107th Congress (2001 - 2002)
January 3, 2001 - January 3, 2002
Senate Committee Meetings by Date
Compiled from the Congressional Record's Daily Digests via Thomas at thomas.loc.gov
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2001/01/03
Daily Digest - Wednesday, January 3, 2001; pages D1 - D6
Committee Meetings
No committee meetings were held.
No Joint hearings noted.
2001/01/04
Daily Digest - Thursday, January 4, 2001; pages D7 - D8
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
NOMINATION
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee held hearings on
the nomination of Donald L. Evans, of Texas, to be Secretary of Commerce, who
was introduced by Senators Hutchison and Gramm, where the nominee testified
and answered questions in his own behalf.
Hearings recessed subject to call.
No Joint hearings noted.
2001/01/05
Daily Digest - Friday, January 5, 2001; pages D9 - D12
[Committee Meetings
No committee meetings were held.]
No Joint hearings noted.
2001/01/06
Daily Digest - Saturday, January 6, 2001; pages D13 - D16
Committee Meetings
No committee meetings were held.
No Joint hearings noted.
2001/01/08
Daily Digest - Monday, January 8, 2001; pages D17 - D18
Committee Meetings
No committee meetings were held.
No Joint hearings noted.
2001/01/20
Daily Digest - Saturday, January 20, 2001; pages D20 - D22
Committee Meetings
No committee meetings were held.
No Joint hearings noted.
2001/01/22
Daily Digest - Monday, January 22, 2001; pages D23 - D26
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
NOMINATION
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: On Thursday, January 18,
Committee concluded hearings on the nomination of Ann Margaret Veneman, of
California, to be Secretary of Agriculture, after the nominee, who was
introduced by Senators Feinstein and Boxer and Representative Dreier,
testified and answered questions in her own behalf.
NOMINATION
Committee on Armed Services: On Thursday, January 11, Committee concluded
hearings on the nomination of Donald Henry Rumsfeld, of Illinois, to be
Secretary of Defense, after the nominee, who was introduced by Senators
Fitzgerald and Durbin, testified and answered questions in his own behalf.
NOMINATION
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: On Monday, January 22,
Committee ordered favorably reported the nomination of Melquiades Rafael
Martinez, of Florida, to be Secretary of Housing and Urban Development.
On Wednesday, January 17, Committee concluded hearings on the nomination of
Melquiades Rafael Martinez, after the nominee, who was introduced by Senators
Graham and Bill Nelson, testified and answered questions in his own behalf.
FINAL BUDGET REPORT
Committee on the Budget: On Friday, January 19, Committee concluded hearings
to review the former Administration's final report on the budget and the
economy, including a review of fiscal years 1994-2001, and fiscal year 2002
baseline projections and economic outlook, after receiving testimony from
Jacob J. Lew, Director, Office of Management and Budget.
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NOMINATION
Committee on Environment and Public Works: On Wednesday, January 17, Committee
concluded hearings on the nomination of Christine Todd Whitman, of New Jersey,
to be Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, after the nominee,
who was introduced by Senators Torricelli and Corzine and Representative
Frelinghuysen, testified and answered questions in her own behalf.
NOMINATION
Committee on Foreign Relations: On Thursday, January 18, Committee ordered
favorably reported (upon receipt by the Senate) the nomination of Colin Luther
Powell, of Virginia, to be Secretary of State.
On Wednesday, January 17, Committee concluded hearings on the nomination of
Colin Luther Powell, after the nominee, who was introduced by Senators Warner
and Allen, testified and answered questions in his own behalf.
UNITED NATIONS REFORM REPORT
Committee on Foreign Relations: On January 9, Committee concluded hearings to
review the Report on United Nations Reform, after receiving testimony from
Richard C. Holbrooke, U.S. Permanent Representative to the United Nations, who
was accompanied by several of his associates.
NOMINATION
Committee on Governmental Affairs: On Friday, January 19, Committee concluded
hearings on the nomination Mitchell E. Daniels, Jr., of Indiana, to be
Director of the Office of Management and Budget, after the nominee, who was
introduced by Senators Lugar and Bayh, testified and answered questions in his
own behalf.
NOMINATION
Committee on the Judiciary: On Tuesday through Friday, January 16-19,
Committee concluded hearings on the nomination of John Ashcroft, of Missouri,
to be Attorney General of the United States, after the nominee, who was
introduced by Senators Bond, Carnahan, Hutchison, Collins, and former Senator
Danforth, testified and answered questions in his own behalf. Testimony was
also received from Representatives Waters, Jackson-Lee, Clyburn, Hulshof, and
Watts; Missouri Supreme Court Justice Ronnie White, Jefferson City; Edward D.
Robertson, former Missouri Supreme Court Justice, Harriet Woods, former
Missouri Lieutenant Governor, Jerry Hunter, former Missouri Secretary of
Labor, David C. Mason, Circuit Judge, and B. T. Rice, New Horizons Seventh Day
Christian Church, all of St. Louis; Kate Michelman, National Abortion and
Reproductive Rights Action League, Marcia Greenberger, National Women's Law
Center, Wade Henderson, Leadership Conference on Civil Rights, Robert Woodson,
National Center for Neighborhood Enterprise, Bill Taylor, Citizens' Commission
on Civil Rights, James M. Dunn, Wake Forest University, Michael Barnes,
Handgun Control, and Kay James, Heritage Foundation, all of Washington, D.C.;
Gloria Feldt, Planned Parenthood Federation of America, New York, New York;
and Colleen Campbell, Memory of Victims Everywhere, San Juan Capistrano,
California.
NOMINATION
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: On Wednesday, January 10,
Committee concluded hearings on the nomination of Roderick R. Paige, of Texas,
to be Secretary of Education, after the nominee, who was introduced by
Representative Jackson-Lee, testified and answered questions in his own
behalf.
NOMINATION
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: On Friday, January 19,
Committee concluded hearings on the nomination of Tommy G. Thompson, of
Wisconsin, to be Secretary of Health and Human Services, after the nominee,
who was introduced by Senators Kohl and Feingold and Donna E. Shalala,
Secretary of Health and Human Services, testified and answered questions in
his own behalf.
NOMINATION
Committee on Veterans' Affairs: On Thursday, January 18, Committee concluded
hearings on the nomination of Anthony Joseph Principi, of California, to be
Secretary of Veterans Affairs, after the nominee, who was introduced by
Senator Boxer and Representative Dreier, testified and answered questions in
his own behalf.
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No Joint hearings noted.
2001/01/23
Daily Digest - Tuesday, January 23, 2001; pages D28 - D30
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
NOMINATION
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: On Thursday, January 18, Committee
concluded hearings on the nomination of Spencer Abraham, of Michigan, to be
Secretary of Energy, after the nominee, who was introduced by Senators Levin
and Stabenow, testified and answered questions in his own behalf.
NOMINATION
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: On Thursday and Friday, January
18-19, Committee concluded hearings on the nomination of Gale Ann Norton, of
Colorado, to be Secretary of the Interior, after the nominee, who was
introduced by Senators Allard and Conrad and Colorado Governor Bill Owens,
testified and answered questions in her own behalf.
NOMINATION
Committee on Finance: On Wednesday, January 17, Committee concluded hearings
on the nomination of Paul Henry O'Neill, of Pennsylvania, to be Secretary of
the Treasury, after the nominee, who was introduced by Senator Specter,
testified and answered questions in his own behalf.
NOMINATION
Committee on Finance: On Thursday, January 18, Committee concluded hearings on
the nomination of Tommy G. Thompson, of Wisconsin, to be Secretary of Health
and Human Services, after the nominee, who was introduced by Senators Feingold
and Kohl, former Senator Dole and Donna E. Shalala, Secretary of Health and
Human Services, testified and answered questions in his own behalf.
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No Joint hearings noted.
2001/01/24
Daily Digest - Wednesday, January 24, 2001; pages D32 - D34
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
NOMINATION
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee ordered
favorably reported the nomination of Norman Y. Mineta, of California, to be
Secretary of Transportation.
Prior to this action, Committee concluded hearings on the nomination of Norman
Y. Mineta, after the nominee, who was introduced by Senators Boxer and Inouye
and Representative Dreier, testified and answered questions in his own behalf.
NOMINATION
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee ordered favorably
reported the nomination of Gale Ann Norton, of Colorado, to be Secretary of
the Interior.
NOMINATION
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee began consideration of the nomination of
John D. Ashcroft, of Missouri, to be Attorney General of the United States,
but did not complete action thereon, and recessed subject to call.
NOMINATION
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee concluded
hearings on the nomination of Elaine L. Chao, of Kentucky, to be Secretary of
Labor, after the nominee, who was introduced by Senators Leahy, McConnell and
Bunning , testified and answered questions in her own behalf.
No Joint hearings noted.
2001/01/25
Daily Digest - Thursday, January 25, 2001; pages D36 - D38
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
EVOLVING FISCAL CHALLENGES
Committee on the Budget: Committee concluded hearings to examine important
issues surrounding the outlook for the federal budget and the attendant
implications for the formulation of fiscal policy, as well as the former
administration's final budget projections, after receiving testimony from Alan
Greenspan, Chairman, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.
No Joint hearings noted.
2001/01/29
Daily Digest - Monday, January 29, 2001; pages D40 - D42
Committee Meetings
No committee meetings were held.
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No Joint hearings noted.
2001/01/30
Daily Digest - Tuesday, January 30, 2001; pages D43 - D82
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
COMMISSION ON 21ST CENTURY PRODUCTION AGRICULTURE REPORT
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: Committee concluded
hearings on the Report from the Commission on 21st Century Production
Agriculture, outlining the recommendations of the Commission with regard to
the role of the Federal Government in support of production agriculture in the
future, recent key developments in farm policy, and the current state of the
farm economy, after receiving testimony from Keith Collins, Chief Economist,
Department of Agriculture; and Barry L. Flinchbaugh, Kansas State University,
Manhattan, on behalf of the Commission on 21st Century Production Agriculture,
who was accompanied by several of his associates.
U.S. ECONOMY SECTOR ANALYSIS
Committee on the Budget: Committee concluded hearings to examine how ongoing
developments in the financial, agricultural, and energy sectors will impact
the domestic economic outlook, after receiving testimony from James E.
Glassman, JP Morgan Chase and Company, New York, New York; Robert E. Young II,
Food and Agricultural Policy Research Institute, Columbia, Missouri; Matthew
R. Simmons, Simmons and Company International, Houston, Texas; and Peter S.
Fox-Penner, The Brattle Group, Inc., Washington, D.C.
NOMINATION
Committee on Finance: Committee concluded hearings on the nomination of Robert
B. Zoellick, of Virginia, to be United States Trade Representative, after the
nominee, who was introduced by Senators Warner and Allen and Congressman James
Moran, testified and answered questions in his own behalf.
NOMINATION
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee ordered favorably reported the
nomination of John Ashcroft, of Missouri, to be Attorney General of the United
States.
No Joint hearings noted.
2001/01/31
Daily Digest - Wednesday, January 31, 2001; pages D84 - D88
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
BUDGET AND ECONOMIC OUTLOOK
Committee on the Budget: Committee concluded hearings on the issues of the
budget and the economic outlook of the United States, after receiving
testimony from Barry B. Anderson, Deputy Director, Congressional Budget
Office.
CALIFORNIA ENERGY CRISIS
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded oversight
hearings to examine the elements, including electric utility industry
deregulation, that may have lead to California's current electricity crisis,
and what impact it may have on the West, after receiving testimony from
Lawrence J. Makovich, Cambridge Energy Research Associates, Cambridge
Massachusetts; Peter S. Fox-Penner, The Brattle Group, Inc., and Steven L.
Kline, PG & E Corporation, both of Washington, D.C.; Kit Konolige, Morgan
Stanley Dean Witter, New York, New York; Stephen E. Frank, Southern California
Edison, Rosemead; Frederick E. John, Sempra Energy, San Diego, California;
Keith Bailey, The Williams Companies, Inc., Tulsa, Oklahoma; Steven J. Kean,
Enron Corporation, and Joe Bob Perkins, Reliant Energy Wholesale Group, both
of Houston, Texas; Curtis A. Hildebrand, Calpine Corporation, Pleasanton,
California; Richard Ferreira, Sacramento Municipal Utility District,
Sacramento, California; Tom Karier, Northwest Power Planning Council, Spokane,
Washington; John R. Gale, Idaho Power Company, Boise; Brett E. Wilcox, Golden
Northwest Aluminum, Inc., The Dalles, Oregon; Mark Crisson, Tacoma Public
Utilities, Tacoma, Washington; and Judi Johansen, PacifiCorp, Portland,
Oregon.
ORGANIZATIONAL MEETING
Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee met and approved Senator Campbell to be
Chairman, and Senator Inouye to be Vice Chairman.
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No Joint hearings noted.
2001/02/01
Daily Digest - Thursday, February 1, 2001; pages D90 - D94
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
ORGANIZATIONAL MEETING
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee adopted its
rules of procedure for the 107th Congress, and announced the following
subcommittee assignments:
Subcommittee on Aviation: Senators Hutchison (Chairman), Stevens, Burns, Lott,
Snowe, Brownback, Smith (of Or.), Fitzgerald, Ensign, Rockefeller, Hollings,
Inouye, Breaux, Dorgan, Wyden, Cleland, Edwards, and Carnahan.
Subcommittee on Communications: Senators Burns (Chairman), Stevens, Lott,
Hutchison, Snowe, Brownback, Smith (of Or.), Fitzgerald, Ensign, Allen,
Hollings, Inouye, Kerry, Breaux, Rockefeller, Dorgan, Wyden, Cleland, Boxer,
and Edwards.
Subcommittee on Consumer Affairs, Foreign Commerce, and Tourism: Senators
Fitzgerald (Chairman), Burns, Brownback, Smith (of Or.), Ensign, Allen,
Dorgan, Rockefeller, Wyden, Boxer, Edwards, and Carnahan.
Subcommittee on Manufacturing and Competitiveness: Senators Ensign (Chairman),
Brownback, Fitzgerald, Wyden, Hollings, and Rockefeller.
Subcommittee on Oceans and Fisheries: Senators Snowe (Chairman), Stevens,
Hutchison, Smith (of Or.), Fitzgerald, Kerry, Hollings, Inouye, Breaux, and
Boxer.
Subcommittee on Science, Technology, and Space: Senators Brownback (Chairman),
Stevens, Burns, Lott, Hutchison, Fitzgerald, Allen, Breaux, Rockefeller,
Kerry, Dorgan, Cleland, Edwards, and Carnahan.
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Subcommittee on Surface Transportation and Merchant Marine: Senators Smith (of
Or.) (Chairman), Stevens, Burns, Lott, Hutchison, Snowe, Brownback,
Fitzgerald, Ensign, Inouye, Rockefeller, Kerry, Breaux, Dorgan, Wyden,
Cleland, Boxer, and Carnahan.
AIRLINES INDUSTRY CONSOLIDATION
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded
hearings on the effects of the American Airlines' proposed acquisition of
Trans World Airlines (TWA), and part of DC Air, and other airline industry
consolidation on competition and the consumer, after receiving testimony from
Senators Bond and DeWine; Representative Meeks and Slaughter; JayEtta Hecker,
Director, Physical Infrastructure Issues, General Accounting Office; Missouri
Governor Bob Holden, Jefferson City; Donald Carty, American Airlines,
Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas; William F. Compton, Trans World Airlines, St. Louis,
Missouri; Robert L. Johnson, DC Air, Washington, D.C.; Joe Leonard, AirTran
Airways, Orlando, Florida; and Michael E. Levine, Harvard Law School,
Cambridge, Massachusetts.
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HUMAN CAPITAL
Committee on Governmental Affairs: Subcommittee on Oversight of Government
Management, Restructuring and the District of Columbia held hearings to
examine the decision of the General Accounting Office to place strategic human
capital management on GAO's "High-Risk" list of federal agencies and programs
that are vulnerable to waste, fraud, abuse and mismanagement, including
administrative and legislative solutions to the human capital crisis,
receiving testimony from David M. Walker, Comptroller General of the United
States, General Accounting Office.
Hearings recessed subject to call.
No Joint hearings noted.
2001/02/05
Daily Digest - Monday, February 5, 2001; pages D95 - D96
Committee Meetings
No committee meetings were held.
No Joint hearings noted.
2001/02/06
Daily Digest - Tuesday, February 6, 2001; pages D97 - D100
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
LONG-TERM BUDGET ISSUES
Committee on the Budget: Committee concluded hearings to examine the General
Accounting Office perspective on the long-range fiscal policy challenges
facing this Congress and the nation, and the impact the surplus projections
have on budgetary decision making, after receiving testimony from David M.
Walker, Comptroller General of the United States, General Accounting Office.
No Joint hearings noted.
2001/02/07
Daily Digest - Wednesday, February 7, 2001; pages D102 - D106
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
SUBCOMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS
Committee on Appropriations: on Friday, February 2, Committee announced the
following subcommittee assignments:
Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, and Related Agencies: Senators
Cochran (Chairman), Specter, Bond, McConnell, Burns, Craig, Kohl (Ranking
Member), Harkin, Dorgan, Feinstein, Durbin, and Johnson.
Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State, and the Judiciary: Senators Gregg
(Chairman), Stevens, Domenici, McConnell, Hutchison, Campbell, Hollings
(Ranking Member), Inouye, Mikulski, Leahy, Kohl, and Murray.
Subcommittee on Defense: Senators Stevens (Chairman), Cochran, Specter,
Domenici, Bond, McConnell, Shelby, Gregg, Hutchison, Inouye (Ranking Member),
Hollings, Byrd, Leahy, Harkin, Dorgan, Durbin, Reid, and Feinstein.
Subcommittee on District of Columbia: Senators DeWine (Chairman), Hutchison,
Landrieu (Ranking Member), and Durbin.
Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development: Senators Domenici (Chairman),
Cochran, McConnell, Bennett, Burns, Craig, Reid (Ranking Member), Byrd,
Hollings, Murray, Dorgan, and Feinstein.
Subcommittee on Foreign Operations: Senators McConnell (Chairman), Specter,
Gregg, Shelby, Bennett, Campbell, Bond, Leahy (Ranking Member), Inouye,
Harkin, Mikulski, Durbin, Johnson, and Landrieu.
Subcommittee on Interior: Senators Burns (Chairman), Stevens, Cochran,
Domenici, Bennett, Gregg, Campbell, Byrd (Ranking Member), Leahy, Hollings,
Reid, Dorgan, Feinstein, and Murray.
Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education: Senators
Specter (Chairman), Cochran, Gregg, Craig, Hutchison, Stevens, DeWine, Harkin
(Ranking Member), Hollings, Inouye, Reid, Kohl, Murray, and Landrieu.
Subcommittee on Legislative Branch: Senators Bennett (Chairman), Stevens,
Durbin (Ranking Member), and Johnson.
Subcommittee on Military Construction: Senators Hutchison (Chairman), Burns,
Craig, DeWine, Feinstein (Ranking Member), Inouye, Johnson, and Landrieu.
Subcommittee on Transportation: Senators Shelby (Chairman), Specter, Bond,
Bennett, Campbell, Hutchison, Murray (Ranking Member), Byrd, Mikulski, Reid,
Kohl, and Durbin.
Subcommittee on Treasury and General Government: Senators Campbell (Chairman),
Shelby, DeWine, Dorgan (Ranking Member), Mikulski, and Landrieu.
Subcommittee on VA, HUD, and Independent Agencies: Senators Bond (Chairman),
Burns, Shelby, Craig, Domenici, DeWine, Mikulski (Ranking Member), Leahy,
Harkin, Byrd, Kohl, and Johnson.
EXPORT CONTROLS
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee held hearings on
S. 149, to provide authority to control exports, and to examine how to
establish an effective, modern framework for computer, manufacturing, and
electronics export controls, and its potential impact on the proliferation of
weapons of mass destruction worldwide, receiving testimony from Dan Hoydysh,
Unisys Corporation, on behalf of the Computer Coalition for Responsible
Exports, and Richard T. Cupitt, University of Georgia Center for International
Trade and Security, both of Washington, D.C.; Paul H. Freedenberg, Association
for Manufacturing Technology, McLean, Virginia; and Larry E. Christensen,
Vastera, Inc., Dulles, Virginia, on behalf of the American Electronics
Association.
Hearings recessed subject to call.
DEMOGRAPHIC TRENDS IMPACT
Committee on the Budget: Committee concluded hearings to examine the impact of
demographic trends, such as the apparent end of the population explosion,
population aging, the retirement of the baby boom generation, and the
possibility of large budget surpluses, on the budget and long-term fiscal
policy, after receiving testimony from Ben J. Wattenberg, American Enterprise
Institute, and Robert B. Friedland, Georgetown University Center on an Aging
Society, both of Washington, D.C.; Ronald D. Lee, University of California
Center for the Economics and Demography of Aging, Berkeley; and Peter R.
Orszag, Sebago Associates, Belmont, California.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee ordered favorably reported the
following business items:
S. 248, to amend the Admiral James W. Nance and Meg Donovan Foreign Relations
Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 2000 and 2001, to adjust a condition on the
payment of arrearages to the United Nations that sets the maximum share of any
United Nations peacekeeping operation's budget that may be assessed of any
country;
S. Res. 17, congratulating President Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga and
the people of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka on the
celebration of 53 years of independence;
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S. Res. 18, expressing sympathy for the victims of the devastating earthquake
that struck El Salvador on January 13, 2001;
S. Con. Res. 6, resolution expressing the sympathy for the victims of the
devastating earthquake that struck India on January 26, 2001, and support for
ongoing aid efforts;
The nomination of Paul Henry O'Neill, of Pennsylvania, to be United States
Governor of the International Monetary Fund, United States Governor of the
International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, United States Governor
of the Inter-American Development Bank, United States Governor of the African
Development Bank, United States Governor of the Asian Development Bank, United
States Governor of the African Development Fund, and United States Governor of
the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development; and certain Foreign
Service Officer promotion lists.
Also, Committee discussed S. 219, to suspend for two years the certification
procedures under section 490(b) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 in order
to foster greater multilateral cooperation in international counternarcotics
programs, adopted its rules of procedure for the 107th Congress, and announced
the following subcommittee assignments:
Subcommittee on African Affairs: Senators Frist (Chairman), Brownback, Smith
(OR), Feingold (Ranking Member), Dodd, and Boxer.
Subcommittee on East Asian and Pacific Affairs: Senators Thomas (Chairman),
Helms, Lugar, Hagel, Kerry (Ranking Member), Torricelli, Feingold, and Biden.
Subcommittee on European Affairs: Senators Smith (OR) (Chairman), Lugar,
Chafee, Hagel, Biden (Ranking Member), Sarbanes, Dodd, and Wellstone.
Subcommittee on International Economic Policy, Export and Trade Promotion:
Senators Hagel (Chairman), Thomas, Chafee, Allen, Sarbanes (Ranking Member),
Nelson (FL), Wellstone, and Torricelli.
Subcommittee on International Operations: Senators Allen (Chairman), Helms,
Frist, Brownback, Boxer (Ranking Member), Kerry, Nelson (FL), and Biden.
Subcommittee on Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs: Senators Brownback
(Chairman), Smith (OR), Thomas, Frist, Wellstone (Ranking Member), Torricelli,
Boxer, and Sarbanes.
Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere, Peace Corps, Narcotics and Terrorism:
Senators Chafee (Chairman), Allen, Helms, Lugar, Dodd (Ranking Member), Nelson
(FL), Kerry, and Feingold.
AIRLINE CONSOLIDATION
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee held hearings to examine the competitive
impact of the announced mergers involving United Airlines, US Airways, DC Air,
American Airlines, and TWA, receiving testimony from Senators Warner, Bond,
and Reid; Representatives Myrick and Meeks; Gordon Bethune, Continental
Airlines, and Robert L . Johnson, DC Air, both of Washington, D.C.; Leo F.
Mullin, Delta Air Lines, Atlanta, Georgia; William A. Franke,America West
Airlines, Phoenix, Arizona; Joe Leonard, AirTran Airways, Orlando, Florida;
Michael E. Levine, Harvard Law School, Cambridge, Massachusetts; Donald Carty,
American Airlines, Fort Worth, Texas; James E. Goodwin, United Airlines,
Chicago, Illinois; William F. Compton, Trans World Airlines, Inc., St. Louis,
Missouri; and Stephen M. Wolf, US Airways Group, Inc., Arlington, Virginia.
Hearings recessed subject to call.
WORLD THREATS ASSESSMENTS
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee concluded open and closed hearings
to examine worldwide threats to national security, after receiving testimony
from George J. Tenet, Director, Central Intelligence Agency; Thomas Fingar,
Acting Assistant Secretary of State for Intelligence and Research; and Vice
Adm. Thomas R. Wilson, Director, Defense Intelligence Agency.
No Joint hearings noted.
2001/02/08
Daily Digest - Thursday, February 8, 2001; Pages D108 - D114
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
DOE NATIONAL SECURITY PROGRAMS
Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded hearings on the Secretary's
priorities and plans for the Department of Energy national security programs,
including weapons, nonproliferation, naval reactor, and environmental
management programs, after receiving testimony from Spencer Abraham, Secretary
of Energy.
BUDGET AND ECONOMIC OUTLOOK
Committee on the Budget: Committee concluded hearings to examine certain
budgetary issues, including the projected federal budget surpluses and tax
reduction initiatives, and their impact on the economic outlook of the United
States, after receiving testimony from Wayne D. Angell, Bear, Stearns and
Company, Inc., New York, New York; and Robert Greenstein, Center on Budget and
Policy Priorities, Stephen Moore, Cato Institute, and Alice M. Rivlin,
Brookings Institution, all of Washington, D.C.
BANKRUPTCY REFORM ACT
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded hearings on bankruptcy reform
issues, including related provisions of S. 220, to amend title 11, United
States Code, after receiving testimony from Chief Judge Edward R. Becker,
United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit (Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania); Judge Randall J. Newsome, United States Bankruptcy Court
Northern District of California, and Philip L. Strauss, San Francisco
Department of Child Support Services, both of San Francisco; Brady C.
Williamson, LaFollett, Godfrey and Kahn, Madison, Wisconsin, former Chair of
the National Bankruptcy Review Commission; Kenneth H. Beine, Shoreline Credit
Union, Two Rivers, Wisconsin, on behalf of the Credit Union National
Association, Inc.; Robert D. Manning, University of Houston Law Center
Institute for Higher Education, Law, and Governance, Houston, Texas; Dean
Sheaffer, Boscov's Department Stores, Inc., Laureldale, Pennsylvania, on
behalf of the National Retail Federation; Maria T. Vullo, Paul, Weiss,
Rifkind, Wharton and Garrison, New York, New York; and Todd J. Zywicki, George
Mason University School of Law, Arlington, Virginia.
HEALTH CARE PRIVACY
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee held hearings
to examine the effectiveness of the new Department of Health and Human
Services' regulations that maintain the privacy of personal health information
in the face of advanced information technology and the increasing number of
access to identifiable health information, receiving testimony from Leslie G.
Aranovitz, Director, Health Care--Program Administration and Integrity Issues,
General Accounting Office; Janlori Goldman, Georgetown University Institute
for Health Care Research and Policy, and Judith L. Lichtman, National
Partnership for Women and Families, both of Washington, D.C.; Jane F.
Greenman, Honeywell International, Inc., Morristown, New Jersey, on behalf of
the American Benefits Council; John P. Houston, University of Pittsburgh
Medical Center Health System, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on behalf of the
American Hospital Association; G. Richard Smith, Jr., University of Arkansas
for Medical Sciences Centers for Mental Health Services Research, Little Rock,
on behalf of the Association of American Medical Colleges; and Robert C.
Heird, Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield, Indianapolis, Indiana, on behalf of
Blue Cross Blue Shield Association.
Hearings recessed subject to call.
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No Joint hearings noted.
2001/02/12
Daily Digest - Monday, February 12, 2001; pages D116 - D118
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
CALIFORNIA ENERGY CRISIS
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: on Friday, February 9,
Committee concluded hearings to examine the current state of California's
energy crisis and the use of the Defense Production Act to address this
crisis, after receiving testimony from Eric J. Fygi, Acting General Counsel,
and Paul F. Carrier, Director of the Office of Energy Emergencies, both of the
Department of Energy.
NATIONAL DEFENSE BUDGET
Committee on the Budget: Committee concluded hearings to examine the current
outlook for the national defense budget, focusing on funding and structural
reform needed to preserve our national security, after receiving testimony
from Robert J. Lieberman, Deputy Inspector General, Department of Defense;
Adm. William A. Owens, USN (Ret.), Bellevue, Washington, former Vice Chairman
of the Joint Chiefs of Staff; and Andrew F. Krepinevich, Jr., Center for
Strategic and Budgetary Assessments, Washington, D.C.
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No Joint hearings noted.
2001/02/13
Daily Digest - Tuesday, February 13, 2001; pages D120 - D124
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
MONETARY POLICY REPORT
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded
oversight hearings to examine the first Monetary Policy Report for 2001, after
receiving testimony from Alan Greenspan, Chairman, Board of Governors of the
Federal Reserve System.
BUDGET OUTLOOK AND TAX POLICY
Committee on the Budget: Committee concluded hearings to examine the budget
outlook and tax policy issues, including the Administration's tax cut
proposal, the projected budget surpluses, and the effects of high marginal tax
rates, after receiving testimony from Kevin A. Hassett, American Enterprise
Institute, and William G. Gale and Gene B. Sperling, both of Brookings
Institution, all of Washington, D.C.; and Martin Feldstein, Harvard
University, Cambridge, Massachusetts.
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AIRLINE CUSTOMER SERVICE
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded
hearings to examine the Department of Transportation Inspector General's final
report on airline customer service, after receiving testimony from Kenneth M.
Mead, Inspector General, and Robin K. Hunt, Director, Aviation Security and
Infrastructure, both of the Department of Transportation; and Carol B.
Hallett, Air Transport Association of America, Washington, D.C.
NOMINATION
Committee on Governmental Affairs: Committee concluded hearings on the
nomination of Joe M. Allbaugh, of Texas, to be Director of the Federal
Emergency Management Agency, after the nominee, who was introduced by Senators
Gramm and Hutchison, testified and answered questions in his own behalf.
NURSING SHORTAGE
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Subcommittee on Aging
concluded hearings to examine the impact of the current nurse staffing
shortage on America's health care delivery system, after receiving testimony
from Georges C. Benjamin, Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene,
and Kathryn Hall, Maryland Nurses Association, on behalf of the American
Nurses Association and Maryland Colleagues in Caring Project, both of
Baltimore; Dianne Anderson, Glens Falls Hospital, Glens Falls, New York, on
behalf of the American Organization of Nurse Executives; Linda C. Hodges,
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock; and Brandon Melton,
Catholic Health Initiatives, Denver, Colorado, on behalf of the American
Hospital Association.
No Joint hearings noted.
2001/02/14
Daily Digest - Wednesday, February 14, 2001; pages D126 - D130
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT CHALLENGES
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Transportation concluded hearings
on Department of Transportation management oversight issues, including
transportation safety, stewardship of transportation funding, immediate budget
issues, and aviation system performance, after receiving testimony from
Kenneth M. Mead, Inspector General, Department of Transportation; and John H.
Anderson, Managing Director, Physical Infrastructure, General Accounting
Office.
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EXPORT CONTROLS
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded hearings
on S. 149, to provide authority to control exports, and examined issues
relating to the establishment of an effective, modern framework for export
controls, and the impacts of globalization and export controls on national
security, after receiving testimony from John J. Hamre, Center for Strategic
and International Studies, Washington, D.C.; and Donald A. Hicks, Hicks and
Associates, McLean, Virginia, on behalf of the Defense Science Board Task
Force on Globalization and Security.
COMPETITIVE MARKET SUPERVISION
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded hearings
on S. 143, to amend the Securities Act of 1933 and the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934, to reduce securities fees in excess of those required to fund the
operations of the Securities and Exchange Commission, to adjust compensation
provisions for employees of the Commission, after receiving testimony from
Laura S. Unger, Acting Chair, Securities and Exchange Commission; Marc
Lackritz, Securities Industry Association, Washington, D.C.; James E. Burton,
California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS), Sacramento; and
Leopold Korins, Security Traders Association, New York, New York.
INTERNET CORPORATION FOR ASSIGNED NAMES AND NUMBERS
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on
Communications held hearings to examine the structure of the Internet
Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, the organization in charge of
creating and distributing Internet domain names, and the effort underway to
expand available domain names, receiving testimony from Michael M. Roberts,
Marina Del Rey, California, and Karl Auerbach, Cisco Systems, San Jose,
California, both on behalf of Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and
Numbers; A. Michael Froomkin, University of Miami School of Law, Coral Gables,
Florida; Roger J. Cochetti, VeriSign, Inc., and Kenneth M. Hansen, NeuStar,
Inc., both of Washington, D.C.; and Brian R. Cartmell, eNIC Corporation,
Seattle, Washington.
Hearings recessed subject to call.
EDUCATION TAX AND SAVINGS INCENTIVES
Committee on Finance: Committee concluded hearings to examine proposed
legislation that would offer education tax and saving incentives, including
related provisions of S. 289, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to
provide additional tax incentives for education, S. 133, to amend the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986 to make permanent the exclusion for employer-provided
educational assistance programs, and S. 152, to amend the Internal Revenue
Code of 1986 to eliminate the 60-month limit and increase the income
limitation on the student loan interest deduction, after receiving testimony
from Senators McConnell, Sessions, Biden, Schumer, Allen, Hutchinson, Harkin,
and Collins; Steven Maguire, Analyst in Public Finance, Government and Finance
Division, Congressional Research Service; Kimberly Sheppard, University of
Iowa College of Dentistry, Iowa City, on behalf of the American Dental
Association; Tom Carter, West Liberty High School, West Liberty, Iowa; David
J. Pearlman, Fidelity Investments, Westlake, Texas; and Janet Parker, Amsouth
Bank, Birmingham, Alabama, on behalf of the Society for Human Resource
Management/Section 127 Coalition.
PRESIDENTIAL PARDONS
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded hearings to examine the impact
of recent pardons and commutations granted by President Clinton, including the
pardons of Marc Rich and Pincus Green, as well as the pardon process, the role
of the Department of Justice, and constitutional and legal issues that could
arise from legislative efforts to revise the current system, after receiving
testimony from Roger Adams, Pardon Attorney, and Eric H. Holder, Jr., former
Deputy Attorney General, both of the Department of Justice; Jack Quinn, Quinn
and Gillespie, Washington, D.C.; Benton Becker, University of Miami, Pembroke
Pines, Florida; Ken Gormley, Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania;
and Christopher H. Schroeder, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina.
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No Joint hearings noted.
2001/02/15
Daily Digest - Thursday, February 15, 2001; pages D132 - D134
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
MEDICARE AND PRESCRIPTION DRUGS
Committee on the Budget: Committee concluded hearings to examine the need for
Medicare reform and efforts to provide prescription drug coverage to Medicare
beneficiaries, and the budgetary issues these proposals raise, after receiving
testimony from Gail R. Wilensky, Project HOPE, Bethesda, Maryland, on behalf
of the Medicare Payment Advisory Commission; and Robert D. Reischauer and
Marilyn Moon, both of the Urban Institute, and Kathleen E. Means, Patton
Boggs, all of Washington, D.C.
NOMINATION
Committee on Governmental Affairs: Committee ordered favorably reported the
nomination of Joe M. Allbaugh, of Texas, to be Director of the Federal
Emergency Management Agency.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee began mark up of an original bill, to
amend title 11, United States Code, but did not complete action thereon and
recessed subject to call.
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EDUCATION REFORM
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee concluded
hearings on the Administration's education proposals to improve accountability
and close the achievement gap in the education system, after receiving
testimony from Roderick R. Paige, Secretary of Education.
No Joint hearings noted.
2001/02/26
Daily Digest - Monday, February 26, 2001; pages D135 - D140
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
FCA NATIONAL CHARTERS
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: Committee concluded
hearings to examine issues related to proposed regulations of the Farm Credit
Administration on national charters, which would remove the Farm Credit
System's limitation of lending activity to certain geographical regions, and
allow individual farm credit lending institutions to lend to farmers and other
agribusinesses nationally, after receiving testimony from Representative
Leach; Michael M. Reyna, Chairman/Chief Executive Officer, Farm Credit
Administration; Bobby D. Williams, Heritage Land Bank, Tyler, Texas, and Jack
Webster, Farm Credit Services of America, Omaha, Nebraska, both on behalf of
the Farm Credit Council; Philip Burns, Farmers and Merchants National Bank,
West Point, Nebraska, on behalf of the American Bankers Association; Dale
Leighty, First National Bank of Las Animas, Las Animas, Colorado, on behalf of
the Independent Community Bankers of America; and Peter J. Barry, University
of Illinois Center for Farm and Rural Business Finance, Urbana.
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No Joint hearings noted.
2001/02/27
Daily Digest - Tuesday, February 27, 2001; pages D141 - D146
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services,
and Education concluded hearings to examine muscular dystrophy research
funding levels, after receiving testimony from Audrey S. Penn, Acting
Director, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National
Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services; Lee Sweeney,
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine Department of Physiology,
Philadelphia, and Patricia Furlong, Middletown, Ohio, D142both on behalf of
the Parent Project Muscular Dystrophy; Leon Charash, Woodbury, New York,
Christopher J. Rosa, City University of New York Queens College Office of
Special Services for Students with Disabilities, New York, Jerry Lewis, Los
Angeles, California, and Benjamin Cumbo, Upper Marlboro, Maryland, all on
behalf of the Muscular Dystrophy Association; and Donovan Decker, Huron, South
Dakota.
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ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development
concluded hearings on activities of the Army Corps of Engineers, including the
Civil Works Program, water resources planning, and the Upper Mississippi and
Illinois navigation study, after receiving testimony from Lt. Gen. Robert B.
Flowers, USA, Commander/Chief of Engineers, Army Corps of Engineers.
NOMINATION
Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded hearings on the nomination of
Paul D. Wolfowitz, of Maryland, to be Deputy Secretary of Defense, after the
nominee, who was introduced by Senators Warner and Levin, testified and
answered questions in his own behalf.
COMMITTEE BUDGET
Committee on the Budget: Committee ordered favorably reported an original
resolution (S. Res. 30), requesting $2,880,615 for operating expenses for the
period from March 1, 2001 through September 30, 2001, $5,112,126 for operating
expenses for the period from October 1, 2001 through September 30, 2002, and
$2,187,120 for operating expenses for the period from October 1, 2002 through
February 28, 2003.
BROWNFIELDS REVITALIZATION AND ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Subcommittee on Superfund, Waste
Control, and Risk Assessment concluded hearings on S. 350, to amend the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980
to promote the cleanup and reuse of brownfields, to provide financial
assistance for brownfields revitalization, to enhance State response programs,
after receiving testimony from Christine Todd Whitman, Administrator,
Environmental Protection Agency; Mayor J. Christian Bollwage, Elizabeth, New
Jersey, on behalf of the United States Conference of Mayors; Mayor Myrtle
Walker, East Palo Alto, California, on behalf of the National Association of
Local Government Environmental Professionals; Philip J. O'Brien, New Hampshire
Department of Environmental Services, Concord; Mike Ford, Mike Ford Agency,
Clark, New Jersey, on behalf of the National Association of Realtors; Alan
Front, The Trust for Public Land, John G. Arlington, American Insurance
Association, and Grant Cope, United States Public Interest Research Group, all
of Washington, D.C.; Robert D. Fox, Manko, Gold and Katcher, Bala Cynwyd,
Pennsylvania; and Deeohn Ferris, Global Environmental Resources, Inc.,
Finesville, New Jersey.
U.S. TRADE POLICY
Committee on Finance: Committee held hearings to examine United States trade
policy, focusing on principal trade policy challenges and opportunities, the
importance of maintaining America's leadership role in building and sustaining
the international trading system, and rebuilding free trade consensus,
receiving testimony from David L. Aaron, former Under Secretary of Commerce
for International Trade, William M. Daley, former Secretary of Commerce, and
Carla A. Hills, Hills and Company, former United States Trade Representative,
all of Washington, D.C.; and Robert D. Hormants, Goldman Sacs International,
New York, New York.
Hearings recessed subject to call.
NATO ALLIANCE
Committee on Foreign Relations: Subcommittee on European Affairs concluded
hearings to examine issues which have bearing on the state of the North
Atlantic Treaty Organization Alliance, including the transitions occurring in
the Balkans and Southeast Europe, NATO enlargement, ballistic missile defense,
and the European Union Rapid Reaction Force, after receiving testimony from
Gen. Wesley K. Clark, USA (Ret.), former Supreme Allied Commander Europe;
Jeffrey Gedmin, American Enterprise Institute/New Atlantic Initiative, and
Ronald D. Asmus, Council on Foreign Relations, both of Washington, D.C.
NOMINATION
Committee on Governmental Affairs: Committee concluded hearings on the
nomination of Sean O'Keefe, of New York, to be Deputy Director of the Office
of Management and Budget, after the nominee, who was introduced by Senator
Stevens and Representative Walsh, testified and answered questions in his own
behalf.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee resumed markup of an original bill to
amend title 11, United States Code, relating to bankruptcy reform, but did not
complete action thereon and will continue tomorrow.
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ORGANIZATIONAL MEETING
Special Committee on Aging: Committee ordered favorably reported an original
resolution requesting $1,240,422 for operating expenses for the period from
March 1, 2001 through September 30, 2001, $2,199,621 for operating expenses
for the period from October 1, 2001 through September 30, 2002, and $940,522
for operating expenses for the period from October 1, 2002 through February
28, 2003.
Also, committee adopted its rules of procedure for the 107th Congress.
No Joint hearings noted.
2001/02/28
Daily Digest - Wednesday, February 28, 2001; pages D148 - D156
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
ORGANIZATIONAL MEETING
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: Committee ordered favorably
reported an original resolution (S. Res. 31) requesting $1,794,378 for
operating expenses for the period from March 1, 2001 through September 30,
2001, $3,181,922 for operating expenses for the period from October 1, 2001
through September 30, 2002, and $1,360,530 for operating expenses for the
period from October 1, 2002 through February 28, 2003.
Also, committee adopted its rules of procedure for the 107th Congress, and
announced the following subcommittee assignments:
Subcommittee on Production and Price Competitiveness: Senators Roberts
(Chairman), Helms, Cochran, Fitzgerald, McConnell, Conrad (Ranking Member),
Daschle, Baucus, Lincoln, and Miller.
Subcommittee on Marketing, Inspection, and Product Promotion: Senators
Fitzgerald (Chairman), Helms, Cochran, Roberts, Thomas, Baucus (Ranking
Member), Leahy, Conrad, Nelson, and Dayton.
Subcommittee on Forestry, Conservation, and Rural Revitalization: Senators
Crapo (Chairman), McConnell, Thomas, Allard, Hutchinson, Lincoln (Ranking
Member), Leahy, Daschle, Stabenow, and Dayton.
Subcommittee on Research, Nutrition, and General Legislation: Senators
McConnell (Chairman), Allard, Hutchinson, Crapo, Helms, Leahy (Ranking
Member), Conrad, Miller, Stabenow, and Benjamin Nelson.
FARM BILL CONSERVATION PROGRAMS
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: Committee held hearings to
examine statutes of conservation programs in the current farm bill, including
Conservation Reserve Program, Emergency Conservation Program, Pasture Recovery
Program, and Debt for Nature, receiving testimony from Katherine R. Smith,
Director, Resource Economics Division, Economic Research Service, Thomas A.
Weber, Deputy Chief for Programs, Natural Resources Conservation Service, and
Robert Stephenson, Director, Conservation and Environmental Programs Division,
Farm Service Agency, all of the Department of Agriculture; and Jeffrey A.
Zinn, Senior Analyst in Natural Resources Policy, Congressional Research
Service, Library of Congress.
Hearings continue tomorrow.
APPROPRIATIONS--DEFENSE MEDICAL PROGRAMS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense concluded hearings on
proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2002 for certain Department of
Defense medical programs, after receiving testimony in behalf of funds for
their respective activities from Lt. Gen. James B. Peake, Surgeon General, and
Brig. Gen. William T. Bester, Chief, Army Nurse Corps, both of the United
States Army; Vice Adm. Richard A. Nelson, Medical Corps, Surgeon General, and
Rear Adm. Kathleen L. Martin, Director, Navy Nurse Corps, both of the United
States Navy; Lt. Gen. Paul K. Carlton, Surgeon General, and Brig. Gen. Barbara
C. Brannon, Director of Nursing Services, Office of the Surgeon General, both
of the Department of the Air Force.
ORGANIZATIONAL MEETING
Committee on Armed Services: Committee ordered favorably reported an original
resolution (S. Res. 38) requesting $3,301,692 for operating expenses for the
period from March 1, 2001 through September 30, 2001, $5,859,150 for operating
expenses for the period from October 1, 2001 through September 30, 2002, and
$2,506,642 for operating expenses for the period from October 1, 2002 through
February 28, 2003.
Also, committee adopted its rules of procedure for the 107th Congress, and
announced the following subcommittee assignments:
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Subcommittee on Airland: Senators Santorum (Chairman), Inhofe, Roberts,
Hutchinson, Sessions, Bunning, Lieberman (Ranking Member), Cleland, Bill
Nelson, Benjamin Nelson, Carnahan, and Dayton.
Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and Capabilities: Senators Roberts
(Chairman), Bob Smith, Santorum, Allard, Hutchinson, Collins, Landrieu
(Ranking Member), Kennedy, Byrd, Lieberman, Bill Nelson, and Dayton.
Subcommittee on Personnel: Senators Hutchinson (Chairman), Thurmond, McCain,
Allard, Collins, Cleland (Ranking Member), Kennedy, Reed, Akaka, and Carnahan.
Subcommittee on Readiness and Management Support: Senators Inhofe (Chairman),
Thurmond, McCain, Santorum, Roberts, Bunning, Akaka (Ranking Member), Byrd,
Cleland, Landrieu, Benjamin Nelson, and Dayton.
Subcommittee on SeaPower: Senators Sessions (Chairman), McCain, Bob Smith,
Collins, Bunning, Kennedy (Ranking Member), Lieberman, Landrieu, Reed, and
Carnahan.
Subcommittee on Strategic: Senators Allard (Chairman), Thurmond, Bob Smith,
Inhofe, Sessions, Reed (Ranking Member), Byrd, Akaka, Bill Nelson, and
Benjamin Nelson.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Armed Services: Committee ordered favorably reported the
nomination of Paul D. Wolfowitz, of Maryland, to be Deputy Secretary of
Defense, and 2,916 military nominations in the Army, Navy, Air Force, and
Marine Corps.
COMMITTEE BUDGET
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: On Thursday, February 1,
committee approved an original resolution (S. Res.36) requesting $2,968,783
for operating expenses for the period from March 1, 2001 through September 30,
2001, $5,265,771 for operating expenses for the period from October 1, 2001
through September 30, 2002, and $2,251,960 for operating expenses for the
period from October 1, 2002 through February 28, 2003.
ORGANIZATIONAL MEETING
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee ordered favorably
reported an original resolution (S. Res.34) requesting $2,318,050 for
operating expenses for the period from March 1, 2001 through September 30,
2001, $4,108,958 for operating expenses for the period from October 1, 2001
through September 30, 2002, and $1,756,412 for operating expenses for the
period from October 1, 2002 through February 28, 2003.
Also, committee adopted its rules of procedure for the 107th Congress, and
announced the following subcommittee assignments:
Subcommittee on Transportation and Infrastructure: Senators Inhofe (Chairman),
Warner, Bond, Voinovich, Chafee, Baucus (Ranking Member), Graham, Lieberman,
Boxer, and Wyden.
Subcommittee on Clean Air, Wetlands, Private Property, and Nuclear Safety:
Senators Voinovich (Chairman), Inhofe, Crapo, Campbell, Lieberman (Ranking
Member), Carper, Clinton, and Corzine.
Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, and Water: Senators Crapo (Chairman),
Bond, Warner, Chafee, Campbell, Graham (Ranking Member), Baucus, Wyden,
Clinton, and Corzine.
Subcommittee on Superfund, Waste Control, and Risk Assessment: Senators Chafee
(Chairman), Warner, Inhofe, Crapo, Specter, Boxer (Ranking Member), Wyden,
Carper, Clinton, and Corzine.
ORGANIZATIONAL MEETING
Committee on Finance: Committee ordered favorably reported an original
resolution (S. Res. 37) requesting $3,230,940 for operating expenses for the
period from March 1, 2001 through September 30, 2001, $5,729,572 for operating
expenses for the period from October 1, 2001 through September 30, 2002, and
$2,449,931 for operating expenses for the period from October 1, 2002 through
February 28, 2003.
Committee adopted its rules of procedure for the 107th Congress, and announced
the following subcommittee assignments:
Subcommittee on Taxation and IRS Oversight: Senators Nickles (Chairman), Lott,
Hatch, Thompson, Snowe, Murkowski, Conrad (Ranking Member), Torricelli,
Breaux, Bingaman, Lincoln, and Baucus.
Subcommittee on International Trade: Senators Hatch (Chairman), Grassley,
Thompson, Murkowski, Gramm, Lott, Jeffords, Snowe, Baucus (Ranking Member),
Rockefeller, Daschle, Conrad, Kerry, Lincoln, Graham, and Torricelli.
Subcommittee on Social Security and Family Policy: Senators Kyl (Chairman),
Nickles, Lott, Jeffords, Gramm, Breaux (Ranking Member), Rockefeller,
Bingaman, Daschle, and Kerry.
Subcommittee on Health Care: Senators Snowe (Chairwoman), Gramm, Jeffords,
Grassley, Kyl, Hatch, Nickles, Thompson, Rockefeller (Ranking Member),
Daschle, Bingaman, Kerry, Torricelli, Lincoln, Breaux, and Graham.
Subcommittee on Long-term Growth and Debt Reduction: Senators Murkowski
(Chairman), Grassley, Kyl, Graham (Ranking Member), Baucus, and Conrad.
Also, Committee appointed the following members to both the Joint Committee on
Taxation, and the Congressional Trade Advisors on Trade Policy D151and
Negotiations: Senators Grassley, Hatch, Murkowski, Baucus, and Rockefeller.
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BUDGET REVENUE PROPOSALS
Committee on Finance: Committee held hearings to examine certain revenue
proposals and tax cuts within the President's proposed budget request for
fiscal year 2002, receiving testimony from Paul H. O'Neill, Secretary of the
Treasury.
Hearings recessed subject to call.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Finance: Committee ordered favorably reported the nominations of
Mark A. Weinberger, of Maryland, to be an Assistant Secretary of the Treasury
for Tax Policy, and John M. Duncan, of the District of Columbia, to be Deputy
Under Secretary of the Treasury.
Prior to this action, committee concluded hearings on the aforementioned
nominations, after the nominees testified and answered questions in their own
behalf.
ORGANIZATIONAL MEETING
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee ordered favorably reported an
original resolution (S. Res. 32) requesting $2,495,457 for operating expenses
for the period from March 1, 2001 through September 30, 2001, $4,427,295 for
operating expenses for the period from October 1, 2001 through September 30,
2002, and $1,893,716 for operating expenses for the period from October 1,
2002 through February 28, 2003.
STATE DEPARTMENT REFORM
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded hearings to examine the
report of the Independent Task Force cosponsored by the Council on Foreign
Relations and the Center for Strategic and International Studies on State
Department Reform, after receiving testimony from Frank C. Carlucci, former
Secretary of Defense/National Security Adviser, and Thomas E. Donilon, former
Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs/State Department Chief of
Staff, both on behalf of the Independent Task Force on State Department
Reform.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee ordered favorably reported an original
bill to amend title 11, United States Code, relating to bankruptcy reform.
ORGANIZATIONAL MEETING
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee ordered
favorably reported an original resolution (S. Res. 35) requesting $3,895,623
for operating expenses for the period from March 1, 2001 through September 30,
2001, $6,910,215 for operating expenses for the period from October 1, 2001
through September 30, 2002, and $2,955,379 for operating expenses for the
period from October 1, 2002 through February 28, 2003.
Also, committee adopted its rules of procedure for the 107th Congress, and
announced the following subcommittee assignments:
Subcommittee on Aging: Senators Hutchinson (Chairman), Jeffords, Warner, Bond,
Roberts, Mikulski (Ranking Member), Dodd, Murray, Edwards, and Clinton.
Subcommittee on Children and Families: Senators Gregg (Chairman), Frist,
Warner, Bond, Collins, Dodd (Ranking Member), Bingaman, Wellstone, Murray, and
Reed.
Subcommittee on Employment, Safety and Training: Senators Enzi (Chairman),
Jeffords, Gregg, Sessions, Wellstone (Ranking Member), Kennedy, Dodd, and
Harkin.
Subcommittee on Public Health: Senators Frist (Chairman), Gregg, Enzi,
Hutchinson, Roberts, Collins, Sessions, Kennedy (Ranking Member), Harkin,
Mikulski, Bingaman, Reed, Edwards, and Clinton.
ORGANIZATIONAL MEETING
Committee on Rules and Administration: Committee ordered favorably reported an
original resolution (S. Res. 39) requesting $1,183,041 for operating expenses
for the period from March 1, 2001 through September 30, 2001, $2,099,802 for
operating expenses for the period from October 1, 2001 through September 30,
2002, and $898,454 for operating expenses for the period from October 1, 2002
through February 28, 2003.
Also, committee adopted its rules of procedure for the 107th Congress.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Small Business: Committee ordered favorably reported the
following business items:
An original resolution requesting $1,119,973 for operating expenses for the
period from March 1, 2001 through September 30, 2001, $1,985,266 for operating
expenses for the period from October 1, 2001 through September 30, 2002, and
$848,624 for operating expenses for the period from October 1, 2002 through
February 28, 2003.
S. 174, to amend the Small Business Act with respect to the microloan program;
S. 295, to provide emergency relief to small businesses affected by
significant increases in the prices of heating oil, natural gas, propane, and
kerosene, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
S. 395, to ensure the independence and nonpartisan operation of the Office of
Advocacy of the Small Business Administration; and
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S. 396, to provide for national quadrennial summits on small business and
State summits on small business, to establish the White House Quadrennial
Commission on Small Business.
Also, committee adopted its rules of procedure for the 107th Congress.
ORGANIZATIONAL MEETING
Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee ordered favorably reported an original
resolution requesting $970,754 for operating expenses for the period from
March 1, 2001 through September 30, 2001, $1,718,989 for operating expenses
for the period from October 1, 2001 through September 30, 2002, and $734,239
for operating expenses for the period from October 1, 2002 through February
28, 2003.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee concluded oversight hearings to receive
the views of the Department of the Interior on issues and matters related to
Indian Affairs, after receiving testimony from Gale A. Norton, Secretary of
the Interior.
INTELLIGENCE
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee held closed hearings on
intelligence matters, receiving testimony from officials of the intelligence
community.
Committee will meet again Wednesday, March 7.
PLAN COLOMBIA
United States Senate Caucus on International Narcotics Control: Caucus
concluded hearings to examine the current drug situation in Colombia, focusing
on United States efforts to support the implementation of the government of
Colombia's plan to deal more effectively with violence, drug trafficking, and
general crime and corruption that exists in Colombia, after receiving
testimony from Rand Beers, Assistant Secretary of State for International
Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs; Donnie R. Marshall, Administrator, Drug
Enforcement Administration, Department of Justice; Gen. Peter Pace, United
States Marine Corps, Commander in Chief, U.S. Southern Command; and Robert J.
Newberry, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Special
Operations and Low Intensity Conflict.
Joint Meetings
VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS
Joint Meeting: Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs concluded joint hearings
with the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs on the legislative
recommendations of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, after receiving testimony
from John F. Gwizdak, Veterans of Foreign Wars, Washington, D.C.
2001/03/01
Daily Digest - [Thursday, March 1, 2001; pages D158 - D166
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
FARM BILL CONSERVATION PROGRAMS
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: Committee concluded
hearings to examine statutes of conservation programs in the current farm
bill, including Conservation Reserve Program, Emergency Conservation Program,
Pasture Recovery Program, and Debt for Nature, after receiving testimony from
Nathan L. Rudgers, New York Department of Agriculture and Markets, Albany, on
behalf of the National Association of State Departments of Agriculture; Craig
Cox, Soil and Water Conservation Society, Ankeny, Iowa; John Hassell,
Conservation Technology Information Center, West Lafayette, Indiana; Bob
Stallman, Columbus, Texas, on behalf of the American Farm Bureau Federation;
Dan Specht, McGregor, Iowa, on behalf of the Sustainable Agriculture
Coalition; and Tom Buis, National Farmers Union, Rollin D. Sparrow, Wildlife
Management Institute, Gerald Cohn, American Farmland Trust, David Stawick,
Alliance for Agricultural Conservation, and Paul Faeth, World Resources
Institute, all of Washington, D.C.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee ordered favorably
reported the following business items:
S. 143, to amend the Securities Act of 1933 and the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, to reduce securities fees in excess of those required to fund the
operations of the Securities and Exchange Commission, to adjust compensation
provisions for employees of the Commission, with an amendment in the nature of
a substitute; and
An original resolution (S. Res. 40) requesting $2,741,526 for operating
expenses for the period from March 1, 2001 through September 30, 2001,
$4,862,013 for operating expenses for the period from October 1, 2001 through
September 30, 2002, and $2,079,076 for operating expenses for the period from
October 1, 2002 through February 28, 2003.
Also, committee adopted its rules of procedure for the 107th Congress, and
announced the following subcommittee assignments:
Subcommittee on Securities and Investments: Senators Enzi (Chairman), Shelby,
Crapo, Bennett, Allard, Hagel, Santorum, Bunning, Dodd (Ranking Member),
Johnson, Reed, Schumer, Bayh, Corzine, Carper, and Stabenow.
Subcommittee on Financial Institutions: Senators Bennett (Chairman), Ensign,
Shelby, Allard, Santorum, Bunning, Crapo, Johnson (Ranking Member), Miller,
Carper, Stabenow, Dodd, Reed, and Bayh.
Subcommittee on International Trade and Finance: Senators Hagel (Chairman),
Enzi, Crapo, Bayh (Ranking Member), Miller, and Johnson.
Subcommittee on Housing and Transportation: Senators Allard (Chairman),
Santorum, Ensign, Shelby, Enzi, Hagel, Reed (Ranking Member), Carper,
Stabenow, Corzine, Dodd, and Schumer.
Subcommittee on Economic Policy: Senators Bunning (Chairman), Bennett, Ensign,
Schumer (Ranking Member), Miller, and Corzine.
PRESIDENT'S BUDGET PROPOSAL
Committee on the Budget: Committee held hearings to examine the President's
proposed budget request for fiscal year 2002, receiving testimony form Paul H.
O'Neill, Secretary of the Treasury.
Hearings continue tomorrow.
TRANSITION TO DIGITAL TELEVISION
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded
hearings to examine issues related to the broadcast industry's transition to
digital television, including digital rollout by the cable industry, cable
industry upgrades, cable's new digital and high definition programming,
digital must carry and retransmission consent, compatibility issues, and
digital television set sales, after receiving testimony from Jeff Sagansky,
Paxson Communications Corporation, West Palm Beach, Florida; Ben Tucker,
Fisher Broadcasting, Inc., Seattle, Washington, on behalf of the National
Association of Broadcasters; Michael Willner, Insight Communications, New
York, New York; and Mark Cooper, Consumer Federation of America, James
Gattuso, Competitive Enterprise Institute, Joseph S. Kraemer, LECG, and Thomas
W. Hazlett, American Enterprise Institute, all of Washington, D.C.
ANTI-DRUG CERTIFICATION
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded hearings to examine
proposed legislation to reform the anti-drug certification process, after
receiving testimony from Senators Grassley and Hutchison; Representatives
Gilman and Reyes; R. Rand Beers, D160Assistant Secretary of State for
International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs; and Bernard W. Aronson,
ACON Investments, Washington, D.C., former Assistant Secretary of State for
Inter-American Affairs.
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U.S./IRAQ POLICY
Committee on Foreign Relations: Subcommittee on Near Eastern and South Asian
Affairs held hearings to examine United States policy towards Iraq, receiving
testimony from former Senator Bob Kerrey; Richard N. Perle, American
Enterprise Institute, former Assistant Secretary of Defense for International
Security, Morton H. Halperin, Council on Foreign Relations, and Anthony H.
Cordesman, Center for Strategic and International Studies, all of Washington,
D.C.
Hearings recessed subject to call.
INTERNATIONAL MONEY LAUNDERING
Committee on Governmental Affairs: Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations
held hearings to examine the role of United States correspondent banking and
offshore banks as vehicles for international money laundering, and the efforts
of financial entities, federal regulators, and law enforcement to limit money
laundering activities within the United States, receiving testimony from James
C. Christie, Bank of America, Oakland, California; David A. Weisbrod, Chase
Manhattan Bank, New York, New York; and John M. Mathewson.
Hearings continue tomorrow.
Joint Meetings
VETERANS PROGRAMS
Joint Hearing: Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs concluded joint hearings
with the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs to review the legislative
recommendations of certain veterans organizations, after receiving testimony
from Vincent B. Niski, Retired Enlisted Association, Rachel Clinkscale, Gold
Star Wives, Charles L. Calkins, Fleet Reserve Association, and James D.
Staton, Air Force Sergeants Association, all of Washington, D.C.
2001/03/05
Daily Digest - Monday, March 5, 2001; pages D167 - D170
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
PRESIDENT'S BUDGET PROPOSAL
Committee on the Budget: on Friday, March 2, Committee resumed hearings to
examine the President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 2002,
receiving testimony from Mitchell E. Daniels, Jr., Director, Office of
Management and Budget.
Hearings continue Tuesday, March 6, 2001.
INTERNATIONAL MONEY LAUNDERING
Committee on Governmental Affairs: on Friday, March 2, Permanent Subcommittee
on Investigations resumed hearings to examine the role of United States
correspondent banking and offshore banks as vehicles for international money
laundering, and the efforts of financial entities, federal regulators, and law
enforcement to limit money laundering activities within the United States,
receiving testimony from Jack A. Blum, Lobel, Novins and Lamont, Washington,
D.C.; Anne Vitale, HSBC Bank USA, Inc., New York, New York, former Assistant
United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York; Robb Evans, Robb
Evans and Associates, Sun Valley, California; and Jorge A. Bermudez, New York,
New York, Carlos M. Fedrigotti, Buenos Aires, Argentina, and Martin Lopez,
South Africa, all of Citibank.
Hearings continue Tuesday, March 6, 2001.
No Joint hearings noted.
2001/03/06
Daily Digest - Tuesday, March 6, 2001; pages D172 - D176
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
SCHOOL LUNCH NUTRITION
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: Committee concluded
hearings to examine nutritional issues surrounding school lunch programs,
after receiving testimony from Marilyn Hurt, American D173School Food Service
Association, La Crosse, Wisconsin, who was accompanied by several of her
associates.
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OSHA ERGONOMICS STANDARDS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services,
and Education concluded hearings to examine the impact of the Occupational
Safety and Health Administration on workplace safety ergonomics regulations,
after receiving testimony from Joseph Woodward, Associate Solicitor of Labor,
Occupational Safety and Health Administration, Department of Labor; and Lynn
Rhinehart, AFL-CIO, and Baruch A. Fellner, Gibson, Dunn and Crutcher, both of
Washington, D.C.
PRESIDENT'S BUDGET PROPOSAL
Committee on the Budget: Committee concluded hearings to examine the
President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 2002, after receiving
testimony from Tommy G. Thompson, Secretary of Health and Human Services.
U.S./PHILIPPINE RELATIONS
Committee on Foreign Relations: Subcommittee on East Asian and Pacific Affairs
concluded hearings to examine current foreign policy, domestic political
development, and economic reform in the Philippines, its role in the new Asia,
and its relationship with the United States, after receiving testimony from
Thomas Hubbard, Acting Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific
Affairs; Richard D. Fisher, Jr., Jamestown Foundation, and James C. Clad,
Georgetown University School of Foreign Service, and Cambridge Energy Research
Associates, both of Washington, D.C.
INTERNATIONAL MONEY LAUNDERING
Committee on Governmental Affairs: Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations
concluded hearings to examine the role of United States correspondent banking
and offshore banks as vehicles for international money laundering, and the
efforts of financial entities, federal regulators, and law enforcement to
limit money laundering activities within the United States, after receiving
testimony from Joseph M. Myers, Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary of the
Treasury for Enforcement Policy; Mary Lee Warren, Deputy Assistant Attorney
General, Criminal Division, Department of Justice; and Arthur O. Jacques,
Jacques Little, Toronto, Canada.
No Joint hearings noted.
2001/03/07
Daily Digest - Wednesday, March 7, 2001; pages D178 - D184
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
ELECTION REFORM
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee held hearings to
examine the need for electoral process and voting technology reform, in order
to ensure accessible, accurate and secure elections, including proposed
legislation to eliminate D179punch card voting, and require uniform voting
standards and quality voting equipment, receiving testimony from Senators Dodd
and Schumer; Representatives Conyers, Hutchinson and Meek; Oregon Secretary of
State Bill Bradbury, Salem; Georgia Secretary of State Cathy Cox, Atlanta;
Kansas Secretary of State Ron Thornburgh, Topeka; and John C. Bollinger,
Paralyzed Veterans of America, Wade Henderson, Leadership Conference on Civil
Rights, Mary Jane O'Gara, American Association of Retired Persons, and Raul
Yzaguirre, National Council of La Raza, all of Washington, D.C.
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Hearings recessed subject to call.
ORGANIZATIONAL MEETING
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee ordered favorably
reported an original resolution (S. Res. 49) requesting $2,504,922 for
operating expenses for the period from March 1, 2001 through September 30,
2001, $4,443,495 for operating expenses for the period from October 1, 2001
through September 30, 2002, and $1,900,457 for operating expenses for the
period from October 1, 2002 through February 28, 2003.
Also, committee adopted its rules of procedure for the 107th Congress, and
announced the following subcommittee assignments:
Subcommittee on Energy Research, Development, Production and Regulation:
Senators Nickles (Chairman), Domenici (Vice Chairman), Shelby, Hagel, Thomas,
Kyl, Craig, Campbell, Burns, Graham (Ranking Member), Akaka, Wyden, Johnson,
Landrieu, Bayh, Feinstein, Schumer, and Cantwell.
Subcommittee on Forests and Public Land Management: Senators Craig (Chairman),
Burns (Vice Chairman), Domenici, Nickles, Gordon Smith, Thomas, Kyl, Shelby,
Wyden (Ranking Member), Akaka, Johnson, Landrieu, Bayh, Feinstein, Schumer,
and Cantwell.
Subcommittee on National Parks, Historic Preservation, and Recreation:
Senators Thomas (Chairman), Campbell (Vice Chairman), Burns, Gordon Smith,
Hagel, Domenici, Akaka (Ranking Member), Dorgan, Graham, Landrieu, Bayh, and
Schumer.
Subcommittee on Water and Power: Senators Gordon Smith (Chairman), Kyl (Vice
Chairman), Craig, Campbell, Shelby, Hagel, Dorgan (Ranking Member), Graham,
Wyden, Johnson, Feinstein, and Cantwell.
PRESIDENT'S INCOME TAX PROPOSALS
Committee on Finance: Committee resumed hearings to examine issues related to
the President's income tax rate proposals, focusing on marginal income tax
rate reduction, receiving testimony from Michael Brostek, Director, Tax
Issues, General Accounting Office; Glen L. Bower, Illinois Department of
Revenue, Springfield; Stephen J. Entin, Institute for Research on the
Economics of Taxation, and Henry J. Aaron, Brookings Institution, both of
Washington, D.C.; Carol Markman, Westbury, New York, on behalf of the National
Conference of CPA Practitioners and the National Tax Policy Committee; and
Jeffrey B. Liebman, Harvard University Kennedy School of Government,
Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Hearings continue tomorrow.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee began markup of
proposed legislation to extend programs and activities under the Elementary
and Secondary Education Act of 1965, but did not complete action thereon, and
will meet again tomorrow.
ORGANIZATIONAL MEETING
Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee adopted its rules of procedure for the
107th Congress.
ORGANIZATIONAL MEETING
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee ordered favorably reported an
original resolution (S. Res. 47) requesting $1,859,933 for operating expenses
for the period from March 1, 2001 through September 30, 2001, $3,298,074 for
operating expenses for the period from October 1, 2001 through September 30,
2002, and $1,410,164 for operating expenses for the period from October 1,
2002 through February 28, 2003.
Also, committee adopted its rules of procedure for the 107th Congress.
INTELLIGENCE
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee held closed hearings on
intelligence matters, receiving testimony from officials of the intelligence
community.
Committee meets again Wednesday, March 14.
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No Joint hearings noted.
2001/03/08
Daily Digest - Thursday, March 8, 2001; pages D185 - D190
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
U.S. NATIONAL SECURITY
Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded closed hearings to examine
current and future worldwide threats to the national security of the United
States, after receiving testimony from George J. Tenet, Director, Central
Intelligence Agency; and Vice Adm. Thomas R. Wilson, USN, Director, Defense
Intelligence Agency, Department of Defense.
PRESIDENT'S BUDGET PROPOSAL
Committee on the Budget: Committee continued hearings to examine the
President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 2002, after receiving
testimony from Roderick R. Paige, Secretary of Education.
Hearings continue Wednesday, March 14, 2001.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee ordered favorably
reported S. 350, to amend the Comprehensive Environmental Response,
Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 to promote the cleanup and reuse of
brownfields, to provide financial assistance for brownfields revitalization,
and to enhance State response programs with an amendment in the nature of a
substitute.
PRESIDENT'S INCOME TAX PROPOSALS
Committee on Finance: Committee continued hearings to examine issues related
to the President's income tax rate proposals, focusing on child tax credit,
the marriage tax penalty, and the Alternative Minimum Tax, receiving testimony
from Senator Hutchison; James R. White, Director, Tax Issues, General
Accounting Office; Lawrence Zelenak, University of North Carolina Law School,
Chapel Hill; and David T. Ellwood, Harvard University John F. Kennedy School
of Government, Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Hearings recessed subject to call.
FOREIGN POLICY ISSUES AND BUDGET
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded hearings to review foreign
policy issues and related areas of the President's budget proposals, including
embassy infrastructure improvements and various programs to help advance
America's foreign policy interests overseas, after receiving testimony from
Colin L. Powell, Secretary of State.
ORGANIZATIONAL MEETING
Committee on Governmental Affairs: Committee ordered favorably reported an
original resolution (S. Res.51) requesting $4,380,936 for operating expenses
for the period from March 1, 2001 through September 30, 2001, $7,771,451 for
operating expenses for the period from October 1, 2001 through September 30,
2002, and $3,323,832 for operating expenses for the period from October 1,
2002 through February 28, 2003.
Also, committee adopted its rules of procedure for the 107th Congress, and
announced the following subcommittee assignments:
Subcommittee on International Security, Proliferation and Federal Services:
Senators Cochran (Chairman), Stevens, Collins, Domenici, Gregg, Bennett, Akaka
(Ranking Member), Levin, Torricelli, Cleland, Carper, and Carnahan.
Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management, Restructuring and the
District of Columbia: Senators Voinovich (Chairman), Stevens, Collins,
Domenici, Cochran, Durbin (Ranking Member), Akaka, Torricelli, Carper, and
Carnahan.
Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations: Senators Collins (Chairman),
Stevens, Voinovich, Domenici, Cochran, Gregg, Bennett, Levin (Ranking Member),
Akaka, Durbin, Torricelli, Cleland, Carper, and Carnahan.
ORGANIZATIONAL MEETING
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee ordered favorably reported an original
resolution (S. Res.53) requesting $4,230,605 for operating expenses for the
D187period from March 1, 2001 through September 30, 2001, $7,507,831 for
operating expenses for the period from October 1, 2001 through September 30,
2002, and $3,212,052 for operating expenses for the period from October 1,
2002 through February 28, 2003.
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Also, committee adopted its rules of procedure for the 107th Congress.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee ordered
favorably reported an original bill, to extend programs and activities under
the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965.
ORGANIZATIONAL MEETING
Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Committee approved for reporting an original
resolution (S. Res.52) requesting $ 1,022,752 for operating expenses for the
period from March 1, 2001 through September 30, 2001, $1,814,368 for operating
expenses for the period from October 1, 2001 through September 30, 2002, and
$776,028 for operating expenses for the period from October 1, 2002 through
February 28, 2003.
Also, committee adopted its rules of procedure for the 107th Congress.
Joint Meetings
IMF/WORLD BANK REFORM
Joint Economic Committee: Committee concluded hearings to examine the status
of proposed reforms relating to International Monetary Fund financial
structure and transparency, IMF interest subsidies, moral hazard, and
effectiveness of IMF operations, and World Bank financing and effectiveness,
and IMF programs in Argentina, Turkey, and certain other countries, after
receiving testimony from Allan Meltzer, Carnegie Mellon University/American
Enterprise Institute, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Charles Calomiris, Columbia
University, New York, New York, and C. Fred Bergsten, Institute for
International Economics, and Adam Lerrick, both of Washington, D.C., all on
behalf of the International Financial Institution Advisory Commission (IFIAC).
VETERANS PROGRAMS
Joint Hearing: Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs concluded joint hearings
with the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs to review the legislative
recommendations of certain veterans organizations, after receiving testimony
from Robert L. Smith, III, Blinded Veterans Association, Frederick A. Taylor,
Jr., Military Order of the Purple Heart, David W. Sommers, Non Commissioned
Officers Association, Ronald Ziegler, Jewish War Veterans, and Joseph L. Fox,
Sr., Paralyzed Veterans of America, all of Washington, D.C.
2001/03/09
Daily Digest - Friday, March 9, 2001; pages D192 - D196
Committee Meetings
No committee meetings were held.
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Joint Meetings
VETERANS PROGRAMS
Joint Hearing: Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs concluded joint hearings
with the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs to review the legislative
recommendations of certain veterans organizations, after receiving testimony
from Robert L. Smith, III, Blinded Veterans Association, Frederick A. Taylor,
Jr., Military Order of the Purple Heart, David W. Sommers, Non Commissioned
Officers Association, Ronald Ziegler, Jewish War Veterans, and Joseph L. Fox,
Sr., Paralyzed Veterans of America, all of Washington, D.C.
2001/03/12
Daily Digest - Monday, March 12, 2001; pages D197 - D200
Committee Meetings
No committee meetings were held.
No Joint hearings noted.
2001/03/13
Daily Digest - Tuesday, March 13, 2001; pages D202 - D208
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
NATIONAL NUCLEAR SECURITY ADMINISTRATION
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development
concluded oversight hearings to examine issues related to the National Nuclear
Security Administration, Department of Energy, including the condition of the
facilities and infrastructure of vital nuclear weapons complex, safety and
reliability of the U.S. nuclear stockpile in the absence of nuclear testing,
and infrastructure needs at Los Alamos National Laboratory, after receiving
testimony from John A. Gordon, Under Secretary of Energy for Nuclear Security;
and James R. Schlesinger, Georgetown University School of Foreign Service,
Washington, D.C., former Secretary of Energy, on behalf of the Panel to Assess
the Reliability, Safety, and Security of the U.S. Nuclear Stockpile.
AVIATION COMPETITION
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee held hearings on
S. 415 to amend title 49, United States Code, to require that air carriers
meet public convenience and necessity requirements by ensuring competitive
access by commercial air carriers to major cities, receiving testimony from
JayEtta Z. Hecker, Director, Physical Infrastructure Issues, General
Accounting Office; Iowa Attorney General Thomas J. Miller, Des Moines; David
D204Neeleman, JetBlue Airways Corporation, Kew Gardens, New York; Mark Kahan,
Spirit Air Lines, Miramar, Florida; and Glen W. Hauenstein, Continental
Airlines Inc., and Mark N. Cooper, Consumer Federation of America, both of
Washington D.C.
Hearings recessed subject to call.
AIRMEN AGE LIMITATION
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded
hearings on S. 361, to establish age limitations for airmen, after receiving
testimony from Senator Murkowski; L. Nicholas Lacey, Director, Flight
Standards Service, Federal Aviation Administration, Department of
Transportation; Duane E. Woerth, Air Line Pilots Association, International,
Washington, D.C.; Paul Emens, Pilots Against Age Discrimination, Annapolis,
Maryland; and Robin Wilkening, Johns Hopkins University School of Hygiene and
Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Finance: Committee ordered favorably reported an original bill
entitled Affordable Education Act of 2001.
HEALTH CARE COVERAGE
Committee on Finance: Committee held hearings on issues relative to living
without health insurance and identifying populations that make up the
uninsured and their unique characteristics, including age, ethnicity,
employment status, and geographic location, that cause them to go without
health coverage, receiving testimony from Kathryn G. Allen, Director, Health
Care--Medicaid and Private Health Insurance Issues, General Accounting Office;
and Diane Rowland, Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation, Mary R. Grealy,
Healthcare Leadership Council, Richard W. Johnson, Urban Institute, and
Leighton Ku, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, all of Washington, D.C.
Hearings continue Thursday, March 15.
TECHNOLOGY EDUCATION AND COPYRIGHT HARMONIZATION
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded hearings on S. 487, to amend
chapter 1 of title 17, United States Code, relating to the exemption of
certain performances or displays for educational uses from copyright
infringement provisions, to provide that the making of a single copy of such
performances or displays is not an infringement, after receiving testimony
from Marybeth Peters, Register of Copyrights, Library of Congress; Gerald A.
Heeger, University of Maryland University College, College Park, on behalf of
the Association of American Universities, American Council on Education,
National Association of State Universities and Land-Grant Colleges, and
Association of Research Libraries; Allan R. Adler, Association of American
Publishers, and Gary Carpentier, American University Washington College of
Law, both of Washington, D.C.; Richard M. Siddoway, Electronic High School,
Salt Lake City, Utah; and Paul LeBlanc, Marlboro College, Marlboro, Vermont.
VETERANS' PROGRAMS
Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Committee concluded hearings to examine the
Administration's proposed budget for veterans' programs for fiscal year 2002,
after receiving testimony from Anthony J. Principi, Secretary, Thomas
Garthwaite, Under Secretary, Veterans Health Administration, Roger Rapp,
Acting Under Secretary, National Cemetery Administration, Joseph Thompson,
Under Secretary for Benefits, and Mark Catlett, Deputy Assistant Secretary for
Budget, all of the Department of Veterans Affairs; James R. Fischl, American
Legion, Rick Surratt, Disabled American Veterans, Harley Thomas, Paralyzed
Veterans of America, and Dennis M. Cullinan, Veterans of Foreign Wars, all of
Washington, D.C.; and Howie DeWolf, AMVETS, Lanham, Maryland.
No Joint hearings noted.
2001/03/14
Daily Digest - Wednesday, March 14, 2001; pages D209 - D216
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
INTELLIGENCE PROGRAMS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense concluded closed hearings
to review intelligence programs, after receiving testimony from George J.
Tenet, Director, Central Intelligence Agency; Keith Hall, Director, National
Reconnaissance Office; and Gen. Michael Hayden, Director, National Security
Agency, and Vice Adm. Thomas Wilson, Director, Defense Intelligence Agency,
both of the Department of Defense.
PRESIDENT'S BUDGET PROPOSAL
Committee on the Budget: Committee concluded hearings to examine the
President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 2002, after receiving
testimony from Colin L. Powell, Secretary of State.
INTERNET TAX MORATORIUM
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded
hearings to examine whether to extend the Internet Tax Freedom Act's
moratorium on the ability of state or local governments to impose new sales
taxes on Internet access services, or to impose new taxes on electronic
commerce allowing states to require all remote sellers to collect and remit
sales taxes on deliveries into that state, after receiving testimony from
Wyoming Governor Jim Geringer, Cheyenne, on behalf of the National Governors
Association; Massachusetts Lt. Governor Jane Swift, Boston; Elizabeth
Harchenko, Oregon Department of Revenue, Salem, on behalf of the Multistate
Tax Commission; Frank G. Julian, Federated Department Stores, Inc.,
Cincinnati, Ohio, on behalf of the Internet Tax Fairness Coalition; Peter
Lowy, Westfield America, Los Angeles, California, on behalf of the e-Fairness
Coalition; Robert D. Comfort, Amazon.com, Seattle, Washington; and Jeff
Dircksen, National Taxpayers Union, Alexandria, Virginia.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee approved their fiscal
year 2002 budgetary views and estimates on programs which fall within the
jurisdiction of the committee and agreed on recommendations it will make
thereon to the Committee on the Budget.
CHARITABLE GIVING TAX RELIEF
Committee on Finance: Committee resumed hearings on the President's tax
proposals to provide tax relief to working families, focusing on proposals to
expand federal tax incentives for charitable giving, including S. 35, to
provide relief to America's working families and to promote continued economic
growth by returning a portion of the tax surplus to those who created it, S.
37, to provide for a charitable deduction for contributions of food inventory,
S. 205, to waive the income inclusion on a distribution from an individual
retirement account to the extent that the distribution is contributed for
charitable purposes, S. 298, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to
allow non-itemizers a deduction for a portion of their charitable
contributions, S. 312, to provide tax relief for farmers and fishermen, and S.
393, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to encourage charitable
contributions to public charities for use in medical research, receiving
testimony from Senator Lugar; Rev. Floyd H. Flake, Allen Episcopal Methodist
Church, Jamaica, New York; Douglas O'Brien, America's Second Harvest, Chicago,
Illinois; Mary Sue Coleman, University of Iowa, Iowa City; and C. Eugene
Steuerle, Urban Institute, John P. Walters, Philanthropy Roundtable, and
Donald C. D211Alexander, former Internal Revenue Service Commissioner, all of
Washington, D.C.
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Hearings recessed subject to call.
DRUG TREATMENT, EDUCATION AND PREVENTION
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee held hearings on proposed legislation to
reduce illegal drug use and trafficking and to help provide appropriate drug
education, prevention, and treatment programs, receiving testimony from Donnie
R. Marshall, Administrator, Drug Enforcement Administration, and Paul M.
Warner, United States Attorney for the District Court of Utah, Salt Lake City,
both of the Department of Justice; Alan I. Leshner, Director, National
Institute on Drug Abuse, Department of Health and Human Services; Robert
DuPont, Institute for Behavior and Health, Inc., Washington, D.C., former
White House Drug Czar; A. James Walton, Jr., Vermont State Department of
Public Safety, Waterbury; Edyie Hewitt, East Wallingford, Vermont, on behalf
of the Vermont Federation of Families for Children's Mental Health; Carroll
O'Connor, Los Angeles, California; and Debra Walcott, Lake Ronkonkoma, New
York.
Hearings recessed subject to call.
ELECTION REFORM
Committee on Rules and Administration: Committee held hearings on election
reform issues, including voter registration, ballot casting, voting equipment,
election administration, and issues related to the 2000 election, receiving
testimony from James Gashel, National Federation for the Blind, Baltimore,
Maryland; R. Doug Lewis, The Election Center, Houston, Texas; Todd F. Gaziano,
Heritage Foundation, Hillary O. Shelton, National Association for the
Advancement of Colored People, John Samples, Cato Institute, Robert R.
Williams, United Cerebral Palsy Associations, Inc., and Richard Trumka,
AFL-CIO, all of Washington, D.C.; Juan A. Figueroa, Puerto Rican Legal Defense
and Education Fund, Inc., New York, New York; Deborah M. Phillips, Voting
Integrity Project, Arlington, Virginia; and Stephen Knack, Bethesda, Maryland.
Hearings recessed subject to call.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee approved their fiscal year 2002
budgetary views and estimates on programs which fall within the jurisdiction
of the committee and agreed on recommendations it will make thereon to the
Committee on the Budget.
NATIVE AMERICAN EDUCATION IMPROVEMENT
Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee concluded hearings on S. 211, to amend
the Education Amendments of 1978 and the Tribally Controlled Schools Act of
1988 to improve education for Indians, Native Hawaiians, and Alaskan Natives,
after receiving testimony from William Mehojah, Director, Office of Indian
Education Programs, Department of the Interior; Roger Bordeaux, Tiospa Zina
Tribal School, Agency Village, South Dakota, on behalf of the Association of
Community Tribal Schools; Angela Barney Nez, Navajo Area School Board
Association, and Lorena Zah Bahe, Association of Navajo Community Controlled
School Boards, both of Window Rock, Arizona; and John W. Cheek, National
Indian Education Association, Alexandria, Virginia.
INTELLIGENCE
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee held closed hearings on
intelligence matters, receiving testimony from officials of the intelligence
community.
Committee will meet again Wednesday, March 21.
Joint Meetings
WILDFIRE PROGRAM
Joint Hearing: Senate Appropriations' Subcommittee on the Interior concluded
joint hearings with the House Committee on Appropriations' Subcommittee on the
Interior on issues dealing with the wildfire program, after receiving
testimony from Lyle Laverty, Associate Deputy Chief/National Fire Plan
Coordinator, Forest Service, Department of Agriculture; Tim Hartzell,
Director, Office of Wildland and Fire Coordination, Department of the
Interior; and James Hubbard, Colorado State Forest Service, Fort Collins, on
behalf of the Western Governors Association.
VETERANS PROGRAMS
Joint Hearing: Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs concluded joint hearings
with the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs to examine the legislative
recommendations of the Disabled American Veterans, after receiving testimony
from Armando C. Albarran, Disabled American Veterans, Washington, D.C., who
was accompanied by several of his associates.
2001/03/15
Daily Digest - Thursday, March 15, 2001; pages D218 - D228
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
DC CHILD AND FAMILY SERVICES AGENCY
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on District of Columbia held
oversight hearings on the termination of the District of Columbia's Child and
Family Services Agency receivership and the return of Agency control to the
District government, receiving testimony from Representative DeLay; Carolyn N.
Graham, Deputy Mayor for Children, Youth and Families, Sondra Jackson,
District of Columbia Child and Family Services Agency, and Judith Meltzer,
Center for the Study of Social Policy, all of Washington, D.C.; and Eric
Thompson, Children's Rights, Inc., New York, New York.
Hearings recessed subject to call.
FREIGHT RAIL INDUSTRY
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Transportation concluded
oversight hearings on competition and mobility issues in the freight rail
industry, including re-regulation, differential pricing, relationships with
ports and maritime shipping industry, infrastructure investment, and rail
access, after receiving testimony from Perry L. Dozier, Waitsburg, Washington,
on behalf of the Washington Association of Wheat Growers; Lamar Self,
Mississippi Chemical Corporation, Yazoo City; Michael W. Snovitch,
Pennsylvania Power and Light, Allentown; Robert E. Martinez, Norfolk Southern
Corporation, Norfolk, Virginia, former Association Deputy Secretary of
Transportation; Richard K. Davidson, Union Pacific Corporation, Omaha,
Nebraska; Peter J. Rickershauser, Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway
Company, Fort Worth, Texas; Mic Dinsmore, Port of Seattle, Seattle,
Washington; and Karen Schmidt, Freight Mobility Strategic Investment Board,
Olympia, Washington.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee ordered
favorably reported the following business items:
S. 319, to amend title 49, United States Code, to ensure that air carriers
meet their obligations under the Airline Customer Service Agreement, and
provide improved passenger service in order to meet public convenience and
necessity, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
S. 361, to establish age limitations for airmen, with an amendment;
S. 415, to amend title 49, United States Code, to require that air carriers
meet public convenience and necessity requirements by ensuring competitive
access by commercial air carriers to major cities, with an amendment in the
nature of a substitute; and
The nomination of Rear Adm. Thad W. Allen, United States Coast Guard, to be
Commander, Atlantic Area, U.S. Coast Guard, with the grade of Vice Admiral,
and other nominations for promotion in the United States Coast Guard.
Also, committee approved the designation of Senator Allen to serve as Chairman
of the Subcommittee on Science, Technology, and Space.
ELECTRIC ENERGY COSTS
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded hearings on S.
26, to amend the Department of Energy Authorization Act to authorize the
Secretary of Energy to impose interim limitations on the cost of electric
energy to protect consumers from unjust and unreasonable prices in the
electric energy market, S. 80, to require the Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission to order refunds of unjust, unreasonable, unduly discriminatory or
preferential rates or charges for electricity, to establish cost-based rates
for electricity sold at wholesale in the Western Systems Coordinating Council,
S. 287, to direct the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to impose
cost-of-service based rates on sales by public utilities of electric energy at
wholesale in the western energy market, and a proposed committee amendment to
S. 287, to clarify the circumstances under which the Commission may impose
interim limitations on the cost of electric energy, and to provide a sunset
provision, after receiving testimony from Spencer Abraham, Secretary, and Curt
L. Hebert, Jr., Chairman, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, both of the
Department of Energy; Washington Governor Gary Locke, Olympia; Montana
Governor Judy Martz, Helena; Bruce Worthington, Pacific Gas and Electric
D221Corporation, San Francisco, California; John E. Bryson, Edison
International, Rosemead, California; Stephen L. Baum, Sempra Energy, San
Diego, California; William F. Hecht, Pennsylvania Power and Light, Allentown;
and Steven M. Fetter, Fitch, Inc., New York, New York.
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ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS FEASIBILITY STUDIES REFORM
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Subcommittee on Transportation and
Infrastructure concluded hearings to examine reforms made to address concerns
with how the Army Corps of Engineers conducts feasibility studies, after
receiving testimony from Lt. Gen. Robert B. Flowers, Chief of Engineers,
United States Army Corps of Engineers.
FAMILY BUSINESS LEGACIES PROTECTION
Committee on Finance: Subcommittee on Taxation and IRS Oversight held hearings
to examine proposed legislation related to the impact of the federal estate
tax on the preservation and protection of family business legacies, including
S. 9, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide tax relief, S. 31,
to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to phase out the estate and gift
taxes over a 10-year period, S. 35, to provide relief to America's working
families and to promote continued economic growth by returning a portion of
the tax surplus to those who created it, S. 82, to repeal the Federal estate
and gift taxes and the tax on generation-skipping transfers, S. 83, to
phase-out and repeal the Federal estate and gift taxes and the tax on
generation-skipping transfers, S. 84, to increase the unified estate and gift
taxes and the tax credit to exempt small businesses and farmers from estate
taxes, S. 100, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the estate
and gift taxes, S. 179, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to phase in
a full estate tax deduction for family-owned business interests and to
increase the unified credit exemption, and S. 275, to amend the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the Federal estate and gift taxes and the tax
on generation-skipping transfers, to preserve a step up in basis of certain
property acquired from a decedent, receiving testimony from Thomas A. Lovell
and Jane Lovell, both of Clear Lake Independent Telephone Company, Clear Lake,
Iowa; K.L. Bliss, Sand Springs, Montana, on behalf of the National Cattlemen's
Beef Association; Thomas D. Goodner, Goodner's Supermarkets, Duncan, Oklahoma;
John R. Sumption, Sumption Farms Partnership, Frederick, South Dakota, on
behalf of the National Farmers Union; William H. Gates, Sr., Seattle,
Washington, on behalf of Responsible Wealth; Gary Robbins, Fiscal Associates,
Arlington, Virginia, on behalf of the Institute for Policy Innovation; Wilbur
A. Steger, Carnegie Mellon University Heinz School, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania,
on behalf of the CONSAD Research Corporation; Howard E. Abrams, Emory
University, Atlanta, Georgia; and Stefan F. Tucker, Venable, Baetjer, Howard
and Civiletti, Washington, D.C.
Hearings recessed subject to call.
HEALTH CARE COVERAGE
Committee on Finance: Committee held hearings on issues relative to living
without health insurance, focusing on solutions including individual tax
credits, employer tax credits, increased flexibility in Medicaid and the State
Children's Health Insurance Program, program expansions, and ways to improve
outreach, receiving testimony from William J. Scanlon, Director, Health Care
Issues, General Accounting Office; Christine C. Ferguson, Rhode Island
Department of Human Services, Cranston; Janet Stokes Trautwein, National
Association of Health Underwriters, Arlington, Virginia; Jack A. Meyer,
Economic and Social Research Institute, and Donna Cohen Ross, Center on Budget
and Policy Priorities, both of Washington, D.C.; and Karen Davis, Commonwealth
Fund, New York, New York.
Hearings recessed subject to call.
NOMINATION
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded hearings on the nomination
of Richard Lee Armitage, of Virginia, to be Deputy Secretary of State, after
the nominee, who was introduced by Senators Warner and McCain, testified and
answered questions in his own behalf.
U.S./SERBIA ASSISTANCE
Committee on Foreign Relations: Subcommittee on European Affairs held hearings
to examine whether the government of President Kostunica in Belgrade has met
the standards of certification for United States assistance to Serbia ,
receiving testimony from Morton I. Abramowitz, Century Foundation, on behalf
of the International Crisis Group, Nina Bang-Jensen, Coalition for
International Justice, and Janusz Bugajski, Center for Strategic and
International Studies, all of Washington, D.C.
Hearings recessed subject to call.
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HIGH PERFORMANCE COMPUTER EXPORT CONTROLS
Committee on Governmental Affairs: Committee concluded hearings to examine
certain related General Accounting Office studies regarding high performance
computer export control issues, after receiving testimony from Susan S.
Westin, Managing Director, Stephen M. Lord, Assistant Director, and Jeffrey D.
Phillips, International Security Analyst, all of the International Affairs and
Trade Division, General Accounting Office.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee ordered favorably reported S. Res. 20,
designating March 25, 2001, as "Greek Independence Day: A National Day of
Celebration of Greek and American Democracy".
Also, committee announced the following subcommittee assignments:
Subcommittee on Administrative Oversight and the Courts: Senators Sessions
(Chairman), Grassley, Thurmond, Specter, Schumer (Ranking Member), Kennedy,
Feingold, and Durbin.
Subcommittee on Antitrust, Business Rights, and Competition: Senators DeWine
(Chairman), Hatch, Specter, Thurmond, Brownback, Kohl (Ranking Member), Leahy,
Feingold, Schumer, and Cantwell.
Subcommittee on Constitution, Federalism, and Property Rights: Senators
Thurmond (Chairman), Hatch, Kyl, McConnell, Feingold (Ranking Member), Leahy,
Kennedy, and Durbin.
Subcommittee on Immigration: Senators Brownback (Chairman), Specter, Grassley,
Kyl, DeWine, Kennedy (Ranking Member), Feinstein, Schumer, Durbin, and
Cantwell.
Subcommittee on Technology, Terrorism, and Government Information: Senators
Kyl (Chairman), DeWine, Sessions, McConnell, Feinstein (Ranking Member),
Biden, Kohl, and Cantwell.
Subcommittee on Youth Violence: Senators Grassley (Chairman), Hatch, Sessions,
Brownback, McConnell, Biden (Ranking Member), Kohl, Feinstein, Durbin, and
Cantwell.
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No Joint hearings noted.
2001/03/19
Daily Digest - Monday, March 19, 2001; pages D229 - D234
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
NUCLEAR STOCKPILE
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Strategic concluded hearings to
examine the Fiscal Year 2000 Report to Congress of the Panel to Assess the
Reliability, Safety, and Security of the United States Nuclear Stockpile,
receiving testimony from James R. Schlesinger, and Stephen Guidice, both
Members, Panel to Assess the Reliability, Safety, and Security of the United
States Nuclear Stockpile.
HUD FEDERAL HOUSING ADMINISTRATION INSURANCE FUND
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on Housing and
Transportation concluded hearings to examine the General Accounting Office
report on the financial health of the Department of Housing and Urban
Development's Federal Housing Administration Mutual Mortgage Insurance Fund,
after receiving testimony from Thomas J. McCool, Managing Director, Financial
Markets and Community Investment, General Accounting Office.
No Joint hearings noted.
2001/03/20
Daily Digest - Tuesday, March 20, 2001; pages D235 - D240
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
ENCROACHMENT ISSUES
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Readiness and Management Support
concluded hearings to examine the readiness impact of range encroachment
issues, including endangered species and critical habitats; sustainment of the
maritime environment; airspace management; urban sprawl; air pollution;
unexploded ordinance; and noise; after receiving testimony from Maj. Gen.
Robert L. Van Antwerp, Jr., USA, Assistant Chief of Staff for Installation
Management; Vice. Adm. James F. Amerault, USN, D236Deputy Chief of Naval
Operations, Fleet Readiness and Logistics; Maj. Gen. Edward Hanlon, Jr., USMC,
Commanding General, Marine Corps Base, Camp Pendleton, California; Maj. Gen.
Walter E. L. Buchanon, III, USAF, Deputy Chief of Staff for Air and Space
Operations; and Brig. Gen. William G. Webster, USA, Director of Training.
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U.S.-JORDAN FREE TRADE AGREEMENT
Committee on Finance: Committee held hearings on the United States-Jordan Free
Trade Agreement, focusing on regional economic integration in the Middle East,
support for Jordan's economic reform program, and development of a
comprehensive and innovative Free Trade Agreement, receiving testimony from
Charlene Barshefsky, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, former
U.S. Trade Representative, Samuel R. Berger, former National Security Advisor,
Michael B. Smith, Cantabs, Inc., former Deputy U.S. Trade Representative,
Timothy E. Deal, United States Council for International Business, Thomas J.
Donahue, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Rodger Schlickeisen, Defenders of Wildlife,
and John J. Sweeney, American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial
Organizations, all of Washington, D.C.; and Jagdish Bhagwati, Columbia
University and the Council on Foreign Relations, New York, New York.
Hearings recessed subject to call.
NOMINATION
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded hearings on the nomination
of Marc Isaiah Grossman, of Virginia, to be Under Secretary of State for
Political Affairs, after the nominee, who was introduced by Senator Gordon
Smith, testified and answered questions in his own behalf.
Joint Meetings
SOCIAL SECURITY AND MEDICARE TRUSTEES REPORTS
Joint Hearing: Senate Committee on Finance concluded joint hearings with the
House Committee on Ways and Means to examine the 2001 Social Security and
Medicare Trustees Reports, after receiving testimony from Paul H. O'Neill,
Secretary of the Treasury.
2001/03/21
Daily Digest - Wednesday, March 21, 2001; pages D242 - D250
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
NORTH ATLANTIC TREATY ORGANIZATION
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense concluded hearings to
examine issues surrounding the status of certain North Atlantic Treaty
Organization programs, meeting our national security interests, the need for
infrastructure upgrades and replenishment, and funding needs to maintain
readiness, continue engagement efforts, and quality of life sustainment, after
receiving testimony from Gen. Joseph W. Ralston, USAF, Commander-in-Chief,
United States European Command.
INSTALLATION READINESS
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Readiness and Management Support
concluded hearings on proposed legislation authorizing funds for fiscal year
2002 for the Department of Defense and the Future Years Defense Program,
focusing on installation readiness, after receiving testimony from Col. Gary
W. Wright, USA, Director of Public Works, Fort Sill; Com. Sgt. Maj. Dennis E.
Webster, USA, Com. Sgt. Major, III Corps and Fort Hood; Capt. Steven W.
Johnson, USN, Commanding Officer, Navy Public Works Center; Com. Mst. Chief
Kevin H. Licursi, USN, Navy Region Southwest; Lt. Col. Brian D. Yolitz, USAF,
Commander, 20th Civil Engineer Squadron; Chief Mst. Sgt. Walter Poliansky,
USAF, Superintendent, 89th Support Group; Col. Thomas S. Phillips, USMC,
Assistant Chief of Staff, Facilities, Marine Corps Base, Camp Lejeune; Sgt.
Major Ira Lott, USMC, Marine Corps Air Station, Miramar; Lt. Col. David C.
Smith, ARNG, Chief, Army National Guard Division for Installation, Army
National Guard Bureau; Capt. Joseph M. LoFaso, USN, Dep. Chief of Staff, Shore
Installation Management, Commander Naval Reserve Forces; Col. James W.
Dunkelberger, USAR, U.S. Army Reserve Engineer, Office of the Chief of Army
Reserve, Headquarters; Col. Janice M. Stritzinger, ANG, Civil Engineer, Air
National Guard; Hilton F. Culpepper, Assistant Civil Engineer, Headquarters
Air Force Reserve Command; and Col. Kenneth L. Boles, USMCR, Assistant Chief
of Staff, Facilities, Marine Forces Reserve.
SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on Surface
Transportation and Merchant Marine concluded oversight hearings to review
activities of the Surface Transportation Board, focusing on actions taken by
the Board on certain rail transportation issues, including the Board's budget
and major rail merger policy and rules, after receiving testimony from Linda
J. Morgan, Chairman, Surface Transportation Board, Department of
Transportation.
U.S. ENERGY TRENDS
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded hearings to
examine United States energy trends and recent changes in global, national and
regional energy markets, focusing on the development of national energy policy
with respect to crude oil, foreign imports, refining capacity, gasoline,
heating oil and diesel fuel, natural gas, and electricity, after receiving
testimony from Mary J. Hutzler, Director, Office of Integrated Analysis and
Forecasting, Energy Information Administration, Department of Energy; William
M. Nugent, Maine Public Utilities Commission, Augusta, on behalf of the
National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners; Frederick H. Hoover,
Jr., Maryland Energy Administration, Annapolis, on behalf of the National
Association of State Energy Officials; and Guy F. Caruso, Center for Strategic
and International Studies, and James A. Placke, Cambridge Energy Associates,
both of Washington, D.C.
KLAMATH PROJECT
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Subcommittee on Water and Power
concluded oversight hearings on the Klamath Project in Oregon, including
implementation of PL 106-498 (Klamath Basin Water Supply Enhancement Act), and
how the project might operate in what is projected to be a short water year,
after receiving testimony from J. William McDonald, Acting Commissioner for
the Bureau of Reclamation, Mike Spear, Manager, California-Nevada Operations
Office, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and Mike Connor, Director, Indian
Water Rights Office, all of the Department of the Interior; Allen Foreman,
Klamath Indian Tribes, Chiloquin, Oregon; Reed Marbut, Oregon Water Resources
Department, Salem; Roger Nicholson, Resource Conservancy, Fort Klamath,
Oregon; Glen H. D244Spain, Pacific Coast Federation of Fisherman's
Associations, Eugene, Oregon; John Crawford, Klamath Water Users Association,
Klamath Falls, Oregon; and Alex J. Horne, University of California Department
of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Berkeley.
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ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Subcommittee on Clean Air,
Wetlands, Private Property, and Nuclear Safety concluded hearings to examine
the interaction between United States energy policy and environmental
regulations, specifically the Clean Air Act, after receiving testimony from
Linda G. Stuntz, former Deputy Secretary of Energy, Katie McGinty, former
Chair of the Council on Environmental Quality, David M. Nemtzow, Alliance to
Save Energy, and David G. Hawkins, Natural Resources Defense Council, all of
Washington, D.C.; Anthony J. Alexander, FirstEnergy Corporation, Akron, Ohio;
and Olon Plunk, Xcel Energy, Inc., Minneapolis, Minnesota.
NOMINATION
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded hearings on the nomination
of Grant S. Green, Jr., of Virginia, to be Under Secretary of State for
Management, after the nominee, who was introduced by Senator Hagel, testified
and answered questions in his own behalf.
AVIATION COMPETITION AND HIGH DENSITY AIRPORTS
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Antitrust, Business Rights, and
Competition concluded hearings on S. 520, to amend the Clayton Act, which
would impose limits on the amount of takeoff and landing slots large airlines
can own at Washington Reagan National and New York LaGuardia Airports, after
receiving testimony from Hershel I. Kamen, Continental Airlines, Inc.,
Washington, D.C.; Kevin P. Healy, AirTran Airways, Inc., Orlando, Florida; and
Kevin P. Mitchell, Business Travel Coalition, Lafayette Hill, Pennsylvania.
INTELLIGENCE
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee held closed hearings on
intelligence matters, receiving testimony from officials of the intelligence
community.
Committee will meet again tomorrow.
ECSTASY ABUSE
United States Senate Caucus on International Narcotics Control: Caucus
concluded hearings to examine the use and effects of the drug ecstasy, what
can be done to curb its use by our nation's youth, and proposed legislation to
change the federal sentencing guidelines for ecstasy trafficking, after
receiving testimony from Donald R. Vereen, Jr., Deputy Director, Office of
National Drug Control Policy; Donnie R. Marshall, Administrator, Drug
Enforcement Administration, Department of Justice; Chuck Winwood, Acting
Commissioner, U.S. Customs Service, Department of the Treasury; Diana E.
Murphy, Chair, United States Sentencing Commission; James R. McDonough,
Florida Office of Drug Control, Tallahassee; Steven Rust, Milford Police
Department, Milford, Delaware; William S. Jacobs, Jr., University of Florida
Department of Psychiatry Division of Addiction Medicine, Gainesville, on
behalf of the Gateway Community Services; and two recovering drug-addicted
teenagers.
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No Joint heairngs noted.
2001/03/22
Daily Digest - Thursday, March 22, 2001; pages D251 - D258
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
FOOD SAFETY AND INSPECTION SERVICE
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: Committee concluded
oversight hearings to review activities of the Food Safety and Inspection
Service, focusing on allegations of corruption in the meat inspection program
in the New York City metropolitan area, after receiving testimony from Roger
C. Viadero, Inspector General, and Thomas J. Billy, Administrator, Food Safety
and Inspection Service, both of the Department of Agriculture.
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION--MILITARY STRATEGY AND OPERATIONAL REQUIREMENTS
Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded open and closed hearings on
proposed legislation authorizing funds for fiscal year 2002 for the Department
of Defense and the Future Years Defense Program, focusing on military strategy
and operational requirements, after receiving testimony from Gen. Joseph W.
Ralston, USAF, Commander-in-Chief, United States European Command; and Gen.
Tommy R. Franks, USA, Commander-in-Chief, United States Central Command.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee ordered favorably
reported S. 149, to provide authority to control exports, with amendments.
DEBT MANAGEMENT
Committee on the Budget: Committee concluded hearings to examine management
activities of the Department of the Treasury with respect to paying off the
publicly held debt by the year 2011, and related international economic and
financial implications, after receiving testimony from Gary Gensler, former
Under Secretary of the Treasury for Domestic Finance, and Edwin M. Truman,
Institute for International Economics, both of Chevy Chase, Maryland; F. Ward
McCarthy, Jr., Stone & McCarthy Research Associates, Princeton, New Jersey;
and Albert M. Wojnilower, Craig Drill Capital, New York, New York.
NATIONAL PARK SERVICE CONCESSIONS MANAGEMENT
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Subcommittee on National Parks,
Historic Preservation, and Recreation concluded oversight hearings to review
the National Park Service's implementation of management policies and
procedures to comply with the provisions of Title IV of the National Parks
Omnibus Management Act (P.L. 105-391), relating to concession reform, after
receiving testimony from Richard G. Ring, Associate Director, Park Operations
and Education, National Park Service, Department of the Interior; Joseph K.
Fassler, Alexandria, Virginia, on behalf of the National Park Hospitality
Association; Philip H. Voorhees, National Parks Conservation Association, and
William P. Horn, Birch, Horton, Bittner and Cherot, on behalf of America
Outdoors, both of Washington, D.C.; and Curt Cornelssen, Pricewaterhouse
Coopers, Boston, Massachusetts.
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PRESCRIPTION DRUGS AND MEDICARE FINANCING
Committee on Finance: Committee held hearings to examine issues related to the
projections of future Medicare spending and growth, as well as restructuring
of the program, focusing on designing and funding prescription drug benefits
for Medicare beneficiaries, receiving testimony from Dan L. Crippen, Director,
Congressional Budget Office; David M. Walker, Comptroller General of the
United States, General Accounting Office; Richard S. Foster, Chief Actuary,
Health Care Financing Administration, Department of Health and Human Services;
and Patricia Neuman, Johns Hopkins University School of Hygiene and Public
Health Department of Health Policy and Management, Baltimore, Maryland, on
behalf of the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation.
Hearings recessed subject to call.
NATIONAL SECURITY THREATS
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee met in closed session to receive a
briefing on the intelligence assessment of emerging national security threats
from George J. Tenet, Director, Central Intelligence Agency.
DC METROPOLITAN POLICE DEPARTMENT
Committee on Governmental Affairs: Subcommittee on Oversight of Government
Management, Restructuring and the District of Columbia concluded hearings to
assess the District of Columbia Metropolitan Police Department's year 2000
performance, after receiving testimony from City Administrator John A.
Koskinen, Deputy Mayor for Public Safety and Justice Margret Nedelkoff
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