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From the Appropriations Committee:

The Oversight Committee is now holding a markup on four bills: The Presidential Donation Reform Act, the Presidential Records Act Amendments, the

The Appropriations Defense Subcommittee, chaired by Rep. John Murtha (PA-12), held a hearing on the conditions at Walter Reed Army Medical Center this afternoon. The witnesses were Lieutenant General Kevin C. Kiley, M.D, Army Surgeon General, who was in charge of Walter Reed during much of the period in question, and General Peter Schoomaker, Army Chief of Staff.

As a strong advocate for open and transparent government, I am pleased that C-SPAN is expanding access with "Creative Commons" licensing to its extensive video coverage of federal government activities.

Chairman John Murtha's (PA-12) hearing on Walter Reed, which was originally scheduled for Monday but was postponed due to witnesses continuing to testify at the field hearing, will be held today at 1:30.

In June of 2006, David Safavian, former chief of staff at the General Services Administration (GSA), was found guilty of lying and obstructing justice in the probe surrounding former lobbyist Jack Abramoff.