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
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
Kellums, and Chief of Police Charles H. Ramsey, all of the District of
Columbia.
HEALTH CARE SERVICES
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Subcommittee on Public
Health concluded hearings to examine the United States health care safety net
system and the challenges facing providers who care for the uninsured and
medically underserved, focusing on the authorization of several programs
including the Consolidated Health Centers Program, the National Health Service
Corps, and the Healthy Communities Access Program, after receiving testimony
from Claude Earl Fox, Administrator, Health Resources and Services
Administration, Department of Health and Human Services; Dennis S. Freeman,
Cherokee Health Systems, Talbot, Tennessee, on behalf of the American
Psychological Association and the Tennessee Primary Care Association; Velma
Lopez Hendershott, InterCare Community Health Network, Bangor, Maine, on
behalf of the National Association of Community Health Centers, Inc.; Robert
P. Moser Jr., Greeley Family Practice, Tribune, Kansas; and John G. O'Brien,
Cambridge Health Alliance, Cambridge, Massachusetts, on behalf of the National
Association of Public Hospitals and Health Systems.
MEMBER TRIBES OBJECTIVES
Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee held hearings to examine the
legislative priorities and objectives of national, regional, and inter-tribal
organizations that represent tribal governments, receiving testimony from
Susan Masten, Yurok Tribe, Eureka, California, and Thomas R. Ranfranz,
Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe, Flandreau, South Dakota, both on behalf of the
National Congress of American Indians; and Jefferson Keel, Chickasaw Nation,
Ada, Oklahoma.
Hearings recessed subject to call.
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 28.
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Joint Meetings
VETERANS' PROGRAMS
Joint Hearing: Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs concluded joint hearings
with the House Committee D257on Veterans' Affairs to examine the legislative
recommendations of certain veterans organizations, after receiving testimony
from William Schmidt, American Ex-Prisoners of War, George C. Duggins, Vietnam
Veterans of America, Col. Robert F. Norton, USA (Ret.), The Retired Officers
Association, Raymond Boland, National Association of State Directors of
Veterans Affairs, and Arthur C. Stahl, AMVETS, all of Washington, D.C.
2001/03/23
Daily Digest - Friday, March 23, 2001; pages D259 - D264
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee ordered favorably reported the
nominations of Richard Lee Armitage, of Virginia, to be Deputy Secretary, and
Marc Isaiah Grossman, of Virginia, to be an Under Secretary for Political
Affairs, both of the Department of State.
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No Joint meetings noted.
2001/03/26
Daily Digest - Monday, March 26, 2001; pages D265 - D268
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
TAIWAN'S PURCHASE REQUEST
Committee on Armed Services: Committee met in closed session to receive a
briefing on Taiwan's current purchase request of defense articles and services
from the United States from Frederick C. Smith, Col. John F. Corbett, and
Edward Ross, all of the Office of the Secretary of Defense.
No Joint hearings noted.
2001/03/27
Daily Digest - Tuesday, March 27, 2001; pages D269 - D276
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
FARM BILL
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: Committee concluded
hearings to examine the progress the Department of Agriculture has made in
implementing the research provisions of the 1996 Federal Agriculture
Improvement and Reform Act and the 1998 Agricultural Research, Extension and
Education Reform Act, in preparation for the 2002 Farm Bill, after receiving
testimony from, Colien Hefferan, Administrator, Cooperative State Research,
Education and Extension Service, Floyd P. Horn, Administrator, Agricultural
Research Service, and Victor L. Lechtenber, Chair, National Agricultural
Research, Extension, Education, and Economics Advisory Board, all of the
Department of Agriculture; Jon Caspers, Swaledale, Iowa, on behalf of the
National Coalition for Food and Agricultural Research; Jay Lemmermen,
Southeast Milk, Inc., Ocala, Florida, on behalf of the Animal Agriculture
Coalition; Richard E. Stuckey, Council for Agricultural Science and
Technology, and Frederick L. Kirschenmann, Iowa State University Leopold
Center for Sustainable Agriculture, both of Ames, Iowa; G. Philip Robertson,
Michigan State University W. K. Kellogg Biological Station, Hickory Corners,
on behalf of the National Research Council; and David Chicoine, University of
Illinois College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences, Urbana,
and Bobby R. Phills, Florida A & M University College of Engineering Sciences,
Technology and Agriculture, Tallahassee, both on behalf of the National
Association of State Universities and Land Grant Colleges.
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 Adm. Dennis C.
Blair, USN, Commander-in-Chief, U.S. Pacific Command; Gen. Peter Pace, USMC,
Commander-in-Chief, U.S. Southern Command; and Gen. Thomas A. Schwartz, USA,
Commander-in-Chief, United Nations Command/Combined Forces Command and
Commander, U.S. Forces Korea.
INFORMATION WARFARE
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and Capabilities
met in closed session to receive a briefing on information warfare and other
threats to critical United States information systems.
WATER AND WASTEWATER INFRASTRUCTURE
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Subcommittee on Fisheries,
Wildlife, and Water held hearings to examine environmental issues related to
water and wastewater infrastructure needs, such as building and maintaining
the facilities, in order to deliver safe drinking water and to treat
wastewater, receiving testimony from Christine Todd Whitman, Administrator,
Environmental Protection Agency; J. R. Sandoval, Idaho Department of
Environmental Quality, Boise; David B. Struhs, Florida Department of
Environmental Protection, Tallahassee; Harry T. Stewart, New Hampshire
Department of Environmental Services, Concord; Allen Biaggi, Nevada Division
of Environmental Protection, Carson City; Mayor Bruce Tobey, Gloucester,
Massachusetts, on behalf of the National League of Cities and Water
Infrastructure Network; Janice A. Beecher, Beecher Policy Research, Inc.,
Indianapolis, Indiana, on behalf of the H2O Coalition; and Paul D. Schwartz,
Clean Water Action, Washington, D.C.
Hearings recessed subject to call.
LONG-TERM CARE AFFORDABILITY
Committee on Finance: Committee held hearings on proposed legislation that
would amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow individuals a deduction
for qualified long-term care insurance premiums, use of such insurance under
cafeteria plans and flexible spending arrangements, and a credit for
individuals with long-term care needs, receiving testimony from Carol V.
O'Shaughnessy, Specialist in Social Legislation, Congressional Research
Service, Library of Congress; William J. Scanlon, Director, Health Care
Issues, General Accounting Office; Steven Lutzky, District of Columbia
Department of Health/Office on Disabilities and Aging, Washington, D.C.; Gail
Gibson Hunt, National Alliance for Caregiving, Bethesda, Maryland; Lisa Maria
B. Alecxih, Lewin Group, Inc., Falls Church, Virginia; and Bill Kays, Vienna,
Virginia, on behalf of the Alzheimer's Association.
Hearings recessed subject to call.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee ordered favorably reported the
nomination of Grant S. Green, Jr., of Virginia, to be Under Secretary of State
for Management.
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Also, committee concluded hearings on the nomination of William Howard Taft,
IV, of Virginia, to be Legal Adviser of the Department of State, after the
nominee, who was introduced by Senator Warner, testified and answered
questions in his own behalf.
WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION TERRORISM
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Technology, Terrorism, and
Government Information concluded hearings to examine domestic response
capabilities for terrorism involving weapons of mass destruction, after
receiving testimony from Lt. Gen. James Clapper, Jr., USAF (Ret.), Advisory
Panel to Assess Domestic Response Capabilities for Terrorism Involving Weapons
of Mass Destruction; Anthony H. Cordesman, Center for Strategic and
International Studies, Washington, D.C.; and Yonah Alexander, Potomac
Institute for Policy Studies, Arlington, Virginia.
EARLY EDUCATION AND CHILD CARE
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee concluded
hearings to examine and compare early childhood education and care in the
United States and abroad, including all arrangements providing care and
education for children under compulsory school age regardless of setting,
funding, hours, or curriculum, after receiving testimony from Sheila B.
Kamerman, Columbia University School of Social Work/Institute for Child and
Family Policy, and Shanny Peer, French-American Foundation, both of New York,
New York; Patricia P. Olmsted, High/Scope Educational Research Foundation,
Ypsilanti, Michigan; and Kathi J. Apgar, Bristol Family Center, Bristol,
Vermont, on behalf of the Vermont Association for the Education of Young
Children.
No Joint hearings noted.
2001/03/28
Daily Digest - Wednesday, March 28, 2001; pages D277 - D284
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
INDIAN TRUST MANAGEMENT REFORM
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Interior concluded oversight
hearings to examine the status of Department of the Interior efforts and
commitments made to resolve trust fund management issues for both Tribal and
individual Indian account holders, after receiving testimony from Thomas N.
Slonaker, Special Trustee for American Indians, M. Sharon Blackwell, Deputy
Commissioner, Bureau of Indian Affairs, and Robert J. Lamb, Deputy Assistant
Secretary for Budget and Finance, all of the Department of the Interior.
ASIA-PACIFIC SECURITY
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense concluded hearings to
examine issues related to the forward-stationed, forward-deployed forces of
the U.S. Pacific Command and its influence on Asia-Pacific region security,
after receiving testimony from Adm. Dennis C. Blair, USN, Commander in Chief,
U.S. Pacific Command.
NATIONAL SECURITY SPACE MANAGEMENT AND ORGANIZATION
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Strategic concluded hearings to
examine the report of the Commission to Assess United States National Security
Space Management and Organization, which focused on Department of Defense and
Intelligence Community space activities, as well as civil and commercial
activities relationship to, and effect on, national security space, after
receiving testimony from former Senator Malcolm Wallop, Robert V. Davis, Gen.
Robert R. Fogleman, USAF (Ret.), William R. Graham, and Gen. Thomas S.
Moorman, Jr., USAF (Ret.), all Commissioners, Commission to Assess United
States National Security Space Management and Organization.
2000 DECENNIAL CENSUS
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded
hearings to examine the Commerce Department's decision to release unadjusted
Census data, and not utilize the Accuracy and Coverage Evaluation, which is
believed to evaluate accuracy and compensate for people missed by the census,
after receiving testimony from Representatives Clay, Gonzalez, Carolyn
Maloney, and Dan Miller; Donald Evans, Secretary, and David W. Murray,
Director, Statistical Assessment Service, Bureau of the Census, on behalf of
the U.S. Census Monitoring Board, both of the Department of Commerce; Eugene
Ericksen, Temple University Department of Sociology, Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania; Arturo Vargas, National Association of Latino Elected and
Appointed Officials, Washington, D.C.; and Kenneth W. Wachter, University of
California Department of Demography, Berkeley.
SMALL BUSINESS AND AGRICULTURE TAXATION REFORM
Committee on Finance: Committee held hearings to examine issues relating to
the Federal income taxation of small business and agriculture, focusing on
expensing and accounting methods, differing income tax treatment for various
business choices made by small business and agriculture, and certain
legislative proposals to address tax problems facing small business and
farmers, receiving testimony from Robert E. Berney, Chief Economist, Office of
Advocacy, Small Business Administration; Donald C. Alexander, Akin, Gump,
Strauss, Hauer & Feld, Washington, D.C., former Internal Revenue Service
Commissioner; John Bright, Keokuk Savings Bank & Trust Co., Keokuk, Iowa; Bob
Stallman, Columbus, Texas, on behalf of the American Farm Bureau Federation;
and Joy J. Turner, Jeffers Business Services, Piscataway, New Jersey, on
behalf of the White House Conference on Small Business.
Hearings recessed subject to call.
DOE RUSSIAN NONPROLIFERATION PROGRAMS
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded hearings to examine the
Russian nonproliferation programs of the Department of Energy, focusing on
certain recommendations to eliminate the danger of D279inadequate controls
over weapons of mass destruction and weapons usable materials, after receiving
testimony from former Senator Howard Baker, Baker, Donelson, Bearman &
Caldwell, and former White House Counsel Lloyd N. Cutler, Wilmer, Cutler &
Pickering, both of Washington, D.C., and Graham T. Allison, Harvard University
Kennedy School of Government, Cambridge, Massachusetts, all on behalf of the
Russia Task Force, Secretary of Energy Advisory Board; and Ronald F. Lehman,
Claremont McKenna College Keck Center for International and Strategic Studies,
Claremont, California, former Director of the U.S. Arms Control and
Disarmament Agency.
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CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee concluded
hearings to examine issues related to health information for consumers, and
proposed legislation that would provide assistance to the states that wish to
establish, or strengthen their existing, health care consumer assistance, or
ombudsman, programs after receiving testimony from Donna Sutton Fay, Vermont
State Health Care Ombudsman, Burlington; Ronald F. Pollack, Families USA, Mary
Jane England, Washington Business Group on Health, and Charles N. Kahn, III,
Health Insurance Association of America, all of Washington, D.C.; and
Bernadette Warren, Upper Marlboro, Maryland.
INTELLIGENCE
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee held closed hearings on
intelligence matters, receiving testimony from officials of the intelligence
community.
Committee recessed subject to call.
No Joint hearings noted.
2001/03/29
Daily Digest - Thursday, March 29, 2001; pages D285 - D292
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
BIOMASS AND ENVIRONMENTAL TRADING
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: Committee concluded
hearings to examine issues related to progress and funding of research to
promote the conversion of biomass into biobased, chemicals, fuels, and other
industrial products, products which are derived from plant material, after
receiving testimony from David Batchelor, Michigan Department of Environmental
Quality, Lansing; Bruce E. Dale, Michigan State University Department of
Chemical Engineering, East Lansing; Patrick R. Gruber, Cargill Dow,
Minnetonka, Minnesota; Robert L. Judd, Jr., USA Biomass Power Producers
Alliance, Sacramento, California; Edward L. Woolsey, Iowa-Sustainable Energy
for Economic Development, Prole; Richard L. Sandor, Environmental Financial
Products, Chicago, Illinois, on behalf of the United Nations Conference on
Trade and Development; Bruce A. McCarl, Texas A&M University Department of
Agricultural Economics, College Station; Gary Kaster, American Electric Power
Company, McConnellsville, Ohio; John Kadyszewski, Winrock International,
Morrilton, Arkansas; Robert Bonnie, Environmental Defense, and Jeff Fiedler,
Natural Resources Defense Council, both of Washington, D.C.; and Jim Kinsella,
Lexington, Illinois
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Armed Services: Committee ordered favorably reported 3,920
military nominations in the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, and Air Force.
PUBLIC UTILITY HOLDING COMPANY ACT
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on Securities
and Investment concluded hearings on S. 206, to repeal the Public Utility
Holding Company Act of 1935, and to enact the Public Utility Holding Company
Act of 2001, after receiving testimony from Isaac C. Hunt, Jr., Commissioner,
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission; Cynthia A. Marlette, Deputy General
Counsel, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Department of Energy; David M.
Sparby, Xcel Energy Inc., Minneapolis, Minnesota; David L. Sokol, MidAmerican
Energy Holdings Company, Des Moines, Iowa; and Charles A. Acquard, National
Association of State Utility Consumer Advocates, Silver Spring, Maryland.
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AVIATION DELAY PREVENTION ACT
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on Aviation
concluded hearings on S. 633, to provide for the review and management of
airport congestion, after receiving testimony from Susan McDermott, Deputy
Assistant Secretary of Transportation for Aviation and International Affairs;
Edward A. Merlis, Air Transport Association of America, Deborah C. McElroy,
Regional Airline Association, and Ronald Swanda, General Aviation
Manufacturers Association, all of Washington, D.C.; Jeffrey P. Fegan,
Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport, Dallas, Texas; and Charles Barclay,
Alexandria, Virginia, on behalf of the American Association of Airport
Executives and the Airports Council International--North America.
NATIONAL PARKS OMNIBUS MANAGEMENT ACT
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 Titles I, II, III, V, VI, VII, and
VIII of the National Parks Omnibus Management Act of 1998, after receiving
testimony from Denis P. Galvin, Acting Director, National Park Service,
Department of the Interior; Peter J. Ward, Washington, D.C., and Greg Jackson,
Santa Monica, California, both on behalf of the Fraternal Order of Police;
Scot McElveen, Santa Monica, California, on behalf of the Association of
National Park Rangers; and Jay Vestal, National Park Foundation, Washington,
D.C.
NATIONAL FIRE PLAN
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Subcommittee on Forests and Public
Land Management concluded oversight hearings on the implementation of the
Administration's National Fire Plan, after receiving testimony from Lyle
Laverty, Associate Deputy Chief and National Fire Plan Coordinator, Forest
Service, Department of Agriculture; Tim Hartzell, Director, Office of Wildland
Fire Coordination, Department of the Interior; James E. Hubbard, Colorado
State Forester, Fort Collins, on behalf of the National Association of State
Foresters; Betty Vega, Cooperative Ownership Development Corporation, Silver
City, New Mexico; Nils D. Christoffersen, Wallowa Resources, Enterprise,
Oregon; Nancy Farr, Forest Stewardship Project, Twisp, Washington; Celia
Headley, Eugene, Oregon, on behalf of the Alliance of Forest Workers and
Harvesters; Lynn Jungwirth, Watershed Center, Hayfork, California; G. Thomas
Bancroft, Wilderness Society, Steve Holmer, American Lands Alliance, both of
Washington, D.C.; Tom Nelson, Sierra Pacific Industries, Redding, California,
on behalf of the American Forest and Paper Association; and David W. Smith,
Virginia Polytechnic Institute, Blacksburg, on behalf of the Society of
American Foresters.
FEDERAL DEBT REDUCTION
Committee on Finance: Committee concluded hearings to examine issues related
to Federal debt reduction as part of prioritizing the projected budget
surpluses among competing priorities, such as tax cuts, Social Security and
Medicare, after receiving testimony from Gary Gensler, Bethesda, Maryland,
former Under Secretary of Treasury for Domestic Finance; and James C. Miller
III, Citizens for a Sound Economy, Washington, D.C., former Director, Office
of Management and Budget.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Finance: Committee held hearings on the nominations of Kenneth W.
Dam, of Illinois, to be Deputy Secretary, David Aufhauser, of the District of
Columbia, to be General Counsel, and Michele A. Davis, of Virginia, to be
Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs, all of the Department of the Treasury,
and Faryar Shirzad, of Virginia, to be Assistant Secretary of Commerce for
Import Administration, where the nominees testified and answered questions in
their own behalf.
Hearings recessed subject to call.
NOMINATION
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded hearings on the nomination
of John Robert Bolton, of Maryland, to be Under Secretary of State for Arms
Control and International Security, after the nominee, who was introduced by
Senator Warner, testified and answered questions in his own behalf.
HEALTHY AGING IN RURAL AMERICA
Special Committee on Aging: Committee concluded hearings to examine certain
initiatives that promote and support healthy aging in rural America, focusing
on certain areas that impact the lives of older Americans, including
transportation, housing, access to high-quality health care, diet and
nutrition, and employment, after receiving testimony from Jon E. Burkhardt,
WESTAT, Rockville, Maryland; Hilda Heady, West Virginia Rural Health Education
Partnerships, Morgantown, on behalf of the National Rural Health Association;
James Sykes, University of Wisconsin Medical Center Department of Preventive
Medicine, Madison, on behalf of the National Council on the Aging; Melinda M.
Adams, Boise, Idaho, on behalf of the Idaho Commission on Aging and D288the
National Association of Older Worker Employment Services; and Jane V. White,
Knoxville, Tennessee, on behalf of the American Dietetic Association.
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Joint Meetings
HUMAN CAPITAL CHALLENGES
Joint Hearing: Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs Subcommittee on
Oversight of Government Management, Restructuring and the District of Columbia
held joint hearings with the House Committee on Government Reform's
Subcommittee on Civil Service and Agency Organization to examine the final
report of the U.S. Commission on National Security in the 21st Century,
focusing on national security implications of the human capital crisis,
receiving testimony from Henry L. Hinton, Jr., Managing Director, Defense
Capabilities and Management, General Accounting Office; Robert J. Lieberman,
Deputy Inspector General, Department of Defense; and James R. Schlesinger,
former Secretary of Defense and former Secretary of Energy, and Adm. Harry D.
Train, USN (Ret.), former Supreme Allied Commander--Atlantic, Commander of the
Sixth Fleet and former Director of the Joint Staff, both on behalf of the U.S.
Commission on National Security/21st Century.
Hearings recessed subject to call.
KOSOVO
Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe (Helsinki Commission):
Commission concluded hearings to examine recent developments in and around
Kosovo, including human rights, minority rights, local elections, development
of a local police force, and security and civil order, as well as recent
escalations of violence in neighboring regions of southern Serbia and
Macedonia, and the international response to this violence, after receiving
testimony from Gen. Joseph W. Ralston, USAF, Supreme Allied Commander Europe
(NATO), and Commander-in-Chief, United States European Command; James W.
Pardew, Jr., Deputy Special Advisor for Kosovo and Dayton Implementation,
Department of State; and Daan W. Everts, Organization for Security and
Cooperation in Europe Mission in Kosovo, Pristina.
2001/03/30
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Committee Meetings
No committee meetings were held.
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No Joint hearings noted.
2001/04/02
Daily Digest - Monday, April 2, 2001; pages D300 - D304
Committee Meetings
No committee meetings were held.
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No Joint hearings noted.
2001/04/03
Daily Digest - Tuesday, April 3, 2001; pages D305 - D312
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services,
Education and Related Agencies concluded hearings to examine issues related to
the need for funding of medical research of Alzheimer's Disease at various
facilities, including the National Institutes of Health, the Alzheimer's
Clinical Research and Training Program, and the Alzheimer's Matching Grant
Programs, after receiving testimony from Representatives Chris Smith and
Markey; Richard J. Hodes, Director, National Institute on Aging, National
Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services; and Steven T.
Dekosky, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Alzheimer's Disease Center,
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Christine Frey, Peoria, Illinois, John Wagenaar,
George, Iowa, and David Hyde Pierce, Saratoga Springs, New York, all on behalf
of the Alzheimer's Association.
NATIONAL RECONNAISSANCE, IMAGERY, AND MAPPING
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Strategic concluded hearings to
examine the Report of the National Commission for the Review of the National
Reconnaissance Office and the Report of the Independent Commission on the
National Imagery and Mapping Agency, after receiving testimony from
Representative Goss, Co-Chairman, Larry D. Cox, Member, Martin C. Faga,
Member, and William Schneider, Jr., Member, all of the National Commission for
the Review of the National Reconnaissance Office; and Peter Marino, Chairman,
Kevin O'Connell, Executive Secretary, Evan Hineman, Member, and Gen. Tom
Weinstein, Member, all of the Independent Commission on the National Imagery
and Mapping Agency.
DOMESTIC OIL AND NATURAL GAS RESOURCES
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded hearings to
examine issues related to the development of a national energy policy for the
next decade, focusing on impediments to domestic oil and gas production and
its impact on availability and price of energy in the United States, after
receiving testimony from P. Patrick Leahy, Associate Director for Geology,
U.S. Geological Survey, Department of the Interior; David J. Hayes, Latham and
Watkins, D307former Deputy Secretary of the Department of the Interior, and
Mark Rubin, American Petroleum Institute, both of Washington, D.C.; Matthew R.
Simmons, Simmons and Company International, Houston, Texas, on behalf of the
National Petroleum Council; and Neal A. Stanley, Forest Oil Corporation,
Denver, Colorado, on behalf of the Independent Petroleum Association of
Mountain States and Independent Petroleum Association of America.
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MEDICARE+CHOICE REFORM
Committee on Finance: Committee held hearings to examine ways to improve the
relationship between Medicare and managed care, focusing on Medicare+Choice
program reform, which was designed to expand health plans to markets where
existing access was limited or non-existent and to offer new types of plans,
in addition to controlling costs, receiving testimony from Madeleine Smith,
Specialist in Social Legislation, Domestic Social Policy Division,
Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress; Murray N. Ross, Executive
Director, Medicare Payment Advisory Commission; Victor E. Turvey,
UnitedHealthcare, Maryland Heights, Missouri; Kevin W. McCarthy, Towers
Perrin, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; Thomas C. Buchmueller, University of
California Graduate School of Management, Irvine; and Len M. Nichols, Urban
Institute, Washington, D.C.
Hearings recessed subject to call.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee ordered favorably reported the
following business items:
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, with an
amendment in the nature of a substitute;
S. Res. 27, to express the sense of the Senate regarding the 1944 deportation
of the Chechen people to central Asia;
S. Res. 60, urging the immediate release of Kosovar Albanians wrongfully
imprisoned in Serbia;
S. Con. Res. 7, expressing the sense of Congress that the United States should
establish an international education policy to enhance national security and
significantly further United States foreign policy and global competitiveness,
with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
S. Con. Res. 23, expressing the sense of Congress with respect to the
involvement of the Government in Libya in the terrorist bombing of Pan Am
Flight 103; and
The nominations of William Howard Taft, IV, of Virginia, to be Legal Adviser
of the Department of State, and a Foreign Service Officer promotion list.
ONLINE ENTERTAINMENT AND COPYRIGHT LAW
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded hearings to examine issues
related to progress being made in finding a balance between ever-advancing
online entertainment technology and accessibility, and copyright law and the
rights of the artists and entertainment industry, after receiving testimony
from Representative Cannon; Richard D. Parsons, AOL Time Warner, Inc., Steve
Gottlieb, TVT Records, and Edward P. Murphy, National Music Publishers'
Association, Inc., all of New York, New York; Jack Valenti, Motion Picture
Association, Sally Greenberg, Consumers Union, and Hilary Rosen, Recording
Industry Association of America, all of Washington, D.C.; Hank Barry, Napster,
San Mateo, California; Ken Berry, EMI Recorded Music, Hollywood, California;
Gerald W. Kearby, Liquid Audio, Inc., Redwood City, California; Robin
Richards, MP3.com, Inc., San Diego, California; Mike Farrace, Tower
Records/Books/Video, MTS., Inc., West Sacramento, California; Edmund Fish,
Intertrust Technologies Corporation, Santa Clara, California; Don Henley,
Santa Monica, California, on behalf of the Recording Artists Coalition; and
Alanis Morissette, Beverly Hills, California.
NATIONAL SECURITY
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Technology, Terrorism, and
Government Information concluded hearings to examine the U.S. Commission on
National Security/21st Century Hart-Rudman Report, which makes certain
recommendations with regard to national security, based on a thorough analysis
of the future global security environment and the development of the United
States National Security Strategy to deal with that environment, after
receiving testimony from former Senator Gary Hart, Co-Chair, former Senator
Warren Rudman, Co-Chair, and former Representative Lee Hamilton, Commissioner,
all of the U.S. Commission on National Security/21st Century.
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No Joint hearings noted.
2001/04/04
Daily Digest - Wednesday, April 4, 2001; pages D313 - D320
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION--SHIPBUILDING INDUSTRIAL BASE
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on SeaPower concluded hearings on
proposed legislation authorizing funds for fiscal year 2002 for the Department
of Defense and the Future Years Defense Program, focusing on shipbuilding
industrial base issues and initiatives, after receiving testimony from William
P. Fricks, Newport News Shipbuilding, Newport News, Virginia; Gerald J. St.
Pe, Northrop Grumman Litton Ship Systems, Pascagoula, Mississippi; and John K.
Welch, General Dynamics Corporation, Falls Church, Virginia.
MAD COW DISEASE
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on Consumer
Affairs, Foreign Commerce, and Tourism concluded hearings to examine specific
measures that have been taken in the United States to prevent bovine
spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) "Mad Cow Disease" and assess their adequacy,
after receiving testimony from Senators Campbell and Durbin; Richard T.
Johnson, Special Advisor, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and
Stroke, National Institutes of Health, and Stephen Sundlof, Director, Center
for Veterinary Medicine, Food and Drug Administration, both of the Department
of Health and Human Services; Alfonso Torres, Deputy Administrator, and Linda
Detwiler, Senior Staff Veterinarian, both of the Veterinary Services, Animal
and Plant Health Inspection Service, Department of Agriculture; William D.
Hueston, University of Maryland Virginia-Maryland Regional College of
Veterinary Medicine, College Park; Chuck Schroeder, National Cattlemen's Beef
Association, Caroline Smith DeWaal, Center for Science in the Public Interest,
and Peter Lurie, Public Citizen's Health Research Group, all of Washington,
D.C.; and James H. Hodges, American Meat Institute Foundation, and Richard
Sellers, American Feed Industry Association, both of Arlington, Virginia.
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INTERNATIONAL TRADE AND U.S. ECONOMY
Committee on Finance: Committee held hearings to examine certain issues with
respect to international trade and the attendant implications for the United
States and world economy, receiving testimony from Alan Greenspan, Chairman,
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System; and Mickey Kantor,
Washington, D.C., former Secretary of Commerce and United States Trade
Representative.
Hearings recessed subject to call.
NOMINATION
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded hearings on the nomination
of Argeo Paul Cellucci, of Massachusetts, to be Ambassador to Canada, after
the nominee, who was introduced by Senators Kennedy and Kerry, testified and
answered questions in his own behalf.
PRESIDENTIAL APPOINTMENT PROCESS
Committee on Governmental Affairs: Committee held hearings to examine the
current Presidential appointment process and the original purposes of the laws
and processes affecting appointments, ascertain its effects on public service,
and review recommendations for reform, receiving testimony from Sean O'Keefe,
Deputy Director, Office of Management and Budget; Robert J. Nash, former
Director, White House Office of Presidential Personnel, Paul C. Light,
Brookings Institution, Scott Harshbarger, Common Cause, Patricia McGinnis,
Council for Excellence in Government, and Norman J. Ornstein, American
Enterprise Institute, all of Washington, D.C.; and G. Calvin Mackenzie, Colby
College, Waterville, Maine.
Hearings continue tomorrow.
EMPLOYMENT LAWS CONSTITUTIONALITY
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee concluded
hearings to examine the constitutionality of employment laws, focusing on
recent Supreme Court decisions affecting Congress' ability to redress
employment discrimination and other unfair treatment of state employees, after
receiving testimony from Dan Kimel, Florida State University, Tallahassee;
Michael H. Gottesman, Georgetown University Law Center, Washington, D.C.;
Marci A. Hamilton, Yeshiva University Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, New
York, New York; and David A. Strauss, University of Chicago Law School,
Chicago, Illinois.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee ordered favorably reported 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, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute.
CABLE AND VIDEO COMPETITIVE CHOICES
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Antitrust, Business Rights, and
Competition held oversight hearings on competitive choices in the cable and
multichannel video industry, focusing on deregulation results, cable rate
increases, the growing direct broadcast satellite service, and the emergence
of new cable systems, receiving testimony from Eddy W. Hartenstein, Hughes
Electronics Corporation/DIRECTV Global, El Segundo, California; Robert Sachs,
National Cable Television Association, and Gene Kimmelman, Consumers Union, on
behalf of the Consumer Federation of America, both of Washington, D.C.; Jerry
Kent, Charter Communications, St. Louis, Missouri; and Robert J. Currey, RCN
Corporation, Princeton, New Jersey.
Hearings recessed subject to call.
U.S. IMMIGRATION POLICY
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Immigration concluded hearings to
review certain issues with respect to United States immigration policy,
including the migration process between the United States and Mexico, ensuring
a safe haven for foreign victims of persecution, and proposed sex trafficking
legislation that would protect against the victimization of women around the
world, after receiving testimony from Warren R. Leiden, Berry, Appleman and
Leiden, San Francisco, California, on behalf of the American Immigration
Lawyers Association; Stephen Moore, Cato Institute, Cecilia Munoz, National
Council of La Raza, and Karen K. Narasaki, National Asian Pacific American
Legal Consortium, all of Washington, D.C.; Jennifer Kenney,
PricewaterhouseCoopers, Chicago, Illinois; and Elizabeth C. Dickson,
Ingersoll-Rand Company, Woodcliff Lake, New Jersey, on behalf of the U.S.
Chamber of Commerce.
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NOMINATION
Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Committee concluded hearings on the nomination
of Tim S. McClain, of California, to be General Counsel, Department of
Veterans Affairs, after the nominee, who was introduced by Anthony J.
Principi, Secretary of Veterans Affairs, testified and answered questions in
his own behalf.
INTELLIGENCE
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee held closed hearings on
intelligence matters, receiving testimony from officials of the intelligence
community.
Also, on Tuesday, April 3, committee held closed hearings on intelligence
matters, receiving testimony from officials of the intelligence community.
Committee recessed subject to call.
No Joint hearings noted.
2001/04/05
Daily Digest - Thursday, April 5, 2001; pages D321 - D325
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS AND ENERGY POLICY
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Subcommittee on Clean Air,
Wetlands, Private Property, and Nuclear Safety resumed hearings to examine the
interaction between United States environmental regulations and energy policy,
and specific policy questions regarding the oil and gas sector, receiving
testimony from New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer, New York, New York;
Robert L. Hirsch, Annapolis Center for Science Based Public Policy, Arlington,
Virginia; Thomas E. Stewart, Ohio Oil and Gas Association, Grandville, on
behalf of the Independent Petroleum Association of America; Jason S. Grumet,
Northeast States for Coordinated Air Use Management, Boston, Massachusetts;
Bob Slaughter, National Petrochemical and Refiners Association, Taylor R.
Bowlden, American Highway Users Alliance, Washington, D.C.; and Carlos J.
Porras, Communities for a Better Environment, Huntington Park, California.
Hearings recessed subject to call.
TAX SCAMS
Committee on Finance: Committee held hearings to examine the spread of tax
scams by con artists by way of the Internet, including pure trusts,
constitutional trusts, compensation for slaves' descendants, and church
creation, and how to stop the practice and protect taxpayers, receiving
testimony from Charles Rossotti, Commissioner, Internal Revenue Service,
Department of the Treasury; Hugh G. Stevenson, Associate Director, Division of
Planning and Information, Bureau of Consumer Protection, Federal Trade
Commission; Michael Brostek, Director, Tax Issues, General Accounting Office;
Aaron Bazar, global-prosperity.com, North Potomac, Maryland; JJ MacNab,
deathandtaxes.com, Bethesda, Maryland; Robert L. Sommers, taxprophet.com, San
Francisco, California; Jay D. Adkisson, Quatloos.com, Irvine, California; and
Joseph G. Hodges, Jr., Denver, Colorado.
Hearings recessed subject to call.
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BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee ordered favorably reported the
nomination of Argeo Paul Cellucci, of Massachusetts, to be Ambassador to
Canada.
PRESIDENTIAL APPOINTMENT PROCESS
Committee on Governmental Affairs: Committee concluded hearings to examine the
current Presidential appointment process and the original purposes of the laws
and processes affecting appointments, ascertain its effects on public service,
and review recommendations for reform, after receiving testimony from Amy L.
Comstock, Director, Office of Government Ethics; former Senator Nancy
Kassebaum Baker, and Franklin D. Raines, Fannie Mae, Washington, D.C., former
Director, Office of Management and Budget, both on behalf of the Brookings
Institution Presidential Appointee Initiative.
UNITED SOUTH AND EASTERN TRIBES
Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee held oversight hearings to examine the
goals and priorities of the United South and Eastern Tribes (USET) for the
107th Congress, receiving testimony from Keller George, United South and
Eastern Tribes, Inc., Nashville, Tennessee.
Hearings recessed subject to call.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded hearings on the nominations of
Larry D. Thompson, of Georgia, to be Deputy Attorney General, and Theodore B.
Olson, of the District of Columbia, to be Solicitor General of the United
States, both of the Department of Justice, after the nominees testified and
answered questions in their own behalf. Mr. Thompson was introduced by
Senators Cleland and Miller, and Mr. Olson was introduced by Senators Warner
and Nickles.
No Joint hearings noted.
2001/04/06
Daily Digest - Friday, April 6, 2001; pages D327 - D332
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Veterans Affairs: Committee ordered favorably reported the
nomination of Tim S. McClain, of California, to be General Counsel, Department
of Veterans Affairs.
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No Joint hearings noted.
2001/04/23
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Committee Meetings
No committee meetings were held.
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No Joint hearings noted.
2001/04/24
Daly Digest - Tuesday, April 24, 2001; pages D340 - D346
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
APPROPRIATIONS--BUREAU OF RECLAMATION
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development
concluded hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2002 for the
Central Utah Project (CUP) Completion Act and the Bureau of Reclamation of the
Department of the Interior, after receiving testimony from J. William
McDonald, Regional Director, Pacific Northwest Region, Bureau of Reclamation,
and J. Ronald Johnston, Program Director, CUP Completion Act Office, both of
the Department of the Interior.
APPROPRIATIONS--INTERIOR
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Interior concluded hearings on
proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2002 for the Department of the
Interior, after receiving testimony from Gale A. Norton, Secretary of the
Interior, who was accompanied by several of her associates.
APPROPRIATIONS--ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development
concluded hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2002 for the
Army Corps of Engineers, after receiving testimony from Claudia L. Tornblom,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army for Management and Budget/Office
of the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works; and Lt. Gen. Robert B.
Flowers, USA, Commander/Chief of Engineers, Maj. Gen. Hans A. Van Winkle, USA,
Deputy Commanding General for Civil Works, and Rob Vining, Chief, Programs
Management Division, Directorate of Civil Works, all of the U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Armed Services: Committee met in closed session to consider
certain pending nominations.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded hearings on the nominations
of Dov S. Zakheim, of Maryland, to be Under Secretary (Comptroller), Charles
S. Abell, of Virginia, to be Assistant Secretary for Force Management Policy,
and Victoria Clarke, of Maryland, to be Assistant Secretary for Public
Affairs, all of the Department of Defense. Mr. Zakheim was introduced by
Senator Reed, Mr. Abell D341was introduced by Senator Hutchinson, and Ms.
Clarke was introduced by Senator McCain.
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RECRUITING INITIATIVES
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Personnel concluded hearings on
recruiting initiatives of the Department of Defense and the military services
and to receive an update on the status of recruiting and retention goals,
after receiving testimony from Lt. Gen. Timothy J. Maude, USA, Deputy Chief of
Staff for Personnel; Vice Adm. Norbert R. Ryan, Jr., USN, Chief of Naval
Personnel; Maj. Gen. Terrance P. Murray, USMC, Acting Deputy Chief of Staff
for Manpower and Reserve Affairs; Lt. Gen. Donald L. Peterson, USAF, Deputy
Chief of Staff for Personnel; Maj. Gen. Dennis D. Cavin, USA, Commander,
United States Army Recruiting Command; Rear Adm. George E. Voelker, USN,
Commander, United States Navy Recruiting Command; Maj. Gen. Gary L. Parks,
USMC, Commander, United States Marine Corps Recruiting Command; Brig. Gen.
Paul Hankins, USAF, Commandant, Air Force Officer Accession and Training
Schools, Maxwell AFB; and SFC Lindsey Streeter, USA, YNI (SW/AW) Sherry
Strothers, USN, GSgt. Alexander Rodriguez, USMC, and Senior Airman Eric Ramos
Rodriguez, all Enlisted Recruiters.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee ordered favorably
reported S. 206, to repeal the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935, to
enact the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 2001, with amendments.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded hearings
on the nominations of Grant D. Aldonas, of Virginia, to be Under Secretary for
International Trade, Kenneth I. Juster, of the District of Columbia, to be
Under Secretary for Export Administration, Maria Cino, of Virginia, to be
Assistant Secretary and Director General of the United States and Foreign
Commercial Service, all of the Department of Commerce, and Robert Glenn
Hubbard, of New York, to be a Member of the Council of Economic Advisers,
after the nominees testified and answered questions in their own behalf. Ms.
Cino was introduced by Senators Santorum and Schumer, and Mr. Hubbard was
introduced by Senator Schumer.
CHILD PASSENGER SAFETY
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on Consumer
Affairs, Foreign Commerce, and Tourism concluded hearings to examine what
measure may be needed to improve child passenger safety as they graduate from
child safety seats to adult seatbelts, focusing on the benefits of the use of
booster seats by children between the ages of four and eight years old, after
receiving testimony from L. Robert Shelton, Executive Director, National
Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Department of Transportation; Elaine B.
Weinstein, Acting Director, Office of Safety Recommendations and
Accomplishments, National Transportation Safety Board; Flaura Koplin Winston,
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, on behalf of the
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia; Kyran P. Quinlan, University of Chicago
Department of Pediatrics, Chicago, Illinois; Judith Lee Stone, Advocates for
Highway and Auto Safety, and Heather Paul, national Safe Kids Campaign, both
of Washington, D.C.; Adrian K. Lund, Insurance Institute for Highway Safety,
Arlington, Virginia; James Vondale, Ford Motor Company, Dearborn, Michigan;
Tom Baloga, Britax Child Safety, Inc., Charlotte, North Carolina; and Autumn
Alexander Skeen, Walla Walla, Washington.
NASA AERONAUTICAL RESEARCH
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on Science,
Technology, and Space held hearings to examine the National Aeronautics and
Space Administration's aeronautics research program funding requirements,
receiving testimony from Senator Warner; Representative Goode; Daniel S.
Goldin, Administrator, and Jeremiah F. Creedon, Director, Langley Research
Center, both of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration; Edward M.
Bolen, General Aviation Manufacturers Association, Washington, D.C.; Dennis
Deel, Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company, New Orleans, Louisiana; Roy V.
Harris, Jr., NASA Aeronautics Support Team, Hampton, Virginia; and David O.
Swain, Boeing Company, Seattle, Washington.
Hearings recessed subject to call.
MEDICARE REFORM AND PRESCRIPTION DRUGS
Committee on Finance: Committee continued hearings to examine prescription
drug options currently available to Medicare beneficiaries and necessary
reforms to expand prescription drug coverage, receiving testimony from Steven
M. Coppock, Hewitt Associates, Rowayton, Connecticut; Karen M. Ignagni,
American Association of Health Plans, Deborah J. Chollet, Mathematica Policy
Research, Inc., and Raymond C. Scheppach, National Governors Association, all
of Washington, D.C.; and Stephen Crystal, Rutgers University Institute for
Health, Health Care Policy, and Aging Research, New Brunswick, New Jersey.
Hearings recessed subject to call.
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SMALL BUSINESS RIGHTS
Committee on Small Business: Committee held hearings to examine the Small
Business Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act and the protection of small
business rights, receiving testimony from Victor Rezendes, Managing Director,
Strategic Issues Team, General Accounting Office; Shawne Carter McGibbon,
Acting Director, Interagency Affairs, Office of Advocacy, U.S. Small Business
Administration; Thomas J. Gibson, Associate Administrator for Policy,
Economics and Innovation, Environmental Protection Agency; Margaret F. Hayes,
Assistant General Counsel for Fisheries, National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration, Department of Commerce; Todd McCracken, National Small
Business United, Washington, D.C.; Tim Kalinowski, Foam Supplies, Inc., Earth
City, Missouri; Paul J. Corey, Paul J. Corey Painting and Decorating, Dedham,
Massachusetts, on behalf of the Painting and Decorating Contractors of
America; and Hubert Potter, Hobucken, North Carolina.
Hearings recessed subject to call.
No Joint hearings noted.
2001/04/25
Daily Digest - Wednesday, April 25, 2001; pages D347 - D354
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
FARM BILL: TRADE ISSUES
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: Committee concluded
hearings to examine agricultural trade issues, focusing on access to world
markets, declining export values, tariffs, and barriers to trade, after
receiving testimony from Bruce A. Babcock, Iowa State University Center for
Agricultural and Rural Development, Ames; Ron Heck, Perry, Iowa, D348on behalf
of the American Soybean Association; Robert Stallman, Columbus, Texas, on
behalf of the American Farm Bureau Federation; Leland Swenson, Aurora,
Colorado, on behalf of the National Farmers Union; Charles J. O'Mara, O'Mara
and Associates, on behalf of the American Oilseed Coalition, and Gary Martin,
North American Export Grain Association, Inc., both of Washington, D.C.; James
Echols, Hohenberg Brothers Company, Memphis, Tennessee, on behalf of the
National Cotton Council of America; Timothy F. Hamilton, Mid-America
International Agri-Trade Council, Chicago, Illinois; Dennis McDonald,
Melville, Montana, on behalf of the Ranchers-Cattlemen Action Legal Fund
United Stockgrowers of America; Judith Lewis, United Nations World Food
Programme, Rome, Italy; and Kenneth Hackett, Catholic Relief Services,
Baltimore, Maryland, on behalf of the Coalition for Food Aid.
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APPROPRIATIONS--AGRICULTURE
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development,
and Related Agencies held hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal
year 2002 for the Department of Agriculture, receiving testimony from Ann M.
Veneman, Secretary of Agriculture, who was accompanied by several of her
associates.
Hearings continue on Thursday, May 3.
CHEMICAL DEMILITARIZATION
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense concluded hearings to
examine issues related to the state of the Chemical Demilitarization Program,
which was implemented to eliminate the United States chemical weapons
inventory consistent with an international treaty obligation, the Chemical
Weapons Convention, including the Chemical Stockpile Emergency Preparedness
Program, after receiving testimony from Joseph Westphal, Acting Secretary,
James Bacon, Program Manager for Chemical Demilitarization, and Michael
Parker, Program Manager for Assembled Chemical Weapons Assessment, all of the
Department of the Army; Russell Salter, Director, Chemical and Radiological
Preparedness Division, Federal Emergency Management Agency; James Eli
Henderson, Calhoun County Commission, and Rufus Kinney and Brenda Lindell,
both on behalf of the Families Concerned About Nerve Gas Incineration, all of
Anniston, Alabama; and Craig Williams, Chemical Weapons Working Group, Berea,
Kentucky.
APPROPRIATIONS--HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services,
and Education concluded hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year
2002 for the Department of Health and Human Services, after receiving
testimony from Tommy Thompson, Secretary of Health and Human Services.
APPROPRIATIONS--CORPORATION FOR NATIONAL SERVICE/NEIGHBORHOOD REINVESTMENT
CORPORATION
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on VA, HUD, and Independent Agencies
concluded hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2002, after
receiving testimony in behalf of funds for their respective activities from
Wendy Zenker, Acting Chief Executive Officer, Corporation for National
Service; and Ellen W. Lazar, Acting Chief Executive Officer, Neighborhood
Reinvestment Corporation.
AUTHORIZATION--NATIONAL NUCLEAR SECURITY ADMINISTRATION
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Strategic concluded hearings on
proposed legislation authorizing funds for fiscal year 2002 for the Department
of Defense and the Future Years Defense Program, focusing on the National
Nuclear Security Administration, after receiving testimony from Gen. John A.
Gordon, USAF (Ret.), Under Secretary for Nuclear Security/Administrator for
National Nuclear Security Administration, C. Paul Robinson, Director, Sandia
National Laboratories, C. Bruce Tarter, Director, Lawrence Livermore National
Laboratory, and John C. Browne, Director, Los Alamos National Laboratory, all
of the Department of Energy; Joseph J. Buggy, Westinghouse Savannah River
Company, Aiken, South Carolina; John Mitchell, BWXT-Y12, Lynchburg, Virginia;
David S. Douglas, Honeywell Federal Manufacturing and Technologies, Kansas
City, Missouri; and Dennis R. Ruddy, BWXT Pantex, Amarillo, Texas.
HUD PROGRAMS
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on Housing and
Transportation concluded hearings to examine the Department of Housing and
Urban Development's program, budget, and management priorities for fiscal year
2002, after receiving testimony from Mel Martinez, Secretary, and Susan M.
Gaffney, Inspector General, both of the Department of Housing and Urban
Development; Stanley J. Czerwinski, Director, Physical Infrastructure Issues,
General Accounting Office; Rene Glover, Atlanta Housing Authority, Atlanta,
Georgia, on behalf of the Council of Large Public Housing Authorities; and
Barbara Sard, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, Washington, D.C.
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NOMINATIONS
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded
hearings on Brenda L. Becker, of Virginia, to be Assistant Secretary of
Commerce for Legislative and Intergovernmental Affairs, and Michael P.
Jackson, of Virginia, to be Deputy Secretary of Transportation, after the
nominees testified and answered questions in their own behalf. Ms. Becker was
introduced by Senators Lott and Burns.
AVIATION INDUSTRY LABOR ISSUES
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee held hearings to
examine labor relations problems that are confronting the airline industry
today, focusing on the large passenger airline's recent union negotiations,
receiving testimony from Frederick W. Smith, Federal Express Corporation, and
Carol B. Hallett, Air Transport Association of America, both of Washington,
D.C.; Sonny Hall, Transport Workers Union, AFL-CIO, New York, New York, on
behalf of the Transportation Trades Department, AFL-CIO; R. Thomas
Buffenbarger, International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers,
Upper Marlboro, Maryland; and Linda F. Farrow, Association of Flight
Attendants, Rosemont, Illinois.
Hearings recessed subject to call.
WEST COAST GASOLINE PRICES
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on Consumer
Affairs, Foreign Commerce, and Tourism concluded hearings to examine the
causes of high retail gasoline prices and competition in the gasoline industry
in West Coast markets, after receiving testimony from Senator Murkowski;
Robert Pitofsky, Chairman, Federal Trade Commission; Jim Wells, Director,
Natural Resources and Environment, and Frank Rusco, Senior Economist, both of
the General Accounting Office; John Cook, Director, Petroleum Division, Energy
Information Administration, Department of Energy; R. Preston McAfee,
University of Chicago Graduate School of Business, Chicago, Illinois; Carl
Shapiro, University of California Haas School of Business/Institute of
Business and Economic Research, Berkeley; Robert Malone, British Petroleum,
Washington, D.C.; and Chuck Mau, Portland, Oregon.
MEDICARE AND SOCIAL SECURITY BENEFITS
Committee on Finance: Committee held hearings to examine certain improper
payments of Medicare and Medicaid, Social Security, and disability programs
benefits to prisoners, fugitives, the deceased and other ineligibles,
receiving testimony from James G. Huse, Jr., Inspector General, and Fritz
Streckewald, Acting Assistant Deputy Commissioner, Disability and Income
Security Programs, both of the Social Security Administration; Michael F.
Mangano, Acting Inspector General, and Michael McMullan, Acting Deputy
Administrator, Health Care Financing Administration, both of the Department of
Health and Human Services; Daniel G. Kyle, Louisiana Legislative Auditors
Office, Baton Rouge; and Jerome Horn, an incarcerated witness.
Hearings recessed subject to call.
NOMINATION
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded hearings on the nomination
of Andrew S. Natsios, of Massachusetts, to be Administrator of the United
States Agency for International Development, after the nominee, who was
introduced by Senator Kerry and Representative Wolf, testified and answered
questions in his own behalf.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded hearings on the
nominations of Paula J. Dobriansky, of Virginia, to be Under Secretary for
Global Affairs, Lincoln P. Bloomfield, Jr., of Virginia, to be Assistant
Secretary for Political-Military Affairs, and Richard Nathan Haass, of
Maryland, for the rank of Ambassador during his tenure of Service as Director,
Policy Planning Staff, all of the Department of State. Ms. Dobriansky was
introduced by Senators Allen and Dodd, and Mr. Bloomfield was introduced by
Senator Allen.
POLYGRAPH USAGE
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded hearings to examine the
accuracy and reliability of polygraphs, as well as the policy and potential
legal issues that may arise from their use as a screening tool in
counterintelligence context, after receiving testimony from Michael H. Capps,
Deputy Director for Developmental Programs, Defense Security Service,
Department of Defense; William G. Iacono, University of Minnesota Department
of Psychology/Clinical Science and Psychopathology Research Training Program,
Minneapolis; Jeffrey H. Smith, Arnold and Porter, and Mark S. Zaid, Lobel,
Novins and Lamont, both of Washington, D.C.; and Richard W. Keifer, American
Polygraph Association, Apopka, Florida.
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Joint Meetings
INTELLIGENCE
Select Committee on Intelligence, Committee on Armed Services, Committee on
Appropriations: Committees met in closed session to receive a briefing on
intelligence matters from officials of the intelligence committee.
CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET RESOLUTION
Conferees met to resolve the differences between the Senate and House passed
versions of H. Con. Res. 83, establishing the congressional budget for the
United States Government for fiscal year 2002, revising the congressional
budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2001, and setting
forth appropriate budgetary levels for each of fiscal years 2003 through 2011,
but did not complete action thereon, and recessed subject to call.
2001/04/26
Daily Digest - Thursday, April 26, 2001; pages D355 - D364
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
APPROPRIATIONS--JUSTICE
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State, and the
Judiciary concluded hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2002
for the Department of Justice, after receiving testimony from John Ashcroft,
Attorney General, Department of Justice.
APPROPRIATIONS--NATIONAL NUCLEAR SECURITY ADMINISTRATION
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development
concluded hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2002 for the
National Nuclear Security Administration, Department of Energy, after
receiving testimony from John A. Gordon, Under Secretary for Nuclear
Security/Administrator, and Adm. Frank L. Bowman, USN, Director, Naval Nuclear
Propulsion Program, both of the National Nuclear Security Administration,
Department of Energy.
ERGONOMIC STANDARDS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services,
and Education concluded hearings to examine the costs, benefits and
feasibility of the Occupational Safety and Health Administrations ergonomics
standards, after receiving testimony from Elaine Chao, Secretary of Labor;
Stanley J. Bigos, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle;
Bradley Evanoff, Washington University School of Medicine Division of General
Medical Sciences, St. Louis, Missouri; Baruch A. Fellner, Gibson, Dunn and
Crutcher, Margaret M. Seminario, AFL-CIO, Franklin E. Mirer, United
Automobile, Aerospace and Agricultural Implement Workers of America, Derry
Dean Sparlin, Jr., Gibson, Dunn and Crutcher, and Jacqueline Nowell, United
Food and Commercial Workers International Union, all of Washington, D.C.;
Nortin M. Hadler, University of North Carolina Hospitals, Chapel Hill;
Jeremiah A. Barondess, New York Academy of Medicine, on behalf of the National
Research Council/Institute of Medicine, and Eric Frumin, Union of
Needletrades, Industrial and Textile Employees, both of New York, New York;
Kim Burton, University of Huddersfield, Huddersfield, United Kingdom; Jane
Derebery, Concentra Health Services, Austin, Texas; Laura Punnett, University
of Massachusetts Department of Work Environment, Lowell; David C. Alexander,
Auburn Engineers, Inc., Auburn, Alabama; and Heidi Eberhardt, Somerville,
Massachusetts.
APPROPRIATIONS--TREASURY
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Treasury and General Government
concluded hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2002 for the
Department of the Treasury, after receiving testimony from Paul H. O'Neill,
Secretary of the Treasury, who was accompanied by an associate.
APPROPRIATIONS--TRANSPORTATION
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Transportation concluded hearings
on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2002 for the Department of
Transportation, after receiving testimony from Norman Y. Mineta, Secretary of
Transportation.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded hearings on the nominations
of Edward C. Aldridge, of Virginia, to be Under Secretary for Acquisition and
Technology, William J. Haynes II, of Tennessee, to be General Counsel, and
Powell A. Moore, of Georgia, to be Assistant Secretary for Legislative
Affairs, all of the Department of Defense, after the nominees testified and
answered questions in their own behalf. Mr. Aldridge was introduced by Senator
Warner, and Mr. Moore was introduced by Senator Thompson.
AUTHORIZATION--STRATEGIC AIRLIFT AND SEALIFT
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on SeaPower concluded hearings on
proposed legislation authorizing funds for fiscal year 2002 for the Department
of Defense and the Future Years Defense Program, focusing on strategic airlift
and sealift imperatives for the 21st Century, after receiving testimony from
Gen. Charles T. Robertson, Jr., USAF, Commander-in-Chief, U.S. Transportation
Command.
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NOMINATION
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded
hearings on the nomination of Theodore William Kassinger, of Maryland, to be
General Counsel of the Department of Commerce, after the nominee, who was
introduced by Senator Cleland, testified and answered questions in his own
behalf.
AMATEUR SPORTS INTEGRITY
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded
hearings on S. 718, to direct the National Institute of Standards and
Technology to establish a program to support research and training in methods
of detecting the use of performance-enhancing drugs by athletes, after
receiving testimony from Senator Reid; Representatives Osborne, Berkley,
Gibbons, Roemer, and Graham; Gary Williams, University of Maryland, College
Park; Tracy Dodds Hurd, Cleveland Plain Dealer, Rocky River, Ohio; Danny
Sheridan, USA Today, Mobile, Alabama; Howard J. Shaffer, Harvard University
Medical School Division on Addictions, Boston, Massachusetts; William C.
Friday, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, on behalf of the Knight
Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics; Michael F. Adams, University of
Georgia, Athens; Terry W. Hartle, American Council on Education, Washington,
D.C.; William S. Saum, National Collegiate Athletic Association, Indianapolis,
Indiana; Edward Looney, Council on Compulsive Gambling, Trenton, New Jersey;
Titus Lovell Ivory, State College, Pennsylvania; and Pete Newell, Rancho Sante
Fe, California.
UNSOLICITED COMMERCIAL E-MAIL
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on
Communications concluded hearings to examine the problem of unsolicited
commercial e-mail (spam), the consumer protection issues raised by its
widespread use, the Federal Trade Commission's program to combat deceptive and
fraudulent spam, and proposed legislation that would deter it, after receiving
testimony from Representative Goodlatte; Eileen Harrington, Associate Director
for Marketing Practices, Bureau of Consumer Protection, Federal Trade
Commission; Jerry Cerasale, Direct Marketing Association, Inc., Jeremiah S.
Buckley, Goodwin Procter, on behalf of the Electronic Financial Services
Council, and David P. McClure, U.S. Internet Industry Association, all of
Washington, D.C.; David Moore, 24/7 Media, New York, New York; Jason Catlett,
Junkbusters Corporation, Green Brook, New Jersey; and Harris L. Pogust,
Sherman, Silverstein, Kohl, Rose and Podolsky, Pennsauken, New Jersey.
NATIONAL ENERGY POLICY
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded oversight
hearings to consider national energy policy with respect to fuel
specifications and infrastructure constraints and their impacts on energy
supply and price, after receiving testimony from Gary Heminger, Marathon
Ashland Petroleum, Findlay, Ohio; Thomas L. Robinson, Robinson Oil
Corporation, San Jose, California, on behalf of the National Association of
Convenience Stores and the Society of Independent Gasoline Marketers of
America; Daniel S. Greenbaum, Health Effects Institute, Cambridge,
Massachusetts; Don H. Daigle, ExxonMobil Refining and Supply Company, Fairfax,
Virginia; and Craig Moyer, Manatt, Phelps and Phillips, Los Angeles,
California, on behalf of the Western Independent Refiners Association.
FOREST SERVICE ROADLESS AREA RULEMAKING
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Subcommittee on Forests and Public
Land Management concluded oversight hearings to examine the energy
implications of the Forest Service Roadless Area Rulemaking which prohibits
new road construction and reconstruction and the cutting, sale, and removal of
timber in certain inventoried roadless areas on National Forest System lands,
focusing on the Department of Agriculture and the Department of Energy
assessment of how the roadless rulemaking affects the energy resource
potential of roadless areas, and their plans to address the issue, after
receiving testimony from H. William Hochheiser, Manager, Oil and Gas
Environmental Research, Office of Fossil Energy, Department of Energy; Randle
G. Phillips, Deputy Chief for Programs and Legislation, Forest Service,
Department of Agriculture; Jeffrey Eppink, Advanced Resources International,
Inc., Arlington, Virginia; Peter Morton, Wilderness Society, Denver, Colorado;
Rollin Sparrowe, Wildlife Management Institute, Washington, D.C.; Greg
Schaefer, Arch Coal Inc., St. Louis, Missouri, on behalf of the National
Mining Association and the Colorado, Utah and Wyoming Mining Associations;
Edmund P. Segner, EOG Resources, Inc., Houston, Texas, on behalf of the
Domestic Petroleum Council, American Petroleum Institute, Independent
Petroleum Association of America, and Public Lands Advocacy; and Tom McGarity,
University of Texas School of Law, Austin.
ARMY BUDGET
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Subcommittee on Transportation and
Infrastructure concluded hearings to examine the President's proposed budget
request for fiscal year 2002 for the Army D358Corps of Engineers Civil Works
program, after receiving testimony from Claudia L. Tornblom, Deputy Assistant
Secretary for Management and Budget/Office of the Assistant Secretary for
Civil Works, and Lt. Gen. Robert B. Flowers, USA, Chief of Engineers, U.S.
Army Corps of Engineers, both of the Department of the Army.
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NOMINATIONS
Committee on Finance: Committee concluded hearings on the nominations of Grant
D. Aldonas, of Virginia, to be Under Secretary of Commerce for International
Trade, John B. Taylor, of California, to be Under Secretary of the Treasury
for International Affairs, and Scott Whitaker, of Virginia, to be Assistant
Secretary of Health and Human Services for Legislation, after the nominees
testified and answered questions in their own behalf.
FEDERAL TAX CODE COMPLEXITY
Committee on Finance: Committee held hearings to examine the complexity of the
federal tax code and proposed recommendations to create a more efficient and
simplified tax code, receiving testimony from Lindy L. Paull, Chief of Staff,
Joint Committee on Taxation; Claudia Hill, Cupertino, California, on behalf of
the National Association of Enrolled Agents; Richard M. Lipton, on behalf of
the American Bar Association, and Pamela J. Pecarich, American Institute of
Certified Public Accountants, both of Washington, D.C.; and Betty M. Wilson,
MGM Mirage, Las Vegas, Nevada, on behalf of Tax Executives Institute, Inc.
Hearings recessed subject to call.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee ordered favorably reported the
nominations of John Robert Bolton, of Maryland, to be Under Secretary for Arms
Control and International Security, Paula J. Dobriansky, of Virginia, to be
Under Secretary for Global Affairs, Lincoln P. Bloomfield, Jr., of Virginia,
to be Assistant Secretary for Political-Military Affairs, Richard Nathan
Haass, of Maryland, for the rank of Ambassador during his tenure of Service as
Director, Policy Planning Staff, and James Andrew Kelly, of Hawaii, to be
Assistant Secretary for East Asian and Pacific Affairs, all of the Department
of State, and Andrew S. Natsios, of Massachusetts, to be Administrator of the
United States Agency for International Development.
Prior to this action, committee concluded hearings on the nomination of Mr.
Kelly (listed above), after the nominee, who was introduced by Senators Inouye
and Akaka, testified and answered questions in his own behalf.
ASSISTED LIVING
Special Committee on Aging: Committee concluded hearings to evaluate current
developments in assisted living facilities, focusing on consumer protection,
state regulations, staff training, and assistance with medications, after
receiving testimony from Senator Clinton; Esther Gallow, Booker T. Community
Outreach, Inc., Monroe, Louisiana; Bill Southerland, Bill Southerland's
Residential Care Homes, Eagle, Idaho; Karen Love, Consumer Consortium on
Assisted Living, and Emelia-Louise Kilby, both of Arlington, Virginia; and
Margaret Thompson, Thompson, White and Associates, Huntsville, Alabama, on
behalf of the Assisted Living Federation of America.
No Joint hearings noted.
2001/04/27
Daily Digest - Friday, April 27, 2001; pages D365 - D366
Committee Meetings
No committee meetings were held.
No Joint hearings noted.
2001/04/30
Daily Digest - Monday, April 30, 2001; pages D367 - D370
Committee Meetings
No committee meetings were held.
No Joint hearings noted.
2001/05/01
Daily Digest - Tuesday, May 1, 2001; pages D372 - D380
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
APPROPRIATIONS--COMMERCE
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State, and the
Judiciary concluded hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2002
for the Department of Commerce, after receiving testimony from Donald L.
Evans, Secretary of Commerce.
APPROPRIATIONS--ENERGY
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development
concluded hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2002 for
certain Department of Energy programs relating to energy efficiency renewable
energy, science, and nuclear issues, after receiving testimony from James
Decker, Acting Director, Office of Science, Robert K. Dixon, Deputy Assistant
Secretary, Office of Power Technologies, EE-10, and William D. Magwood, IV,
Director, Office of Nuclear Energy, Science and Technology, all of the
Department of Energy.
APPROPRIATIONS--FOREST SERVICE
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Interior concluded hearings on
proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2002 for the Forest Service, after
receiving testimony from Dale N. Bosworth, Chief, Forest Service, Department
of Agriculture.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Armed Services: Committee ordered favorably reported the
nominations of Dov S. Zakheim, of Maryland, to be Under Secretary
(Comptroller), Charles S. Abell, of Virginia, to be Assistant Secretary for
Force Management Policy, Victoria Clarke, of Maryland, to be Assistant
Secretary for Public Affairs, Edward C. Aldridge, of Virginia, to be Under
Secretary for Acquisition and Technology, William J. Haynes II, of Tennessee,
to be General Counsel, and Powell A. Moore, of Georgia, to be Assistant
Secretary for Legislative Affairs, all of the Department of Defense; and 773
military nominations in the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps.
V-22 PROGRAM
Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded hearings to examine the
findings and recommendations of the Panel to Review the V-22 Program, after
receiving testimony from Gen. John R. Dailey, USMC (Ret.), Chairman, Norman R.
Augustine, Member, Gen. James B. Davis, USAF (Ret.), Member, and Eugene E.
Covert, Member, all on behalf of the V-22 Program Review Panel; Gen. James L.
Jones Jr., USMC, Commandant of the Marine Corps; and Gen. Charles R. Holland,
USAF, Commander-in-Chief, United States Special Operations Command.
WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and Capabilities
concluded hearings to examine the United States military's capabilities to
respond to domestic terrorist attacks involving the use of weapons of mass
destruction, after receiving testimony from Robert J. Lieberman, Deputy
Inspector General, Department of Defense; Lt. Gen. Russell C. Davis, USAF,
Chief, National Guard Bureau; Maj. Gen. Michael D. Maples, USA, Director of
Military Support, Office of the Chief of Staff of the D374Army; and Maj. Gen.
Bruce M. Lawlor, USA, Commander, Joint Task Force Civil Support, United States
Joint Forces Command.
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GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee held hearings to
examine the third assessment report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate
Change (IPCC) on global climate change entitled Climate Change 2001: The
Scientific Basis, receiving testimony from Senators Hagel and Craig;
Venkatachala Ramaswamy, Senior Scientist, Geophysical Fluid Dynamics
Laboratory, Ocean and Atmospheric Research, National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration, Department of Commerce; James E. Hansen, Head, Goddard
Institute for Space Studies, National Aeronautics and Space Administration;
James J. McCarthy, Harvard University Museum of Comparative Zoology, and
Richard S. Lindzen, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, both of Cambridge,
Massachusetts; and Jayant A. Sathaye, University of California Lawrence
Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley.
Hearings recessed subject to call.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Finance: Committee ordered favorably reported the nominations of
David Aufhauser, of the District of Columbia, to be General Counsel, Kenneth
W. Dam, of Illinois, to be Deputy Secretary, Michele A. Davis, of Virginia, to
be Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs, and John B. Taylor, of California,
to be Under Secretary for International Affairs, all of the Department of the
Treasury, Faryar Shirzad, of Virginia, to be Assistant Secretary for Import
Administration, and Grant D. Aldonas, of Virginia, to be Under Secretary for
International Trade, both of the Department of Commerce, and Scott Whitaker,
of Virginia, to be Assistant Secretary of Health and Human Services for
Legislation.
WESTERN EUROPE RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
Committee on Foreign Relations: Subcommittee on European Affairs concluded
hearings to examine recurrent problems effecting religious freedom in western
Europe, including persecution of smaller religious groups, the anti-cult
initiatives, and the spread to these activities to other countries, after
receiving testimony from Michael E. Parmly, Acting Assistant Secretary of
State for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor; Elizabeth A. Clark, Brigham
Young University International Center for Law and Religion Studies, Provo,
Utah; and Rabbi Andrew Baker, American Jewish Committee, Washington, D.C.
U.S./CHINA RELATIONS
Committee on Foreign Relations: Subcommittee on East Asian and Pacific Affairs
concluded hearings to examine issues related to the future relationship
between the United States and China, including economic development and trade,
Chinese military build-up, and China/Taiwan relations, after receiving
testimony from James A. Kelly, Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and
Pacific Affairs; and James R. Lilley, American Enterprise Institute, Douglas
H. Paal, Asia Pacific Policy Center, Michael E. O'Hanlon, Brookings
Institution, and David Shambaugh, George Washington University Department of
Asian Studies, all of Washington, D.C.
SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION BUDGET
Committee on Small Business: Committee concluded hearings to examine the Small
Business Administration's funding priorities for fiscal year 2002, after
receiving testimony from John D. Whitmore, Acting Administrator, Small
Business Administration; Alan B. Corbet, Growth Opportunity Connection, Inc.,
Kansas City, Missouri, on behalf of the National Association of SBA Microloan
Intermediaries; Lee W. Mercer, National Association of Small Business
Investment Companies, and Harry C. Alford, Jr., National Black Chamber of
Commerce, both of Washington, D.C.; Ron L. Phillips, Coastal Enterprises,
Inc., Wiscasset, Maine, on behalf of the Community Development Venture Capital
Alliance; Anthony R. Wilkinson, National Association of Government Guaranteed
Lenders, Inc., Stillwater, Oklahoma; Deborah A. Naybor, Naybor Land Surveys,
Alden, New York, on behalf of GrassRoots Impact; Wendy K. Werkmeister,
Wisconsin Women's Business Initiative Corporation, Milwaukee, on behalf of the
National Women's Business Council; and Diane Wolverton, Wyoming Small Business
Development Center, Laramie, on behalf of the Association of Small Business
Development Centers.
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No Joint hearings noted.
2001/05/02
Daily Digest - Wednesday, May 2, 2001; pages D382 - D388
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
APPROPRIATIONS--LABOR
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services,
and Education concluded hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year
2002 for the Department of Labor, after receiving testimony from Elaine L.
Chao, Secretary of Labor.
APPROPRIATIONS--LEGISLATIVE BRANCH
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Legislative Branch concluded
hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2002, after receiving
testimony in behalf of funds for their respective activities from
Representative Saxton, Vice-Chairman, Joint Economic Committee; Representative
Thomas, Chairman, Joint Committee on Taxation; and James H. Billington,
Librarian of Congress, and Daniel P. Mulhollan, Director, Congressional
Research Service, both of the Library of Congress.
APPROPRIATIONS--VETERANS AFFAIRS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on VA, HUD, and Independent Agencies
concluded hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2002 for the
Department of Veterans Affairs, after receiving testimony from Anthony J.
Principi, Secretary of Veterans Affairs, who was accompanied by several of his
associates.
INDIVIDUAL FISHING QUOTA
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on Oceans and
Fisheries concluded hearings on S. 637, to amend the Magnuson-Stevens
D383Fishery Conservation and Management Act to authorize the establishment of
individual fishery quota systems, after receiving testimony from Patten D.
White, Maine Lobstermen's Association, Inc., York; Joseph T. Plesha, Trident
Seafoods Corporation, and Don Giles, Icicle Seafoods, Inc., both of Seattle,
Washington; Harlan Kay Williams, Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council,
Tampa, Florida; Linda Behnken, Alaska Longline Fishermen's Association, Sitka;
Lee R. Crockett, Marine Fish Conservation Network, Washington, D.C.; Jon
Sutinen, University of Rhode Island Department of Environmental and Natural
Resource Economics, Kingston; and Michael K. Orbach, Duke University Nicholas
School of the Environment and Earth Sciences, Beaufort, North Carolina.
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HUMAN CLONING
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on Science,
Technology, and Space held hearings to examine the scientific, ethical, moral,
and social concerns of human cloning, including a proposal to prohibit the
cloning of human embryos, receiving testimony from Representative Weldon;
Clarke D. Forsythe, Americans United for Life, and Leon R. Kass, University of
Chicago Committee on Social Thought, both of Chicago, Illinois; Rudolf
Jaenisch, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Whitehead Institute,
Cambridge, on behalf of the American Society For Cell Biology; and Margaret
Colin, Feminists for Life, William Kristol, The Bioethics Project, Robert A.
Best, Culture of Life Foundation, Richard M. Doerflinger, National Conference
of Catholic Bishops Committee for Pro-Life Activities, Carl B. Feldbaum,
Biotechnology Industry Organization, and Jaydee Hanson, United Methodist
Church, all of Washington, D.C.
Hearings recessed subject to call.
GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee concluded hearings to
examine the science of global climate change and issues related to the timing,
options and obstacles of reducing net greenhouse gas emissions, after
receiving testimony from Kevin E. Trenberth, Head, Climate Analysis Section,
National Center for Atmospheric Research, National Science Foundation; Marilyn
A. Brown, Director, Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Program, Oak Ridge
National Laboratory, and Jamee Edmonds, Senior Staff Scientist, Pacific
Northwest National Laboratory, both of the Department of Energy; Richard S.
Lindzen, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge; John R. Christy,
University of Alabama Earth System Science Center, Huntsville; Rattan Lal,
Ohio State University Carbon Management and Sequestration Program, Columbus;
and James E. Rogers, Cinergy Corporation, Cincinnati, Ohio.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded hearings on the nominations of
Charles A. James, Jr. and Daniel J. Bryant, both of Virginia, each to be an
Assistant Attorney General, Department of Justice, after the nominees, who
were introduced by Senators Warner, Allen, and Biden, and Representatives Hyde
and Conyers, testified and answered questions in their own behalf.
TELECOMMUNICATIONS ACT IMPLEMENTATION
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Antitrust, Business Rights, and
Competition concluded hearings on the state of local telephone competition
five years after the implementation of the 1996 Telecommunications Act, and
the potential need for additional legislation to provide a different balance
between the incumbent and competitive providers of local telephone service,
after receiving testimony from Patrick Henry Wood III, Public Utility
Commission of Texas, Austin; Reed E. Hundt, McKinsey and Company, Inc.,
Washington, D.C.; David Dorman, AT&T Corporation, Basking Ridge, New Jersey;
James O. Robbins, Cox Communications, Inc., Atlanta, Georgia; Larissa Herda,
Time Warner Telecom, Inc., Littleton, Colorado; and James D. Ellis, SBC
Telecommunications, Inc., San Antonio, Texas.
Joint Meetings
UKRAINE DEMOCRACY
Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe (Helsinki Commission):
Commission concluded hearings to examine the current status of human rights
and democracy in Ukraine and the role of the United States in assisting
Ukraine's development as an independent, market-oriented democracy in the face
of the current political crisis, after receiving testimony from Jon Purnell,
Deputy to the Acting Special Advisor to the Secretary of State for the New
Independent States; Yevhen Marchuk, Ukraine National Security and Defense
Council, Kiev, former Prime Minister of Ukraine; Adrian Karatnyky, Freedom
House, New York, New York; and Ariel Cohen, Heritage Foundation, Washington,
D.C.
2001/05/03
Daily Digest - Thursday, May 3, 2001; pages D389 - D396
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
APPROPRIATIONS--AGRICULTURE
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development,
and Related Agencies concluded hearings on proposed budget estimates for
fiscal year 2002 for the Department of Agriculture, focusing on assistance to
producers and the farm economy, after receiving testimony from Thomas Hunt
Shipman, Acting Deputy Under Secretary, Farm and Foreign Agricultural
Services, and Keith J. Collins, Chief Economist, Office of the Deputy
Secretary, both of the Department of Agriculture.
APPROPRIATIONS--STATE
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State, and the
Judiciary concluded hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2002
for the Department of State, after receiving testimony from Colin L. Powell,
Secretary of State.
AMISH YOUTH EMPLOYMENT
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services,
and Education concluded hearings to examine the employment needs of Amish
youth, focusing on the statutory and regulatory requirements of the Fair Labor
Standards Act as they apply to the employment of Amish youth in the sawmill
and woodworking industries, after receiving testimony from Representatives
Pitts and Souder; Thomas M. Markey, Acting Administrator, Wage and Hour
Division, Employment Standards Administration, Department of Labor; Christ K.
Blank, Old Order Amish Steering Committee-National, Kinzers, Pennsylvania;
Herman Bontrager, National Committee for Amish Religious Freedom, New Holland,
Pennsylvania; and William Burkholder, Centerville, Pennsylvania.
APPROPRIATIONS--NATIONAL DRUG CONTROL POLICY
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Treasury and General Government
concluded hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2002 for the
Office of National Drug Control Policy, after receiving testimony from Edward
H. Jurith, Acting Director, Office of National Drug Control Policy.
U.S.S. COLE
Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded open and closed hearings to
examine the lessons learned from the attack on U.S.S. Cole , the report of the
Crouch/Gehman Commission, and the Navy's Judge Advocate General Manual
Investigation into the attack, including a review of appropriate standards of
accountability for United States military services, after receiving testimony
from Gen. Henry H. Shelton, USA, Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff; Adm. Vernon
E. Clark, USN, Chief of Naval Operations; Gen. Charles T. Robertson, Jr.,
USAF, Commander-in-Chief, United States Transportation Command; and Adm.
Lowell Jacoby, USN, Director, Joint Chiefs of Staff J-2.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee ordered
favorably reported the following business items:
S. 127, to give American companies, American workers, and American ports the
opportunity to compete in the United States cruise market;
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H.R. 1098, to improve the recording and discharging of maritime liens and
expand the American Merchant Marine Memorial Wall of Honor;
S. 718, to direct the National Institute of Standards and Technology to
establish a program to support research and training in methods of detecting
the use of performance-enhancing drugs by athletes, with amendments; and
The nominations of Michael P. Jackson, of Virginia, to be Deputy Secretary of
Transportation, Brenda L. Becker, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary of
Commerce, Theodore William Kassinger, of Maryland, to be General Counsel of
the Department of Commerce, and certain nominations for promotion in the
United States Coast Guard.
NUCLEAR ENERGY STRATEGY
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded joint oversight
hearings with the Committee on Appropriations' Subcommittee on Energy and
Water Development on the state of the nuclear power industry and the future of
the industry in a comprehensive energy strategy, after receiving testimony
from Richard A. Meserve, Chairman, Nuclear Regulatory Commission; Corbin A.
McNeill, Exelon Corporation, Chicago, Illinois; James K. Asselstine, Lehman
Brothers, Inc., New York, New York; John F. Ahearne, Duke University, Durham,
North Carolina; Heather J. MacLean, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Nuclear Engineering Department, Cambridge; and Richard Rhodes, Madison,
Connecticut.
WHOLESALE ELECTRICITY PRICES
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded oversight
hearings to review the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's order addressing
wholesale electricity prices in California and the Western United States,
after receiving testimony from Curt L. Hebert, Jr., Chairman, William L.
Massey, Commissioner, and Linda K. Breathitt, Commissioner, all of the Federal
Energy Regulatory Commission, Department of Energy.
FEDERAL ELECTION REFORM
Committee on Governmental Affairs: Committee held oversight hearings to
examine issues related to reform of federal election practices and procedures,
receiving testimony from Senator Bond; Representative Clay; Washington State
Elections Director Gary McIntosh, Olympia; Maryland Secretary of State John T.
Willis, Annapolis; Carolyn Jefferson-Jenkins, League of Women Voters of the
United States, Colorado Springs, Colorado; Ralph G. Neas, People for the
American Way, Washington, D.C.; Deborah M. Phillips, Voting Integrity Project,
Arlington, Virginia; Larry J. Sabato, University of Virginia Center for
Governmental Studies, Charlottesville; R. Michael Alvarez, California
Institute of Technology Division of Humanities and Social Sciences, Pasadena,
on behalf of the Caltech/MIT Voting Technology Project; and Daniel B. Perrin,
Committee for Honest Politics, Inc., Mary Esther, Florida.
Hearings continue Wednesday, May 9.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee met to discuss pending committee
business.
ASYLUM POLICY
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Immigration concluded hearings to
examine certain aspects of United States immigration policy, focusing on
asylum issues, including detention practices, expedition removal, asylum claim
filing deadline, and refugee resettlement and protection, after receiving
testimony from Karen Musalo, University of California Hastings College of the
Law, San Francisco; Wendy A. Young, Women's Commission for Refugee Women and
Children, and Dan Stein, Federation for American Immigration Reform, both of
Washington, D.C.; Eleanor Acer, Lawyers Committee for Human Rights, and
Leonard S. Glickman, Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society, both of New York, New York;
Donald Hammond, World Relief, Congers, New York; and certain asylees.
PRESCRIPTION DRUG TECHNOLOGY AND SAFETY
Special Committee on Aging: Committee concluded hearings to examine new
technologies that could be used to ensure the safe and efficient distribution
of prescription drugs, after receiving testimony from Janet M. Corrigan,
Director, Board on Health Care Services, Institute of Medicine; Harold H.
Allen, Loudoun Hospital Center, Leesburg, Virginia; Peter A. Klein, En-Vision
America, Normal, Illinois; Neil Reed, Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center,
Idaho Falls; David W. Bates, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston,
Massachusetts, on behalf of the American Medical Informatics Association; and
Marty R. McKay, Pearson Drugs, LeCompte, Louisiana, on behalf of the Louisiana
Pharmacists Association.
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No Joint hearings noted.
2001/05/04
Daily Digest - Friday, May 4, 2001; pages D397 - D402
Committee Meetings
No committee meetings were held.
No Joint hearings noted.
2001/05/07
Daily Digest - Monday, May 7, 2001; pages D403 - D406
Committee Meetings
No committee meetings were held.
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No Joint hearings noted.
2001/05/08
Daily Digest - Tuesday May 8, 2001; pages D407 - D414
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
COUNTERTERRORISM
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State, and the
Judiciary concluded hearings to examine the roles and capabilities of various
United States federal government departments' counterterrorism efforts, after
receiving testimony from Paul H. O'Neill, Secretary of the Treasury; Paul D.
Wolfowitz, Deputy Secretary of Defense; Colin L. Powell, Secretary of State;
Norman Y. Mineta, Secretary of Transportation; Joe M. Allbaugh, Director,
Federal Emergency Management Agency; John A. Gordon, Under Secretary and
Administrator, National Nuclear Security Administration, Department of Energy;
and Richard A. Meserve, Chairman, Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
APPROPRIATIONS--AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Foreign Operations concluded
hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2002 for the Agency for
International Development, after receiving testimony from Andrew Natsios,
Administrator, Agency for International Development.
APPROPRIATIONS--ENERGY
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Interior concluded hearings on
proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2002 for the Department of Energy,
after receiving testimony from Spencer Abraham, Secretary of Energy.
FEDERAL HOUSING ENTERPRISE OVERSIGHT
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on Housing and
Transportation concluded oversight hearings to examine the mission of the
Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight, and the financial safety and
soundness of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, after receiving testimony from
Armando Falcon, Jr., Director, Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight,
Department of Housing and Urban Development and Franklin D. Raines, Fannie Mae
and Leland C. Brendsel, Freddie Mac, both of Washington, D.C.
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ELECTION REFORM
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded
hearings to examine election reform issues, focusing on solutions to the
problems of our existing national voting system and restoring the public's
confidence in our election system, after receiving testimony from
Representative Jackson-Lee; Arizona Secretary of State Betsey Bayless,
Phoenix; Maryland Secretary of State John T. Willis, Annapolis; Robert H.
Michel, Hogan and Hartson, and Bill Richardson, former Secretary of Energy,
both of Washington, D.C., both on behalf of the National Commission on Federal
Election Reform; and Stephen Ansolabehere, Massachusetts Institute of
Technology Department of Political Science, Cambridge, on behalf of the
Caltech/MIT Voting Technology Project.
INTERIOR BUDGET
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded hearings to
examine the President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 2002 for the
Department of the Interior, after receiving testimony from Gale A. Norton,
Secretary, and John Trezise, Director, Office of the Budget, both of the
Department of the Interior.
FOREST SERVICE BUDGET
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded hearings on the
President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 2002 for the Forest
Service, Department of Agriculture, focusing on the National Fire Plan, Agency
infrastructure, accountability, and administrative operations, after receiving
testimony from Dale N. Bosworth, Chief, Forest Service, Department of
Agriculture, who was accompanied by several of his associates.
NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Subcommittee on Clean Air,
Wetlands, Private Property, and Nuclear Safety concluded oversight hearings on
the funding and activities of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to ensure the
protection of public health and safety, the common defense and security, and
the environment in the application of nuclear technology for civilian use,
after receiving testimony from Richard A. Meserve, Chairman, Nuclear
Regulatory Commission, who was accompanied by several of his associates; Gary
L. Jones, Director, Natural Resources and Environment, General Accounting
Office; Joe F. Colvin, Nuclear Energy Institute, Washington, D.C.; David A.
Lochbaum, Union of Concerned Scientists, Cambridge, Massachusetts; Oliver D.
Kingsley, Jr., Exelon Generation Company, Downers Grove, Illinois; and Steven
M. Fetter, Fitch, Inc., New York, New York.
PEDIATRIC PHARMACEUTICAL STUDIES
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee concluded
hearings to examine the impact of the Pediatric Exclusivity provision of the
Better Pharmaceuticals for Children Act, which grants a pharmaceutical company
an additional six months of market exclusivity for new or marketed drugs in
exchange for conducting pediatric studies requested by the Food and Drug
Administration, after receiving testimony from Senator DeWine; Janet Woodcock,
Director, Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, Food and Drug
Administration, Department of Health and Human Services; Janet Heinrich,
Director, Health Care-Public Health Issues, General Accounting Office; Paul
Glaser, Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric Aids Foundation, Santa Monica, California;
Robert Ward, University of Utah Medical School, Salt Lake City, on behalf of
the American Academy of Pediatrics; Stephen P. Spielberg, Janssen Research
Foundation, Titusville, New Jersey, on behalf of the Pharmaceutical Research
and Manufacturers of America; and John D. Golenski, RxHealth Value,
Washington, D.C.
No Joint hearings noted.
2001/05/09
Daily Digest - Wednesday, May 9, 2001; pages D415 - D424
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: Committee concluded
hearings on the nominations of Mary Kirtley Waters, of Virginia, to be
Assistant Secretary of Agriculture for Congressional Relations, Lou Gallegos,
of New Mexico, to be Assistant Secretary of Agriculture for Administration,
and J. B. Penn, of Arkansas, to be Under Secretary of Agriculture for Farm and
Foreign Agricultural Services, after the nominees testified and answered
questions in their own behalf. Mr. Gallegos was introduced by Senator
Domenici.
COUNTERTERRORISM
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State, and the
Judiciary resumed hearings to examine the roles and capabilities of various
United States federal government departments' counterterrorism efforts, after
receiving testimony from John Ashcroft, Attorney General, Department of
Justice; Tommy G. Thompson, Secretary of Health and Human Services; Donald L.
Evans, Secretary of Commerce; Ann M. Veneman, Secretary of Agriculture; and
Gale A. Norton, Secretary of the Interior.
Hearings continue on Thursday, May 10.
APPROPRIATIONS--DEFENSE
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense concluded hearings on
proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2002 for the Department of Defense,
focusing on Reserve Chiefs and National Guard Programs, after receiving
testimony from Maj. Gen. Thomas J. Plewes, USAR, Chief, Army Reserve; Rear
Adm. John Totushek, USNR, Chief, Naval Reserve; Maj. Gen. Dennis M. McCarthy,
USMCR, Director, Marine Corps Reserve Affairs Division; Maj. Gen. James E.
Sherrard, III, USAFR, Chief, Air Force Reserve, and Commander, Air Force
Reserve Command; Lt. Gen. Russell C. Davis, USAF, Chief, National Guard
Bureau; Maj. Gen. Roger C. Schultz, Director, Air National Guard; and Maj.
Gen. Paul A. Weaver, Jr., USAF, Director, Air National Guard.
BREAST CANCER RESEARCH
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services,
and Education concluded hearings on research funding issues surrounding breast
cancer, including the Center for Disease Control and Prevention's National
Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program, after receiving testimony
from Richard Klausner, Director, National Cancer Institute, National
Institutes of Health, and James S. Marks, Director, National Center for
Chronic Disease, Prevention and Health Promotion, Center for Disease Control
and Prevention, both of the Department of Health and Human Services; Nancy G.
Brinker, Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Research Foundation, Dallas, Texas;
Lasalle Leffall, Howard University College of Medicine, John Seffrin, American
Cancer Society, and Fran Visco, National Breast Cancer Coalition, all of
Washington, D.C.; Christine Carpenter, Cedar Falls, Iowa, on behalf of the
Iowa Breast Cancer Edu-action; and Peri Gilpin, Waco, Texas.
APPROPRIATIONS--NASA
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on VA, HUD, and Independent Agencies
concluded hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2002 for the
National Aeronautics and Space Administration, after receiving testimony from
Daniel S. Goldin, Administrator, National Aeronautics and Space
Administration.
RAILROAD INDUSTRY
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on Surface
Transportation and Merchant Marine held hearings to examine the state of the
D418Rail Industry, including it's current financial condition, infrastructure
capacity, and long term capital funding needs, receiving testimony from
Richard K. Davidson, Union Pacific Corporation, Omaha, Nebraska; Matthew K.
Rose, Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corporation, Fort Worth, Texas; Walter J.
Brickwedel, Central Oregon and Pacific Railroad, Roseburg, on behalf of the
Oregon Short Line Railroad Association; James J. Valentine, Morgan Stanley,
Chicago, Illinois; William J. Rennicke, Mercer Management Consulting, Inc.,
Lexington, Massachusetts; Allan M. Zarembski, ZETA-TECH Associates, Inc.,
Cherry Hill, New Jersey; Kevin Kaufman, Louis Dreyfus Corporation, Wilton,
Connecticut; and Harvey A. Levine, Levine Consulting Services, Rockville,
Maryland.
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Hearings recessed subject to call.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded hearings on the
nominations of Francis S. Blake, of Connecticut, to be Deputy Secretary,
Robert Gordon Card, of Colorado, to be Under Secretary, Bruce Marshall Carnes,
of Virginia, to be Chief Financial Officer, and David Garman, of Virginia, to
be Assistant Secretary for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, all of the
Department of Energy, after the nominees testified and answered questions in
their own behalf. Mr. Card was introduced by Senator Allard, and Mr. Carnes
was introduced by Senator Allen.
ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Subcommittee on Fisheries,
Wildlife, and Water held hearings to examine the listing and de-listing
processes of the Endangered Species Act, receiving testimony from Senator
Thomas; Gary Frazer, Assistant Director, Endangered Species, Fish and Wildlife
Service, Department of the Interior; Don Knowles, Director, Office of
Protected Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service, National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce; Deborah M. Brosnan,
Sustainable Ecosystems Institute, Portland, Oregon; David S. Wilcove,
Environmental Defense, John D. Echeverria, Georgetown University Law Center,
on behalf of the Environmental Policy Project, Steven P. Quarles, on behalf of
the QuadState County Government Coalition and the American Forest and Paper
Association, and Ralph Moss, Seaboard Corporation, all of Washington, D.C.;
Lev Ginzburg, State University of New York Department of Ecology and
Evolution, Stony Brook; Steven N. Moyer, Trout Unlimited, Arlington, Virginia;
and W. F. Zeke Grader, Jr., Pacific Coast Federation of Fishermen's
Associations, San Francisco, California.
Hearings recessed subject to the call.
FEDERAL ELECTION PRACTICES AND PROCEDURES
Committee on Governmental Affairs: Committee concluded hearings to examine
Federal election practices and procedures, focusing on certain voting
irregularities that occurred during the November, 2000 Presidential election
and recommendations to reform the current voting system, after receiving
testimony from Stephen Knack, Senior Research Economist, World Bank; Arkansas
Secretary of State Sharon Priest, Little Rock, on behalf of the National
Association of Secretaries of State; Hilary O. Shelton, National Association
for the Advancement of Colored People, Washington, D.C.; Hans A. von
Spakovsky, Fulton County Board of Registration and Elections, Atlanta,
Georgia; R. Doug Lewis, Election Center, Houston, Texas; and Arturo Vargas,
National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials Educational
Fund, and Conny B. McCormack, both of Los Angeles, California.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded hearings on the nominations of
Viet D. Dinh, of the District of Columbia, and Michael Chertoff, of New
Jersey, each to be an Assistant Attorney General, both of the Department of
Justice, after the nominees testified and answered questions in their own
behalf. Mr. Dinh was introduced by Senator Domenici and Representative
Sanchez, and Mr. Chertoff was introduced by Senator Corzine.
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.
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No Joint hearings noted.
2001/05/10
Daily Digest - Thursday, May 10, 2001; pages D426 - D436
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
APPROPRIATIONS--FDA
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development,
and Related Agencies concluded hearings on proposed budget estimates for
fiscal year 2002 for the Food and Drug Administration, after receiving
testimony from Bernard Schwetz, Acting Principal Deputy Commissioner, Food and
Drug Administration, Department of Health and Human Services, who was
accompanied by several of his associates.
COUNTERTERRORISM
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State, and the
Judiciary concluded hearings to examine the roles and capabilities of various
United States federal, state, and local government departments'
counterterrorism efforts, after receiving testimony from Brig. Gen. Bruce M.
Lawlor, USANG, Commanding General, Joint Task Force-Civil Support, U.S. Joint
Forces Command, Department of Defense; Bernadine Healy, American Red
D428Cross, and Peter La Porte, District of Columbia Emergency Management
Agency, both of Washington, D.C.; Patrick J. Sullivan, Jr., Arapahoe County
Sheriff's Office, Littleton, Colorado; John Fanning, New York City Fire
Department, Brooklyn, New York; and Stephen Cantrill, Denver Health Medical
Center, Denver, Colorado.
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Also, the subcommittee continued hearings in a closed joint session with the
Select Committee on Intelligence, receiving testimony from George J. Tenet,
Director, Central Intelligence Agency; Louis J. Freeh, Director, Federal
Bureau of Investigation, Department of Justice; and Vice Adm. Thomas Wilson,
Director, Defense Intelligence Agency.
APPROPRIATIONS--EDUCATION
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services,
and Education concluded hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year
2002 for the Department of Education, after receiving testimony from Roderick
R. Paige, Secretary of Education.
APPROPRIATIONS--GAO/CBO/GP0
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Legislative Branch concluded
hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2002, after receiving
testimony in behalf of funds for their respective activities from David M.
Walker, Comptroller General of the United States, General Accounting Office,
who was accompanied by several of his associates; Daniel L. Crippen, Director,
Congressional Budget Office, who was accompanied by an associate; and Michael
F. DiMario, Public Printer, Government Printing Office.
APPROPRIATIONS--TREASURY LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Treasury and General Government
concluded hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2002 for the
Department of the Treasury Law Enforcement Agencies, after receiving testimony
from James F. Sloan, Acting Under Secretary for Enforcement, Bradley A.
Buckles, Director, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, Charles W.
Winwood, Acting Commissioner, United States Customs Service, Brian L.
Stafford, Director, United States Secret Service, W. Ralph Basham, Director,
Federal Law Enforcement Training Center, William F. Baity, Deputy Director,
Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, and R. Richard Newcomb, Director, Office
of Foreign Assets Control, all of the Department of the Treasury.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded hearings on the nominations
of David S.C. Chu, of the District of Columbia, to be Under Secretary of
Defense for Personnel and Readiness, Thomas E. White, of Texas, to be
Secretary of the Army, Gordon R. England, of Texas, to be Secretary of the
Navy, James G. Roche, of Maryland, to be Secretary of the Air Force, and
Alfred Rascon, of California, to be Director of Selective Service, after the
nominees testified and answered questions in their own behalf. Mr. White was
introduced by Senator Hutchison, Mr. England was introduced by Senators Gramm
and Hutchison, Mr. Roche was introduced by Senators Mikulski and Sarbanes, and
Mr. Rascon was introduced by Senators Mikulski and Sarbanes and Representative
Bartlett.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee ordered favorably
reported the nominations of Grant D. Aldonas, of Virginia, to be Under
Secretary for International Trade, Kenneth I. Juster, of the District of
Columbia, to be Under Secretary for Export Administration, Maria Cino, of
Virginia, to be Assistant Secretary and Director General of the United States
and Foreign Commercial Service, all of the Department of Commerce, and Robert
Glenn Hubbard, of New York, to be a Member of the Council of Economic
Advisers.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded hearings
on the nominations of John E. Robson, of California, to be President of the
Export-Import Bank of the United States, Peter R. Fisher, of New Jersey, to be
Under Secretary of the Treasury for Domestic Finance, and James J. Jochum, of
Virginia, to be Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Export Administration,
after the nominees testified and answered questions in their own behalf. Mr.
Robson was introduced by Senator Feinstein, Mr. Fisher was introduced by
Senator Corzine, and Mr. Jochum was introduced by Senator Grassley.
AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL DELAYS
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on Aviation
held hearings to examine the role of the Federal Aviation Administration
modernization program in reducing air traffic delays and congestion and its
impact on the aviation industry, receiving testimony from Jane F. Garvey,
Administrator, Federal Aviation Administration, Department of Transportation;
Gerald L. Dillingham, Director, Physical Infrastructure Issues, General
Accounting D429Office; John Carr, National Air Traffic Controllers
Association, and Edward A. Merlis, Air Transport Association of America, both
of Washington, D.C.; and Richard M. Vacar, Houston Airport System, Houston,
Texas.
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Hearings recessed subject to call.
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY BUDGET
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded oversight
hearings to examine the President's proposed budget request for fiscal year
2002 for the Department of Energy, focusing on national security, energy
resources, science and technology, and environmental quality issues, after
receiving testimony from Spencer Abraham, Secretary of Energy.
DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR BUDGET
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Subcommittee on National Parks,
Historic Preservation, and Recreation concluded oversight hearings to examine
the President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 2002 for the
Department of Interior, focusing on the National Park Service programs and
operations, after receiving testimony from Denis P. Galvin, Acting Director,
National Park Service, Department of the Interior.
DESERT TORTOISE HABITAT CONSERVATION
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Subcommittee on Forests and Public
Land Management held hearings on H.R. 880, to provide for the acquisition of
property in Washington County, Utah, for implementation of a desert tortoise
habitat conservation plan, receiving testimony from Robert Anderson, Deputy
Assistant Director, Bureau of Land Management, Department of the Interior.
Hearings recessed subject to call.
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND GSA BUDGET
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Subcommittee on Transportation and
Infrastructure concluded hearings to examine the President's proposed budget
request for fiscal year 2002 for the Department of Transportation's Federal
Highway Administration, focusing on the Transportation Equity Act (TEA-21)
highway and highway safety programs, and the President's proposed budget
request for fiscal year 2002 for the General Services Administration's Federal
buildings program, including the courthouse construction budget, after
receiving testimony from Norman Y. Mineta, Secretary of Transportation;
Thurman M. Davis, Sr., Acting Administrator, General Services Administration;
and Judge Jane R. Roth, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit.
BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee concluded
hearings to examine opportunities and innovations involving biomedical
research, after receiving testimony from former Senator Mark Hatfield, and
Samuel C. Silverstein, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons,
New York, New York, both on behalf of the Lasker Funding First Initiative;
James and Julianne Nickerson, Underhill, Vermont, both on behalf of the
American Heart Association; Arthur D. Ullian, Task Force on Science, Health
Care and the Economy, Boston, Massachusetts; Robert Topel, University of
Chicago Graduate School of Business, Chicago, Illinois; and Kenneth H. Keller,
University of Minnesota Hubert H. Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs,
Minneapolis, on behalf of the Medical Technology Leadership Forum.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee ordered favorably reported the following
business items:
S. 166, to limit access to body armor by violent felons and to facilitate the
donation of Federal surplus body armor to State and local law enforcement
agencies, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
H.R. 802, to authorize the Public Safety Officer Medal of Valor;
S. 39, to provide a national medal for public safety officers who act with
extraordinary valor above and beyond the call of duty, with an amendment in
the nature of a substitute;
S. Res. 63, commemorating and acknowledging the dedication and sacrifice made
by the men and women who have lost their lives while serving as law
enforcement officers; and
The nominations of Daniel J. Bryant, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Attorney
General, Charles A. James, Jr., of Virginia, to be an Assistant Attorney
General, and Larry D. Thompson, of Georgia, to be Deputy Attorney General, all
of the Department of Justice.
ALASKA NATIVE COMMUNITY
Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee concluded oversight hearings on the
goals and priorities of the Alaska Native Community, after receiving testimony
from Julie Kitka, Alaska Federation of Natives, Matthew Nicolai, Calista
Corporation, Mike Williams, Alaska Inter-Tribal Council, and Vernita Herdman,
Rural Alaska Community Action Program, all of Anchorage; Loretta Bullard,
Kawerak, Inc., Nome, Alaska, and Rita Stevens, Kodiak Area Native Association,
Kodiak, Alaska, both on behalf of the Alaska Federation of Natives; Alfred
Ketzler, Sr., Tanana D430Chiefs Conference, Inc., Fairbanks, Alaska; Edward K.
Thomas, Central Council in the Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska, and
Chris McNeil, Sealaska Corporation, both of Juneau; and Norman L. Ream,
Thirteenth Regional Corporation, Seattle, Washington.
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No Joint hearings noted.
2001/05/14
Daily Digest - Monday, May 14, 2001; pages D438 - D442
Committee Meetings
No committee meetings were held.
No Joint Hearings noted.
2001/05/15
Daily Digest - Tuesday, May 15, 2001; pages D444 - D452
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
APPROPRIATIONS--NOAA/SBA
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State, and the
Judiciary concluded hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year
2002, after receiving testimony in behalf of funds for their respective
activities from Scott B. Gudes, Acting Under Secretary and Administrator,
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce; and
John Whitmore, Acting Administrator, Small Business Administration.
APPROPRIATIONS--ENERGY
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development
concluded hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2002 for
Department of Energy environmental management and the Office of Civilian
Radioactive Waste Management, after receiving testimony from Senator Crapo;
Carolyn L. Huntoon, Assistant Secretary for Environmental Management, and Lake
H. Barrett, Acting Director, Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management,
both of the Department of Energy.
APPROPRIATIONS--FOREIGN OPERATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Foreign Operations concluded
hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2002 for Foreign
Operations, after receiving testimony from Colin L. Powell, Secretary of
State.
NUCLEAR NONPROLIFERATION PROGRAMS
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and Capabilities
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 the Department of Energy's Defense Nuclear
Nonproliferation Programs, after receiving testimony from Gen. John A. Gordon,
USAF (Ret.), Under Secretary for Nuclear Security and Administrator,
D446National Nuclear Security Administration, Department of Energy; Gary L.
Jones, Director, Natural Resources and Environment, General Accounting Office;
and certain officials of the intelligence community.
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BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee ordered favorably
reported the nominations of John E. Robson, of California, to be President of
the Export-Import Bank of the United States, and James J. Jochum, of Virginia,
to be Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Export Administration.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded hearings
on the nominations of Alphonso R. Jackson, of Texas, to be Deputy Secretary,
Richard A. Hauser, of Maryland, to be General Counsel, John Charles Weicher,
of the District of Columbia, to be Assistant Secretary for Housing and serve
as the Federal Housing Commissioner, and Romolo A. Bernardi, of New York, to
be Assistant Secretary for Community Planning and Development, all of the
Department of Housing and Urban Development, after the nominees testified and
answered questions on their own behalf. Mr. Jackson was introduced by Senators
Bond and Hutchison, and Mr. Bernardi was introduced by Senators Clinton and
Schumer and Representative Walsh.
NATIONAL ENERGY POLICY
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded hearings on the
national energy policy with respect to federal, state, and local impediments
to the siting of energy infrastructure, focusing on the natural gas pipeline
and electric power industries, after receiving testimony from William M.
Nugent, Maine Public Utilities Commission, Augusta, on behalf of the National
Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners; David N. Cook, North American
Electric Reliability Council, Princeton, New Jersey; Jerald V. Halvorsen,
Interstate Natural Gas Association of America, Washington, D.C.; and Stanley
F. Szwed, FirstEnergy Corporation, Akron, Ohio.
EPA BUDGET
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee concluded hearings on the
President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 2002 for the Environmental
Protection Agency, after receiving testimony from Christine Todd Whitman,
Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Finance: Committee continued in evening session to mark up an
original bill, entitled Restoring Earnings to Lift Individuals and Empower
Families (RELIEF) Act of 2001.
U.S. POSTAL SERVICE
Committee on Governmental Affairs: Committee concluded joint hearings with
Subcommittee on International Security, Proliferation and Federal Services to
examine the General Accounting Office assessment of the financial outlook of
the United States Postal Service, after receiving testimony from William J.
Henderson, Postmaster General/Chief Executive Officer, and Robert F. Rider,
Chairman, Board of Governors, both of the United States Postal Service; George
A. Omas, Vice Chairman, Postal Rate Commission; and David M. Walker,
Comptroller General of the United States, General Accounting Office.
DNA CRIME LABS
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded hearings on the implementation
of the Paul Coverdell National Forensic Science Improvement Act (P.L.
106-561), which authorized resources for state and local crime laboratories
for personnel, facilities, training, and equipment, focusing on DNA crime
labs, after receiving testimony from David G. Boyd, Director, Office of
Science and Technology, and Deputy Director, National Institute of Justice,
Office of Justice Programs, Department of Justice; Keith K. Coonrod, New York
State Police, Albany, on behalf of the Consortium of Forensic Science
Organizations; Richard J. Townsend, Utah Bureau of Forensic Services, Salt
Lake City; Eric Buel, Vermont Forensic Laboratory, Waterbury; James Claude
Upshaw Downs, Alabama Department of Forensic Sciences, Auburn; Milton E. Nix,
Jr., Georgia Bureau of Investigation, Decatur; Michael T. Yura, West Virginia
University Forensic Identification Program, Morgantown; Michael G. Sheppo,
Illinois State Police Division of Forensic Services, Springfield; and William
Petersen, Valencia, California.
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.
ILLEGAL DRUG TRANSIT ZONE
United States Senate Caucus on International Narcotics Control: Caucus
concluded hearings to examine counter drug interdiction strategy and
operations in the Caribbean and Eastern Pacific, known as the Transit Zone,
after receiving testimony from Edward D447H. Jurith, Acting Director, Office
of National Drug Control Policy; Donnie R. Marshall, Administrator, Drug
Enforcement Administration, Department of Justice; Adm. James M. Loy,
Commandant, United States Coast Guard, Department of Transportation, United
States Interdiction Coordinator; and Charles Winwood, Acting Commissioner,
United States Customs Service, Department of the Treasury.
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No Joint hearings noted.
2001/05/16
Daily Digest - Wednesday, May 16, 2001; pages D454 - D464
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: Committee concluded
hearings on the nominations of Eric M. Bost, of Texas, to be Under Secretary
for Food, Nutrition, and Consumer Services, and William T. Hawks, of
Mississippi, to be Under Secretary for Marketing and Regulatory Programs, both
of the Department of Agriculture, after the nominees testified and answered
questions in their own behalf. Mr. Hawks was introduced by Senator Cochran.
AGRICULTURAL CREDIT
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: Committee concluded
hearings to examine the state of Department of Agriculture farm loan programs,
focusing on current credit conditions confronting American farmers and farm
lenders, after receiving testimony from Neilson Conklin, Director, Market and
Trade Economics Division, Economic Research Service, and Carolyn B. Cooksie,
Deputy Administrator for Farm Loan Programs, Farm Service Agency, both of the
Department of Agriculture; Lawrence J. Dyckman, Director, Natural Resources
and Environment, General Accounting Office; Jay Penick, Northwest Farm Credit
Services, Spokane, Washington, on behalf of the Farm Credit Council; Henry D.
Edelman, Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corporation (Farmer Mac), and Ferd
Hoefner, Sustainable Agriculture Coalition, both of Washington, D.C.; John
Evans, Jr., D.L. Evans Bank, Burley, Idaho, on behalf of the Independent
Community Bankers of America; Gary R. Canada, Bank of England, England,
Arkansas, on behalf of the American Bankers Association; David Carter, Rocky
Mountain Farmers Union, Aurora, Colorado, on behalf of the National Farmers
Union; and Frank Brost, Rapid City, South Dakota, on behalf of the National
Cattlemen's Beef Association.
D.C. FAMILY DIVISION REFORM
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on District of Columbia concluded
hearings on the District of Columbia Superior Court's proposed reform of its
Family Court Division, after receiving testimony from Chief Judge Rufus G.
King, III, and Presiding Judge Reggie B. Walton, Family Court Division, both
of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia; and Judge David E.
Grossmann, Hamilton County Juvenile Court (Ret.), Cincinnati, Ohio, on behalf
of the National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges.
APPROPRIATIONS--LEGISLATIVE
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Legislative Branch concluded
hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2002, after receiving
testimony in behalf of funds for their respective activities from James W.
Ziglar, Senate Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper; James J. Varey, Chief, United
States Capitol Police; and Bill Thompson, Executive Director, Office of
Compliance.
APPROPRIATIONS--FEMA
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on VA, HUD, and Independent Agencies
concluded hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2002 for the
Federal Emergency Management Agency, after receiving testimony from Joe M.
Allbaugh, Director, Federal Emergency Management Agency.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded
hearings on the nominations of Timothy J. Muris, of Virginia, to be a Federal
Trade Commissioner; Maria Cino, of Virginia, to be Assistant Secretary and
Director General of the United States and Foreign Commercial Service, Kathleen
B. Cooper, of Texas, to be Under Secretary for Economic Affairs, Bruce P.
Mehlman, of Maryland, to be Assistant Secretary for Technology Policy, all of
the Department of Commerce; and Sean B. O'Hollaren, of Oregon, to be Assistant
Secretary for Governmental Affairs, and Donna R. McLean, of the District of
Columbia, to be Assistant Secretary for Budget Programs and Chief Financial
Officer, both of the Department of Transportation, after the nominees
testified and answered questions in their own behalf. Ms. Cino was introduced
by Senator D457Allen, Dr. Cooper was introduced by Senator Hutchison, Mr.
O'Hollaren was introduced by Senators Gordon Smith and Wyden, and Ms. McLean
was introduced by Representative Duncan.
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BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee ordered favorably
reported the following business items:
S. 230, to direct the Secretary of the Interior to convey a former Bureau of
Land Management administrative site to the City of Carson City, Nevada, for
use as a senior center;
S. 254, to provide further protections for the watershed of the Little Sandy
River as part of the Bull Run Watershed Management Unit, Oregon;
S. 329, to require the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a theme study on
the peopling of America;
S. 498, to amend the National Trails System Act to include national discovery
trails, and designate the American Discover Trail, with amendments;
S. 506, to amend the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, to provide for a
land exchange between the Secretary of Agriculture and the Huna Totem
Corporation;
S. 509, to establish the Kenai Mountains-Turnagain Arm National Heritage
Corridor in the State of Alaska, with an amendment in the nature of a
substitute;
S. 238, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to conduct feasibility
studies on water optimization in the Burnt River basin, Malheur River basin,
Owyhee River basin, and Powder River Basin, Oregon;
S. 491, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior, pursuant to the provisions
of the Reclamation Wastewater and Groundwater to participate in the design,
planning, and construction of the Denver Water Reuse project, with an
amendment in the nature of a substitute;
S. 517, to authorize funding the Department of Energy to enhance its mission
areas through technology transfer and partnerships for fiscal years 2002
through 2006; and
The nominations of Francis S. Blake, of Connecticut, to be Deputy Secretary,
Robert Gordon Card, of Colorado, to be Under Secretary, Bruce Marshall Carnes,
of Virginia, to be Chief Financial Officer, and David Garman, of Virginia, to
be Assistant Secretary for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, all of the
Department of Energy.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded hearings on the
nominations of J. Steven Griles, of Virginia, to be Deputy Secretary of the
Interior, and Lee Sarah Liberman Otis, of Virginia, to be General Counsel,
Jessie Hill Roberson, of Alabama, to be Assistant Secretary for Environmental
Management, Nora Mead Brownell, of Pennsylvania, and Patrick Henry Wood III,
of Texas, both to be Members of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, all
of the Department of Energy, after the nominees testified and answered
questions in their own behalf. Mr. Griles was introduced by Senators Warner,
Allen, and Representative Boucher, Ms. Roberson was introduced by Senator
Allard, and Ms. Otis was introduced by Senator Allen and Warner.
RECONCILIATION
Committee on Finance: On Tuesday, May 15, committee ordered favorably reported
an original bill (S. 896), to provide for reconciliation pursuant to section
103 of the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2002 (H. Con.
Res. 83).
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Finance: Committee concluded hearings on the nominations of
Claude A. Allen, of Virginia, to be Deputy Secretary, Thomas Scully, of
Virginia, to be Administrator of the Health Care Financing Administration, and
Piyush Jindal, of Louisiana, to be Assistant Secretary for Planning and
Evaluation, all of the Department of Health and Human Services, Linnet F.
Deily, of California, and Peter F. Allgeier, of Virginia, each to be a Deputy
United States Trade Representative, each with the rank of Ambassador, Peter R.
Fisher, of New Jersey, to be Under Secretary for Domestic Finance, and James
Gurule, of Michigan, to be Under Secretary for Enforcement, both of the
Department of the Treasury, after the nominees testified and answered
questions in their own behalf. Mr. Jindal was introduced by Senator Landrieu.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded hearings on the
nominations of Stephen Brauer, of Missouri, to be Ambassador to Belgium, and
A. Elizabeth Jones, of Maryland, to be Assistant Secretary of State for
European Affairs, after the nominees testified and answered questions in their
own behalf. Mr. Brauer was introduced by Senator Bond.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded hearings on the
nominations of Thelma J. Askey, of Tennessee, to be Director of the Trade and
Development Agency, and Peter S. Watson, of California, to be President of the
Overseas Private Investment Corporation, after the nominees testified and
answered questions in their own behalf. Ms. Askey was introduced by
Representatives Bereuter and Nancy Johnson.
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NOMINATIONS
Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Committee concluded hearings on the
nominations of Leo S. Mackay, Jr., of Texas, to be Deputy Secretary, Robin L.
Higgins, of Florida, to be Under Secretary for Memorial Affairs, Maureen
Patricia Cragin, of Maine, to be Assistant Secretary for Public and
Intergovernmental Affairs, Jacob Lozada, of Puerto Rico, to be Assistant
Secretary for Human Resources and Administration, and Gordon H. Mansfield, of
Virginia, to be Assistant Secretary for Congressional and Legislative Affairs,
after the nominees testified and answered questions in their own behalf. Mr.
Mackay was introduced by Senator Hutchison, and Ms. Cragin was introduced by
Senator Collins.
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.
ILLEGAL DRUG TRANSIT ZONE
United States Senate Caucus on International Narcotics Control: Caucus
concluded hearings to examine counterdrug interdiction strategy and operations
in the Caribbean and Eastern Pacific, known as the Transit Zone, after
receiving testimony from Edward H. Jurith, Acting Director, Office of National
Drug Control Policy; Donnie R. Marshall, Administrator, Drug Enforcement
Administration, Department of Justice; Adm. James M. Loy, Commandant, United
States Coast Guard, Department of Transportation, United States Interdiction
Coordinator; and Charles Winwood, Acting Commissioner, United States Customs
Service, Department of the Treasury.
No Joint hearings noted.
2001/05/17
Daily Digest - Thursday, May 17, 2001; pages D466 - D476
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
AGRICULTURE MARKET CONCENTRATION
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development,
and Related Agencies concluded hearings to examine factors contributing to
consolidation and concentration in the food production and marketing system,
present data on recent structural trends in the food system, including farm
inputs, farm production, transportation, processing, merchandising, and
retailing, and economic issues that have been raised regarding increasing
levels of concentration in the food production and marketing system, after
receiving testimony from Keith Collins, Chief Economist, and JoAnn Waterfield,
Deputy Administrator, Packers and Stockyards Programs, Grain Inspection,
Packers and Stockyards Administration, both of the Department of Agriculture;
John M. Nannes, Acting Assistant Attorney General, Antitrust Division,
Department of Justice; Iowa Attorney General Tom Miller, Des Moines; Jon
Caspers, Swaledale, Iowa, on behalf of the National Pork Producers Council;
Mark D. Dopp, American Meat Institute, Arlington, Virginia; William P.
Roenigk, National Chicken Council, Washington, D.C.; David S. Reiff, Reiff
Grain and Feed, Inc., Fairfield, Iowa, on behalf of the National Grain and
Feed Association; Thomas F. Stokes, Organization for Competitive Markets,
Lincoln, Nebraska; J. Dudley Butler, Mississippi Cattlemen's Association,
Yazoo City; Robert Carlson, Glenbum, North Dakota, on behalf of the North
Dakota Farmers Union; Peter C. Carstensen, University of Wisconsin Law School,
Madison; Dan Kelley, Normal, Illinois, on behalf of GROWMARK; and David Reis,
Window Hill, Illinois, on behalf of the Illinois Pork Producers Association.
APPROPRIATIONS--FBI/DEA/INS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State, and the
Judiciary concluded hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2002
for the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Drug Enforcement Administration,
and the Immigration and Naturalization Service, after receiving testimony from
Louis J. Freeh, Director, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Donnie R. Marshall,
Administrator, Drug Enforcement Administration, and Kevin D. Rooney, Acting
Commissioner, Immigration and Naturalization Service, all of the Department of
Justice.
APPROPRIATIONS--IRS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Treasury and General Government
concluded hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2002 for the
Department of the Treasury, focusing on the Internal Revenue Service, after
receiving testimony from Charles O. Rossotti, Commissioner, Internal Revenue
Service, Department of the Treasury.
U.S. EXPORT-IMPORT BANK
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on
International Trade and Finance held hearings on proposed legislation
authorizing funds for the Export-Import Bank of United States, receiving
testimony from Tom McKenna, Indiana Department of Commerce, Indianapolis;
Peter Bowe, Ellicott Machinery Corporation International, Baltimore, Maryland,
on behalf of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and Liquid Waste Technology; E.
Robert Meaney, Valmont Industries, Inc., Valley, Nebraska; Dean R. Dort, II,
Deere and Company, on behalf of the National Foreign Trade Council and the
Coalition for Employment Through Exports, and C. Fred Bergsten, Institute for
International Economics, both of Washington, D.C.; Darin P. Narayana, Bank One
International Corporation, Chicago, Illinois, on behalf of the Bankers'
Association for Finance and Trade; and Terrence D. Straub, USX Corporation,
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
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Hearings recessed subject to call.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded
hearings on the nominations of Michael K. Powell, of Virginia, Kathleen Q.
Abernathy, of Maryland, Michael Joseph Copps, of Virginia, and Kevin J.
Martin, of North Carolina, each to be a Member, all of the Federal
Communications Commission, after the nominees testified and answered questions
in their own behalf. Mr. Powell was introduced by Senator Allen and
Representative Davis, Ms. Abernathy was introduced by Senator Stevens, Mr.
Copps was introduced by Senator Hollings, and Mr. Martin was introduced by
Senator Edwards.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee concluded hearings on the
nominations of Linda J. Fisher, of the District of Columbia, to be Deputy
Administrator, Stephen L. Johnson, of Maryland, to be Assistant Administrator
for Toxic Substances, and Jeffrey R. Holmstead, of Colorado, to be Assistant
Administrator for Air and Radiation, all of the Environmental Protection
Agency, and James Laurence Connaughton, of the District of Columbia, to be a
Member of the Council on Environmental Quality, after the nominees testified
and answered questions in their own behalf.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded hearings on the
nominations of William J. Burns, of the District of Columbia, to be Assistant
Secretary for Near Eastern Affairs, and Christina B. Rocca, of Virginia, to be
Assistant Secretary for South Asian Affairs, both of the Department of State,
after the nominees testified and answered questions in their own behalf.
NOMINATION
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded hearings on the nomination
of Walter H. Kansteiner, of Virginia, to be Assistant Secretary of State for
African Affairs, after the nominee, who was introduced by Senator Warner,
testified and answered questions in his own behalf.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Governmental Affairs: Committee concluded hearings on the
nominations of Angela Styles, of Virginia, to be Administrator for Federal
Procurement Policy, Stephen A. Perry, of Ohio, to be Administrator of General
Services, and John D. Graham, of Massachusetts, to be Administrator of the
Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget,
after the nominees testified and answered questions in their own behalf. Ms.
Styles was introduced by Representative Barton, and Mr. Perry was introduced
by Senator Voinovich and Representative Regula.
NURSE STAFFING SHORTAGES
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee concluded
hearings on issues related to the current recruitment and retention of nursing
staff, including both nurses and nurse aids, and concerns about the future
supply of these workers, after receiving testimony from William J. Scanlon,
Director, Health Care Issues, General Accounting Office; Michael Elsas,
Cooperative Home Care Associates and Paraprofessional Healthcare Institute,
Bronx, New York; Gerald M. Shea, AFL-CIO, Washington, D.C.; Julie Sochalski,
University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing, Philadelphia; and Sister Mary
Roch Rocklage, Sisters of Mercy Health System, St. Louis, Missouri, on behalf
of the American Hospital Association.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee ordered favorably reported the following
business items:
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, with an amendment in
the nature of a substitute; and
The nominations of Viet D. Dinh, of the District of Columbia, to be an
Assistant Attorney General, and Michael Chertoff, of New Jersey, to be an
Assistant Attorney General, both of the Department of Justice.
INTELLIGENCE
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee held closed hearings on
intelligence matters, receiving testimony from officials of the intelligence
community.
Committee recessed subject to call.
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NATIONAL FAMILY CAREGIVER SUPPORT PROGRAM
Special Committee on Aging: Committee concluded hearings to examine the
implementation of the National Family Caregiver Support Program, a component
of the Older Americans Act, after receiving testimony from Norman L. Thompson,
Acting Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Health and Human Services for
Aging; Helen O. Hunter, Hartford, North Carolina, on behalf of the ALS
Association and the Jim "Catfish" Hunter ALS Association; Suzanne Mintz,
National Family Caregivers Association, Kensington, Maryland; Deborah
Briceland-Betts, Older Women's League, Washington, D.C.; Kristin Duke, Cenla
Area Agency on Aging, Alexandria, Louisiana, on behalf of the National
Association of Area Agencies on Aging; and Sandra Tatom, Boise, Idaho.
No Joint hearings noted.
2001/05/18
Daily Digest - Friday, May 18, 2001; pages D477 - D480
Committee Meetings
No committee meetings were held.
No Joint hearings noted.
2001/05/21
Daily Digest - Monday, May 21, 2001; pages D482 - D 488
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Armed Services: Committee ordered favorably reported the
nominations of David S.C. Chu, to be Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel
and Readiness, Gordon England, to be Secretary of the Navy, Thomas E. White,
to be Secretary of the Army, James G. Roche, to be Secretary of the Air Force,
Alfred Rascon, of California, to be Director of Selective Service, and Col.
Van P. Williams, Jr, Air National Guard of the United States officer for
appointment in the Reserve of the Air Force to the grade of Brigadier General.
No Joint hearings noted.
2001/05/22
Daily Digest - Tuesday, May 22, 2001; pages D489 - D498
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded hearings on the
nominations of Lorne W. Craner, of Virginia, to be Assistant Secretary for
Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor, Donald Burnham Ensenat, of Louisiana, to
be Chief of Protocol, with the rank of Ambassador, Carl W. Ford, Jr., of
Arkansas, to be Assistant Secretary for Intelligence and Research, Ruth A.
Davis, of Georgia, to be Director General of the Foreign Service, and Paul
Vincent Kelly, of Virginia, to be Assistant Secretary for Legislative Affairs,
all of the Department of State, after the nominees testified and answered
questions in their own behalf. Mr. Craner was introduced by Senator McCain,
Mr. Ensenat was introduced by Senator Breaux, and Mr. Ford was introduced by
former Senator Glenn.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Governmental Affairs: Committee concluded hearings on the
nomination of Erik Patrick Christian and Maurice A. Ross, each to be an
Associate Judge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia, after the
nominees, who were introduced by Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton, testified and
answered questions in their own behalf.
RURAL AND URBAN HEALTH CARE NEEDS
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Immigration held hearings to
examine United States immigration policy regarding the immigration of nurses,
physicians and other health care professionals to the United States, focusing
on rural and urban nursing shortages and the immigration of foreign-trained
nurses, receiving testimony from Ruth E. Levine, Senior Health Economist,
World Bank; Susan Page, Pratt Regional Medical Center, Pratt, Kansas, on
behalf of the Kansas Hospital Association; Carl Shusterman, Law Offices of
Carl Shusterman, Los Angeles, California; Bradley D. LeBaron, Uintah Basin
Medical Center, Roosevelt, Utah, on behalf of the American Hospital
Association; Martha Hegarty, Country Care Nursing Facility, Easton, Kansas, on
behalf of the American Health Care Association; and Diane Sosne, on behalf of
the Service Employees International Union Nurse Alliance (AFL-CIO), and
Douglas M. Wear, Wear and Associates, on behalf of the American Psychological
Association, both of Seattle, Washington.
Hearings recessed subject to call.
No Joint hearings noted.
2001/05/23
Daily Digest - Wednesday, May 23, 2001; pages D499 - D 508
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
APPROPRIATIONS--DEFENSE
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense concluded hearings on
proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2002 for the Department of Defense
and related programs, after receiving testimony from certain public witnesses.
APPROPRIATIONS--NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services,
and Education concluded hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year
2002 for the National Institutes of Health, after receiving testimony from
Ruth L. Kirschstein, Acting Director, National Institutes of Health,
Department of Health and Human Services, who was accompanied by several of her
associates.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee ordered favorably
reported the nominations of Alphonso R. Jackson, of Texas, to be Deputy
Secretary, Richard A. Hauser, of Maryland, to be General Counsel, John Charles
Weicher, of the District of Columbia, to be Assistant Secretary and serve as
Federal Housing Commissioner, and Romolo A. Bernardi, of New York, to be an
Assistant Secretary, all of the Department of Housing and Urban Development.
BOXING INDUSTRY REFORM
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded
hearings to examine the impact of past legislation on the professional boxing
industry, and whether additional federal, state, and private sector reforms,
including the establishment of a centralized association or league, a boxers
union, a promoters and managers collective, and consistent state regulations
among the state athletic commissioners, are needed to further improve the
sport, after receiving testimony from Roy Jones, Jr., Pensacola, Florida, on
behalf of the Jones House; Edwin Homansky, Valley Hospital Medical Center, Dan
Goossen, America Presents Boxing, and Kirk D. Hendrick, Jones Vargas, all of
Las Vegas, Nevada; Greg Sirb, Association of Boxing Commissions, Harrisburg,
Pennsylvania; and Patrick C. English, Dimes and English, Clifton, New Jersey.
CARBON SEQUESTRATION
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on Science,
Technology, and Space concluded hearings to examine issues relating to the
capture, separation and storage or reuse of excess carbon, known as carbon
sequestration, in order to stabilize and ultimately reduce concentrations of
carbon emissions in the atmosphere, including soil carbon measurement
processes, methods used to measure soil carbon changes, and the research
related to such measurements, after receiving testimony from John M. Kimble,
Research Soil Scientist, Natural Resources Conservation Service, Department of
Agriculture; Dale E. Heydlauff, American Electric Power Company, Columbus,
Ohio; John Kadyszewski, Winrock International, Morrilton, Arkansas; Michael J.
Coda, Nature Conservancy, Arlington, Virginia; and Robert Bonnie,
Environmental Defense, Washington, D.C.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee ordered favorably
reported the following business items:
S. 507, to implement further the Act (Public Law 94-241) approving the
covenant to establish a commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands in
Political Union with the United States of America; and
The nominations of Patrick Henry Wood III, of Texas, and Nora Mead Brownell,
of Pennsylvania, each to be a Member of the Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission, Lee Sarah Liberman Otis, of Virginia, to be General Counsel, and
Jessie Hill Roberson, of Alabama, to be an Assistant Secretary D502for
Environmental Management, all of the Department of Energy, and J. Steven
Griles, of Virginia, to be Deputy Secretary of the Interior
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BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee ordered favorably
reported the following business items:
H.R. 581, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of
Agriculture to use funds appropriated for wildland fire management in the
Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2001, to
reimburse the United States Fish and Wildlife Service and the National Marine
Fisheries Service to facilitate the interagency cooperation required under the
Endangered Species Act of 1973 in connection with wildland fire management;
S. 468, to designate the Federal building located at 6230 Van Nuys Boulevard
in Van Nuys, California, as the "James C. Corman Federal Building";
S. 774, to designate the Federal building and United States courthouse located
at 121 West Spring Street in New Albany, Indiana, as the "Lee H. Hamilton
Federal Building and United States Courthouse";
S. 757, to designate the Federal building and United States courthouse located
at 504 West Hamilton Street in Allentown, Pennsylvania, as the "Edward N. Cahn
Federal Building and United States Courthouse";
S. 378, to redesignate the Federal building located at 3348 South Kedzie
Avenue, in Chicago, Illinois, as the "Paul Simon Chicago Job Corps Center";
and
The nominations of Linda J. Fisher, of the District of Columbia, to be Deputy
Administrator, and Stephen L. Johnson, of Maryland, to be Assistant
Administrator for Toxic Substances, both of the Environmental Protection
Agency, and James Laurence Connaughton, of the District of Columbia, to be a
Member of the Council on Environmental Quality.
NOMINATION
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded hearings on the nomination
of Howard H. Baker, Jr., of Tennessee, to be Ambassador to Japan, after the
nominee, who was introduced by Senators Dole, Thompson, Frist, and Byrd,
testified and answered questions in his own behalf.
U.S./NORTH KOREA POLICY
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded hearings to examine future
policy between the United States and North Korea, after receiving testimony
from Norbert Vollertsen, German Emergency Doctors, Dusseldorf; Chuck Downs,
Arlington, Virginia, former Deputy Director, ISA/East Asian and Pacific
Affairs, Department of Defense and former Senior Defense and Foreign Policy
Advisor to the House Policy Committee; James T. Laney, Council for Foreign
Relations Korea Task Force, Atlanta, Georgia; and Robert L. Gallucci,
Georgetown University Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service, Washington,
D.C.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Governmental Affairs: Committee ordered favorably reported the
nominations of John D. Graham, of Massachusetts, to be Administrator of the
Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget,
Stephen A. Perry, of Ohio, to be Administrator of General Services, Angela B.
Styles, of Virginia, to be Administrator for Federal Procurement Policy, and
Erik Patrick Christian and Maurice A. Ross, each to be an Associate Judge of
the Superior Court of the District of Columbia.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded hearings on the nominations of
Deborah L. Cook and Jeffrey S. Sutton, both of Ohio, each to be a United
States Circuit Judge for the Sixth Circuit, John G. Roberts, Jr., of Maryland,
to be United States Circuit Judge for the District of Columbia Circuit, and
Ralph F. Boyd, Jr., of Massachusetts, and Robert D. McCallum, Jr., of Georgia,
each to be an Assistant Attorney General, both of the Department of Justice,
after the nominees testified and answered questions in their own behalf. Mr.
Boyd was introduced by Senator Kennedy.
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Joint Meetings
U.S. ECONOMY
Joint Economic Committee: Committee concluded hearings to examine issues
related to the economic outlook of the nation, including a national energy
policy, the tax code, and the impact of the slowing economy, after receiving
testimony from R. Glenn Hubbard, Chairman, Council of Economic Advisers.
2001/05/24
Daily Digest - Thursday, May 24, 2001; pages D509 - D516
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Armed Services: Committee ordered favorably reported 211 military
nominations in the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps.
DECIMALIZED MARKETS
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on Securities
and Investment concluded hearings on the recent conversion of quotations in
equity securities and options from fractional to decimal pricing and the
effects that this change has on market dynamics and trading behavior, after
receiving testimony from Laura S. Unger, Acting Chairman, Securities and
Exchange Commission; J. Patrick Campbell, Nasdaq Stock Market, Inc., and Peter
Jenkins, Zurich Scudder Investments, both of Washington, D.C.; Catherine R.
Kinney, New York Stock Exchange, Donald D. Kittell, Securities Industry
Association, and Robert B. Fagenson, Van der Moolen Specialists USA, all of
New York, New York; and Kenneth D. Pasternak, Knight Trading Group, Inc.,
Jersey City, New Jersey.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee ordered
favorably reported the nominations of Michael K. Powell, of Virginia, to be
Chairman, and Kathleen Q. Abernathy, of Maryland, Michael Joseph Copps, of
Virginia, and Kevin J. Martin, of North Carolina, each to be a Member, all of
the Federal Communications Commission, Timothy J. Muris, of Virginia, to be a
Federal Trade Commissioner, Donna R. McLean, of the District of Columbia, to
be Assistant Secretary for Budget and Programs/Chief Financial Officer, and
Sean B. O'Hollaren, of Oregon, to be Assistant Secretary for Governmental
Affairs, both of the Department of Transportation, and Kathleen B. Cooper, of
Texas, to be Under Secretary for Economic Affairs, Maria Cino, of Virginia, to
be Assistant Secretary/Director General of the United States and Foreign
Commercial Service, and Bruce P. Mehlman, of Maryland, to be Assistant
Secretary for Technology Policy, all of the Department of Commerce.
U.S. ENERGY POLICY
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded hearings on the
Administration's National Energy Policy report, and Price-Anderson Act
provisions of pending energy legislation, including S. 388, to protect the
energy and security of the United States and decrease America's dependency on
foreign oil sources to 50% by the year 2011 by enhancing the use of renewable
energy resources conserving energy resources, improving energy efficiencies,
and increasing domestic energy supplies; improve environmental quality by
reducing emissions of air pollutants and greenhouse gases; mitigate the effect
of increases in energy prices on the American consumer, including the poor and
the elderly, S. 472, to ensure that nuclear energy continues to contribute to
the supply of electricity in the United States, and S. 597, to provide for a
comprehensive and balanced national energy policy, after receiving testimony
from Spencer Abraham, Secretary of Energy.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee ordered favorably reported the
following business items:
S. Con. Res. 35, expressing the sense of Congress that Lebanon, Syria, and
Iran should allow representatives of the International Committee of the Red
Cross to visit the four Israelis, Adi Avitan, Binyamin Avraham, Omar Souad,
and Elchanan Tannenbaum, presently held by Hezbollah forces in Lebanon;
S. Con. Res. 42, condemning the Taleban for their discriminatory policies;
S. Res. 88, expressing the sense of the Senate on the importance of membership
of the United States on the United Nations Human Rights Commission; and
S. Res. 91, condemning the murder of a United States citizen and other
civilians, expressing the sense of the Senate regarding the failure of the
Indonesian judicial system to hold accountable those responsible for the
killings, proposed legislation condemning the practices of the Taleban, with
an amendment in the nature of a substitute; and
The nominations of Thelma J. Askey, of Tennessee, to be Director of the Trade
and Development Agency, Stephen Brauer, of Missouri, to be Ambassador to
Belgium, William J. Burns, of the District of Columbia, to be Assistant
Secretary for Near Eastern Affairs, Lorne W. Craner, of Virginia, to be
Assistant Secretary for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor, Ruth A. Davis, of
Georgia, to be Director General of the Foreign Service, Donald Burnham
Ensenat, of Louisiana, to be Chief of Protocol, and to have the rank of
Ambassador during his tenure of D512service, Carl W. Ford, Jr., of Arkansas,
to be Assistant Secretary for Intelligence and Research, A. Elizabeth Jones,
of Maryland, to be Assistant Secretary for European Affairs, Walter H.
Kansteiner, of Virginia, to be Assistant Secretary for African Affairs, Paul
Vincent Kelly, of Virginia, to be Assistant Secretary for Legislative Affairs,
and Christina B. Rocca, of Virginia, to be Assistant Secretary for South Asian
Affairs, all of the Department of State, Peter S. Watson, of California, to be
President of the Overseas Private Investment Corporation, and certain Foreign
Service Officer promotion lists.
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U.N. HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION
Committee on Foreign Relations: Subcommittee on International Operations and
Terrorism concluded hearings to examine issues related to the United Nations
Human Rights Commission, including the Administration's democracy promotion
and human rights policy, the importance of maintaining leadership in this
field, and the impact of the United States' recent loss of membership in the
Commission, after receiving testimony from Paula J. Dobrianski, Under
Secretary of State for Global Affairs; and Nina Shea, Freedom House Center for
Religious Freedom, and Tom Malinowski, Human Rights Watch, both of Washington,
D.C.
HUMAN TISSUE INDUSTRY
Committee on Governmental Affairs: Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations
held oversight hearings to examine alleged problems in the human tissue
industry, such as claims of excessive charges and profit making within the
industry, problems in obtaining appropriate informed consent from donor
families, issues related to quality control in processing tissue, and whether
current regulatory efforts are adequate to ensure the safety of human tissue
transplants, receiving testimony from George F. Grob, Deputy Inspector General
for Evaluation and Inspections, and Kathryn C. Zoon, Director, Center for
Biologics Evaluation and Research, Food and Drug Administration, both of the
Department of Health and Human Services; Valerie J. Rao, Florida District Five
Medical Examiner's Office, Leesburg; P. Robert Rigney, Jr., American
Association of Tissue Banks, McLean, Virginia; and William F. Minogue,
Washington Regional Transplant Consortium, Washington, D.C.
Hearings recessed subject to call.
PATIENT SAFETY
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee concluded
hearings to examine issues surrounding Congress' role in increasing patient
safety in the health care system, including proposals that would reflect the
Institute of Medicine's report recommendations to establish a center for
quality improvement and safety to fund research and disseminate information
about patient safety, while provide for confidentiality protections of this
information, after receiving testimony from Paul H. O'Neill, Secretary of the
Treasury; Tommy G. Thompson, Secretary of Health and Human Services; James P.
Bagian, Director, National Center for Patient Safety, Veterans Health
Administration, Department of Veterans Affairs; Lucian L. Leape, Harvard
School of Public Health, and Donald M. Berwick, Institute for Healthcare
Improvement, both of Boston, Massachusetts; and John R. Brumsted, Fletcher
Allen Health Care, Burlington, Vermont, on behalf of the Vermont Program for
Quality Health Care.
PHARMACEUTICAL MARKETPLACE COMPETITION
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded hearings to examine
competition in the pharmaceutical marketplace, focusing on the antitrust
implications of patent settlements, the underlying patent law, pattern of
cases, and whether the law needs to be changed, after receiving testimony from
Gary Buehler, Acting Director, Office of Generic Drugs, Center for Drug
Evaluation and Research, Food and Drug Administration, Department of Health
and Human Services; Molly Boast, Director, Bureau of Competition, Federal
Trade Commission; James M. Griffin, Deputy Assistant Attorney General,
Antitrust Division, Department of Justice; and Utah Attorney General Mark L.
Shurtleff, Salt Lake City.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Committee ordered favorably reported the
nominations of Leo S. Mackay, Jr., of Texas, to be Deputy Secretary, Robin L.
Higgins, of Florida, to be Under Secretary for Memorial Affairs, Maureen
Patricia Cragin, of Maine, to be Assistant Secretary for Public and
Intergovernmental Affairs, and Jacob Lozada, of Puerto Rico, to be Assistant
Secretary for Human Resources and Administration, all of the Department of
Veterans Affairs.
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No Joint hearings noted.
2001/05/25
Daily Digest - Friday, May 25, 2001; pages D517 - D520
Committee Meetings
No committee meetings were held.
No Joint hearings noted.
2001/05/26
Daily Digest - Saturday, May 26, 2001; pages D522 - D524
Committee Meetings
No committee meetings were held.
Joint Meetings
TAX RELIEF RECONCILIATION
Conferees agreed to file a conference report on the differences between the
Senate and House passed versions of H.R. 1836, to provide for reconciliation
pursuant to section 104 of the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal
year 2002.
2001/06/05
Daily Digest - Tuesday, June 5, 2001; pages D526 - D534
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded hearings on Douglas Jay
Feith, of Maryland, to be Under Secretary for Policy, Jack Dyer Crouch II, of
Missouri, to be Assistant Secretary for International Security Policy, and
Peter W. Rodman, of the District of Columbia, to be Assistant Secretary for
International Security Affairs, all of the Department of Defense, after the
nominees testified and answered questions in their own behalf. Mr. Feith was
introduced by Senators Santorum and Specter, and Mr. Crouch was introduced by
Senators Carnahan and Bond.
DEFENSE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY PROGRAMS
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and Capabilities
concluded hearings to examine the "leap ahead" technologies and transformation
initiatives within the Defense Science and Technology program, after receiving
testimony from Edward C. Aldridge, Under Secretary for Acquisition,
Technology, and Logistics, and Delores M. Etter, Acting Director, Defense
Research and Engineering, and Deputy Under Secretary for Science and
Technology, both of the Department of Defense; A. Michael Andrews II, Deputy
Assistant Secretary of the Army for Research and Technology and Chief
Scientist; Donald C. Daniel, Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for
Science, Technology, and Engineering; Rear Adm. Jay M. Cohen, USN, Chief of
Naval Research; Jane A. Alexander, Acting Director, Defense Advanced Research
Projects Agency; Peter M.A. Sherwood, Kansas State University Department of
Chemistry, Manhattan; Kaigham J. Gabriel, Carnegie Mellon University The
Robotics Institute, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; and Cynthia A. Kuper, Versilant
Nanotechnologies, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded hearings to examine the
recommendations of the United States Commission on International Religious
Freedom on ways to promote religious freedom abroad, after receiving testimony
from Firuz Kazemzadeh, National Spiritual Assembly, Alta Loma, California, and
Nina Shea, Freedom House, Michael Young, George Washington University School
of Law, and Rabbi David Sapperstein, Religious Action Center of Reform
Judaism, all of Washington, D.C., all on behalf of the U.S. Commission on
International Religious Freedom.
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Joint Meetings
RUSSIAN HUMAN RIGHTS
Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe (Helsinki Commission):
Commission concluded hearings to assess the state of human rights and civil
liberties in Russia since President Vladimir Putin took office just over one
year ago, including the continuing war in Chechnya, the takeover of the NTV
television network and pressures on the media, and apparent attempts by
Russian security services to intimidate scientists and environmental
activities, after receiving testimony from John Beyrle, Acting Special Advisor
to the Secretary for the New Independent States, Department of State; Elena
Bonner, Andrei Sakharov Foundation, and Emil Pain, Woodrow Wilson
International Center Kennan Institute for Advanced Russian Studies, both of
Moscow, Russia; and Paul Goble, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, Washington,
D.C.
2001/06/06
Daily Digest - Wednesday, June 6, 2001; pages D526 - D542
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
APPROPRIATIONS--AIR FORCE
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense concluded hearings on
proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2002 for the Air Force, after
receiving testimony from James G. Roche, Secretary, and Gen. Michael E. Ryan,
USAF, Chief of Staff, both of the United States Air Force.
APPROPRIATIONS--NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on VA, HUD, and Independent Agencies
concluded hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2002 for the
National Science Foundation, after receiving testimony from Rita R. Colwell,
Director, Christine C. Boesz, Inspector General, Eamon M. Kelly, Chairman,
National Science Board, and Robert A. Eisenstein, Assistant Director,
Mathematical and Physics Sciences, all of the National Science Foundation.
FAITH BASED SOLUTIONS
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded hearings on S. 304, to reduce
illegal drug use and trafficking and to help provide appropriate drug
education, prevention, and treatment programs, and certain related issues
surrounding faith based solutions that would enable sectarian groups to
compete on the merits for funding to administer secular social services to the
American public, if they can demonstrate that they meet the requirements
provided in the program, after receiving testimony from Senator Santorum;
Representative Scott; Carl H. Esbeck, Senior Counsel to the Deputy Attorney
General, Department of Justice; Reverend W. Wilson Goode, Sr., Amachi Program,
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on behalf of the Faith Based Initiatives for
Public/Private Ventures; Charles Adams, Hartford Memorial Baptist Church,
Detroit, Michigan; Rabbi David Zwiebel, Agudath Israel of America, and Edward
Morgan, Christian Herald Association, both of New York, New York; Reverend
Eliezer Valentin Castanon, United Methodist Church General Board of Church and
Society, Wade Henderson, Leadership Conference on Civil Rights, Nathan J.
Diament, Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America, and Richard T.
Foltin, American Jewish Committee, all of Washington, D.C.; John L. Avery,
National Association of Alcoholism and Drug Abuse Counselors, Alexandria,
Virginia; and Douglas Laycock, University of Texas Law School, Austin.
No Joint hearings noted.
2001/06/07
Daily Digest - Thursday, June 7, 2001; pages D544 - D550
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded on the nominations of Susan
Morrisey Livingstone, of Montana, to be Under Secretary of the Navy, Jessie
Hill Roberson, of Alabama, to be Assistant Secretary of Energy for
Environmental Management, and Thomas P. Christie, of Virginia, to be Director
of Operational Test and Evaluation, Department of Defense, after the nominees
testified and answered questions in their own behalf.
AUTHORIZATION--NAVY AND MARINE CORPS
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on SeaPower concluded hearings on
proposed legislation authorizing funds for fiscal year 2002 for the Department
of Defense and the Future Years Defense Program, focusing on Navy and Marine
Corps equipment for 21st century operational requirements, after receiving
testimony from Vice Adm. Dennis V. McGinn, USN, Deputy Chief, Maj. Gen.
William A. Whitlow, USMC, Director, Expeditionary Warfare Division, Rear Adm.
Michael J. McCabe, USN, Director, Air Warfare Division, Rear Adm. Bruce B.
Engelhardt, USN, Deputy Director, Submarine Warfare Division, and Rear Adm.
John M. Kelly, USN, Deputy Director, Surface Warfare Division, all of the
Office of the Deputy Chief of Naval Operations for Warfare Requirements and
Programs; and Lt. Gen. William L. Nyland, USMC, Deputy Commandant for Programs
and Resources.
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No Joint hearings noted.
2001/06/08
Daily Digest - Friday, June 8, 2001; pages D552 - D556
Committee Meetings
See Joint Hearings.
Joint Meetings
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA GOVERNMENT
Joint Hearing: Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs Subcommittee on
Oversight of Government Management, Restructuring and the District of Columbia
concluded hearings with the House Committee on Government Reform Subcommittee
on the District of Columbia to review the future direction of the District of
Columbia Government following the end of the Control Board period, after
receiving D553testimony from J. Christopher Mihm, Director, Strategic Issues,
General Accounting Office; Mayor Anthony Williams, Alice Rivlin, Chair,
Financial Control Board, Linda W. Cropp, Council Chair, Natwar Gandhi, Chief
Financial Officer, and Charles Maddox, Inspector General, all of the District
of Columbia Government; Joshua S. Wyner, D.C. Appleseed Center, Washington,
D.C.; and Renee Boicourt, Moody's Investors Service, and Parry Young, Standard
and Poor's, both of New York, New York.
2001/06/11
Daily Digest - Monday, June 11, 2001; pages D557 - D560
Committee Meetings
No committee meetings were held.
No Joint hearings noted.
2001/06/12
Daily Digest - Tuesday, June 12, 2001; pages D561 - D568
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
LAND CONSERVATION TAX INCENTIVES
Committee on Finance: Committee held hearings to examine proposals relating to
federal income and estate tax provisions that impact land use conservation and
preservation, including S. 701, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to
provide special rules for the charitable deduction for conservation
contributions of land by eligible farmers and ranchers, S. 822, to amend the
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to modify the treatment of bonds issues to
acquire renewable resources on land subject to conservation easement, S. 312,
to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide tax relief for farmers
and fishermen, S. 315, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to treat
payments under the Conservation Reserve Program as rentals from real estate,
receiving testimony from W. Elton Kennedy, Delta Land and Farm Management
Company, Mer Rouge, Louisiana; Mark C. Ackelson, Iowa Natural Heritage
Foundation, Des Moines; William W. McDonald, Malpai Borderlands Group,
Douglas, Arizona; Stephen W. Schley, Pingree Associates, Inc., Bangor, Maine;
and Chase T. Hibbard, Sieben Live Stock Company, Helena, Montana, on behalf of
the Montana Land Reliance.
Hearings recessed subject to call.
No Joint hearings noted.
2001/06/13
Daily Digest - Wednesday, June 13, 2001; pages D569 - D576
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
APPROPRIATIONS--ARMY
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense concluded hearings on the
overview for fiscal year 2002 for the Army, after receiving testimony from
Thomas E. White, Secretary, and Gen. Eric K. Shinseki, USA, Chief of Staff,
both of the Department of the Army.
APPROPRIATIONS--COAST GUARD
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Transportation concluded hearings
on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2002 for Coast Guard Readiness,
after receiving testimony from Adm. James M. Loy, USCG, Commandant, United
States Coast Guard, and Kenneth M. Mead, Inspector General, both of the
Department of Transportation.
APPROPRIATIONS--EPA
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on VA, HUD, and Independent Agencies
concluded hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2002 for the
Environmental Protection Agency, after receiving testimony from Christine Todd
Whitman, Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency.
MISSILE DEFENSE
Committee on Armed Services: Committee met in closed session to receive a
briefing to examine the Department of Defense's strategic review of missile
defense from Lt. Gen. Ronald T. Kadish, USAF, Director, and Maj. Gen. Peter C.
Franklin, USA, Deputy Director, both of the Ballistic Missile Defense
Organization, Department of Defense.
NOMINATION
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded hearings
on the nomination of Roger Walton Ferguson, Jr., of Massachusetts, to be a
Member of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, after the
nominee testified and answered questions in his own behalf.
MACEDONIA AND U.S./BALKANS POLICY
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded hearings to examine the
United States efforts to restore peace and stability in Macedonia in order to
alleviate the threat that the on-going conflict is having on the security and
democracy of the Balkan region, as well as an overview of the scope of United
States military, economic, and diplomatic engagement in the Balkans, after
receiving testimony from Ambassador James Pardew, Senior Advisor on the
Balkans, Bureau of European Affairs, Department of State; Daniel P. Serwer,
Director, Balkans Initiative, United States Institute of Peace; and Gen.
Wesley K. Clark, USA (Ret.), Stephens Group, Inc., Richard Perle, American
Enterprise Institute, and Maj. Gen. William L. Nash, USA (Ret.), Council on
Foreign Relations, all of Washington, D.C.
ENERGY INDUSTRIES
Committee on Governmental Affairs: Committee held hearings to examine economic
issues associated with the restructuring of energy industries, focusing on
current energy market problems in California, after receiving testimony from
Senators Feinstein, Boxer, and Craig; Severin Borenstein, University of
California Energy Institute, Berkeley; William W. Hogan, Harvard University
John F. Kennedy School of Government, and Lawrence J. Makovich, Cambridge
Energy Research Associates, both of Cambridge, Massachusetts; Paul L. Joskow,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology Center for Energy and Environmental
Policy Research, Brookline; Alfred E. Kahn, Cornell University, Ithaca, New
York; and Frank A. Wolak, Stanford University Department of Economics,
Stanford, California.
Hearings continue on Wednesday, June 20.
NOMINATION
Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee concluded hearings on the nomination of
Neal A. McCaleb, of D572Oklahoma, to be Assistant Secretary of the Interior
for Indian Affairs, after the nominee, who was introduced by Senators Nickles
and Inhofe, testified and answered questions in his own behalf. Testimony was
also received on the nomination from Bill Anoatubby, Chickasaw Nation, Ada,
Oklahoma.
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FEDERAL DEATH PENALTY SYSTEM
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Constitution, Federalism, and
Property Rights held hearings to examine the Department of Justice report
assessing ostensible racial and geographic disparities in the federal death
penalty system, and S. 233, to place a moratorium on executions by the Federal
Government and urge the States to do the same, while a National Commission on
the Death Penalty reviews the fairness of the imposition of the death penalty,
receiving testimony from Larry D. Thompson, Deputy Attorney General,
Department of Justice; Julian Bond, American University, on behalf of the
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People and Citizens for
the Moratorium on Federal Executions, and Andrew G. McBride, Wiley, Rein and
Fielding, former Assistant U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia,
both of Washington, D.C.; James J. Fotis, Law Enforcement Alliance of America,
Falls Church, Virginia; Samuel R. Gross, Columbia University Law School, New
York, New York; and David I. Bruck, Columbia, South Carolina.
Hearings recessed subject to call.
No Joint hearings noted.
2001/06/14
Daily Digest - Thursday, June 14, 2001; pages D578 - D586
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
APPROPRIATIONS--HUD
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on VA, HUD, and Independent Agencies
concluded hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2002 for the
Department of Housing and Urban Development, after receiving testimony from
Melquiades R. Martinez, Secretary of Housing and Urban Development.
CROSS-BORDER TELEMARKETING FRAUD
Committee on Governmental Affairs: Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations
held hearings to examine the nature and scope of cross border fraud, focusing
on the state of binational U.S.-Canadian law enforcement coordination and
cooperation and what steps can be taken to fight such crime in the future,
receiving testimony from Lawrence E. Maxwell, Postal Inspector In Charge,
United States Postal Inspection Service; Jackie DeGenova, Ohio Attorney
General's Office, Columbia; Barry F. Elliot, Ontario Provincial Police,
Ontario, Canada; Ann Hersom, Action, Maine; Bruce Hathaway, Columbus, Ohio;
and Julia Erb, Kimball, Michigan.
Hearings continue tomorrow.
NURSING SHORTAGE
Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Committee concluded hearings to examine the
impact of the nursing shortage on the Department of Veteran Affairs, after
receiving testimony from Thomas L. Garthwaite, Under Secretary for Health,
Catherine J. Rick, Chief Nurse Consultant, Nursing Strategic Health Care
Group, Veterans Health Administration, Sarah Myers, Clinical Nurse, Atlanta
Veterans Affairs Medical Center, on behalf of the Nurses Organizations of
Veterans Affairs, Sandra McMeans, Staff Nurse, Martinsburg Veterans Affairs
Medical Center, on behalf of the American Nurses Association and West Virginia
Nurses Association, Sandra K. Janzen, Associate Chief of Staff/Nursing, James
A. Haley Veterans' Hospital, Robert Petzel, Network Director, D581Veterans
Affairs Upper Midwest Health Care Network, Karen Robinson, Chairperson,
Veterans Integrated Service Network Nurse Managed Care Initiative, and Mary C.
Raymer, Associate Chief of Staff for Patient Care Services, Salem Veterans
Affairs Medical Center, all of the Department of Veterans Affairs; and J.
David Cox, Salsibury, North Carolina, on behalf of the American Federation of
Government Employees (AFL-CIO).
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PREVENTING ELDER ABUSE
Special Committee on Aging: Committee concluded hearings to examine the
prevalence and risk of elder abuse, neglect and exploitation, potential and
available services and the role of the federal government in addressing these
problems, after receiving testimony from Stuart E. Schiffer, Acting Assistant
Attorney General, Civil Division, Department of Justice; Paul R. Greenwood,
San Diego District Attorney's Office, San Diego, California; A. Ricker
Hamilton, Maine Department of Human Services Bureau of Elder and Adult
Services, Portland, on behalf of the National Association of Adult Protective
Services Administrators; Sara C. Aravanis, National Center on Elder Abuse,
Washington, D.C.; Laura Mosqueda, University of California Irvine College of
Medicine, Orange, California; and Joanne Hopper, Fruitland, Idaho.
No Joint hearings noted.
2001/06/18
Daily Digest - Monday, June 18, 2001; pages D588 - D590
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
CROSS-BORDER TELEMARKETING FRAUD
Committee on Governmental Affairs: On Friday, June 15, Permanent Subcommittee
on Investigations concluded hearings to examine the nature and scope of cross
border fraud, focusing on the state of binational U.S.-Canadian law
enforcement coordination and cooperation and what steps can be taken to fight
such crime in the future, after receiving testimony from Mary Ellen Warlow,
Acting Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Criminal Division, Department of
Justice; Hugh G. Stevenson, Associate Director, Planning and Information,
Consumer Protection Bureau, Federal Trade Commission; and Vermont Attorney
General William H. Sorrell, Montpelier.
No Joint hearings noted.
2001/06/19
Daily Digest - Tuesday, June 19, 2001; pages D592 - D598
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
MULTIFAMILY ASSISTED HOUSING REFORM
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on Housing and
Transportation concluded oversight hearings to examine the implementation of
the Multifamily Assisted Housing Reform and Affordability Act of 1997 and the
impending expiration of the Office of Multifamily Housing Assistance
Restructuring, after receiving testimony from John C. Weicher, Assistant
Secretary for Housing/FHA Commissioner, and Ira G. Peppercorn, Director,
Office of Multifamily Housing Assistance Restructuring, both of the Department
of Housing and Urban Development; Peter Guerrerro, Director, Physical
Infrastructure Issues, General Accounting Office; John Bentz, Property
Advisory Group, Inc., Providence, Rhode Island, on behalf of the National
Leased Housing Association; Geraldine Thomas, National Alliance of HUD
Tenants, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Barbara J. Thompson, National Council of
State Housing Agencies, Washington, D.C.; Cathy Vann, Ontra, Inc., Austin,
Texas; and Charles Wehrwein, Mercy Housing, Inc., Denver, Colorado.
U.S. EXPORT/IMPORT BANK
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on
International Trade and Finance concluded hearings on proposed legislation
authorizing funds and renewing the charter for the United States Export-Import
Bank, after receiving testimony from John E. Robson, President and Chairman,
Export-Import Bank of the United States; and John B. Taylor, Under Secretary
of the Treasury for International Affairs.
LOCAL TELEPHONE COMPETITION
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee held hearings to
examine the goals and objectives of the 1996 Telecommunications Act, focusing
on the current state and future prospects of local telecommunication
competition, receiving testimony from Representative Markey; Illinois State
Senator Dave Sullivan, Prospect; Royce J. Holland, Allegiance Telecom, Inc.,
Dallas, Texas; Margaret H. Greene, BellSouth Corporation, Atlanta, Georgia; C.
Michael Armstrong, AT&T Corporation, Basking Ridge, New Jersey; Clark McLeod,
McLeod USA, Inc., Cedar Rapids, Iowa; David W. Rolka, Rhoads & Sinon,
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania; and Gene Kimmelman, Consumers Union, Washington,
D.C.
Hearings recessed subject to call.
FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded hearings on S.
764, to direct the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to impose just and
reasonable load-differentiated demand rates or cost-of-service based rates on
sales by public utilities of electric energy at wholesale in the western
energy market, and certain provisions relating to wholesale electricity rates
in the western energy market, natural gas rates in the western energy market,
and the sale price of bundled natural gas transactions of S. 597, to provide
for a comprehensive and balanced national energy policy, after receiving
testimony from Curt L. Hebert, Jr., Chairman, Nora Meade Brownell, Patrick
Wood III, Linda Key Breathitt, and William L. Massey, all Commissioners, and
Kevin P. Madden, General Counsel, all of the Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission, Department of Energy; Geoffrey D. Roberts, Entergy Wholesale
Operations, The Woodlands, Texas; Ronald L. McMahan, Enercap Associates,
Boulder, Colorado; Steven M. Fetter, Fitch, Inc., New York, New York; Thomas
R. Brill, Sempra Energy, San Diego, California; and Bruce B. Henning, Energy
and Environmental Analysis, Inc., Arlington, Virginia.
MEDICARE REFORM
Committee on Finance: Committee held hearings to examine medicare reform,
focusing on issues related to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
(formerly Health Care Financing Administration), including effective
communications, customer service, confusing rules and regulations, personnel,
information technology, and contractor accountability, receiving testimony
from Tommy G. Thompson, Secretary of Health and Human Services; William J.
Scanlon, Director, Health Care Issues, General Accounting Office; Michael E.
Gluck, Georgetown University Institute for Health Care Research and Policy,
Washington, D.C.; Judith H. Hibbard, University of Oregon Department of
Planning, Public Policy and Management, Eugene; and Nicholas J. Wolter,
Deaconess Billings Clinic, Billings Montana.
Hearings recessed subject to call.
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GERIATRICS
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Subcommittee on Aging
concluded hearings to examine the effect of the national shortage of
geriatrics-trained health professionals may have on the growing senior
population, after receiving testimony from Howard Fillit, International
Longevity Center, New York, New York; John R. Burton, Johns Hopkins University
School of Medicine Division of Geriatric Medicine and Gerontology, Baltimore,
Maryland, on behalf of the American Geriatrics Society; David A. Lipschitz,
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Donald W. Reynolds Department of
Geriatrics, Little Rock; Robyn G. Dickey, Alexandria, Virginia; and Anna Mae
Gannaway, Little Rock, Arkansas.
MIDWEST ALLIANCE OF SOVEREIGN TRIBES
Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee held oversight hearings to examine the
goals and priorities of the member tribes of the Midwest Alliance of Sovereign
Tribes/Inter-tribal Bison Cooperative for the 107th Congress, receiving
testimony from Robert Chicks, Stockbridge-Munsee Community Band of Mohican
Indians, Bowler, Wisconsin; Melanie Benjamin, Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe,
Onamia, Minnesota; Eli O. Hunt, Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe, Cass Lake,
Minnesota; Doyle Turner, White Earth Reservation Tribal Council, White Earth,
Minnesota; Richard McGeshick, Sr., Lac Vieux Desert Band of Lake Superior
Chippewa Indians, and Ruby Camp, Lac Vieux Desert Tribe, both of Watersmeet,
Michigan; Gerald Danforth, Onieda Tribe of Indians, Onieda, Wisconsin; Gerald
V. Chingwa, Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians, Petoskey, Michigan;
Ardith Chambers and Thurlow McClellan, both of the Grand Traverse Band of
Ottawa and Chippewa Indians, Suttons Bay, Michigan; Mike Christensen, Lac du
Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians, and Alfred Trepania, Great
Lakes Inter-Tribal Council, Inc., both of Lac du Flambeau, Wisconsin; and
Aaron Schlehuber, Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians, Sault Ste.
Marie, Michigan.
Hearings recessed subject to call.
No Joint hearings noted.
2001/06/20
Daily Digest - Wednesday, June 20, 2001; pages D600 - D608
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
NAVY BUDGET OVERVIEW
Committee on Appropriations:
Subcommittee on Defense concluded hearings on the budget overview for fiscal
year 2002 for the Navy, after receiving testimony from Gordon R. England,
Secretary of the Navy; Adm. Vernon E. Clark, USN, Chief of Naval Operations;
and Gen. James L. Jones, USMC, Commandant of the Marine Corps.
NATO ALLIANCES
Committee on Armed Services: Committee met in closed session to discuss North
Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) alliance matters with Lord George
Robertson, Secretary General, NATO.
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U.S. BANKING SYSTEM
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded hearings
to examine issues related to the condition of the United States banking
system, including the effects of the suggested deteriorating bank asset
quality, and improved risk management and control systems needed to respond to
changing economic events, after receiving testimony from Alan Greenspan,
Chairman, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System; John D. Hawke,
Jr., Comptroller of the Currency, and Ellen Seidman, Director, Office of
Thrift Supervision, both of the Department of the Treasury; and Donna Tanoue,
Chairman, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.
NOMINATION
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded hearings on the
nominations of Patricia Lynn Scarlett, of California, to be Assistant
Secretary for Policy, Management, and Budget, William Gerry Myers III, of
Idaho, to be Solicitor, and Bennett William Raley, of Colorado, to be
Assistant Secretary for Water and Science, all of the Department of the
Interior, after the nominees testified and answered questions in their own
behalf. Ms. Scarlett was introduced by Representative Capps, and Mr. Raley was
introduced by Senators Campbell and Allard.
TRADE PROMOTION AUTHORITY
Committee on Finance: Committee held hearings to examine the possible
extension of fast track negotiating authority to open foreign trade markets as
part of a trade policy that will advance U.S. national interest, receiving
testimony from Representatives Rangel and Levin; John J. Sweeney, American
Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations, Peter L. Scher,
Mayer, Brown and Platt, former U.S. Special Trade Negotiator, Alan W. Wolff,
Dewy Ballantine, former Deputy U.S. Trade Representative, and Clayton Yeutter,
Hogan and Hartson, former U.S. Trade Representative, all of Washington, D.C.;
Harold McGraw III, McGraw-Hill Companies, on behalf of the Emergency Committee
for American Trade, and Robert D. Hormats, Goldman Sachs International, former
Deputy U.S. Trade Representative, both of New York, New York; Chuck Merja,
National Association of Wheat Growers, Sun River, Montana; and Mark Van
Putten, National Wildlife Federation, Reston, Virginia.
Hearings continue tomorrow.
U.S./EUROPE SECURITY INTERESTS
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded hearings to examine United
States security interests in Europe in order to ensure global peace and
prosperity, and successfully address the global challenges of terrorism,
HIV/AIDS, drug trafficking, environmental degradation, and weapons
proliferation, after receiving testimony from Colin L. Powell, Secretary of
State.
ELECTRICITY MARKET RESTRUCTURING
Committee on Governmental Affairs: Committee concluded hearings to examine the
state of retail and wholesale electricity markets in the West, focusing on the
role of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission regarding the restructuring
of California's electricity market and its implications for other States and
regions, after receiving testimony from Senators Cantwell, Murkowski, and
Murray; Curt L. Hebert, Jr., Chairman, and Linda K. Breathitt, Nora Mead
Brownell, William L. Massey, and Pat Wood III, each a Commissioner, all of the
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Department of Energy; California
Governor Gray Davis, Sacramento; North Dakota Governor John Hoeven, Bismarck;
Montana Governor Judy Martz, Helena; Washington Attorney General Christine O.
Gregoire, Olympia; and Roy Hemmingway, Oregon Public Utility Commission,
Salem.
FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded oversight hearings to examine
the current state of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, focusing on
constructive reforms to make the Bureau more effective, better managed and
more accountable, after receiving testimony from former Senator John Danforth;
Glenn A. Fine, Inspector General, Department of Justice; Norman J. Rabkin,
Managing Director, Tax Administration and Justice Issues, General Accounting
Office; and Michael R. Bromwich, Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver and Jacobson,
former Inspector General, Department of Justice, and William Webster, Milbank,
Tweed, Hadley, and McCoy, both of Washington, D.C.
INTELLIGENCE
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee held closed hearings on
intelligence matters, receiving testimony from officials of the intelligence
community.
Committee will meet again on Wednesday, June 27.
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No Joint hearings noted.
2001/06/21
Daily Digest - Thursday, June 21, 2001; pages D610 - D616
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Committee ordered favorably reported an original
bill (S. 1077) making appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30,
2001.
BLOOD CANCER
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services,
and Education concluded hearings to examine issues regarding progress being
made in diagnosis and treatment of blood, or hematologic cancers such as
leukemia, lymphoma, and multiple myeloma, and what remains to be done in order
to improve patient survival rates, after receiving testimony from former
Representative Geraldine A. Ferraro; Richard Klausner, Director, National
Cancer Institute, Department of Health and Human Services; Kenneth C.
Anderson, Harvard Medical School/Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston,
Massachusetts; Kathryn E. Giusti, Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation, New
Canaan, Connecticut; Sandra J. Horning, Stanford University School of
Medicine, Stanford, California, on behalf of the Cure For Lymphoma Foundation
and the American Society of Clinical Oncology; Hagop M. Kantarjian, University
of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston; Larry Lucchino, San Diego
Padres, San Diego, California; John W. Holaday, EntreMed, Inc., Rockville,
Maryland; and Miles S. Pendleton, Jr., of Washington, D.C.
DEFENSE STRATEGY REVIEW
Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded hearings to review Department
of Defense strategy issues, including funding, operation tempo, infrastructure
and facilities, staff recruitment, retention, and training, advanced military
technology, and appropriate threat preparation, after receiving testimony from
Donald H. Rumsfeld, Secretary of Defense; and Gen. Henry H. Shelton, USA,
Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded hearings
on the nominations of Angela Antonelli, of Virginia, to be Chief Financial
Officer, Department of Housing and Urban Development, Jennifer L. Dorn, of
Nebraska, to be Federal Transit Administrator, Department of Transportation,
Ronald Rosenfeld, of Maryland, to be President, Government National Mortgage
Association, after the nominees testified and answered questions in their own
behalf. Ms. Antonelli was introduced by Senator Allen, Ms. Dorn was introduced
by Senators Wyden and Gordon Smith, and Mr. Rosenfeld was introduced by
Senator Nickles.
AMERICAN MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee held hearings to
examine the current conditions of United States manufacturing industries, the
impact of a manufacturing recession on individuals, industry sectors and the
U.S. economy, and the relationship between international trade agreements and
the significant job loss that has occurred over the past two years, receiving
testimony from Dean Baker, Center for Economic and Policy Research, Jeff Faux,
Economic Policy Institute, Daniel T. Griswold, Cato Institute, and Jerry
Jasinowski, National Association of Manufacturers, all of Washington,
D.C.
Hearings recessed subject to call.
NATIONAL ENERGY POLICY
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee resumed hearings to
examine national energy policy with respect to fuel specifications and
infrastructure constraints and their impact on energy supply and price, air
quality, and groundwater contamination, receiving testimony from Linda Fisher,
Deputy Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency; Robert G. Card, Under
Secretary of Energy; Scott H. Segal, Bracewell and Patterson, Houston, Texas,
on behalf of the Oxygenated Fuels Association; Jason S. Grumet, Northeast
States for Coordinated Air Use Management, Boston, Massachusetts; Robert
Dinneen, Renewable Fuels Association, Washington, D.C.; and William J. Keese,
California Energy Commission, Sacramento.
Hearings recessed subject to call.
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TRADE NEGOTIATION AUTHORITY
Committee on Finance: Committee continued hearings to examine the possible
extension of fast track negotiating authority to open foreign trade markets as
part of a trade policy that will advance U.S. national interest, receiving
testimony from Senators Roberts and Hagel; Representatives Crane and Kolbe;
Donald L. Evans, Secretary of Commerce; and Robert B. Zoellick, U.S. Trade
Representative.
Hearings recessed subject to call.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Finance: Committee concluded hearings on the nominations of Allen
Frederick Johnson, of Iowa, to be Chief Agricultural Negotiator, Office of the
United States Trade Representative, William Henry Lash III, of Virginia, to be
Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Market Access and Compliance, Brian
Carlton Roseboro, of New Jersey, to be Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for
Financial Markets, and Kevin Keane, of Wisconsin, to be Assistant Secretary
for Public Affairs, and Wade F. Horn, of Maryland, to be Assistant Secretary
for Family Support, both of the Department of Health and Human Services, after
the nominees testified and answered questions in their own behalf. Mr. Johnson
was introduced by Senator Grassley, and Mr. Horn was introduced by Senator
Rockefeller.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded hearings on the
nominations of William S. Farish, of Texas, to be Ambassador to the United
Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Howard H. Leach, of California,
to be Ambassador to France, Alexander R. Vershbow, of the District of
Columbia, to be Ambassador to the Russian Federation, and Anthony Horace
Gioia, of New York, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Malta, after the
nominees testified and answered questions in their own behalf. Mr. Farish was
introduced by Senator McConnell, and Mr. Gioia was introduced by Senator
Schumer and Representative LaFalce.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Governmental Affairs: Committee concluded hearings on the
nominations of Othoneil Armendariz, of Texas, to be a Member of the Federal
Labor Relations Authority, and Kay Coles James, of Virginia, to be Director,
Office of Personnel Management, after the nominees testified and answered
questions in their own behalf. Ms. James was introduced by Senators Allen and
Warner.
NATIVE AMERICAN PROGRAM INITIATIVES
Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee concluded oversight hearings to examine
Native American Program initiatives at the college and university level, after
receiving testimony from former Representative Elizabeth Furse, Director,
Portland State University Mark O. Hatfield School of Government Institute for
Tribal Government, Portland, Oregon; Joseph P. Kalt and Ken Pepion, both of
Harvard University Native American Program, Cambridge, Massachusetts; Manley
A. Begay and Stephen Cornell, both of the Udall Center for Studies in Public
Policy Native Nations Institute, and Toni M. Massaro, S. James Anaya, and
James Hopkins, all of the James E. Rogers College of Law Indigenous Peoples
Law and Policy Program, all of the University of Arizona, Tucson; and Alan
Parker, Northwest Indian Applied Research Institute, and Linda Moon Stumpff,
Graduate Program in Public Administration, both of Evergreen State College,
Olympia, Washington.
SMALL BUSINESS TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER REAUTHORIZATION
Committee on Small Business: Committee held hearings on S. 856, to reauthorize
the Small Business Technology Transfer Program, receiving testimony from
Maurice Swinton, Assistant Administrator, Office of Technology, Small Business
Administration; Jim Wells, Director, Natural Resources and Environment,
General Accounting Office; Anthony N. Pirri, Northeastern University Division
of Technology Transfer, Boston, Massachusetts; Clifford C. Hoyt, Cambridge
Research and Instrumentation, Inc., Woburn, Massachusetts; Barna A. Szabo,
Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri, on behalf of the Engineering
Software Research and Development, Inc.; and Kirk Ririe, Idaho Technology,
Inc., Salt Lake City, Utah.
Hearings recessed subject to call.
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Joint Meetings
CYBER SECURITY AND THE U.S. ECONOMY
Joint Economic Committee: Committee concluded hearings to examine current and
future cyber threats to U.S. economic and national security and whether
current policies governing cyber security and critical infrastructure
protection are sufficient, focusing on the unintended security issues related
to interconnectivity, industry initiatives to mitigate cyber security risks,
the need for the United States to focus on cyber security in a strategic way,
and how strong public-private partnerships can protect our information
infrastructures, after receiving testimony from Lawrence K. Gershwin, National
Intelligence Officer for Science and Technology, National Intelligence
Council, Central Intelligence Agency; Steven Branigan, Lumeta Corporation,
Somerset, New Jersey; Peggy Lipps, BITS/Financial Services Roundtable,
Washington, D.C.; Duane P. Andrews, Science Applications International
Corporation, San Diego, California; and Albert J. Edmonds, Electronic Data
Systems, Plano, Texas.
2001/06/22
Daily Digest - Friday, June 22, 2001; pages D618 - D624
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded hearings on the nominations
of Alberto Jose Mora, to be General Counsel, and William A. Navas, Jr., to be
Assistant Secretary for Manpower and Reserve Affairs, both of Virginia, both
of the Department of the Navy, Diane K. Morales, of Texas, to be Deputy Under
Secretary for Logistics and Materiel Readiness, and Michael W. Wynne, of
Florida, to be Deputy Under Secretary for Acquisition and Technology, both of
the Department of Defense, and Steven John Morello, Sr., of Michigan, to be
General Counsel of the Department of the Army, after the nominees testified
and answered questions in their own behalf. Ms. Morales was introduced by
Senator Warner.
No Joint hearings noted.
2001/06/25
Daily Digest - Monday, June 25, 2001; pages D626 - D630
Committee Meetings
No committee meetings were held.
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No Joint hearings noted.
2001/06/26
Daily Digest - Tuesday, June 26, 2001; pages D632 - D640
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
APPROPRIATIONS--CAPITOL ARCHITECT
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Legislative Branch concluded
hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2002 for the Architect
of the Capitol, after receiving testimony from Alan M. Hantman, Architect of
the Capitol.
AUTHORIZATION--DEFENSE
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Strategic concluded hearings on
proposed legislation authorizing funds for fiscal year 2002 for the Department
of Defense and the Future Years Defense Program, focusing on the Department of
Energy's Office of Environmental Management, after receiving testimony from
Carolyn L. Huntoon, Assistant Secretary of Energy for Environmental
Management.
NOMINATION
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded hearings
on the nomination of Donald E. Powell, of Texas, to be a Member and Chairman
of the Board of Directors of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, after
the nominee, who was introduced by Senator Hutchison and Representatives
Combest and Thornberry, testified and answered questions in his own behalf.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded
hearings on the nominations of Samuel W. Bodman, of Massachusetts, to be
Deputy Secretary of Commerce, and Allan Rutter, of Texas, to be Administrator
of the Federal Railroad Administration, Kirk Van Tine, of Virginia, to be
General Counsel, and Ellen G. Engleman, of Indiana, to be Administrator of the
Research and Special Programs Administration, all of the Department of
Transportation, after the nominees testified and answered questions in their
own behalf.
NATIONAL ENERGY SECURITY AND NUCLEAR ENERGY PRODUCTION
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded hearings to
examine certain provisions relating to the renewal of the Price-Anderson Act
to provide liability coverage for Department of Energy nuclear activities, and
nuclear energy production and efficiency incentives as contained in S. 472, to
ensure that nuclear energy continues to contribute to the supply of
electricity in the United States, S. 597, to provide for a comprehensive and
balanced national energy policy, and S. 388, to protect the energy and
security of the United States and decrease America's dependency on foreign oil
sources to 50% by the year 2011 by enhancing the use of renewable energy
resources conserving energy resources, improving energy efficiencies, and
increasing domestic energy supplies; improve environmental quality by reducing
emissions of air pollutants and greenhouse gases; mitigate the effect of
increases in energy prices on the American consumer, including the poor and
the elderly, after receiving testimony from Eric J. Fygi, Deputy General
Counsel, Department of Energy; Joseph R. Gray, Associate General Counsel For
Licensing and Regulation, Nuclear Regulatory Commission; John Bradburne, Fluor
Fernald, Inc., Cincinnati, Ohio, on behalf of Energy Contractors
Price-Anderson Group; Marvin S. Fertel, Nuclear Energy Institute, and Erich
Pica, Friends of the Earth, both of Washington, D.C.; and John L. Quattrocchi,
American Nuclear Insurers, West Hartford, Connecticut.
U.S./VIETNAM BILATERAL TRADE AGREEMENT
Committee on Finance: Committee held hearings to examine the thoroughness of
the United States-Vietnam Bilateral Trade Agreement in order to normalize
relations between the two countries, provide a guide to commercial relations,
and pave the way for an eventual WTO-based relationship, receiving testimony
from Peter B. Davidson, General Counsel, Office of the United States Trade
Representative; Ralph L. Boyce, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for East
Asian and Pacific Affairs; Virginia B. Foote, U.S.-Vietnam Trade Council, and
Lionel C. Johnson, Citigroup, Inc., both of Washington, D.C.; and Mark
Levinson, Union of Needletrades, Industrial and Textile Employees, New York,
New York.
Hearings recesses subject to call.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded hearings on the
nominations of Margaret DeBardeleben Tutwiler, of Alabama, to be Ambassador to
the Kingdom of Morocco, C. David Welch, D634of Virginia, to be Ambassador to
the Arab Republic of Egypt, Daniel C. Kurtzer, of Maryland, to be Ambassador
to Israel, Robert D. Blackwill, of Kansas, to be Ambassador to India, and
Wendy Jean Chamberlin, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the Islamic Republic
of Pakistan, after the nominees testified and answered questions in their own
behalf. Mr. Blackwill was introduced by Senator Brownback.
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DIABETES RESEARCH FUNDING
Committee on Governmental Affairs: Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations
concluded hearings to examine the adequacy of federal funding allocated to
fight diabetes, the impact of the disease on society, and current research
opportunities to find a cure, after receiving testimony from Allen M. Spiegel,
Director, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases,
National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services;
Captain James Lovell, Lake Forest, Illinois, Mary Tyler Moore and Kevin Kline,
both of New York, New York, Jonathon Lipnicki, Tessa Wick, and Katie Zucker,
all of Los Angeles, California, Hugh Auchincloss, Jr., Massachusetts General
Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, James Robbins, Cox
Communications, Atlanta, Georgia, Greg Brenneman, The Woodlands, Texas, Rachel
Dudley, Southfield, Michigan, Andrew Webber, Steep Falls, Maine, Michelle and
Eliza Jayne Kiley, Tarentum, Pennsylvania, Daniel and Jessica Thaller,
Burlington, North Carolina, and Caroline Rowley, Houston, Texas, all on behalf
of the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation International.
GREAT PLAINS TRIBES
Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee concluded oversight hearings to examine
the goals and priorities of the Great Plains Tribes for the 107th Congress,
after receiving testimony from Gregg Bourland, Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe,
Eagle Butte, South Dakota; Tex G. Hall, Three Affiliated Tribes, New Town,
North Dakota; Thomas Ranfranz, Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe, Flandreau, South
Dakota; Mike Jandreau, Lower Brule Sioux Tribe, Lower Brule, South Dakota;
William Kindle, Rosebud Sioux Tribe, Rosebud, South Dakota; Phillip Longie,
Spirit Lake Dakota Nation, Fort Totten, North Dakota; Richard Monnette, Turtle
Mountain Chippewa Tribe, Belcourt, North Dakota; Roger Trudell, Santee Sioux
Tribe, Niobrara, Nebraska; and John Steele, Oglala Sioux Tribe, Pine Ridge,
South Dakota.
JUDICIAL NOMINATION PROCESS
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Administrative Oversight and the
Courts held hearings to examine the role that ideology should play in the
selection and confirmation of Federal judges, receiving testimony from Lloyd
N. Cutler, Constitution Project, and C. Boyden Gray, Wilmer, Cutler &
Pickering, both former White House Counsels, Marcia D. Greenberger, National
Women's Law Center, and Clint Bolick, Institute for Justice, all of
Washington, D.C.; Laurence H. Tribe, Harvard Law School, Cambridge,
Massachusetts; Stephen B. Presser, Northwestern University School of Law, and
Cass R. Sunstein, University of Chicago Law School and Department of Political
Science, both of Chicago, Illinois; and Eugene Volokh, University of
California School of Law, Los Angeles.
Hearings recessed subject to call.
No Joint hearings noted.
2001/06/27
Daily Digest - Wednesday, June 27, 2001; pages D641 - D650
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded hearings on the nominations
of Dionel M. Aviles, of Maryland, to be Assistant Secretary of the Navy for
Financial Management and Comptroller, Reginald Jude Brown, of Virginia, to be
Assistant Secretary of the Army for Manpower and Reserve Affairs, Stephen A.
Cambone, of Virginia, to be Deputy Under Secretary for Policy, Michael
Montelongo, of Georgia, to be Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for
Financial Management and Comptroller, and John J. Young, Jr., of Virginia, to
be Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Research, Development and Acquisition,
all of the Department of Defense, after the nominees testified and answered
questions in their own behalf. Mr. Brown was introduced by Senator Warner, Mr.
Montelongo was introduced by Representative Reyes, and Mr. Young was
introduced by Senators Stevens and Inouye.
DEFENSE PRODUCTION ACT
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on Economic
Policy held hearings on proposed legislation authorizing funds for fiscal
years 2002-2004 for the Defense Production Act, receiving testimony from
Kenneth I. Juster, Under Secretary of Commerce for Export Administration;
Michael D. Brown, General Counsel, Federal Emergency Management Agency; Eric
J. Fygi, Deputy General Counsel, Department of Energy; and Delores M. Etter,
Acting Director, Defense Research and Engineering, Department of Defense.
Hearings recessed subject to call.
ECONOMIC OUTLOOK
Committee on the Budget: Committee held hearings to examine the economic
slowdown and its impact on productivity, the federal budget, and the outlook
of the United States economy, receiving testimony from Martin N. Baily,
Institute for International Economics, Washington, D.C., former Chairman of
the Council of Economic Advisers; William C. Dudley, Goldman, Sachs, and
Company, New York, New York; and Brian S. Wesbury, Griffin, Kubik, Stephens
and Thompson, Inc., Chicago, Illinois, former Chief Economist for the Joint
Economic Committee.
Hearings continue tomorrow.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded hearings on the
nominations of Vicky A. Bailey, of Indiana, to be Assistant Secretary of
Energy for International Affairs and Domestic Policy, and John W. Keys III, of
Utah, to be Commissioner of Reclamation, and Frances P. Mainella, of Florida,
to be Director of the National Park Service, both of the Department of the
Interior, after the nominees testified and answered questions in their own
behalf. Ms. Baily was introduced by Senator Bayh, Mr. Keys was introduced by
Senator Bennett, and Ms. Mainella was introduced by Senators Graham and Bill
Nelson.
PRESCRIPTION FRAUD
Committee on Finance: Committee held hearings to examine prescription fraud,
focusing on the General Accounting Office report into consultants who advise
health care providers how to take unfair advantage of the Medicare system,
improperly bill the government, and circumvent compliance regulations, causing
the loss of millions in taxpayers' dollars and inadequate treatment for the
elderly, receiving testimony from Robert H. Hast, Managing Director, and
William D. Hamel, Assistant Director of Investigations, both of the Office of
Special Investigations, General Accounting Office; Marjorie Kanof, Deputy
Director for Payment Policy, Center for Medicare Management, Centers for
Medicare and Medicaid Services, and Lewis Morris, Assistant Inspector General
for Legal Affairs, Office of Inspector General, both of the Department of
Health and Human Services; and Kathryn Locatell, Sacramento, California.
Hearings recessed subject to call.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded hearings on the
nominations of Clark T. Randt, Jr., of Connecticut, to be Ambassador to the
People's Republic of China, Douglas Alan Hartwick, of Washington, to be
Ambassador to the Lao People's Democratic Republic, Charles J. Swindells, of
Oregon, to be Ambassador to New Zealand, and to serve concurrently and without
additional compensation as Ambassador to Samoa, Pierre-Richard Prosper, of
California, to be Ambassador at Large for War Crimes Issues, William A. Eaton,
of Virginia, to be Assistant Secretary for Administration, Francis Xavier
Taylor, of Maryland, to be Coordinator for Counterterrorism, and Clark Kent
Ervin, of Texas, to be Inspector General, all of the Department of State,
after the nominees testified and answered questions in their own behalf. Mr.
Swindells was introduced by Senators Gordon Smith and Wyden, Mr. Taylor was
introduced by Senator Sarbanes, and Mr. Ervin was introduced by Senators Gramm
and Hutchison.
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NURSING SHORTAGE
Committee on Governmental Affairs: Subcommittee on Oversight of Government
Management, Restructuring and the District of Columbia concluded hearings to
examine the federal governments role in retaining nurses for the delivery of
federally funded health care services, focusing on the effects nursing
shortages have on health care and long-term care programs, including Medicare,
Medicaid, Veteran's and defense health, after receiving testimony from Rachael
Weinstein, Director, Clinical Standards Group, Office of Clinical Standards
and Quality, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, and Denise H. Geolot,
Director, Division of Nursing, Bureau of Health Professions, Health Resources
and Services Administration, both of the Department of Health and Human
Services; Rear Adm. Kathleen L. Martin, USN, Director, Navy Nurse Corps; Janet
Heinrich, Director, Health Care-Public Health Issues, General Accounting
Office; Ann O'Sullivan, Illinois Nursing Association, Springfield, on behalf
of the American Nurses Association; Gary A. Mecklenburg, Northwestern Memorial
Healthcare, on behalf of the American Hospital Association, and Lynn Martin
and Mary Jo Snyder, both of the University of Illinois Nursing Institute, all
of Chicago, Illinois; Carol Anne Bragg, Professional Staff Nurses Association,
Washington, D.C., on behalf of the Service Employees International Union
(AFL-CIO); and J. David Cox, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Salisbury, North
Carolina, on behalf of the American Federation of Government Employees
(AFL-CIO).
INTELLIGENCE
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee held closed hearings on
intelligence matters, receiving testimony from officials of the intelligence
community.
Committee recessed subject to call.
DEATH PENALTY
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded hearings to examine the
protection of the innocent, focusing on competent counsel in death penalty
cases, and related provisions of S. 486, the Innocence Protection Act of 2001,
after receiving testimony from Senators Gordon Smith and Collins;
Representatives Delahunt and LaHood; Alabama Attorney General William H.
Pryor, Jr., Montgomery; Texas State Senator Rodney G. Ellis, Austin; Ronald
Eisenberg, Deputy District Attorney, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Kevin
Brackett, Deputy Solicitor General of the 16th Circuit, York, South Carolina;
Stephen B. Bright, Southern Center for Human Rights, Atlanta, Georgia; Beth A.
Wilkinson, Latham and Watkins, Washington, D.C., on behalf of the Constitution
Project's Death Penalty Initiative; and Michael R. Graham, Roanoke, Virginia.
ELECTION REFORM
Committee on Rules and Administration: Committee held hearings to examine a
report from the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights regarding the November 2000
election and election reform in general, receiving testimony from Mary Frances
Berry, Chairperson, and Abigail M. Thernstrom, Commissioner, both of the U.S.
Commission on Civil Rights; Ohio Secretary of State J. Kenneth Blackwell,
Columbus; Hilary Shelton, National Association for the Advancement of Colored
People, Baltimore, Maryland; Raul Yzaguirre, National Council of La Raza,
Carolyn Jefferson-Jenkins, League of Women Voters of the United States, and
James C. Dickson, American Association of People with Disabilities, all of
Washington, D.C.; and Larry J. Sabato, University of Virginia Center for
Governmental Studies, Charlottesville.
Hearings recessed subject to call.
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No Joint hearings noted.
2001/06/28
Daily Digest - Thursday, June 28, 2001; pages D651 - D660
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
FEDERAL FARM BILL
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: Committee held hearings to
examine the context, framework, and content of the comprehensive federal Farm
Bill reauthorization and new agriculture policy that can provide a more
sustainable and predictable long-term economic safety net, receiving testimony
from Leland Swenson, National Farmers Union, Washington, D.C.; Bob Stallman,
Columbus, Texas, on behalf of the American Farm Bureau Federation; Charles W.
Fluharty, Rural Policy Research Institute, Columbia, Missouri; Craig Cox, Soil
and Water Conservation Society, Ankeny, Iowa; Howard A. Learner, Environmental
Law and Policy Center of the Midwest, Chicago, Illinois; Barbara P. Glenn,
Federation of Animal Science Societies/Coalition on Funding Agricultural
Research Missions, Bethesda, Maryland, on behalf of the National Coalition for
Food and Agricultural Research; Sharon Daly, Catholic Charities USA,
Alexandria, Virginia; and David E. Carter, Mountain View Harvest Cooperative,
Longmont, Colorado.
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Hearings recessed subject to call.
APPROPRIATIONS--INTERIOR
Committee on Appropriations: Committee ordered favorably reported H.R. 2217,
making appropriations for the Department of the Interior and related agencies
for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2002, with amendments.
APPROPRIATIONS--FCC/SEC
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State, and the
Judiciary concluded hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year
2002, after receiving testimony in behalf of funds for their respective
activities from Michael K. Powell, Chairman, Federal Communications
Commission; and Laura Simone Unger, Acting Chairman, Securities and Exchange
Commission.
APPROPRIATIONS--INTERIOR
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Interior approved for full
committee consideration H.R. 2217, making appropriations for the Department of
the Interior and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30,
2002, with amendments.
APPROPRIATIONS--FAA/AMTRAK
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Transportation concluded hearings
on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2002, after receiving testimony
in behalf of funds for their respective activities from Senators Biden and
McCain; Jane F. Garvey, Administrator, Federal Aviation Administration, and
George D. Warrington, President and Chief Executive Officer, National Railroad
Passenger Corporation (Amtrak), both of the Department of Transportation.
AUTHORIZATION--DEFENSE
Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded hearings on proposed
legislation authorizing funds for fiscal year 2002 for the Department of
Defense and the Future Years Defense program, focusing on the 2002 budget
amendment, after receiving testimony from Donald H. Rumsfeld, Secretary, and
Dov S. Zakheim, Under Secretary/Comptroller, both of the Department of
Defense; and Gen. Henry H. Shelton, USA, Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Armed Services: Committee ordered favorably reported 2,130
military nominations in the Air Force, Army, Navy and Marine Corps.
IRAN AND LIBYA SANCTIONS ACT
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded hearings
on S. 994, to amend the Iran and Libya Sanctions Act of 1996 to extend
authorities for five years under that Act, after receiving testimony from E.
Anthony Wayne, Assistant Secretary for Economic and Business Affairs, and
James Larocco, Acting Assistant Secretary for Near Eastern Affairs, both of
the Department of State; Patrick Clawson, Washington Institute for Near East
Policy, Bradley Gordon, American Israel Public Affairs Committee, William A.
Reinsch, National Foreign Trade Council, on behalf of USA*Engage, and William
F. Martin, Washington Policy and Analysis, Inc./Council on Foreign Relations
Energy Security Group, former Deputy Secretary of Energy/Executive Secretary
of the National Security Council, all of Washington, D.C.; and Stephanie
Bernstein, Justice for Pan Am 103, Bethesda, Maryland.
BUDGET SURPLUS AND ECONOMIC OUTLOOK
Committee on the Budget: Committee concluded hearings to examine the state of
the projected budget surplus following approval of the Congressional budget
resolution and enactment of the recent tax-reduction legislation, and the
outlook of the United States economy, after receiving testimony from Robert
Greenstein, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, Robert L. Bixby, Concord
Coalition, and Carol Cox Wait, Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, all
of Washington, D.C.
SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD'S MERGER RULES
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on Surface
Transportation and Merchant Marine concluded hearings to examine the Surface
Transportation Board's new rules governing mergers of large railroads adopted
in Major Rail Consolidation Procedures, STB Ex Parte No. 582 (Sub-No. 1),
after receiving testimony from Linda J. Morgan, Chairman, Surface
Transportation Board, Department of Transportation; Claudia L. Howells, Oregon
Department of Transportation, Salem; John W. Snow, CSX Corporation, Richmond,
Virginia; Paul M. Tellier, Canadian National Railway Company, Washington,
D.C.; Michael R. Haverty, Kansas City Southern Railway Company, Kansas City,
Missouri; and William L. Gebo, Dow Chemical Company, Midland, Michigan.
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CLIMATE CHANGE
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee held hearings to examine
the recent National Research Council report on the science of climate change,
energy technology options for managing the risks posed by climate change, what
impact any effort to reduce greenhouse gas emissions would have on energy
policy, and provisions to establish an Interagency Working Group on clean
energy technology transfer of S. 597, Comprehensive and Balanced Energy Policy
Act, receiving testimony from James Edmonds, Senior Staff Scientist, and
William Chandler, Senior Staff Scientist and Director, Advanced International
Studies Unit, both of the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, and Mark D.
Levine, Director, Environmental Energy Technologies Division, Lawrence
Berkeley National Laboratory, all of the Department of Energy; F. Sherwood
Rowland, University of California, Irvine, John M. Wallace, University of
Washington, Seattle, and Eric Barron, Pennsylvania State University,
University Park, all on behalf of the National Research Council; and Robert M.
Friedman, H. John Heinz III Center for Science, Economics and the Environment,
Washington, D.C.
Hearings recessed subject to call.
ZIMBABWE'S CRISIS
Committee on Foreign Relations: Subcommittee on African Affairs concluded
hearings to examine the political and economic situation in Zimbabwe, after
receiving testimony from Walter H. Kansteiner III, Assistant Secretary of
State for African Affairs; Robert I. Rotberg, Harvard University Kennedy
School of Government Program on Intrastate Conflict and Conflict Prevention,
Cambridge, Massachusetts, on behalf of the World Peace Foundation; Yves
Sorokobi, Committee to Protect Journalists, New York, New York; and John
Prendergast, International Crisis Group, Washington, D.C.
ELECTRIC INDUSTRY RESTRUCTURING
Committee on Governmental Affairs: Committee held hearings to examine the
impact of electric industries restructuring on system reliability, focusing on
new participants in the electric business, changing roles of traditional
participants, increasing the number of wholesale power transactions, as well
as increasing the distances over which power transactions take place,
receiving testimony from Kevin A. Kelly, Director, Division of Policy
Innovation and Communication, Office of Markets, Tariffs and Rates, Federal
Energy Regulatory Commission, Department of Energy; David N. Cook, North
American Electric Reliability Council, Princeton, New Jersey; Phillip G.
Harris, PJM Interconnection, Norristown, Pennsylvania; and Irwin A. Popowsky,
Pennsylvania Office of Consumer Advocate, Harrisburg, on behalf of the
National Association of State Utility Consumer Advocates.
Hearings recessed subject to call.
ELECTION REFORM
Committee on Rules and Administration: Committee concluded hearings to examine
a report from the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights regarding the November 2000
election and election reform in general, after receiving testimony from
Representatives Conyers, Ney, Hoyer, Wexler, Blunt, Eddie Bernice Johnson,
Reyes, Becerra, Kildee, Waters, Corrine Brown, Deutsch, Meek, Jackson-Lee,
Foley, Gonzalez, and Sweeney.
VETERANS BENEFITS
Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Committee concluded hearings on proposals
providing for certain Veteran's benefits, including S. 131, to amend title 38,
United States Code, to modify the annual determination of the rate of the
basic benefit of active duty educational assistance under the Montgomery GI
Bill, S. 228, to amend title 38, United States Code, to make permanent the
Native American veterans housing loan program, S. 409, to amend title 38,
United States Code, to clarify the standards for compensation for Persian Gulf
veterans suffering from certain undiagnosed illnesses, S. 457, to amend title
38, United States Code, to establish a presumption of service-connection for
certain veterans with Hepatitis C, S. 662, to amend title 38, United States
Code, to authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to furnish headstones or
markers for marked graves of, or to other wise commemorate, certain
individuals, S. 781, to amend section 3702 of title 38, United States Code, to
extend the authority for housing loans for members of the Selected Reserve, S.
912, to amend title 38, United States Code, to increase burial benefits for
veterans, S. 937, to amend title 38, United States Code, to permit the
transfer of entitlement to educational assistance of the Montgomery GI Bill by
members of the Armed Forces, S. 1063, to amend chapter 72 of title 38, United
States Code, to improve the administration of the United States Court of
Appeals for Veterans Claims, S. 1088, to amend title 38, United States Code,
to facilitate the use of educational assistance under the Montgomery GI Bill
for education leading to employment in high technology industry, S. 1089, to
amend section 7253 of title 38, United States Code, to expand temporarily the
United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims in order to further
facilitate staggered terms for judges on that court, S. 1090, to increase,
effective as of December 1, 2001, the rates of compensation for veterans with
service-connected disabilities and the rates dependency and indemnity
compensation for the survivors of certain disabled veterans, S. 1091, to amend
section 1116 of title 38, United States Code, to modify and extend authorities
on the presumption of service-connection for herbicide-related disabilities of
Vietnam era veterans, and S. 1093, to amend title 38, United States Code, to
exclude certain income from annual income determinations for pension purposes,
to limit provision of benefits for fugitive and incarcerated veterans, to
increase the home loan guaranty amount for construction and purchase of homes,
and to modify and enhance other authorities relating to veterans' benefits,
after receiving testimony from Senators Johnson and Hutchison; Leo S. Mackay,
Deputy Secretary of Veterans Affairs, who was accompanied by several of his
associates; and John R. Vitikacs, American Legion, Sidney Daniels, Veterans of
Foreign Wars of the United States, Rick Surratt, Disabled American Veterans,
and David M. Tucker, Paralyzed Veterans of America, all of Washington, D.C.
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LONG-TERM CARE
Special Committee on Aging: Committee held hearings to examine the
Administration's efforts to address the long-term care needs of this nation's
elderly and disabled, including the role of families in providing care, and
the role of federal programs in financing services, receiving testimony from
former Senator David Durenberger, on behalf of the Citizens for Long Term Care
Tommy G. Thompson, Secretary of Health and Human Services; Carol V.
O'Shaughnessy, Specialist in Social Legislation, Congressional Research
Services, Library of Congress; and Robert B. Blancato, Matz, Blancato and
Associates, Inc., Washington, D.C., former Executive Director, White House
Conference on Aging.
Hearings recessed subject to call.
No Joint hearings noted.
2001/06/29
Daily Digest - Friday, June 29, 2001; pages D661 - D664
Committee Meetings
No committee meetings were held.
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No Joint hearings noted.
2001/07/09
Daily Digest - Monday, July 9, 2001; pages D666 - D672
Committee Meetings
No Committee meetings were held.
No Joint hearings noted.
2001/07/10
Daily Digest - Tuesday, July 10, 2001; pages D673 - D680
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
APPROPRIATIONS--DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on District of Columbia held
hearings on proposed legislation making appropriations for the government of
the District of Columbia and other activities chargeable in whole or in part
against the revenues of said District for the fiscal year ending September 30,
2002, after receiving testimony from John L. Clark, Trustee, Office of
Corrections, Jasper Ormond, Interim Director, Court Services and Offender
Supervision Agency, Cynthia Jones, Director, Public Defender Service, Rufus
King III, Chief Judge, Superior Court, and Annice M. Wagner, Chair, Joint
Committee on Judicial Administration, all of the District of Columbia.
Hearings continue tomorrow.
DEFENSE BUDGET
Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded hearings on proposed
legislation authorizing funds for fiscal year 2002 for the Department of
Defense and the Future Years Defense Program, focusing on the fiscal year 2002
budget amendment, after receiving testimony from Thomas E. White, Secretary,
and Gen. Eric K. Shinseki, USA, Chief of Staff, both of the Department of the
Army; Gordon R. England, Secretary, and Adm. Vernon E. Clark, USN, Chief of
Naval Operations, both of the Department of the Navy; James G. Roche,
Secretary, and Gen. Michael E. Ryan, Chief of Staff, both of the Department of
the Air Force; and Gen. James L. Jones, USMC, Commandant of the Marine Corps.
F-22 AIRCRAFT PROGRAM
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Airland concluded hearings on
proposed legislation authorizing funds for fiscal year 2002 for the Department
of Defense and the Future Years Defense Program, focusing on the F-22 aircraft
program, after receiving testimony from Darleen A. Druyun, Principal Deputy
Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Acquisition, and Lee H. Frame, Acting
Director, Operational Test and Evaluation, Office of the Secretary of Defense.
CLIMATE CHANGE TECHNOLOGY
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee held hearings to
examine technological and policy options that may serve as starting points for
mitigating anthropogenic contributions to global climate change, focusing on
energy efficiency achievements, renewable energy technologies, and policy
options to reduce carbon emissions, receiving testimony from David L. Evans,
Assistant Administrator, Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research, National
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce; Daniel M.
Kammen, University of California Energy and Resources Group, Berkeley; John
German, American Honda Motor Co., Inc., Maureen Koetz, Nuclear Energy
Institute, and David G. Hawkins, Natural Resources Defense Council, all of
Washington, D.C.; William T. Miller, International Fuel Cells, South Windsor,
Connecticut; Dennis J. Duffy, Energy Management, Inc., Boston, Massachusetts;
Richard L. Sandor, Environmental Financial Products, Chicago, Illinois; Frank
Cassidy, Public Service Enterprise Group Incorporated, Newark, New Jersey, on
behalf of the Clean Energy Group; and Eileen Claussen, Pew Center on Global
Climate Change, Arlington, Virginia.
Hearings recessed subject to call.
TAX INCENTIVES IN ENERGY POLICY
Committee on Finance: Committee held hearings to examine the role of tax
incentives in energy policy and the balance between energy, environment and
transportation tax policies against revenue constraints, focusing on
alternative motor fuels and alternative fuel vehicles, receiving testimony
from Senator Dayton; Jim Wells, Director, Natural Resources and Environment,
General Accounting Office; James S. Cannon, Energy Futures, Inc., Boulder,
Colorado, on behalf of Inform, Inc.; and T. Peter Ruane, American Road and
Transportation Builders Association, Josephine S. Cooper, Alliance of
Automobile Manufacturers, Daniel A. Lashof, Natural Resources Defense
Council's Climate Center, Robert Dinneen, Renewable Fuels Association, and
Kevin A. Hasset, American Enterprise Institute, all of Washington, D.C.
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Hearings continue tomorrow.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee ordered favorably reported the
nominations of Robert D. Blackwill, of Kansas, to be Ambassador to India,
Wendy Jean Chamberlin, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the Islamic Republic
of Pakistan, William A. Eaton, of Virginia, to be Assistant Secretary for
Administration, and Clark Kent Ervin, of Texas, to be Inspector General, both
of the Department of State, William S. Farish, of Texas, to be Ambassador to
the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Anthony Horace
Gioia, of New York, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Malta, Douglas Alan
Hartwick, of Washington, to be Ambassador to the Lao People's Democratic
Republic, Daniel C. Kurtzer, of Maryland, to be Ambassador to Israel, Howard
H. Leach, of California, to be Ambassador to France, Pierre-Richard Prosper,
of California, to be Ambassador at Large for War Crimes Issues, Clark T.
Randt, Jr., of Connecticut, to be Ambassador to the People's Republic of
China, Charles J. Swindells, of Oregon, to be Ambassador to New Zealand, and
to serve concurrently and without additional compensation as Ambassador to
Samoa, Francis Xavier Taylor, of Maryland, to be Coordinator for
Counterterrorism, with the rank and status of Ambassador at Large, Alexander
R. Vershbow, of the District of Columbia, to be Ambassador to the Russian
Federation, Margaret DeBardeleben Tutwiler, of Alabama, to be Ambassador to
the Kingdom of Morocco, C. David Welch, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the
Arab Republic of Egypt, and a Foreign Service Officer promotion list.
NOMINATION
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded hearings on the nomination
of Lori A. Forman, of Virginia, to be Assistant Administrator for Asia and the
Near East, United States Agency for International Development, after the
nominee, who was introduced by Senator Brownback, testified and answered
questions in her own behalf.
No Joint hearings noted.
2001/07/11
Daily Digest - Wednesday, July 11, 2001; pages D681 - D692
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
APPROPRIATIONS--DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on District of Columbia concluded
hearings on proposed legislation making appropriations for the government of
the District of Columbia and other activities chargeable in whole or in part
against the revenues of said District for the fiscal year ending September 30,
2002, after receiving testimony from Mayor Anthony Williams, Alice M. Rivlin,
Chairman, Financial Responsibility and Management Assistance Authority, Linda
W. Cropp, Chairman, City Council, and Natwar M. Gandhi, Chief Financial
Officer, all of the Government of the District of Columbia.
ANDEAN COUNTERDRUG INITIATIVE
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Foreign Operations concluded
hearings to examine the Administration's proposed foreign operations budget
request for additional funds for the Andean Regional Initiative and
implementation of Plan Columbia as part of the United States counter drug
strategy, after receiving testimony from Rand Beers, Assistant Secretary of
State for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs; Michael Deal,
Deputy Assistant Administrator, Bureau for Latin America and the Caribbean,
U.S. Agency for International Development; and Jose Miguel Vivanco, Human
Rights Watch, Washington, D.C.
GENOMIC RESEARCH
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services,
and Education concluded hearings to examine recent scientific advances in
genomic research, the development of therapies to treat various illnesses,
genetic diseases and birth defects, and finishing the human genome sequence,
after receiving testimony from Francis S. Collins, Director, National Human
Genome Research Institute, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health
and Human Services; Philip Needlemen, Pharmacia Corporation, Peapack, New
Jersey; Stephen S. Rich, Wake Forest University School of Medicine,
Winston-Salem, North Carolina, on behalf of the Juvenile Diabetes Research
Foundation International; Jeffrey C. Murray, University of Iowa Department of
Pediatrics, Iowa City; and Ben Affleck, Los Angeles, California, and Brad
Margus, Deerfield Beach, Florida, both on behalf of the A-T Children's
Project.
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NOMINATIONS
Committee on Armed Services: Committee ordered favorably reported the
nominations of Jessie Hill Roberson, of Alabama, to be Assistant Secretary of
Energy for Environmental Management, and Douglas Jay Feith, of Maryland, to be
Under Secretary for Policy, Stephen A. Cambone, of Virginia, to be Deputy
Under Secretary for Policy, Michael W. Wynne, of Florida, to be Deputy Under
Secretary for Acquisition and Technology, Diane K. Morales, of Texas, to be
Deputy Under Secretary for Logistics and Materiel Readiness, Jack Dyer Crouch
II, of Missouri, to be Assistant Secretary for International Security Policy,
Peter W. Rodman, of the District of Columbia, to be Assistant Secretary for
International Security Affairs, Thomas P. Christie, of Virginia, to be
Director of Operational Test and Evaluation, Susan Morrisey Livingstone, of
Montana, to be Under Secretary, Alberto Jose Mora, of Virginia, to be General
Counsel, and William A. Navas, Jr., of Virginia, John J. Young, Jr., of
Virginia, and Dionel M. Aviles, of Maryland, each to be an Assistant
Secretary, all of the Department of the Navy, Steven John Morello, Sr., of
Michigan, to be General Counsel, and Reginald Jude Brown, of Virginia, to be
an Assistant Secretary, both of the Department of the Army, and Michael
Montelongo, of Georgia, to be an Assistant Secretary of the Air Force, all of
the Department of Defense.
CLOSED MEETING
Committee on Armed Services: Committee met in closed session with Jack Straw,
British Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs.
AUTHORIZATION--DEFENSE 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 the readiness of United States military forces and the fiscal year
2002 budget amendment, after receiving testimony from Gen. John M. Keane, USA,
Vice Chief of Staff, United States Army; Adm. William J. Fallon, USN, Vice
Chief of Naval Operations; Gen. John W. Handy, Vice Chief of Staff, United
States Air Force; and Gen. Michael J. Williams, USMC, Assistant Commandant of
the United States Marine Corps.
AUTHORIZATION--DEFENSE NATIONAL SECURITY SPACE/STRATEGIC PROGRAMS
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Strategic concluded hearings on
proposed legislation authorizing funds for fiscal year 2002 for the Department
of Defense and the Future Years Defense Program, focusing on the budget
request for national security space programs, policies, operations, and
strategic systems and programs, after receiving testimony from Gen. Ralph E.
Eberhart, USAF, Commander-in-Chief, North American Aerospace Defense Command
and United States Space Command; Adm. Richard W. Mies, USN,
Commander-in-Chief, United States Strategic Command; Maj. Gen. Franklin J.
Blaisdell, USAF, Director, Nuclear and Counterproliferation, Office of the
Deputy Chief of Staff for Air and Space Operations, United States Air Force;
and Rear Adm. Dennis M. Dwyer, USN, Director, Strategic Systems Program
Office, United States Navy.
INTERNET PRIVACY
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee held hearings to
examine existing laws protecting Internet privacy both in the United States
and abroad, focusing on the impact privacy legislation may have on the
information market, receiving testimony from Marc Rotenberg, Electronic
Privacy Information Center, and Paul Misener, Amazon.com, both of Washington,
D.C.; Fred H. Cate, Indiana University School of Law Information Law and
Commerce Institute, Bloomington; Paul M. Schwartz, Brooklyn Law School,
Brooklyn, New York; Hans Peter Brondmo, Netcentives, Inc., San Francisco,
California; Les Seagraves, EarthLink, Inc., Atlanta, Georgia; Jason Catlett,
Junkbusters Corporation, Green Brook, New Jersey; and Ira Rubinstein,
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, Washington.
Hearings recessed subject to call.
TAX INCENTIVES IN ENERGY POLICY
Committee on Finance: Committee resumed hearings to examine the role of tax
incentives in energy policy and the balance between energy, environment and
transportation tax policies against revenue constraints, focusing on energy
supply and demand, or production and consumption, receiving testimony from Jay
E. Hakes, Jimmy Carter Presidential Library, Atlanta, Georgia, former
Administrator, Energy Information Administration, Department of Energy; David
S. Hall, Berry Petroleum Company, Taft, California, on behalf of the
Independent Petroleum Association of America and the National Stripper Well
Association; Ronald W. Williams, Gary-Williams Energy Corporation, Denver,
Colorado; Daniel M. Kammen, University of California Energy and Resources
Group, Berkeley; and Virinder Singh, Renewable Energy Policy Project,
Washington, D.C.
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Hearings recessed subject to call.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded hearings on the
nominations of Peter R. Chaveas, of Pennsylvania, to be Ambassador to the
Republic of Sierra Leone, Aubrey Hooks, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the
Democratic Republic of the Congo, Donald J. McConnell, of Ohio, to be
Ambassador to the State of Eritrea, Nancy J. Powell, of Iowa, to be Ambassador
to the Republic of Ghana, and George McDade Staples, of Kentucky, to be
Ambassador to the Republic of Cameroon, and to serve concurrently and without
additional compensation as Ambassador to the Republic of Equatorial Guinea,
after the nominees testified and answered questions in their own behalf.
NOMINATION
Committee on Governmental Affairs: Committee ordered favorably reported the
nominations of Othoneil Armendariz, of Texas, to be a Member of the Federal
Labor Relations Authority, and Kay Coles James, of Virginia, to be Director,
Office of Personnel Management.
E-GOVERNMENT ACT
Committee on Governmental Affairs: Committee concluded hearings on S. 803, to
enhance the management and promotion of electronic Government services and
processes by establishing a Federal Chief Information Officer within the
Office of Management and Budget, and by establishing a broad framework of
measures that require using Internet-based information technology to enhance
citizen access to Government information and services, after receiving
testimony from Senator Burns; Sean O'Keefe, Deputy Director, Office of
Management and Budget; Greg Woods, Chief Operating Officer, Student Financial
Assistance, Department of Education; Anne K. Altman, IBM Corporation,
Bethesda, Maryland; Costis Toregas, Public Technology, Inc., and Patricia
McGinnis, Council for Excellence in Government, both of Washington, D.C.;
Aldona Valicenti, National Association of State Chief Information Officers,
Frankfurt, Kentucky; Sharon A. Hogan, University of Illinois Library, Chicago,
on behalf of the American Library Association, America Research Libraries, and
American Association of Law Libraries; Barry Ingram, EDS Global Government
Industry Group, Arlington, Virginia, on behalf of the Information Technology
Association of America; Joseph R. Wright, Terremark Worldwide, Inc., New York,
New York, former Director, Office of Management and Budget.
MENTAL HEALTH TREATMENT
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee concluded
hearings on S. 543, to provide for equal coverage of mental health benefits
with respect to health insurance coverage unless comparable limitations are
imposed on medical and surgical benefits, after receiving testimony from
Senators Wellstone and Domenici; William E. Flynn III, Associate Director for
Retirement and Insurance, Office of Personnel Management; Henry Harbin,
Magellan Health Services, Columbia, Maryland; Darrel A. Regier, American
Psychiatric Institute for Research and Education, Washington, D.C.; and Lisa
R. yuCohen, Bordentown, New Jersey.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded hearings on the nominations of
Roger L. Gregory, of Virginia, to be United States Circuit Judge for the
Fourth Circuit, Richard F. Cebull and Sam E. Haddon, each to be a United
States District Judge for the District of Montana, and Eileen J. O'Connor, of
Maryland, to be an Assistant Attorney General for the Tax Division, all of the
Department of Justice, after the nominees testified and answered questions in
their own behalf. Mr. Gregory was introduced by Senators Warner and Allen, and
Representative Scott, Mr. Cebull and Mr. Haddon were introduced by Senators
Baucus and Burns, and Ms. O'Connor was introduced by Representative Morella.
INTELLIGENCE
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee held closed hearings on
intelligence matters, receiving testimony from officials of the intelligence
community.
Committee will meet again on Wednesday, July 18.
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No Joint hearings noted.
2001/07/12
Daily Digest - Thursday, July 12, 2001; pages D693 - D704
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: Committee ordered favorably
reported the nominations of James R. Moseley, of Indiana, to be Deputy
Secretary of Agriculture, and Joseph J. Jen, of California, to be Under
Secretary of Agriculture for Research, Education, and Economics.
Prior to this action, committee concluded hearings on the aforementioned
nominations, after the nominees testified and answered questions in their own
behalf. Mr. Moseley was introduced by Senator Lugar and Representatives Buyer
and Kerns.
FEDERAL FARM BILL
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: Committee held hearings to
examine the context, framework, and content of the comprehensive federal Farm
Bill reauthorization and new agriculture policy that can provide a more
sustainable and predictable long-term economic safety net, receiving testimony
from Lee Klein, Battle Creek, Nebraska, on behalf of the National Corn Growers
Association; Keith Dittrich, Tilden, Nebraska, on behalf of the American Corn
Growers Association; Tony Anderson, Mount Sterling, Ohio, on behalf of the
American Soybean Association, the National Sunflower Association, and the
United States Canola Association; John C. Miller, Miller Milling Company,
Minneapolis, Minnesota, on behalf of the Coalition For a Competitive Food and
Agricultural System; Trudi Evans, Merrill, Oregon, on behalf of the Barley
Growers Association; and Bill Kubecka, Palacios, Texas, on behalf of the
National Grain Sorghum Producers.
Hearings continue on Tuesday, July 17.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Appropriations: Committee ordered favorably reported the
following bills:
An original bill (S. 1171), making appropriations for energy and water
development for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2002;
An original bill making appropriations for the Department of Transportation
and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2002; and
An original bill (S. 1172) making appropriations for the Legislative Branch
for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2002.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development
approved for full committee consideration an original bill (S. 1171), making
appropriations for energy and water development for the fiscal year ending
September 30, 2002.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Transportation approved for full
committee consideration an original bill, making appropriations for the
Department of Transportation and related agencies for the fiscal year ending
September 30, 2002.
AUTHORIZATION--BALLISTIC MISSILE DEFENSE
Committee on Armed Services: Committee held hearings on proposed legislation
authorizing funds for fiscal year 2002 for the Department of Defense and the
Future Years Defense Program, focusing on ballistic missile defense policies
and programs, receiving testimony from Paul D. Wolfowitz, Deputy Secretary of
Defense; and Lt. Gen. Ronald T. Kadish, USAF, Director, Ballistic Missile
Defense Organization.
Hearings continue on Tuesday, July 17.
AUTHORIZATION--DEFENSE THREAT REDUCTION
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and Capabilities
concluded hearings on proposed legislation authorizing funds for fiscal year
2002 for the Department of Defense and the Future Years Defense Program,
focusing on Cooperative Threat Reduction, chemical weapons demilitarization,
Defense Threat Reduction Agency, nonproliferation research and engineering,
and related programs, after receiving testimony from Anna Johnson-Winegar,
Deputy Assistant to the Secretary of Defense for Chemical and Biological
Defense; Maj. Gen. Robert P. Bongiovi, USAF, Acting Director, Defense Threat
Reduction Agency; Robert E. Waldron, Assistant Deputy Administrator for
Nonproliferation Research and Engineering, National Nuclear Security
Administration, Department of Energy; Susan Koch, Acting Assistant Secretary
of Defense for Threat Reduction.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee ordered favorably
reported the nominations of Roger Walton Ferguson, Jr., of Massachusetts, to
be a Member of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, Donald E.
Powell, of Texas, to be a Member and Chairperson of the Board of Directors of
the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, Angela Antonelli, of Virginia, to
be Chief Financial Officer, and Ronald Rosenfeld, of Maryland, to be
President, Government National Mortgage Association, both of the Department of
Housing and Urban Development, and Jennifer L. Dorn, of Nebraska, to be
Federal Transit Administrator, Department of Transportation.
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NOMINATIONS
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded hearings
on the nominations of Mark B. McClellan, of California, to be a Member of the
Council of Economic Advisers, and Sheila C. Bair, of Kansas, to be an
Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Financial Institutions, after the
nominees testified and answered questions in their own behalf. Ms. Bair was
introduced by Senator Roberts.
U.S. ECONOMY
Committee on the Budget: Committee concluded hearings to examine the current
economic and budget situation facing the United States, focusing on fiscal
expectations, the 2002 budget resolution, and plans for further economic
efficiency including continued restraint on total spending, reviews of
antiquated duplicative and non-performing programs, and collaboration to
strengthen the economy, after receiving testimony from Mitchell E. Daniels,
Jr., Director, Office of Management and Budget.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee ordered favorably
reported the nominations of Patricia Lynn Scarlett, of California, to be
Assistant Secretary for Policy, Management and Budget, William Gerry Myers
III, of Idaho, to be Solicitor, Bennett William Raley, of Colorado, to be
Assistant Secretary for Water and Science, Vicky A. Bailey, of Indiana, to be
Assistant Secretary of Energy for International Affairs and Domestic Policy,
Frances P. Mainella, of Florida, to be Director of the National Park Service,
John W. Keys III, of Utah, to be Commissioner of Reclamation, all of the
Department of the Interior.
Also, committee announced the following subcommittee assignments:
Subcommittee on Energy: Senators Graham (Chairman), Akaka, Wyden, Johnson,
Landrieu, Bayh, Feinstein, Schumer, Cantwell, Carper, Bingaman, Nickles
(Ranking Member), Domenici, Shelby, Hagel, Thomas, Kyl, Craig, Campbell,
Burns, and Murkowski.
Subcommittee on Public Lands and Forests: Senators Wyden (Chairman), Akaka,
Dorgan, Johnson, Landrieu, Bayh, Feinstein, Schumer, Cantwell, Bingaman, Craig
(Ranking Member), Burns, Domenici, Nickles, Gordon Smith, Thomas, Kyl, Shelby,
and Murkowski.
Subcommittee on National Parks: Senators Akaka (Chairman), Dorgan, Graham,
Landrieu, Bayh, Schumer, Carper, Bingaman, Thomas (Ranking Member), Campbell,
Burns, Gordon Smith, Hagel, Domenici, and Murkowski.
Subcommittee on Water and Power: Senators Dorgan (Chairman), Graham, Wyden,
Johnson, Feinstein, Cantwell, Carper, Bingaman, Gordon Smith (Ranking Member),
Kyl, Craig, Campbell, Shelby, Hagel, and Murkowski.
ENERGY POLICY, SUPPLY, AND SECURITY
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee held hearings on
provisions to protect energy supply and security (Title I of S. 388, the
National Energy Security Act of 2001), oil and gas production (Title III and
Title V of S. 388, and Title X of S. 597, the Comprehensive and Balanced
Energy Policy Act of 2001), drilling moratoriums on the Outer Continental
Shelf (S. 901, the Coastal States Protection Act, S. 1086, the COAST
Anti-Drilling Act, and S. 771, to permanently prohibit the conduct of offshore
drilling on the Outer Continental Shelf of the State of Florida), energy
regulatory reviews and studies (Title III of S. 597), S. 900, the Consumer
Energy Commission Act of 2001, and provisions to promote nuclear power
(sections 126 and 128-130 of Title I, and Titles II and III of S. 472, the
Nuclear Energy Electricity Supply Assurance Act of 2001), S. 919, to require
the Secretary of Energy to study the feasibility of developing commercial
nuclear energy production facilities at existing Department of Energy sites,
and S. 1147, to amend Title X and Title XI of the Energy Policy Act of 1992,
receiving testimony from Francis S. Blake, Deputy Secretary of Energy; Gale A.
Norton, Secretary of the Interior; Ashok C. Thadani, Director, Office of
Nuclear Regulatory Research, Nuclear Regulatory Commission; former Senator
Bennett Johnston, Johnston and Associates, and Charles M. Clusen, Natural
Resources Defense Council, Marvin S. Fertel, Nuclear Energy Institute, and
Anna Aurilio, U.S. Public Interest Research Group, all of Washington, D.C.;
Bill Burton, Jones, Day, Reavis and Pogue, and Tom Young, Mariner Energy,
Inc., on behalf of the Independent Petroleum Association of America, both of
Houston, Texas; and Jerry Hood, International Brotherhood of Teamsters,
Anchorage, Alaska.
Hearings continue tomorrow.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee ordered favorably reported the
following business items:
S. 1021, to reauthorize the Tropical Forest Conservation Act of 1998 through
fiscal year 2004;
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S. 180, to facilitate famine relief efforts and a comprehensive solution to
the war in Sudan, with an amendment;
S. 494, to provide for a transition to democracy and to promote economic
recovery in Zimbabwe, with amendments;
S. Con. Res. 28, calling for a United States effort to end restrictions on the
freedoms and human rights of the enclaved people in the occupied area of
Cyprus, with an amendment;
S. Con. Res. 34, congratulating the Baltic nations of Estonia, Latvia, and
Lithuania on the tenth anniversary of the reestablishment of their full
independence, with an amendment;
S. Con. Res. 53, encouraging the development of strategies to reduce hunger
and poverty, and to promote free market economies and democratic institutions,
in sub-Saharan Africa;
S. Res. 122, relating to the transfer of Slobodan Milosevic to the
International Criminal Tribunal for Yugoslavia, with an amendment;
S. Res. 128, calling on the Government of the People's Republic of China to
immediately and unconditionally release Li Shaomin and all other American
scholars of Chinese ancestry being held in detention, calling on the President
of the United States to continue working on behalf of Li Shaomin and the other
detained scholars for their release; and
The nominations of Peter R. Chaveas, of Pennsylvania, to be Ambassador to the
Republic of Sierra Leone, Lori A. Forman, of Virginia, to be an Assistant
Administrator for Asia and Near East of the United States Agency for
International Development, Aubrey Hooks, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the
Democratic Republic of the Congo, Donald J. McConnell, of Ohio, to be
Ambassador to the State of Eritrea, Nancy J. Powell, of Iowa, to be Ambassador
to the Republic of Ghana, and George McDade Staples, of Kentucky, to be
Ambassador to the Republic of Cameroon, and to serve concurrently and without
additional compensation as Ambassador to the Republic of Equatorial Guinea.
Also, committee announced the following subcommittee assignments:
Subcommittee on African Affairs: Senators Feingold (Chairman), Dodd, Boxer,
Rockefeller, Frist (Ranking Member), Brownback, and Gordon Smith.
Subcommittee on East Asian and Pacific Affairs: Senators Kerry (Chairman),
Torricelli, Feingold, Rockefeller, Sarbanes, Hagel (Ranking Member), Helms,
Lugar, and Allen.
Subcommittee on European Affairs: Senators Biden (Chairman), Sarbanes, Dodd,
Wellstone, Kerry, Gordon Smith (Ranking Member), Lugar, Hagel, and Chafee.
Subcommittee on International Economic Policy, Export and Trade Promotion:
Senators Sarbanes (Chairman), Bill Nelson, Wellstone, Torricelli, Feingold,
Allen (Ranking Member), Hagel, Chafee, and Enzi.
Subcommittee on International Operations and Terrorism: Senators Boxer
(Chairman), Kerry, Bill Nelson, Biden, Dodd, Enzi (Ranking Member), Frist,
Helms, and Brownback.
Subcommittee on Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs: Senators Wellstone
(Chairman), Torricelli, Boxer, Sarbanes, Rockefeller, Brownback (Ranking
Member), Gordon Smith, Frist, and Allen.
Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere, Peace Corps and Narcotics Affairs:
Senators Dodd (Chairman), Bill Nelson, Kerry, Feingold, Biden, Chafee (Ranking
Member), Helms, Enzi, and Lugar.
MIDDLE EAST
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee met in closed session to receive a
briefing on the situation in the Middle East from George J. Tenet, Director,
Central Intelligence Agency; and William J. Burns, Assistant Secretary of
State for Near Eastern Affairs.
MONTANA WYOMING TRIBAL LEADERS COUNCIL
Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee concluded hearings to examine the goals
and priorities of the member tribes of the Montana Wyoming Tribal Leaders
Council for the 107th session of the Congress, after receiving testimony from
Anthony Addison, Sr., Arapaho Business Council, Fort Washakie, Wyoming; Alvin
Windy Boy, Sr., and Bruce Sunchild, both of the Chippewa Cree Tribe of the
Rocky Boy's Reservation, Box Elder, Montana; Geri Small, Northern Cheyenne
Tribe, Lame Deer, Montana; Ivan D. Posey, Eastern Shoshone Tribe of the Wind
River Reservation, Fort Washakie, Wyoming; and Jami Hamel, Confederated Salish
and Kootenai Tribes of the Flathead Nation, Pablo, Montana.
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No Joint hearings noted.
2001/07/16
Daily Digest - Monday, July 16, 2001; pages D705 - D710
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
SUBCOMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS
Committee on Appropriations: On Wednesday, July 11, committee announced the
following subcommittee assignments:
Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, and Related Agencies: Senators
Kohl (Chairman), Harkin, Dorgan, Feinstein, Durbin, Johnson, Murray, Cochran
(Ranking Member), Specter, Bond, McConnell, Burns, and Craig.
Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State, and the Judiciary: Senators Hollings
(Chairman), Inouye, Mikulski, Leahy, Kohl, Murray, Reed, Gregg (Ranking
Member), Stevens, Domenici, McConnell, Hutchison, and Campbell.
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Subcommittee on Defense: Senators Inouye (Chairman), Hollings, Byrd, Leahy,
Harkin, Dorgan, Durbin, Reid, Feinstein, Kohl, Stevens (Ranking Member),
Cochran, Specter, Domenici, Bond, McConnell, Shelby, Gregg, and Hutchison.
Subcommittee on District of Columbia: Senators Landrieu (Chairman) Durbin,
Reed, DeWine (Ranking Member), and Hutchison.
Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development: Senators Reid (Chairman), Byrd,
Hollings, Murray, Dorgan, Feinstein, Harkin, Domenici (Ranking Member),
Cochran, McConnell, Bennett, Burns, and Craig.
Subcommittee on Foreign Operations: Senators Leahy (Chairman), Inouye, Harkin,
Mikulski, Durbin, Johnson, Landrieu, Reed, McConnell (Ranking Member),
Specter, Gregg, Shelby, Bennett, Campbell, and Bond.
Subcommittee on Interior: Senators Byrd (Chairman), Leahy, Hollings, Reid,
Dorgan, Feinstein, Murray, Inouye, Burns (Ranking Member), Stevens, Cochran,
Domenici, Bennett, Gregg, and Campbell.
Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education: Senators
Harkin (Chairman), Hollings, Inouye, Reid, Kohl, Murray, Landrieu, Byrd,
Specter (Ranking Member), Cochran, Gregg, Craig, Hutchison, Stevens, and
DeWine.
Subcommittee on Legislative Branch: Senators Durbin (Chairman), Johnson, Reed,
Bennett (Ranking Member), and Stevens.
Subcommittee on Military Construction: Senators Feinstein (Chairman), Inouye,
Johnson, Landrieu, Reid, Hutchison (Ranking Member), Burns, Craig, and DeWine.
Subcommittee on Transportation: Senators Murray (Chairman), Byrd, Mikulski,
Reid, Kohl, Durbin, Leahy, Shelby (Ranking Member), Specter, Bond, Bennett,
Campbell, and Hutchison.
Subcommittee on Treasury and General Government: Senators Dorgan (Chairman),
Mikulski, Landrieu, Reed, Campbell (Ranking Member), Shelby, and DeWine.
Subcommittee on VA, HUD, and Independent Agencies: Senators Mikulski
(Chairman), Leahy, Harkin, Byrd, Kohl, Johnson, Hollings, Bond (Ranking
Member), Burns, Shelby, Craig, Domenici, and DeWine.
E-CONSUMER SECURITY
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on Science,
Technology, and Space held hearings to examine how the Internet has changed
since its inception, and to look at the security risks and vulnerabilities
that have developed along with the rise of e-commerce, receiving testimony
from Vinton G. Cerf, WorldCom, Ashburn, Virginia; Harris N. Miller,
Information Technology Association of America, Arlington, Virginia; and Bruce
Schneier, Counterpane Internet Security, Inc., Cupertino, California.
Hearings recessed subject to call.
ENERGY EFFICIENCY
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: On Friday, July 13, committee
resumed hearings on proposals related to energy efficiency, including S. 352,
to increase the authorization of appropriations for low-income energy
assistance, weatherization, and state energy conservation grant programs, to
expand the use of energy savings performance contracts, Title XIII of S. 597,
the Comprehensive and Balanced Energy Policy Act of 2001, sections 602-606 of
S. 388, the National Energy Security Act of 2001, S. 95, the Federal Energy
Bank Act, and S.J. Res. 15, providing for congressional disapproval of the
rule submitted by the Department of Energy relating to the postponement of the
effective date of energy conservation standards for central air conditioners,
receiving testimony from David K. Garman, Assistant Secretary of Energy for
Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy; Mary Ann Manoogian, New Hampshire
Governor's Office of Energy and Community Services, Concord, on behalf of the
National Association of State Energy Officials; JoAnne Choate, Maine State
Housing Agency, Augusta, on behalf of the National Energy Assistance
Directors' Association; Erik Emblem, National Energy Management Institute,
Alexandria, Virginia; Mark F. Wagner, Johnson Controls, Inc., on behalf of the
Federal Performance Contracting Coalition, and Steven Nadel, American Council
for an Energy-Efficient Economy, both of Washington, D.C.; Clifford H. Rees,
Jr., Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration Institute, Arlington, Virginia; David
Parks, Goodman Manufacturing Company, Houston, Texas; and Malcolm O'Hagan,
National Electrical Manufacturers Association, Rosslyn, Virginia.
Hearings continue Tuesday, July 17.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Foreign Relations: On Friday, July 13, committee concluded
hearings on the nominations of Russell F. Freeman, of North Dakota, to be
Ambassador to Belize, Sue McCourt Cobb, of Florida, to be Ambassador to
Jamaica, and Roger Francisco Noriega, of Kansas, to be Permanent
Representative of the United States of America to the Organization of American
States, with the rank of Ambassador, after the nominees testified and answered
questions in their own behalf. Mr. Freeman was introduced by Senators Dorgan
and Conrad, and Ms. Cobb was introduced by Senators Graham and Bill Nelson.
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No Joint hearings noted.
2001/07/17
Daily Digest - Tuesday, July 17, 2001; pages D711 - D720
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
FEDERAL FARM BILL
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: Committee concluded
hearings to examine the proposed federal farm bill, focusing on cotton, wheat,
rice, sugar, and peanut related provisions, after receiving testimony from
James Echols, Hohenberg Brothers Company, Memphis, Tennessee, on behalf of the
National Cotton Council of America; Dusty Tallman, Brandon, Colorado, on
behalf of the National Association of Wheat Growers; John Denison, Rice
Foundation, Iowa, Louisiana, on behalf of the United States Rice Producers'
Group and the United States Rice Producers Association; Jack Roney, American
Sugar Alliance, Arlington, Virginia, on behalf of the United States Sugar
Industry; Art Jaeger, Consumer Federation of America, Washington, D.C., on
behalf of the Coalition for Sugar Reform; and Armond Morris, Georgia Peanut
Commission, Ocilla, on behalf of a coalition of state peanut organizations;
Wilbur Gamble, Dawson, Georgia, on behalf of the National Peanut Growers
Group; and Evans J. Plowden, Jr., Albany, Georgia, on behalf of the American
Peanut Shellers Association.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Appropriations: Committee ordered favorably reported an original
bill making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug
Administration, and Related Agencies programs for the fiscal year ending
September 30, 2002.
AUTHORIZATION--BALLISTIC MISSILE DEFENSE
Committee on Armed Services: Committee resumed hearings on proposed
legislation authorizing funds for fiscal year 2002 for the Department of
Defense and the Future Years Defense Program, focusing on ballistic missile
defense policies and programs, receiving testimony from Paul D. Wolfowitz,
Deputy Secretary of Defense; and Lt. Gen. Ronald T. Kadish, USAF, Director,
Ballistic Missile Defense Organization.
Hearings continue on Thursday, July 19.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee ordered
favorably reported the nominations of Ellen G. Engleman, of Indiana, to be
Administrator of the Research and Special Programs Administration, Allan
Rutter, of Texas, to be Administrator of the Federal Railroad Administration,
both of the Department of Transportation, and Samuel W. Bodman, of
Massachusetts, to be Deputy Secretary of Commerce.
Also, committee adopted its rules of procedure for the 107th Congress, and
announced the following subcommittee assignments:
Subcommittee on Aviation: Senators Rockefeller (Chairman), Hollings, Inouye,
Breaux, Dorgan, Wyden, Cleland, Edwards, Carnahan, Bill Nelson, Hutchison
(Ranking Member), Stevens, Burns, Lott, Snowe, Brownback, Gordon Smith,
Fitzgerald, and Ensign.
Subcommittee on Communications: Senators Inouye (Chairman), Hollings, Kerry,
Breaux, Rockefeller, Dorgan, Wyden, Cleland, Boxer, Edwards, Carnahan, Burns
(Ranking Member), Stevens, Lott, Hutchison, Snowe, Brownback, Gordon Smith,
Fitzgerald, Ensign, and Allen.
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Subcommittee on Consumer Affairs, Foreign Commerce, and Tourism: Senators
Dorgan (Chairman), Rockefeller, Wyden, Boxer, Edwards, Carnahan, Bill Nelson,
Fitzgerald (Ranking Member), Burns, Brownback, Gordon Smith, Ensign, and
Allen.
Subcommittee on Oceans, Atmosphere, and Fisheries: Senators Kerry (Chairman),
Hollings, Inouye, Breaux, Boxer, Bill Nelson, Snowe (Ranking Member), Stevens,
Hutchison, Gordon Smith, and Fitzgerald.
Subcommittee on Science, Technology, and Space: Senators Wyden (Chairman),
Rockefeller, Kerry, Dorgan, Cleland, Edwards, Carnahan, Bill Nelson, Allen
(Ranking Member), Stevens, Burns, Lott, Hutchison, Brownback, and Fitzgerald.
Subcommittee on Surface Transportation and Merchant Marine: Senators Breaux
(Chairman), Inouye, Rockefeller, Kerry, Dorgan, Wyden, Cleland, Boxer,
Carnahan, Edwards, Gordon Smith (Ranking Member), Stevens, Burns, Lott,
Hutchison, Snowe, Brownback, Fitzgerald, and Ensign.
MEDIA INDUSTRY CONSOLIDATION
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded
hearings to examine media consolidation in the broadcast and newspaper
industries, focusing on the Federal Communications Commission rules and issues
associated with restrictions on media ownership, after receiving testimony
from Mel Karmazin, Viacom, Inc., William F. Baker, Thirteen/WNET New York, and
Eli M. Noam, Columbia University Institute For Tele-Information, all of New
York, New York; Alan Frank, Post-Newsweek Stations, Inc., Detroit, Michigan,
on behalf of the Network Affiliated Stations Alliance; Jack Fuller, Tribune
Publishing Company, Chicago, Illinois; and Gene Kimmelman, Consumers Union,
Washington, D.C.
ENERGY EFFICIENCY
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee resumed hearings on
energy efficiency proposals, focusing on reducing the demand for petroleum
products in the light duty vehicle sector, including Titles III and XII of S.
597, the Comprehensive and Balanced Energy Policy Act of 2001, Title VII of S.
388, The National Energy Security Act of 2001, S. 883, the Energy Independence
Act of 2001, S. 1053, Hydrogen Future Act of 2001, and S. 1006, Renewable
Fuels for Energy Security Act of 2001, receiving testimony from Barry D.
McNutt, Senior Policy Analyst, Office of Domestic Policy and International
Affairs, Department of Energy; L. Robert Shelton, Executive Director, National
Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Department of Transportation; Gregory
Dana, Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers, J. Byron McCormick, Global
Alternative Propulsion Center, Richard R. Kolodziej, Natural Gas Vehicle
Coalition, and Eugene Zeltmann, Electric Vehicle Association of the Americas,
all of Washington, D.C.; Charles A. Gibbens, Henrico County Automotive Fleet,
Richmond, Virginia; and Gary Marshall, Missouri Corn Growers Association,
Jefferson City, on behalf of the National Ethanol Vehicle Coalition.
Hearings continue tomorrow.
MEMORIALS/PARKS/RIVERS
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Subcommittee on National Parks
concluded hearings on S. 281, to authorize the design and construction of a
temporary education center at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial; S. 386 and H.R.
146, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to study the suitability and
feasibility of designating the Great Falls Historic District in the city of
Paterson, in Passaic County, New Jersey, as a unit of the National Park
System; S. 513 and H.R. 182, to amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act by
designating a segment of the Eightmile River in Connecticut for potential
addition to the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System; S. 921 and H.R. 1000,
to adjust the boundary of the William Howard Taft National Historic Site in
the State of Ohio, and to authorize an exchange of land in connection with the
historic site; S. 1097, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to issue
right-of-way permits for natural gas pipelines within the boundary of the
Great Smoky Mountains National Park; and H.R. 1668, to authorize the Adams
Memorial Foundation to establish a commemorative work on Federal land in the
District of Columbia and its environs to honor former President John Adams and
his family, after receiving testimony from Senators Kennedy, Dodd, DeWine, and
Torricelli; Representatives Roemer and Pascrell; John G. Parsons, Associate
Regional Director, Lands, Resources, and Planning, National Capital Region,
National Park Service, Department of the Interior; Patricia E. Gallagher,
Executive Director, National Capital Planning Commission; Deborah Hoffman,
Passaic County Department of Economic Development, Paterson, New Jersey; Jan
Craig Scruggs, Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund, Washington, D.C.; and Nathan M.
Frohling, The Nature Conservancy, Essex, Connecticut.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Finance: Committee ordered favorably reported the following
business items:
S.J. Res. 16, approving the extension of nondiscriminatory treatment to the
products of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, with an amendment in the nature
of a substitute; and
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The nominations of Wade F. Horn, of Maryland, to be Assistant Secretary for
Family Support, Kevin Keane, of Wisconsin, to be Assistant Secretary for
Public Affairs, both of the Department of Health and Human Services, Allen
Frederick Johnson, of Iowa, to be Chief Agricultural Negotiator, Office of the
United States Trade Representative, Brian Carlton Roseboro, of New Jersey, to
be Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Financial Markets, and William
Henry Lash III, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary of Commerce for
Market Access and Compliance.
Also, committee appointed Senators Baucus, Rockefeller, Daschle, Grassley, and
Hatch to the Joint Committee on Taxation and the Congressional Trade Advisors
on Trade Policy and Negotiations, and announced the following subcommittee
assignments:
Subcommittee on Health Care: Senators Rockefeller (Chairman), Daschle,
Jeffords, Bingaman, Kerry, Torricelli, Lincoln, Breaux, Graham, Snowe (Ranking
Member), Gramm, Grassley, Kyl, Hatch, Nickles, Thompson, and Thomas.
Subcommittee on International Trade: Senators Baucus (Chairman), Rockefeller,
Daschle, Conrad, Jeffords, Kerry, Lincoln, Graham, Torricelli, Hatch (Ranking
Member), Grassley, Thompson, Murkowski, Gramm, Lott, Snowe, and Thomas.
Subcommittee on Social Security and Family Policy: Senators Breaux (Chairman),
Rockefeller, Bingaman, Daschle, Jeffords, Kerry, Kyl (Ranking Member),
Nickles, Lott, Gramm, and Thomas.
Subcommittee on Taxation and IRS Oversight: Senators Conrad (Chairman),
Torricelli, Breaux, Bingaman, Lincoln, Baucus, Rockefeller, Nickles (Ranking
Member), Lott, Hatch, Thompson, Snowe, and Murkowski.
Subcommittee on Long-term Growth and Debt Reduction: Senators Graham
(Chairman), Baucus, Conrad, Murkowski (Ranking Member), and Kyl.
FLEXIBLE GOVERNMENT PERSONNEL SYSTEMS
Committee on Governmental Affairs: Subcommittee on Oversight of Government
Management, Restructuring and the District of Columbia concluded hearings to
examine the expansion of flexible personnel systems throughout the United
States government, to determine if they have been successfully employed and if
they should be extended, after receiving testimony from David M. Walker,
Comptroller General of the United States, General Accounting Office; Sean
O'Keefe, Deputy Director, Office of Management and Budget; Charles O.
Rossotti, Commissioner, Internal Revenue Service, Department of the Treasury;
Charles S. Abell, Assistant Secretary of Defense for Force Management Policy;
Bobby L. Harnage, Sr., American Federation of Government Employees, AFL-CIO,
Susan Shaw, National Treasury Employees Union, and Myra Howze Shiplett,
National Academy of Public Administration Center for Human Resources
Management, all of Washington, D.C.
NOMINATION
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded hearings on the nomination of
Asa Hutchinson, of Arkansas, to be Administrator of Drug Enforcement,
Department of Justice, after the nominee, who was introduced by Senators
Hutchinson and Lincoln, and Representative Conyers, testified and answered
questions in his own behalf.
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No Joint hearings noted.
2001/07/18
Daily Digest - Wednesday, July 18, 2001; pages D721 - D732
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
STEM CELL RESEARCH
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services,
and Education concluded hearings to examine Federal funding for embryonic stem
cell research issues, focusing on the National Institute of Health report
entitled "Stem Cells: Scientific Progress and Future Research Directions",
after receiving testimony from Senators Hatch, Gordon Smith, and Brownback;
Lana Skirboll, Director, Office of Science Policy, National Institutes of
Health, Department of Health and Human Services; Diane Krause, Yale University
School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, on behalf of the American Society
of Hematology; Mary J.C. Hendrix, University of Iowa College of Medicine
Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Iowa City, on behalf of the Federation
of American Societies for Experimental Biology; Richard M. Doerflinger,
National Conference of Catholic Bishops, Washington, D.C.; Michael D. West,
Advanced Cell Technology, Inc., Worcester, Massachusetts; and William E.
Gibbons and Susan E. Lanzendorf, both of the Eastern Virginia Medical School
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Norfolk.
AUTHORIZATION--DEFENSE PERSONNEL PROGRAMS
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Personnel concluded hearings on
proposed legislation authorizing funds for fiscal year 2002 for the Department
of Defense and the Future Years Defense Program, focusing on active and
reserve military and civilian personnel programs, after receiving testimony
from former Representative G.V. Montgomery; David S.C. Chu, Under Secretary of
Defense for Personnel and Readiness; Lt. Gen. Tomothy J. Maude, USA, Deputy
Chief of Staff for Personnel, United States Army; Vice Adm. Norbert R. Ryan,
D723Jr., USN, Chief of Naval Personnel/Deputy Chief of Naval Operations for
Manpower and Personnel, United States Navy; Lt. Gen. Garry L. Parks, USMC,
Deputy Commandant, Manpower and Reserve Affairs, United States Marine Corps;
Lt. Gen. Donald L. Peterson, USAF, Deputy Chief of Staff for Personnel, United
States Air Force; and MCPO Joe Barnes, USN (Ret.), Fleet Reserve Association,
CM Sgt. Mark H. Olanoff, USAF (Ret.), Retired Enlisted Association, Joyce
Wessel Raezer, National Military Family Association, and Sue Schwartz, Retired
Officers Association, all on behalf of the Military Coalition, Alexandria,
Virginia.
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BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee ordered favorably
reported the following business items:
An original bill to reauthorize funds for the U.S. Export-Import Bank;
An original bill to extend the authorities of the Iran and Libya Sanctions Act
of 1996 until 2006; and
The nominations of Mark B. McClellan, of California, to be a Member of the
Council of Economic Advisers, and Sheila C. Bair, of Kansas, to be an
Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Financial Institutions.
DEFENSE BUDGET
Committee on the Budget: Committee concluded hearings to examine the
President's amended budget request for fiscal year 2002 for the Department of
Defense, after receiving testimony from Paul D. Wolfowitz, Deputy Secretary of
Defense.
MOTOR CARRIER SAFETY
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee held hearings to
examine Federal efforts to improve motor carrier safety at the United
States-Mexico border relative to the North American Free Trade Agreement
requirement that all countries in North America be open to commercial vehicle
traffic, focusing on current safety conditions at the southern border, and
Department of Transportation actions to implement a comprehensive safety
strategy regarding Mexico's truck and bus access, receiving testimony from
Norman Y. Mineta, Secretary, and Kenneth M. Mead, Inspector General, both of
the Department of Transportation; Steve Vaughn, California Highway Patrol,
Sacramento, on behalf of the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance; James P.
Hoffa, International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Joan Claybrook, Public Citizen,
and Peter J. Pantuso, American Bus Association, all of Washington, D.C.; Duane
W. Acklie, American Trucking Associations, Alexandria, Virginia; and Edward M.
Emmett, National Industrial Transportation League, Arlington, Virginia.
Hearings recessed subject to call.
NOMINATION
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded hearings on the
nomination of Dan R. Brouillette, of Louisiana, to be Assistant Secretary of
Energy for Congressional and Intergovernmental Affairs, after the nominee, who
was introduced by Senator Landrieu and Representative Tauzin, testified and
answered questions in his own behalf.
ENERGY RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee continued hearings on
proposals related to energy and scientific research, development, technology
deployment, education, and training, including Sections 107, 114, 115, 607,
Title II, and Subtitle B of Title IV of S. 388, the National Energy Security
Act of 2001, Titles VIII, XI, and Division E of S. 597, the Comprehensive and
Balanced Energy Policy Act of 2001, Sections 111, 121, 122, 123, 125, 127,
204, 205, Title IV and Title V of S. 472, the Nuclear Energy Electricity
Supply Assurance Act of 2001, S. 90, the Department of Energy Nanoscale
Science and Engineering Research Act, S. 193, the Department of Energy
Advanced Scientific Computing Act, S. 242, the Department of Energy University
Nuclear Science and Engineering Act, S. 259, the National Laboratories
Partnership Improvement Act of 2001, S. 636, a bill to direct the Secretary of
Energy to establish a decommissioning pilot program to decommission and
decontaminate the Sodium-cooled fast breeder experimental test-site reactor
located in northwest Arkansas, S. 1130, the Fusion Energy Sciences Act of
2001, and S. 1166, to establish the Next Generation Lighting Initiative at the
Department of Energy, receiving testimony from Francis S. Blake, Deputy
Secretary of Energy; Robert Fri, Director, National Museum of Natural History,
Smithsonian Institution, on behalf of the National Research Council Committee
on Benefits of Department of Energy Research and Development on Energy
Efficiency and Fossil Energy John P. Holdren, Harvard University Department of
Earth and Planetary Sciences, and Ernest J. Moniz, Massachusetts Institute of
Technology, former Under Secretary of Energy, both of Cambridge,
Massachusetts; Robert C. Richardson, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York;
H.M. Hubbard, Pacific International Center for High Technology Research, Lee's
Summit, Missouri; Michael L. Corradini, University of Wisconsin Department of
Engineering Physics, Madison, on behalf of the Nuclear Energy Research
Advisory Committee; Thomas B. Cochran, Natural Resources Defense Council,
Washington, D.C.; Jacques Bouchard, D724French Atomic Energy Commission,
Paris; and Gregory R. Choppin, Florida State University Department of
Chemistry, Tallahassee.
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Hearings continue tomorrow.
RUSSIAN/NON-RUSSIAN REGIONS POLICY
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee held hearings to examine the Putin
administration policies toward the non-Russian regions of the Russian
Federation, receiving testimony from Steven L. Solnick, Columbia University
Department of Political Science, New York, New York; John B. Dunlop, Stanford
University, Stanford, California, on behalf of the Hoover Institution on War,
Revolution, and Peace; Marjorie M. Balzer, Georgetown University Center for
Eurasian, Russian, and East European Studies, and Paul A. Goble, Radio Free
Europe/Radio Liberty, Inc., both of Washington, D.C.
Hearings recessed subject to call.
CLIMATE CHANGE STRATEGY
Committee on Governmental Affairs: Committee concluded hearings on S. 1008, to
amend the Energy Policy Act of 1992 to develop the United States Climate
Change Response Strategy with the goal of stabilization of greenhouse gas
concentrations in the atmosphere at a level that would prevent dangerous
anthropogenic interference with the climate system, while minimizing adverse
short-term and long-term economic and social impacts, aligning the Strategy
with United States energy policy, and promoting a sound national environmental
policy, to establish a research and development program that focuses on bold
technological breakthroughs that make significant progress toward the goal of
stabilization of greenhouse gas concentrations, and to establish the National
Office of Climate Change Response within the Executive Office of the
President, after receiving testimony from Senator Byrd; James E. Hansen, Head,
Goddard Institute for Space Studies, National Aeronautics and Space
Administration; Thomas R. Karl, Director, National Climatic Data Center,
National Environmental Satellite Data and Information Services, National
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce; Eileen
Claussen, Pew Center on Global Climate Change, Arlington, Virginia; Dale E.
Heydlauff, American Electric Power Company, Columbus, Ohio; and James A.
Edmonds, Battelle Memorial Institute, Jonathan Lash, World Resources
Institute, and Margo Thorning, American Council for Capital Formation, all of
Washington, D.C.
OFFSHORE TAX HAVENS
Committee on Governmental Affairs: Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations
concluded hearings to examine past and current U.S. efforts to convince
offshore tax havens to cooperate with U.S. efforts to stop tax evasion, the
role of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development tax haven
project in light of U.S. objectives, and the current status of U.S. support
for the project, in particular for the core element requiring information
exchange, after receiving testimony from Paul H. O'Neill, Secretary of the
Treasury; Michael Chertoff, Assistant Attorney General, Criminal Division,
Department of Justice; Robert M. Morgenthau, Manhattan District Attorney, New
York, New York; and Donald C. Alexander and Sheldon S. Cohen, both of
Washington, D.C., both former Commissioners, Internal Revenue Service,
Department of the Treasury.
ERGONOMIC HAZARDS
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Subcommittee on
Employment, Safety and Training concluded hearings to examine the scope, cost,
subjective requirements, potential violation of State workers' compensation
laws, and the process of Occupational Safety and Health Administration's
ergonomics standards, the protection of workers from ergonomic hazards in the
workplace, including the legitimacy of ergonomics science, after receiving
testimony from Chris Spear, Assistant Secretary of Labor for Policy; Jeremiah
A. Barondess, New York Academy of Medicine, on behalf of the National Research
Council Panel on Musculoskeletal Disorders and the Workplace, and Kenneth J.
Harwood, Columbia University Program in Physical Therapy, on behalf of the
American Physical Therapy Association, both of New York, New York; Donald L.
Morelli, Ergonomics Consulting Service, San Carlos, California; Carmen Hacht,
IBP, Inc., Dakota City, Nebraska, on behalf of the United Food and Commercial
Workers Local 222; Franklin E. Mirer, International Union, United Automobile,
Aerospace and Agricultural Implement Workers of America, Detroit, Michigan;
David C. Alexander, Auburn Engineers, Inc., Auburn, Alabama; Connie M.
Verhagen, Muskegon, Michigan, on behalf of the American Dental Association;
and Nancy Foley, South Hadley, Massachusetts.
TRIBAL GOVERNANCE
Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee concluded oversight hearings on the
relationship between Indian tribal good governance practices and economic
development, after receiving testimony from Neal McCaleb, Assistant Secretary
of the Interior for Indian Affairs; Susan Masten, National Congress of
American Indians, Washington, D.C.; M. Brian Cladoosby, Swinomish Indian
Tribal Community, Anacortes, Washington; Ardith Chambers, Grand Traverse Band
of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians, Peshabestown, Michigan; Andrew J. Lee, Harvard
University John F. Kennedy School of Government Project on American Indian
Economic Development, Cambridge, Massachusetts; and Jerry Reynolds, First
Nations Development Institute, Fredericksburg, Virginia.
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FBI MANAGEMENT REFORM
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee held hearings to examine Federal Bureau
of Investigation management reform issues, including agency structure
organization, span of control, and internal employee investigations, receiving
testimony from Bob E. Dies, Assistant Director, and Kenneth Senser, Deputy
Assistant Director, both of the Information Resources Division, John E.
Roberts, Unit Chief, Office of Professional Responsibility, Frank L. Perry,
Supervisory Senior Resident Agent, Raleigh, North Carolina Office, and Patrick
J. Kiernan, Supervisory Special Agent, Law Enforcement Ethics Unit, FBI
Academy, all of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Department of Justice;
Raymond W. Kelly, Bear Sterns, New York, New York, former Under Secretary of
the Treasury for Enforcement/Commissioner of U.S. Customs; and John Werner,
Blue Sky Enterprises, Cary, North Carolina, former Supervising Agent, Federal
Bureau of Investigation, Department of Justice.
Hearings recessed subject to call.
NOMINATION
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded hearings on the nomination of
James W. Ziglar, of Mississippi, to be Commissioner of Immigration and
Naturalization, Department of Justice, after the nominee, who was introduced
by Senators Daschle, Lott, and Cochran, testified and answered questions in
his own behalf.
INTELLIGENCE
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee held closed hearings on
intelligence matters, receiving testimony from officials of the intelligence
community.
Committee recessed subject to call.
LONG TERM CARE
Special Committee on Aging: Committee held to examine long term care issues,
focusing on costs and demands including state initiatives to shift Medicaid
services away from institutional care and toward community based services,
receiving testimony from Vermont Governor Howard Dean, Montpelier; David W.
Hood, Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals, Baton Rouge; Ray
Scheppach, National Governors Association, Washington, D.C.; and Richard
Browdie, Pennsylvania Department of Aging, Harrisburg, on behalf of the
National Association of State Units on Aging.
Hearings recessed subject to call.
No Joint hearings noted.
2001/07/19
Daily Digest - Thursday, July 19, 2001; pages D733 - D742
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
FEDERAL FARM BILL
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: Committee concluded
hearings to elicit suggestions for the nutrition title of the proposed federal
farm bill and to examine the reauthorization of the Food Stamp Program,
focusing on improvement through streamlined applications, stable benefit
levels, transitional assistance, simplified eligibility, and employment and
training for economic self sufficiency, after receiving testimony from Eric M.
Bost, Under Secretary of Agriculture for Food, Nutrition, and Consumer
Services; Kevin W. Concannon, Maine Department of Human Services, Augusta;
Robert Greenstein, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, and Ron Haskins,
Brookings Institution, both of Washington, D.C.; Karen Ford, Food Bank of
Iowa, Des Moines; Dean M. Leavitt, U.S. Wireless Data, Inc., New York, New
York; Deborah A. Frank, Boston Medical Center Grow Clinic for Children and
Children's Sentinel Nutrition Assessment Program, Boston, Massachusetts;
Cutberto Garza, Cornell University Division of Nutritional Sciences, Ithaca,
New York; and Celine Dieppa, Manchester, Connecticut.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Appropriations: Committee ordered favorably reported the
following bills:
An original bill, making appropriations for the Departments of Commerce,
Justice, State, and the Judiciary, and related agencies for the fiscal year
ending September 30, 2002; and
An original bill, making appropriations for the Departments of Veterans
Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and for sundry independent
agencies, boards, commissions, corporations, and offices for the fiscal year
ending September 30, 2002.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on VA, HUD, and Independent Agencies
approved for full committee consideration an original bill, making
appropriations for the Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban
Development, and for sundry independent agencies, boards, commissions,
corporations, and offices for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2002.
BALLISTIC MISSILE DEFENSE
Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded hearings on proposed
legislation authorizing funds for fiscal year 2002 for the Department of
Defense and the Future Years Defense Program, focusing on ballistic missile
defense policies and programs, after receiving testimony from Samuel R.
Berger, Stonebridge International, former Assistant to the President for
National Security Affairs, Philip E. Coyle, Center for Defense Information,
former Assistant Secretary of Defense and Director, Operational Test and
Evaluation, Department of Defense, and Richard N. Perle, American Enterprise
Institute, former Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security
Policy, all of Washington, D.C.
AUTHORIZATION--ARMY MODERNIZATION
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Airland concluded hearings on
proposed legislation authorizing funds for fiscal year 2002 for the Department
of Defense and the Future Years Defense Program, focusing on Army
modernization and transformation, after receiving testimony from Lt. Gen. Paul
J. Kern, USA, Military Deputy, Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Army
for Acquisition, Logistics, and Technology; and Maj. Gen. William L. Bond,
USA, Director, Force Development, Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff for
Programs.
NOMINATION
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded hearings
on the nomination of Harvey Pitt, of North Carolina, to be a Member of the
Securities and Exchange Commission, after the nominee, who was introduced by
Senator Schumer, testified and answered questions in his own behalf.
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RENEWABLE ENERGY AND HYDROELECTRICITY
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee continued hearings on
proposed energy policy legislation, focusing on issues related to removing
barriers to distributed generation, renewable energy and other advanced
technologies in electricity generation and transmission, including Sections
301 and Title VI of S. 597, the Comprehensive and Balanced Energy Policy Act
of 2001, Sections 110, 111, 112, 710, and 711 of S. 388, the National Energy
Security Act of 2001, S. 933, the Combined Heat and Power Advancement Act of
2001, hydroelectric relicensing procedures of the Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission, including Title VII of S. 388, Title VII of S. 597, and S. 71, the
Hydroelectric Licensing Process Improvement Act of 2001, receiving testimony
from David K. Garman, Assistant Secretary for Energy Efficiency and Renewable
Energy, and J. Mark Robinson, Director, Office of Energy Projects, Federal
Energy Regulatory Commission, both of the Department of Energy; William
Bettenberg, Deputy Director, Office of Policy Analysis, Department of the
Interior; Robert T. Boyd, Enron Wind Corporation, Los Angeles, California;
Christian P. Demeter, Antares Group Inc., Landover, Maryland; Mark Hall,
Trigen Energy Corporation, White Plains, New York; Thomas J. Starrs, Kelso,
Starrs and Associates, Vashon Island, Washington; S. Elizabeth Birnbaum,
American Rivers, on behalf of the Hydropower Reform Coalition, and Gerald J.
Gray, American Forests, both of Washington, D.C.; and Julie Keil, Portland
General Electric Company, Portland, Oregon.
Hearings continue on Tuesday, July 24.
CALIFORNIA ECOSYSTEM
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Subcommittee on Water and Power
concluded hearings on S. 976, to provide authorization and funding for the
enhancement of ecosystems, water supply, and water quality of the State of
California, after receiving testimony from Senator Boxer; Representatives
George Miller and Tauscher; Gale A. Norton, Secretary of the Interior;
California Secretary for Resources Mary D. Nichols, and Patrick Writght,
CALFED Bay-Delta Program, Stuart L. Somach, Somach, Simmons and Dunn, on
behalf of the Glenn-Colusa Irrigation District, all of Sacramento; Phillip J.
Pace, Metropolitan Water District of Southern California, Los Angeles; Richar
M. Moss, Friant Water Users Authority, Lindsay, California; Stephen K. Hall,
Association of California Water Agencies, Washington, D.C.; James Cunneen, San
Jose Silicon Valley Chamber of Commerce, San Jose, California; and Grant
Davis, Bay Institute of San Francisco, San Rafael, California.
TRADE ADJUSTMENT ASSISTANCE
Committee on Finance: Committee held hearings on proposed legislation
authorizing funds for and to expand eligibility and improve the Trade
Adjustment Assistance program, receiving testimony from Senators Wellstone,
Bayh, and Dayton; Clayton Yeutter, former United States Trade Representative,
George Becker, United Steelworkers of America, and William A. Reinsch,
National Foreign Trade Council, Inc., all of Washington, D.C.; and Gary G.
Kuhar, Northwest Trade Adjustment Assistance Center, Seattle, Washington.
Hearings continue tomorrow.
INTERNATIONAL FAMILY PLANNING
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded hearings to examine the
United States' international family planning program, focusing on the impact
of the Administration's global gag rule (also known as the Mexico City Policy)
on the incidence of abortion, family planning, female health services, and
American foreign policy objectives that promote democracy and free speech in
certain countries, and a related measure, S. 367, to prohibit the application
of certain restrictive eligibility requirements to foreign nongovernmental
organizations with respect to the provision of assistance under part I of the
Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, after receiving testimony from Senators
Hutchinson and Reid; Representatives Lowey and Chris Smith; Alan J. Kreczko,
Acting Assistant Secretary of State/Bureau of Population, Refugees, and
Migration; Daniel E. Pellegrom, Pathfinder International, Watertown,
Massachusetts; Nicholas N. Eberstadt, American Enterprise Institute, Cathy
Cleaver, U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, and Maria Sophia Aguirre,
Catholic University Department of Business Economics, all of Washington, D.C.;
Aryeh Neier, Open Society Institute, New York, New York; Nirmal K. Bista,
Family Planning Association of Nepal, Kathmandu; and Susana Galdos Silva,
Movimiento Manuela Ramos, Lima, Peru.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded hearings on the
nominations of Stuart A. Bernstein, of the District of Columbia, to be
Ambassador to Denmark, Michael E. Guest, of South Carolina, to be Ambassador
to Romania, Charles A. Heimbold, Jr., of Connecticut, to be Ambassador to
Sweden, Thomas J. Miller, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to Greece, Larry C.
Napper, of Texas, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Kazakhstan, Jim
Nicholson, of Colorado, to be Ambassador to the Holy See, and Mercer Reynolds,
of Ohio, to be Ambassador to Switzerland, and to serve concurrently and
without additional compensation as Ambassador to the Principality of
Liechtenstein, after the nominees testified and answered questions in their
own behalf. Mr. Bernstein was introduced by Senator Bob Smith and Congressman
Dingell, Mr. Heimbold was introduced by Senator Dodd, Mr. Miller was
introduced by Senator Sarbanes, Mr. Nicholson was introduced by Senators
Allard and Campbell, and Mr. Reynolds was introduced by Senators DeWine and
Voinovich, and Representative Portman.
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BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee ordered favorably reported the following
business items:
S. 407, to amend the Trademark Act of 1946 to provide for the registration and
protection of trademarks used in commerce, in order to carry out provisions of
certain international conventions, with an amendment in the nature of a
substitute;
S. Res. 16, designating August 16, 2001, as "National Airborne Day";
S. Con. Res. 16, expressing the sense of Congress that the George Washington
letter to Touro Synagogue in Newport, Rhode Island, which is on display at the
B'nai B'rith Klutznick National Jewish Museum in Washington, D.C., is one of
the most significant early statements buttressing the nascent American
constitutional guarantee of religious freedom; and
The nominations of Roger L. Gregory, of Virginia, to be United States Circuit
Judge for the Fourth Circuit; Richard F. Cebull and Sam E. Haddon, each to be
a United States District Judge for the District of Montana, Ralph F. Boyd,
Jr., of Massachusetts, to be an Assistant Attorney General, Civil Rights
Division, Robert D. McCallum, Jr., of Georgia, each to be an Assistant
Attorney General, Civil Division, and Eileen J. O'Connor, of Maryland, to be
an Assistant Attorney General, Tax Division, all of the Department of Justice.
NOMINATION
Committee on Small Business: Committee ordered favorably reported the
nomination of Hector V. Barreto, Jr., of California, to be Administrator of
the Small Business Administration.
Prior to this action, committee concluded hearings on the nomination, after
the nominee testified and answered questions in his own behalf.
VETERANS HEALTH ASSISTANCE
Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Committee concluded hearings on S. 739, to
amend title 38, United States Code, to improve programs for homeless veterans,
S. 1188, to amend title 38, United States Code, to enhance the authority of
the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to recruit and retain qualified nurses for
the Veterans Health Administration, S. 1160, to amend section 1714 of title
38, United States Code, to modify the authority of the Secretary of Veterans
Affairs to provide dog-guides to blind veterans and authorize the provision of
service dogs to hearing-impaired veterans and veterans with spinal cord
injuries, S. 1042, to amend title 38, United States Code, to improve benefits
for Filipino veterans of World War II, S. Res. 61, expressing the sense of the
Senate that the Secretary of Veterans Affairs should recognize board
certifications from the American Association of Physician Specialists, Inc.,
for purposes of the payment of special pay by the Veterans Health
Administration, and proposed legislation to change the means test used by the
Veterans Administration in determining whether veterans will be placed in
enrollment priority group 5 or 7, after receiving testimony from
Representative Evans; Thomas L. Garthwaite, Under Secretary of Veterans
Affairs for Health, who was accompanied by several of his associates; Linda
Boone, National Coalition for Homeless Veterans, Washington, D.C.; Jimmie L.
Coulthard, Minnesota Assistance Council for Veterans, Minneapolis; Richard C.
Schneider, Pentagon Federal Credit Union, Alexandria, Virginia, on behalf of
the Non Commissioned Officers Association of the United States of America and
the National Military and Veterans Alliance; and Daniel Shaughnessy, Tucson VA
Medical Center, Tucson, Arizona, on behalf of the American Federation of
Government Employees.
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Joint Meetings
ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION ACT
Conferees met to resolve the differences between the Senate and House passed
versions of H.R. 1, to close the achievement gap with accountability,
flexibility, and choice, so that no child is left behind, but did not complete
action thereon, and recessed subject to call.
SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS ACT
Conferees agreed to file a conference report on the differences between the
Senate and House passed versions of H.R. 2216, making supplemental
appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2001.
2001/07/20
Daily Digest - [Friday, July 20, 2001]; pages D744 - D750
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
TRADE ADJUSTMENT ASSISTANCE
Committee on Finance: Subcommittee on International Trade concluded hearings
to examine issues related to trade adjustment assistance programs, which are
designed to help dislocated workers, communities, and firms adjust to the
rapid economic changes that characterize the globalization of national
economies, including General Accounting Office reports on the Trade Adjustment
Assistance and the North American Free Trade Agreement Transitional Adjustment
Assistance programs, after receiving testimony from Loren Yager, Director,
International Affairs and Trade, General Accounting Office; Lori G. Kletzer,
University of California Institute for International Economics, Santa Cruz;
Cindy Arnold, El Puente Community Development Corporation, El Paso, Texas;
Robert Rhodes, Eastern New Mexico University, Roswell; Robert L. Carlson,
North Dakota Farmers Union, Jamestown, on behalf of the National Farmers
Union; and Robert Hamp, Pennsylvania.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Committee ordered favorably reported the
nomination of Gordon H. Mansfield, of Virginia, to be Assistant Secretary of
Veterans Affairs for Congressional Affairs.
No Joint hearings noted.
2001/07/23
Daily Digest - Monday, July 23, 2001; pages D751 - D756
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
HEALTH CARE AND TECHNOLOGY
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on Science,
Technology, and Space concluded hearings to examine the use of technology in
the health care system, focusing on opportunities and obstacles regarding the
use of Internet technology to empower patients to improve their health care,
including processing medical claims and payments through secure Internet
technologies, health web site information monitoring, web site sharing between
hospitals and physicians, and addressing health work force shortages, after
receiving testimony from Tom Scully, Administrator, Centers for Medicare and
Medicaid Services, Department of Health and Human Services; Willie E. May,
Chief, Analytical Chemistry Division, Chemical Science and Technology
Laboratory, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Department of
Commerce; Sherrilynne S. Fuller, University of Washington School of Medicine
Department of Medical Education Division of Biomedical Informatics, Seattle;
John W. Kenagy, Harvard University Business School, Cambridge, Massachusetts;
Albert Patterson, Premier, Inc., Oak Brook, Illinois.
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT INFRASTRUCTURE
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Subcommittee on Transportation and
Infrastructure held oversight hearings to examine the role of the federal
government in meeting infrastructure needs, focusing on historical
infrastructure investment analysis, estimated infrastructure needs of various
agencies, and certain methods of developing these estimates, receiving
testimony from Peter F. Guerrero, Director, Physical Infrastructure Issues,
General Accounting Office; Mayor Marc H. Morial, New Orleans, Louisiana, on
behalf of the United States Conference of Mayors; Mayor Bill Campbell,
Atlanta, Georgia; Mayor Oscar Goodman, Las Vegas, Nevada; Mayor Anthony
Williams, Washington, D.C.; and Robert W. Portiss, Tulsa Port of Catoosa,
Tulsa, Oklahoma.
Hearings recessed subject to call.
FEMA BIOTERRORISM PREPAREDNESS
Committee on Governmental Affairs: Subcommittee on International Security,
Proliferation and Federal Services concluded hearings to examine the role of
the Federal Emergency Management Agency in managing a bioterrorist attack and
the impact of public health concerns on bioterrorism preparedness, after
receiving testimony from Bruce P. Baughman, Director, Planning and Readiness
Division, Readiness, Response, and Recovery Directorate, Federal Emergency
Management Agency; Scott R. Lillibridge, Special Assistant to the Secretary of
Health and Human Services for National Security and Emergency Management; Tara
J. O'Toole, Johns Hopkins University Center for Civilian Biodefense Studies,
Baltimore, Maryland, former Assistant Secretary of Energy for Environment
Safety and Health; and Dan Hanfling, Inova Fairfax Hospital, Falls Church,
Virginia.
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No Joint hearings noted.
2001/07/24
Daily Digest - Tuesday, July 24, 2001; pages D757 - D766
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
FEDERAL FARM BILL
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: Committee resumed hearings
to examine certain provisions of, and receive policy recommendations for, the
proposed Federal farm bill, focusing on its impact on the livestock industry,
receiving testimony from Jon Caspers, Swaledale, Iowa, on behalf of the
National Pork Producers Council; Eric Davis, Bruneau, Idaho, on behalf of the
National Cattlemen's Beef Association; Dennis McDonald, Melville, Montana, on
behalf of the United Stockgrowers of America; Frank Moore, Douglas, Wyoming,
on behalf of the American Sheep Industry Association; William P. Roenigk,
National Chicken Council, Washington, D.C.; Pete Hermanson, Story City, Iowa,
on behalf of the National Turkey Federation; and Maria Vakulskas Rosmann,
Harlan, Iowa, on behalf of the Sustainable Agriculture Coalition.
Hearings recessed subject to call.
NOMINATION
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee ordered favorably
reported the nomination of Harvey Pitt, of North Carolina, to be a Member of
the Securities and Exchange Commission.
FHA MORTGAGE INSURANCE
Committee Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on Housing and
Transportation concluded oversight hearings to examine the Federal Housing
Administration Multifamily Housing Mortgage Insurance Program, focusing on the
impending increase in mortgage insurance premiums, program credit subsidy
rates, and the Administration's proposed increase in the per-unit mortgage
loan limits, after receiving testimony from John C. Weicher, Assistant
Secretary for Housing/Federal Housing Administration Commissioner, Department
of Housing and Urban Development; Michael F. Petrie, P/R Mortgage and
Investment Corporation, Indianapolis, Indiana, on behalf of the Mortgage
Bankers Association of America; Patton H. Roark, Jr., AFL-CIO Housing
Investment Trust, Ijamsville, Maryland; Kevin Kelly, Leon N. Weiner and
Associates, Inc, Wilmington, Delaware, on behalf of the National Association
of Home Builders; and Carl A. S. Coan, Jr., National Housing Conference,
Washington, D.C.
MONETARY POLICY
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded
oversight hearings to examine the Semi-Annual Report on Monetary Policy of the
Federal Reserve, after receiving testimony from Alan Greenspan, Chairman,
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.
SEAPORT SECURITY
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee held hearings to
examine crime and security issues involving United States seaports, including
a report by the Interagency Commission on Crime and Security in U.S. Seaports
citing the presence of weaknesses in physical security jeopardizing the fight
against drug smuggling, exposure to internal conspiracies, trade fraud, cargo
theft, and illicit export of stolen vehicles, receiving testimony from Senator
Graham; Charles Winwood, Acting Commissioner of Customs, Department of the
Treasury; Adm. James M. Loy, USCG, Commandant, United States Coast Guard,
Bruce J. Carlton, Acting Deputy Maritime Administrator, and Rear Adm. James W.
Underwood, USCG, Director, Office of Intelligence and Security/National
Security Advisor to the Secretary, all of the Department of Transportation;
Michael Leone, Massachusetts Port Authority, East Boston, on behalf of the
American Association of Port Authorities; Basil Maher, Maher Terminals, Inc.,
Jersey City, New Jersey, on behalf of the National Association of Waterfront
Employers and the United States Maritime Alliance; John L. Miller,
International Transportation Services, Inc., Long Beach, California; James M.
Craig, American Institute of Marine Underwriters, New York, New York; and Kim
E. Petersen, Maritime Security Council, Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
Hearings recessed subject to call.
DIRECT TO CONSUMER ADVERTISING
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on Consumer
Affairs, Foreign Commerce, and Tourism concluded hearings to examine the
effects of direct-to-consumer (DTC) advertising of prescription drugs and the
scope of the Food and Drug Administration's authority to regulate this
practice, after receiving testimony from Nancy M. Ostrove, Deputy Director,
Division of Drug Marketing, Advertising and Communications, Center for Drug
Evaluation and Research, Food and Drug Administration, Department of Health
and Human Services; Nancy Chockley, National Institute for Health Care
Management, Sidney M. Wolfe, Public Citizen Health Research Group, Gregory J.
Glover, Ropes and Gray, on behalf of the Pharmaceutical Research and
Manufacturers of America, and John E. Calfee, American Enterprise Institute,
all of Washington, D.C.; Mark Cloutier, RxHealth Value, Berkeley, California;
Michael S. Shaw, Shaw Science Partners, Inc., Atlanta, Georgia, on behalf of
EthicAd; and Richard Dolinar, Endocrinologists Associates, Phoenix, Arizona.
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GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee continued hearings on
proposed energy policy legislation, focusing on issues related to global
climate change and measures to mitigate greenhouse gas emissions, including S.
597, the Comprehensive and Balanced Energy Policy Act of 2001, S. 388, the
National Energy Security Act of 2001, S. 820, the Forest Resources for the
Environment and the Economy Act, and related provisions contained in S. 882
and S. 1776 of the 106th Congress, receiving testimony from Francis Blake,
Deputy Secretary of Energy; Christopher Risbrudt, Acting Associate Deputy
Chief, Programs and Legislations, Forest Service, Department of Agriculture;
John Campbell, Ag Processing, Inc., Omaha, Nebraska; Gardiner Hill, British
Petroleum, Washington, D.C.; James Lyons, Yale University School of Forestry
and Environmental Studies, New Haven, Connecticut; Frank Cassidy, Public
Service Enterprise Group Power, Newark, New Jersey; and Gene J. Gebolys, World
Energy Alternatives, Chelsea, Massachusetts.
Hearings continue on Thursday, July 26.
MISSILE DEFENSE PROGRAM/ABM TREATY
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee held hearings to examine the
Administration's missile defense program and the Anti-Ballistic Missile
Treaty, focusing on the legal and technical issues associated with missile
defense, and the means of addressing ballistic missile and weapons
proliferation threats, receiving testimony from Douglas Feith, Under Secretary
for Policy, and Lt. Gen. Ronald T. Kadish, USAF, Director, Ballistic Missile
Defense Organization, both of the Department of Defense; John R. Bolton, Under
Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security; William J.
Perry, Stanford University Institute for International Studies, Stanford,
California; Lloyd N. Cutler, Wilmer, Cutler and Pickering, R. James Woolsey,
Shea and Gardner, David J. Smith, Global Horizons, Inc., former Chief
Negotiator for the U.S.-Soviet Defense and Space Talks, John B. Rhinelander,
Shaw Pittman, and William Schneider, Jr., Hudson Institute, former Under
Secretary of State for Security Assistance, Science and Technology, all of
Washington, D.C.; John M. Cornwall, University of California Department of
Physics/RAND Corporation Graduate School, Los Angeles; and Robert F. Turner,
University of Virginia School of Law Center for National Security Law,
Charlottesville.
Hearings recessed subject to call.
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY REDESIGNATION
Committee on Governmental Affairs: Committee concluded hearings on S. 159, to
elevate the Environmental Protection Agency to a cabinet level department, and
to redesignate the Environmental Protection Agency as the Department of
Environmental Protection Affairs, after receiving testimony from Senator
Boxer; Representative Boehlert; Christine Todd Whitman, Administrator,
Environmental Protection Agency; Carole M. Browner, Albright Group,
Washington, D.C., and William K. Reilly, Aqua International Partners, San
Francisco, California, each a former Administrator, Environmental Protection
Agency; and E. Donald Elliott, Yale University Law School/Georgetown
University Law School, Washington, D.C., former Assistant Administrator and
General Counsel, Environmental Protection Agency.
QUALITY CARE FOR THE DISABLED
Committee on Governmental Affairs: Subcommittee on Oversight of Government
Management, Restructuring and the District of Columbia concluded hearings to
examine the role of health insurance in promoting quality care for seniors,
children and individuals with disabilities, after receiving testimony from
Jane A. Hayward, Rhode Island Department of Human Services, Cranston; Suzanne
Mintz, National Family Caregivers Association, Kensington, Maryland; James
Stearns, United Cerebral Palsy Associations, Washington, D.C.; Yolanda Sims,
Hope School for the Developmentally Disabled, Springfield, Illinois, on behalf
of the American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees
(AFL-CIO); D.J. Chapman, Bureau for Children with Medical Handicaps/Ohio
Department of Health, Columbus, on behalf of the National Association for Home
Care; and Mardell Bell, Dolton, Illinois, on behalf of the Service Employees
International Union (AFL-CIO).
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee ordered favorably reported the
following bills:
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S. 87, to amend the Native Hawaiian Health Care Improvement Act to revise and
extend such Act, with an amendment;
S. 91, to amend the Native American Languages Act to provide for the support
of Native American Language Survival Schools; and
S. 746, to express the policy of the United States regarding the United States
relationship with Native Hawaiians and to provide a process for the
recognition by the United States of the Native Hawaiian governing entity.
WARM SPRINGS RESERVATION LAND
Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee held hearings on S. 266, regarding the
use of the trust land and resources of the Confederated Tribes of the Warm
Springs Reservation of Oregon, receiving testimony from Senators Wyden and
Gordon Smith; M. Sharon Blackwell, Deputy Commissioner of Indian Affairs,
Department of the Interior; Olney Patt, Jr., Confederated Tribes of the Warm
Springs Reservation of Oregon, Warm Springs; and Robin Tompkins, Portland
General Electric Company, and Doug Goe, Ater Wynne Public Finance Group, both
of Portland, Oregon.
Hearings recessed subject to call.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded hearings on the nominations of
William J. Riley, of Nebraska, to be United States Circuit Judge for the
Eighth Circuit, and Deborah J. Daniels, of Indiana, to be Assistant Attorney
General for the Office of Justice Programs, and Sarah V. Hart, of
Pennsylvania, to be Director of the National Institute of Justice, both of the
Department of Justice, after the nominees testified and answered questions in
their own behalf. Mr. Riley was introduced by Senators Hagel and Nelson, Ms.
Daniels was introduced by Senator Lugar, and Ms. Hart was introduced by
Senator Specter.
VA PRESCRIPTION DRUGS
Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Committee concluded hearings to examine the
Department of Veterans Affairs management and oversight of the cost and
utilization of pharmaceuticals within the VA community, after receiving
testimony from Anthony J. Principi, Secretary, Thomas L. Garthwaite, Under
Secretary for Health, Richard J. Griffin, Inspector General, and John E.
Ogden, Chief Consultant, Pharmacy Benefits Management Strategic Health Group,
all of the Department of Veterans Affairs; Cynthia A. Bascetta, Director,
Health Care, Veterans' Health Care and Benefits Issues, General Accounting
Office; Roger C. Herdman, Director, National Cancer Policy Board, Institute of
Medicine; and Michael D. Miller, Arlington, Virginia, on behalf of the
Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers Association.
No Joint hearings noted.
2001/07/25
Daily Digest - Wednesday, July 25, 2001; pages D768 - D778
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: Committee ordered favorably
reported an original bill (S. 1246), to respond to the continuing economic
crisis adversely affecting American agricultural producers.
EDUCATION TECHNOLOGY
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services,
and Education concluded hearings to examine technology's effectiveness as a
teaching and learning tool in schools, integrating it into classroom
curriculum, proper training for teachers, and what the federal government
should do to help fund educational technology programs, after receiving
testimony from Margaret Honey, Education Development Center's Center for
Children and Technology, New York, New York; Gail Maxwell, Griswold Community
School District, Griswold, Iowa; Cheryl Scott Williams, Corporation for Public
Broadcasting, Washington, D.C., on behalf of the International Society for
Technology in Education; Thomas Gann, Sun Microsystems, Inc., Chevy Chase,
Maryland; and David H. Rose, Center for Applied Special Technology, Peabody,
Massachusetts.
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AUTHORIZATION--DEFENSE GLOBAL POWER PROTECTION
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Strategic concluded hearings on
proposed legislation authorizing funds for fiscal year 2002 for the Department
of Defense and the Future Years Defense Program, focusing on global power
projection, after receiving testimony from James G. Roche, Secretary of the
Air Force; Gen. John P. Jumper, USAF, Commander, Air Combat Command, United
States Air Force; Maj. Gen. John R. Baker, USAF, Deputy Director of Air and
Space Operations, United States Air Force; Lt. Gen. Joseph H. Wehrle, Jr.,
USAF, Deputy Chief of Staff for Plans and Programs, United States Air Force;
Maj. Gen. Paul A. Weaver, Jr., ANG, Director, Air National Guard; Brig. Gen.
John D. W. Corley, USAF, Mission Area Director of Global Power Programs,
Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Acquisition.
U.S. BALANCE OF PAYMENT DEFICIT
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on Economic
Policy concluded hearings to examine the risks of a growing U.S. balance of
payments deficit, which is the trade deficit plus the deficit in net payments,
including interest, dividends and the like, and its significance for
particular sectors of the economy and trade related matters as a whole, after
receiving testimony from Robert E. Rubin, Citigroup, Inc., former Secretary of
the Treasury, William C. Dudley, Goldman, Sachs and Company, and Stephen S.
Roach, Morgan Stanley, all of New York, New York; and Paul A. Volcker,
Princeton University Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International
Affairs, Princeton, New Jersey, former Chairman, Board of Governors of the
Federal Reserve System.
NOMINATION
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded
hearings on the nomination of Mary Sheila Gall, of Virginia, to be Chairman of
the Consumer Product Safety Commission, after the nominee testified and
answered questions in her own behalf.
COMPREHENSIVE ELECTRICITY RESTRUCTURING
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee held hearings on
proposals relating to comprehensive electricity restructuring that promotes
competition, protects consumers, enhances reliability, promotes renewable
energy, improves efficiency, repeals the Public Utility Holding Company Act of
1935, and reforms the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978, and
related provisions contained in the Committee's White Paper on Electricity
Legislation (a discussion of the developments that necessitate the change of
the legal structure of the electricity industry and legislative solutions), S.
597, Comprehensive and Balanced Energy Policy Act of 2001, S. 388, National
Energy Security Act of 2001, and S. 1273, Federal Power Act Amendments of
1999, and S. 2098, Electric Power Market Competition and Reliability Act of
2000, receiving testimony from Francis S. Blake, Deputy Secretary of Energy;
Glenn English, National Rural Electric Cooperative Association, Arlington,
Virginia; John W. Rowe, Exelon Corporation, Chicago, Illinois, on behalf of
the Edison Electric Institute; Roy Thilly, Wisconsin Public Power, Inc., Sun
Prairie, on behalf of the American Public Power Association; Jeffrey D. Ayers,
Aquila, Inc., Kansas City, Missouri, on behalf of the Electric Power Supply
Association; James L. Dushaw, International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers,
and David Hamilton, Alliance to Save Energy, both of Washington, D.C.; James
B. Rouse, Praxair, Inc., Danbury, Connecticut, on behalf of the Electricity
Consumers Resource Council; David N. Cook, North American Electric Reliability
Council, Princeton, New Jersey; and William M. Nugent, Maine Public Utilities
Commission, on behalf of the National Association of Regulatory Utility
Commissioners, and Stephen Ward, on behalf of the National Association of
State Utility Consumer Advocates, both of Augusta, Maine.
Hearings continue tomorrow.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee adopted its rules of
procedure for the 107th Congress, and announced the following subcommittee
assignments:
Subcommittee on Transportation, Infrastructure, and Nuclear Safety: Senators
Reid (Chairman), Baucus, Graham, Lieberman, Boxer, Wyden, Inhofe (Ranking
Member), Warner, Bond, Voinovich, and Chafee.
Subcommittee on Clean Air, Wetlands, and Climate Change: Senators Lieberman
(Chairman), Reid, Carper, Clinton, Corzine, Voinovich (Ranking Member),
Inhofe, Crapo, and Campbell.
Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, and Water: Senators Graham (Chairman),
Baucus, Reid, Wyden, Clinton, Corzine, Crapo (Ranking Member), Bond, Warner,
Chafee, and Campbell.
Subcommittee on Superfund, Toxics, Risk, and Waste Management: Senators Boxer
(Chairman), Lieberman, Wyden, Carper, Clinton, Corzine, Chafee (Ranking
Member), Warner, Inhofe, Crapo, and Specter.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee concluded hearings on the
nominations of David A. Sampson, of Texas, to be Assistant Secretary of
Commerce for Economic Development, and Robert E. Fabricant, of New Jersey, to
be General Counsel, George Tracy Mehan III, of Michigan, to be Assistant
Administrator for the Office of Water, Judith Elizabeth Ayres, of California,
to be Assistant Administrator for the Office of International Activities, and
Donald R. Schregardus, of Ohio, to be Assistant Administrator for the Office
of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance, all of the Environmental Protection
Agency, after the nominees testified and answered questions in their own
behalf. Mr. Sampson was introduced by Senator Hutchison and Representative
Frost.
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NOMINATIONS
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee conclude hearings on the nominations
of Thomas C. Hubbard, of Tennessee, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Korea,
Franklin L. Lavin, of Ohio, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Singapore,
Marie T. Huhtala, of California, to be Ambassador to Malaysia, and John Thomas
Schieffer, of Texas, to be Ambassador to Australia, after the nominees
testified and answered questions in their own behalf. Mr. Schieffer was
introduced by Senators Hutchison and Gramm.
ENTERTAINMENT RATINGS SYSTEM
Committee on Governmental Affairs: Committee concluded hearings to examine the
current entertainment ratings system, focusing on evaluation of the criteria
and standards for the ratings, accusations of leniency, the potential need for
independent judgment, and improvement of the ratings in order to provide
parents and consumers with accurate information in a manner that is
accessible, simple, reliable, and responsive, after receiving testimony from
Senator Brownback; Dale Kunkel, University of California Department of
Communications, Santa Barbara; Roger Pilon, Cato Institute Center for
Constitutional Studies, Douglas Lowenstein, Interactive Digital Software
Association, Doug McMillon, Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., Hilary Rosen, Recording
Industry Association of America, and Jack Valenti, Motion Picture Association
of America, all of Washington, D.C.; Michael Rich, Harvard Medical
School/Children's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts; William Baldwin, Creative
Coalition, New York, New York; and Laura Smit, Columbia, Maryland.
WHISTLEBLOWER PROTECTION ACT
Committee on Governmental Affairs: Subcommittee on International Security,
Proliferation and Federal Services concluded hearings on S. 995, to amend
chapter 23 of title 5, United States Code, to clarify the disclosures of
information protected from prohibited personnel practices, require a statement
in non-disclosure policies, forms, and agreements that such policies, forms
and agreements conform with certain disclosure protections, and provide
certain authority for the Special Counsel, after receiving testimony from
Senator Grassley; Elaine D. Kaplan, Special Counsel, Office of Special
Counsel; Beth S. Slavet, Chairman, Merit Systems Protection Board; and Thomas
M. Devine, Government Accountability Project, Washington, D.C.
GENETIC RESEARCH
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee held hearings
on S. 318, to prohibit discrimination on the basis of genetic information with
respect to health insurance, and related genetics research issues regarding
employment discrimination and prevention of disclosure of genetic information
to third parties, receiving testimony from Senator Daschle; Francis S.
Collins, Director, National Human Genome Research Institute, National
Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services; Kathleen Zeitz,
Omaha, Nebraska, on behalf of the National Breast Cancer Coalition; and David
Escher, Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railroad, McCook, Nebraska, on behalf of
the Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employees.
Hearings recessed subject to call.
INDIAN GAMING REGULATORY ACT
Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee held oversight hearings on the
implementation of the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act, focusing on the current
status of tribal gaming operations, the growth in the Indian gaming industry,
the extent to which gaming is being conducted by tribal governments, and the
regulatory framework for Indian gaming, receiving testimony from M. Sharon
Blackwell, Deputy Commissioner of Indian Affairs, Bureau of Indian Affairs,
Department of the Interior, who was accompanied by an associate; Montie R.
Deer, Chairman, Elizabeth Homer, Vice-Chair, and Teresa Poust, Commissioner,
all of the National Indian Gaming Commission; Ernest L. Stevens, Jr., National
Indian Gaming Association, Washington, D.C.; Keller George, United South and
Eastern Tribes, Inc., Nashville, Tennessee; Daniel J. Tucker, California
Nations Indian Gaming Association, Sacramento; David LaSarte, Arizona Indian
Gaming Association, Phoenix; and Tracy Burris, Oklahoma Indian Gaming
Association, Norman.
Hearings recessed subject to call.
DAIRY CONSUMERS
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded hearings on S. 1157, to
reauthorize the consent of Congress to the Northeast Interstate Dairy Compact
and to grant the consent of Congress to the Southern Dairy Compact, a Pacific
Northwest Dairy Compact, and an Intermountain Dairy Compact, after receiving
testimony from Massachusetts Commissioner of Agriculture Jonathon L. Healy,
Boston; North Carolina State Representative Harold Brubaker, Asheboro; former
Massachusetts State Senator Lois G. Pines, Newton; Daniel Smith, Northeast
Dairy Compact Commission, Montpelier, Vermont; Grover G. Norquist, Americans
for Tax Reform, Washington, D.C.; Stephen H. Burrington, Conservation Law
Foundation, Boston, Massachusetts; Burt Neuborne, New York University School
of Law, New York City; James F. Beatty, Louisiana State University,
Franklinton; and Richard Gorder, Mineral Point, Wisconsin, on behalf of the
Wisconsin Farm Bureau Federation.
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CYBERCRIME
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Technology, Terrorism, and
Government Information concluded oversight hearings to examine the General
Accounting Office report entitled "Critical Infrastructure Protection:
Significant Challenges in Developing National Capabilities", focusing on the
operation of the National Infrastructure Protection Center and the fight
against cybercrime, after receiving testimony from Ronald L. Dick, Director,
National Infrastructure Protection Center, Federal Bureau of Investigation,
Department of Justice; Robert F. Dacey, Director, Information Security Issues,
General Accounting Office; Sallie McDonald, Assistant Commissioner, Office of
Information Assurance and Critical Infrastructure Protection, Federal
Technology Service, General Services Administration; James A. Savage, Jr.,
Deputy Special Agent in Charge, Financial Crimes Division, United States
Secret Service, Department of the Treasury; Michehl R. Gent, North American
Electric Reliability Council, Princeton, New Jersey; and Christopher Klaus,
Internet Security Systems, Inc., Atlanta, Georgia, on behalf of the
Information Technology Association of America.
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No Joint hearings noted.
2001/07/26
Daily Digest - Thursday, July 26, 2001; pages D780 - D788
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: Committee concluded
hearings on the nominations of Mark Edward Rey, of the District of Columbia,
to be Under Secretary for Natural Resources and Environment, and Hilda Gay
Legg, of Kentucky, to be Administrator, Rural Utilities Service, both of the
Department of Agriculture, after the nominees testified and answered questions
in their own behalf. Mr. Rey was introduced by Senators Murkowski and Craig,
and Ms. Legg was introduced by Senator McConnell and Representative Harold
Rogers.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Appropriations: Committee ordered favorably reported the
following bills:
An original bill, making appropriations for the Treasury Department, the
United States Postal Service, the Executive Office of the President, and
certain Independent Agencies, for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2002;
and
H.R. 2506, making appropriations for foreign operations, export financing, and
related programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2002, with an
amendment in the nature of a substitute.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Armed Services: Committee ordered favorably reported 4,486
military nominations in the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps.
PREDATORY MORTGAGE LENDING
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee held hearings to
examine the problem, impact, and responses of predatory mortgage lending
practices, receiving testimony from Iowa Attorney General Thomas J. Miller,
Des Moines; Stephen W. Prough, Ameriquest Mortgage Company, Orange,
California; Charles W. Calomiris, Columbia University Graduate School of
Business, New York, New York; Martin Eakes, Self-Help Credit Union, Durham,
North Carolina, on behalf of the Coalition for Responsible Lending; Carol
Mackey, Rochester Hills, Michigan; Paul Satriano, St. Paul, Minnesota; Leroy
Williams, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; and Mary Podelco, Montgomery, West
Virginia.
Hearings continue tomorrow.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded hearings
on the nominations of Melody H. Fennel, of Virginia, to be Assistant Secretary
of Housing and Urban Development for Congressional and Intergovernmental
Relations, Michael Minoru Fawn Liu, of Illinois, to be Assistant Secretary of
Housing and Urban Development for Public and Indian Housing, Henrietta Holsman
Fore, of Nevada, to be Director of the Mint, Department of the Treasury, Linda
Mysliwy Conlin, of New Jersey, to be Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Trade
Development, and Michael J. Garcia, of New York, to be Assistant Secretary of
Commerce for Export Enforcement, after the nominees testified and answered
questions in their own behalf. Mr. Liu was introduced by Senator Akaka and Ms.
Fore was introduced by Senator Hutchison.
CHEMICAL HARMONIZATION
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on Consumer
Affairs, Foreign Commerce, and Tourism concluded hearings to examine chemical
harmonization issues, including related provisions of S. 532, to amend the
Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act to permit a State to
register a Canadian pesticide for distribution and use within that State,
after receiving testimony from Representative Pomeroy; Stephen L. Johnson,
Assistant Administrator for the Office of Pollution, Pesticides, and Toxic
Substances, Environmental Protection Agency; Roger Johnson, North Dakota
Department of Agriculture, Bismarck; Ron Fitchhorn, Bloomington, Illinois, on
behalf of the Illinois Corn Growers Association; David McClure, Lewistown,
Montana, on behalf of the American Farm Bureau Federation and the Montana Farm
Bureau; Jay Vroom, American Crop Protection Association, and Henry Zell,
Montana Farmers Union, Great Falls, Montana.
COMPREHENSIVE ELECTRICITY RESTRUCTURING
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded hearings on
proposals relating to comprehensive electricity restructuring that promotes
competition, protects consumers, enhances reliability, promotes renewable
energy, improves efficiency, repeals the Public Utility Holding Company Act of
1935, and reforms the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978, and
related provisions contained in the Committee's White Paper on Electricity
Legislation (a discussion of the developments that necessitate the change of
the legal structure of the electricity industry and legislative solutions), S.
597, Comprehensive and Balanced Energy Policy Act of 2001, S. 388, National
Energy Security Act of 2001, and S. 1273, Federal Power Act Amendments of
1999, and S. 2098, Electric Power Market Competition and Reliability Act of
2000, after receiving testimony from Curt L. Hebert, Jr., Chairman, and Nora
Mead Brownell, Pat Wood III, Linda Breathitt, and William L. Massey, each a
Commissioner, all of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Department of
Energy; and New Mexico Secretary of Energy, Minerals and Natural Resources
Jennifer Salisbury, Santa Fe, on behalf of the Western Governors' Association.
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NATIONAL PARKS
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Subcommittee on National Parks,
Historic Preservation, and Recreation concluded hearings on S. 423, to amend
the Act entitled "An Act to provide for the establishment of Fort Clatsop
National Memorial in the State of Oregon", S. 941, to revise the boundaries of
the Golden Gate National Recreation Area in the State of California, to extend
the term of the advisory commission for the recreation area, S. 1057, to
authorize the addition of lands to Pu'uhonua o Honaunau National Historical
Park in the State of Hawaii, S. 1105, to provide for the expeditious
completion of the acquisition of State of Wyoming lands within the boundaries
of Grand Teton National Park, and H.R. 640, to adjust the boundaries of Santa
Monica Mountains National Recreation Area, after receiving testimony from
Representatives Lantos, Eshoo, Wu, and Baird; John J. Reynolds, Regional
Director, Pacific West Region, National Park Service, Department of the
Interior; Ron Arnold, Wyoming Office of State Lands and Investments, Cheyenne;
Audrey C. Rust, Peninsula Open Space Trust, Menlo Park, California; Jim
Medeiros, Sr., Honaunau, Hawaii; and Wayne Leslie, Kealakekua, Hawaii.
ELECTRIC POWER PLANT EMISSIONS
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee held hearings to examine
the public health and environmental impacts associated with air emissions from
electric utility power plants, and proposed legislation that would amend the
Clean Air Act to reduce emissions from electric powerplants, receiving
testimony from Senator Collins; Christine Todd Whitman, Administrator,
Environmental Protection Agency; Scott Johnson, Vermont Agency of Natural
Resources, Waterbury; George D. Thurston, New York University School of
Medicine and National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences' Community
Outreach and Education Program, New York, New York; C. Boyden Gray, Wilmer,
Cutler and Pickering, Washington, D.C., on behalf of the Electric Reliability
Coordinating Council; Dale E. Heydlaugg, American Electric Power Company,
Columbus, Ohio, on behalf of the Edison Electric Institute; and Conrad G.
Schneider, Clean Air Task Force, Brunswick, Maine, on behalf of the National
Environmental Trust and U.S. Public Interest Research Group.
Hearings recessed subject to call.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Finance: Committee ordered favorably reported S. 643, to
implement the agreement establishing a United States-Jordan free trade area.
NOMINATION
Committee on Governmental Affairs: Committee concluded hearings on the
nomination of Lynn C. Leibovitz, to be an Associate Judge of the Superior
Court of the District of Columbia, after the nominee, who was introduced by
District of Columbia Delegate Holmes Norton, testified and answered questions
in her own behalf.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee ordered favorably reported the following
business items:
S. 778, to expand the class of beneficiaries who may apply for adjustment of
status under section 245(i) of the Immigration and Nationality Act by
extending the deadline for classification petition and labor certification
filings, with an amendment;
S. 625, to provide Federal assistance to States and local jurisdictions to
prosecute hate crimes;
S. 1099, to increase the criminal penalties for assaulting or threatening
Federal judges, their family members, and other public servants; and
The nominations of Asa Hutchinson, of Arkansas, to be Administrator of Drug
Enforcement, and James W. Ziglar, of Mississippi, to be Commissioner of
Immigration and Naturalization, both of the Department of Justice.
MEDICARE ANTI-FRAUD EFFORTS
Special Committee on Aging: Committee concluded hearings to examine the
Federal government's Medicare anti-fraud efforts, focusing on distinguishing
human error from fraud, the coordination among government agencies fighting
Medicare fraud, provider compliance and education issues, and the Medicare
appeals process, after receiving testimony from Thomas Scully, Administrator,
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, and Lewis Morris, Assistant
Inspector General for Legal Affairs, Office of Inspector General, both of the
Department of Health and Human Services; Leslie G. Aronovitz, Director, Health
Care, Program Administration and Integrity Issues, General Accounting Office;
Stuart E. Schiffer, Acting Assistant Attorney General, Civil Division,
Department of Justice; and Robert P. Charrow, Crowell and Moring, former
Principal Deputy General Counsel of Health and Human Services, Joseph E.
diGenova, diGenova and Toensing, former U.S. Attorney for the District of
Columbia, on behalf of the American Hospital Association, and James W.
Moorman, Taxpayers Against Fraud, all of Washington, D.C.
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No Joint hearings noted.
2001/07/27
Daily Digest - Friday, July 27, 2001; pages D790 - D798
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
SUBCOMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS
Committee on Armed Services: On Friday, July 13, committee announced the
following subcommittee assignments:
Subcommittee on Airland: Senators Lieberman (Chairman), Cleland, Akaka, Bill
Nelson, Benjamin Nelson, Carnahan, Dayton, Santorum (Ranking Member), Inhofe,
Roberts, Hutchinson, Sessions, and Bunning.
Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and Capabilities: Senators Landrieu
(Chairman), Kennedy, Byrd, Lieberman, Bill Nelson, Carnahan, Dayton, Bingaman,
Roberts (Ranking Member), Bob Smith, Santorum, Allard, Hutchinson, Collins,
and Bunning.
Subcommittee on Personnel: Senators Cleland (Chairman), Kennedy, Reed, Akaka,
Benjamin Nelson, Carnahan, Hutchinson (Ranking Member), Thurmond, McCain,
Allard, and Collins.
Subcommittee on Readiness and Management Support: Senators Akaka (Chairman),
Byrd, Cleland, Landrieu, Benjamin Nelson, Dayton, Bingaman, Inhofe (Ranking
Member), Thurmond, McCain, Santorum, Roberts, and Bunning.
Subcommittee on SeaPower: Senators Kennedy (Chairman), Lieberman, Cleland,
Landrieu, Reed, Carnahan, Sessions (Ranking Member), McCain, Bob Smith,
Collins, and Bunning.
Subcommittee on Strategic: Senators Reed (Chairman), Byrd, Akaka, Bill Nelson,
Benjamin Nelson, Bingaman, Allard (Ranking Member), Thurmond, Bob Smith,
Inhofe, and Sessions.
PREDATORY MORTGAGE PRACTICES
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded hearings
to examine the problem, impact, and responses of predatory mortgage lending
practices, after receiving testimony from Wade Henderson, Leadership
Conference on Civil Rights, Judith A. Kennedy, National Association of
Affordable Housing Lenders, David Berenbaum, National Community Reinvestment
Coalition, George J. Wallace, American Financial Services Association, all of
Washington, D.C.; Esther Canja, Port Charlotte, Florida, on behalf of the
American Association of Retired Persons; John A. Courson, Central Pacific
Mortgage Company, Folsom, California, on behalf of the Mortgage Bankers
Association of America; Irv Ackelsberg, Community Legal Services, Inc.,
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on behalf of the National Consumer Law Center;
Neill A. Fendly, National Association of Mortgage Brokers, McLean, Virginia;
Lee Williams, Aviation Associates Credit Union, Wichita, Kansas, on behalf of
the Credit Union National Association, Inc.; and Mike Shea, ACORN Housing
Corporation, St. Louis, Missouri.
GUAM RESTITUTION AND TAXES
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded hearings on
H.R. 308, to establish the Guam War Claims Review Commission, and H.R. 309, to
provide for the determination of withholding tax rates under the Guam income
tax, after receiving testimony from Guam Delegate Underwood; Christopher
Kearney, Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Interior for Policy and
International Affairs; Hannah Gutierrez, Office of the Governor of Guam, and
Thomas P. Michels, Bank of Hawaii, on behalf of the Guam Chamber of Commerce,
both of Hagatna; and Ben G. Blaz, Fairfax, Virginia, former Delegate from
Guam.
NOMINATION
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded hearings on the
nomination of Theresa Alvillar-Speake, of California, to be Director of the
Office of Minority Economic Impact, Department of Energy, after the nominee
testified and answered questions in her own behalf.
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NOMINATIONS
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee ordered favorably reported the
nominations of Stuart A. Bernstein, of the District of Columbia, to be
Ambassador to Denmark, Sue McCourt Cobb, of Florida, to be Ambassador to
Jamaica, Russell F. Freeman, of North Dakota, to be Ambassador to Belize,
Michael E. Guest, of South Carolina, to be Ambassador to Romania, Charles A.
Heimbold, Jr., of Connecticut, to be Ambassador to Sweden, Thomas C. Hubbard,
of Tennessee, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Korea, Marie T. Huhtala, of
California, to be Ambassador to Malaysia, Franklin L. Lavin, of Ohio, to be
Ambassador to the Republic of Singapore, Thomas J. Miller, of Virginia, to be
Ambassador to Greece, Larry C. Napper, of Texas, to be Ambassador to the
Republic of Kazakhstan, Roger Francisco Noriega, of Kansas, to be Permanent
Representative of the United States of America to the Organization of American
States, with the rank of Ambassador, Jim Nicholson, of Colorado, to be
Ambassador to the Holy See, Mercer Reynolds, of Ohio, to be Ambassador to
Switzerland, and to serve concurrently and without additional compensation as
Ambassador to the Principality of Liechtenstein, and John Thomas Schieffer, of
Texas, to be Ambassador to Australia.
No Joint hearings noted
2001/07/30
Daily Digest - Monday, July 30, 2001; pages D800 - D806
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
NATIONAL MISSILE DEFENSE
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee met in closed session to receive a
briefing on national missile defense and the Administration's consultation
with Russia from Condoleezza Rice, National Security Advisor.
ECSTASY DRUG USE
Committee on Governmental Affairs: Committee concluded hearings to examine the
rising use of the drug ecstacy and coordinating efforts between Federal, State
and local law enforcement agencies to combat the problem, after receiving
testimony from Joseph D. Keefe, Chief of Operations, Drug Enforcement
Administration, Department of Justice; Alan I. Leshner, Director, National
Institute on Drug Abuse, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health
and Human Services; John C. Varrone, Assistant Commissioner of Customs, Office
of Investigations, Customs Service, Department of the Treasury; Donald R.
Vereen, Jr., Deputy Director, Office of National Drug Control Policy;
Connecticut Chief State's Attorney John M. Bailey, Rocky Hill; Roy Rutland,
Miami-Dade Police Department Narcotics Bureau, Miami, Florida; and Philip
McCarthy and Dayna Moore, both on behalf of the Phoenix House, Long Island,
New York.
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SUBCOMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS
Committee on Governmental Affairs: Committee announced the following
subcommittee assignments:
Subcommittee on International Security, Proliferation and Federal Services:
Senators Akaka (Chairman), Levin, Torricelli, Cleland, Carper, Carnahan,
Dayton, Cochran (Ranking Member), Stevens, Collins, Voinovich, Domenici, and
Bennett.
Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management, Restructuring and the
District of Columbia: Senators Durbin (Chairman), Akaka, Torricelli, Carper,
Carnahan, Dayton, Voinovich (Ranking Member), Stevens, Collins, Domenici, and
Cochran.
Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations: Senators Levin (Chairman), Akaka,
Durbin, Torricelli, Cleland, Carper, Carnahan, Dayton, Collins (Ranking
Member), Stevens, Voinovich, Domenici, Cochran, Bennett, and Bunning.
NOMINATION
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee began hearings on the nomination of
Robert S. Mueller III, of California, to be Director of the Federal Bureau of
Investigation, Department of Justice, where the nominee testified and answered
questions in his own behalf.
Hearings continue tomorrow.
No Joint hearings noted.
2001/07/31
Daily Digest - Tuesday, July 31, 2001; pages D808 - D818
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
FEDERAL FARM BILL
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: Committee held hearings on
the conservation provisions of the proposed Federal farm bill, focusing on
conservation programs to assist landowners and operators to manage and protect
their land and water resources, receiving testimony from Lee Klein, Battle
Creek, Nebraska, on behalf of the National Corn Growers Association and the
American Soybean Association; George Dunklin, Jr., DeWitt, Arkansas, on behalf
of the U.S. Rice Producers' Group; Gary Mast, Millersburg, Ohio, on behalf of
the National Association of Conservation Districts; Dave Serfling, Preston,
Minnesota, on behalf of the Land Stewardship Project; and Mark Shaffer,
Defenders of Wildlife, Washington, D.C.
Hearings recessed subject to call.
APPROPRIATIONS--MILITARY CONSTRUCTION
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Military Construction concluded
hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2002 for military
construction programs, after receiving testimony in behalf of funds for their
respective activities from Dov S. Zakheim, Under Secretary of Defense
(Comptroller); Raymond F. DuBois, Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for
Installations and Environment; John Molino, Deputy Assistant Secretary of
Defense for Military Community and Family Policy; Patricia Sanders, Deputy
Director for Test, Simulation, and Evaluation, Ballistic Missile Defense
Organization; Lt. Gen. William Tangney, USA, Deputy Commander in Chief,
Special Operations Command; Maj. Gen. Leonard M. Randolph, Jr., USAF, Deputy
Executive Director, TRICARE Management Activity; Paul Johnson, Deputy
Assistant Secretary of the Army for Installations and Housing; Maj. Gen.
Robert L. Van Antwerp, USA, Assistant Chief of Staff for Installation
Management; Brig. Gen. Michael J. Squier, ANG, Deputy Director, Army National
Guard; and Maj. Gen. Paul C. Bergson, USAR, Military Deputy (Reserve
Components), Deputy Under Secretary of the Army for International Affairs,
United States Army Reserve.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded hearings on the nominations
of John P. Stenbit, of Virginia, to be Assistant Secretary for Command,
Control, Communication and Intelligence, and Ronald M. Sega, of Colorado, to
be Director of Defense Research and Engineering, both of the Department of
Defense, Michael L. Dominguez, of Virginia, to be Assistant Secretary for
Manpower and Reserve Affairs, and Nelson F. Gibbs, of California, to be
Assistant Secretary for Installations and Environment, both of the Department
of the Air Force, Michael Parker, of Mississippi, to be Assistant Secretary
for Civil Works, and Mario P. Fiori, of Georgia, to be Assistant Secretary for
Installations and Environment, both of the Department of the Army, and H. T.
Johnson, of Virginia, to be Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Installations
and Environment, after the nominees testified and answered questions in their
own behalf. Mr. Sega was introduced by Senator Allard, Mr. Parker was
introduced by Senators Lott and Cochran, Mr. Fiori was introduced by Senators
Cleland and Thurmond, and Mr. Johnson was introduced by Senators Warner and
Thurmond.
AUTHORIZATION--NAVY SHIPBUILDING PROGRAMS
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on SeaPower concluded hearings on
proposed legislation authorizing funds for fiscal year 2002 for the Department
of Defense and the Future Years Defense Program, focusing on Navy shipbuilding
programs, after receiving testimony from John J. Young, Jr., Assistant
Secretary of the Navy for Research, Development, and Acquisition; and Adm.
William J. Fallon, USN, Vice Chief of Naval Operations.
SPECTRUM MANAGEMENT
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on
Communications concluded hearings to examine the issues of spectrum management
and 3rd generation wireless service, focusing on tools to ensure the
availability of spectrum for the rapid deployment of new advanced technologies
such as the development of Third Generation wireless, and the promotion of
spectrum efficiency in order that this scarce resource is put to its most
valuable use, after receiving testimony from William T. Hatch, Acting
Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information; Julius P.
Knapp, Deputy Chief, Office of Engineering and Technology, Federal
Communications Commission; Linton Wells II, Acting Assistant Secretary of
Defense for Command, Control, Communications and Intelligence; Dennis F.
Strigl, Verizon Wireless, Bedminster, New Jersey; Carroll D. McHenry,
Nucentrix Broadband Networks, Inc., Carrollton, Texas; Mark C. Kelley, Leap
Wireless International, Inc., San Diego, California; Thomas E. Wheeler,
Cellular Telecommunications and Internet Association, Washington, D.C.; and
Martin Cooper, ArrayComm, Inc., San Jose, California.
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NATIONAL PARKS
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Subcommittee on National Parks
concluded hearings on S. 689, to convey certain Federal properties on
Governors Island, New York, S. 1175, to modify the boundary of Vicksburg
National Military Park to include the property known as Pemberton's
Headquarters, S. 1227, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a
study of the suitability and feasibility of establishing the Niagara River
National Heritage Area in the State of New York, and H.R. 601, to ensure the
continued access of hunters to those Federal lands included within the
boundaries of the Craters of the Moon National Monument in the State of Idaho
pursuant to Presidential Proclamation 7373 of November 9, 2000, and to
continue the applicability of the Taylor Grazing Act to the disposition of
grazing fees arising from the use of such lands, after receiving testimony
from Senator Clinton and former Senator Moynihan; Representatives LaFalce and
Simpson; Denis P. Galvin, Deputy Director, National Park Service, Department
of the Interior; F. Joseph Moravec, Commissioner, Public Buildings Service,
General Services Administration; Bernadette Castro, New York State Office of
Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation, and H. Claude Shostal, Regional
Plan Association, both of New York; John C. Drake, City of Niagara Falls,
Niagara Falls, New York; and Jane Thompson, Thompson Design Group, Boston,
Massachusetts.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Finance: Committee concluded hearings on the nominations of
Robert C. Bonner, to be Commissioner of Customs, and Rosario Marin, to be
Treasurer of the United States, both of California, both of the Department of
the Treasury, Jon M. Huntsman, Jr., of Utah, to be a Deputy United States
Trade Representative, with the rank of Ambassador, and Alex Azar II, of
Maryland, to be General Counsel, and Janet Rehnquist, of Virginia, to be
Inspector General, both of the Department of Health and Human Services, after
the nominees testified and answered questions in their own behalf. Mr.
Huntsman and Ms. Rehnquist were introduced by Senator Hatch.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded hearings on the
nominations of Vincent Martin Battle, of the District of Columbia, to be
Ambassador to the Republic of Lebanon, Edward William Gnehm, Jr., of Georgia,
to be Ambassador to the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, Edmund James Hull, of
Virginia, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Yemen, Richard Henry Jones, of
Nebraska, to be Ambassador to the State of Kuwait, Theodore H. Kattouf, of
Maryland, to be Ambassador to the Syrian Arab Republic, Maureen Quinn, of New
Jersey, to be Ambassador to the State of Qatar, R. Nicholas Burns, of
Massachusetts, to be United States Permanent Representative on the Council of
the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, with the rank and status of
Ambassador, Daniel R. Coats, of Indiana, to be Ambassador to the Federal
Republic of Germany, Craig Roberts Stapleton, of Connecticut, to be Ambassador
to the Czech Republic, Johnny Young, of Maryland, to be Ambassador to the
Republic of Slovenia, Richard J. Egan, of Massachusetts, to be Ambassador to
Ireland, Nancy Goodman Brinker, of Florida, to be Ambassador to the Republic
of Hungary, Robert Geers Loftis, of Colorado, to be Ambassador to the Kingdom
of Lesotho, Joseph Gerard Sullivan, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the
Republic of Zimbabwe, Christopher William Dell, of New Jersey, to be
Ambassador to the Republic of Angola, Carole Brookins, of Indiana, to be
United States Executive Director of the International Bank for Reconstruction
and Development, Ross J. Connelly, of Maine, to be Executive Vice President of
the Overseas Private Investment Corporation, Jeanne L. Phillips, of Texas, to
be Representative of the United States of America to the Organization for
Economic Cooperation and Development, Randal Quarles, of Utah, to be United
States Executive Director of the International Monetary Fund, and Patrick M.
Cronin, of the District of Columbia, to be Assistant Administrator for Policy
and Program Coordination, United States Agency for International Development,
after the nominees testified and answered questions in their own behalf. Mr.
Gnehm was introduced by Senators Hollings and Enzi, Mr. Burns was introduced
by Senators Sarbanes and Kennedy, former Senator Coats was introduced by
Senator Lugar, Mr. Egan was introduced by Senators Kennedy and Kerry, and Ms.
Brinker and Ms. Phillips were introduced by Senator Hutchison.
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NOMINATION
Committee on Governmental Affairs: Committee concluded hearings on the
nomination of Daniel R. Levinson, of Maryland, to be Inspector General,
General Services Administration, after the nominee testified and answered
questions in his own behalf.
ASBESTOS CONTAMINATION AND SAFETY
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee concluded
hearings to examine workplace safety and asbestos contamination, focusing on
the combined authority and efforts of the Occupational Safety and Health
Administration, Mine Safety and Health Administration, and the Environmental
Protection Agency to prescribe and enforce regulations to prevent health risks
to workers form exposure to airborne asbestos, after receiving testimony from
Senator Baucus; Representative Rehberg; David D. Lauriski, Assistant Secretary
for Mine Safety and Health, and R. Davis Layne, Acting Assistant Secretary for
Occupational Safety and Health, both of the Department of Labor; Kathleen M.
Rest, Acting Director, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health,
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Department of Health and Human
Services; Michael Shapiro, Acting Assistant Administrator, Office of Solid
Waste and Emergency Response, Environmental Protection Agency; Richard Lemen,
Emory University Rollins School of Public Health, Atlanta, Georgia, former
Assistant Surgeon General of the United States; John Addison, John Addison
Consultancy, Edinburgh, Scotland; Michael R. Harbut, Wayne State University
School of Medicine, Detroit, Michigan, on behalf of the Center for
Occupational and Environmental Medicine; Alan Whitehouse, Klock and
Whitehouse, Spokane, Washington; Ned Gumble, Virginia Vermiculite, and David
Pinter, both of Louisa, Virginia; and George Biekkola, L'Anse, Michigan.
INDIAN HEALTH CARE
Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee concluded hearings on proposed
legislation to revise and extend programs of the Indian Health Care
Improvement Act, focusing on the challenges confronting the Indian Health
Service, tribally-administered health care programs, and urban Indian health
care programs with regard to recruiting and retaining health care
professionals, after receiving testimony from William C. Vanderwagen, Acting
Chief Medical Officer, Indian Health Service, Department of Health and Human
Services; Barry T. Hill, Director, Natural Resources and Environment, General
Accounting Office; Michael E. Bird, American Public Health Association,
Albuquerque, New Mexico, on behalf of the Friends of Indian Health; Robert
Hall, National Council of Urban Indian Health, Washington, D.C.; Anthony
Hunter, American Indian Community House, Inc., New York, New York; Carole
Meyers, Missoula Indian Center, Missoula, Montana; Martin Waukazoo, Urban
Indian Health Board, Inc., San Francisco, California, on behalf of the Native
American Health Centers; and Kay Culbertson, Denver Indian Health and Family
Services, Denver, Colorado.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded hearings on the nomination of
Robert S. Mueller III, of California, to be Director of the Federal Bureau of
Investigation, Department of Justice, after the nominee, who was introduced by
Senators Boxer and Feinstein, testified and answered questions in his own
behalf.
No Joint hearings noted.
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Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
U.S. EXPORT MARKET SHARE
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: Subcommittee on Production
and Price Competitiveness concluded hearings to examine the status of the U.S.
agricultural export market share, the Department of Agriculture's strategy for
expanding overseas sales, and how impending policy changes may benefit the
food and agricultural sector, after receiving testimony from Mattie R.
Sharpless, Acting Administrator, Foreign Agricultural Service, Department of
Agriculture; Leonard W. Condon, American Meat Institute, Arlington, Virginia;
Henry Jo Von Tungeln, Calumet, Oklahoma, on behalf of the U.S. Wheat
Associates, the Wheat Export Trade Education Committee, and the National
Association of Wheat Growers; and Carl Brothers, Riceland Foods, Inc.,
Stuttgart, Arkansas, on behalf of the USA Rice Federation.
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STEM CELL RESEARCH
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services,
and Education concluded hearings to examine how intellectual property
considerations and ethical issues affect stem cell research and the future
development of products for public benefit, and how the transfer of federally
funded technology from the not-for-profit sector to the for-profit is
accomplished, after receiving testimony from Maria Freire, Director, Office of
Technology Transfer, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and
Human Services; Carl E. Gulbrandsen, WiCell Research Institute, Madison,
Wisconsin, on behalf of the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation; Nigel
Cameron, Centre for Bioethics and Public Policy, London, England; Arthur
Caplan and Glenn McGee, both of the University of Pennsylvania Center for
Bioethics, Philadelphia; Michael D. West, Advanced Cell Technology, Inc.,
Worcester, Massachusetts.
APPROPRIATIONS--NAVY AND AIR FORCE CONSTRUCTION
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Military Construction concluded
hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2002 for Navy
construction and Air Force construction, after receiving testimony from Duncan
Holaday, Senior Civilian Official, Office of the Assistant Secretary of the
Navy for Installations and Environment; Rear Adm. Michael R. Johnson, USN,
Commander, Naval Facilities Engineering Command; Lt. Gen. Gary S. McKissock,
USMC, Deputy Commandant of the Marine Corps for Installations and Logistics
Facilities; Rear Adm. Noel G. Preston, UNR, Deputy Director of Naval Reserve;
Jimmy G. Dishner, Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for
Installations; Maj. Gen. Earnest O. Robbins II, HQ USAF, The Civil Engineer,
Deputy Chief of Staff for Installations and Logistics; Brig. Gen. Paul S.
Kimmel, ANG, Deputy Director, Air National Guard; and Brig. Gen. Robert E.
Duignan, Deputy to Chief of Air Force Reserve.
NOMINATION
Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded hearings on the nomination of
Gen. John P. Jumper, USAF, for reappointment to the grade of general and to be
Chief of Staff, United States Air Force, after the nominee testified and
answered questions in his own behalf.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee ordered favorably
reported the following business items:
S. 1254, to reauthorize the Multifamily Assisted Housing Reform and
Affordability Act of 1997, with an amendment; and
The nomination of Linda Mysliwy Conlin, of New Jersey, to be Assistant
Secretary for Trade Development, and Michael J. Garcia, of New York, to be
Assistant Secretary for Export Enforcement, both of the Department of
Commerce, Melody H. Fennel, of Virginia, to be Assistant Secretary for
Congressional and Intergovernmental Relations, and Michael Minoru Fawn Liu, of
Illinois, to be Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing, both of the
Department of Housing and Urban Development, and Henrietta Holsman Fore, of
Nevada, to be Director of the Mint, Department of the Treasury.
SUBCOMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee announced the
following subcommittee assignments:
Subcommittee on Securities and Investment: Senators Dodd (Chairman), Johnson,
Reed, Schumer, Bayh, Corzine, Carper, Stabenow, Akaka, Enzi (Ranking Member),
Shelby, Crapo, Bennett, Allard, Hagel, Santorum, and Bunning,
Subcommittee on Financial Institutions: Senators Johnson (Chairman), Miller,
Carper, Stabenow, Dodd, Reed, Bayh, Corzine, Bennett (Ranking Member), Ensign,
Shelby, Allard, Santorum, Bunning, and Crapo.
Subcommittee on Housing and Transportation: Senators Reed (Chairman), Carper,
Stabenow, Corzine, Dodd, Schumer, Akaka, Allard (Ranking Member), Santorum,
Ensign, Shelby, Enzi, and Hagel.
Subcommittee on Economic Policy: Senators Schumer (Chairman), Miller, Corzine,
Akaka, Bunning (Ranking Member), Bennett, and Ensign.
Subcommittee on International Trade and Finance: Senators Bayh (Chairman),
Miller, Johnson, Akaka, Hagel (Ranking Member), Enzi, and Crapo.
INTERNATIONAL TRADE AGREEMENTS
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee held hearings to
examine the status of current U.S trade agreements, focusing on the proposed
benefits and practical realities of expanding trade markets, while trying to
improve labors standards abroad, protect the environment, and protect and
compensate workers in the U.S., receiving testimony from Donald L. Evans,
Secretary of Commerce; and Edward N. Luttwak, Center for Strategic and
International Studies, William Reinsch, National Foreign Trade Council, on
behalf of the Organization for International Investment, and Alan Tonelson,
United States Business and Industry Council, all of Washington, D.C.
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Hearings recessed subject to call.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded
hearings on the nominations of John Arthur Hammerschmidt, of Arkansas, to be a
Member of the National Transportation Safety Board, Jeffrey William Runge, of
North Carolina, to be Administrator of the National Highway Traffic Safety
Administration, Department of Transportation, and Nancy Victory, to be
Assistant Secretary for Communications and Information, and Otto Wolff, to be
Assistant Secretary for Administration and Chief Financial Officer, both of
Virginia, both of the Department of Commerce, after the nominees testified and
answered questions in their own behalf. Dr. Runge was introduced by
Representative Myrick, and Ms. Victory was introduced by Senator Allen.
NATIONAL ENERGY POLICY
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee began markup of S. 597,
to provide for a comprehensive and balanced national energy policy, but did
not complete action thereon, and will meet again tomorrow.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee ordered favorably
reported the following business items:
S. 584, to designate the United States courthouse located at 40 Centre Street
in New York, New York, as the "Thurgood Marshall States Courthouse"; and
The nominations of David A. Sampson, of Texas, to be Assistant Secretary of
Commerce for Economic Development, and George Tracy Mehan III, of Michigan, to
be Assistant Administrator for the Office of Water, Judith Elizabeth Ayres, of
California, to be Assistant Administrator for the Office of International
Activities, Robert E. Fabricant, of New Jersey, to be General Counsel, Jeffrey
R. Holmstead, of Colorado, to be Assistant Administrator for the Office of Air
and Radiation, and Donald R. Schregardus, of Ohio, to be Assistant
Administrator for the Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance, all of
the Environmental Protection Agency.
TRANSPORTATION AIR EMISSIONS
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee held hearings to examine
the impact of air emissions from the transportation sector on public health
and the environment, current and future programs that reduce harmful air
pollution, and the energy impacts of the transportation sector and its
relationship to environmental concerns, receiving testimony from Robert D.
Brenner, Acting Assistant Administrator for Air and Radiation, Environmental
Protection Agency; Jason Mark, Union of Concerned Scientists, and Gregory
Dana, Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers, both of Washington, D.C.; Daniel
S. Greenbaum, Health Effects Institute, Cambridge, Massachusetts; Omar F.
Freilla, New York City Environmental Justice Alliance, New York, New York; and
Jeffrey A. Saitas, Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission, Austin.
Hearings recessed subject to call.
CYBERSHOPPING AND SALES TAX
Committee on Finance: Committee held hearings to examine issues |
