In OMB Watch's last Watcher, we mentioned Chairman Sensenbrenner's Katrina Volunteer Protection Act, that was passed by voice vote in the House. href=" http://judiciary.house.gov/media/pdfs/KatrinavolunteerHousepass91405.pdf">H.R. 3736, the Katrina Volunteer Protection Act, authored by Rep. James Sensenbrenner (R-WI).The act establishes a uniform federal floor to protect ad hoc volunteers working in response to Hurricane Katrina. The legislation was enacted to protect volunteers who act in good faith and without compensation to assist the victims of Hurricane Katrina from

House Admin's Testimony from today's hearing is up on the site. There is obviously still plenty of debate among members of Congress on whether the Internet should be regulated. There seems to be an understanding, articulated best by Michael Krempasky of the right-leaning blog Redstate.org, that regulating the Internet would crush the "little guy" - the individual blogger or charity that blogs information, such as this one does.

Norm Ornstien in Roll Call on Abramoff: Now on to Abramoff. Yet another shoe dropped on Monday in this ongoing saga: the arrest of the White House’s top procurement official on charges of making false statements and obstructing an investigation related to Abramoff and the General Services Administration.

The Committee on House Administration, led by Chairman Bob Ney, will hold a hearing entitled, “Political Speech on the Internet: Should it be Regulated?” at 9 a.m. on Thursday, September 22, 2005, in the Committee’s Hearing Room, 1310 Longworth House Office Building.