What's up today: Comms & Press Conferences

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2 p.m. SMALL BUSINESS _ Sens. Byron Dorgan and John Kerry, and
former Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board CEO Francis
Cavanaugh, others, hold a news conference to release a report on
the impact of the GOP Social Security privatization plan on small
businesses.
Location: Room 512, Hart.
Contacts: Marc Comer, 202-224-8496

EVENT: Senate Democrats hold a news conference to unveil a Senate Democratic Policy Committee report on the impact of the Republican Social Security privatization or personal accounts plan will have on small business.

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1. Senate Finance 10 am: Future of Medicaid hearing

The Future of Medicaid: Strategies for Strengthening American’s Vital Safety Net

June 15 , 2005, at 10:00 a.m. in 628 Dirksen Senate Office Building


Member Statements:
Charles Grassley, IA
Max Baucus, MT

Witness Statements:

Panel I

The Honorable Mike Huckabee, Governor, State of Arkansas, Little Rock, AR

The Honorable Mark Warner, Governor, State of Virginia, Richmond, VA

Ms. Jeanne Lambrew, Ph.D., Senior Fellow at the Center for American Progress, Washington, DC

Mr. Stuart M. Butler, Ph.D., Vice President, Domestic and Economic Policy Studies, The Heritage Foundation, Washington, DC

Mr. Alan Weil, J.D., Executive Director and President, National Academy for State Health Policy, Portland, ME

http://finance.senate.gov/sitepages/hearing061505.htm

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2. SFRC 2:15 PM: Voting on various Nominations

HEARING
before the

COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN RELATIONS
UNITED STATES SENATE
ONE HUNDRED NINTH CONGRESS
FIRST SESSION

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Wednesday, June 15, 2005

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Time: 2:15 PM
Immediately following 1st Vote of the Day
Place: S-116 The Capitol
Presiding: Senator Lugar

The Committee Will Consider and Vote On the
Following Agenda Items:
Nominations:
1. Zalmay Khalilzad
To be Ambassador to Iraq
2. Eduardo Aguirre
To be Ambassador to Spain and Andorra
3. Julie Finley
For Rank of Ambassador during her tenure as
US Representative to the OSCE
4. Craig R. Stapleton
To be Ambassador to France
5. Robert Johann Diete
To be Ambassador to Belize
6. Dina Habib Powell
To be Assistant Secretary of State for Educational
and Cultural Affairs
7. Rodolphe M. Vallee
To be Ambassador to the Slovak Republic
8. Molly Hering Bordonaro
To be Ambassador to Malta
9. Anne Wagner
To be Ambassador to Luxembourg
10. Donald E. Booth
To be Ambassador to Republic of Liberia
11. Pamela E. Bridgewater
To be Ambassador to Republic of Ghana
12. Terence Patrick McCully
To be Ambassador to Republic of Mali
13. Roger Swayne Pierce
To be Ambassador to the Republic of Cape Verde
14. Christopher J. Hanley
To be a Member of the Board of Directors of the
Overseas Private Investment Corporation
15. Jorge A. Plasencia
To be a Member of the Advisory Board for
Cuba Broadcasting
16. Jay T. Snyder
To be a Member of the United States Advisory
Commission on Public Diplomacy
FSO Promotion Lists:
1. Clark, Donald B., et al,
Dated January 24, 2005 as Amended with one name
struck, James Stephenson of Virginia
2. Elder, Christine, et al,
Dated April 4, 2005
3. Avery, Todd B., et al,
Dated April 4, 2005
4. Hutchinson, Michael, et al,
Dated April 4, 2005
5. Howell, Charles W., et al,
Dated May 9, 2005