[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E293-E294]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

HAPPY NEW YEAR TO THE ORGANIZATION OF CHINESE AMERICANS

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HON. JASON ALTMIRE

of pennsylvania

in the house of representatives

Wednesday, February 7, 2007

Mr. ALTMIRE. Madam Speaker, I would like to wish the membership of
the Organization of Chinese Americans a healthy and happy New Year for
the year 4705, the year of the pig.
The New Year is a time for reflection and thanksgiving for the joys
of life and loved ones and I am thankful for the richness that this
organization brings to my region. Chinese Americans have made great
contributions to western Pennsylvania and to our Nation as a whole and
I am honored for this opportunity to wish them a wonderful year in
4705.
I ask my colleagues in the United States House of Representatives to
join me in wishing the members of the Organization of Chinese Americans
a very happy and prosperous New year.

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SENATE COMMITTEE MEETINGS

Title IV of Senate Resolution 4, agreed to by the Senate on February
4, 1977, calls for establishment of a system for a computerized
schedule of all meetings and hearings of Senate committees,
subcommittees, joint committees, and committees of conference. This
title requires all such committees to notify the Office of the Senate
Daily Digest--designated by the Rules Committee--of the time, place,
and purpose of the meetings, when scheduled, and any cancellations or
changes in the meetings as they occur.
As an additional procedure along with the computerization of this
information, the Office of the Senate Daily Digest will prepare this
information for printing in the Extensions of Remarks section of the
Congressional Record on Monday and Wednesday of each week.
Meetings scheduled for Thursday, February 8, 2007 may be found in the
Daily Digest of today's Record.

MEETINGS SCHEDULED

FEBRUARY 9
9:30 a.m.
Armed Services
To receive a briefing on the Department of Defense
Inspector General's report on the activities of the
Office of Special Plans prior to the war in Iraq; to be
followed by a closed session in SR-232A.
SR-222
FEBRUARY 12
2:30 p.m.
Energy and Natural Resources
Energy Subcommittee
To hold hearings to examine recommendations on policies
and programs to improve the energy efficiency of
buildings and to expand the role of electric and gas
utilities in energy efficiency programs.
SD-366
FEBRUARY 13
9:45 a.m.
Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
To hold hearings to examine challenges and opportunities
relating to rural development.
SR-328A
10 a.m.
Budget
To hold hearings to examine the President's Fiscal Year
2008 budgetary proposals for the Department of Health
and Human Services.
SD-608
Energy and Natural Resources
To hold hearings to examine the ``Stern Review of the
Economics of Climate Change'' examining the economic
impacts of climate change and stabilizing greenhouse
gases in the atmosphere.
SD-106
Environment and Public Works
To hold hearings to review and report the recommendations
of the United States Climate Action Partnership Report.
SD-406
Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
To hold hearings to examine The Healthy Families Act,
focusing on safeguarding Americans' livelihood,
families and health with paid sick days.
SD-430
Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
To hold hearings to examine the Homeland Security
Department's budget request for Fiscal Year 2008.
SD-342
Appropriations
Interior and Related Agencies Subcommittee
To hold oversight hearings to examine the Outer
Continental Shelf oil and natural gas royalty
management by the Department of the Interior.
SD-124
Small Business and Entrepreneurship
To hold hearings to examine alternatives for easing small
business health care costs.
SR-428A
FEBRUARY 14
10 a.m.
Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
To hold hearings to examine the semiannual monetary
policy report to the Congress.
SD-106
Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
Business meeting to consider Mental Health Parity Act of
2007, Head Start for School Readiness Act, and any
pending nominations.
SD-430
Judiciary
To hold hearings to examine judicial security and
independence.
SH-216
Commerce, Science, and Transportation
Trade, Tourism, and Economic Development Subcommittee
To hold hearings to examine overseas sweatshop abuses,
focusing on their impact on U.S. workers and the need
for anti-sweatshop legislation.
SR-253
2:30 p.m.
Commerce, Science, and Transportation
Fisheries and Coast Guard Subcommittee
To hold an oversight hearing to examine recent setbacks
to the Coast Guard Deepwater Program.
SR-253
FEBRUARY 15
9:15 a.m.
Foreign Relations
To hold hearings to examine the nominations of Ryan C.
Crocker, of Washington, to be Ambassador to the
Republic of Iraq, and William B. Wood, of New York, to
be Ambassador to the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan.
SD-628
9:30 a.m.
Armed Services
To hold hearings to examine the current and future
readiness of the Army and Marine Corps; there is a
possibility of a closed session in SR-222 following the
open session.
SH-216
Commerce, Science, and Transportation
Aviation Subcommittee
To hold hearings to examine the Administration's proposal
to reauthorize the Federal Aviation Administration
(Part 1).
SR-253
Energy and Natural Resources
To hold hearings to examine the President's proposed
budget request for fiscal year 2008 for the Department
of the Interior.
SD-366
10 a.m.
Finance
To hold hearings to examine the Administration trade
agenda for 2007.
SD-215
FEBRUARY 28
2:30 p.m.
Commerce, Science, and Transportation
Science and Space Subcommittee
To hold hearings to examine the President's budget for
the National Aeronautics and Space Administration
(NASA).
SR-253