin America and the Caribbean, AID; and public witnesses.
OVERSIGHT--USDA RACIAL DISCRIMINATION CASE
Committee on the Judiciary:
Subcommittee on the Constitution held an oversight hearing entitled ``Notice Provision in the
Pigford
v.
Glickman
Consent Decree.'' Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
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CONFERENCE REPORT--INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES EDUCATION IMPROVEMENT ACT
Committee on Rules:
Granted by voice vote, a rule waiving all points of order against the conference report to accompany H.R. 1350, an Act to reauthorize the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, and for other purposes, and against its consideration. The rule provides that the conference report shall be considered as read. Testimony was heard from Representatives Castle and George Miller of California.
PROVIDING FOR CONSIDERATION OF MOTIONS TO SUSPEND THE RULES
Committee on Rules:
Granted by voice vote, a rule providing that suspensions will be in order at any time on the legislative day of Friday, November 19, 2004. The rule provides that the Speaker or his designee will consult with the Minority Leader or her designee on any suspensions considered under the rule.
SAME DAY CONSIDERATION OF CERTAIN RESOLUTIONS REPORTED BY THE RULES COMMITTEE
Committee on Rules:
Granted by voice vote, a rule waiving clause 6(a) of rule XIII (requiring a two-thirds vote to consider a rule on the same day it is reported from the Rules Committee) against certain resolutions reported from the Rules Committee. The rule applies the waiver to any resolution reported on or before the legislative day of November 20, 2004, providing for consideration or disposition of a conference report to accompany the bill (S. 2845) to reform the intelligence community and the intelligence and intelligence-related activities of the United States Government, and for other purposes.
SAME DAY CONSIDERATION OF CERTAIN RESOLUTIONS REPORTED BY THE RULES COMMITTEE
Committee on Rules:
Granted by voice vote, a rule waiving clause 6(a) of rule XIII (requiring a two-thirds vote to consider a rule on the same day it is reported from the Rules Committee) against certain resolutions reported from the Rules Committee. The rule applies the waiver to any resolution reported on or before the legislative day of November 20, 2004, providing for consideration or disposition of a conference report to accompany the bill (S. 4548) to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2005 for intelligence and intelligence-related activities of the United States Government, the Community Management Account, and the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability System, and for other purposes.
BRIEFING--GLOBAL TERRORIST THREATS UPDATE
Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence:
Met in executive session to receive a briefing on Global Terrorist Threats Update. The Committee was briefed by departmental witnesses.
(Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)
Committee on Armed Services:
to receive a closed briefing regarding Improvised Explosive Devices, focusing on the Department of Defense's approach to addressing this threat, 9:30 a.m., SR-222.
No committee meetings are scheduled.
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Program for Friday:
Senate will resume consideration of the conference report to accompany H.R. 1047, Miscellaneous Trade and Technical Corrections Act, with one hour of debate, to be followed by a vote on the motion to invoke cloture.
Program for Friday:
To be announced.
HOUSE
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