107th Congress (2001 - 2002)
January 23 - December 16, 2002
Senate Committee Meetings by Date
Compiled from the Congressional Record's Daily Digests via Thomas at
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2002/01/23
Daily Digest - Wednesday, January 23, 2002; pages D1 - D8
Committee Meetings
CBO PROJECTIONS
Committee on the Budget: Held a hearing on CBO's Projections. Testimony was
heard from Dan L. Crippen, Director, CBO.
CONVENTION CENTER--CONSTRUCTION STATUS
Committee on Government Reform: On January 18, the Subcommittee on the
District of Columbia held a hearing on "Status of Construction of the
Convention Center." Testimony was heard from Jeanette M. Franzel, Acting
Director, Financial Management Assurance Team, GAO; the following officials of
the District of Columbia: Harold Brazil, member, City Council and Chairman,
Committee on Economic Development; Eric Price, Deputy Mayor, Planning and
Economic Development; and Natwar Gandhi, Chief Financial Officer; and Lewis H.
Dawley III, General Manager/CEO, Washington Convention Center Authority.
HIGHER EDUCATION ACT AMENDMENTS
Committee on Rules: Granted, by voice vote, a closed rule providing 1 hour of
debate on S. 1762, to amend the Higher Education Act of 1965 to establish
fixed interest rates for student and parent borrowers, to extend current law
with respect to special allowances for lenders. The rule provides one motion
to commit. Testimony was heard from Chairman Boehner.
AVIATION AND TRANSPORTATION SECURITY ACT IMPLEMENTATION
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure: Subcommittee on Aviation held
a hearing on implementation of the Aviation and Transportation Security Act
focusing on the 60-day Deadline for Screening and Checked Baggage. Testimony
was heard from the following officials of the Department of Transportation:
John Magaw, Under Secretary, Transportation Security; and Kenneth R. Mead,
Inspector General; and public witnesses.
2002/01/24
Daily Digest - Thursday, January 24, 2002; pages D10 - D14
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
CLONING RESEARCH
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services,
and Education held hearings to examine funding issues surrounding cloning
research, focusing on the clarification of how stem cell research, or
therapeutic cloning, differs from human reproductive cloning, and the ethical
and public-policy issues related to both, after receiving testimony from
Irving L. Weissman, Stanford University Medical School, Stanford, California,
on behalf of the National Academies Panel on Scientific and Medical Aspects of
Human Cloning; Rudolf Jaenisch, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and
Whitehead Institute, Cambridge; and Brent Blackwelder, Friends of the Earth,
and Maria Michejda, Georgetown University Immunology Center and New York
University School of Medicine, both of Washington, D.C.
Hearings recessed subject to call.
U.S. ECONOMY
Committee on the Budget: Committee concluded hearings to examine the state of
the economy, focusing on cyclical adjustments made in 2001, characterized by
reductions in business investment, liquidations in business inventories, and
economic difficulties with U.S. trading partners, after receiving testimony
from Alan Greespan, Chairman, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve
System.
NOMINATION
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded
hearings on the nomination of James R. Mahoney, of Virginia, to be Assistant
Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere, after the nominee, who was
introduced by Senator Gregg, testified and answered questions in his own
behalf.
CORPORATE AVERAGE FUEL ECONOMY STANDARDS
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee held hearings to
examine the national security, safety, technological, and employment
implications of increasing the Corporate Average Fuel Economy standards,
receiving testimony from Stuart E. Eizenstat, Covington & Burling, former
Deputy Secretary of the Treasury, Joan B. Claybrook, Public Citizen, J. Andrew
Hoerner, Center for a Sustainable Economy, John German, American Honda Motor
Corporation, Inc., and Gregory Dana, Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers, all
of Washington, D.C.; Adrian K. Lund, Insurance Institute for Highway Safety,
Arlington, Virginia; Marc Ross, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor; and Allen
Schaeffer, Diesel Technology Forum, Herndon, Virginia.
Hearings recessed subject to call.
FUTURE OF TRANSPORTATION
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee concluded hearings to
examine the future of transportation in the United States, focusing on lessons
learned from the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (TEA-21) and
perspectives on reauthorization from the federal, state, and local level,
after receiving testimony from Norman Y. Mineta, Secretary of Transportation;
Ray Scheppach, Washington, D.C., on behalf of the National Governors
Association; Mayor Peter Clavelle, Burlington, Vermont, on behalf of the
National League of Cities; Mayor Brent Coles, Boise, Idaho, on behalf of the
U.S. Conference of Mayors, and Commissioner Chris Hart, Hillsborough County,
Florida, on behalf of the National Association of Counties.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee concluded hearings on the
nominations of Linda Morrison Combs, of North Carolina, to be Chief Financial
Officer, J. Paul Gilman, of Virginia, to be Assistant Administrator, Office of
Research and Development, and Morris X. Winn, of Texas, to be Assistant
Administrator, Administration and Resources Management, all of the
Environmental Protection Agency, after the nominees testified and answered
questions in their own behalf.
ENRON COLLAPSE
Committee on Governmental Affairs: Committee concluded hearings to examine
certain issues surrounding the collapse of Enron Corporation, focusing on its
impact on financial and energy markets, corporate accounting standards and
disclosure of corporate information, and pension investment aspects, after
receiving testimony from Arthur Levitt, Jr., former Chairman, and Lynn E.
Turner, former Chief Accountant, both of the U.S. Securities and Exchange
Commission; Bruce B. Henning, Energy and Environmental Analysis, Inc.,
Arlington, Virginia; John H. Langbein, Yale Law School, New Haven,
Connecticut; and Frank Partnoy, University of San Diego School of Law, San
Diego, California.
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EARLY EDUCATION
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee concluded
hearings to examine the quality of early childhood learning programs, focusing
on the importance of early childhood cognitive development, after receiving
testimony from First Lady Laura Bush.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded hearings on the nominations of
Michael J. Melloy, of Iowa, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Eighth
Circuit, Robert E. Blackburn, to be United States District Judge for the
District of Colorado, James E. Gritzner, to be United States District Judge
for the Southern District of Iowa, Cindy K. Jorgenson, to be United States
District Judge for the District of Arizona, Richard J. Leon, of Maryland, to
be United States District Judge for the District of Columbia, and Jay C.
Zainey, to be United States District Judge for the Eastern District of
Louisiana, after the nominees testified and answered questions in their own
behalf. Mr. Melloy and Mr. Gritzner were introduced by Senators Grassley and
Harkin and Representative Leach, Mr. Blackburn was introduced by Senators
Campbell and Allard, Ms. Jorgenson was introduced by Senator Kyl, Mr. Leon was
introduced by Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton, and Mr. Zainey was introduced by
Senators Breaux and Landrieu, and Representative Townsend.
No Joint hearings noted.
2002/01/25
Daily Digest - Friday, January 25, 2002; pages D15 - D18
Committee Meetings
No committee meetings were held.
No Joint hearings noted.
2002/01/28
Daily Digest - Monday, January 28, 2002; pages D20 - D22
Committee Meetings
No committee meetings were held.
No Joint hearings noted.
2002/01/29
Daily Digest - [Tuesday], January 29, 2002; pages D22 - D42
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
FINANCIAL WAR ON TERRORISM
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded
oversight hearings to examine the Administration's implementation of the
anti-money laundering provisions (title III) of the USA PATRIOT Act (Public
Law 107-56), and its efforts to disrupt terrorist financing activities, after
receiving testimony from Senators Levin and Grassley; Representatives Oxley
and LaFalce; Kenneth W. Dam, Deputy Secretary of the Treasury; Michael
Chertoff, Assistant Attorney General, Criminal Division, Department of
Justice; Richard Spillenkothen, Director, Division of Banking Supervision and
Regulation, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System; and Annette L.
Nazareth, Director, Division of Market Regulation, U.S. Securities and
Exchange Commission.
U.S. ECONOMY
Committee on the Budget: Committee concluded hearings to examine issues
surrounding the United States economy and the federal budget, including
economic and budgetary effects of certain tax cuts contained in the Economic
Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001, after receiving testimony
from Robert D. Reischauer, Urban Institute, and Peter R. Orszag, Brookings
Institution, both of Washington, D.C.; and Brian S. Wesbury, Griffin, Kubik,
Stephens and Thompson, Inc., Chicago, Illinois.
ENRON CORPORATION COLLAPSE
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded hearings to
examine the implications for consumers and energy markets of the Enron
bankruptcy, focusing on maintaining the needed investment and competition in
natural gas and electricity production and transmission, after receiving
testimony from Patrick Wood, III, Chairman, Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission, Department of Energy; James E. Newsome, Chairman, Commodity
Futures Trading Commission, William M. Nugent, Maine Public Utilities
Commission, Augusta, on behalf of the National Association of Regulatory and
Utility Commissioners; Vincent Viola, New York Mercantile Exchange, New York,
New York; Robert McCullough, McCullough Research, Portland, Oregon; and
Lawrence J. Makovich, Cambridge Energy Research Associates, Cambridge,
Massachusetts, on behalf of the North American Energy Group.
ELECTRIC POWER GENERATORS
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Subcommittee on Clean Air,
Wetlands, Private Property, and Nuclear Safety held hearings on S. 556, to
amend the Clean Air Act to reduce emissions from electric powerplants,
focusing on technologies to limit the emissions of carbon and mercury from
power plants and other compliant alternatives, receiving testimony from Robert
S. Kripowicz, Acting Assistant Secretary of Energy for Fossil Energy; Edward
C. Lowe, General Electric Power Systems, Schenectady, New York; Phil Amick,
Global Energy, Inc., Cincinnati, Ohio; Richard L. Sandor, Environmental
Financial Products LLC, Chicago, Illinois; Michael D. Durham, ADA
Environmental Solutions, Littleton, Colorado; Richard L. Miller, Hamon
Research-Cottrell, Inc., Somerville, New Jersey; Frank Alix, Powerspan
Corporation, New Durham, New Hampshire; and George R. Offen, Electric Power
Research Institute, Palo Alto, California. The bill in parentheses is a
companion measure.: Hearings recessed subject to call.
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No Joint hearings noted.
2002/02/04
Daily Digest - Monday, February 4, 2002; pages D44 - D50
Committee Meetings
No committee meetings were held.
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Joint Meetings
JANUARY EMPLOYMENT SITUATION
Joint Economic Committee: On Friday, February 1, committee concluded hearings
to examine the Bureau of Labor Statistics employment data in order to gauge
the status of the January employment situation, as well as the latest consumer
and producer price indexes with respect to the inflation outlook, after
receiving testimony from Lois Orr, Acting Commissioner, Bureau of Labor
Statistics, Department of Labor.
2002/02/05
Daily Digest - Tuesday, February 5, 2002; pages D52 - D58
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
FIREFIGHTING
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on VA, HUD, and Independent Agencies
held hearings to examine firefighting issues, focusing on urban search and
rescue task forces response requirements, and funding needs for firefighting
training, equipment, apparatus, communications, safety and health issues, and
staffing, receiving testimony from Stephen D. Paulsell, Boone County Fire
Protection District/Missouri Task Force 1, Columbia; Carlos P. Olaguer,
Baltimore City Fire Department, Baltimore, Maryland; Peter H. Morris, CNN,
Chevy Chase, Maryland, on behalf of the Bethesda-Chevy Chase Rescue Squad;
Philip C. Stittleburg, LaFarge, Wisconsin, on behalf of the National Volunteer
Fire Council; Harold A. Schaitberger, International Association of Fire
Fighters, Washington, D.C.; and John M. Buckman III, German Township Volunteer
Fire Department, Evansville, Indiana, on behalf of the International
Association of Fire Chiefs. Hearings recessed subject to call.
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DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION
Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded hearings on proposed
legislation authorizing funds for fiscal year 2003 for the Department of
Defense, and the Future Years Defense Program, after receiving testimony from
Donald H. Rumsfeld, Secretary, and Dov S. Zakheim, Under Secretary,
(Comptroller), both of the Department of Defense; and General Richard B.
Myers, USAF, Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Armed Services: Committee met with Members of the Canadian Senate
Committee on National Security Defense.
FINANCIAL LITERACY
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee held hearings to
examine the need to improve financial literacy and learning for American
consumers, focusing on Federal efforts to increase familiarity with new
technological and financial tools to promote economic prosperity, receiving
testimony from Paul H. O'Neill, Secretary, and Sheila C. Bair, Assistant
Secretary for Financial Institutions, both of the Department of the Treasury;
Alan Greenspan, Chairman, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System;
and Harvey L. Pitt, Chairman, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
Hearings continue tomorrow.
2003 BUDGET
Committee on the Budget: Committee held hearings on the President's proposed
budget request for fiscal year 2003, focusing on the cost of the recession,
homeland security, and economic stimulus, receiving testimony from Mitchell E.
Daniels, Jr., Director, Office of Management and Budget.
Hearings continue tomorrow.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee met and approved
the issuance of a subpoena to compel testimony from Kenneth Lay, former CEO
and current board member of the Enron Corporation.
AVIATION AND TRANSPORTATION SECURITY ACT
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded
hearings to examine the implementation of the Aviation and Transportation
Security (TSA) Act (P.L. 107-71), focusing on the hiring of tens of thousands
of new employees, additional employee background screening tools, airport
security operations studies, test TSA deployment techniques and technology,
and begin senior management training, after receiving testimony from Michael
P. Jackson, Deputy Secretary, John W. Magaw, Under Secretary, and Kenneth M.
Mead, Inspector General, all of the Department of Transportation.
BIOTERRORISM
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on Science,
Technology, and Space concluded hearings to examine issues concerning
bioterrorism, focusing on harnessing American scientific and entrepreneurial
expertise to develop effective defense capabilities to protect our forces and
nation, after receiving testimony from Anna Johnson-Winegar, Deputy Assistant
Secretary to the Defense for Chemical and Biological Defense; Lisa A. Simpson,
Deputy Director, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Department of
Health and Human Services; Richard Klausner, Special Advisor for
Counterterrorism, National Academy of Sciences; Georges C. Benjamin, Maryland
Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, Baltimore; John G. Edwards, Photonic
Sensor, Atlanta, Georgia; Richard J. Hatchett, Memorial
Hospital/Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York, on behalf of the
Civilian Medical Reserve Working Group; Una Ryan, AVANT Immunotherapeutics,
Inc., Neeham, Massachusetts; and Bruno W. S. Sobral, Virginia Polytechnic
Institute and State University/Bioinformatics Institute, Blacksburg.
PRESIDENT'S BUDGET REQUEST
Committee on Finance: Committee concluded hearings to examine certain revenue
proposals within the President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 2003,
after receiving testimony from Paul O'Neill, Secretary of the Treasury.
FOREIGN AFFAIRS BUDGET
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded hearings to examine United
States foreign policy and the President's proposed budget request for fiscal
year 2003 for foreign affairs, after receiving testimony from Colin L. Powell,
Secretary of State.
RETIREMENT INSECURITY/ENRON COLLAPSE
Committee on Governmental Affairs: Committee concluded hearings to examine the
impact of the Enron Corporation collapse on the company's 401(k) retirement
investors, after receiving testimony from William D. Miller, Jr.,
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, Portland, Oregon; Catheryn
Graham, Hewitt Associates, The Woodlands, Texas; Cindy Olson and Mikie Rath,
both of Enron Corporation, Houston, Texas; Joseph P. Szathmary, Northern Trust
Retirement Consulting, Atlanta, D55Georgia; Karen W. Ferguson, Pension Rights
Center, James A. Klein, American Benefits Council, Erik Olsen, American
Association of Retired Persons, and Stephen M. Saxon, Groom Law Group, on
behalf of the Society of Professional Administrators and Record Keepers (SPARK
Institute), all of Washington, D.C.; Susan J. Stabile, St. John's University
School of Law, New York, New York; and Deborah G. Perrotta, Kingwood, Texas.
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HUMAN CLONING
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee held hearings to examine issues
surrounding scientific and medical aspects of human reproductive cloning,
including the protection of human subjects, and to clarify how human
reproductive cloning differs from stem cell research, receiving testimony from
Representatives Weldon and Greenwood; Irving L. Weissman, Stanford Medical
School, on behalf of the National Academies Panel on Scientific and Medical
Aspects of Human Cloning, and Henry T. Greely, Stanford University Center for
Law and the Biosciences, on behalf of the California Advisory Committee on
Human Cloning, both of Stanford, California; R. Alta Charo, University of
Wisconsin Law School, Madison; and Kris Gulden, on behalf of the Coalition of
the Advancement of Medical Research, Andrew Kimbrell, International Center for
Technology Assessment, and Father Kevin T. FitzGerald, Georgetown University
Medical Center, all of Washington, D.C.
Hearings recessed subject to call.
Joint Meetings
U.S. ECONOMY
Joint Economic Committee: Committee concluded hearings to examine the economic
report of the President, after receiving testimony from R. Glenn Hubbard,
Chairman, and Mark B. McClellan and Randall S. Kroszner, both Members, all of
the Council of Economic Advisers.
2002/02/06
Daily Digest - Wednesday, February 6, 2002; pages D59 - D66
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
FINANCIAL LITERACY
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded hearings
to examine the status of financial literacy and learning for American
consumers, focusing on Federal, State, public and private efforts to develop a
national strategy to promote consumer financial education, after receiving
testimony from former Representative Susan Molinari, on behalf of the
Americans for Consumer Education and Competition; Denise Voigt Crawford, Texas
State Securities Board, Austin; and Stephen Brobeck, Consumer Federation of
America, H. Patrick Swygert, Howard University, on behalf of the Historically
Black Colleges and Universities, Don M. Blandin, American Savings Education
Council, Esther Canja, American Association of Retired Persons, and Raul
Yzaguirre, National Council of La Raza, all of Washington, D.C.
2003 BUDGET
Committee on the Budget: Committee continued hearings on the President's
proposed budget request for fiscal year 2003, focusing on security, economic,
and long-term fiscal challenges, receiving testimony from Jacob J. Lew, former
Director, Office of Management and Budget; and Robert L. Bixby, The Concord
Coalition, Washington, D.C.
Hearings continue tomorrow.
NATIONAL ENERGY SECURITY
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded hearings to
examine the effects of certain provisions to repeal the Public Utility Holding
Company Act (PUHCA) of 1935, contained in S. 1766, Energy Policy Act (pending
on Senate calendar), on energy markets and energy consumers, and whether
recent events in the Enron bankruptcy have raised concerns that regulation of
energy companies may be insufficient, without PUHCA, to protect customers of
electric utilities, after receiving testimony from Isaac C. Hunt, Jr.,
Commissioner, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission; Cynthia A. Marlette,
General Counsel, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Department of Energy;
Roy Hemmingway, Oregon Public Utility Commission, Salem, on behalf of the
National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners; David L. Sokol,
MidAmerican Energy Holdings Company, Des Moines, Iowa; and Scott Hempling,
Silver Spring, Maryland.
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U.S. TRADE NEGOTIATIONS
Committee on Finance: Committee held hearings to examine the status of ongoing
U.S. trade negotiations, focusing on World Trade Organization negotiations,
trade remedy laws, fast track authority, labor rights, environmental issues,
and trade adjustment assistance, receiving testimony from Robert B. Zoellick,
U.S. Trade Representative; Gary Broyles, National Association of Wheat
Growers, Rapelje, Montana, on behalf of the Wheat Export Trade Education
Committee and U.S. Wheat Associates; George Scalise, Semiconductor Industry
Association, San Jose, California; Arthur D. Wainwright, Wainwright
Industries, Saint Peters, Missouri, on behalf of the National Association of
Manufacturers; and Barb Determan, Early, Iowa, on behalf of the National Pork
Producers Council.
Hearings recessed subject to call.
U.S. STRATEGIC SECURITY
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded hearings to examine a new
strategic framework, focusing on implications for U.S. security, after
receiving testimony from William J. Perry, Stanford University Hoover
Institution, Stanford, California, former Secretary of Defense; and Caspar W.
Weinberger, Washington, D.C., former Secretary of Defense.
U.S. POLICY OPTIONS IN SOMALIA
Committee on Foreign Relations: Subcommittee on African Affairs concluded
hearings to examine U.S. policy options in Somalia, focusing on the promotion
of stability, sustainable development, and expanded economic opportunity,
after receiving testimony from Walter H. Kansteiner, Assistant Secretary of
State for African Affairs; Ken Menkhaus, Davidson College, Davidson, North
Carolina; David H. Shinn, former Ambassador to Ethiopia and Special
Coordinator for Somalia, Washington, D.C.; and Robert MacPherson, CARE,
Atlanta, Georgia.
ACCOUNTABILITY/ENRON COLLAPSE
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded hearings to examine
accountability issues surrounding the fall of Enron Corporation, focusing on
fraud, auditor conflicts, vulnerability of institutional investors, and
liability limits, after receiving testimony from Washington Attorney General
Christine O. Gregoire, Olympia; Bruce Raynor, New York, New York, on behalf of
Union of Needletrades, Industrial and Textile Employees (UNITE), AFL-CIO, and
the Amalgamated Bank; Steven M. Schatz, Wilson, Sonsini, Goodrich, and Rosati
Professional Corporation, Palo Alto, California; Nelson Lund, George Mason
University School of Law, Arlington, Virginia; and Susan P. Koniak, Boston
University School of Law, Boston, Massachusetts.
WORLD THREAT
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee concluded hearings to examine
issues surrounding global threats and challenges, focusing on the emerging
global security environment, after receiving testimony from George J. Tenet,
Director of Central Intelligence; Dale L. Watson, Executive Assistant Director
for Counterterrorism and Counterintelligence, Federal Bureau of Investigation,
Department of Justice; Vice Admiral Thomas R. Wilson, USN, Director, Defense
Intelligence Agency, and Carl W. Ford, Jr., Assistant Secretary of State for
Intelligence and Research.
WORLD THREATS
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee concluded closed hearings to
examine issues surrounding world threats to American national security, after
receiving testimony from officials of the intelligence community.
WOMEN AND LONG-TERM CARE
Special Committee on Aging: Committee concluded joint hearings with the
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions' Subcommittee on Aging to
examine issues related to women and aging, focusing on long-term care and the
predominant role of women as America's caregivers, after receiving testimony
from Senators Murray, Collins, Lincoln, Stabenow, Clinton, and Carnahan;
Laurie Young, Older Women's League, Washington, D.C.; and Gail Gibson Hunt,
National Alliance for Caregiving, Bethesda, Maryland.
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No Joint hearings noted.
2002/02/07
Daily Digest - Thursday, February 7, 2002; pages D68 - D74
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
TRANSPORTATION AUTHORIZATION
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Transportation concluded hearings
on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2003 for the Department of
Transportation, focusing on the Transportation Security Administration, after
receiving testimony from Michael P. Jackson, Deputy Secretary, and John W.
Magaw, Under Secretary for Security, both of the Department of Transportation.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Armed Services: Committee met with Members of the United
Kingdom's House of Commons Defence Committee.
OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM
Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded open and closed hearings to
examine the conduct of Operation Enduring Freedom, focusing on the role of the
U.S. Central Command in America's global war on terrorism, after receiving
testimony from General Tommy R. Franks, USA, Commander in Chief, United States
Central Command.
SUPERIOR BANK, HINSDALE, ILLINOIS
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded hearings
to examine the analysis of the failure and implications of Superior Bank, FSB,
Hinsdale, Illinois, focusing on causes of the failure, external audit
findings, and the effectiveness of federal supervision, after receiving
testimony from Jeffrey Rush, Jr., Inspector General, Department of the
Treasury; Gaston L. Gianni, Jr., Inspector General, Federal Deposit Insurance
Corporation; and Thomas J. McCool, Managing Director for Financial Markets and
Community Investment, General Accounting Office.
2003 BUDGET
Committee on the Budget: Committee continued hearings on the President's
proposed budget request for fiscal year 2003, focusing on tax relief and
fiscal discipline provisions, receiving testimony from Paul H. O'Neill,
Secretary of the Treasury.
Hearings continue on Tuesday, February 12.
WAR ON TERRORISM
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded hearings to examine the
future of the War on Terrorism, focusing on accomplishments to date,
continuing terrorist threats, weapons of mass destruction, the U.S. role in
the world, world alliances, peacekeeping, and globalization, after receiving
testimony from Samuel R. Berger, Stonebridge International, Washington, D.C.,
former National Security Advisor; Gen. George A. Joulwan, USA (Ret.), General
Dynamics, Arlington, Virginia, former NATO Allied Commander; and William
Kristol, Weekly Standard, McLean, Virginia, on behalf of the Project for the
New American Century.
NATIONAL COMMISSION ON TERRORIST ATTACKS
Committee on Governmental Affairs: Committee concluded hearings S. 1867, to
establish the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States,
after receiving testimony from former Representative Dave McCurdy, Electronic
Industries Alliance, McLean, Virginia, on behalf of the Commission to Assess
the Organization of the Federal Government to Combat the Proliferation of
Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD Commission); Norman R. Augustine, United
States Commission on National Security, Bethesda, Maryland; and Richard K.
Betts, Columbia University Institute of War and Peace Studies, and Maurice
Sonnenberg, Bear, Stearns and Co., Inc., both of New York, New York, both on
behalf of the National Commission on Terrorism.
PENSION PLAN REFORM
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee concluded
hearings to examine the impact of the collapse of Enron Corporation on its
401(k) pension plan investors and the Department of D70Labor's role in
enforcement and regulation under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act
(ERISA), focusing on related pension plan reform proposals, after receiving
testimony from Senators Boxer and Corzine; Representative Bentsen; Elaine L.
Chao, Secretary of Labor; Steven E. Lacey, Portland General Electric, Salem,
Oregon; Alicia H. Munnell, Boston College Carroll School of Management,
Boston, Massachusetts; Dallas L. Salisbury, Employee Benefit Research
Institute, Washington, D.C.; James Prentice, Administrative Committee of the
Enron Corporation Savings Plan, Houston, Texas; Jan Fleetham, Bloomington,
Minnesota; and Karl V. Farmer, New Hampshire.
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TRIBAL TRUST FUND
Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee concluded oversight hearings on certain
legislative proposals relating to the statute of limitations on claims against
the United States related to the management of Indian tribal trust fund
accounts, including S. 1857, to encourage the negotiated settlement of tribal
claims, after receiving testimony from McCoy Williams, Acting Director,
Financial Management and Assurance, General Accounting Office; Philip Hogen,
Associate Solicitor, Division of Indian Affairs, Department of the Interior;
and Charles Tillman, Intertribal Monitoring Association, Pawhuska, Oklahoma.
Hearings recessed subject to call.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee ordered favorably reported the
nominations of Michael J. Melloy, of Iowa, to be United States Circuit Judge
for the Eighth Circuit, Robert E. Blackburn, to be United States District
Judge for the District of Colorado, David L. Bunning, to be United States
District Judge for the Eastern District of Kentucky; James E. Gritzner, to be
United States District Judge for the Southern District of Iowa, Cindy K.
Jorgenson, to be United States District Judge for the District of Arizona,
Richard J. Leon, of Maryland, to be United States District Judge for the
District of Columbia, Jay C. Zainey, to be United States District Judge for
the Eastern District of Louisiana, Thomas P. Colantuono, to be United States
Attorney for the District of New Hampshire, James K. Vines, to be United
States Attorney for the Middle District of Tennessee, James Duane Dawson, to
be United States Marshal for the Southern District of West Virginia, Brian
Michael Ennis, to be United States Marshal for the District of Nebraska;
Nehemiah Flowers, to be United States Marshal for the Southern District of
Mississippi; Arthur Jeffrey Hedden, to be United States Marshal for the
Eastern District of Tennessee, Johnny Lewis Hughes, to be United States
Marshal for the District of Maryland, William Carey Jenkins, to be United
States Marshal for the Middle District of Louisiana, Randy Merlin Johnson, to
be United States Marshal for the District of Alaska, David Glenn Jolley, to be
United States Marshal for the Western District of Tennessee, Chester Martin
Keely, to be United States Marshal for the Northern District of Alabama, John
William Loyd, to be United States Marshal for the Eastern District of
Oklahoma, Ronald Richard McCubbin, Jr., to be United States Marshal for the
Western District of Kentucky, David Reid Murtaugh, to be United States Marshal
for the Northern District of Indiana, Michael Wade Roach, to be United States
Marshal for the Western District of Oklahoma, Eric Eugene Robertson, to be
United States Marshal for the Western District of Washington, David Donald
Viles, to be United States Marshal for the District of Maine, and Larry Wade
Wagster, to be United States Marshal for the Northern District of Mississippi.
NOMINATION
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded hearings on the nomination of
Charles W. Pickering, Sr., of Mississippi, to be United States Circuit Judge
for the Fifth Circuit, after the nominee, testified and answered questions in
his own behalf.
BUSINESS MEETING
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee met in closed session to consider
pending intelligence matters, made no announcements, and recessed subject to
call.
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No Joint hearings noted.
2002/02/08
Daily Digest - Friday, February 8, 2002; pages D75 - D80
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Governmental Affairs: Committee concluded hearings on the
nominations of Nancy Dorn, of Texas, to be Deputy Director of the Office of
Management and Budget, Dan Gregory Blair, of the District of Columbia, to be
Deputy Director of the Office of Personnel Management, and John L. Howard, of
Illinois, to be Chairman of the Special Panel on Appeals, after the nominees
testified and answered questions in their own behalf. Mr. Blair was introduced
by Senator Carnahan.
No Joint hearings noted.
2002/02/11
Daily Digest - Monday, February 11, 2002; pages D81 - D84
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
CUBA TRAVEL RESTRICTIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Treasury and General Government
concluded hearings to examine issues related to restrictions of travel to
Cuba, including the Administration's Cuba policy, human rights support, open
market economy, and improving the political, economic, and cultural
relationships with the United States, after receiving testimony from former
Senator Dennis DeConcini; R. Richard Newcomb, Director, Office of Foreign
Assets Control, Department of the Treasury; James Carragher, Coordinator of
Cuban Affairs, Department of State; Dennis K. Hayes, Cuban American National
Foundation, Washington, D.C., former U.S. Ambassador to Suriname; John I.
Gilderbloom, University of Louisville College of Business and Public
Administration Center for Sustainable Urban Neighborhoods, Louisville,
Kentucky, on behalf of the Cuban Research and Education Programs; Nancy Chang,
Center for Constitutional Rights, New York, New York; Marilyn Meister, Milton,
Wisconsin; Cevin Allen, Sammamish, Washington; and John Harriman, Chicago,
Illinois.
FHA BUDGET
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Subcommittee on Transportation,
Infrastructure, and Nuclear Safety held hearings to examine the President's
proposed budget request for fiscal year 2003 for the Federal Highway
Administration, the Revenue Aligned Budget Authority (RABA) mechanism, and
budget related reauthorization issues, receiving testimony from Donna McLean,
Assistant Secretary for Budget and Programs and Chief Financial Officer, and
Mary E. Peters, Administrator, Federal Highway Administration, both of the
Department of Transportation; Thomas E. Stephens, Nevada Department of
Transportation, Carson City, on behalf of the American Association of State
Highway and Transportation Officials; and William D. Fay, American Highway
Users Alliance, and Tom Hill, Oldcastle Materials Inc., on behalf of the
American Road and Transportation Builders Association, both of Washington,
D.C.
Hearings recessed subject to call.
No Joint hearings noted.
2002/02/12
Daily Digest - Tuesday, February 12, 2002; pages D85 - D92
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION
Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded hearings on proposed
legislation authorizing funds for fiscal year 2003 for the Department of
Defense, and the Future Years Defense Program, after receiving testimony from
Thomas E. White, Secretary of the Army; Gordon R. England, Secretary of the
Navy; and James G. Roche, Secretary of the Air Force.
ACCOUNTING AND INVESTOR PROTECTION
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded
oversight hearings to examine accounting and investor protection issues raised
by Enron and other public companies, including overseeing capital markets,
designing successful reforms, improving transparency of information, financial
statement auditing accuracy, and encouraging better governance of accounting
firms and corporations, after receiving testimony from Arthur Levitt, Jr., and
Richard C. Breeden, Richard C. Breedan and Co., both of Greenwich,
Connecticut, David S. Ruder, Northwestern University School of Law, Chicago,
Illinois, Harold M. Williams, Los Angeles, California, and Roderick M. Hills,
Hills Enterprises Ltd, Washington, D.C., each a former Chairman, Securities
and Exchange Commission.
2003 BUDGET
Committee on the Budget: Committee resumed hearings on the President's
proposed budget request for fiscal year 2003, focusing on the State
Department's foreign policy objectives, including winning the war on terrorism
and protecting Americans at home and abroad, receiving testimony from Colin L.
Powell, Secretary of State.
Hearings continue tomorrow.
ENRON COLLAPSE
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee held hearings to
examine the collapse of the Enron Corporation, focusing on the investigation
of potentially questionable Enron's partnership transactions, receiving
testimony from Kenneth L. Lay, Piper, Marbury, Rudnick and Wolfe, Washington,
D.C., former Chairman/CEO, Enron Corporation; and William C. Powers, Jr.,
University of Texas Law School, Austin, on behalf of the Board of Directors of
Enron Corporation Special Investigative Committee.
Hearings recessed subject to call.
INTERIOR/FOREST SERVICE/ENERGY BUDGET
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded hearings to
examine the President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 2003 for the
Department of the Interior, the U. S. Forest Service, and the Department of
Energy, after receiving testimony from J. Steven Griles, Deputy Secretary, and
P. Lynn Scarlett, Assistant Secretary for Policy, Management, and Budget, both
of the Department of the Interior; Mark Rey, Under Secretary of Agriculture
for Natural Resources and Environment; and Bruce M. Carnes, Chief Financial
Officer, Department of Energy.
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CRIME
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded hearings to examine the
theft of American intellectual property at home and abroad, focusing on the
Department of State's and U.S. Trade Representative's role in policy and
enforcement, and recent trends in intellectual property protection, including
implementation of the Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights
(TRIPS) agreement the and "Special 301" review, after receiving
testimony from
Alan P. Larson, Under Secretary of State for Economic, Business and
Agricultural Affairs; Peter F. Allgeier, Deputy U.S. Trade Representative;
John S. Gordon, U.S. Attorney, Central District of California, Department of
Justice; Jeffrey Raikes, Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, Washington; and Jack
Valenti, Motion Picture Association of America, Hilary Rosen, Recording
Industry Association of America, and Douglas Lowenstein, Interactive Digital
Software Association, all of Washington, D.C.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Governmental Affairs: Committee ordered favorably reported the
nominations of Nancy Dorn, of Texas, to be Deputy Director of the Office of
Management and Budget, Dan Gregory Blair, of the District of Columbia, to be
Deputy Director of the Office of Personnel Management, and John L. Howard, of
Illinois, to be Chairman of the Special Panel on Appeals.
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WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION
Committee on Governmental Affairs: Subcommittee on International Security,
Proliferation and Federal Services concluded hearings to examine multilateral
non-proliferation regimes, weapons of mass destruction technologies, and the
War on Terrorism, focusing on measures for enhancing the ability of these
multilateral treaties to prevent the acquisition of chemical and biological
weapons by both national and subnational groups, after receiving testimony
from Elisa D. Harris, University of Maryland Center for International and
Security Studies, and Amy E. Smithson, Henry L. Stimson Center, both of
Washington, D. C.; Jim Walsh, Harvard University John F. Kennedy School of
Government, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Cambridge,
Massachusetts; and Dennis M. Gormley, International Institute for Strategic
Studies, London, England.
EARLY EDUCATION
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee concluded
hearings to examine early education issues, focusing on quality educational
programs, parent involvement in early childhood development, and separation of
education for children with special needs, after receiving testimony from
Elisabeth Schaefer, Massachusetts Department of Education, Malden; Jack P.
Shonkoff, Brandeis University Heller School for Social Policy and Management,
Waltham, Massachusetts; Edward Zigler, Yale University Child Study Center, New
Haven, Connecticut; Dorothy S. Strickland, Rutgers University Graduate School
of Education, New Brunswick, New Jersey; Rob Reiner, I Am Your Child
Foundation, Hollywood, California; Susan Russell, University of North Carolina
Child Care Services Association, Chapel Hill; and Sharon E. Rhodes, Parents as
Teachers National Center, St. Louis, Missouri.
OXYCONTIN ABUSE
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee concluded
hearings to examine the effects of the painkiller Oxycontin, focusing on
Federal, State and local efforts to decrease abuse and misuse of this product
while assuring availability for patients who suffer daily from chronic
moderate to severe pain, after receiving testimony from John K. Jenkins,
Director, Office of New Drugs, Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, Food
and Drug Administration, and H. Westley Clark, Director, Center for Substance
Abuse Treatment, Substance Abuse Mental Health Services Administration, both
of the Department of Health and Human Services; Richard Payne, Memorial
Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York; Art Van Zee, Lee Coalition
for Health, St. Charles, Virginia; Nancy Green, Neighbors Against Drug Abuse,
Calais, Maine; William R. Bess, Virginia State Police, Wytheville; and Paul D.
Goldenheim, Purdue Pharma L.P., Stamford, Connecticut.
U.S. REFUGEE PROGRAM
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Immigration held hearings to
examine issues surrounding the U.S. Refugee Program, including the effects of
recent crises in Afghanistan and Africa on the refugee populations, security
concerns in the aftermath of September 11, 2001, use of joint voluntary
organizations to relieve refugee processing burdens, family reunification, and
case backlogs, receiving testimony from Arthur E. Dewey, Assistant Secretary
of State for the Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration; James W.
Ziglar, Commissioner, Immigration and Naturalization Service, Department of
Justice; Leonard S. Glickman, Refugee Council USA, New York, New York, on
behalf of the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society; and Anastasia Brown, U.S.
Conference of Catholic Bishops Migration and Refugee Services, and Bill
Frelick, U.S. Committee for Refugees, both of Washington, D.C.
Hearings recessed subject to call.
No Joint hearings noted.
2002/02/13
Daily Digest - Wednesday, February 13, 2002; pages D94 - D102
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Personnel concluded hearings on
proposed legislation authorizing funds for fiscal year 2003 for the Department
of Defense, focusing on active and reserve military and civilian personnel
programs, after receiving testimony from David S. C. Chu, Under Secretary of
Defense for Personnel and Readiness; Reginald J. Brown, Assistant Secretary of
the Army for Manpower and Reserve Affairs; William A. Navas, Jr., Assistant
Secretary of the Navy for Manpower and Reserve Affairs; Michael L. Dominguez,
Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Manpower and Reserve Affairs; SMA
Jack L. Tilley, USA, Sergeant Major of the Army; SM Alford L. McMichael, USMC,
Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps; MCPON James L. Herdt, USN, Master Chief
Petty Officer of the Navy; CMSGT Frederick J. Finch, USAF, Chief Master
Sergeant of the Air Force; Craig W. Duehring, Principal Deputy Assistant
Secretary of Defense for Reserve Affairs; Lt. Gen. Russell C. Davis, ANG,
Chief, National Guard Bureau; Maj. Gen. Craig Bambrough, USAR, Deputy
Commanding General, U.S. Army Reserve Command; VADM John B. Totushek, USNR,
Commander, U.S. Naval Reserve Force; Lt. Gen. James E. Sherrard III, USAF,
Chief, Air Force Reserve; and Lt. Gen. Dennis M. McCarthy, USMCR, Commander,
Marine Forces Reserve.
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HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT BUDGET
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded hearings
to examine the President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 2003 for
the Department of Housing and Urban Development, after receiving testimony
from Mel Martinez, Secretary of Housing and Urban Development; Sheila Crowley,
National Low Income Housing Coalition, Washington, D.C.; Joseph F. Reilly, JP
Morgan Chase Community Development Group, New York, New York, on behalf of the
National Association of Affordable Housing Lenders; and Thomas L. Jones,
Habitat for Humanity International, Americus, Georgia.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on the Budget: Committee ordered unfavorably reported S.J. Res. 31,
suspending certain provisions of law pursuant to section 258(a)(2) of the
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
2003 BUDGET
Committee on the Budget: Committee resumed hearings on the President's
proposed budget request for fiscal year 2003 and revenue proposals, focusing
on the Department of Defense, after receiving testimony from Paul Wolfowitz,
Deputy Secretary of Defense.
Hearings continue tomorrow.
EPA 2003 BUDGET
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee concluded hearings on the
President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 2003 for the Environmental
Protection Agency, after receiving testimony from Christine Todd Whitman,
Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Finance: Committee ordered favorably reported an original bill
establishing Energy Tax Incentives Act of 2002.
SECTORAL TRADE DISPUTES
Committee on Finance: Committee held hearings to examine sectoral trade
disputes concerning lumber and steel, focusing on open and fair competition in
international markets, receiving testimony from Grant D. Aldonas, Under
Secretary of Commerce for International Trade; Peter Allgeier, Deputy United
States Trade Representative; Bobby Rayburn, National Association of Home
Builders, Rodger Schlickeisen, Defenders of Wildlife, and Jon E. Jenson,
Consuming Industries Trade Action Coalition, all of Washington, D.C.; W. J.
Wood, Tolleson Lumber Company, Perry, Georgia, on behalf of the Coalition for
Fair Lumber Imports; Thomas J. Usher, United States Steel Corporation, and Leo
W. Gerard, United Steelworkers of America, both of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania;
Daniel R. DiMicco, Nucor Corporation, Charlotte, North Carolina; Gary C. Hill,
National Metalwares, Aurora, Illinois, on behalf of the Emergency Committee
for American Trade; and Joseph Cannon, Geneva Steel, Vineyard, Utah.
Hearings recessed subject to call.
HIV/AIDS
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded hearings to examine
bilateral and multilateral responses to halt the spread of HIV/AIDS, focusing
on new prevention tools including microbicides, treatment and care of people
living with HIV/AIDS, and mitigation of current and future social and economic
impacts of the epidemic, after receiving testimony from Tommy G. Thompson,
Secretary of Health and Human Services; Andrew Natsios, Administrator, U.S.
Agency for International Development; Paula J. Dobriansky, Under Secretary of
State for Global Affairs; Peter Piot, UNAIDS, Geneva, Switzerland; Princeton
Lyman, Aspen Institute, Washington, D.C., on behalf of the Center for
Strategic and International Studies Task Force on HIV/AIDS; Sunanda Ray,
Southern Africa HIV/AIDS Information Dissemination Service, Harare, Zimbabwe;
and Peter Okaalet, Medical Assistance Program International, Nairobi, Kenya.
DIAMOND TRADE
Committee on Governmental Affairs: Subcommittee on Oversight of Government
Management, Restructuring and the District of Columbia concluded hearings to
examine the implementation and enforcement of the Kimberly Process Agreement
(to ban the source of income from illicit diamonds), after receiving testimony
from Senators DeWine, Feingold, and Gregg; John E. Leigh, Ambassador of Sierra
Leone to the United States; Joseph H. Melrose, Jr., former U.S. Ambassador to
Sierra Leone; Loren Yager, Director, International Affairs and Trade, General
Accounting Office; Alan W. Eastham, Special Negotiator for Conflict Diamonds,
Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs, Department of State; Timothy Skud,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Regulatory, Tariff, and
Trade Enforcement; and James Mendenhall, Deputy General Counsel, U.S. Trade
Representative.
GENETIC DISCRIMINATION
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee concluded
hearings to examine the existing laws and proposed legislation necessary to
protect genetic information, in order to prevent genetic discrimination that
may lead to loss of health insurance or employment discrimination, including
S. 318/S. 382, to prohibit discrimination on the basis of genetic information
with respect to health insurance, after receiving testimony from Cari M.
Dominguez, Chairman, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission; Bobby P. Jindal,
Assistant Secretary of Health and Human Services for Planning and Evaluation;
Debra L. Ness, National Partnership for Women and Families, Joanne L. Hustead,
Georgetown University Institute for Health Care Research and Policy, Andrew J.
Imparato, American Association of People with Disabilities, all of Washington,
D.C.; and Ronald L. Adler, Laurden Associates, Inc., Potomac, Maryland.
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BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee ordered favorably reported S. 1857, to
Encourage the Negotiated Settlement of Tribal Claims.
NATIVE AMERICAN HOUSING ASSISTANCE AND SELF-DETERMINATION ACT
Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee concluded oversight hearings on the
implementation and reauthorization of the Native American Housing Assistance
and Self-Determination Act (NAHASDA), after receiving testimony from Michael
Liu, Assistant Secretary of Housing and Urban Development for Office of Public
and Indian Housing; Kelsey A. Begaye, Navajo Nation, Window Rock, Arizona;
Robert Gauthier, Salish and Kootenai Housing Authority, Pablo, Montana;
Chester Carl, Coalition for Indian Housing and Development, Washington, D.C.;
and Joe Garcia, National Congress of American Indians, San Juan Pueblo, New
Mexico.
BASEBALL ANTITRUST EXEMPTION
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee held hearings to examine the application
of federal antitrust laws to Major League Baseball, receiving testimony from
Senators Wellstone, Nelson, and Dayton; Florida Attorney General Bob
Butterworth, Tallahassee; Minnesota Deputy Attorney General Lori R. Swanson,
St. Paul; Robert A. DuPuy, Major League Baseball, and Donald M. Fehr, Major
League Baseball Players Association, both of New York, New York; and Stanley
M. Brand, Minor League Baseball, Washington, D.C.
Hearings recessed subject to call.
CYBER TERROR ATTACK
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Administrative Oversight and the
Courts met to receive a briefing on issues surrounding potential threats of
cyber terror attacks from Richard A. Clarke, Special Advisor to the President
for Cyberspace Security, and Chairman of the President's Infrastructure Board.
BUSINESS MEETING
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee met in closed session to consider
pending intelligence matters, made no announcements, and recessed subject to
call.
No Joint hearings noted.
2002/02/14
Daily Digest - Thursday, February 14, 2002; pages D103 - D110
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
U.S. COAST GUARD
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Transportation concluded hearings
on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2003 for the U.S. Coast Guard,
after receiving testimony from Admiral James M. Loy, USCG, Commandant, U.S.
Coast Guard, and Kenneth M. Mead, Inspector General, both of the Department of
Transportation.
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION
Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded open and closed hearings to
examine proposed legislation authorizing funds for fiscal year 2003 for the
Department of Defense, focusing on the results of the Nuclear Posture Review,
after receiving testimony from Douglas J. Feith, Under Secretary of Defense
for Policy; John A. Gordon, USAF (Ret.), Under Secretary of Energy for Nuclear
Security and Administrator, National Nuclear Security Administration; and Adm.
James O. Ellis, Jr., USN, Commander in Chief, United States Strategic Command.
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ACCOUNTING AND INVESTOR PROTECTION
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee resumed oversight
hearings to examine accounting and investor protection issues raised by Enron
and other public companies, focusing on the relevance of the work of the
International Accounting Standards Committee and its associated bodies to the
evident problems besetting the accounting and auditing profession, after
receiving testimony from Paul A Volcker, Arthur Andersen Independent Oversight
Board, New York, New York, former Chairman, Federal Reserve, and Sir David
Tweedie, London, England, former Chairman of the United Kingdom's Accounting
Standards Board, both on behalf of the International Accounting Standards
Board. Hearings recessed subject to call.
2003 BUDGET
Committee on the Budget: Committee continued hearings on the President's
proposed budget request for fiscal year 2003 and revenue proposals, focusing
on the Department of Health and Human Services, after receiving testimony from
Tommy G. Thompson, Secretary of Health and Human Services.
Hearings recessed subject to call.
NATIONAL PARKS
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Subcommittee on National Parks
concluded hearings on S. 202 and H.R. 2440, to rename Wolf Trap Farm Park for
the Performing Arts as "Wolf Trap National Park for the Performing
Arts"; S.
1051 and H.R. 1456, to expand the boundary of the Booker T. Washington
National Monument; S. 1061 and H.R. 2238, to authorize the Secretary of the
Interior to acquire Fern Lake and the surrounding watershed in the States of
Kentucky and Tennessee for addition to Cumberland Gap National Historic Park;
S. 1649, to amend the Omnibus Parks and Public Lands Management Act of 1996 to
increase the authorization of appropriations for the Vancouver National
Historic Reserve and for the preservation of Vancouver Barracks; S. 1894, to
direct the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a special resource study to
determine the national significance of the Miami Circle site in the State of
Florida as well as the suitability and feasibility of its inclusion in the
National Park System as part of Biscayne National Park; and H.R. 2234, to
revise the boundary of the Tumacacori National Historical Park in the State of
Arizona, after receiving testimony from Senator Warner; Durand Jones, Deputy
Director, National Park Service, Department of the Interior; Terrence D.
Jones, Wolf Trap Foundation for the Performing Arts, Vienna, Virginia; and
Karla Lutz Bowling, Bell County Chamber of Commerce, Middlesboro, Kentucky.
FEDERAL DEBT LIMIT
Committee on Finance: Subcommittee on Long-term Growth and Debt Reduction
concluded hearings to examine the Administration's request to increase the
federal debt limit, after receiving testimony from Paul O'Neill, Secretary of
the Treasury; Bruce R. Bartlett, National Center for Policy Analysis, Robert
L. Bixby, The Concord Coalition, and Gene B. Sperling, Brookings Institution,
all of Washington, D.C.
AFRICA AIDS/HIV CRISIS
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded hearings to examine the
prevention and treatment of the HIV/AIDS crisis in Africa, after receiving
testimony from Eugene McCray, Director, Global AIDS Program, Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention, Department of Health and Human Services; Anne
Peterson, Assistant Administrator for Global Health, U.S. Agency for
International Development; Jeffrey D. Sachs, Harvard University Center for
International Development, Cambridge, Massachusetts, on behalf of the World
Health Organization Commission on Macroeconomics and Health; Jim Yong Kim,
Harvard Medical School Program in Infectious Disease and Social Change,
Boston, Massachusetts; and Martin J. Vorster, Mahyeno Tributary Mamelodi,
Pretoria, South Africa.
WORKING POOR
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee concluded
hearings to examine needs of the working poor and helping welfare recipients
find work and balance the needs of their families, after receiving testimony
from Heather Boushey, Economic Policy Institute, and Peter Edelman, Georgetown
University Law Center, both of Washington, D.C.; Ellen Bravo, 9 to 5, National
Association of Working Women, Milwaukee, Wisconsin; Debra A. Greenwood, New
York, New York, on behalf of the Welfare Made a Difference Campaign; Sharon
Johnson, Key Bridge Marriott, Rosslyn, Virginia, on behalf of the Welfare to
Work Partnership; and Barbara Ehrenreich, Key West, Florida.
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IDENTITY THEFT AND PRIVACY PROTECTION
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Technology, Terrorism, and
Government Information held hearings to examine identity theft, and privacy
and protection of personal information, and the need for legislation to deter
and protect against the misuse of this information, including S. 1055, to
require the consent of an individual prior to the sale and marketing of such
individual's personally identifiable information, receiving testimony from
Senator Gregg; Richard M. Stana, Director, Justice Issues, General Accounting
Office; Susan Fisher, Doris Tate Crime Victims Bureau, Carlsbad, California;
Douglas B. Comer, Intel Corporation, and Frank Torres, Consumers Union, both
of Washington, D.C.; and Jonathan D. Avila, Walt Disney Company, Burbank,
California.
Hearings recessed subject to call.
VETERANS AFFAIRS AUTHORIZATION
Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Committee concluded hearings to examine the
President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 2003 for veterans'
programs, after receiving testimony from Anthony J. Principi, Secretary,
Frances M. Murphy, Acting Under Secretary for Health, and Guy H. McMichael
III, Acting Under Secretary for Benefits, all of the Department of Veterans
Affairs; Bob Jones and Richard Jones, both of AMVETS, Lanham, Maryland;
Richard Fuller, Paralyzed Veterans of America, Rick Surratt, Disabled American
Veterans, Paul A. Hayden, Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States, and
James R. Fischl, American Legion, all of Washington, D.C.
No Joint hearings noted.
2002/02/15
Daily Digest - Friday, February 15, 2002; pages D112 - D114
Committee Meetings
No committee meetings were held.
Joint Meetings
INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Joint Economic Committee: On Thursday, February 14, committee concluded
hearings to examine reform of the International Monetary Fund and the World
Bank, after receiving testimony from John Taylor, Under Secretary of the
Treasury for International Affairs.
2002/02/25
Daily Digest - Monday, February 25, 2002; pages D116 - D122
Committee Meetings
No committee meetings were held.
No Joint hearings noted.
2002/02/26
Daily Digest - Tuesday, February 26, 2002; pages D124 - D132
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 2003
for the Department of Justice, after receiving testimony from John Ashcroft,
Attorney General, Department of Justice.
APPROPRIATIONS--AID
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Foreign Operations concluded
hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2003 for the United
States Agency for International Development, after receiving testimony from
Andrew S. Natsios, Administrator, U.S. Agency for International Development.
ACCOUNTING AND INVESTOR PROTECTION
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee resumed oversight
hearings to examine accounting and investor protection issues, focusing on
proposals to reform financial reporting by public companies, accounting
standards, and oversight of the accounting profession, receiving testimony
from Walter P. Schuetze, Michael H. Sutton, Lynn E. Turner, all Chief
Accountants, Securities and Exchange Commission; and Dennis R. Beresford,
former Chairman, Financial Accounting Standards Board.
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Hearings continue on Tuesday, March 5.
2003 BUDGET
Committee on the Budget: Committee concluded hearings on the President's
proposed budget request for fiscal year 2003 for the Federal Highway
Administration, Army Corps of Engineers, and the Department of Education,
after receiving testimony from Mary E. Peters, Administrator, Federal Highway
Administration, and Donna McLean, Assistant Secretary for Budget and
Programs/Chief Financial Officer, both of the Department of Transportation;
Michael Parker, Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works; Lt. Gen.
Robert B. Flowers, Chief of Engineers, United States Corps of Engineers;
Thomas A. Till, Executive Director, Amtrak Reform Council; Bob Chase, National
Education Association, and Larry M. King, Pennsylvania Department of
Transportation, Harrisburg, on behalf of the American Association of State
Highway and Transportation Officials.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee met and approved
the issuance of a subpoena to Sherron Watkins, Enron Corporation, Houston,
Texas.
ENRON CORPORATION
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee held hearings to
examine certain issues contributing to the collapse of Enron Corporation,
receiving testimony from Sherron Watkins, Houston, Texas, and Jeffrey McMahon,
Washington, D.C., both of Enron Corporation; and Jeffrey Skilling, Washington,
D.C.
Hearings recessed subject to call.
NOMINATION
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded hearings on the
nomination of Raymond L. Orbach, of California, to be Director of the Office
of Science, Department of Energy, after the nominee, who was introduced by
Senator Feinstein, testified and answered questions in his own behalf.
WATER INVESTMENT ACT
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee concluded hearings to
examine S. 1961, to improve financial and environmental sustainability of the
water programs of the United States, and other related measures including S.
252, to amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to authorize
appropriations for State water pollution control revolving funds; S. 285, to
amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to authorize the use of State
revolving loan funds for construction of water conservation and quality
improvements; S. 503, to amend the Safe Water Act to provide grants to small
public drinking water system; and S. 1044, to amend the Federal Water
Pollution Control Act to provide assistance for nutrient removal technologies
to States in the Chesapeake Bay watershed; after receiving testimony from
Senator Kyl; Benjamin H. Grumbles, Deputy Assistant Administrator for Water,
Environmental Protection Agency; Mayor Douglas H. Palmer, Trenton, New Jersey,
on behalf of the United States Conference of Mayors; Joseph A. Moore, Chicago,
Illinois, on behalf of the National League of Cities; Nancy Stoner, Natural
Resources Defense Council, on behalf of the Clean Water Network, Paul D.
Schwartz, Clean Water Action, and Terry R. Yellig, Sherman, Dunn, Cohen,
Leifer, and Yellig, on behalf of the Building and Construction Trades
Department (AFL-CIO), all of Washington, D.C.; William Kukurin, Kukurin
Contracting, Inc., Export, Pennsylvania, on behalf of the Associated Builders
and Contractors; and Jim Barron, Ronkin Construction, Arlington, Virginia, on
behalf of the National Utility Contractors Association.
NOMINATION
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee concluded
hearings on the nomination of Gerald Reynolds, of Missouri, to be Assistant
Secretary of Education for Civil Rights, after the nominee testified and
answered questions in his own behalf.
INDIAN TRIBAL TRUST FUNDS
Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee held hearings to examine rulings of the
United States Supreme Court affecting tribal government powers and
authorities, focusing on trust reform and trust asset management, after
receiving testimony from Neal A. McCaleb, Assistant Secretary for Indian
Affairs, James Cason, Associate Deputy Secretary for Indian Affairs, and
Thomas N. Slonaker, Special Trustee for American Indian Trust Funds, Office of
the Special Trustee, all of the Department of the Interior; Reid Chambers and
Douglas Endreson, both of Sonosky, Chambers, Sachse, and Endreson, Washington,
D.C.; Donald T. Gray, Nixon, Peabody, LLP, San Francisco, California; Tex G.
Hall, Three Affiliated Tribes of the Fort Berthold Reservation, New Town,
North Dakota, on behalf of the National Congress of American Indians; Clifford
Lyle Marshall, Hoopa Valley Tribal Council, Hoopa, California; Gary S.
Morishima, Intertribal Timber Council, Portland, Oregon; James T. Martin,
United South and Eastern Tribes, Nashville, Tennessee; Edward K. Thomas,
Central Council of the Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska, Juneau; and
Charles O. Tillman, Jr., Osage Nation, Pawhuska, Oklahoma, and Bill Martin,
Juneau, Alaska, both on behalf of the Intertribal Monitoring Association on
Indian Trust Funds.
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Hearings continue tomorrow.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded hearings on the nominations of
Ralph R. Beistline, to be United States District Judge for the District of
Alaska, D. Brooks Smith, of Pennsylvania, to be United States Circuit Judge
for the Third Circuit, Randy Crane, to be United States District Judge for the
Southern District of Texas, and David C. Bury, to be United States District
Judge for the District of Arizona, after the nominees testified and answered
questions in their own behalf. Mr. Beistline was introduced by Senators
Stevens and Murkowski, Mr. Smith was introduced by Senators Specter and
Santorum, Mr. Crane was introduced by Senator Gramm and Representative
Hinojosa, and Mr. Bury was introduced by Senator Kyl.
U.S. PORT SECURITY
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Technology, Terrorism, and
Government Information concluded hearings to examine the security of U.S.
ports against terror, focusing on technology, resources, and homeland defense,
after receiving testimony from Capt. William G. Schubert, Maritime
Administrator, and Rear Adm. Kenneth T. Venuto, Director of Operations Policy,
United States Coast Guard, both of the Department of Transportation; Bonni G.
Tischler, Assistant Commissioner, Office of Field Operations, U. S. Customs
Service, Department of the Treasury; Richard D. Steinke, Port of Long Beach,
Long Beach, California, on behalf of the American Association of Port
Authorities; F. Amanda DeBusk, former Assistant Secretary of Commerce for
Export Enforcement, and former Commissioner, Interagency Commission on Crime
and Security in U.S. Seaports, Washington, D.C.; Kim E. Peterson, Maritime
Security Council, Fort Lauderdale, Florida; Rob Quartel, Freightdesk
Technologies, Inc., McLean, Virginia; and Charles W. Upchurch, SGS Global
Trade Solutions, Inc., New York, New York, on behalf of the Global Alliance
for Trade Efficiency.
No Joint hearings noted.
2002/02/27
Daily Digest - Wednesday, February 27, 2002; pages D134 - D144
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
APPROPRIATIONS--AGRICULTURE
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development,
and Related Agencies held hearings to examine proposed budget estimates for
fiscal year 2003 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 Wednesday, March 13.
APPROPRIATIONS--DEFENSE
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense concluded hearings to
examine proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2003 for the Department of
Defense, after receiving testimony from Paul Wolfowitz, Deputy Secretary, and
Dov S. Zakheim, Under Secretary/Comptroller, both of the Department of
Defense.
APPROPRIATIONS--HIGHWAY SAFETY
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Transportation concluded hearings
to examine proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2003 for the Department
of Transportation, focusing on highway safety programs, after receiving
testimony from Jeffrey W. Runge, Administrator, National Highway Traffic
Safety Administration, Department of Transportation; Marion C. Blakey,
Chairman, National Transportation Safety Board; James W. McMahon, New York
State Police, Ballston Lake, on behalf of the International Associations of
Chiefs of Police; and Millie I. Webb, Mothers Against Drunk Driving, Houston,
Texas.
FEMA TERRORISM RESPONSE
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on VA, HUD, and Independent Agencies
concluded hearings to examine the role of the Federal Emergency Management
Agency (FEMA) concerning terrorism response, including funding for first
responder and live agent training facilities such as the Center for Domestic
Preparedness, the impact of the proposed transfer of the Office of Emergency
Preparedness from the Department of Justice to FEMA, and U.S. chemical weapons
stockpiles protection, after receiving testimony from Joe M. Allbaugh,
Director, Federal Emergency Management Agency.
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WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and Capabilities
concluded hearings to examine the status of Iraq's current holdings of weapons
of mass destruction, after receiving testimony from Anthony H. Cordesman and
Charles A. Duelfer, both of the Center for Strategic and International
Studies, Washington, D.C. Also, subcommittee met in closed session on the
aforementioned, after receiving testimony from officials of the intelligence
community.
DEFENSE ACQUISITION POLICY
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Readiness and Management Support
concluded hearings to examine the Department of Defense acquisition policy,
focusing on proposals to change the military environment, reduce cycle time,
improve processes including greater use of competition, link human resources
to requirements, and monitor progress with metrics, after receiving testimony
from Michael W. Wynne, Principal Deputy Under Secretary for Acquisition,
Technology and Logistics, and Deidre A. Lee, Director, Defense Procurement,
both of the Department of Defense; and Angela B. Styles, Administrator for
Federal Procurement Policy, Office of Management and Budget.
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded
oversight hearings to examine issues related to corporate governance raised by
Enron Corporation, focusing on abuse of stock options, auditor independence,
and compensation issues, after receiving testimony from John H. Biggs,
Teachers' Insurance and Annuity Association--College Retirement Equities Fund
(TIAA-CREF), and Ira M. Millstein, Weil, Gotshal, and Manges, on behalf of the
Blue Ribbon Committee on Improving the Effectiveness of Corporate Audit
Committees, both of New York, New York.
BUDGET OUTLOOK
Committee on the Budget: Committee concluded hearings to examine the long-term
budgetary outlook of the United States, focusing on demographic trends, the
impact of the aging baby boom generation, and creating a balance between
current needs and wants against known long term pressures, after receiving
testimony from David M. Walker, Comptroller General of the United States,
General Accounting Office.
DIGITAL NETWORK TECHNOLOGY PROGRAM
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on Science,
Technology, and Space concluded hearings on S. 414, to amend the National
Telecommunications and Information Administration Organization Act to
establish a digital network technology program, focusing on the digital divide
and minority serving institutions, after receiving testimony from Antonio
Flores, Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities, San Antonio, Texas;
William H. Gray III, United Negro College Fund, Inc., Fairfax, Virginia;
Frederick S. Humphries, National Association for Equal Opportunity in Higher
Education, Silver Spring, Maryland; Gerald Monette, Turtle Mountain Community
College, Belcourt, North Dakota, on behalf of the American Indian Higher
Education Consortium; Juliet V. Garcia, University of Texas and Texas
Southmost College, Brownsville; Marie V. McDemmond, Norfolk State University,
Norfolk, Virginia; George Sandoval, Dine College, Tsaile, Arizona; and Louis
W. Sullivan, Morehouse School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, on behalf of the
Atlanta University Center Council of Presidents.
PRIVATE PENSION SYSTEM SECURITY
Committee on Finance: Committee held hearings to examine potential
vulnerability issues of employer-sponsored defined contribution and benefits
retirement plans, otherwise known as pension plans, including the importance
of investment diversification, investor education issues, information
disclosure, fiduciary rules needed to safeguard employee pension assets, and
related issues associated with the Enron Corporation's defined benefit pension
plans, receiving testimony from David M. Walker, Comptroller General of the
United States, General Accounting Office; William F. Sweetnam, Jr., Benefits
Tax Counsel, Office of Tax Policy, Department of the Treasury; Steven A.
Kandarian, Executive Director, Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation; Jack L.
VanDerhei, Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on behalf of the
Employee Benefit Research Institute; R. Bradford Huss, Trucker Huss, San
Francisco, California, on behalf of the American Society of Pension Actuaries.
Hearings recessed subject to call.
FUTURE SECURITY
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded hearings to examine the
development of a secure future, focusing on democratization, poverty
alleviation, and human rights, after receiving testimony from Madeleine K.
Albright, National Democratic Institute for International Affairs, former
Secretary of State, and Richard N. Perle, former Assistant Secretary of
Defense for International Security, on behalf of the American Enterprise
Institute, both of Washington, D.C.
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UN POPULATION FUND
Committee on Foreign Relations: Subcommittee on International Operations and
Terrorism concluded hearings to examine U.S. contributions toward the United
Nation's Population Fund and how it affects the lives of women, after
receiving testimony from Arthur E. Dewey, Assistant Secretary of State for
Population, Refugees, and Migration; Nicolaas H. Biegman, Amsterdam, the
Netherlands, former Netherlands Ambassador to the United Nations and NATO;
Phyllis E. Oakley, Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies,
former Assistant Secretary of State for Intelligence and Research/Population,
Refugees, and Migration, and Nicholas Eberstadt, American Enterprise
Institute, both of Washington, D.C.; and Josephine Guy, America 21,
Louisville, Kentucky, on behalf of the Population Research Institute.
WALL STREET'S ENRON SILENCE
Committee on Governmental Affairs: Committee concluded hearings to examine the
fall of the Enron Corporation and the inaccuracies and independence of Wall
Street research analysts ratings of Enron, after receiving testimony from
Richard Gross, Lehman Brothers, Inc., Jersey City, New Jersey; Anatol Feygin,
J.P. Morgan Securities, Inc., Curt N. Launer, Credit Suisse First Boston,
Raymond C. Niles, Salomon Smith Barney, all of New York, New York; Howard M.
Schilit, Center for Financial Research and Analysis, Inc., Rockville,
Maryland; Robert R. Glauber, National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc.,
and Frank C. Torres, Consumers Union, both of Washington, D.C., former Under
Secretary of the Treasury for Finance; Thomas A. Bowman, Association for
Investment Management and Research, Charlottesville, Virginia; and Charles L.
Hill, Thomson Financial/First Call, Boston, Massachusetts.
EMPLOYMENT NONDISCRIMINATION ACT
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee concluded
hearings on S. 1284, to prohibit employment discrimination on the basis of
sexual orientation, after receiving testimony from Charles K. Gifford,
FleetBoston Financial Corporation, Boston, Massachusetts; Lucy Billingsley,
Billingsley Company, Dallas, Texas; Robert L. Berman, Eastman Kodak Company,
Rochester, New York; Richard G. Womack, AFL-CIO Department of Civil and Human
Rights, Washington, D.C.; Matthew Coles, American Civil Liberties Union, New
York, New York; and Lawrence Lane, Long Island, New York.
WORKPLACE SAFETY
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Subcommittee on
Employment, Safety and Training concluded hearings to examine workplace safety
and health issues with respect to immigrant and low-wage workers, after
receiving testimony from Representative Gutierrez; John L. Henshaw, Assistant
Secretary of Labor for Occupational Safety and Health; Rosemary Sokas,
Associate Director for Science, National Institute for Occupational Safety and
Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Headquarters, Department of
Health and Human Services; Arturo S. Rodriguez, United Farm Workers of America
(AFL-CIO), Keene, California; Thomas Maier, Newsday Magazine, Melville, New
York; Bobby J. Jackson, National Programs for the National Safety Council,
Washington, D.C.; and Omar Henriquez, New York Committee for Occupational
Safety and Health, and You Di Liao, on behalf of the Chinese Staff and
Workers' Association, National Mobilization Against SweatShops and Workers'
Awaaz, both of New York, New York.
INDIAN TRIBAL GOVERNMENTS
Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee concluded oversight hearings to examine
how the rulings of the United States Supreme Court affect the powers and
authorities of Indian tribal governments, after receiving testimony from
William C. Canby, Jr., United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit,
Phoenix, Arizona; Robert Yazzie, Navajo Nation Supreme Court, Window Rock,
Arizona; John St. Clair, Shoshone and Arapahoe Tribal Court of the Wind River
Reservation, Ft. Washakie, Wyoming; David H. Getches, University of Colorado
School of Law, Boulder; Robert T. Andersen, University of Washington School of
Law, Seattle; and W. Ron Allen, Jamestown S'Klallam Tribe, Sequim, Washington.
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY PROTECTION
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded hearings to examine the impact
of State sovereign immunity on the enforcement of intellectual property
rights, focusing on the meaning of related Supreme Court decisions, Florida
Prepaid Postsecondary Education Expense Board v. College Savings Bank and
College Savings Bank v. Florida Prepaid Postsecondary Education Expense Board,
and a related measure, S. 1611, to restore Federal remedies for infringements
of intellectual property by States, after receiving testimony from James E.
Rogan, Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of
the Patent and Trademark Office; Marybeth Peters, Register of Copyrights,
Library of Congress; Michael K. Kirk, American Intellectual Property Law
Association, Arlington, Virginia; Keith Schraad, National Information
Consortium, Lawrence, Kansas; William E. Thro, Christopher Newport University,
Newport News, Virginia; and Paul Bender, Arizona State University College of
Law, Tempe, on behalf of the Property Owners Remedy Alliance.
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NOMINATION
Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship: Committee concluded hearings
on the nomination of Melanie Sabelhaus, of Maryland, to be Deputy
Administrator of the Small Business Administration, after the nominee, who was
introduced by Hector V. Barreto, Jr., Administrator, SBA, testified and
answered questions in her own behalf.
SBA BUDGET
Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship: Committee concluded hearings
on the President's proposed budget for fiscal year 2003 for the Small Business
Administration, focusing on the 7(a) Guaranty Loan Program, 504 Loan Program,
and the Microloan Program, after receiving testimony from Hector V. Barreto,
Jr., Administrator, Small Business Administration; Anthony R. Wilkinson,
National Association of Government Guaranteed Lenders, Inc., Stillwater,
Oklahoma; Christopher L. Crawford, National Association of Development
Companies, McLean, Virginia; Alan Corbet, Growth Opportunity Connection,
Kansas City, Missouri; Amanda C. Zinn, Women Entrepreneurs of Baltimore, Inc.,
Baltimore, Maryland; and Donald Wilson, Association of Small Business
Development Centers, Burke, Virginia.
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.
GERIATRIC HEALTH CARE SHORTAGE
Special Committee on Aging: Committee concluded hearings to examine the
growing lack of medical professionals trained to treat the elderly and a
related proposal to expand medical residency training programs in geriatrics,
after receiving testimony from Daniel Perry, Alliance for Aging Research,
Washington, D.C.; Charles A. Cefalu, Louisiana State University, New Orleans,
on behalf of the American Geriatrics Society and the Louisiana Geriatrics
Society; Claudia J. Beverly, Donald W. Reynolds Center on Aging, Little Rock,
Arkansas; Michael C. Martin, Commission for Certification in Geriatric
Pharmacy, Alexandria, Virginia; and Stephen Bzdok, Las Vegas, Nevada.
Joint Meetings
DISABLED AMERICAN VETERANS/VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS
Joint Meeting: Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs concluded joint hearings
with the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs to review the legislative
recommendations of certain veteran's programs, receiving testimony from George
H. Steese, Jr., Disabled American Veterans, and James N. Goldsmith, Veterans
of Foreign Wars, both of Washington, D.C.
2002/02/28
Daily Digest - Thursday, February 28, 2002; pages D145 - D152
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
NATO
Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded hearings to examine the
future of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), focusing on
defending, integrating, and stabilizing the Euro-Atlantic area, after
receiving testimony from Marc I. Grossman, Under Secretary of State for
Political Affairs; Douglas J. Feith, Under Secretary of Defense for Policy;
and General Joseph W. Ralston, USAF, Commander-in-Chief, United States
European Command.
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DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Readiness and Management Support
concluded hearings on proposed legislation authorizing funds for the fiscal
year 2003 for the Department of Defense, focusing on installations and
environmental programs, after receiving testimony from Raymond F. DuBois, Jr.,
Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Installations and Environment; Mario P.
Fiori, Assistant Secretary of the Army for Installations and Environment; H.
T. Johnson, Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Installations and Environment;
and Nelson F. Gibbs, Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Installations,
Environment and Logistics.
REMITTANCE
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded
oversight hearings to examine issues with respect to the sending of
remittances, or the sending of money to someone at a distance, focusing on the
constraint of money transfer charges and exchange rate differentials on Latin
American immigrants when providing financial assistance to their relatives in
their country of origin, after receiving testimony from Representative
Gutierrez; Sergio Bendixen, Bendixen and Associates, Miami, Florida; Manuel
Orozco, Inter-American Dialogue, and Susan F. Martin, Georgetown University
School of Foreign Service Institute for the Study of International Migration,
both of Washington, D.C.; and Raul Hinojosa-Ojeda, University of California,
Los Angeles School of Public Policy, Los Angeles.
ARGENTINIAN ECONOMY
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on
International Trade and Finance concluded hearings to examine Argentina's
current economic situation, focusing on the International Monetary Fund,
American aid, and sovereign debt restructuring, after receiving testimony from
John B. Taylor, Under Secretary of the Treasury for International Affairs;
Michael Mussa, Institute for International Economics, and Peter Hakim,
Inter-American Dialogue, both of Washington, D.C.; and William J. Haener, CMS
Gas Transmission Company, Dearborn, Michigan.
2003 BUDGET
Committee on the Budget: Committee resumed hearings on the President's
proposed budget request for fiscal year 2003 and revenue proposals, focusing
on Department of Defense war, transformation, and reform issues, receiving
testimony from Josh S. Weston, Montclair, New Jersey, on behalf of the
Business Executives for National Security Tail-to-Tooth Commission; Michael E.
O'Hanlon, Brookings Institution, Washington, D.C.; and Loren B. Thompson,
Lexington Institute, Arlington, Virginia.
Hearings continue on Wednesday, March 6.
DIGITAL TELEVISION
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded
hearings to examine the protection of content in a digital age, focusing on
promoting broadband and digital television transition, after receiving
testimony from Michael D. Eisner, Walt Disney Company, Burbank, California;
Peter Chernin, News Corporation, New York, New York; Leslie L. Vadasz, Intel
Corporation, Santa Clara, California; Andreas Bechtolsheim, Cisco Systems
Inc., San Jose, California; James E. Meyer, Thomson multimedia, Indianapolis,
Indiana; Robert A. Perry, Mitsubishi Digital Electronics America, Inc.,
Irvine, California, on behalf of the Home Recording Rights Coalition; and Jack
Valenti, Motion Picture Association of America, Encino, California.
WATER INVESTMENT ACT
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Subcommittee on Fisheries,
Wildlife, and Water concluded hearings on S. 1961, to improve financial and
environmental sustainability of the water programs of the United States, and
related measures including S. 252, to amend the Federal Water Pollution
Control Act to authorize appropriations for State water pollution control
revolving funds; S. 285, to amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to
authorize the use of State revolving loan funds for construction of water
conservation and quality improvements; S. 503, to amend the Safe Water Act to
provide grants to small public drinking water system; and S. 1044, to amend
the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to provide assistance for nutrient
removal technologies to States in the Chesapeake Bay watershed; after
receiving testimony from Senator Sarbanes; Robert M. Hirsch, Associate
Director for Water, United States Geological Survey, Department of the
Interior; Andrew M. Chapman, Elizabethtown Water Company, Elizabethtown, New
Jersey, on behalf of the National Association of Water Companies; Ed
Archuleta, El Paso Water Utilities, El Paso, Texas, on behalf of the
Association of Metropolitan Water Agencies; Paul Pinault, Narragansett Bay
Commission, Providence, Rhode Island, on behalf of the Association of
Metropolitan Sewerage Agencies; Elmer Ronnebaum, Kansas Rural Water
Association, Seneca, Kansas, on behalf of the National Rural Water
Association; Howard Neukrug, Philadelphia Water Department, Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania, on behalf of the American Water Works Association; Tom Morrisey,
Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection, Hartford, on behalf of the
Association of State and Interstate Water Pollution Control Administrators;
and Jay L. Rutherford, Vermont Department of Environmental Conservation,
Waterbury, on behalf of the Association of State Drinking Water
Administrators.
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NOMINATIONS
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded hearings on the
nominations of Emmy B. Simmons, of the District of Columbia, to be Assistant
Administrator for Economic Growth, Agriculture, and Trade, United States
Agency for International Development, and Robert B. Holland III, of Texas, to
be United States Alternate Executive Director of the International Bank For
Reconstruction and Development, after the nominees, testified and answered
questions in their own behalf. Mr. Holland was introduced by Senator
Hutchison.
NOMINATION
Committee on Governmental Affairs: Committee concluded hearings on the
nomination of Louis Kincannon, of Virginia, to be Director of the Census,
Department of Commerce, after the nominee, who was introduced by Senator Allen
and Representative Sawyer, testified and answered questions in their own
behalf
MAMMOGRAPHY
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Subcommittee on Public
Health concluded joint hearings with the Committee on Appropriations
Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education to examine the
conflicting findings regarding mammography usage and update recommendation
guidelines, based on the most current scientific data, on the use of
mammography in breast cancer detection, after receiving testimony from Andrew
von Eschenbach, Director, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of
Health, Department of Health and Human Services; Donald A. Berry, University
of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, on behalf of the Physicians'
Data Query (PDQ) Screening and Prevention Editorial Board; Harmon J. Eyre,
American Cancer Society, Fran Visco, National Breast Cancer Coalition, and
LaSalle D. Leffall, Jr., Howard University College of Medicine, on behalf of
the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation, all of Washington, D.C.; and
Carolyn D. Runowicz, St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center Department of
Obstetrics and Gynecology/Continuum Health Partners, Inc., New York, New York,
on behalf of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists.
UNACCOMPANIED ALIEN CHILD PROTECTION
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Immigration concluded hearings on
S. 121, to establish an Office of Children's Services within the Department of
Justice to coordinate and implement Government actions involving unaccompanied
alien children, after receiving testimony from Michael J. Creppy, Chief
Immigration Judge, Executive Office for Immigration Review, and Stuart
Anderson, Executive Associate Commissioner for Policy and Planning,
Immigration and Naturalization Service, both of the Department of Justice;
Wendy A. Young, Women's Commission for Refugee Women and Children, Falls
Church, Virginia; Andrew D. Morton, Latham and Watkins, and Julianne Duncan,
United States Conference on Catholic Bishops Migration and Refugee Services,
both of Washington, D.C.; and Edwin L. Munoz, Middleville, Michigan.
No Joint hearings noted.
2002/03/01
Daily Digest - Friday, March 1, 2002; pages D154 - D160
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee ordered favorably
reported the nomination of Raymond L. Orbach, of California, to be Director of
the Office of Science, Department of Energy.
Also, committee approved their fiscal year 2003 budgetary views and estimates
on programs which fall within the jurisdiction of the committee and agreed on
recommendations which it will make thereon to the Committee on the Budget.
IRAQ
Committee on Governmental Affairs: Subcommittee on International Security
Proliferation and Federal Services concluded hearings to examine United States
policy in Iraq, focusing on the threat of Iraq's current weapons of mass
destruction programs and capabilities, after receiving testimony from Richard
O. Spertzel, former head of United Nations Special Commission (UNSCOM)
Biological Weapon Inspections, and former Deputy Commander, USAMRIID; Robert
J. Einhorn, Center for Strategic and International Studies, Washington, D.C.;
and David A. Kay, Science Applications International Corporation, McLean,
Virginia.
No Joint hearings noted.
2002/03/04
Daily Digest - Monday, March 4, 2002; pages D162 - D166
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet
NURSING HOME ABUSE
Special Committee on Aging: Committee concluded hearings to examine physical
and sexual abuse in nursing homes by individuals entrusted with their care,
focusing on improving coordination and oversight authorities among law
enforcement and other agencies of jurisdiction in order to protect the elderly
from such abuse, after receiving testimony from Leslie G. Aronovitz, Director,
Health Care, Program Administration and Integrity Issues, General Accounting
Office; Henry Blanco, Arizona Department of Economic Security, Phoenix, on
behalf of the National Association of Adult Protective Services
Administrators; Mark Malcolm, Pulaski County Coroner's Office, Little Rock,
Arkansas; Charles A. Fuselier, St. Martin Parish Sheriff's Office, St.
Martinville, Louisiana, on behalf of the National Sheriff's Association; Delta
Holloway, Western Health Care, Boise, Idaho, on behalf of the American Health
Care Association; Bruce Love, Mill Creek, California; Barbara Becker,
Evansville, Indiana; and Michael Peters, Orlando, Florida.
No Joint hearings noted.
2002/03/05
Daily Digest - Tuesday, March 5, 2002; pages D168 - D174
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
APPROPRIATIONS--SUPREME COURT/JUDICIARY
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State, and the
Judiciary concluded hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year
2003, after receiving testimony on behalf of funds for their respective
activities from Anthony M. Kennedy and Clarence Thomas, both Associate
Justices, United States Supreme Court; and John G. Heyburn II, Chairman, M.
Blane Michael, and Leonidas Ralph Mecham, all of the Committee on the Budget,
Judicial Conference of the United States.
APPROPRIATIONS--MILITARY CONSTRUCTION
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Military Construction concluded
hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2003 for the Department
of Defense, including defense-wide, defense agencies, and Army military
construction, after receiving testimony from Dov S. Zakheim, Under Secretary
(Comptroller), Raymond F. DuBois, Jr., Deputy Under Secretary for
Installations and Environment, Lt. Gen. William Tangney, USA, Deputy Commander
in Chief, Special Operations Command, Maj. Gen. Leonard Randolph, USAF, Deputy
Executive Director of the TRICARE Management Activity, Office of the Assistant
Secretary for Health Affairs, John M. Molino, Deputy Assistant Secretary for
D169Military Community and Family Policy, Office of Defense Education
Activity, and Frederick N. Baillie, Executive Director, Business Management
Logistics Operations, Defense Logistics Agency, all of the Department of
Defense; Mario P. Fiori, Assistant Secretary for Installations and
Environment, Maj. Gen. Robert L. Van Antwerp, Jr., USA, Assistant Chief of
Staff for Installation and Management, and Brig. Gen. Michael J. Squier, USA,
Deputy Director, Army National Guard, all of the Department of the Army; and
Maj. Gen. James R. Helmly, USAR, Commander, 78th Division for Training
Support, U.S. Army Reserve.
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DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION
Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded hearings on proposed
legislation authorizing funds for fiscal year 2003 for the Department of
Defense and the Future Years Defense Program, focusing on unified and regional
commanders, military strategy and operational requirements, after receiving
testimony from Adm. Dennis C. Blair, USN, Commander-in-Chief, United States
Pacific Command; Gen. Thomas. A. Schwartz, USA, Commander-in-Chief, United
Nations Command/U.S. Forces Korea/Combined Forces Command Korea; and Maj. Gen.
Gary D. Speer, USA, Acting Commander-in-Chief, United States Southern Command.
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on SeaPower concluded hearings on
proposed legislation authorizing funds for fiscal year 2003 for the Department
of Defense, focusing on Marine Corps modernization programs, after receiving
testimony from Gen. James L. Jones, Jr., USMC, Commandant, and Lt. Gen. Robert
Magnus, USMC, Deputy Commandant, Programs and Resources, both of the United
States Marine Corps.
ACCOUNTING/INVESTOR PROTECTION
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded
oversight hearings to examine accounting and investor protection issues raised
by Enron and other public companies, focusing on full disclosure guidance,
after receiving testimony from David M. Walker, Comptroller General of the
United States, General Accounting Office; Robert R. Glauber, National
Association of Securities Dealers, Inc., Washington, D.C.; Joel Seligman,
Washington University School of Law, St. Louis, Missouri; and John C. Coffee,
Jr., Columbia University School of Law, New York, New York.
TERRORIST NUCLEAR THREAT
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee met in closed session to receive a
briefing on the potential of a terrorist nuclear threat, focusing on dirty
bombs and basement nuclear weapons, from Harry C. Vantine, Division Leader,
Counterterrorism and Incident Response, Lawrence Livermore National
Laboratory; Donald D. Cobb, Associate Laboratory Director for Threat
Reduction, Los Alamos National Laboratory; Richard A. Meserve, Chairman,
Nuclear Regulatory Commission; Steven E. Koonin, California Institute of
Technology, Pasadena, California; and a member of the Intelligence Community.
NOMINATION
Committee on Governmental Affairs: Committee concluded hearings on the
nomination of Jeanette J. Clark, to be an Associate Judge of the Superior
Court of the District of Columbia, after the nominee, who was introduced by
D.C. Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton, testified and answered questions in her
own behalf.
CLONING AND REGENERATIVE MEDICINE
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee concluded
hearings to examine cloning research, focusing on the clarification of how
stem cell research, or therapeutic cloning, differs from human reproductive
cloning, and the ethical and public-policy issues related to both, and related
issues of S. 1893, to ban human cloning while protecting stem cell research,
after receiving testimony from Senators Specter and Landrieu; Christopher
Reeve, Christopher Reeve Paralysis Foundation, Springfield, New Jersey; Paul
Berg, Stanford University Medical Center Beckman Center for Molecular and
Genetic Medicine, Stanford, California, on behalf for the American Society for
Cell Biology/Coalition for the Advancement of Medical Research; Thomas H.
Murray, Hastings Center, Garrison, New York; Judy Norsigian, Boston Women's
Health Book Collective, Boston, Massachusetts; and Stuart A. Newman, New York
Medical College, Valhalla, New York.
INDIAN PROGRAMS BUDGET
Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee held hearings on the President's
proposed budget request for fiscal year 2003 for Indian programs, focusing on
employment and training, education, housing, government, and law enforcement,
receiving testimony from David G. Dye, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Labor for
Employment and Training Administration; Thomas M. Corwin, Acting Deputy
Assistant Secretary of Education for Elementary and Secondary Education; Tracy
A. Henke, Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Office of Justice
Programs, Department of Justice; and Clarence Carter, Director, Office of
Community Services, Administration for Children and Families, Department of
Health and Human Services.
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Hearings continue on Thursday, March 7.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded hearings on the nomination of
Mary Ann Solberg, of Michigan, to be Deputy Director, Barry D. Crane, of
Virginia, to be Deputy Director for Supply Reduction, and Scott M. Burns, of
Utah, to be Deputy Director for State and Local Affairs, all of the Office of
National Drug Control Policy; and the nomination of J. Robert Flores, of
Virginia, to be Administrator of the Office of Juvenile Justice and
Delinquency Prevention, Department of Justice, after the nominees testified
and answered questions in their own behalf. Ms. Solberg was introduced by
Senators Levin, Stabenow, and Representative Levin, Mr. Crane and Mr. Flores
were introduced by Senators Warner and Allen, and Mr. Burns was introduced by
Senators Hatch and Bennett.
No Joint hearings noted.
2002/03/06
Daily Digest - Wednesday March 6, 2002; pages D176 - D186
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: Committee concluded
hearings on the nominations of Thomas C. Dorr, of Iowa, to be a Member of the
Board of Directors of the Commodity Credit Corporation, and to be Under
Secretary for Rural Development, and Nancy Southard Bryson, of the District of
Columbia, to be General Counsel, both of the Department of Agriculture; and
Grace Trujillo Daniel, of California, and Fred L. Dailey, of Ohio, each to be
a Member of the Board of Directors of the Federal Agricultural Mortgage
Corporation, Farm Credit Administration, after the nominees testified and
answered questions in their own behalf. Testimony was also received on the
nomination of Mr. Dorr from Representative Clayton; Ron Langston, National
Director, Minority Business Development Agency, Department of Commerce; Dennis
Keeney, Ames, Iowa; George Naylor, Iowa Citizens for Community Improvement,
Des Moines; Leon Crump, Federation of Southern Cooperatives, East Point,
Georgia; Nancy Hier, Marcus, Iowa; Varel Bailey, Anita, Iowa; Thomas A. Fretz,
University of Maryland Agricultural Experiment Station, College Park; and
Constantine Curris, American Association of State Colleges and Universities,
Chevy Chase, Maryland.
APPROPRIATIONS--ARMY
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense concluded hearings on
proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2003 for the Department of 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--STATE/AID
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Foreign Operations concluded
hearings to examine proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2003 for
democracy and human rights programs of the Department of State and the U.S.
Agency for International Development, after receiving testimony from Lorne W.
Craner, Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights and Labor;
and Roger P. Winter, Assistant Administrator for Democracy, Conflict and
Humanitarian Assistance, U.S. Agency for International Development.
APPROPRIATIONS--VETERANS AFFAIRS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on VA, HUD, and Independent Agencies
concluded hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2003 for the
Department of Veterans Affairs, after receiving testimony from Anthony J.
Principi, Secretary of Veterans Affairs.
DOD FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Readiness and Management Support
concluded hearings to examine financial management reform issues of the
Department of Defense, focusing on financial management systems, operations,
and controls, after receiving testimony from Dov S. Zakheim, Under Secretary
of Defense (Comptroller); and David M. Walker, Comptroller General of the
United States, General Accounting Office.
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and Capabilities
concluded hearings on proposed legislation authorizing funds for fiscal year
2003 for the Department of Defense, focusing on nonproliferation programs of
the Department of Energy and the Cooperative Threat Reduction program of the
Department of Defense, after receiving testimony from J.D. Crouch II,
Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Policy; and Linton
F. Brooks, Deputy Administrator for Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation, National
Nuclear Security Administration, Department of Energy.
ACCOUNTING AND INVESTOR PROTECTION
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee resumed oversight
hearings to examine accounting and investor protection issues raised by Enron
and other public companies, including oversight of the accounting profession,
audit quality and independence, and formulation of accounting principles,
after receiving testimony from Bevis Longstreth, former Commissioner of the
Securities and Exchange Commission, Lee J. Seidler, Bear Stearns and Company,
and Abraham J. Briloff, City University of New York Bernard M. Baruch College,
all of New York, New York; Shaun F. O'Malley, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania,
former Chairman of the Public Oversight Board Panel on Audit Effectiveness
(O'Malley Commission); and Arthur R. Wyatt, Village of Golf, Florida.
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HUD HOMELESS ASSISTANCE
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on Housing and
Transportation concluded oversight hearings to examine the proposed
reauthorization of the HUD McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act programs,
after receiving testimony from Roy A. Bernardi, Assistant Secretary, Office of
Community Planning and Development, Department of Housing and Urban
Development; Stanley J. Czerwinski, Director, Physical Infrastructure Issues,
General Accounting Office; Nan Roman, National Alliance to End Homelessness,
Washington, D.C.; Mitchell Netburn, Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority,
Los Angeles, California; and Mary Ann Gleason, York County Initiative to End
Homelessness, Alfred, Maine.
2003 BUDGET
Committee on the Budget: Committee concluded hearings on the President's
proposed budget request for fiscal year 2003 and revenue proposals, focusing
on analysis of the Congressional Budget Office, after receiving testimony from
Dan L. Crippen, Director, Congressional Budget Office.
WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on
Communications concluded hearings to examine wireless communications
infrastructure in the United States in light of September 11, focusing on
access to diverse markets and quality services at affordable prices, receiving
testimony from Agostino Cangemi, Department of Information Technology and
Telecommunications, Brooklyn, New York; Steve Souder, Emergency Communications
Center, Rockville, Maryland; Paul Crotty, Verizon, Inc., New York, New York;
Glen Nash, Association of Public-Safety Communications
Officials-International, Inc., Sacramento, California; Gloria Harris, AT&T
Wireless Services, Inc., Paramus, New Jersey; Larissa Herda, Time Warner
Telecom, Inc., Littleton, Colorado; and Christopher A. McLean, ComCare
Alliance, Washington, D.C.
Hearings recessed subject to call.
LAND USAGE AND BROWNFIELDS
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee concluded hearings on S.
975, to improve environmental policy by providing assistance for State and
tribal land use planning, to promote improved quality of life, regionalism,
and sustainable economic development; and S. 1079, to amend the Public Works
and Economic Development Act of 1965 to provide assistance to communities for
the redevelopment of brownfield sites, after receiving testimony from Senator
Levin; David A. Sampson, Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Economic
Development; Elizabeth Humstone, Vermont Forum on Sprawl, Burlington, on
behalf of the American Planning Association; Deborah Anderson, Wood Partners,
Durham, North Carolina, on behalf of the National Multi Housing
Council/National Apartment Association; Don Chen, Smart Growth America,
Washington, D.C.; F. Gary Garczynski, Woodbridge, Virginia, on behalf of the
National Association of Home Builders; and Mary Lou Bentley, Western Nevada
Development District, Carson City, on behalf National Association of
Development Organizations.
DIRTY BOMBS
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded hearings to examine the
effects of potential terrorist attacks using radiological dispersal devices,
so-called dirty bombs, and the possibility of contamination if radiation
levels do exceed EPA health and toxic material guidelines, after receiving
testimony from Richard A. Meserve, Chairman, Nuclear Regulatory Commission;
Donald D. Cobb, Associate Director for Threat Reduction, Los Alamos National
Laboratory, and Harry C. Vantine, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, both
of the Department of Energy; Steven E. Koonin, California Institute of
Technology, Pasadena; and Henry C. Kelly, Federation of American Scientists,
Washington, D.C.
WORKFORCE ACCOUNTABILITY
Committee on Governmental Affairs: Committee concluded hearings to examine the
monitoring of accountability and competition in the federal and service
contract workforce, focusing on the Circular A-76, cost comparisons for the
public-private competition process, after receiving testimony from Angela B.
Styles, Administrator, Office of Federal Procurement Policy, Office of
Management and Budget; Barry W. Holman, Director, Defense Capabilities and
Management, General Accounting Office; Dan Guttman, Johns Hopkins University
Washington Center for the Study of American Government, Bobby L. Harnage, Sr.,
American Federation of Government Employees (AFL-CIO), and Colleen M. Kelley,
National Treasury Employees Union, all of Washington, D.C.; and Mary Lou
Patel, Advanced Systems Development, Inc., and Stan Z. Soloway, Professional
Services Council, both of Arlington, Virginia.
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ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH TRACKING
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Subcommittee on Public
Health concluded hearings to examine the improvement of surveillance of
chronic conditions and potential links to environmental exposures, after
receiving testimony from Senator Reid; Richard J. Jackson, Director, National
Center for Environmental Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention,
Henry Falk, Assistant Administrator, Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease
Registry, and Kenneth Olden, Director, National Institute of Environmental
Health Sciences, National Institutes of Health, all of the Department of
Health and Human Services; John Harris, California Birth Defects Monitoring
Program, Oakland, on behalf of the March of Dimes; F. Ed Thompson, Jr.,
Mississippi State Department of Health, Jackson, on behalf of the Association
of State and Territorial Health Officials; George D. Thurston, New York
University School of Medicine Institute of Environmental Medicine, New York,
New York, on behalf of the National Institute of Environmental Health
Sciences' Community Outreach and Education Program; Thomas A. Burke, Johns
Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland; and
Shelley A. Hearne, Trust for America's Health, Washington, D.C.
CABLE AND SATELLITE COMPETITION
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Antitrust, Competition, and
Business and Consumer Rights concluded hearings to examine cable and satellite
television competition, focusing on the proposed merger between the two
largest satellite television companies in the country, EchoStar Communications
and DirecTV, and the question of the application of antitrust laws to such
merger, after receiving testimony from Robert Pitofsky, Georgetown University
Law Center, former Chairman of the Federal Trade Commission, and Gene
Kimmelman, Consumers Union, and Edward O. Fritts, National Association of
Broadcasters, all of Washington, D.C.; Missouri State Attorney General
Jeremiah W. Nixon, Jefferson City; Eddy W. Hartenstein, DirecTV, Inc., El
Segundo, California; and Charles W. Ergen, EchoStar Communication Corporation,
Littleton, Colorado.
INTELLIGENCE
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee held closed hearings on
intelligence matters, receiving testimony from officials of the intelligence
community.
Committee meets again on Wednesday, March 13.
Joint Meetings
IMF AND WORLD BANK REFORM
Joint Economic Committee: Committee concluded hearings to examine reforms to
the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank, focusing on efficiency and
effectiveness, after receiving testimony from Allan H. Meltzer, and Adam
Lerrick, both of Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and C.
Fred Bergsten, Institute for International Economics, Washington, D.C., all on
behalf of the International Financial Institution Advisory Commission (IFIAC).
2002/03/07
Daily Digest - Thursday, March 7, 2002; pages D188 - D196
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
APPROPRIATIONS--FCC/SEC
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State, and the
Judiciary concluded hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year
2003, on behalf of funds for their respective activities, after receiving
testimony from Michael K. Powell, Chairman, Federal Communications Commission;
and Harvey L. Pitt, Chairman, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
APPROPRIATIONS--INTERIOR
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Interior concluded hearings on
proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2003 for the Department of Energy,
after receiving testimony from Spencer Abraham, Secretary of Energy.
APPROPRIATIONS--HHS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services,
and Education concluded hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year
2003 for the Department of Health and Human Services, after receiving
testimony from Tommy G. Thompson, Secretary of Health and Human Services.
AMTRAK
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Transportation concluded hearings
to examine Amtrak performance, budget, and passenger rail service issues,
focusing on a new national policy on intercity passenger rail and the Federal
role in support of that form of transportation, after receiving testimony from
Michael P. Jackson, Deputy Secretary, Allan Rutter, Administrator, Federal
Railroad Administration, and Kenneth M. Mead, Inspector General, all of the
Department of Transportation; George D. Warrington, President/CEO, Amtrak
(National Railroad Passenger Corporation); and Ronald Utt, Heritage
Foundation, Washington, D.C.
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION
Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded hearings on proposed
legislation authorizing funds for fiscal year 2003 for the Department of
Defense and the Future Years Defense Program, after receiving testimony from
Gen. Eric K. Shinseki, USA, Chief of Staff, United States Army; Adm. Vernon E.
Clark, USN, Chief of Naval Operations; Gen. James L. Jones, USMC, Commandant
of the Marine Corps; and Gen. John P. Jumper, Chief of Staff, United States
Air Force.
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Strategic concluded hearings on
proposed legislation authorizing funds for fiscal year 2003 for the Department
of Defense, focusing on the Ballistic Missile Defense Program, after receiving
testimony from E.C. Aldridge, Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition,
Technology, and Logistics; and Lt. Gen. Ronald T. Kadish, USAF, Director,
Missile Defense Agency.
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.
NATIONAL TRAILS SYSTEMS
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Subcommittee on National Parks
concluded hearings to examine S. 1069/H.R. 834, to amend the National Trails
System Act to clarify Federal authority relating to land acquisition for
willing sellers from the majority of the trails in the System, S. 213/H.R. 37,
to amend the National Trails System Act to update the feasibility and
suitability studies of 4 national historic trails and provide for possible
additions to such trails, H.R.1384, to amend the National Trails System Act to
designate the route in Arizona and New Mexico which the Navajo and Mescalero
Apache Indian tribes were forced to walk in 1863 and 1864, for study for
potential addition to the National Trails System, and S. 1946, to amend the
National Trails System Act to designate the Old Spanish Trail as a National
Historic Trail, after receiving testimony from Senators Hatch and Levin;
Katherine Stevenson, Associate Director, Cultural Resources Stewardship and
Partnerships, National Park Service, Department of the Interior; Kelsey
Begaye, Navajo Nation, Window Rock, Arizona; Shane Henry, Colorado Department
of Natural Resources, Denver; William C. Watson, Oregon-California Trails
Association, Orinda, California; Patrick Hearty, National Pony Express
Association, Inc., South Jordan, Utah; Gary Werner, Partnership for the
National Trails System, Inc., Madison, Wisconsin; and Dru Bower, Petroleum
Association of Wyoming, Casper.
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PRESCRIPTION DRUG COVERAGE
Committee on Finance: Committee held hearings to examine the President's
proposed budget request for fiscal year 2003 for prescription drug coverage as
part of the Medicare proposal, receiving testimony from former Senator Bob
Kerrey, on behalf of the Concord Coalition; Thomas A. Scully, Administrator,
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, and Bobby P. Jindal, Assistant
Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, both of the Department of Health and
Human Services; Dan L. Crippen, Director, Congressional Budget Office; William
D. Novelli, American Association of Retired Persons, and Patricia Neuman,
Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation Medicare Policy Project, both of Washington,
D.C.
Hearings recessed subject to call.
CONVENTION ON THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILD PROTOCOLS
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded hearings to examine two
optional protocols to the Convention on the Rights of the Child, both of which
were adopted at New York, May 25, 2000: (1) The Optional Protocol to the
Convention on the Rights of the Child on Involvement of Children in Armed
Conflict; and (2) The Optional Protocol to the Conventional on the Rights of
the Child on the Sale of Children, Child Prostitution and Child Pornography,
signed on July 5, 2000 (Treaty Doc. 106-37), after receiving testimony from E.
Michael Southwick, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for International
Organization Affairs; Marshall S. Billingslea, Deputy Assistant Secretary of
Defense for Negotiations Policy; John G. Malcolm, Deputy Assistant Attorney
General, Criminal Division, Department of Justice; Jo Becker, Human Rights
Watch, New York, New York; and RAdm. Eugene J. Carroll, Jr, USN (Ret.), Center
for Defense Information, and RAdm. Timothy O. Fanning, Jr., USNR (Ret.), Navy
League of the United States, both of Washington, D.C.
HUMAN TRAFFICKING
Committee on Foreign Relations: Subcommittee on Near Eastern and South Asian
Affairs concluded hearings to examine the trafficking of persons, focusing on
monitoring and combating this practice through the implementation of the
Victims of Trafficking and Violence Protection Act of 2000, after receiving
testimony from Paula Dobriansky, Under Secretary for Global Affairs, and Nancy
Ely-Raphel, Senior Advisor, Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in
Persons, both of the Department of State; Viet D. Dinh, Assistant Attorney
General, Office of Legal Policy, Department of Justice; Nguyen Van Hanh,
Director, Office of Refugee Resettlement, Administration for Children and
Families, Department of Health and Human Services; Hae Jung Cho, Coalition to
Abolish Slavery and Trafficking, Los Angeles, California; Ann Jordan,
International Human Rights Law Group, Washington, D.C.; and Carol Smolensky,
End Child Prostitution and Trafficking-USA, New York, New York.
PUBLIC HEALTH/NATURAL RESOURCES
Committee on Governmental Affairs: Committee concluded hearings to examine
public health and natural resources, focusing on current implementation of
environmental laws, after receiving testimony from Senators Jeffords and
Craig; Christine Todd Whitman, Administrator, Eric V. Schaeffer, former
Director, Office of Regulatory Enforcement, and E. Donald Elliot, former
General Counsel, all of the Environmental Protection Agency; Thomas O.
McGarity, University of Texas School of Law, Austin; and Gregory S. Wetstone,
National Resources Defense Council, Washington, D.C.
INDIAN PROGRAMS BUDGET
Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee resumed hearings on the President's
proposed budget request for fiscal year 2003 for Indian programs, focusing on
employment and training, education, housing, government, and law enforcement,
receiving testimony from Michael H. Trujillo, Director, Assistant Surgeon
General/Director, Indian Health Services, Department of Health and Human
Services; and Michael Liu, Assistant Secretary of Housing and Urban
Development for Public and Indian Housing.
Hearings continue on Thursday, March 14.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee ordered favorably reported the following
business items:
S. Res. 214, designating March 25, 2002, as "Greek Independence Day: A
National Day of Celebration of Greek and American Democracy"; and
The nominations of Ralph R. Beistline, to be United States District Judge for
the District of Alaska, David C. Bury, to be United States District Judge for
the District of Arizona, Randy Crane, to be United States District Judge for
the Southern District of Texas, Eric F. Melgren, to be United States Attorney
for the District of Kansas, Paul I. Perez, to be United States Attorney for
the Middle District of Florida, Theophile Alceste Duroncelet, to be United
States Marshal for the Eastern District of Louisiana, John R. Edwards, to be
United States Marshal for the District of Vermont, Stephen Gilbert Fitzgerald,
to be United States Marshal for the Western District of Wisconsin, Gregory
Allyn Forest, to be United States Marshal for the Western District of North
Carolina, James Loren Kennedy, to be United States Marshal for the Southern
District of Indiana, Dennis Cluff Merrill, to be United States Marshal for the
District of Oregon, James Thomas Plousis, to be United States Marshal for the
District of New Jersey, J.C. Raffety, of West Virginia, to be United States
Marshal for the Northern District of West Virginia, Charles R. Reavis, to be
United States Marshal for the Eastern District of North Carolina, Michael
Robert Regan, to be United States Marshal for the Middle District of
Pennsylvania, James Anthony Rose, to be United States Marshal for the District
of Wyoming, John Schickel, of Kentucky, to be United States Marshal for the
Eastern District of Kentucky, Jesse Seroyer, Jr., to be United States Marshal
for the Middle District of Alabama, Timothy Dewayne Welch, to be United States
Marshal for the Northern District of Oklahoma, and William R. Whittington, to
be United States Marshal for the Western District of Louisiana.
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No Joint hearings noted.
2002/03/08
Daily Digest - Friday, March 8, 2002; pages D198 - D204
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 2003 for the
Bureau of Reclamation, Department of the Interior, after receiving testimony
from Bennett W. Raley, Assistant Secretary for Water and Science, and John W.
Keys III, Commissioner, Bureau of Reclamation, both of the Department of the
Interior.
Joint Meetings
FEBRUARY EMPLOYMENT SITUATION
Joint Economic Committee: Committee concluded hearings to examine the
employment and unemployment situation for February, after receiving testimony
from Lois Orr, Acting Commissioner, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Department of
Labor.
2002/03/11
Daily Digest - Monday, March 11, 2002; pages D205 - D208
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
FOREIGN MISSILE DEVELOPMENTS
Committee on Governmental Affairs: Subcommittee on International Security,
Proliferation and Federal Services concluded hearings to examine the Central
Intelligence Agency national intelligence estimate of foreign missile
developments and the ballistic missile threat through 2015, after receiving
testimony from Robert D. Walpole, National Intelligence Officer for Strategic
and Nuclear Programs, National Intelligence Council, Central Intelligence
Agency.
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No Joint hearings noted.
2002/03/12
Daily Digest - Tuesday, March 12, 2002; pages D210 - D218
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
APPROPRIATIONS--STATE
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State, and the
Judiciary concluded hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2003
for the Department of State, after receiving testimony from Colin L. Powell,
Secretary of State.
CLONING AND MEDICAL RESEARCH
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services,
and Education concluded hearings to examine cloning research, focusing on the
clarification of how stem cell research, or therapeutic cloning, differs from
human reproductive cloning, the ethical and public-policy issues related to
both, and how best to achieve a balance in cloning legislation, after
receiving testimony from former Senator Mack, on behalf of the H. Lee Moffitt
Cancer Center and Research Institute; and Silviu Itescu, Columbia University
Presbyterian Medical Center/New-York Presbyterian Hospital, Gerald D.
Fischbach, Columbia University Departments of Health Sciences and Medicine,
and Kevin Kline, all of New York, New York.
MILITARY OPERATIONS
Committee on Armed Services: Committee met in closed session to receive a
briefing on current military operations from officials of the Joint Staff.
Committee recessed subject to call.
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and Capabilities
concluded hearings on proposed legislation authorizing funds for fiscal year
2003 for the Department of Defense and the Future Years Defense Program,
focusing on special operations military capabilities, operational
requirements, and technology acquisition, after receiving testimony from Gen.
Charles R. Holland, USAF, Commander-in-Chief, and Harry E. Schulte,
Acquisition Executive, Special Operations Acquisition and Logistics Center,
both of the U.S. Special Operations Command.
U.S. ECONOMY
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded
oversight hearings on the economic outlook of the United States, focusing on
foreign economic policy, energy policy, and social security, after receiving
testimony from Robert M. Solow, Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
Cambridge; Joseph E. Stiglitz, Columbia University, and David R. Malpass,
Bear, Stearns and Company, both of New York, New York; and Alan B. Krueger,
Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey.
FIRST RESPONDER INITIATIVE
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee concluded hearings to
examine the President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 2003 for the
First Responder Initiative, which would provide the Federal Emergency
Management Agency with funding for State and local police, firefighters, and
emergency medical professionals planning, equipment, training, and exercise
programs, to enhance homeland security, after receiving testimony from Joe M.
Allbaugh, Director, Federal Emergency Management Agency; Woodbury P. Fogg,
Belmont, New Hampshire, on behalf of the National Emergency Management
Association; Ed Wilson, City of Portland Bureau of Fire, Rescue and Emergency
Services, Portland, Oregon; Michael E. O'Neil, South Burlington Fire
Department, South Burlington, Vermont; and Kenneth E. Zirkle, University of
Findlay, Findlay, Ohio.
ENVIRONMENTAL ENFORCEMENT
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Subcommittee on Superfund, Toxics,
Risks, and Waste Management concluded hearings to examine the status of the
Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA's) environmental enforcement program,
including inspections and investigations, enforcement personnel, and an
overview of the Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance, after
receiving testimony from Eric Schaeffer, Rockefeller Family Fund, New York,
New York, former Director, EPA's Office of Regulatory Enforcement; Scott H.
Segal, Bracewell and Patterson, Washington, D.C.; and Barry L. Johnson, Emory
University Rollins School of Public Health, Atlanta, Georgia, on behalf of the
Physicians for Social Responsibility Environment and Health Program.
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WELFARE REFORM
Committee on Finance: Committee held hearings to examine the reauthorization
of the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program, created by the
Welfare Reform Law of 1996, focusing on child care funding, welfare to work
transitional Medicaid coverage, child support payment taxation, marriage
promotion, and TANF waivers, receiving testimony from Tommy G. Thompson,
Secretary of Health and Human Services; Robin Arnold-Williams, Utah Department
of Human Services, Salt Lake City, on behalf of the American Public Human
Services Association; Rodney J. Carroll, Welfare to Work Partnership,
Washington, D.C.; and Gordon L. Berlin, Manpower Demonstration Research
Corporation, New York, New York.
Hearings recessed subject to call.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Governmental Affairs: Committee ordered favorably reported the
nominations of Jeanette J. Clark, to be an Associate Judge of the Superior
Court of the District of Columbia, and Louis Kincannon, of Virginia, to be
Director of the Census, Department of Commerce.
HOMELAND SECURITY
Committee on Governmental Affairs: Subcommittee on International Security,
Proliferation and Federal Services concluded hearings on S. 1800, to
strengthen and improve the management of national security, encourage
Government service in areas of critical national security, and to assist
government agencies in addressing deficiencies in personnel possessing
specialized skills important to national security and incorporating the goals
and strategies for recruitment and retention for such skilled personnel into
the strategic and performance management systems of Federal agencies, after
receiving testimony from former Representative Hamilton, on behalf of the
Woodrow Wilson Center for International Studies; Donald J. Winstead, Assistant
Director for Compensation Administration, Office of Personnel Management;
Sheri A. Farrar, Assistant Director, Administrative Services Division, Federal
Bureau of Investigation, Department of Justice; Ruth A. Whiteside, Acting
Director General of the Foreign Service and Director of Human Resources,
Department of State; Ginger Groeber, Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary of
Defense for Civilian Personnel Policy, and Harvey A. Davis, Associate
Director, Human Resources Services, National Security Agency, both of the
Department of Defense; Susan S. Westin, Managing Director for International
Affairs and Trade, General Accounting Office; and Ray T. Clifford, Defense
Language Institute, Monterey, California.
HEALTH CARE AND THE UNINSURED
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Subcommittee on Public
Health held hearings to examine solutions to the problem of uninsured
Americans, including proposed legislation that would amend titles XIX and XXI
of the Social Security Act to provide for FamilyCare coverage for parents of
enrolled children, allow parents of disabled children to purchase Medicaid
coverage, and allow for insurance coverage subsidies, and building upon
existing public programs, such as the Children's Health Insurance Program
(CHIP) and Medicaid programs, receiving testimony from Mark B. McClellan,
Member, White House Council of Economic Advisors; Alan R. Weil, Urban
Institute, Karen Pollitz, Georgetown University Institute for Health Care,
Research and Policy, Cindy Mann, Kaiser Commission on Medicaid and the
Uninsured, and Ronald F. Pollack, Families USA, all of Washington, D.C.; and
Vip Patel, eHealthInsurance, Inc., Sunnyvale, California.
Hearings recessed subject to call.
NOMINATION
Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship: Committee ordered favorably
reported the nomination of Melanie R. Sabelhaus, of Maryland, to be Deputy
Administrator of the Small Business Administration.
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No Joint hearings noted.
2002/03/13
Daily Digest - Wednesday, March 13, 2002; pages D220 - D230
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 2003
for the Department of Commerce, after receiving testimony from Donald L.
Evans, Secretary of Commerce.
APPROPRIATIONS--LIBRARY OF CONGRESS/CRS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Legislative Branch concluded
hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2003, after receiving
testimony in behalf of funds for their respective activities D222from James H.
Billington, Librarian of Congress, Donald L. Scott, Deputy Librarian of
Congress, and Daniel P. Mulhollan, Director, Congressional Research Service,
all of the Library of Congress.
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APPROPRIATIONS--HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on VA, HUD, and Independent Agencies
concluded hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2003 for the
Department of Housing and Urban Development, after receiving testimony from
Mel Martinez, Secretary of Housing and Urban Development.
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Personnel concluded hearings on
proposed legislation authorizing funds for fiscal year 2003 for the Department
of Defense Health Program, after receiving testimony from William
Winkenwerder, Jr., Assistant Secretary for Health Affairs and Thomas F.
Carrato, Executive Director, TRICARE Management Activity, both of the
Department of Defense; Rear Adm. (Lower Half) Richard A. Mayo, USN, Command
Surgeon for the United States Pacific Command; Brig. Gen. Charles B. Green,
USAF, Command Surgeon for the United States Transportation Command; Col.
Ronald A. Maul, USA, Command Surgeon for the United States Central Command;
Capt. Richard B. Hall II, USN, Command Surgeon for the United States European
Command; and Col. Stephen L. Jones, USA, Command Surgeon for the United States
Southern Command.
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Strategic concluded hearings
hearings on proposed legislation authorizing funds for fiscal year 2003 for
the Department of Defense and the Future Years Defense Program, focusing on
Ballistic Missile Defense acquisition policy and oversight, after receiving
testimony from E. C. Aldridge, Under Secretary for Acquisition, Technology and
Logistics, Thomas P. Christie, Director of Operational Test and Evaluation,
and Lt. Gen. Ronald T. Kadish, USAF, Director, Missile Defense Agency, all of
the Department of Defense.
TRANSPORTATION EQUITY ACT
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded
oversight hearings on the implementation and reauthorization of the public
transportation provisions of the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st
Century (TEA-21) (105-178), after receiving testimony from Norman Y. Mineta,
Secretary of Transportation; John Inglish, Utah Transit Authority, Salt Lake
City; and William W. Millar, American Public Transportation Association, and
Dale J. Marsico, Community Transportation Association of America, both of
Washington, D.C.
NOMINATION
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded
hearings on the nomination of Robert Watson Cobb, of Maryland, to be Inspector
General, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, after the nominee
testified and answered questions in his own behalf.
GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee concluded hearings to
examine the economic and environmental risks associated with increasing
greenhouse gas emissions, focusing on the potential impact of growing
anthropogenic emissions of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere, after
receiving testimony from F. Sherwood Rowland, University of California, Irvine
Department of Chemistry, Irvine; Roger A. Pielke, Jr., University of Colorado
Center for Science and Technology Policy Research, Boulder; David R. Legates,
University of Delaware Center for Climatic Research, Newark; Sallie Baliunas,
Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, Massachusetts; Martin
Whittaker, Innovest Strategic Value Advisors, Inc., Ontario, Canada; and Jack
D. Cogen, Natsource, New York, New York.
WAR ON TERRORISM
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee met in closed session to receive a
briefing on the war on terrorism from Richard L. Armitage, Deputy Secretary of
State.
NOMINATION
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded hearings on the nomination
of Robert Patrick John Finn, of New York, to be Ambassador to Afghanistan,
after the nominee testified and answered questions in his own behalf.
PUBLIC HEALTH/NATURAL RESOURCES
Committee on Governmental Affairs: Committee concluded hearings to examine the
Federal implementation of environmental laws as they apply to public health
and natural resources, after receiving testimony from Connecticut Attorney
General Richard Blumenthal, Hartford; Richard J. Dove, Waterkeeper Alliance,
New Bern, North Carolina; Kenneth Green, Reason Public Policy Institute, Los
Angeles, California; Donald Newhouse, Guardians of the Rural Environment,
Yarnell, Arizona; Hope Sieck, Greater Yellowstone Coalition, Bozeman, Montana;
and Stephen C. Torbit, National Wildlife Federation Rocky Mountain Natural
Resource Center, Boulder, Colorado, on behalf of the Wyoming Outdoor Council
and Biodiversity Associates.
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DRUGS AND TERRORISM
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Technology, Terrorism, and
Government Information concluded hearings to examine the worldwide connection
between drugs and terrorism, focusing on identification and investigation of
criminal and terrorist groups, after receiving testimony from Asa Hutchinson,
Administrator, Drug Enforcement Administration, Department of Justice; Richard
Newcomb, Director, Office of Foreign Assets Control, Department of the
Treasury; R. Rand Beers, Assistant Secretary, Bureau for International
Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs, and Francis X. Taylor, Coordinator for
Counter Terrorism, both of the Department of State; Curtis W. Kamman, former
U.S. Ambassador to Colombia; and R. Grant Smith, Johns Hopkins University
School of Advanced International Studies/Central Asia Caucasus Institute,
Washington, D.C., former U. S. Ambassador to Tajikistan, Michael Shifter,
Georgetown University School of Foreign Service Center for Latin American
Studies, and Martha Brill Olcott, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace,
all 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 recessed subject to call.
No Joint hearings noted.
2002/03/14
Daily Digest - Thursday, March 14, 2002 ; pages D232 - D240
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 2003 for the Department of Agriculture, focusing on the Farm and
Foreign Agricultural Services, Natural Resources Conservation Services, Rural
Development Mission Area, Research, Education, and Economics, Department
Administration, National Appeals Division, Office of the Chief Financial
Officer, Working Capital Fund, and Office of the Inspector General, after
receiving testimony from Keith Collins, Chief Economist, J.B. Penn, Under
Secretary for Farm and Foreign Services, Mark E. Rey, Under Secretary for
Natural Resources and Environment, Michael E. Neruda, Deputy Under Secretary
for Rural Development, Joseph J. Jen, Under Secretary for Research, Education
and Economics, and Dennis Kaplan, Director, Office of Budget and Program
Analysis, all of the Department of Agriculture.
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REGIONAL EMERGENCY PLANNING
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on District of Columbia concluded
hearings to examine the accountability of funds appropriated last year for
regional emergency planning for the Nation's Capital, in order to implement a
seamless emergency response plan, a rigorous training program, and a public
education plan, after receiving testimony from Deputy Mayor for Public Safety
and Justice Margret Nedelkoff Kellems, and Peter G. LaPorte, Emergency
Management Agency, both of the Government of the District of Columbia, Richard
A. White, Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority, and Michael C.
Rogers, Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments, all of Washington,
D.C.
APPROPRIATIONS--EDUCATION
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services,
and Education concluded hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year
2003 for the Department of Education, after receiving testimony from Roderick
Paige, Secretary of Education.
APPROPRIATIONS--TREASURY
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Treasury and General Government
concluded hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2003 for the
Department of the Treasury, after receiving testimony from Paul H. O'Neill,
Secretary of the Treasury.
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION
Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded hearings on proposed
legislation authorizing funds for fiscal year 2003 for the Department of
Defense, focusing on the atomic energy defense activities of the Department of
Energy, after receiving testimony from Spencer Abraham, Secretary, Everett
Beckner, Deputy Administrator for Defense Programs, and Linton F. Brooks,
Deputy Administrator for Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation, both of the
National Nuclear Security Administration, all of the Department of Energy.
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Airland concluded hearings to
examine proposed legislation authorizing funds for fiscal year 2003 for the
Department of Defense, focusing on Army modernization and transformation,
after receiving testimony from Les Brownlee, Under Secretary of the Army; and
Gen. John M. Keane, USA, Vice Chief of Staff, United States Army.
ACCOUNTING AND INVESTOR PROTECTION
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee resumed oversight
hearings to examine accounting and investor protection issues raised by Enron
and other public companies, including oversight of the accounting profession,
audit quality and independence, and formulation of accounting principles,
receiving testimony from James G. Castellano, Rubin, Brown, Gornstein and
Company, James E. Copeland, Deloitte and Touche, William E. Balhoff,
Poslethwaite and Netterville, Olivia A. Kirtley, ResCare, Inc., and James S.
Gerson, PricewaterhouseCoopers, all of New York, New York, on behalf of the
American Institute of Certified Public Accountants; and Peter J. Wallison,
American Enterprise Institute Project on Financial Market Deregulation, and
Robert E. Litan, Brookings Institution Economic Studies Program, both of
Washington, D.C.
Hearings continue on Tuesday, March 19.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded hearings
on the nominations of JoAnn Johnson, of Iowa, and Deborah Matz, of New York,
each to be a Member of the National Credit Union Administration Board, after
the nominees testified and answered questions in their own behalf. Ms. Johnson
was introduced by Senator Grassley.
NATIONAL DEFENSE RAIL ACT
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded
hearings on S. 1991, to establish a national rail passenger transportation
system, reauthorize Amtrak, and improve security and service on Amtrak, after
receiving testimony from Senators Biden and Carper; Michael P. Jackson, Deputy
Secretary, and Kenneth M. Mead, Inspector General, both of the Department of
Transportation; George D. Warrington, President/CEO, Amtrak (National Railroad
Passenger Corporation); New Orleans Mayor Marc Morial, New Orleans, Louisiana,
on behalf of the U.S. Conference of Mayors; David D. King, North Carolina
Deputy Department of Transportation, Raleigh, on behalf of the States for
Passenger Rail Coalition; Edward Hamberger, Association of American Railroads,
Gilbert E. Carmichael, Amtrak Reform Council, and Charles F. Moneypenny,
Transport Workers Union of America, all of Washington, D.C.; and William J.
Rennicke, Mercer Management Consulting, Inc., Lexington, Massachusetts.
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PRESCRIPTION DRUGS
Committee on Finance: Committee held hearings to examine reimbursement and
access to prescription drugs under Medicare Part B, focusing on payment
systems, physician practice costs, and recent settlements, receiving testimony
from Thomas A. Scully, Administrator, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid
Services, and Janet Rehnquist, Inspector General, both of the Department of
Health and Human Services; Laura A. Dummit, Director, Health Care-Medicare
Payment Issues, General Accounting Office; Larry Norton, Memorial
Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York, on behalf of the American
Society of Clinical Oncology; Ellen Stovall, National Coalition for Cancer
Survivorship, Silver Spring, Maryland; and Lisa M. Getson, Apria Healthcare,
Lake Forest, California.
Hearings recessed subject to call.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded hearings on the nomination
of Richard Monroe Miles, of South Carolina, to be Ambassador to Georgia, James
W. Pardew, of Arkansas, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Bulgaria, Peter
Terpeluk, Jr., of Pennsylvania, to be Ambassador to Luxembourg, and Lawrence
E. Butler, of Maine, to be Ambassador to The Former Yugoslav Republic of
Macedonia, after the nominees testified and answered questions in their own
behalf. Mr. Miles was introduced by Senator Hollings, Mr. Terpeluk was
introduced by Senators Specter and Santorum, and Mr. Butler was introduced by
Senator Collins.
AMERICAN STEEL
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee concluded
hearings to examine the future of American steel, focusing on ensuring the
viability of the industry and the health care and retirement security for
workers, after receiving testimony from Robert S. Miller, Jr., Bethlehem Steel
Corporation, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania; Leo W. Gerard, United Steelworkers of
America, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; Jerry Fallos, United Steelworker of America
Local 4108, Aurora, Minnesota; Jeffrey Mikula, Bethlehem Steel's Sparrows
Point mill, and Gertrude Misterka, both of Baltimore, Maryland; and McCall
White, Ellicott City, Maryland.
INDIAN PROGRAMS BUDGET
Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee concluded oversight hearings on the
President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 2003 for Indian programs,
including those provided by the Department of Interior's Bureau of Indian
Affairs, National Indian Gaming Commission, and the Environmental Protection
Agency, after receiving testimony from Neal A. McCaleb, Assistant Secretary of
the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs; Diane C. Regas, Acting Assistant
Administrator for Water, Environmental Protection Agency; and Montie R. Deer,
National Indian Gaming Commission, Washington, D.C.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Committee concluded hearings on the
nominations of Robert H. Roswell, of Florida, to be Under Secretary for
Health, and Daniel L. Cooper, of Pennsylvania, to be Under Secretary for
Benefits, both of the Department of Veterans Affairs, after the nominees
testified and answered questions in their own behalf. Mr. Roswell was
introduced by Senators Graham and Nelson (FL).
SENIOR HEALTH CARE AND THE ECONOMY
Special Committee on Aging: Committee concluded hearings to examine the
current economy and its impact on seniors, focusing on funds for, and services
provided by, Medicaid, health, and senior services, after receiving testimony
from Gail R. Wilensky, Project HOPE, Bethesda, Maryland, former Administrator,
Health Care Financing Administration; Idaho Lt. Governor Jack Riggs, on behalf
of the Council of State Governments Health Capacity Task Force, and Karl B.
Kurtz, Idaho Department of Health and Welfare, both of Boise; Joan W.
Lawrence, Ohio Department of Aging, Columbus; Barbara Lyons, Kaiser Commission
on Medicaid and the Uninsured, Washington, D.C.; Vernon K. Smith, Health
Management Associates, Lansing, Michigan; Barry Donenfeld, Mid-Willamette
Valley Senior Services Agency, Salem, Oregon, on behalf of the National
Association of Area Agencies on Aging.
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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 examine the legislative
presentations of certain veterans organizations, after receiving testimony
from Rachel Clinkscale, Gold Star Wives of America, Inc., Arlington, Virginia;
Charles L. Calkins, Fleet Reserve Association, Alexandria, Virginia; Com. Sgt.
Michael Parente, USAF, (Ret.), Air Force Sergeants Association, Suitland,
Maryland; and Sr. Mast. Sgt. Vincent B. Niski, USAF, (Ret.), The Retired
Enlisted Association, Colorado Springs, Colorado.
2002/03/15
Daily Digest - Friday, March 15, 2002; pages D242 - D248
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
APPROPRIATIONS--ENERGY
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development
concluded hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2003 for the
Department of Energy, focusing on the Office of Science, Office of Nuclear
Energy, Science and Technology, and Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste
Management, after receiving testimony from Raymond L. Orbach, Director, Office
of Science, William D. Magwood, IV, Director, Office of Nuclear Energy,
Science and Technology, and Lake H. Barrett, Acting Director, Office of
Civilian Radioactive Waste Management, all of the Department of Energy.
CHILD CARE
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee concluded
hearings to examine child care improvement issues, focusing on literacy,
behavioral health, and family services, after receiving testimony from Elaine
Zimmerman, Connecticut Commission on Children, Hartford; Janet Shalansky,
Kansas Department of Social and Rehabilitation Services, Topeka; Elizabeth
Bonbright Thompson, Washington State Child Care Resource and Referral Network,
Takoma; Sheila Merkison, Burns Insurance Agency, Kennebunk, Maine; Helen
Blank, Children's Defense Fund, Chevy Chase, Maryland; Kathy R. Thornburg,
University of Missouri, Columbia, on behalf of the National Association for
the Education of Young Children; and Travis H. Hardmon, National Child Day
Care Association, Washington, D.C.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on the Judiciary: On Thursday, March 14, committee ordered favorably
reported the following business items:
S. 1356, to establish a commission to review the facts and circumstances
surrounding injustices suffered by European Americans, European Latin
Americans, and European refugees during World War II, with an amendment in the
nature of a substitute;
S. Res. 207, designating March 31, 2002, as "National Civilian
Conservation
Corps Day", with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
S. Res. 206, designating the week of March 17 through March 23, 2002 as
"National Inhalants and Poison Prevention Week";
S. Res. 221, to commemorate and acknowledge 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 Don Slazinik, to be United States Marshal for the Southern
District of Illinois, and Kim Richard Widup, to be United States Marshal for
the Northern District of Illinois. Also, with respect to the nomination of
Charles W. Pickering, Sr., of Mississippi, to be United States Circuit Judge
for the Fifth Circuit, the committee failed to adopt the motion to report the
nomination favorably, the motion to report the nomination without
recommendation, and the motion to report the nomination unfavorably.
DIGITAL MARKET PROTECTION
Committee on the Judiciary: On Thursday, March 14, committee concluded
hearings to examine competition, innovation, and public policy concerning
digital creative works, after receiving testimony from Richard D. Parsons, AOL
Time Warner, Inc., New York, New York; Craig R. Barrett, Intel Corporation,
Chandler, Arizona; Jonathon Taplin, Intertainer, Inc., Culver City,
California; Joe Kraus, Excite.com and DigitalConsumer.org, San Francisco,
California; and Justin Hughes, University of California at Los Angeles Law
School, Los Angeles.
No Joint hearings noted.
2002/03/18
Daily Digest - Monday, March 18, 2002; pages D249 - D252
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
APPROPRIATIONS--NATIONAL NUCLEAR SECURITY ADMINISTRATION
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development
concluded hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2003 for the
Department of Energy's National Nuclear Security Administration, nuclear
reactors, and nuclear proliferation, after receiving testimony from John A.
Gordon, Administrator/Under Secretary for Nuclear Security, Adm. Frank L.
Bowman, USN, Director, Naval Nuclear Propulsion Program, Everet H. Beckner,
Deputy Administrator, Defense Programs, and Linton F. Brooks, Deputy
Administrator, Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation, all of the National Nuclear
Security Administration, Department of Energy.
FEDERAL WORKFORCE REFORM
Committee on Governmental Affairs: Subcommittee on International Security,
Proliferation and Federal Services held hearings to examine proposed
legislation to give federal agencies new management tools to handle
recruitment and retention of skilled federal employees, in order to avoid a
human capital crisis which may be brought by large-scale retirements expected
in the near future, including S. 1603, to provide for reform relating to
Federal employment, and S. 1612, to provide Federal managers with tools and
flexibility in areas such as personnel, budgeting, property management and
disposal, receiving testimony from Kay Coles James, Director, Office of
Personnel Management; David M. Walker, Comptroller General of the United
States, General Accounting Office; Colleen M. Kelley, National Treasury
Employees Union, Jerry G. Shaw, Jr., Senior Executives Association, and Bobby
L. Harnage, Sr., American Federation of Government Employees, AFL-CIO, all of
Washington, D.C.; and John Priolo, Federal Managers Association, Alexandria,
Virginia.
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Hearings continue tomorrow.
No Joint hearings noted.
2002/03/19
Daily Digest - Tuesday, March 19, 2002; pages D254 - D262
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
APPROPRIATIONS--NOAA/FTC
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State, and the
Judiciary concluded hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year
2003, after receiving testimony in behalf of funds for their respective
activities from Vice Adm. Conrad C. Lautenbacher, Jr., Under Secretary of
Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere/Administrator, National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration; and Timothy J. Muris, Chairman, Federal Trade
Commission.
APPROPRIATIONS--INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Foreign Operations concluded
hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2003 for the
international affairs programs of the Department of the Treasury, after
receiving testimony from Paul H. O'Neill, Secretary of the Treasury.
APPROPRIATIONS--MILITARY CONSTRUCTION
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Military Construction concluded
hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2003 for Navy and Air
Force military construction programs, after receiving testimony in behalf of
funds for their respective activities from H.T. Johnson, Assistant Secretary
of the Navy for Installation and Environment; Rear Adm. David D. Pruett, Civil
Engineer Corps, USN, Director, Civil Engineering Readiness Division, Chief of
Naval Operations; Rear Adm. Noel G. Preston, USNR, Deputy Director of Naval
Reserve; Brig. Gen. (Select) Ronald S. Coleman, USMC, Deputy Assistant
Commandant of the Marine Corps for Installation and Logistics Facilities;
Nelson F. Gibbs, Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Installation,
Environment and Logistics; Maj. Gen. Earnest O. Robbins II, USAF, The Air
Force Civil Engineer, Deputy Chief of Staff, Installations and Logistics;
Brig. Gen. David A. Brubaker, USANG, Deputy Director, Air National Guard; and
Brig. Gen. Robert E. Duignan, USAFR, Deputy to the Chief of the Air Force
Reserve.
U.S. INTERESTS
Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded open and closed hearings to
examine the worldwide threat to United States interests, after receiving
testimony from George J. Tenet, Director of Central Intelligence; and Vice
Adm. Thomas R. Wilson, USN, Director, Defense Intelligence Agency.
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Seapower concluded hearings on
proposed legislation authorizing funds for fiscal year 2003 for the Department
of Defense, focusing on maximizing fleet presence capability and ship
procurement and research and development, after receiving testimony from Rear
Adm. Miles B. Wachendorf, USN, Director, Strategy and Policy Division, Office
of the Chief of Naval Operations; John J. Young, Jr., Assistant Secretary of
the Navy for Research, Development and Acquisition; and Vice Adm. Michael G.
Mullen, USN, Deputy Chief of Naval Operations for Resources, Requirements and
Assessments.
ACCOUNTING AND INVESTOR PROTECTION
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee resumed oversight
hearings to examine accounting and investor protection issues raised by the
fall of the Enron Corporation and by other public companies, focusing on
oversight and regulation of the accounting profession, corporate governance,
and stock analyst conflicts of interests, receiving testimony from Charles A.
Bowsher, former Comptroller General of the United States, General Accounting
Office, Aulana L. Peters, and Alan B. Levenson, former Director, Division of
Corporation Finance, Securities and Exchange Commission, all of the Public
Oversight Board, Stamford, Connecticut; L. William Seidman, Washington, D.C.,
former Chairman, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation; and John C. Whitehead,
former Deputy Secretary of State, and Michael Mayo, Prudential Securities,
Inc., both of New York, New York.
Hearings continue tomorrow.
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NOMINATION
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded
hearings on the nomination of Vice Admiral Thomas Collins to be Commandant of
the United States Coast Guard, Department of Transportation, after the
nominee, who was introduced by Senator Stevens, testified and answered
questions in his own behalf.
COAST GUARD BUDGET
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on Oceans,
Atmosphere, and Fisheries concluded oversight hearings to examine the
President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 2003 of the United States
Coast Guard, after receiving testimony from Adm. James M. Loy, Commandant,
United States Coast Guard; Kenneth M. Mead, Inspector General, Department of
Transportation; and JayEtta Z. Hecker, Director, Physical Infrastructure
Issues, General Accounting Office.
SURFACE TRANSPORTATION PROGRAM
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee resumed hearings to
examine ideas for transportation demand, access, mobility, congestion, and
program flexibility, in preparation for reauthorization of Transportation
Equity Act for the Twenty First Century (TEA 21), after receiving testimony
from Tim Lomax, Texas A&M University Texas Transportation Institute,
College
Station; Ron Sims, Offices of the King County Executive, Seattle, Washington;
Anthony Downs, Brookings Institution, Washington, D.C.; C. Kenneth Orski,
Urban Mobility Corporation, Potomac, Maryland; Frederick P. Salvucci,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge; and Alan E. Pisarski, Falls
Church, Virginia.
Hearings recessed subject to call.
CHILD CARE
Committee on Finance: Subcommittee on Social Security and Family Policy held
joint hearings with the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
Subcommittee on Children and Families to examine affordable child care and
improving links between the welfare work requirements and child care for low
income, working families, receiving testimony from Wade F. Horn, Assistant
Secretary of Health and Human Services for Children and Families; Ann S.
Williamson, Louisiana Department of Social Services, Baton Rouge; Mark H.
Greenberg, Center for Law and Social Policy, Washington, D.C.; and Vicky
Flamand, Fort Walton Beach, Florida.
Hearings recessed subject to call.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee ordered favorably reported the
following business items:
S. Res. 213, condemning human rights violations in Chechnya and urging a
political solution to the conflict, with amendments;
H.R. 2739, to amend Public Law 107-10 to require a United States plan to
endorse and obtain observer status for Taiwan at the annual summit of the
World Health Assembly in May 2002 in Geneva, Switzerland;
S. Res. 205, urging the Government of Ukraine to ensure a democratic,
transparent, and fair election process leading up to the March 31, 2002,
parliamentary elections; and
The nominations of Emmy B. Simmons, of the District of Columbia, to be
Assistant Administrator for Economic Growth, Agriculture, and Trade of the
United States Agency for International Development, Robert B. Holland III, of
Texas, to be United States Alternate Executive Director of the International
Bank For Reconstruction and Development, Robert Patrick John Finn, of New
York, to be Ambassador to Afghanistan, Richard Monroe Miles, of South
Carolina, to be Ambassador to Georgia, James W. Pardew, of Arkansas, to be
Ambassador to the Republic of Bulgaria, Peter Terpeluk, Jr., of Pennsylvania,
to be Ambassador to Luxembourg, Lawrence E. Butler, of Maine, to be Ambassador
to The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, and two Foreign Service Officer
promotions lists.
CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded hearings to examine the
scope of the threat facing the United States from potential military or
terrorist attack with chemical and biological weapons, and actions necessary
to address and reduce this threat, after receiving testimony from Carl W.
Ford, Assistant Secretary of State for Intelligence and Research; Alan P.
Zelicoff, Senior Scientist, Sandia National Laboratories Center for National
Security and Arms Control; Michael Moodie, Chemical and Biological Arms
Control Institute, Washington, D.C., former Assistant Director, U.S. Arms
Control and Disarmament Agency; and Amy Sands, Monterey Institute of
International Studies Center for Nonproliferation Studies, Monterey,
California, former Assistant Director, Intelligence, Verification, and
Information Management Bureau, U.S. Arms Control and Disarmament Agency.
FEDERAL WORKFORCE REFORM
Committee on Governmental Affairs: Subcommittee on International Security,
Proliferation and Federal Services continued hearings to examine proposed
legislation to give federal agencies new management tools to handle
recruitment and retention of skilled federal employees, in order to avoid a
human capital crisis which may be brought by large-scale retirements expected
in the near future, including S. 1603, to provide for reform relating to
Federal employment, and S. 1612, to provide Federal managers with tools and
flexibility in areas such as personnel, budgeting, property management and
disposal, receiving testimony from Paul C. Light, Brookings Institution, on
behalf of the National Commission on the Public Service, and Max Stier,
Partnership for Public Service, both of Washington, D.C.; Carolyn Ban,
University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public and International Affairs,
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on behalf of the National Association of Schools of
Public Affairs and Administration; and Steven J. Kelman, Harvard University
John F. Kennedy School of Government, Cambridge, Massachusetts.
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NOMINATIONS
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded hearings on the nominations of
Terrence L. O'Brian, of Wyoming, to be United States Circuit Judge for the
Tenth Circuit, Lance M. Africk, to be United States District Judge for the
Eastern District of Louisiana, Paul G. Cassell, to be United States District
Judge for the District of Utah, and Legrome D. Davis, to be United States
District Judge for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, after the nominees
testified and answered questions in their own behalf. Mr. O'Brian was
introduced by Senators Thomas and Enzi, Mr. Africk was introduced by Senator
Breaux and Representative Tauzin, Mr. Cassell was introduced by Senators Hatch
and Bennett, and Mr. Davis was introduced by Senators Specter and Santorum.
No Joint hearings noted.
2002/03/20
Daily Digest - Wednesday, March 20, 2002; pages D264 - D274
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
APPROPRIATIONS--PUBLIC HEALTH/NUTRITION/REGULATORY AGENCIES
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development,
and Related Agencies concluded hearings on proposed budget estimates for
fiscal year 2003, after receiving testimony in behalf of funds for their
respective activities from James E. Newsome, Chairman, Commodity Futures
Trading Commission; Elsa Murano, Under Secretary for Food Safety, William T.
Hawks, Under Secretary for Marketing and Regulatory Programs, and Eric M.
Bost, Under Secretary for Food, Nutrition, and Consumer Services, all of the
Department of Agriculture; and Lester Crawford, Deputy Commissioner, Food and
Drug Administration, Department of Health and Human Services.
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INTELLIGENCE PROGRAMS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense concluded closed hearings
to examine an overview of intelligence programs, after receiving testimony
from George J. Tenet, Director of Central Intelligence.
APPROPRIATIONS--OMB
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Treasury and General Government
concluded hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2003 for the
Office of Management and Budget, after receiving testimony from Mitchell E.
Daniels, Jr., Director, Office of Management and Budget.
APPROPRIATIONS--EPA
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on VA, HUD, and Independent Agencies
concluded hearings to examine proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2003
for the Environmental Protection Agency, after receiving testimony from
Christine Todd Whitman, Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency.
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Personnel concluded hearings on
proposed legislation authorizing funds for fiscal year 2003 for the Department
of Defense, focusing on recruiting and retention in the military services,
after receiving testimony from Sgt. Lindsey E. Gwyn, USA, United States Army
Recruiter; Electrician's Mate First Class Petty Officer Bruce Piatek, USN,
United States Navy Enlisted Recruiter; GySgt. Ryan L. Parker, USMC,
Noncommissioned Officer in Charge; Tech. Sgt. Gabriel Quintana, USAF, United
States Air Force Enlisted Recruiter; Lt. Gen. John M. Le Moyne, USA, Deputy
Chief of Staff for Personnel/G1, United States Army; Maj. Gen. Michael D.
Rochelle, USA, Commanding General, United States Army Recruiting Command; Vice
Adm. Norbert R. Ryan, Jr., USN, Chief of Naval Personnel and Deputy Chief of
Naval Operations for Manpower and Personnel; Rear Adm. George E. Voelker, USN,
Commander, United States Navy Recruiting Command; Lt. Gen. Garry L. Parks,
USMC, Deputy Commandant for Manpower and Reserve Affairs, United States Marine
Corps; Maj. Gen. Jerry D. Humble, USMC, Commanding General, United States
Marine Corps Recruiting Command; Lt. Gen. Richard E. Brown III, USAF, Deputy
Chief of Staff for Personnel, United States Air Force; and Brig. Gen. Duane W.
Deal, USAF, Commander, United States Air Force Recruiting Service.
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Strategic concluded hearings on
proposed legislation authorizing funds for fiscal year 2003 for the Department
of Defense, focusing on national security space programs and strategic
programs, after receiving testimony from Peter B. Teets, Under Secretary of
the Air Force and Director, National Reconnaissance Office; Gen. Ralph E.
Eberhart, USAF, Commander in Chief, North American Aerospace Defense Command
and United States Space Command; Adm. James O. Ellis, 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 Programs, United States
Navy.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee ordered favorably
reported the nominations of JoAnn Johnson, of Iowa, and Deborah Matz, of New
York, each to be a Member of the National Credit Union Administration Board.
INVESTOR PROTECTION
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee continued
oversight hearings to examine accounting and investor protection issues raised
by the fall of the Enron Corporation and by other public companies, focusing
on restoring value to independent audits and analysts, after receiving
testimony from former Senator Howard M. Metzenbaum, on behalf of the Consumer
Federation of America; Sarah Teslik, Council of Institutional Investors, and
Damon Silvers, AFL-CIO, both of Washington, D.C.; and Thomas A. Bowman,
Association for Investment Management and Research, Charlottesville, Virginia.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on the Budget: Committee began markup of a proposed concurrent
resolution setting forth the fiscal year 2003 budget for the Federal
Government, but did not complete action thereon, and will continue tomorrow.
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BROADBAND DEPLOYMENT
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded
hearings on H.R. 1542, to deregulate the Internet and high speed data
services, after receiving testimony from Representatives Tauzin and Dingell.
INTERSTATE WASTE AND FLOW CONTROL
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee concluded hearings on S.
1194, to impose certain limitations on the receipt of out-of-State municipal
solid waste, to authorize State and local controls over the flow of municipal
solid waste, and S. 2034, to amend the Solid Waste Disposal Act to impose
certain limits on the receipt of out-of-State municipal solid waste, after
receiving testimony from David E. Hess, Pennsylvania Department of
Environmental Protection, Harrisburg; Robert G. Burnley, Virginia Department
of Environmental Quality, Richmond; Harold J. Anderson III, Solid Waste
Authority of Central Ohio, Grove City, on behalf of the Local Government
Coalition for Environmentally Sound Municipal Solid Waste Management; Leslie
Allan, New York City Department of Sanitation, New York, New York; and Bruce
Parker, National Solid Wastes Management Association, Washington, D.C.
ENRON AND CREDIT RATING AGENCIES
Committee on Governmental Affairs: Committee resumed hearings to examine
issues with respect to the collapse of the Enron Corporation, focusing on the
influence of credit rating agencies on investors and the securities markets,
including issuer's access to and cost of capital, financial transactions
structure, and the ability to invest in particular investments, after
receiving testimony from Isaac C. Hunt, Jr., Commissioner, Securities and
Exchange Commission; Ronald M. Barone, Standard and Poor's, Long Island, New
York; John C. Diaz, Moody's Investors Service, Ralph G. Pellecchia, Fitch
Ratings Global Power Group, and Glenn L. Reynolds, CreditSights, Inc., all of
New York, New York; Jonathan R. Macey, Cornell Law School, Ithaca, New York;
and Steven L. Schwarcz, Duke University School of Law, Durham, North Carolina.
Hearings recessed subject to call.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee began markup of
S. 1992, to amend the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to
improve diversification of plan assets for participants in individual account
plans, to improve disclosure, account access, and accountability under
individual account plans, but did not complete action thereon, and will
continue tomorrow.
IDENTITY THEFT
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Technology, Terrorism, and
Government Information concluded hearings to examine proposed legislation that
would protect personal information and protect against identity theft, which
can often result in great financial loss by the victims, including S. 1742, to
prevent the crime of identity theft, mitigate the harm to individuals
victimized by identity theft, and related provisions of S. 1399, to prevent
identity theft, after receiving testimony from J. Howard Beales III, Director,
Bureau of Consumer Protection, Federal Trade Commission; Washington State
Attorney General Christine O. Gregoire, Olympia; Linda Foley, Identity Theft
Resource Center, San Diego, California; Louis P. Cannon, Fraternal Order of
Police Grand Lodge and District of Columbia Lodge, Washington, D.C.; and
Sallie Twentyman, Falls Church, Virginia.
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.
Joint Meetings
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 certain veterans organizations, after receiving testimony
from John W. Klumpp, American Ex-Prisoners of War, Washington, D.C.; Thomas H.
Corey, Vietnam Veterans of America, Silver Spring, Maryland; Col. Robert F.
Norton, USA, (Ret.), Retired Officers Association, Alexandria, Virginia;
Raymond G. Boland, National Association of State Directors of Veterans
Affairs, Sun Prairie, Wisconsin; and Joseph W. Lipowski, American Veterans,
Lanham, Maryland.
2002/03/21
Daily Digest - Thursday, March 21, 2002; pages D276 - D284
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
APPROPRIATIONS--D.C. COURTS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on District of Columbia concluded
hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2003, after receiving
testimony in behalf of funds for their respective activities from Jasper
Ormond, Interim Director, Court Services and Offender Supervision Agency,
Cynthia E. Jones, Director, Public Defender Service, Rufus G. King III, Chief
Judge, Superior Court, and Annice M. Wagner, Chair, Joint Committee on
Judicial Administration, all of the District of Columbia.
APPROPRIATIONS--NIH
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services,
and Education concluded hearings to examine proposed budget estimates for
fiscal year 2003 for the National Institutes of Health of the Department of
Health and Human Services, after receiving testimony from Ruth L. Kirschstein,
Acting Director, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human
Services.
CARGO TRANSPORTATION SECURITY
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Transportation concluded hearings
to examine how the Department of Transportation will work with state and local
authorities in order to face security challenges presented by transportation
of cargo by air, sea, and land, after receiving testimony from John Magaw,
Under Secretary for Security, RAdm. Paul J. Pluta, USCG, Assistant Commandant
for Marine Safety and Environmental Protection, Joseph Clapp, Administrator,
Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, Allan Rutter, Administrator,
Federal Railroad Administration, Ellen G. Engleman, Administrator, Research
and Special Programs Administration, and Cpt. Christopher McMahon, Special
Assistant to the Secretary of Transportation, on behalf of the Maritime
Administration, all of the Department of Transportation.
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Readiness and Management Support
concluded open and closed hearings on proposed legislation authorizing funds
for fiscal year 2003 for the Department of Defense, focusing on U.S. Armed
Forces readiness for all assigned missions, after receiving testimony from
Paul W. Mayberry, Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Readiness; Lt. Gen.
Gregory S. Newbold, USMC, Director of Operations (J-3), Joint chiefs of Staff;
Lt. Gen. David D. McKiernan, USA, Deputy Chief of Staff, G3, Operations and
Plans, United States Army; Lt. Gen. Emil R. Bedard, USMC, Deputy Commandant
for Plans, Policy, and Operations, Headquarters, United States Marine Corps;
Lt. Gen. Charles F. Wald, USAF, Deputy Chief of Staff for Air and Space
Operations, Headquarters, United States Air Force; and RAdm. Joseph J. Krol,
Jr., USN, Director, Navy Plans, Policy, and Operations, Chief of Naval
Operations.
ACCOUNTING AND INVESTOR PROTECTION
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded
oversight hearings to examine accounting and investor protection issues raised
by the fall of the Enron Corporation and by other public companies, focusing
on oversight and regulation of the accounting profession, and the potential
need for a more responsive federal securities law, receiving testimony from
Harvey L. Pitt, Chairman, Securities and Exchange Commission.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on the Budget: Committee ordered favorably reported an original
concurrent resolution, setting forth the fiscal years 2003-2012 budget for the
Federal Government.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee ordered
favorably reported the nominations of Robert Watson Cobb, of Maryland, to be
Inspector General, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Vice Adm.
Thomas H. Collins, to be Commandant, United States Coast Guard, Department of
Transportation, James R. Mahoney, of Virginia, to be Assistant Secretary of
Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere, and certain nominations for promotion in
the Unites States Coast Guard.
CHICAGO AIRPORT CAPACITY
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded
hearings to examine airport capacity expansion plans in the Chicago area,
focusing on runway construction, and the reduction of aircraft noise, after
receiving testimony from Senators Bayh, Durbin, and Grassley; Representatives
Hyde, Kirk, Manzullo, and Visclosky; Woodie Woodward, Associate Administrator
for Airports, Federal Aviation Administration, Department of Transportation;
Illinois Governor George H. Ryan, and Kirk Brown, Illinois Secretary of
Transportation, Springfield; Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley, John Harris,
Chicago Department of Aviation, and Sam Skinner, U.S. Freightways, all of
Chicago, Illinois; and John Geils, Suburban O'Hare Commission, Bensenville,
Illinois.
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NOMINATION
Committee on Finance: Committee concluded hearings on the nomination of Randal
Quarles, of Utah, to be Deputy Under Secretary of the Treasury for
International Affairs, after the nominee testified and answered questions in
his own behalf.
CORPORATE TAX SHELTERS
Committee on Finance: Committee held hearings on proposed legislation that
would enhance the corporate tax shelter regulations implemented by the
Department of Treasury in 2000 by providing a protection from penalties in
order to encourage disclosure of potentially abusive transactions, after
receiving testimony from B. John Williams, Chief Counsel, and Larry R.
Langdon, Commissioner, Large and Mid-Size Business Division, both of the
Internal Revenue Service, and Mark A. Weinberger, Assistant Secretary for Tax
Policy, all of the Department of the Treasury.
Hearings recessed subject to call.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Governmental Affairs: Committee ordered favorably reported the
following bills:
H.R. 169, to require that Federal agencies be accountable for violations of
antidiscrimination and whistleblower protection laws, with amendments;
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, with an
amendment in the nature of a substitute;
S. 1867, to establish the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the
United States, with an amendment;
S. 1811, to amend the Ethics in Government Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.) to
streamline the financial disclosure process for executive branch employees,
with an amendment;
S. 1822, to amend title 5, United States Code, to allow certain catchup
contributions to the Thrift Savings Plan to be made by participants age 50 or
over;
H.R. 577, to amend title 44, United States Code, to require any organization
that is established for the purpose of raising funds for creating,
maintaining, expanding, or conducting activities at a Presidential archival
depository or any facilities relating to a Presidential archival depository to
disclose the sources and amounts of any funds raised;
H.R. 2305, to require certain Federal officials with responsibility for the
administration of the criminal justice system of the District of Columbia to
serve on and participate in the activities of the District of Columbia
Criminal Justice Coordinating Council;
S. Res. 187, commending the staffs of Members of Congress, the Capitol Police,
the Office of the Attending Physician and his health care staff, and other
members of the Capitol Hill community for their courage and professionalism
during the days and weeks following the release of anthrax in Senator
Daschle's office, with an amendment;
H. Con. Res. 339, expressing the sense of the Congress regarding the Bureau of
the Census on the 100th anniversary of its establishment;
S. 1222, to redesignate the facility of the United States Postal Service
located at 89 River Street in Hoboken, New Jersey, as the "Frank Sinatra
Post
Office Building";
S. 1892, to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located
at 375 Carlls Path in Deer Park, New York, as the "Raymond M. Downey Post
Office Building";
H.R. 3379, to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service
located at 375 Carlls Path in Deer Park, New York, as the "Raymond M.
Downey
Post Office Building";
S. 1906, to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located
at 3698 Inner Perimeter Road in Valdosta, Georgia, as the "Major Lyn
McIntosh
Post Office Building";
H.R. 1748, to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service
located at 805 Glen Burnie Road in Richmond, Virginia, as the "Tom Bliley
Post
Office Building";
H.R. 1749, to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service
located at 685 Turnberry Road in Newport News, Virginia, as the "Herbert
H.
Bateman Post Office Building";
H.R. 2577, to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service
located at 310 South State Street in St. Ignace, Michigan, as the "Bob
Davis
Post Office Building";
H.R. 2876, to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service
located in Harlem, Montana, as the "Francis Bardanouve United States Post
Office Building";
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H.R. 2910, to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service
located at 3131 South Crater Road in Petersburg, Virginia, as the "Norman
Sisisky Post Office Building"; and
H.R. 3072, to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service
located at 125 Main Street in Forest City, North Carolina, as the "Vernon
Tarlton Post Office Building".
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee ordered
favorably reported the following bills: S. 1992, Employee Retirement Income
Security Act of 1974 to improve diversification of plan assets for
participants in individual account plans, to improve disclosure, account
access, and accountability under individual account plans, with an amendment
in the nature of a substitute; and S. 1335, to support business incubation in
academic settings, with an amendment.
DISABILITIES ACT
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee held hearings
to examine the implementation of the Individuals With Disabilities Act, as it
applies to children and schools, receiving testimony from Robert H.
Pasternack, Assistant Secretary of Education for Special Education and
Rehabilitative Services; Lilliam Rangel-Diaz, National Council on Disability,
Washington, DC; Bob Vaadeland, Minnewaska Area Schools, Glenwood, Minnesota;
Robert Runkel, Montana Office of Public Instruction/Division of Special
Education, Helena; Kim Goodrich Ratcliffe, Columbia Public Schools, Columbia,
Missouri; and Valerie Findley, Des Moines, Iowa.
Hearings recessed subject to call.
FBI REFORM
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded hearings on S. 1974, to make
needed reforms in the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and to examine the
Department of Justice Inspector General report regarding records, information,
and technology management issues addressed after the handling of the Oklahoma
City bombing investigation, after receiving testimony from Robert J.
Chiaradio, Executive Assistant Director, Bob E. Dies, Chief Technology
Officer, and Bill Hooten, Assistant Director for Records Management, all of
the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and Glenn A. Fine, Inspector General, all
of the Department of Justice.
HOMELAND SECURITY
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Crime and Drugs concluded hearings
on S. 924, to provide reliable officers, technology, education, community
prosecutors, and training in our neighborhoods, and to examine the funding
needs of state and local law enforcement programs to meet the demands of
homeland defense, including the Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS)
program, after receiving testimony from Mayor Patrick Henry Hays, North Little
Rock, Arkansas, on behalf of the United States Conference of Mayors; Mayor
Glenda E. Hood, Orlando, Florida, on behalf of the National League of Cities;
Michael J. Szczerba, Wilmington Department of Police, Wilmington, Delaware;
William J. Johnson, National Association of Police Organizations, and David B.
Muhlhausen, Heritage Foundation Center for Data Analysis, both of Washington,
DC; and Tommy Ferrell, Adams County Sheriff's Department, Natchez,
Mississippi, on behalf of the National Sheriff's Association.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Committee ordered favorably reported the
nominations of Robert H. Roswell, of Florida, to be Under Secretary for
Health, and Daniel L. Cooper, of Pennsylvania, to be Under Secretary for
Benefits, both of the Department of Veterans Affairs.
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No Joint hearings noted.
2002/03/22
Daily Digest - Friday, March 22, 2002; pages D285 - D288
Committee Meetings
No committee meetings were held.
No Joint hearings noted.
2002/04/08
Daily Digest - Monday, April 8, 2002; pages D290 - D296
Committee Meetings
No committee meetings were held.
No Joint hearings noted.
2002/04/09
Daily Digest - Tuesday, April 9, 2002; pages D297 - D304
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
DEFENSE POLICIES AND PROGRAMS
Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded hearings to examine
Department of Defense policies and programs to transform the Armed Forces to
meet the challenges of the 21st Century, after receiving testimony from Paul
D. Wolfowitz, Deputy Secretary of Defense; Gen. Peter Pace, USMC, Vice
Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff; VAdm. Arthur K. Cebrowski, USN (Ret.),
Director of Force Transformation, Office of the Secretary of Defense; Gen.
William F. Kernan, USA, Commander-in-Chief, United States Joint Forces
Command; Andrew F. Krepinevich, Center for Strategic and Budgetary
Assessments, Washington, D.C.; and Loren B. Thompson, Lexington Institute,
Arlington, Virginia.
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on SeaPower concluded hearings on
proposed legislation authorizing funds for fiscal year 2003 for the Department
of Defense, focusing on Navy equipment required for fielding a 21st century
capabilities-based Navy, after receiving testimony from Adm. Vernon E. Clark,
USN, Chief of Naval Operations, Maj. Gen. William A. Whitlow, USMC, Director,
Expeditionary Warfare Division, Office of the Deputy of Chief of Naval
Operations for Warfare Requirements and Programs, RAdm. Phillip M. Balisle,
USN, Director, Surface Warfare Division, RAdm. Paul F. Sullivan, USN,
Director, Submarine Warfare Division, N77, Office of the Deputy Chief of Naval
Operations, and RAdm. Michael J. McCabe, USN, Director, Air Warfare Division,
all of the Department of the Navy.
REPUBLIC OF CONGO
Committee on Foreign Relations: Subcommittee on African Affairs concluded
hearings to examine United States policy options in the Democratic Republic of
the Congo, focusing on humanitarian and HIV/AIDS crises, and the promotion of
democratic and economic development in Africa, after receiving testimony from
Mark Bellamy, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for African
Affairs; Fabienne Hara, International Crisis Group, Brussels, Belgium; D299and
Learned Dees, National Endowment for Democracy, and Anne C. Edgerton, Refugees
International, both of Washington, D.C.
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NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee concluded
hearings to examine the reauthorization of national and community service
legislation, including the National and Community Service Act of 1990 and the
Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973, after receiving testimony from Leslie
Lenkowsky, Chief Executive Officer, Corporation for National and Community
Service.
FBI REFORM
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded oversight hearings to examine
Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) reform in the wake of the Hanssen
espionage case, focusing on the protection of highly classified secrets in
order to ensure national security, after receiving testimony from Dale L.
Watson, Executive Assistant Director, Counterterrorism/Counterintelligence,
Dave Szady, Assistant Director, Counterintelligence Division, and Kenneth H.
Senser, Assistant Director, Security Division, all of the Federal Bureau of
Investigation, Department of Justice; and William H. Webster, Milbank, Tweed,
Hadley, and McCoy, Washington, D.C., former Director, Federal Bureau of
Investigation, Department of Justice.
Joint Meetings
ROMANI HUMAN RIGHTS
Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe(Helsinki Commission):
Commission concluded hearings to examine Romani human rights issues, focusing
on OSCE activities and recent Bulgaria activities, including barriers to
Romani education in the region, after receiving testimony from Nicolae
Gheorghe, Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe Office for
Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, Warsaw, Poland; H. E. Elena
Borislavova Poptodorova, Ambassador of Bulgaria to the United States, Sofia,
Bulgaria; and Dimitrina D302Petrova, European Roma Rights Center, and Rumyan
Russinov, Roma Participation Project, both of Budapest, Hungary.
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FARM BILL
Conferees met to resolve the differences between the Senate and House passed
versions of H.R. 2646, to provide for the continuation of agricultural
programs through fiscal year 2011, but did not complete action thereon, and
will meet again tomorrow.
2002/04/10
Daily Digest - Wednesday, April 10, 2002; pages D305 - D314
Committee Meetings
( Committees not listed did not meet)
HOMELAND SECURITY
Committee on Appropriations: Committee held hearings to examine homeland
security funding issues, focusing on federal funding support of state and
local government security efforts, receiving testimony from Georgia Governor
Roy E. Barnes, Atlanta, Michigan Governor John Engler, East Lansing, and
Washington Governor Gary Locke, Olympia, all on behalf of the National
Governors Association; Mayor Martin O'Malley, Baltimore, Maryland, on behalf
of the United States Conference of Mayors; Mayor Michael Guido, Dearborn,
Michigan, on behalf of the National League of Cities; Javier Gonzales, Santa
Fe County Commission, Santa Fe, New Mexico, on behalf of the National
Association of Counties; Stephen Gale, University of Pennsylvania Political
Science Department, Philadelphia; and Ashton B. Carter, Harvard University
John F. Kennedy School of Government, Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Hearings continue tomorrow.
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and Capabilities
concluded hearings on proposed legislation authorizing funds for fiscal year
2003 for the Department of Defense, focusing on technology for combating
terrorism and weapons of mass destruction, after receiving testimony from
Ronald M. Sega, Director, Defense Research and Engineering, Dale Klein,
Assistant to the Secretary for Nuclear, Chemical and Biological Defense
Programs, and Stephen Younger, Director, Defense Threat Reduction Agency, all
of the Department of Defense; John H. Marburger III, Director, Office of
Science and Technology Policy; and Robert E. Waldron, Assistant Deputy
Administrator for Nonproliferation Research and Engineering, National Nuclear
Security Administration, Department of Energy.
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Strategic concluded hearings on
proposed legislation authorizing funds for fiscal year 2003 for the Department
of Defense, focusing on the Department of Energy's Environmental Management
program and the National Nuclear Security Administration's Defense Program and
other weapons activities, after receiving testimony from Jessie H. Roberson,
Assistant Secretary for Environmental Management, and Everet H. Beckner,
Deputy Administrator for Defense Programs, and Ralph E. Erickson, Acting
Associate Administrator for Facilities and Operations, both of the National
Nuclear Security Administration, all of the Department of Energy.
SUPERFUND
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Subcommittee on Superfund, Toxics,
Risks, and Waste Management concluded hearings to examine the current status
of the Superfund Program, focusing on Superfund site cleanups including
changes in projected sites, impact on communities, and shifts in the funding
composition, after receiving testimony from Senator Nelson (FL); Marianne
Lamont Horinko, Assistant Administrator, Office of Solid Waste and Emergency
Response, Environmental Protection Agency; Norma Lopez-Reid, City Council of
Montebello, Montebello, California; Robert Spiegel, Edison Wetlands
Association, Inc., Edison, New Jersey; Grant Cope, U.S. Public Interest
Research Group, and Michael W. Steinberg, Morgan, Lewis, and Bockius, on
behalf of the Superfund Settlements Project, both of Washington, D.C.; and
Kenneth Cornell, AIG Environmental, New York, New York.
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WELFARE REFORM
Committee on Finance: Committee resumed hearings on proposed legislation
authorizing funds for the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF)
Program, created by the Welfare Reform Law of 1996, focusing on proposed work
requirement modifications, income and support for low-income working families,
ongoing program performance standards, and increasing and improving the focus
of State governments as reform implementers, receiving testimony from Cynthia
M. Fagnoni, Managing Director, Education, Workforce, and Income Security
Issues, General Accounting Office; Michigan Governor John Engler, East
Lansing, and Vermont Governor Howard Dean, Montpelier, both on behalf of the
National Governors Association; Lawrence M. Mead, New York University, New
York, New York; Arlene McNamee, Catholic Social Services, Fall River,
Massachusetts, on behalf of Catholic Charities USA; Steve Savner, Center for
Law and Social Policy, Washington, D.C.; and Wendy Ardagna, Save-A-Lot, Ltd.,
Lindenhurst, Illinois, on behalf of the Welfare to Work Partnership.
Hearings recessed subject to call.
MUSEUM AND LIBRARY SERVICES ACT
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee concluded
hearings on proposed legislation authorizing funds for the Institute of Museum
and Library Services Act, after receiving testimony from Robert S. Martin,
Director, Institute of Museum and Library Services, National Foundation on the
Arts and the Humanities; David Macksam, Cranston Public Library, Cranston,
Rhode Island; and Joseph R. Phillips, Maine State Museum, Augusta, on behalf
of the American Association of Museums.
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, April 17.
LONG-TERM CARE INSURANCE
Special Committee on Aging: Committee concluded hearings to examine long-term
health care, focusing on eligibility, consumer protection and enrollment, and
trends in employer and individual market policies, after receiving testimony
from Frank D. Titus, Assistant Director for Long-Term Care, and Acting
Associate Director for Retirement and Insurance, Office of Personnel
Management; Bertram Scott, TIAA-CREF Life Insurance Company, New York, New
York; Frolly Boyd, Aetna Life Insurance, Inc., Hartford, Connecticut, on
behalf of the Americans for Long-Term Care Security; and Paul E. Forte, Long
Term Care Partners, LLC, Charleston, Massachusetts.
Joint Meetings
FARM BILL
Conferees met to resolve the differences between the Senate and House passed
versions of H.R. 2646, to provide for the continuation of agricultural
programs through fiscal year 2011, but did not complete action thereon, and
will meet again tomorrow.
2002/04/11
Daily Digest - Thursday, April 11, 2002; pages D315 - D324
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
HOMELAND SECURITY
Committee on Appropriations: Committee concluded hearings to examine homeland
security funding issues, focusing on federal funding support of state and
local government security efforts, including first responders and
bioterrorism, infrastructure security, port security, water infrastructure,
and nuclear facility security, receiving testimony from former Senator Rudman,
on behalf of the U.S. Commission on National Security/21st Century; Maj. Gen.
Richard C. Alexander, ANGUS (Ret.), National Guard Association of the United
States; Adm. Richard M. Larrabee, USCG (Ret.), Port Authority of New York and
New Jersey, Thomas Von Essen, on behalf of the International Association of
Fire Chiefs, and Stephen E. Flynn, Council on Foreign Relations, all of New
York, New York; Michael J. Crouse, International Association of Fire Fighters,
Washington, D.C.; Philip C. Stittleburg, LaFarge Volunteer Fire Department,
LaFarge, Wisconsin, on behalf of the National Volunteer Fire Council; Lonnie
J. Westphal, Colorado State Patrol, Denver, on behalf of the International
Association of Chiefs of Police; Gary Cox, Tulsa City-County Health
Department, Tulsa, Oklahoma, on behalf of the National Association of County
and City Health Officials; Michael Errico, Washington Suburban Sanitary
Commission, Laurel, Maryland, on behalf of the Association of Metropolitan
Water Agencies; David Lochbaum, Union of Concerned Scientists, Cambridge,
Massachusetts; and Jeff Benjamin, Exelon Generation Company, Chicago,
Illinois, on behalf of the Nuclear Energy Institute.
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Personnel concluded hearings on
proposed legislation authorizing funds for fiscal year 2003 for the Department
of Defense, focusing on military personnel benefits, after receiving testimony
from Charles S. Abell, Assistant Secretary of Defense for Force Management
Policy; Derek B. Stewart, Director, Defense Capabilities and Management,
General Accounting Office; Master Chief Joseph L. Barnes, USN (Ret.), Fleet
Reserve Association, Joyce W. Raezer, National Military Family Association,
Inc., and Master Sgt. Michael P. Cline, USA (Ret.), Enlisted Association of
the National Guard of the United States, all of Alexandria, Virginia; and
Susan M. Schwartz, Retired Officers Association, and CMSGT James E. Lokovic,
USAF (Ret.), Air Force Sergeants Association, both of Washington, D.C.
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Strategic concluded open and
closed hearings on proposed legislation authorizing funds for fiscal year 2003
for the Department of Defense, focusing on the intelligence, surveillance, and
reconnaissance programs of the Department of Defense, after receiving
testimony from John P. Stenbit, Assistant Secretary of Defense for Command,
Control, Communications and Intelligence; and Lt. Gen. Gregory S. Newbold,
USMC, Director of Operations, J3, and Rear Adm. Stanley R. Szemborski, USN,
Deputy Director for Resources and Requirements, J8, both of the Joint Staff.
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HOUSING VOUCHER PROGRAM
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded
oversight hearings to examine proposals to improve the Section 8 Housing
Choice Voucher Program, after receiving testimony from Ophelia B. Basgal,
Housing Authority of County of Alameda and City of Dublin, Hayward,
California, on behalf of the National Association of Housing and Redevelopment
Officials; Scott Gardner, Crosshaven Properties, Inc., Tulsa, Oklahoma, on
behalf of the National Apartment Association; Ann O'Hara, Technical Assistance
Collaborative, Boston, Massachusetts, on behalf of the National Low Income
Housing Coalition; and Benson F. Roberts, Local Initiatives Support
Corporation, Washington, D.C.
ENRON CORPORATION
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on Consumer
Affairs, Foreign Commerce, and Tourism concluded hearings to examine Enron's
potential role in electricity market manipulation and the subsequent effect on
the western states, after receiving testimony from California State Senator
Joseph Dunn, and S. David Freeman, California Power Authority, both of
Sacramento; Loretta Lynch and Gary Cohen, both of California Public Utilities
Commission, San Francisco; Wenonah Hauter, Public Citizen, Washington, D.C.;
and Robert McCullough, McCullough Research, Portland, Oregon.
TAX AVOIDANCE SCHEMES
Committee on Finance: Committee held hearings to examine various improper and
illegal tax avoidance schemes, including the use of credit/debit cards to
access offshore bank accounts established to conceal taxable income, receiving
testimony from Ronald A. Cimino, Chief, Western Region Criminal Enforcement
Section, Tax Division, Donald Daniels, Assistant United States Attorney for
the Western District of Michigan, both of the Department of Justice; Charles
O. Rossotti, Commissioner, Internal Revenue Service, and David C. Williams,
Inspector General, Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration, both of
the Department of the Treasury; Michael Brostek, Director, Tax Issues, General
Accounting Office; Jack A. Blum, Lobel, Novins and Lamont, Washington, D.C.;
Daniel W. Bullock, Atwater, California; Jennifer P. Sodaro, Scottsdale,
Arizona; Kelly Stone, Belgrade, Montana; and Robert L. and Mary Elaine Spears,
both of Traverse City, Michigan.
Hearings recessed subject to call.
NATIONAL HOMELAND SECURITY
Committee on Governmental Affairs: Committee held hearings to examine proposed
legislation to establish a Department of National Homeland Security and a
White House Office to Combat Terrorism, receiving testimony from Senators
Graham, Gregg, and Specter; Representatives Harman, Tauscher, and Thornberry;
former Senator Rudman, on behalf of the U.S. Commission on National Security
/21st Century; David M. Walker, Comptroller General of the United States,
General Accounting Office; Mitchell E. Daniels, Jr., Director, Office of
Management and Budget; Philip Anderson, Center for Strategic and International
Studies, and Paul C. Light, Brookings Institution, both of Washington, D.C.;
I.M. Destler, University of Maryland School of Public Affairs, College Park;
Stephen Gross, Border Trade Alliance, San Diego, California; and Elaine
Kamarck, Harvard University John F. Kennedy School of Government, Cambridge,
Massachusetts.
Hearings recessed subject to call.
NOMINATION
Committee on Governmental Affairs: Committee concluded hearings on the
nomination of Paul A. Quander, Jr., to be Director of the District of Columbia
Offender Supervision, Defender, and Courts Services Agency, after the nominee,
who was introduced by District of Columbia Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton,
testified and answered questions in his own behalf.
GLOBAL AIDS
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee concluded
hearings to examine issues related to health care for patients with the AIDS
virus and what can be done to address the global HIV/AIDS pandemic, after
receiving testimony from Sandra Thurman, International AIDS Trust, Washington,
D.C.; Elton John, Elton John AIDS Foundation, Beverly Hills, California; Peter
Mugyenyi, Joint Clinical Research Centre, Kampala, Uganda; Allan Rosenfield,
Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health, New York, New York; and
Debbie Dortzbach, World Relief International, Baltimore, Maryland.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee ordered favorably reported the following
business items:
S. 924, to provide reliable officers, technology, education, community
prosecutors, and training in our neighborhoods, with an amendment in the
nature of a substitute; and
The nominations of Terrence L. O'Brian, of Wyoming, to be United States
Circuit Judge for the Tenth Circuit, Lance M. Africk, to be United States
District Judge for the Eastern District of Louisiana, Legrome D. Davis, to be
United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania; Scott
M. Burns, of Utah, to be Deputy Director for State and Local Affairs, Office
of National Drug Control Policy; and J. Robert Flores, of Virginia, to be
Administrator of the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention,
John B. Brown III, of Texas, to be Deputy Administrator of Drug Enforcement,
Jane J. Boyle, to be United States Attorney for the Northern District of
Texas, James B. Comey, to be United States Attorney for the Southern District
of New York, Thomas A. Marino, to be United States Attorney for the Middle
District of Pennsylvania, Matthew D. Orwig, to be United States Attorney for
the Eastern District of Texas, Michael Taylor Shelby, to be United States
Attorney for the Southern District of Texas, Warren Douglas Anderson, to be
United States Marshal for the District of South Dakota, Patrick E. McDonald,
to be United States Marshal for the District of Idaho, and James Joseph
Parmley, to be United States Marshal for the Northern District of New York,
all of the Department of Justice.
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NOMINATIONS
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded hearings on the nominations of
Jeffrey R. Howard, of New Hampshire, to be United States Circuit Judge for the
First Circuit, Percy Anderson, to be United States District Judge for the
Central District of California, Michael M. Baylson, to be United States
District Judge for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, William C. Griesbach,
to be United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, Joan
E. Lancaster, to be United States District Judge for the District of
Minnesota, Cynthia M. Rufe, to be United States District Judge for the Eastern
District of Pennsylvania, and John F. Walter, to be United States District
Judge for the Central District of California, after the nominees testified and
answered questions in their own behalf. Mr. Howard was introduced by Senators
Smith and Gregg, Mr. Anderson and Mr. Walter were introduced by Senator
Feinstein, Mr. Baylson and Ms. Rufe were introduced by Senator Specter, Mr.
Griesbach was introduced by Senator Feingold and Representatives Barrett and
Green, and Ms. Lancaster was introduced by Senators Dayton and Wellstone.
DRUG LAW ENFORCEMENT
United States Senate Caucus on International Narcotics Control: Committee
concluded to examine the enforcement of the nation's drug enforcement laws,
focusing on the scope of the drug use and trafficking problems in rural and
mid-size communities and the challenges facing local law enforcement, after
receiving testimony from Asa Hutchinson, Administrator, Drug Enforcement
Administration, Department of Justice; Maj. Gen. Raymond F. Rees, USA, Vice
Chief, National Guard Bureau; Susan Foster, Columbia University National
Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse, New York, New York; Ralph A.
Weisheit, Illinois State University, Normal; William E. Bryson, Camden Police
Department, Camden, Delaware; and Gary Anderson, Appanoose County Sheriff
Office, Centerville, Iowa.
Joint Meetings
FARM BILL
Conferees met to resolve the differences between the Senate and House passed
versions of H.R. 2646, to provide for the continuation of agricultural
programs through fiscal year 2011, but did not complete action thereon, and
will meet again tomorrow.
2002/04/12
Daily Digest - Friday, April 12, 2002; pages D326 - D330
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
BORDER SECURITY
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Immigration concluded hearings to
examine the Enhanced Border Security and Visa Entry Reform Act, focusing on
strengthening border security, improving the screening of foreign nationals,
and deterring potential terrorists, after receiving testimony from Senator
Byrd; MaryEllen Salamone, Families of September 11, Inc., North Caldwell, New
Jersey; and Kathleen Campbell Walker, Kemp Smith, PC, El Paso, Texas, on
behalf of the American Immigration Lawyers Association.
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No Joint hearings noted.
2002/04/15
Daily Digest - Monday, April 15, 2002; pages D331 - D343
Committee Meetings
No committee meetings were held.
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No Joint hearings noted.
2002/04/16
Daily Digest - Tuesday, April 16, 2002; pages D336 - D342
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
APPROPRIATIONS--FAA
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Transportation concluded hearings
on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2003 for the Federal Aviation
Administration, focusing on aviation safety and capacity issues, after
receiving testimony from Jane F. Garvey, Administrator, Federal Aviation
Administration, Department of Transportation.
ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY PROGRAM
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded
hearings to examine the authorization and reform of Technology Administration
and the National Institute of Standards and Technology programs, focusing on
the Advanced Technology Program, after receiving testimony from Samuel Bodman,
Deputy Secretary of Commerce; Anne A. Armstrong, Virginia's Center for
Innovative Technology, Herndon; Lewis M. Branscomb, Harvard University John F.
Kennedy School of Government, Cambridge, Massachusetts; and Scott Donnelly,
General Electric Company, Niskayuna, New York.
U.S./MEXICO RELATIONS
Committee on Foreign Relations: Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere, Peace
Corps and Narcotics Affairs concluded hearings to examine U.S./Mexican
relations issues, including migration, drugs, economic trade, the North
American Development Bank (NADBank), the Border Environment Cooperation
Commission (BECC), and border issues, after receiving testimony Representative
Reyes; Alan P. Larson, Under Secretary of State for Economics, Business and
Agricultural Affairs; John B. Taylor, Under Secretary of Treasury for
International Affairs; James W. Ziglar, Commissioner, Immigration and
Naturalization Service, Department of Justice; and Barbara Shailor, AFL-CIO,
Steven M. Ladik, American Immigration Lawyers Association, Gregori Lebedev,
U.S. Chamber of Commerce, and M. Delal Baer, Center for Strategic and
International Studies, all of Washington, D.C.
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DRIVER'S LICENSE INTEGRITY
Committee on Governmental Affairs: Subcommittee on Oversight of Government
Management, Restructuring and the District of Columbia concluded hearings to
examine problems relating to the availability and use of fake or fraudulently
issued driver's licenses, focusing on what state and federal governments can
do to improve the system, after receiving testimony from Kansas State Senator
Barbara P. Allen, Overland Park; Richard J. Varn, Iowa State Information
Technology Department, Des Moines, on behalf of the National Association of
State Chief Information Officers and National Governor's Association; Betty L.
Serian, Pennsylvania Department of Transportation, Harrisburg, on behalf of
the American Association of Motor Vehicle Administrators; Mary Ann Viverette,
Gaithersburg Police Department, Gaithersburg, Maryland, on behalf of the
International Association of Chiefs of Police; Barry J. Goleman, American
Management Systems, Inc., Fairfax, Virginia; J. Bradley Jansen, Free Congress
Foundation Center for Technology Policy, Washington, D.C.; and Theodore W.
Wern, Chicago, Illinois.
MEDICAL PRIVACY
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee concluded
oversight hearings to examine medical privacy issues, focusing on the
Standards for Privacy of Individually Identifiable Health Information (Privacy
Rule), and the proposed modification to those standards, published by the
Department of Health and Human Services, after receiving testimony from Claude
A. Allen, Deputy Secretary of Health and Human Services; Janlori Goldman,
Georgetown University Institute for Health Care Research and Policy Health
Privacy Project, Washington, D.C.; Sam Karp, California HealthCare Foundation,
Oakland; Richard Harding, University of South Carolina School of Medicine,
Columbia, on behalf of the American Psychiatric Association; John D. Clough,
Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio.
VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN OFFICE
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Crime and Drugs concluded
oversight hearings on activities of the Violence Against Women Office of the
Department of Justice, including coordination, collaboration, and
multi-disciplinary partnership in addressing domestic violence prevention and
intervention issues, after receiving testimony from Diane Stuart, Director,
Violence Against Women Office, Office of Justice Programs, Department of
Justice; Laurie E. Ekstrand, Director, Justice Issues, General Accounting
Office; Georgia Attorney General Thurbert E. Baker, Atlanta; Vincent J.
Poppiti, Family Court for the State of Delaware, Wilmington; Lynn Rosenthal,
National Network to End Domestic Violence, Washington, D.C.; and Casey Gwinn,
San Diego City Attorney, San Diego, California.
No Joint hearings noted.
2002/04/17
Daily Digest - Wednesday, April 17, 2002; pages D343 - D350
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
APPROPRIATIONS--MISSILE DEFENSE
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense concluded hearings on
proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2003 for the missile defense program
budget, after receiving testimony from Lt. Gen. Ronald T. Kadish, USAF,
Director, Missile Defense Agency, Department of Defense.
APPROPRIATIONS--SECRETARY OF THE SENATE/ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Legislative Branch concluded
hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2003, after receiving
testimony in behalf of funds for their respective activities from Jeri
Thomson, Secretary of the Senate; and Alan M. Hantman, Architect of the
Capitol.
APPROPRIATIONS--CNCS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on VA, HUD, and Independent Agencies
concluded hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2003 for the
Corporation for National and Community Service, after receiving testimony from
Leslie Lenkowsky, Chief Executive Officer, Corporation for National and
Community Service.
APPROPRIATIONS--TREASURY LAW ENFORCEMENT
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Treasury and General Government
concluded hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2003, after
receiving testimony in behalf of funds for their respective activities, from
Jimmy Gurule, Under Secretary for Enforcement, Brian L. Stafford, Director,
U.S. Secret Service, Bradley A. Buckles, Director, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco,
and Firearms, James F. Sloan, Director, Financial Crimes Enforcement Network,
and Paul A. Hackenberry, Acting Director, Federal Law Enforcement Training
Center, all of the Department of the Treasury.
HOMELAND SECURITY AND INFORMATION SHARING
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Administrative Oversight and the
Courts concluded hearings to examine the effective use and necessary upgrades
of information technology to provide a tool for collaboration among federal
agencies and federal, state, and local law enforcement to share information in
order to ensure homeland defense, after receiving testimony from Vance Hitch,
Chief Information Officer, Justice Management Division, Robert J. Jordan,
Director, Information Sharing Task Force, Federal Bureau of Investigation, and
Scott O. Hastings, Associate Commissioner, Office of Information Resources
Management, Immigration and Naturalization Service, all of the Department of
Justice; Leon E. Panetta, Panetta Institute, Monterey Bay, California, former
White House Chief of Staff; and George J. Terwilliger III, White and Case,
former Deputy Attorney General, Department of Justice, Philip Anderson, Center
for Strategic and International Studies, and Paul C. Light, Brookings
Institution, all of Washington, D.C.
WAR POWERS RESOLUTION
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Constitution, Federalism, and
Property Rights concluded hearings to examine the balance of war powers
authority under the Constitution as it relates to our fight against terrorism,
the cooperation between the White House and Congress in exercising shared war
powers authority, and the application of the use-of-force resolution, after
receiving testimony from John C. Yoo, Deputy Assistant Attorney General,
Office of Legal Counsel, Department of Justice; Louis Fisher, Senior
Specialist, Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress; Douglas
Kmiec, Catholic University of America School of Law, Alton Frye, Council on
Foreign Relations, and Jane Stromseth, Georgetown University Law Center, all
of Washington, D.C.; Ruth Wedgwood, Yale Law School, New Haven, Connecticut;
and Michael J. Glennon, University of California Law School, Davis,
California, on behalf of the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars.
NOMINATION
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee concluded hearings on the
nomination of John Leonard Helgerson, of Virginia, to be Inspector General,
Central Intelligence Agency, after the nominee testified and answered
questions in his own behalf. Also, the committee also concluded closed
hearings on intelligence matters, after receiving testimony from officials of
the intelligence community.
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Joint Meetings
MONETARY POLICY/ECONOMIC OUTLOOK
Joint Economic Committee: Committee concluded hearings to examine the monetary
policy and economic outlook in the context of the current economic situation,
focusing on the economic rebound now underway, after receiving testimony from
Alan Greenspan, Chairman, Board of Governors, Federal Reserve System.
2002/04/18
Daily Digest - Thursday, April 18, 2002; pages D351 - D362
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
APPROPRIATIONS--ENERGY AND WATER DEVELOPMENT
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development
concluded hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2003 for
energy and water development programs, after receiving testimony in behalf of
funds for their respective activities from Jessie H. Roberson, Assistant
Secretary for Environmental Management, and David Garman, Assistant Secretary
for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, both of the Department of Energy.
APPROPRIATIONS--TREASURY LAW ENFORCEMENT
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Treasury and General Government
concluded hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2003 for
Department of the Treasury, focusing on the United States Customs Service,
after receiving testimony from Robert C. Bonner, Commissioner, United States
Customs Service, and Jimmy Gurule, Under Secretary for Enforcement, both of
the Department of the Treasury.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee ordered
favorably reported the following business items:
S. 1991, to establish a national rail passenger transportation system,
reauthorize Amtrak, improve security and service on Amtrak, with an amendment
in the nature of a substitute;
S. 2039, to expand aviation capacity in the Chicago area, with an amendment in
the nature of a substitute;
S. 1220, to authorize the Secretary of Transportation to establish a grant
program for the rehabilitation, preservation, or improvement of railroad
track, with amendments;
S. 1739, to authorize grants to improve security on over-the-road buses;
S. 1750, to make technical corrections to the HAZMAT provisions of the USA
PATRIOT Act, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
S. 1871, to direct the Secretary of Transportation to conduct a rail
transportation security risk assessment, with amendments; H.R. 2546, to amend
title 49, United States Code, to prohibit States from requiring a license or
fee on account of the fact that a motor vehicle is providing interstate
pre-arranged ground transportation service, with amendments; and
The nominations of Vice Admiral Thad W. Allen, to be Chief of Staff, Rear
Admiral Thomas J. Barrett, to be Vice Admiral, Vice Commandant, Rear Admiral
James D. Hull, to be Vice Admiral, Commander, Atlantic Area, and Rear Admiral
Terry M. Cross, to be Vice Admiral, Commander, Pacific Area, all of the United
States Coast Guard, Department of Transportation.
NATIONAL HERITAGE AREAS
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Subcommittee on National Parks
concluded hearings on S. 1441/H.R. 695, to establish the Oil Region National
Heritage Area, S. 1526, to establish the Arabia Mountain National Heritage
Area in the State of Georgia, S. 1638, to authorize the Secretary of the
Interior to study the suitability and feasibility of designating the French
Colonial Heritage Are in the State of Missouri as a unit of the National Park
System, S. 1809/H.R. 1776, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to study
the suitability and feasibility of establishing the Buffalo Bayou National
Heritage Area in west Houston, Texas, S. 1939, to establish the Great Basin
National Heritage Area, Nevada and Utah, and S. 2033, to authorize
appropriations for the John H. Chafee Blackstone River Valley National
Heritage Corridor in Massachusetts and Rhode Island, after receiving testimony
from Senators Reid, Cleland, Santorum, and Chafee; Brenda Barrett, National
Coordinator for Heritage Areas, National Park Service, Department of the
Interior; James Baker, Missouri Department of Natural Resources, St.
Genevieve; Denys M. Koyle, Great Basin Heritage Area Partnership, Baker,
Nevada; Ronald E. Shoup, Oil City Area Chamber of Commerce, Oil City,
Pennsylvania; and Kelly Jordan, Arabia Mountain Heritage Area Alliance,
Lithonia, Georgia.
CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
Committee on Finance: Committee held hearings to examine corporate governance
and executive compensation, focusing on non-qualified deferred compensation,
split dollar life insurance, and stock based compensation, receiving testimony
from Senators Levin and Enzi; Carolyn Kay Brancato, The Conference Board, Ira
T. Kay, Watson Wyatt Worldwide, and John H. Biggs, TIAA-CREF, all of New York,
New York; Sarah Teslik, Council of Institutional Investors, Washington, D.C.;
Robert C. Pozen, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts; Kathryn J.
Kennedy, John Marshall Law School Center for Tax Law and Employee Benefits,
Chicago, Illinois; and Mark G. Heesen, National Venture Capital Association,
Arlington, Virginia.
Hearings recessed subject to call.
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TERRORIST THREAT
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee met in closed session to receive a
briefing on issues relating to the threat of nuclear or radiological terrorism
from representatives of the intelligence community.
PUBLIC HEALTH PREPAREDNESS FOR TERRORISM
Committee on Governmental Affairs: Committee concluded hearings to examine the
state of public health preparedness for terrorism involving weapons of mass
destruction, including federal efforts to coordinate and communicate with
public health and law enforcement agencies in the event of a terrorist attack
with public health implications, and certain budgetary requirements to
implement homeland security measures, after receiving testimony from Tommy G.
Thompson, Secretary of Health and Human Services; Margaret A. Hamburg, Nuclear
Threat Initiative, and Thomas L. Milne, National Association of County and
City Health Officials, both of Washington, D.C.; and Thomas V. Inglesby, Johns
Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, on behalf of the
Johns Hopkins Center for Civilian Biodefense Strategies.
WORKPLACE INJURY
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee concluded
hearings to examine workplace injury issues, focusing on musculoskeletal
disorders (MSDs) and ergonomics, after receiving testimony from Elaine L.
Chao, Secretary of Labor; Jacqueline Nowell, United Food and Commercial
Workers International Union, Washington, D.C.; Paul A. Fontana, Fontana Center
for Work Rehabilitation, Inc., Lafayette, Louisiana; and Melody Purvis,
Indianapolis, Indiana.
ALASKA NATIVE SUBSISTENCE AND FISHING RIGHTS
Committee on Indian Affairs: On Wednesday, April 17, committee concluded
oversight hearings to examine the implementation of Title VIII of the Alaska
National Interest Lands Conservation Act (ANILCA) and the status of the
exercise of subsistence hunting and fishing rights by Alaska Natives in
Alaska, after receiving testimony from Rosita Worl, Sealaska Heritage
Institute, on behalf of the Alaska Federation of Natives, and Gordon Jackson,
Southeast Alaska Intertribal Fish and Wildlife Commission, both of Juneau,
Alaska; Robert T. Anderson, University of Washington Native American Law
Center, Seattle; Andy Golia, Bristol Bay Native Association, Dillingham,
Alaska; Arthur Lake, Association of Village Council Presidents, Bethel,
Alaska; George Yaska, Tanana Chiefs Conference, Fairbanks, Alaska; Charles
Johnson, Alaska Nanuuq Commission, Nome; Mike Williams, Alaska Inter-Tribal
Council, and Jeanine Kennedy, Rural Alaska Community Action Program, Inc.,
both of Anchorage; Mary Pete, Alaska Department of Fish and Game, Washington,
D.C.; and Mitch Demientieff, Federal Subsistence Board, Nenanna, Alaska.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee ordered favorably reported the following
business items:
H. Con. Res. 243, expressing the sense of the Congress that the Public Safety
Officer Medal of Valor should be presented to the public safety officers who
have perished and select other public safety officers who deserve special
recognition for outstanding valor above and beyond the call of duty in the
aftermath of the terrorist attacks in the United States on September 11, 2001;
S. Con. Res. 66, to express the sense of the Congress that the Public Safety
Officer Medal of Valor should be awarded to public safety officers killed in
the line of duty in the aftermath of the terrorist attacks of September 11,
2001;
S. Con. Res. 75, to express the sense of the Congress that the Public Safety
Officer Medal of Valor should be presented to public safety officers killed or
seriously injured as a result of the terrorist attacks perpetrated against the
United States on September 11, 2001, and to those who participated in the
search, rescue and recovery efforts in the aftermath of those attacks;
S. 864, to express the sense of the Congress that the Public Safety Officer
Medal of Valor should be presented to public safety officers killed or
seriously injured as a result of the terrorist attacks perpetrated against the
United States on September 11, 2001, and to those who participated in the
search, rescue and recovery efforts in the aftermath of those attacks, with an
amendment in the nature of a substitute; and
The nominations of Jeffrey R. Howard, of New Hampshire, to be United States
Circuit Judge for the First Circuit, Percy Anderson, to be United States
District Judge for the Central District of California, Michael M. Baylson, to
be United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania,
William C. Griesbach, to be United States District Judge for the Eastern
District of Wisconsin, Joan E. Lancaster, to be United States District Judge
for the District of Minnesota, Cynthia M. Rufe, to be United States District
Judge for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, John F. Walter, to be United
States District Judge for the Central District of California, Mary Ann
Solberg, of Michigan, to be Deputy Director, and Barry D. Crane, of Virginia,
to be Deputy Director for Supply Reduction, both of the National Drug Control
Policy, and Frank DeArmon Whitney, to be United States Attorney for the
Eastern District of North Carolina, and Debra W. Yang, to be United States
Attorney for the Central District of California, both of the Department of
Justice.
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No Joint hearings noted.
2002/04/22
Daily Digest - Monday, April 22, 2002; pages D364 - D368
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
U.S.-CANADIAN WHEAT TRADE
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: On Friday, April 19,
Subcommittee on Consumer Affairs, Foreign Commerce, and Tourism concluded
hearings to examine U.S. government action related to wheat trade with Canada,
focusing on the Canadian Wheat 301 decision, which addressed the North Dakota
Wheat Commission's petition regarding Canada's wheat trading system and how it
disadvantages American wheat farmers and affects the integrity of the trading
system, after receiving testimony from Allen F. Johnson, Chief Agriculture
Negotiator, Office of the United States Trade Representative; Ellen Terpstra,
Administrator, Foreign Agricultural Service, Department of Agriculture; Robert
A. Rogowsky, Director of Operations, United States International Trade
Commission; Gary Broyles, Rapelje, Montana, on behalf of the National
Association of Wheat Growers, Wheat Export Trade Education Committee, and U.S.
Wheat Associates; Neal Fisher, Kidder County, North Dakota, and Charles A.
Hunnicutt, Robins, Kaplan, Miller and Ciresi, Washington, D.C., both on behalf
of the North Dakota Wheat Commission; and John C. Miller, Miller Milling
Company, Minneapolis, Minnesota, on behalf of the North American Millers'
Association.
No Joint hearings noted.
2002/04/23
Daily Digest - Tuesday, April 23, 2002; pages D370 - D378
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE SYSTEM
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded
oversight hearings to examine the Federal Deposit Insurance System and
recommendations for reform, focusing on merging the Bank Insurance Fund with
the Savings Association Insurance Fund, statutory restrictions on premiums,
and designated reserve ratios, after receiving testimony from Donald E.
Powell, Chairman, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation; Alan Greenspan,
Chairman, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System; and Peter R.
Fisher, Under Secretary for Domestic Finance, Office of Public Affairs, John
D. Hawke, Jr., Comptroller of the Currency, and James E. Gilleran, Director,
Office of Thrift Supervision, all of the Department of the Treasury.
PHARMACEUTICALS COMPETITION
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded
hearings to examine competition in the pharmaceutical industry, focusing on
generic pharmaceuticals, marketplace access, and consumer issues, and certain
related provisions of S. 812, to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic
Act to provide greater access to affordable pharmaceuticals, after receiving
testimony from Senator Schumer; Timothy J. Muris, Chairman, Federal Trade
Commission; New Hampshire Governor Jeanne Shaheen, Concord; Tim Fuller and
Marion Wolff, both of Gray Panthers, Gregory J. Glover, Ropes and Gray, on
behalf of the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America, Kathleen
Jaeger and Karen Walker, both of Generic Pharmaceutical Association, and
Shelbie Oppenheimer, on behalf of the ALS Association, all of Washington,
D.C.; and Steven S. Martin, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Nebraska, Omaha, on
behalf of the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association.
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U.S. NONPROLIFERATION EFFORTS
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded hearings to examine United
States nonproliferation efforts in the former Soviet Union, focusing on the
Cooperative Threat Reduction Program, after receiving testimony from William
S. Cohen, Cohen Group, former Secretary of Defense, and Constantine C. Menges,
Hudson Institute, both of Washington, D.C.; and Siegfried S. Hecker, Los
Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico.
FEDERAL HUMAN CAPITAL CRISIS
Committee on Governmental Affairs: Subcommittee on Oversight of Government
Management, Restructuring and the District of Columbia concluded hearings to
examine the implications of the human capital crisis, focusing on how the
federal government is recruiting, selecting, retaining, and training
individuals to oversee trade policies and regulate financial industries, after
receiving testimony from Loren Yager, Director, International Affairs and
Trade, and Richard J. Hillman, Director, Financial Markets and Community
Investment, both of the General Accounting Office; Grant Aldonas, Under
Secretary for International Trade Administration, and Edward L. Blansitt,
Deputy Inspector General, both of the Department of Commerce; James M.
McConnell, Executive Director, Securities and Exchange Commission; Lynn
Turner, Colorado State University Center for Quality Financial Reporting, Fort
Collins; and Troy H. Cribb, Steptoe and Johnson, Washington, D.C., former
Deputy Assistant Secretary of Commerce for International Trade Administration.
ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION ACT
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee held hearings
to examine the implementation of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act,
focusing on accountability for results, parent and student choice, flexibility
for States, school districts, and schools, and progress to date, receiving
testimony from Eugene W. Hickok, Under Secretary of Education.
Hearings recessed subject to call.
HUMAN SUBJECT RESEARCH
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Subcommittee on Public
Health concluded hearings to examine current safeguards concerning the
protection of human subjects in research, while facilitating critical medical
research, after receiving testimony from Cherlynn Mathias, Harris Methodist
Fort Worth Clinical Research Department, Fort Worth, Texas; Marjorie A.
Speers, Association for the Accreditation of Human Research Protection
Programs, Inc., Washington, D.C., former Acting Executive Director of the
National Bioethics Advisory Commission; Charles A. Johnson, Genentech, Inc.,
San Francisco, California, on behalf of the Biotechnology Industry
Organization; and David Charles, Vanderbilt University Medical Center,
Nashville, Tennessee, on behalf of the National Alliance of Medical
Researchers and Teaching Physicians.
CABLE COMPETITION
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Antitrust, Competition, and
Business and Consumer Rights concluded hearings to examine cable competition,
focusing on the proposed AT&T Broadband-Comcast merger, after receiving
testimony from Brian L. Roberts, Comcast Corporation, Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania; C. Michael Armstrong, AT&T Corporation, Basking Ridge, New
Jersey; Garry Betty, Earthlink, Atlanta, Georgia; Richard R. Greene, Cable
Television Laboratories, Inc., Louisville, Colorado; Mark Haverkate, WideOpen
West, Castle Rock, Colorado, on behalf of the Broadband Service Providers
Association; and Robert A. Perry, Mitsubishi Digital Electronics America,
Inc., Irvine, California.
Joint Meetings
BANKRUPTCY REFORM
Conferees met to resolve the differences between the Senate and House passed
versions of H.R. 333, to amend title 11, United States Code, but did not
complete action thereon, and recessed subject to the call.
2002/04/24
Daily Digest - Wednesday, April 24, 2002; pages D379 - D388
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
APPROPRIATIONS--NATIONAL GUARD AND RESERVE
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense concluded hearings on
proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2003, after receiving testimony in
behalf of funds for their respective activities from Lt. Gen. Russell C.
Davis, USAF, Chief, National Guard Bureau; Lt. Gen. Roger C. Schultz, USA,
Director, and Brig. Gen. David A. Brubaker, Deputy Director, USAF, both of the
Air National Guard; VAdm. John B. Totushek, USNR, Chief of Naval Reserve; Lt.
Gen. Dennis M. McCarthy, USMC, Commander, Marine Forces Reserve; Lt. Gen.
James E. Sherrard III, USAF, Chief of Air Force Reserve; and Lt. Gen. Thomas
J. Plewes, USA, Chief of Army Reserve.
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D.C. FAMILY COURT REFORM
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on District of Columbia concluded
hearings to examine reformation efforts of the District of Columbia Family
Court, focusing on the transition from the Family Division of the Superior
Court of the District of Columbia to the Family Court of the Superior Court,
recruiting trained and experienced judges, and promoting consistency and
efficiency in the assignment of judges and actions and proceedings in the
Family Court, after receiving testimony from Cornelia M. Ashby, Director,
Education, Workforce, and Income Security Issues, General Accounting Office;
Rufus King III, Chief Judge, and Lee Satterfield, Presiding Judge, Family
Court, both of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia; Matthew I.
Fraidin, Children's Law Center, and Deborah Luxenberg, on behalf of the
Council for Court Excellence, both of Washington, D.C.; and Jacqueline Dolan,
Pasadena, California, on behalf of the California Partnership for Children.
APPROPRIATIONS--STATE
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Foreign Operations concluded
hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2003 for the Department
of State , after receiving testimony from Colin L. Powell, Secretary of State.
APPROPRIATIONS--NATIONAL DRUG CONTROL POLICY
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Treasury and General Government
concluded hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2003 for the
Office of National Drug Control Policy, after receiving testimony from John P.
Walters, Director, Office of National Drug Control Policy.
APPROPRIATIONS--LOW-INCOME COMMUNITIES
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on VA, HUD, and Independent Agencies
concluded hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2003, after
receiving testimony in behalf of funds for their respective activities from
Ellen W. Lazar, Executive Director, Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation; and
Tony T. Brown, Director, Community Development Financial Institutions,
Department of the Treasury.
HOMELAND SECURITY AND THE TECHNOLOGY SECTOR
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on Science,
Technology, and Space concluded hearings on S. 2037, to mobilize technology
and science experts to respond quickly to the threats posed by terrorist
attacks and other emergencies, by providing for the establishment of a
national emergency technology guard, a technology reliability advisory board,
and a center for evaluating antiterrorism and disaster response technology
within the National Institute of Standards and Technology; and S. 2182, to
authorize funding for computer and network security research and development
and research fellowship programs, after receiving testimony from
Representative Boehlert; George Strawn, Acting Assistant Director, Directorate
for Computer and Information Science and Engineering, National Science
Foundation; Ronil Hira, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers-USA,
and Lance J. Hoffman, George Washington University Department of Computer
Science, on behalf of the Association for Computing Machinery, both of
Washington, D.C.; Jeffrey M. Logan, M/A-COM Wireless Systems, Inc.,
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania; W. Wyatt Starnes, Tripwire, Inc., Portland, Oregon.
T'UF SHUR BIEN PRESERVATION TRUST AREA ACT
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources/Committee on Indian Affairs:
Committees concluded joint hearings on S. 2018, to establish the T'uf Shur
Bien Preservation Trust Area within the Cibola National Forest in the State of
New Mexico to resolve a land claim involving the Sandia Mountain Wilderness,
after receiving testimony from William G. Myers III, Solicitor, Department of
the Interior; Thomas L. Sansonetti, Assistant Attorney General, Environment
and Natural Resources Division, Department of Justice; Nancy Bryson, General
Counsel, Department of Agriculture; Stanley M. Hordes, HMS Associates, Inc.,
Santa Fe, New Mexico; John D. Leshy, University of California Hastings College
of Law, San Francisco, former Solicitor, Department of the Interior; Stuwart
Paisano, Sandia Tribal Council, Bernalillo, New Mexico; and E. Tim Cummins,
Bernalillo County Commission, Walter E. Stern, Modrall, Sperling, Roehl,
Harris, and Sisk, on behalf of the Sandia Peak Tram and Ski Company, Guy
Riordan, Piedra Lisa Tract, Anita P. Miller, Sandia Mountain Coalition, and
Edward Sullivan, New Mexico Wilderness, all of Albuquerque, New Mexico.
U.S.-COLOMBIA POLICY
Committee on Foreign Relations: Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere, Peace
Corps and Narcotics Affairs concluded hearings to examine future relations
between the United States and Colombia, focusing on economic stabilization,
drug and arms trafficking, and respect for human rights, after receiving
testimony from Marc Grossman, Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs;
Peter W. Rodman, Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security
Affairs; Maj. Gen. Gary D. Speer, USA, Acting Commander in Chief, U. S.
Southern Command; and Mark L. Schneider, International Crisis Group, and Jose
Miguel Vivanco, Human Rights Watch, both of Washington, D.C.
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BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee ordered
favorably reported the following business items:
S. 1284, to prohibit employment discrimination on the basis of sexual
orientation, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute; and
The nominations of Evelyn Dee Potter Rose, of Texas, to be a Member of the
National Council on the Arts, and James R. Stoner, Jr., of Louisiana, to be a
Member of the National Council on the Humanities, both of the National
Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities, and Kathleen M. Harrington, of the
District of Columbia, to be an Assistant Secretary of Labor.
INDIAN FINANCING ACT
Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee concluded hearings on S. 2017, to amend
the Indian Financing Act of 1974 to improve the effectiveness of the Indian
loan guarantee and insurance program, after receiving testimony from
Representative Bono; Les Minthorn, Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian
Reservation, Pendleton, Oregon; Marcia Warren Edelman, National Congress of
American Indians, Washington, D.C.; and Kevin McGuire, Palm Desert National
Bank, Palm Desert, 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 on Wednesday, May 1.
No Joint hearings noted.
2002/04/25
Daily Digest - Thursday, April 25, 2002; pages D390 - D400
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
APPROPRIATIONS -- FOREST SERVICE
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Interior concluded hearings on
proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2003 for the Forest Service, after
receiving testimony from Dale N. Bosworth, Chief, Forest Service, Department
of Agriculture.
COOPERATIVE THREAT REDUCTION PROGRAM BRIEFING
Committee on Armed Services: Committee met in closed session to receive a
briefing on the Administration's request for a waiver in the certifications
required for the Cooperative Threat Reduction Program and on a recent report
from the Joint Atomic Energy Intelligence Committee from representatives of
the Department of Defense, Department of Energy, Department of State, and the
Central Intelligence Agency.
TRANSPORTATION EQUITY ACT
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on Housing and
Transportation concluded hearings on proposed legislation authorizing funds
for the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (TEA-21), after
receiving testimony from Jennifer L. Dorn, Administrator, Federal Transit
Administration, Department of Transportation; Faye L. Moore, Southeastern
Pennsylvania Transportation Authority, Philadelphia; Beverly A. Scott, Rhode
Island Public Transit Authority, Providence; and Larry Worth, Northeast
Colorado Association of Local Governments, Ft. Morgan.
ONLINE PERSONAL PRIVACY ACT
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded
hearings on S. 2201, to protect the online privacy of individuals who use the
Internet, after receiving testimony from Barbara Lawler, Hewlett Packard
Company, Marc Rotenberg, Electronic Privacy Information Center, Paul Misener,
Amazon.com, Frank Torres, Consumers Union, and John C. Dugan, Covington and
Burling, on behalf of the Financial Services Coordinating Council, all of
Washington, D.C.
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NOMINATION
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded
hearings on the nomination of Harold D. Stratton, of New Mexico, to be
Commissioner and Chairman of the Consumer Product Safety Commission, after the
nominee, who was introduced by Senator Domenici, testified and answered
questions in his own behalf.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee order favorably reported
the following bills:
S. 975, to improve environmental policy by providing assistance for State and
tribal land use planning, to promote improved quality of life, regionalism,
and sustainable economic development, with an amendment in the nature of a
substitute;
S. 1079, to amend the Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965 to
provide assistance to communities for the redevelopment of brownfield sites,
with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
S. 1646, to identify certain routes in the States of Texas, Oklahoma,
Colorado, and New Mexico as part of the Ports-to-Plains Corridor, a high
priority corridor on the National Highway System;
S. 2024, to amend title 23, United States Code, to authorize use of electric
personal assistive mobility device on trails and pedestrian walkways
constructed or maintained with Federal-aid highway funds;
S. 2064, to reauthorize the United States Institute for Environmental Conflict
Resolution;
H.R. 3480, to promote Department of the Interior efforts to provide a
scientific basis for the management of sediment and nutrient loss in the Upper
Mississippi River Basin;
S. 1721, to designate the building located at 1 Federal Plaza in New York, New
York, as the "James L. Watson United States Court of International Trade
Building", with an amendment;
H.R. 495, to designate the Federal building located in Charlotte Amalie, St.
Thomas, United States Virgin Islands, as the "Ron de Lugo Federal
Building";
H.R. 819, to designate the Federal building located at 143 West Liberty
Street, Medina, Ohio, as the "Donald J. Pease Federal Building";
H.R. 3093, to designate the Federal building and United States courthouse
located at 501 Bell Street in Alton, Illinois, as the "William L. Beatty
Federal Building and United States Courthouse"; and
H.R. 3282, to designate the Federal building and United States courthouse
located at 400 North Main Street in Butte, Montana, as the "Mike
Mansfield
Federal Building and United States Courthouse".
WELFARE REFORM
Committee on Finance: Subcommittee on Social Security and Family Policy
concluded hearings on proposed legislation authorizing funds for the Temporary
Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) Program, created by the Welfare Reform
Law of 1996, focusing on helping hard-to-employ families successfully
transition from welfare to work, after receiving testimony from Natasha K.
Metcalf, Tennessee Department of Human Services, Nashville; Stephanie Smith,
Goodwill Industries of Southern Arizona, Tucson; David Butler, Manpower
Demonstration Research Corporation, New York, New York; and Michelle Laureano,
Patterson, New Jersey.
INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES EDUCATION
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee concluded
hearings to examine the implementation of the Individuals With Disabilities
Education Act (IDEA), focusing on behavioral support in schools to ensure safe
schools for students and teachers while protecting the rights of students with
disabilities, after receiving testimony from Ronnie M. Jackson, Dale County
School District, Ozark, Alabama; Kathleen B. Boundy, Center for Law and
Education, Boston, Massachusetts; George Sugai, University of Oregon Center on
Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports, Eugene; Marsha Weissman,
Center for Community Alternatives, Syracuse, New York; and Sarah A. Flanagan,
Falls Church, Virginia.
WOMEN'S HEALTH
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Subcommittee on Public
Health concluded hearings to examine women's health issues, including the role
of the Department of Health and Human Services in improving the health of
women and making prevention a centerpiece, after receiving testimony from Eve
E. Slater, Assistant Secretary for Health, and James S. Marks, Director,
National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention, both of the Department of Health and Human
Services; Carolyn M. Mazure, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven,
Connecticut, on behalf of the Women's Health Research Coalition; Marlene B.
Jezierski, Allina Hospitals and Clinics, Minneapolis, Minnesota; Thomas
Gellhaus, Obstetrics and Gynecology Specialists, Davenport, Iowa, on behalf of
the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists; and Alice Ammerman,
University of North Carolina Schools of Public Health and Medicine, Chapel
Hill, on behalf of the WISEWOMAN Program.
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BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee ordered favorably reported the following
business items:
S. 2010, to provide for criminal prosecution of persons who alter or destroy
evidence in certain Federal investigations or defraud investors of publicly
traded securities, to disallow debts incurred in violation of securities fraud
laws from being discharged in bankruptcy, to protect whistleblowers against
retaliation by their employers, with an amendment in the nature of a
substitute;
S. 1974, to make needed reforms in the Federal Bureau of Investigation, with
an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
S. 410, to amend the Violence Against Women Act of 2000 by expanding the legal
assistance for victims of violence grant program to include legal assistance
for victims of dating violence;
S. Res. 245, designating the week of May 5 through May 11, 2002, as
"National
Occupational Safety and Health Week";
S. Res. 109, designating the second Sunday in the month of December as
"National Children's Memorial Day" and the last Friday in the month
of April
as "Children's Memorial Flag Day", with an amendment;
S. Res. 249, designating April 30, 2002, as "Dia de los Ninos:
Celebrating
Young Americans";
S. Con. Res. 102, proclaiming the week of May 4 through May 11, 2002, as
"National Safe Kids Week"; and
The nominations of Gorden Edward Eden, Jr., to be United States Marshal for
the District of New Mexico, David Phillip Gonzales, to be United States
Marshal for the District of Arizona, Ronald Henderson, to be United States
Marshal for the Eastern District of Missouri, John Lee Moore, to be United
States Marshal for the Eastern District of Texas, John Edward Quinn, to be
United States Marshal for the Northern District of Iowa, Charles M. Sheer, to
be United States Marshal for the Western District of Missouri, and Edward
Zahren, to be United States Marshal for the District of Colorado, all of the
Department of Justice.
Also, committee approved a committee resolution to authorize the issuance of a
subpoena with respect to the forthcoming hearings of the Subcommittee on
Antitrust, Competition, and Business and Consumer Rights on the subject of
hospital group purchasing.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded hearings on the nominations of
Julia Smith Gibbons, of Tennessee, to be United States Circuit Judge for the
Sixth Circuit, Leonard E. Davis, to be United States District Judge for the
Eastern District of Texas, David C. Godbey, to be United States District Judge
for the Northern District of Texas, Andrew S. Hanen, to be United States
District Judge for the Southern District of Texas, Samuel H. Mays, Jr., to be
United States District Judge for the Western District of Tennessee, Thomas M.
Rose, to be United States District Judge for the Southern District of Ohio,
after the nominees testified and answered questions in their own behalf. Ms.
Gibbons and Mr. Mays were introduced by Senators Frist and Thompson, Mr. Davis
was introduced by Senators Hutchison, and Gramm, and Representatives Ford Jr.,
Sandlin, and Hall, Mr. Godbey and Mr. Hanen were introduced by Senators
Hutchison and Gramm, and Representatives Ford, Jr., and Sandlin, and Mr. Rose
was introduced by Senator DeWine, and Representative Hobson.
VA NURSING HOME CARE OPTIONS
Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Committee concluded hearings to examine the
Veterans' Association's expansion of noninstitutional long-term care services
in response to the Veterans Millennium Health Care and Benefits Act, as well
as the types of noninstitutional long-term services being offered, after
receiving testimony from Cynthia A. Bascetta, Director, Health Care-Veterans'
Health and Benefits Issues, General Accounting Office; Robert H. Roswell,
Under Secretary of Veterans Affairs for Health; Gladys M. Dickerson, VA North
Texas Health Care Systems, Dallas; Jennifer Moye, Harvard Medical School
Department of Psychiatry, Boston, on behalf of the VA Medical Center Geriatric
Mental Health Clinic/Unified Psychogeriatric Biopsychosocial Evaluation and
Treatment (UPBEAT) program; Paula Hemmings, New York Veterans Integrated
Services Network, Albany, on behalf of the Alzheimer's Association; and Thomas
G. McClure, Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System, Little Rock.
BUSINESS MEETING
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee ordered favorably reported the
nomination of John Leonard Helgerson, of Virginia, to be Inspector General,
Central Intelligence Agency.
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No Joint hearings noted.
2002/04/26
Daily Digest - Friday, April 26, 2002; pages D402 - D406
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded hearings on the nominations
of Adm. Thomas B. Fargo, USN, to be Admiral and Commander in Chief, United
States Pacific Command, and Lt. Gen. Leon J. LaPorte, USA, to be General and
Commander in Chief, United Nations Command/Combined Forces Command/Commander,
United States Forces Korea, after the nominees testified and answered
questions in their own behalf. Adm. Fargo was introduced by Senator Cleland,
and Lt. Gen. LaPorte was introduced by Senator Reed.
FAMILIES AND FUNERAL PRACTICES
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Subcommittee on Children
and Families concluded hearings to examine recent accounts of misleading
practices and potential violations of state and federal regulatory standards
in the funeral industry, receiving testimony from Senator Cleland;
Representative Foley; Eileen Harrington, Associate Director of Marketing
Practices, Bureau of Consumer Protection, Federal Trade Commission; Lisa
Carlson, Funeral Consumers Alliance, Inc., Hinesburg, Vermont; Diana D. Kurz,
Newington Memorial Funeral Home, Newington, Connecticut, on behalf of the
National Funeral Directors Association; Father Henry Wasielewski, Catholic
Diocese of Pheonix, Tempe, Arizona, on behalf of the Interfaith Funeral
Information Committee; and Barbara Osborne, Canton, Mississippi.
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No Joint hearings noted.
2002/04/29
Daily Digest - Monday, April 29, 2002; pages D408 - D410
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Armed Services: Committee ordered favorably reported the
nominations of Adm. Thomas B. Fargo, USN, to be Admiral and Commander in
Chief, United States Pacific Command, Lt. Gen. Leon J. LaPorte, USA, to be
General and Commander in Chief, United Nations Command/Combined Forces
Command/Commander, United States Forces Korea, and 1,349 military nominations
in the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, and Air Force.
INTELLIGENCE
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee met in closed session to consider
pending intelligence matters.
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No Joint hearings noted.
2002/04/30
Daily Digest - Tuesday, April 30, 2002; pages D412 - D418
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
HOMELAND SECURITY SUPPLEMENTAL
Committee on Appropriations: Committee held hearings to examine homeland
security funding issues and proposed legislation making supplemental
appropriations for homeland security and the war on terrorism for the fiscal
year ending September 30, 2002, receiving testimony from Paul H. O'Neill,
Secretary of the Treasury; Colin Powell, Secretary of State; and Ann M.
Veneman, Secretary of Agriculture.
Hearings continue on Thursday, May 2.
ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services,
and Education concluded hearings to examine issues surrounding Alzheimer's
disease, including the efforts to increase funding for research and services
in order to better understand, treat, and prevent the disease, after receiving
testimony from Richard J. Hodes, Director, National Institute of Aging,
National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services; and
Marilyn Albert, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, Orien Reid,
Laverock, Pennsylvania, David Hyde Pierce, Los Angeles, California, and Carol
and Gene Gratz, New Hampton, Iowa, all on behalf of the Alzheimer's
Association.
GASOLINES PRICES
Committee on Governmental Affairs: Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations
held hearings to examine how gasoline prices are set in the United States,
focusing on price volatility, mergers and acquisitions, cost of crude oil, and
gasoline production and delivery, receiving testimony from James S. Carter,
ExxonMobil Fuels Marketing Company, Fairfax, Virginia; Gary R. Heminger,
Marathon Ashland Petroleum LLC, Findlay, Ohio; Ross J. Pillari, British
Petroleum, Warrenville, Illinois; David C. Reeves, ChevronTexaco Corporation,
San Ramon, California; and Rob Routs, Shell Oil Products U.S., Houston, Texas.
Hearings continue on Thursday, May 2.
NOMINATION
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee concluded
hearings on the nomination of Elias A. Zerhouni, Maryland, to be Director of
the National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services,
after the nominee, who was introduced by Senators Mikulski and Sarbanes,
testified and answered questions in his own behalf.
HOSPITAL GROUP PURCHASING
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Antitrust, Competition, and
Business and Consumer Rights held hearings to examine the competitive effects
of hospital group purchasing on smaller and competitive medical equipment
manufacturers and pharmaceutical companies seeking to sell their devices,
equipment, drugs and supplies to hospitals, and the subsequent cost effects
passed on to the consumer, receiving testimony from Trisha Barrett, University
of California, San Francisco Medical Center, San Francisco; Lynn R. Detlor,
GPO Concepts, Inc., and Richard A. Norling, Premier, Inc., both of San Diego,
California; Mitchell Goldstein, Citrus Valley Medical Center, West Covina,
California; Joe E. Kiani, Masimo Corporation, Irvine, California; Mark
McKenna, Novation, Irving, Texas; and Elizabeth A. Weatherman, Warburg Pincus,
New York, New York, on behalf of the National Venture Capital Association.
Hearings recessed subject to call.
NATIVE AMERICAN SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT
Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship/Committee on Indian Affairs:
Committees concluded joint hearings on S. 2335, to establish the Office of
Native American Affairs within the Small Business Administration, and to
create the Native American Small Business Development Program; and H.R. 2538,
to amend the Small Business Act to expand and improve the assistance provided
by Small Business Development Centers to Indian tribe members, Alaska Natives,
and Native Hawaiians, after receiving testimony from Senator Johnson;
Representative Udall; Kaaren Johnson Street, Associate Deputy Administrator
for Entrepreneurial Development, Small Business Administration; Gerald
Danforth, Oneida D414Tribe of Indians of Wisconsin, Oneida; Pete Homer, Jr.,
National Indian Business Association, Washington, D.C.; Derek J. Dorr, DECO,
Inc., Onimia, Minnesota; Monica Drapeaux, The Lakota Fund, Kyle, South Dakota;
and Tom Hampson, ONABEN: A Native American Business Network, Tigard, Oregon.
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Joint Meetings
FEDERAL SCHOOL LUNCH SAFETY
Joint Hearing: Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs Subcommittee on
Oversight of Government Management, Restructuring and the District of Columbia
concluded oversight hearings with the House Committee on Government Reform
Subcommittee on Government Efficiency, Financial Management and
Intergovernmental Relations to examine the adequacy and efficiency of the
National School Program and how managerial and organization deficiencies at
the Federal level may be affecting the health of school children, after
receiving testimony from Representative DeLauro; Lawrence J. Dyckman,
Director, Natural Resources and Environment, General Accounting Office; Lester
M. Crawford, Deputy Commissioner, Food and Drug Administration, Department of
Health and Human Services; Elsa Murano, Under Secretary of Agriculture for
Food Safety; Caroline Smith DeWaal, Center for Science in the Public Interest,
and John Bode, National Food Processors Association, both of Washington, D.C.;
Susan Doneth, Marshall, Michigan, and Cheryl Roberts, Comer, Georgia, both on
behalf of Safe Tables Our Priority; and Mary Klatko, Howard County Public
School System, Ellicott City, Maryland, on behalf of the American School Food
Service Association.
2002/05/01
Daily Digest - Wednesday, May 1, 2002; pages D420 - D428
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
APPROPRIATIONS--NAVY
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense concluded hearings on
proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2003 for the United States 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.
APPROPRIATIONS--SENATE SERGEANT AT ARMS/CAPITOL POLICE
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Legislative Branch concluded
hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2003 for the Office of
the Senate Sergeant at Arms and U.S. Capitol Police, after receiving testimony
on behalf of funds for their respective activities from Alfonso E. Lenhardt,
U.S. Senate Sergeant-at-Arms; Wilson Livingwood, Chairman, Capitol Police
Board; Robert R. Howe, Acting Chief, U.S. Capitol Police; and Alan M. Hantman,
Architect of the U.S. Capitol.
APPROPRIATIONS--NASA
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on VA, HUD, and Independent Agencies
concluded hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2003 for the
National Aeronautics and Space Administration, after receiving testimony from
Sean O'Keefe, Administrator, National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC AND EXCHANGE RATE POLICY
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded
oversight hearings to examine the Treasury Department's report to Congress on
International Economic and Exchange Rate Policy, which reviews the global
economic developments in the second half of 2001, after receiving testimony
from Paul H. O'Neill, Secretary of the Treasury; Richard L. Trumka, AFL-CIO,
Jerry J. Jasinowki, National Association of Manufacturers, and C. Fred
Bergsten, Institute for International Economics, all of Washington, D.C.; Bob
Stallman, Columbus, Texas, on behalf of the American Farm Bureau Federation;
Ernest H. Preeg, Manufacturers Alliance/MAPI, Arlington, Virginia; and Steve
H. Hanke, Johns Hopkins University Department of Economics, Baltimore,
Maryland.
FEDERAL HOUSING
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on Housing and
Transportation concluded oversight hearings on proposed legislation
authorizing funds for the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families and Federal
Housing Policy, after receiving testimony from Senator Corzine; Michael
O'Keefe, Minnesota Department of Human Services, St. Paul; and Barbara Sard,
Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, and Robert Rector, Heritage
Foundation, both of Washington, D.C.
NOAA BUDGET
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded
hearings on the President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 2003 for
the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, after receiving testimony
from VAdm. Conrad C. Lautenbacher, Jr., USN (Ret.), Administrator, National
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and Under Secretary for Oceans and
Atmosphere, Department of Commerce.
FUTURE OF NATO
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded hearings to examine the
future of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, after receiving testimony
from Marc Grossman, Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs; Douglas J.
Feith, Under Secretary of Defense for Policy; and Gen. Wesley K. Clark, USA
(Ret.), Stephens Group, former Supreme Allied Commander Europe, and Lt. Gen.
William E. Odom, USA (Ret.), Hudson Institute, former Director, National
Security Agency, both of Washington, D.C.
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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, May 8.
No Joint hearings noted.
2002/05/02
Daily Digest - Thursday, May 2, 2002; pages D429 - D438
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
APPROPRIATIONS--HOMELAND SECURITY/SUPPLEMENTAL
Committee on Appropriations: Committee resumed hearings to examine homeland
security funding issues and proposed legislation making supplemental
appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2002, receiving
testimony on behalf of funds for their respective activities from Norma Y.
Mineta, Secretary of Transportation; Tommy G. Thompson, Secretary of Health
and Human Services; John Ashcroft, Attorney General of the United States; and
Joe M. Allbaugh, Director, Federal Emergency Management Agency.
Hearings continue on Tuesday, May 7.
FINANCIAL SERVICES ACCESS
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded
oversight hearings to examine accessibility of basic financial services to
lower income households and bringing more Americans into the financial
mainstream, after receiving testimony from Sheila C. Bair, Assistant Secretary
of the Treasury for Financial Institutions; Michael S. Barr, University of
Michigan Law School, Ann Arbor, former Deputy Assistant Secretary of the
Treasury for Community Development Policy; Fran Grossman, Shorebank Advisory
Services, and Marva E. Williams, Woodstock Institute, both of Chicago,
Illinois; Jaye Morgan Williams, Bank One Corporation, Washington, D.C.; and
Rufino Carbajal, Jr., West Texas Credit Union, El Paso, on behalf of the
Credit Union National Association.
CITIZEN PROTECTION ABROAD
Committee on Foreign Relations: Subcommittee on International Operations and
Terrorism concluded hearings to examine Federal efforts to protect U. S.
citizens from terrorism abroad, including Embassy personnel, journalists, and
private citizens, after receiving testimony from Peter E. Bergin, Principal
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Diplomatic Security and Director of the
Diplomatic Security Service, and Dianne M. Andruch, Deputy Assistant Secretary
for Overseas Citizens Services, Bureau of Consular Affairs, both of the
Department of State; Frank Smyth, Committee to Protect Journalists, Thomas P.
Ondeck, GlobalOptions, Inc, and Sheryl E. Spivack, George Washington
University, all of Washington, D.C.; and Vernon Penner, Crisis Management
Worldwide, former Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Overseas Citizens
Services, Annapolis, Maryland.
GASOLINE PRICES
Committee on Governmental Affairs: Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations
concluded hearings to examine how gasoline prices are set in the United
States, focusing on price volatility, mergers and acquisitions, cost of crude
oil, and gasoline production and delivery, after receiving testimony from
Senator Wyden; Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal, Hartford;
Michigan Attorney General Jennifer M. Granholm, Lansing; Tom Green, California
Department of Justice, Sacramento; Peter K. Ashton, Innovation and Information
Consultants, Inc., Concord, Massachusetts; Justine S. Hastings, Dartmouth
College Department of Economics, Hanover, New Hampshire; R. Preston McAfee,
University of Texas Department of Economics, Austin; and Philip K. Verleger,
Jr., PKVerleger, Newport Beach, California.
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NOMINATION
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee ordered
favorably reported the nomination Elias Adam Zerhouni, of Maryland, to be
Director of the National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human
Services.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee ordered favorably reported the following
business items:
S. 1644, to further the protection and recognition of veterans' memorials;
S. 2431, to amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to
ensure that chaplains killed in the line of duty receive public safety officer
death benefits, with an amendment;
S. Res. 255, to designate the week beginning May 5, 2002, as "National
Correctional Officers and Employees Week"; and
The nominations of Julia Smith Gibbons, of Tennessee, to be United States
Circuit Judge for the Sixth Circuit, Leonard E. Davis, to be United States
District Judge for the Eastern District of Texas, Andrew S. Hanen, to be
United States District Judge for the Southern District of Texas, Samuel H.
Mays, Jr., to be United States District Judge for the Western District of
Tennessee, Thomas M. Rose, to be United States District Judge for the Southern
District of Ohio, Paul G. Cassell, to be United States District Judge for the
District of Utah, and Steven M. Biskupic, to be United States Attorney for the
Eastern District of Wisconsin, James E. McMahon, to be United States Attorney
for the District of South Dakota, Jan Paul Miller, to be United States
Attorney for the Central District of Illinois, Walter Robert Bradley, to be
United States Marshal for the District of Kansas, Randy Paul Ely, to be United
States Marshal for the Northern District of Texas, William P. Kruziki, to be
United States Marshal for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, Stephen Robert
Monier, to be United States Marshal for the District of New Hampshire, and
Gary Edward Shovlin, to be United States Marshal for the Eastern District of
Pennsylvania, all of the Department of Justice.
IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded hearings to examine proposed
legislation to restructure the Immigration and Naturalization Service,
Department of Justice, after receiving testimony from Representative Mazzoli;
Paul W. Virtue, Hogan and Hartson, Washington, D.C., former General Counsel,
Immigration and Naturalization Service, Department of Justice; and Stephen
Yale-Loehr, Cornell Law School, Ithaca, New York, on behalf American
Immigration Lawyers Association.
VETERANS AFFAIRS
Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Committee concluded hearings on miscellaneous
Veterans Affairs legislation (S. 984, S. 1113, S. 1408, S. 1517, S. 1561, S.
1576, S. 1680, S. 1905, S. 2003, S. 2025, S. 2043, S. 2044, S. 2060, S. 2073,
S. 2074, S. 2079, S. 2132, S. 2186, S. 2187, S. 2205, S. 2209, S. 2227, S.
2228, S. 2229, S. 2230, S. 2231, S. 2237), after receiving testimony from Tim
McClain, General Counsel, Department of Veterans Affairs, who was accompanied
by several of his associates; and James R. Fischl, American Legion National
Veterans Affairs and Rehabilitation Commission, Joseph A. Violante, Disabled
American Veterans, David M. Tucker, Paralyzed Veterans of America, and Dennis
M. Cullinan, Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States, all of Washington,
D.C.
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No Joint hearings noted.
2002/05/03
Daily Digest - Friday, May 3, 2002; pages D439 - D440
Committee Meetings
No committee meetings were held.
No Joint hearings noted.
2002/05/06
Daily Digest - Monday, May 6, 2002; pages D441 - D444
Committee Meetings
No committee meetings were held.
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No Joint hearings noted.
2002/05/07
Daily Digest - Tuesday, May 7, 2002; pages D446 - D452
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
APPROPRIATIONS--HOMELAND SECURITY/SUPPLEMENTAL
Committee on Appropriations: Committee concluded hearings to examine homeland
security funding issues and proposed legislation making supplemental
appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2002, after receiving
testimony from Senator Sam Nunn, on behalf of the Nuclear Threat Initiative;
and Donald H. Rumsfeld, Secretary of Defense.
AUTHORIZATION--DEFENSE
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Airland met in closed session and
approved for full committee consideration, those provisions which fall within
the jurisdiction of the subcommittee, of proposed legislation authorizing
appropriations for fiscal year 2003 for military activities of the Department
of Defense.
AUTHORIZATION--DEFENSE
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Personnel met in closed session
and approved for full committee consideration, those provisions which fall
within the jurisdiction of the subcommittee, of proposed legislation
authorizing appropriations for fiscal year 2003 for military activities of the
Department of Defense.
AUTHORIZATION--DEFENSE
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Readiness and Management Support
met in closed session and approved for full committee consideration, those
provisions which fall within the jurisdiction of the subcommittee, of proposed
legislation authorizing appropriations for fiscal year 2003 for military
activities of the Department of Defense.
WILDLAND FIRE PREPAREDNESS
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded hearings to
examine this year's wildlife fire season, as well as to assess the Federal
land management agencies' state of readiness and preparedness for the wildland
fire season, after receiving testimony from Timothy Hartzell, Director of the
Office of Wildland Fire Coordination, Department of the Interior; and Joel
Holtrup, Deputy Chief for State and Private Forestry, Forest Service,
Department of Agriculture.
NOMINATION
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee concluded hearings on the
nomination of John Peter Suarez, of New Jersey, to be Assistant Administrator,
Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance, Environmental Protection
Agency, after the nominee, who was introduced by Senator Corzine, testified
and answered questions in his own behalf.
ENVIRONMENTAL TREATIES
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded hearings on the Amendment
to the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer (the
"Montreal Protocol"), adopted at Beijing on December 3, 1999, by the
Eleventh
Meeting of the Parties to the Montreal Protocol (the "Beijing
Amendment")
(Treaty Doc. 106-32), Amendment to the Montreal Protocol on Substances that
Deplete the Ozone Layer (the "Montreal Protocol"), adopted at
Montreal on
September 15-17, 1997, by the Ninth Meeting to the Parties to the Montreal
Protocol (Treaty Doc. 106-10), Protocol Concerning Specially Protected Areas
and Wildlife to the Convention for the Protection and Development of the
Marine Environment of the Wider Caribbean Region, done at Kingston on January
18, 1990, (Treaty Doc. 103-05), Agreement Establishing the South Pacific
Regional Environment Programme, done at Apia on June 16, 1993 (Treaty Doc.
105-32), Treaty Between the Government of the United States of America and the
Government of Niue on the Delimitation of a Maritime Boundary, signed in
Wellington, May 13, 1997 (Treaty Doc. 105-53), and a Protocol to Amend the
1949 Convention on the Establishment of an Inter-American Tropical Tuna
Commission, done at Guayaquil, June 11, 1999, and signed by the United States,
subject to ratification, in Guayaquil, Ecuador, on the same date (Treaty Doc.
107-02), after receiving testimony from John F. Turner, Assistant Secretary of
State for Oceans and Environmental and Scientific Affairs; Thomas V. Grasso,
World Wildlife Fund Marine Conservation Program, Washington, D.C.; and David
Read Barker, Monitor International, Annapolis, Maryland.
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ENRON COLLAPSE
Committee on Governmental Affairs: Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations
held hearings to examine the role of the Board of Directors in the collapse of
the Enron Corporation, focusing on the Board's oversight efforts, interactions
with Enron management and Arthur Andersen, and adequate response to warning
signs of Enron's impending collapse, as well as the actions of the Board's
Finance, Audit, and Compensation Committees, receiving testimony from Michael
H. Sutton, Williamsburg, Virginia, former Chief Accountant, Securities and
Exchange Commission; John H. Duncan, Houston, Texas, Herbert S. Winokur, Jr.,
Greenwich, Connecticut, Robert K. Jaedicke, Bozeman, Montana, Charles A.
LeMaistre, San Antonio, Texas, and Norman P. Blake, Rosemont, Illinois, all on
behalf on the Enron Corporation; Charles M. Elson, University of Delaware
Center for Corporate Governance, Newark; and Robert H. Campbell, Coronado,
California.
Hearings recessed subject to call.
NATIONAL FAMILY CAREGIVER SUPPORT PROGRAM
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Subcommittee on Aging
concluded hearings to examine the implementation of the Administration on
Aging's National Family Caregiver Support Program, after receiving testimony
from Josefina G. Carbonell, Assistant Secretary of Health and Human Services
for Aging; Sue F. Ward, Maryland Department of Aging, Baltimore; John N.
Skirven, Senior Services of Southeastern Virginia, Norfolk; and Barbara
McSweeney, Washington, D.C.
No Joint hearings noted.
2002/05/08
Daily Digest - Wednesday, May 8, 2002; pages D453 - D460
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
APPROPRIATIONS--DEFENSE HEALTH PROGRAMS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense concluded hearings on
proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2003 for the Defense Health
Programs, after receiving testimony from William Winkenwerder, Jr., Assistant
Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs; Lt. Gen. James B. Peake, USA, Surgeon
General of the Army; VAdm. Michael L. Cowan, USN, Surgeon General of the Navy;
Lt. Gen. Paul K. Carlton, USAF, Air Force Surgeon General; Br. Gen. William T.
Bester, USA, Chief, Army Nurse Corps and Assistant Surgeon General for Force
Projection; RAdm. Nancy J. Lescavage, USN, Director, Navy Nurse Corps and
Assistant Chief for Healthcare Operations of the Navy Bureau of Medicine and
Surgery; and Br. Gen. Barbara C. Brannon, USAF, Assistant Surgeon General, Air
Force Nursing Services.
APPROPRIATIONS--GAO/CBO/GPO
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Legislative Branch concluded
hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2003, after receiving
testimony in behalf of funds for their respective activities from David M.
Walker, Comptroller General, General Accounting Office; Dan L. Crippen,
Director, Congressional Budget Office; and Michael F. DiMario, Public Printer,
Government Printing Office.
APPROPRIATIONS--FEMA
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on VA, HUD, and Independent Agencies
concluded hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2003 for the
Federal Emergency Management Agency, after receiving testimony from Joe M.
Allbaugh, Director, Federal Emergency Management Agency.
AUTHORIZATION--DEFENSE
Committee on Armed Services: Committee met in closed session to mark up
proposed legislation authorizing funds for fiscal year 2003 for military
activities of the Department of Defense, but did not complete action thereon,
and will meet again on Thursday, May 9.
AUTHORIZATION--DEFENSE
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and Capabilities
met in closed session and approved for full committee consideration, those
provisions which fall within the jurisdiction of the subcommittee, of proposed
legislation authorizing appropriations for fiscal year 2003 for military
activities of the Department of Defense.
AUTHORIZATION--DEFENSE
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on SeaPower met in closed session
and approved for full committee consideration, those provisions which fall
within the jurisdiction of the subcommittee, of proposed legislation
authorizing appropriations for fiscal year 2003 for military activities of the
Department of Defense.
AUTHORIZATION--DEFENSE
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Strategic met in closed session
and approved for full committee consideration, those provisions which fall
within the jurisdiction of the subcommittee, of proposed legislation
authorizing appropriations for fiscal year 2003 for military activities of the
Department of Defense.
NOMINATION
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded hearings
on the nomination of Anthony Lowe, of Washington, to be Federal Insurance
Administrator, Federal Emergency Management Agency, after the nominee, who was
introduced by Senator DeWine, testified and answered questions in his own
behalf.
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NASA BUDGET
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on Science,
Technology, and Space concluded hearings on the President's proposed budget
request for fiscal year 2003 for the National Aeronautics and Space
Administration, after receiving testimony from Sean O'Keefe, Administrator,
and William F. Readdy, Deputy Associate Administrator, Office of Space Flight,
both of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
NOMINATION
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded hearings on the
nomination of Guy F. Caruso, of Virginia, to be Administrator of the Energy
Information Administration, Department of Energy, after the nominee testified
and answered questions in his own behalf.
UNDERGROUND STORAGE TANK COMPLIANCE
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Subcommittee on Superfund, Toxics,
Risk, and Waste Management concluded hearings on S. 1850, to amend the Solid
Waste Disposal Act to bring underground storage tanks into compliance with
subtitle I of that Act, to promote cleanup of leaking underground storage
tanks, to provide sufficient resources for such compliance and cleanup, after
receiving testimony from Marianne L. Horinko, Assistant Administrator, Office
of Solid Waste and Emergency Response, Environmental Protection Agency; John
Stephenson, Director, Natural Resources and Environment, General Accounting
Office; Craig Perkins, City of Santa Monica, Santa Monica, California; Grant
Cope, U.S. Public Interest Research Group, Washington, D.C.; Kathleen Stiller,
Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control, New
Castle, on behalf of the Association of State and Territorial Solid Waste
Management Officials; Arthur J. DeBlois III, DB Companies, Inc., Providence,
Rhode Island, on behalf of the Society of Independent Gasoline Marketers of
America and the National Association of Convenience Stores; and Roger Brunner,
Zurich North America, East Lansing, Michigan.
CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE INFORMATION SECURITY
Committee on Governmental Affairs: Committee concluded hearings on critical
infrastructure information security issues, focusing on facilitating the
security of the critical infrastructure of the United States, to encourage the
secure disclosure and protected exchange of critical infrastructure
information, to enhance the analysis, prevention, and detection of attacks on
critical infrastructure, and to enhance the recovery from such attacks, after
receiving testimony from Ronald L. Dick, Director, National Infrastructure
Protection Center, Federal Bureau of Investigation, and John G. Malcolm,
Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Criminal Division, both of the Department
of Justice; John S. Tritak, Director, Critical Infrastructure Assurance
Office, Department of Commerce; Michehl R. Gent, North American Electric
Reliability Council, Princeton, New Jersey; Harris N. Miller, Information
Technology Association of America, Arlington, Virginia; Alan Paller, SANS
Institute, Fredericksburg, Virginia; Ty R. Sagalow, American International
Group, New York, New York, on behalf of the Financial Services Information
Sharing and Analysis Center; David L. Sobel, Electronic Privacy Information
Center, Washington, D.C.; and Rena I. Steinzor, University of Maryland School
of Law, Baltimore, on behalf of the Natural Resources Defense Council.
AFFORDABLE PHARMACEUTICALS
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee concluded
hearings to examine certain provisions of the 1984 Drug Price Competition and
Patent Term Restoration Act, known as the Hatch-Waxman Act, assuring greater
access to affordable pharmaceuticals, after receiving testimony from Senators
McCain, Schumer, and Hatch; South Dakota Governor William Janklow, Pierre, on
behalf of the Business for Affordable Medicine; and Bruce E. Bradley, General
Motors Corporation, on behalf of the RxHealth Value, Gregory J. Glover, Ropes
and Gray, on behalf of the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of
America, and Kathleen D. Jaeger, Generic Pharmaceutical Association, all of
Washington, D.C.
NATIVE AMERICAN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee concluded hearings on S. 343, to
establish a demonstration project to authorize the integration and
coordination of Federal funding dedicated to the community, business, and
economic development of Native American communities, after receiving testimony
from Neal A. McCaleb, Assistant Secretary of the Interior for Indian Affairs;
Tex G. Hall, National Congress of American Indians, Washington, D.C.; Ivan
Makil, Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community Council, Scottsdale, Arizona;
James DeLaCruz, Quinault Indian Nation, Taholah, Washington, on behalf of the
Self-Governance Six-Tribe Consortium; and Katherine A. Spilde, Harvard
University John F. Kennedy School of Government/Project on American Indian
Economic Development, Cambridge, Massachusetts.
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FBI REFORM
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded oversight hearings to examine
the reformation of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, focusing on how the
FBI can reorganize and refocus its efforts to protect our national security by
rooting out spies and terrorists, and protecting our public safety by
investigating criminal activity with the resources made available by the
Administration and the Congress, after receiving testimony from Larry D.
Thompson, Deputy Attorney General, and Robert S. Mueller III, Director,
Federal Bureau of Investigation, both of the Department of Justice.
No Joint hearings noted.
2002/05/09
Daily Digest - Thursday, May 9, 2002; pages D462 - D468
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
AUTHORIZATION--DEFENSE
Committee on Armed Services: Committee continued in evening session to mark up
proposed legislation authorizing funds for fiscal year 2003 for military
activities of the Department of Defense.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee met and approved
the issuance of a subpoena to compel the testimony of certain witnesses.
NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on Oceans,
Atmosphere, and Fisheries held oversight hearings to examine management issues
at the National Marine Fisheries Services, receiving testimony from William T.
Hogarth, Assistant Administrator for Fisheries, National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce; Ray Kammer, Boyd,
Maryland, former Deputy Under Secretary of Commerce for the National Oceanic
and Atmospheric Administration; David Benton, North Pacific Fishery Management
Council, Anchorage, Alaska, on behalf of the North Pacific Research Board;
Penelope D. Dalton, Consortium for Oceanographic Research and Education,
Washington, D.C.; Richard E. Gutting, Jr., National Fisheries Institute,
Arlington, Virginia; and Suzanne Iudicello, Rapid City, South Dakota.
Hearings recessed subject to call.
PUBLIC LANDS AND FORESTS
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Subcommittee on Public Lands and
Forests concluded hearings on S. 454, to provide permanent funding for the
Bureau of Land Management Payment in Lieu of Taxes program, S. 1139, to direct
the Secretary of Agriculture to convey certain land to Lander County, Nevada,
and the Secretary of the Interior to convey certain land to Eureka County,
Nevada, for continued use as cemeteries, S. 1325, to ratify an agreement
between the Aleut Corporation and the United States of America to exchange
land rights received under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act for certain
land interests on Adak Island, S. 1497/H.R. 2385, to convey certain property
to the city of St. George, Utah, in order to provide for the protection and
preservation of certain rare paleontological resources on that property, S.
1711/H.R. 1576, to designate the James Peak Wilderness and the James Peak
Protection Area in the State of Colorado, and S. 1907, to direct the Secretary
of the Interior to convey certain land to the city of Haines, Oregon, after
receiving testimony from Senator Hatch; Representative Udall; H.T. Johnson,
Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Installations and Environment; Randal
Bowman, Special Assistant to the Assistant Secretary for Fish, Wildlife, and
Parks, Chris Kearney, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy and International
Affairs, and Larry Finfer, Assistant Director for Communications, Bureau of
Land Management, all of the Department of the Interior; Gloria Manning,
Associate Deputy Chief, National Forest System, Forest Service, Department of
Agriculture; and Janet S. Porter, Catron County Office of the Treasurer,
Reserve, New Mexico, on behalf of the National Association of Counties.
HIGHWAY TRUST FUND
Committee on Finance: Committee held hearings to examine revenue issues
related to the Highway Trust Fund, including improving projection and tax
estimation efficiency and accuracy, highway program size accommodation, and
enhancing tax collection to accommodate a growing program, receiving testimony
from Andrew Lyon, Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Tax Analysis;
JayEtta Z. Hecker, Director, Physical Infrastructure Issues, General
Accounting Office; and Kim P. Cawley, Chief, Natural and Physical Resources
Cost Estimates Unit, Congressional Budget Office. Hearings recessed subject
to call.
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CONSOLIDATED STUDENT LOAN INTEREST RATES
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee began hearings
to examine Federal student aid programs, receiving testimony from William D.
Hansen, Deputy Secretary of Education.
Hearings recessed subject to call.
NOMINATION PROCESS
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Administrative Oversight and the
Courts concluded hearings to examine the federal judicial selection and
confirmation of nominations process, after receiving testimony from Bonnie J.
Campbell, former Counsel to the U.S. Attorney General, and former Attorney
General of Iowa, and C. Boyden Gray, former White House Counsel, both of
Washington, D.C.; Judge Carlos Bea, California Superior Court, San Francisco;
Jorge C. Rangel, Rangel Law Firm, Corpus Christi, Texas; Kent Markus, Capital
University Law School Dave Thomas Center for Adoption Law, Columbus, Ohio; and
Enrique Moreno, Law Offices of Enrique Moreno, El Paso, Texas.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded hearings on the nominations of
Richard R. Clifton, of Hawaii, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Ninth
Circuit, Christopher C. Conner, to be United States District Judge for the
Middle District of Pennsylvania, Joy Flowers Conti, to be United States
District Judge for the Western District of Pennsylvania, and John E. Jones
III, to be United States District Judge for the Middle District of
Pennsylvania, after the nominees testified and answered questions in their own
behalf. Mr. Clifton was introduced by Senators Inouye and Akaka, Mr. Conner
was introduced by Senators Santorum and Specter, Ms. Conti was introduced by
Senators Santorum and Specter, and Representative Hart, and Mr. Jones was
introduced by Senators Santorum and Specter, and Representative Cox.
INTELLIGENCE AUTHORIZATION
Select Committee on Intelligence: On Wednesday, May 8, Committee ordered
favorably reported an original bill to authorize appropriations for fiscal
year 2003 for intelligence and intelligence-related activities of the United
States Government, the Community Management Account, and the Central
Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability System.
Joint Meetings
WAR ON TERRORISM
Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe (Helsinki Commission): On
Wednesday, May 8, Commission concluded hearings to examine efforts of the
Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) to coordinate
counter-terrorism activities among its participating States and the level to
which these States are fulfilling their commitments to cooperate in this
endeavor, as well as diplomatic and financial dimensions of the war and the
role of the European Union, after receiving testimony from James Gurule, Under
Secretary of the Treasury for Enforcement; Mark F. Wong, Principal Deputy
Coordinator for Counter-Terrorism, Department of State; Portuguese Foreign
Minister Antonio Martins da Cruz, Chairman-in-Office, OSCE, Lisbon; and Javier
Ruperez, Ambassador of Spain to the United States, Madrid.
RUSSIAN-CHECHEN WAR
Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe (Helsinki Commission):
Commission concluded hearings to examine developments in the conflict in
Chechnya, after receiving testimony from Steven Pifer, Deputy Assistant
Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs; Andrei Babitsky, Radio
Liberty, Prague, Czechoslovakia Republic; Anatol Lieven, Carnegie Endowment
for International Peace, Washington, D.C.; and Aset Chadaeva, New York, New
York.
2002/05/10
Daily Digest - Friday, May 10, 2002; pages D469 - D474
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
AUTHORIZATION--NATIONAL DEFENSE
Committee on Armed Services: On Thursday, May 9, Committee ordered favorably
reported the following bills:
An original bill entitled "National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal
Year
2003";
An original bill entitled "Department of Defense Authorization Act for
Fiscal
Year 2003";
An original bill entitled "Military Construction Authorization Act for
Fiscal
Year 2003"; and
An original bill entitled "Department of Energy National Security Act for
Fiscal Year 2003".
Also, committee received a report from the Select Committee on Intelligence on
the proposed Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2003.
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No Joint hearings noted.
2002/05/13
Daily Digest - Monday, May 13, 2002; pages D475 - D478
Committee Meetings
( Committees not listed did not meet)
UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE
Committee on Governmental Affairs: Subcommittee on International Security,
Proliferation and Federal Services concluded hearings to examine U.S. Postal
Service financial and transformation challenges, including decreasing mail
volume and anthrax transmittal incidence since September 11, declining
revenues in the face of large fixed expenses, and the substantial projected
budget deficits for fiscal year 2002, after receiving testimony from John E.
Potter, Postmaster General/CEO, United States Postal Service; and David M.
Walker, Comptroller General of the United States, General Accounting Office.
AUTHORIZATION--PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY AND WORK OPPORTUNITY RECONCILIATION ACT
Committee on Indian Affairs: On Friday, May 10, committee concluded hearings
on the implementation and reauthorization of the Personal Responsibility and
Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act, after receiving testimony from Cynthia M.
Fagnoni, Managing Director, Education, Workforce and Income Security Issues,
General Accounting Office; Stephen Cornell, University of Arizona Udall Center
for Studies in Public Policy, Tucson; Dallas Massey, Sr., White Mountain
Apache Tribe, Whiteriver, Arizona; Alvin Windy Boy, Chippewa Cree Tribe of the
Rocky Boy's Reservation, Box Elder, Montana; Mike Peters, Sisseton Wahpeton
Sioux Tribe, Agency Village, South Dakota; Teresa Wall-McDonald, Salish and
Kootenai Tribes, Pablo, Montana; Sarah Hicks, National Congress of American
Indians, Washington, D.C.; Doug Howard, Michigan Family Independence Agency,
Lansing, on behalf of the American Public Human Services Association; Virginia
Hill, Torres Martinez Tribal TANF, Thermal, California; Julie Quaid,
Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs, Warm Springs, Oregon, on behalf of the
National Indian Child Care Association; and Terry Cross, National Indian Child
Welfare Association, Portland, Oregon.
No Joint hearings noted.
2002/05/14
Daily Digest - Tuesday, May 14, 2002; pages D480 - D486
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
NATIONAL EXPORT STRATEGY
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded
oversight hearings to examine the Annual National Export Strategy Report of
the Trade Promotion Coordinating Committee, focusing on the ability to foster
development in, and trade with, South- and South-East Asia and Africa, in
order to promote international stability, after receiving testimony from
Donald L. Evans, Secretary of Commerce, Eduardo Aguirre, Vice Chairman and
First Vice President, Export-Import Bank of the United States, Hector V.
Barreto, Administrator, Small Business Administration, Thelma J. Askey,
Director, U.S. Trade and Development Agency, and Ross J. Connelly, Executive
Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, Overseas Private Investment
Corporation, all on behalf of the Trade Promotion Coordinating Committee.
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TRIBAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation/Committee on Indian
Affairs: Committees concluded joint oversight hearings to examine
telecommunications issues in Indian country, focusing on telecom carriers,
tribal governments, and the siting of communications towers, after receiving
testimony from K. Dane Snowden, Chief, Consumer and Governmental Affairs
Bureau, Federal Communications Commission; Susan Masten, Yurok Tribe, Eureka,
California; Marcia Warren Edelman, S. M. E. LLC, Arlington, Virginia, former
Senior Policy Advisor for Native American Affairs, Department of Commerce;
Michael Strand, Montana Independent Telecommunications Systems, Helena; John
Stanton, Western Wireless Corporation, Bellevue, Washington; and William Day,
United South and Eastern Tribes, Inc., Pineville, Louisiana.
PACIFIC SALMON MANAGEMENT AND RECOVERY
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on Oceans,
Atmosphere, and Fisheries concluded hearings on S. 1825, to authorize the
Secretary of Commerce to provide financial assistance to the States of Alaska,
Washington, Oregon, California, and Idaho and tribes in the region for salmon
habitat restoration projects in coastal waters and upland drainages, and
related pacific salmon management issues, after receiving testimony from
Senators Crapo and Thompson; Donald R. Knowles, Director, Office of Protected
Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration, Department of Commerce; Dirk Brazil, California Department of
Fish and Game, Sacramento; Geoffrey M. Huntington, Oregon Watershed
Enhancement Board, Salem; Laura E. Johnson, Washington State Salmon Recovery
Funding Board/Interagency Committee for Outdoor Recreation, Olympia; James L.
Caswell, Idaho Governor's Office of Species Conservation, Boise; Robert
Thorstenson, United Fishermen of Alaska, Juneau; Glen Spain, Pacific Coast
Federation of Fishermen's Associations, Eugene, Oregon; and Harold Blackwolf,
Sr., Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs Reservation of Oregon Fish and
Wildlife Committee, Madras, on behalf of the Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish
Commission.
PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANTS IMPLEMENTATION
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee concluded hearings on S.
2118, to amend the Toxic Substances Control Act and the Federal Insecticide,
Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act to implement the Stockholm Convention on
Persistent Organic Pollutants and the Protocol on Persistent Organic
Pollutants to the Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution, and S.
2507, to amend the Toxic Substances Control Act and the Federal Insecticide,
Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act to implement the Stockholm Convention on
Persistent Organic Pollutants, the Protocol on Persistent Organic Pollutants
to the Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution, and the Rotterdam
Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure for Certain Hazardous
Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade, after receiving testimony
from Jeffry M. Burnam, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Environment,
Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs;
Stephen L. Johnson, Assistant Administrator, Office of Prevention, Pesticides,
and Toxic Substances, Environmental Protection Agency; Warren Muir, National
Academy of Sciences National Research Council, Brooks B. Yeager, World
Wildlife Fund, and Karen L. Perry, Physicians for Social Responsibility, all
of Washington, D.C.; John Buccini, United Nations Environment Programme
Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee, Ontario, Canada; and Michael Walls,
American Chemistry Council, Arlington, Virginia.
TOBACCO MARKETING ON WOMEN
Committee on Governmental Affairs: Subcommittee on Oversight of Government
Management, Restructuring and the District of Columbia concluded hearings to
examine the impact of tobacco marketing on women and girls, focusing on
promotional targeting techniques and women's health, after receiving testimony
from Cristina Beato, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Health and Human Services
for Health; Elizabeth M. Whelan, American Council on Science and Health, and
Diane E. Stover, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, on behalf of the
American College of Chest Physicians and the CHEST Foundation, both of New
York, New York; Charles King III, Harvard Business School, Boston,
Massachusetts; Matthew L. Myers, Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids, Washington,
D.C.; and Cassandra Coleman, Chicago, Illinois.
DNA EVIDENCE
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Crime and Drugs concluded hearings
to examine seeking justice for sexual assault victims, focusing on Department
of Justice efforts to promote the use of DNA evidence to combat crime and
impact of the Debbie Smith Act on crime laboratories throughout the United
States, after receiving testimony from Sarah V. Hart, Director, National
Institute of Justice, and Dwight E. Adams, Assistant Director, Laboratory
Division, Federal Bureau of Investigation, both of the Department of Justice;
Linda A. Fairstein, former Chief of the New York County District Attorney's
Office Sex Crimes Prosecution Unit, New York, New York; Debra S. Holbrook,
Nanticoke Memorial Hospital, Seaford, Delaware; Susan Narveson, Phoenix Police
Department Laboratory Services Bureau, Phoenix, Arizona, on behalf of the
American Society of Crime Laboratory Directors; J. Tom Morgan, Stone Mountain
Judicial District Attorney, De Kalb County, Georgia, on behalf of the National
District Attorneys Association; and Debbie Smith, Williamsburg, Virginia.
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Joint Meetings
IRS BUDGET REVIEW
Joint Committee on Taxation: Committee concluded hearings to review the
strategic plans and budget of the Internal Revenue Service, as annually
required by the Internal Revenue Service Restructuring and Reform Act of 1998,
after receiving testimony from Charles O. Rossotti, Commissioner, and Larry
Levitan, Chairman of the Oversight Board, both of the Internal Revenue
Service, and David C. Williams, Inspector General for Tax Administration, all
of the Department of the Treasury; and James R. White, Director, Tax Issues,
General Accounting Office.
2002/05/15
Daily Digest - Wednesday, May 15, 2002; pages D487 - D494
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 2003 for the Air Force, after
receiving testimony from James G. Roche, Secretary of the Air Force; and Gen.
John P. Jumper, Chief of Staff, United States Air Force.
APPROPRIATIONS--TREASURY/GENERAL GOVERNMENT
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Treasury and General Government
concluded hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2003 for the
Internal Revenue Service, after receiving testimony from Charles O. Rossotti,
Commissioner, Internal Revenue Service, Department of the Treasury.
APPROPRIATIONS--VA/HUD
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on VA, HUD, and Independent Agencies
concluded hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2003, after
receiving testimony on behalf of funds for their respective activities from
Rita R. Colwell, Director, and Warren Washington, Chair, National Science
Board, both of the National Science Foundation; and John H. Marburger III,
Director, Office of Science and Technology Policy.
AFFORDABLE HOUSING PRODUCTION
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on Housing and
Transportation concluded hearings to examine the challenges of expanding the
supply of affordable housing for working families, and certain related
provisions of S. 1248, to establish a National Housing Trust Fund in the
Treasury of the United States to provide for the development of decent, safe,
and affordable housing for low-income families, after receiving testimony from
Senator Kerry; Robert J. Reid, National Housing Conference, Sheila Crowley,
National Low Income Housing Coalition, both of Washington, D.C.; JoAnn Kane,
McAuley Institute, Silver Spring, Maryland; and David W. Curtis, Leon N.
Weiner and Associates, Inc., Wilmington, Delaware, on behalf of the National
Association of Home Builders.
ENRON CORPORATION
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on Consumer
Affairs, Foreign Commerce, and Tourism concluded hearings to examine Enron's
potential role in electricity market manipulation and the subsequent effect on
the western states, after receiving testimony from Representative Eshoo;
Patrick Wood III, Chairman, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Department
of Energy; California State Senator Joseph Dunn, and S. David Freeman,
California Power Authority, both of Sacramento; Loretta Lynch, California
Public Utilities Commission, and Gary S. Fergus, Brobeck, Phleger, and
Harrison, both of San Francisco; Frank Wolak, Stanford University Department
of Economics, Stanford, California; Jean C. Frizzell, Gibbs and Bruns, and
Richard B. Sanders, Enron Wholesale Services, both of Houston, Texas; and
Stephen C. Hall, Stoel Rives, and Christian G. Yoder, UBS Warburg Energy, both
of Portland, Oregon.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee began consideration of
the following bills:
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S. 1768, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to implement the Calfed
Bay-Delta Program;
S. 281, to authorize the design and construction of a temporary education
center at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial;
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;
S. 1240, to provide for the acquisition of land and construction of an
interagency administrative and visitor facility at the entrance to American
Fork Canyon, Utah;
S. 1325, to ratify an agreement between the Aleut Corporation and the United
States of America to exchange land rights received under the Alaska Native
Claims Settlement Act for certain land interests on Adak Island;
S. 1649, to amend the Omnibus Parks and Public Lands Management Act of 1996 to
increase the authorization of appropriations for the Vancouver National
Historic Reserve and for the preservation of Vancouver Barracks;
S. 1894, to direct the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a special resource
study to determine the national significance of the Miami Circle site in the
State of Florida as well as the suitability and feasibility of its inclusion
in the National Park System as part of Biscayne National Park;
S. 1907, to direct the Secretary of the Interior to convey certain land to the
city of Haines, Oregon;
S. 1946, to amend the National Trails System Act to designate the Old Spanish
Trail as a National Historic Trail; and
H.R. 640, to adjust the boundaries of Santa Monica Mountains National
Recreation Area.
Committee did not complete final action thereon, and recessed subject to call.
ENERGY MARKET MANIPULATION
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee held hearings to examine
certain trading practices engaged in by Enron Power Marketing, Inc. trading in
California and Western markets in an attempt to manipulate the Western energy
markets during 2000-2001, as suggested in recent documents made public in the
course of the investigation under way at the Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission, receiving testimony from Patrick Wood III, Chairman, Federal
Energy Regulatory Commission, Department of Energy; Terry Winter, California
Independent System Operator Corporation, Folsom; Jean C. Frizzell, Gibbs and
Bruns, Houston, Texas; Christian G. Yoder, UBS Warburg Energy, and Stephen C.
Hall, Stoel Rives, both of Portland, Oregon; Gary S. Fergus, Brobeck, Phleger,
and Harrison, San Francisco, California; Cynthia First, Snohomish Public
Utility District, Everett, Washington; Lynne H. Church, Electric Power Supply
Association, Washington, D.C.; Gary Ackerman, Western Power Trading Forum, San
Mateo, California; and Henry Martinez, Los Angeles Department of Water and
Power, Los Angeles, California.
Hearings recessed subject to call.
SURFACE TRANSPORTATION PROGRAM
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee resumed hearings to
examine the effectiveness of the current Federal surface transportation
planning program and explore ideas for the scope of the program in the future,
in preparation for reauthorization of Transportation Equity Act for the Twenty
First Century (TEA 21) and planning goals of the Intermodal Surface
Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 (ISTEA), after receiving testimony from
Cynthia Burbank, Program Manager, Planning and Environment Core Business Unit,
Federal Highway Administration, Department of Transportation; Kenneth J.
Leonard, Wisconsin Department of Transportation, Madison, on behalf of the
American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials; Ronald
Kirby, Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments, Washington, D.C., on
behalf of the Association of Metropolitan Planning Organizations; Peter
Gregory, Two Rivers-Ottauquechee Regional Commission, Woodstock, Vermont, on
behalf of the National Association of Regional Councils; Andrew C. Cotugno,
Metro, Portland, Oregon; Judith Espinosa, University of New Mexico Alliance
for Transportation Research Institute, Albuquerque, on behalf of the Surface
Transportation Policy Project; Tom Downs, University of Maryland National
Center for Smart Growth Education and Research, Baltimore; Wendell Cox,
Wendell Cox Consultancy, Belleville, Illinois; and Joy Wilson, National Stone,
Sand and Gravel Association, Arlington, Virginia.
Hearings recessed subject to call.
COLLEGE BINGE DRINKING
Committee on Governmental Affairs: Committee held hearings to examine the
magnitude and dimensions of college student drinking problems and binge
drinking on college campuses, and prevention and treatment strategies that
have been tested and found to reduce these problems, receiving testimony from
Raynard S. Kington, Acting Director, National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and
Alcoholism, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human
Services, Mark S. Goldman, University of South Florida Alcohol and Substance
Abuse Research Institute, Tampa, and Ralph W. Hingson, Boston University
School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, all on behalf of the Task
Force on College Drinking; Drew Hunter, BACCHUS and GAMMA Peer Education
Network, Denver, Colorado; Robert F. Nolan, Hamden Police Department, Hamden,
Connecticut; John D. Welty, California State University, Fresno; and Daniel P.
Reardon, Washington, D.C.
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Hearings recesses subject to call.
COPYRIGHT ROYALTIES
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded hearings to examine copyright
royalties, focusing on webcasting and the proposed sound recording royalty
rate released by the Copyright Arbitration Royalty Panel (CARP), after
receiving testimony from Hilary Rosen, Recording Industry Association of
America, Inc., and Jonathan Potter, Digital Media Association, both of
Washington, D.C.; William J. Rose, Arbitron Webcast Services, and Dan Navarro,
American Federation of Television and Radio Artists, both of New York, New
York; Frank Schliemann, Onion River Radio, Montpelier, Vermont; and Billy
Straus, Websound, Inc., Brattleboro, Vermont.
No Joint hearings noted.
2002/05/16
Daily Digest - Thursday, May 16, 2002; pages D496 - D503
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
STRESS MANAGEMENT AND HEART DISEASE
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services,
and Education concluded hearings to examine the impact of stress management in
reducing heart disease, after receiving testimony from Peter Kaufmann, Group
Leader, Division of Epidemiology and Clinical Applications, National Heart,
Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health
and Human Services; David B. Abrams, Brown Medical School Centers for
Behavioral and Preventive Medicine, Providence, Rhode Island; Herbert Benson,
Harvard Medical School Mind/Body Medical Institute, Boston, Massachusetts;
Harvey Eisenberg, HealthView, Newport Beach, California; Dean Ornish,
University of California School of Medicine, San Francisco, on behalf of the
Preventive Medicine Research Institute; Col. Marina N. Vernalis, USA, Walter
Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, D.C.; and Karen A. Matthews, University
of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on behalf of the Pittsburgh Mind-Body
Center.
CRUSADER ARTILLERY SYSTEM
Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded hearings to examine the
Department of Defense's recommendation to terminate the Crusader artillery
program, continue some of the Crusader technology, and move the funds to
technology and programs to better serve America, after receiving testimony
from Donald H. Rumsfeld, Secretary, Paul D. Wolfowitz, Deputy Secretary, and
Edward C. Aldridge, Under Secretary for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics,
all of the Department of Defense; and General Eric K. Shinseki, USA, Chief of
Staff, United States Army.
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BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee met and approved
an amendment in the nature of a substitute to S. 2201, to protect the online
privacy of individuals who use the Internet.
Committee will meet again on Friday, May 17.
ENRON IMPACT ON STATE PENSION FUNDS
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on Consumer
Affairs, Foreign Commerce, and Tourism concluded hearings to examine the
consumer impact of Enron's influence on large institutional investors and
State pension funds, after receiving testimony from Thomas Herndon, C. Coleman
Stipanovich, and Trent Webster, all of the Florida State Board of
Administration, Tallahassee; Bruce W. Calvert and Alfred Harrison, both of
Alliance Capital Management, and Michael Musuraca, New York City Employees
Retirement Systems, on behalf of the American Federation of State, County and
Municipal Employees, AFL-CIO, all of New York, New York; and James K.
Glassman, American Enterprise Institute, and Travis Plunkett, Consumer
Federation of America, both of Washington, D.C.
YUCCA MOUNTAIN REPOSITORY DEVELOPMENT
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee held hearings on S.J.
Res. 34, approving the site at Yucca Mountain, Nevada, for the development of
a repository for the disposal of high-level radioactive waste and spent
nuclear fuel, pursuant to the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982, receiving
testimony from Spencer Abraham, Secretary of Energy.
Hearings will continue on Wednesday, May 22.
WATER INVESTMENT
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee began consideration of S.
1961, to improve financial and environmental sustainability of the water
programs of the United States, but did not complete final action thereon, and
will meet again tomorrow.
TANF REAUTHORIZATION
Committee on Finance: Committee resumed hearings on proposed legislation
authorizing funds for the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF)
Program, created by the Welfare Reform Law of 1996, focusing on proposed work
requirement modifications, income and support for low-income working families,
ongoing program performance standards, and increasing and improving the focus
of State governments as reform implementers, receiving testimony from Senators
Dodd, Santorum, Bayh, and Carper; Wade F. Horn, Assistant Secretary of Health
and Human Services for Children and Families; Howard H. Hendrick, Oklahoma
Department of Human Services, Oklahoma City; Isabel V. Sawhill, Brookings
Institution, on behalf of the National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy, and
Vicki Turetsky, Center for Law and Social Policy, both of Washington, D.C.;
and Kate Kahan, Working for Equality and Economic Liberation, Missoula,
Montana.
Hearings recessed subject to call.
NUCLEAR POSTURE REVIEW
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded hearings to examine the
validity of the Nuclear Posture Review, focusing on the reliability, safety,
and security of the United States nuclear stockpile, after receiving testimony
from Adm. Bill A. Owens, USN (Ret.), Teledesic LLC, Bellevue, Washington,
former Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff; John S. Foster, Jr.,
Pilkington Aerospace, Inc., St. Helen's, United Kingdom, former Director,
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Department of Energy, and former
Director, Defense Research and Engineering, Department of Defense; Steven
Weinberg, University of Texas Theory Research Group, Austin; and Joseph
Cirincione, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, and Loren B. Thompson,
Lexington Institute and Georgetown University, both of Washington, D.C.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Governmental Affairs: Committee concluded hearings on the
nominations of Todd Walther Dillard, of Maryland, to be United States Marshal,
and Robert R. Rigsby, District of Columbia, to be an Associate Judge, both for
the Superior Court of the District of Columbia, after the nominees testified
and answered questions in their own behalf. Mr. Dillard and Mr. Rigsby were
introduced by District of Columbia Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton.
CAREER PATH TRAINING
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Subcommittee on
Employment, Safety, and Training concluded hearings to examine how to make
investments in programs and services that provide individuals with the skills
and resources needed to succeed in the labor market, focusing on the need to
improve current workforce development and welfare programs, including
exploring the intersections between the Workforce Investment Act and the
Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program, after receiving testimony
from Sigurd R. Nilsen, Director, Education, Workforce, and Income Security
Issues, General Accounting Office; Yvonne Shields, Community Voices Heard, New
York, New York; Stephen M. Wing, CVS/pharmacy, Woonsocket, Rhode Island; Steve
Savner, Center for Law and Social Policy, Washington, D.C.; Jan Mueller,
Minnesota Family Investment Program, St. Paul; and Steven M. Rothschild, Twin
Cities RISE, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
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BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee ordered favorably reported the following
business items:
S. 848, to amend title 18, United States Code, to limit the misuse of social
security numbers, to establish criminal penalties for such misuse, with an
amendment in the nature of a substitute;
S. 1742, to prevent the crime of identity theft, mitigate the harm to
individuals victimized by identity theft, with an amendment in the nature of a
substitute;
S. 2179, to authorize the Attorney General to make grants to States, local
governments, and Indian tribes to establish permanent tributes to honor men
and women who were killed or disabled while serving as law enforcement or
public safety officers;
S. 672, to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide for the
continued classification of certain aliens as children for purposes of that
Act in cases where the aliens "age-out" while awaiting immigration
processing,
with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
H.R. 1209, to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to determine whether
an alien is a child, for purposes of classification as an immediate relative,
based on the age of the alien on the date the classification petition with
respect to the alien is filed, with an amendment in the nature of a
substitute;
S. Res. 268, designating May 20, 2002, as a day for Americans to recognize the
importance of teaching children about current events in an accessible way to
their development as both students and citizens; and
The nominations of Richard R. Clifton, of Hawaii, to be United States Circuit
Judge for the Ninth Circuit, Christopher C. Conner, to be United States
District Judge for the Middle District of Pennsylvania, Joy Flowers Conti, to
be United States District Judge for the Western District of Pennsylvania, and
John E. Jones III, to be United States District Judge for the Middle District
of Pennsylvania.
No Joint hearings noted.
2002/05/17
Daily Digest - Friday, May 17, 2002; pages D505 - D510
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
GOLDEN DOLLAR PROGRAM
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Treasury and General Government
concluded hearings to examine the status of the golden dollar coin program,
focusing on the future of the Sakakawea Golden Dollar Coin, actions the United
States Mint has taken in marketing the dollar coin, and the Federal Reserve's
role in distributing the coin, after receiving testimony from Henrietta
Holsman Fore, Director, United States Mint, Department of the Treasury; Louise
L. Roseman, Director, Division of Reserve Bank Operations and Payment Systems,
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System; James C. Benfield, Bracy
Tucker Brown, Washington, D.C., on behalf of the Coin Coalition; and Amy
Mossett, New Town, North Dakota.
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BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee ordered
favorably reported the following business items:
S. 2201, to protect the online privacy of individuals who use the Internet,
with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
S. 630, to prohibit senders of unsolicited commercial electronic mail from
disguising the source of their messages, to give consumers the choice to cease
receiving a sender's unsolicited commercial electronic mail messages, with an
amendment in the nature of a substitute;
S. 414, to amend the National Telecommunications and Information
Administration Organization Act to establish a digital network technology
program;
S. 2037, to mobilize technology and science experts to respond quickly to the
threats posed by terrorist attacks and other emergencies, by providing for the
establishment of a national emergency technology guard, a technology
reliability advisory board, and a center for evaluating antiterrorism and
disaster response technology within the National Institute of Standards and
Technology, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
S. 2182, to authorize funding for computer and network security research and
development and research fellowship programs, with an amendment in the nature
of a substitute;
S. 2329, to improve seaport security, with an amendment;
S. 2428, to amend the National Sea Grant College Program Act; and
The nomination of Harold D. Stratton, of New Mexico, to be Chairman and a
Commissioner of the Consumer Product Safety Commission; and routine
nominations for promotions in the United States Coast Guard.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee ordered favorably
reported S. 1961, to improve financial and environmental sustainability of the
water programs of the United States, with an amendment in the nature of a
substitute.
INTELLIGENCE
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee met in closed session to consider
pending intelligence matters, made no announcements, and recessed subject to
call.
No Joint hearings noted.
2002/05/20
Daily Digest - Monday, May 20, 2002; pages D511 - D516
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
FINANCIAL PREDATORS OF THE ELDERLY
Special Committee on Aging: Committee concluded hearings to examine financial
crimes targeting the elderly, focusing on the nature, scope, and effect these
crimes have on seniors, and to raise awareness of financial exploitation of
the elderly, after receiving testimony from Delaware Attorney General Jane
Brady, Wilmington; Bradley R. Graham, Tacoma Police Department, Tacoma,
Washington; Chayo Reyes, Cerritos, California, on behalf of the National
Committee for the Prevention of Elder Abuse; Gertrude Gingerich, Hartly,
Delaware; William Blevins, Manassas, Virginia; and Justin Ray White, an
incarcerated witness. Testimony was also received via live video
teleconference from Carl F. Fiosche, Tacoma, Washington.
No Joint hearings noted.
2002/05/21
Daily Digest - Tuesday, May 21, 2002; pages D517 - D526
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 2003 for the Department of Defense,
after receiving testimony from Donald H. Rumsfeld, Secretary of Defense; and
Gen. Richard B. Myers, USAF, Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff.
DOD TEST AND EVALUATION FACILITIES
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and Capabilities
concluded hearings on proposed legislation to improve the management of the
Department of Defense Test and Evaluation Facilities, focusing on the value
and quality of testing, infrastructure investments, and resource management,
after receiving testimony from Michael W. Wynne, Principal Deputy Under
Secretary for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics, and Thomas P. Christie,
Director, Operational Test and Evaluation, both of the Department of Defense;
John J. Young, Jr., Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Research, Development,
and Acquisition; and John E. Krings, Member, Defense Science Board Task Force
on Test and Evaluation Capabilities, and former Director, Operational Test and
Evaluation, Department of Defense.
NOMINATION
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee ordered favorably
reported the nomination of Anthony Lowe, of Washington, to be Federal
Insurance Administrator, Federal Emergency Management Agency.
AVIATION SECURITY
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Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded
oversight hearings to examine the implementation of the Aviation and
Transportation Security Act (P.L. 107-71), after receiving testimony from
Norman Mineta, Secretary, and John Magaw, Under Secretary of the
Transportation Security Administration, both of the Department of
Transportation.
U.S./CUBA TRADE POLICY
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on Consumer
Affairs, Foreign Commerce, and Tourism concluded hearings to examine
U.S./Cuban trade policy, focusing on the President's Initiative for a New
Cuba, current U.S. trade embargo against Cuba, Cuba as a future business
partner, and humanitarian assistance, after receiving testimony from Otto J.
Reich, Assistant Secretary for Western Hemisphere Affairs, and Shaun E.
Donnelly, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Economic and
Business Affairs, both of the Department of State; Dennis K. Hays, Cuban
American National Foundation, Washington, D.C.; Stephen Weber, Maryland Farm
Bureau, Baltimore, on behalf of the American Farm Bureau Federation; Lissa
Weinmann, Americans for Humanitarian Trade With Cuba, New York, New York.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded hearings on the
nominations of Paula A. DeSutter, of Virginia, to be Assistant Secretary for
Verification and Compliance, Michael Alan Guhin, of Maryland, for the rank of
Ambassador during tenure of service as U.S. Fissile Material Negotiator, and
Stephen Geoffrey Rademaker, of Delaware, to be Assistant Secretary for Arms
Control, all of the Department of State, after the nominees testified and
answered questions in their own behalf. Ms. DeSutter was introduced by Senator
Kyl, and Mr. Rademaker was introduced by Representatives Hyde and Gilman.
IMPROVING NUTRITION AND PHYSICAL ACTIVITY
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee concluded
hearings to examine strategies for improving nutrition and physical activity,
in an effort to stave off the obesity epidemic in America, after receiving
testimony from William H. Dietz, Director, Division of Nutrition and Physical
Activity, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion,
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Department of Health and Human
Services; Denise Austin, Washington, D.C., on behalf of P.E.4Life; Sally M.
Davis, University of New Mexico Center for Health Promotion and Disease
Prevention, Albuquerque; Kelley D. Brownell, Yale University Center for Eating
& Weight Disorders, New Haven, Connecticut; Lisa Katic, Grocery
Manufacturers
of America, Washington, D.C.; and Richard A. Dickey, Wake Forest University
School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, on behalf of the Endocrine
Society.
DOJ CIVIL RIGHTS DIVISION
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded oversight hearings to examine
the Department of Justice Civil Rights Division, after receiving testimony
from Ralph F. Boyd, Jr., Assistant Attorney General, Department of Justice.
No Joint hearings noted.
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Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
BUSINESS MEETING: SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Committee ordered favorably reported an original
bill (S. 2551) making supplemental appropriations for further recovery from
and response to terrorist attacks on the United States for the fiscal year
ending September 30, 2002.
PARKINSON'S DISEASE
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services,
and Education concluded hearings to examine issues with regard to Parkinson's
disease research, 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; Ole Isacson,
Harvard Medical School Center on Neuroregeneration Research/McLean Hospital,
Boston, Massachusetts; Joan Samuelson, Parkinson's Action Network, Alexandria,
Virginia; Michael J. Fox, Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research,
New York, New York; Muhammad Ali, Berrien Springs, Michigan; and Don
Schneider, Clinton, Iowa.
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BROADBAND DEPLOYMENT
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded
hearings to examine the promotion of local telecommunication competition and
greater broadband deployment, focusing on consumer protection, and the effects
on residents and businesses, after receiving testimony from Representatives
Markey and Cannon; Pennsylvania State Senator Mary Jo White, Franklin; Loretta
M. Lynch, California Public Utilities Commission, San Francisco; Robert B.
Nelson, Michigan Public Service Commission, Lansing, on behalf of the National
Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners; and Paul B. Vasington,
Massachusetts Department of Telecommunications and Energy, Boston.
BOXING REGULATION
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on Consumer
Affairs, Foreign Commerce, and Tourism concluded hearings to examine the state
of boxing and boxing regulations, focusing on future authority for a Federal
boxing commission, liability insurance coverage for boxers, and mandatory
safety measures, after receiving testimony from Senator Reid; Tim Lueckenhoff,
Missouri Office of Athletics, Jefferson City, on behalf of the Association of
Boxing Commissions; Muhammad Ali and Yolanda Ali, Greatest of All Time, Inc.,
both of Berrien Springs, Michigan; Emanuel Steward, Kronk Boxing Team,
Detroit, Michigan; Louis J. DiBella, DiBella Entertainment, New York, New
York; Roy Jones, Jr., Pensacola, Florida; and Bert R. Sugar, Chappaqua, New
York.
NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on Science,
Technology, and Space concluded hearings to examine activities of the National
Science Foundation, focusing on the Federal research and development budget to
enhance homeland security, promote long term economic growth, and harness
informational technology, after receiving testimony from former Representative
Newt Gingrich, The Gingrich Group, Atlanta, Georgia; John H. Marburger III,
Director, Office of Science and Technology Policy; Rita R. Colwell, Director,
National Science Foundation; John D. Podesta, Georgetown University Law
Center, former White House Chief of Staff, and Alan I. Leshner, American
Association for the Advancement of Science, both of Washington, D.C.; Thomas
McCoy, Montana State University Department of Plant Science, Bozeman, on
behalf of the Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR);
and Marsha R. Torr, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond.
YUCCA MOUNTAIN REPOSITORY DEVELOPMENT
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee resumed hearings on S.J.
Res. 34, approving the site at Yucca Mountain, Nevada, for the development of
a repository for the disposal of high-level radioactive waste and spent
nuclear fuel, pursuant to the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982, and a related
Administration proposal recommending the Yucca Mountain site for development
of a repository, and the objections of the Governor of Nevada to the
Administration's recommendation, receiving testimony from Victor Gilinsky,
Glen Echo, Maryland, former Commissioner of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission; Robert J. Halstead, Nevada Agency for Nuclear Projects, Carson
City; Mayor Ross C. Anderson, and Stephen M. Prescott, University of Utah
Huntsman Cancer Institute, both of Salt Lake City; James D. Ballard, Grand
Valley State University School of Criminal Justice, Grand Rapids, Michigan;
and Michael J. Ervin, Sr., Pomona Police Department, Pomona, California, on
behalf of the Peace Officers Research Association of California.
Hearings continue tomorrow.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Governmental Affairs: Committee ordered favorably reported the
following business items:
S. 2452, to establish the Department of National Homeland Security and the
National Office for Combating Terrorism, with amendments;
S. 2530, to amend the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.) to
establish police powers for certain Inspector General agents engaged in
official duties and provide an oversight mechanism for the exercise of those
powers;
S. 1713, to amend title 39, United States Code, to direct the Postal Service
to adhere to an equitable tender policy in selecting air carriers of
non-priority bypass mail to certain points in the State of Alaska, with an
amendment in the nature of a substitute;
S. 1970, to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located
at 2829 Commercial Way in Rock Springs, Wyoming, as the "Teno Roncalio
Post
Office Building";
H.R. 3789, to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service
located at 2829 Commercial Way in Rock Springs, Wyoming, as the "Teno
Roncalio
Post Office Building";
S. 1983, to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located
at 201 Main Street, Lake Placid, New York, as the "John A. `Jack' Shea
Post
Office Building";
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S. 2217, to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located
at 3101 West Sunflower Avenue in Santa Ana, California, as the "Hector G.
Godinez Post Office Building";
H.R. 1366, to designate the United States Post Office building located at 3101
West Sunflower Avenue in Santa Ana, California, as the "Hector G. Godinez
Post
Office Building";
S. 2433, to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located
at 1590 East Joyce Boulevard in Fayetteville, Arkansas, as the "Clarence
B.
Craft Post Office Building";
H.R. 4486, to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service
located at 1590 East Joyce Boulevard in Fayetteville, Arkansas, as the
"Clarence B. Craft Post Office Building";
H.R. 1374, to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service
located at 600 Calumet Street in Lake Linden, Michigan, as the "Philip E.
Ruppe Post Office Building";
H.R. 3960, to designate the facility of the United States Postal Service
located at 3719 Highway 4 in Jay, Florida, as the "Joseph W. Westmoreland
Post
Office Building"; and
The nominations of Todd Walther Dillard, of Maryland, to be United States
Marshal for the Superior Court of the District of Columbia; Paul A. Quander,
Jr., to be Director of the District of Columbia Offender Supervision,
Defender, and Courts Services Agency, and Robert R. Rigsby, to be an Associate
Judge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia. Also, committee
approved the issuance of subpoenas to the Executive Office of the President
and the Office of the Vice President in connection with the Committee's
investigation regarding Enron Corporation.
INDIAN LAND CONSOLIDATION ACT
Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee concluded hearings on S. 1340, to amend
the Indian Land Consolidation Act to provide for probate reform with respect
to trust or restricted lands, after receiving testimony from Neal A. McCaleb,
Assistant Secretary of the Interior for Indian Affairs; Tex G. Hall, Three
Affiliated Tribes Business Council, New Town, North Dakota, on behalf of the
National Congress of American Indians; Maurice Lyons, Morongo Band of Mission
Indians, Banning, California; Benjamin Speakthunder, Fort Belknap Community
Council, Harlem, Montana; and Austin Nunez, Tucson, Arizona, on behalf of the
Indian Land Working Group.
FEDERAL COCAINE SENTENCING POLICY
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Crime and Drugs concluded hearings
to examine laws governing Federal cocaine sentencing, focusing on the
disparity between penalties for both powder cocaine and crack cocaine, after
receiving testimony from Diana E. Murphy, Judge, Eighth Circuit Court of
Appeals, on behalf of the United States Sentencing Commission; Roscoe C.
Howard, Jr., United States Attorney for the District of Columbia, Department
of Justice; Charles J. Hynes, Kings County District Attorney, Brooklyn, New
York; Charles R. Schuster, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit,
Michigan, former Director, National Institute on Drug Abuse, National
Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services; and William G.
Otis, George Mason University School of Law, Arlington, Virginia, former White
House Special Counsel and former Assistant United States Attorney for the
Eastern District of Virginia.
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.
Joint Meetings
ANTI-SEMITIC VIOLENCE
U.S. Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe (Helsinki Commission):
Commission concluded hearings to examine the escalation of violence against
the Jewish communities in Western Europe and Russia, and certain measures to
protect individuals from anti-Semitic violence, after receiving testimony from
Shimon Samuels, Simon Weisenthal Center, Paris, France; Mark B. Levin, NCSJ:
Advocates on behalf of Jews in Russia, Ukraine, the Baltic States and Eurasia;
Alexandra Arriaga, Amnesty International, USA, and Rabbi Andrew Baker,
American Jewish Committee, both of Washington, D.C.; and Kenneth Jacobson,
Anti-Defamation League, New York, New York.
AUTHORIZATION--EXPORT-IMPORT BANK
Conferees on Tuesday, May 21, agreed to file a conference report on the
differences between the Senate and House passed versions of S. 1372, to
reauthorize the Export-Import Bank of the United States.
BANKRUPTCY REFORM ACT
Conferees met to resolve the differences between the Senate and House passed
versions of H.R. 333, to amend title 11, United States Code, but did not
complete action thereon, and recessed subject to call.
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Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
DISASTER ASSISTANCE
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: Committee concluded
hearings to examine disaster assistance issues, focusing on drought, flood,
disease, and their effects on livestock and crops, after receiving testimony
from Senator Enzi; Keith Collins, Chief Economist, Department of Agriculture;
Craig Hill, Iowa Farm Bureau Federation, Milo; Larry Barbie, Montana Grain
Growers Association, Inverness; Bryan Dierlam, National Cattlemen's Beef
Association, Washington, D.C.; Robert S. Green, Michigan Bean Commission, St.
Johns; and Brian Chandler, Midland, Texas, on behalf of the National Farmers
Union.
BANKING AND REAL ESTATE
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on Financial
Institutions concluded oversight hearings to examine banking and financial
holding company engagement in real estate brokerage and property management,
after receiving testimony from Tom Murphy, Chell Realtors, Sioux Falls, South
Dakota, on behalf of the National Association of Realtors; James E. Smith,
Citizens Union State Bank and Trust, Clinton, Missouri, on behalf of the
American Bankers Association; John Taylor, National Community Reinvestment
Coalition, Washington, D.C.; Howard W. Hanna III, Howard Hanna Real Estate
Services, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on behalf of the Real Estate Services
Providers Council, Inc., and the Realty Alliance.
YUCCA MOUNTAIN REPOSITORY SITE
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded hearings on
S.J. Res. 34, approving the site at Yucca Mountain, Nevada, for the
development of a repository for the disposal of high-level radioactive waste
and spent nuclear fuel, pursuant to the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982, and
a related Administration proposal recommending the Yucca Mountain site for
development of a repository, and the objections of the Governor of Nevada to
the Administration's recommendation, after receiving testimony from Richard A.
Meserve, Chairman, Nils J. Diaz, Greta Joy Dicus, and Edward McGaffigan, Jr.,
all Commissioners, all of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission; Gary Jones,
Director, Natural Resources and Environment, General Accounting Office;
Jeffrey R. Holmstead, Assistant Administrator for Air and Radiation,
Environmental Protection Agency; Robert Card, Under Secretary, Department of
Energy; Jim Hall, Transportation Safety Coalition, Washington, D.C., former
Chairman of the National Transportation Safety Board; and Jared L. Cohon,
Carnegie-Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on behalf of the U.S.
Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee ordered favorably reported the
following business items:
Two optional protocols to the Convention on the Rights of the Child, both of
which were adopted at New York, May 25, 2000: (1) The Optional Protocol to the
Convention on the Rights of the Child on Involvement of Children in Armed
Conflict, and (2) The Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the
Child on the Sale of Children, Child Prostitution and Child Pornography,
signed on July 5, 2000 (Treaty Doc. 106-37). (Protocol 1, with five
understandings, and three conditions; and Protocol 2, with one reservation,
six understandings, one declaration, and one condition);
S. 2487, to provide for global pathogen surveillance and response;
S. Res. 182, expressing the sense of the Senate that the United States should
allocate significantly more resources to combat global poverty, with an
amendment in the nature of a substitute;
S. Res. 252, expressing the sense of the Senate regarding human rights
violations in Tibet, the Panchen Lama, and the need for dialogue between the
Chinese leadership and the Dalai Lama or his representatives, with an
amendment in the nature of a substitute;
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S. Res. 263, congratulating the Republic of Croatia on the 10th anniversary of
its recognition by the United States, with an amendment in the nature of a
substitute;
S. Con. Res. 109, commemorating the independence of East Timor and expressing
the sense of Congress that the President should establish diplomatic relations
with East Timor, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
S. Res. 253, reiterating the sense of the Senate regarding Anti-Semitism and
religious tolerance in Europe, with an amendment in the nature of a
substitute;
S. Res. 274, expressing the sense of the Senate concerning the 2002 World Cup
and co-hosts Republic of Korea and Japan;
S. Res. 272, expressing the sense of the Senate regarding the success of the
Varela Project's collection of 10,000 certified signatures in support of a
national referendum and the delivery of these signatures to the Cuban National
Assembly, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute; and
The nominations of David A. Gross, of Maryland, for the rank of Ambassador
during his tenure of service as Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for
International Communications and Information Policy in the Bureau of Economic
and Business Affairs and U.S. Coordinator for International Communications and
Information Policy, Jack C. Chow, of Pennsylvania, for the rank of Ambassador
during his tenure of service as Special Representative of the Secretary of
State for HIV/AIDS, Paula A. DeSutter, of Virginia, to be Assistant Secretary
of State for Verification and Compliance, Michael Alan Guhin, of Maryland, for
the rank of Ambassador during tenure of service as U.S. Fissile Material
Negotiator, Stephen Geoffrey Rademaker, of Delaware, to be Assistant Secretary
of State for Arms Control, and certain foreign service officer promotion
lists.
D.C. VOTING RIGHTS
Committee on Governmental Affairs: Committee concluded hearings to examine
voting representation in Congress for the citizens of the District of
Columbia, after receiving testimony from Senator Feingold; Representative
Eddie Bernice Johnson; District of Columbia Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton;
District of Columbia Mayor Anthony A. Williams, Linda W. Cropp, Chairman,
Council of the District of Columbia, and Florence H. Pendleton, District of
Columbia Statehood Senator; and Wade Henderson, University of the District of
Columbia School of Law, on behalf of the Leadership Conference on Civil
Rights, Adam H. Kurland, Howard University School of Law, and Jamin B. Raskin,
American University Washington School of Law, all of Washington, D.C.
PUBLIC SCHOOL EQUALITY
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee concluded
hearings to examine educational equity and resource adequacy among public
school systems within and among states, after receiving testimony from
Representatives Fattah and Isakson; Judy Catchpole, Wyoming Department of
Education, Cheyenne; Hugh B. Price, National Urban League, and Michael A.
Rebell, Columbia University Law School, on behalf of the Campaign for Fiscal
Equity, Inc., both of New York, New York; and Mary-Beth Lang, Fairfield,
Connecticut, on behalf of the National Education Association.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee ordered favorably reported the following
business items:
S. 1868, to establish a national center on volunteer and provider screening to
reduce sexual and other abuse of children, the elderly, and individuals with
disabilities, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
S. 1989, to authorize the establishment of a National Cyber Security Defense
Team for purposes of protecting the infrastructure of the Internet from
terrorist attack, with an amendment; and
The nominations of D. Brooks Smith, of Pennsylvania, to be United States
Circuit Judge for the Third Circuit, Roslynn R. Mauskopf, to be United States
Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, Steven D. Deatherage, to be
United States Marshal for the Central District of Illinois, Thomas M.
Fitzgerald, to be United States Marshal for the Western District of
Pennsylvania, G. Wayne Pike, to be United States Marshal for the Western
District of Virginia, and David William Thomas, to be United States Marshal
for the District of Delaware.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded hearings on the nominations of
Lavenski R. Smith, of Arkansas, to be United States Circuit Judge for the
Eighth Circuit, Henry E. Autrey, to be United States District Judge for the
Eastern District of Missouri, Richard E. Dorr, to be United States District
Judge for the Western District of Missouri, Henry E. Hudson, to be United
States District Judge for the Eastern District of Virginia, Amy J. St. Eve, to
be United States District Judge for the Northern District of Illinois, and
Timothy J. Savage, to be United States District Judge for the Eastern District
of Pennsylvania, after the nominees testified and answered questions in their
own behalf. Mr. Smith was introduced by Senators Hutchinson and Lincoln, Mr.
Autrey was introduced by Senator Bond and Representative Clay, Mr. Dorr was
introduced by Senator Carnahan and Representative Clay, Mr. Hudson was
introduced by Senators Warner and Allen, and Representative Scott, Ms. St. Eve
was introduced by Senators Durbin and Fitzgerald, and Mr. Savage was
introduced by Senators Specter and Santorum, and Representative Robert Brady.
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WOMEN IN RETIREMENT
Special Committee on Aging: Committee concluded hearings to examine challenges
women face concerning retirement and security, focusing on financial
education, retirement saving incentives, and social security modernization,
after receiving testimony from Dorcas R. Hardy, Dorcas R. Hardy and
Associates, Spotsylvania, Virginia, former Commissioner, Social Security
Administration; Cindy Hounsell, Women's Institute for a Secure Retirement,
Laurie Young, Older Women's League, and John Hotz, Pension Rights Center, all
of Washington, D.C.; Muriel F. Siebert, Muriel Siebert and Company, Inc., and
Women's Financial Network at Siebert, New York, New York; Irene LaMarche,
Boise, Idaho; and Joan Mackey, Salem, New Jersey.
No Joint hearings noted.
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Committee Meetings
No committee meetings were held.
No Joint hearings noted.
2002/06/03
Daily Digest - Monday, June 3, 2002; pages D548 - D554
Committee Meetings
No committee meetings were held.
2002/06/04
Daily Digest - Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
CANCER RESEARCH AND PREVENTION
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services,
and Education held hearings to examine cancer research and prevention issues,
focusing on service delivery programs, approaches, and technologies, receiving
testimony from Tommy G. Thompson, Secretary of Health and Human Services;
Elmer E. Huerta, Washington Hospital Center Cancer Preventorium, Washington,
D.C., on behalf of the One Voice Against Cancer; Ronald B. Herberman,
University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on behalf
of the Academic Health Centers Clinical Research Forum; Susie Novis,
International Myeloma Foundation, North Hollywood, California; Steve Case, AOL
Time Warner, McLean, Virginia; and Michael Bruene, Des Moines, Iowa.
NOMINATION
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded hearings on
the nomination of Kyle E. McSlarrow, of Virginia, to be Deputy Secretary of
Energy, after the nominee, who was introduced by Senators Warner and Allen,
testified and answered questions in his own behalf.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee ordered favorably
reported S. 1917, to provide for highway infrastructure investment at the
guaranteed funding level contained in the Transportation Equity Act for the
21st Century, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute.
KENNEDY CENTER PLAZA PROJECT
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee concluded hearings to
examine the proposed John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts plaza
project, focusing on planning, environmental work, and preliminary engineering
of highway, pedestrian, vehicular, and bicycle access in order to improve
access, mobility, and safety to and around the Center in the District of
Columbia, after receiving testimony from Mary Peters, Administrator, Federal
Highway Administration, Department of Transportation; Dan Tangherlini,
District of Columbia Department of Transportation, and Michael Kaiser, John F.
Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, both of Washington, D.C.
SMALL BUSINESS AND RURAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
Committee on Finance: Committee held hearings to examine issues relating to
present law and proposed legislation regarding Federal income taxation and
economic development of small business and agriculture, including
out-migration of people and businesses from rural areas, a proposed increase
in the minimum wage, and the proposed repeal of the special occupational tax
on alcohol, receiving testimony from Senators Dorgan and Hagel; Lawrence B.
Gibbs, Miller and Chevalier Chartered, former Commissioner, Internal Revenue
Service, Department of the Treasury, and Patrick Von Bargen, National
Commission on Entrepreneurship, both of Washington, D.C.; Stephen D. Visocan,
Pop Inn, Helena, Montana; Peter K. Froelich, Dickinson State University Great
Plains Population Symposium Project, Dickinson, North Dakota; Lynn Cornwell,
Glasgow, Montana, on behalf of the National Cattlemen's Beef Association;
Jeffrey D. Seidel, Parkway Muni Resources, Minneapolis, Minnesota; Jan I. Fox,
Marshall University, Huntington, West Virginia; and Steven Dodd Hughes,
Livingston, Montana.
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Hearings recessed subject to call.
U.S. FOOD AID PROGRAMS
Committee on Governmental Affairs: Subcommittee on Oversight of Government
Management, Restructuring and the District of Columbia concluded hearings to
examine the structure, scope, and effectiveness of U.S. food aid programs,
including the role of surplus commodities, and the impact of changes under
consideration, after receiving testimony from Representative McGovern; former
Senator George McGovern; Loren Yager, Director, International Affairs and
Trade, General Accounting Office; A. Ellen Terpstra, Administrator, Foreign
Agricultural Service, Department of Agriculture; Roger Winter, Assistant
Administrator, Bureau for Democracy, Conflict and Humanitarian Assistance,
U.S. Agency for International Development; Ellen S. Levinson, Cadwalader,
Wickersham and Taft, Washington, D.C., on behalf of the Coalition for Food
Aid; and Jason Phillips, International Rescue Committee, New York, New York.
SACRED SITES
Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee held oversight hearings to examine the
protection of Native American sacred sites as they are affected by the
undertakings and activities of certain Federal agencies, focusing on the
military services of the Department of Defense, receiving testimony from
George S. Dunlop, Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works
(Policy and Legislation); Philip W. Grone, Principal Assistant Deputy Under
Secretary of Defense for Installations and Environment; Tex G. Hall, National
Congress of American Indians, Washington, D.C.; Rachel A. Joseph, Lone Pine
Paiute-Shoshone Tribe, Lone Pine, California; Pemina D. Yellow Bird, Ft.
Berthold, North Dakota; Scott Jones, Lower Brule Sioux Tribal Council, Lower
Brule, South Dakota; Jimmy Arterberry, Commanche Nation, Medicine Park,
Oklahoma; Caleen Sisk-Franco and Mark Franco, Winnemem Wintu Tribe, Redding,
California; Leonard A. Selestewa and Elliot Selestewa, Village of Lower
Moencopi, and Gilbert Naseyowma, all of Tuba City, Arizona; Colette Y.
Machado, Kaho'olawe Island Reserve Commission, Wailuku, Hawaii; and Noa Emmett
Aluli, Kaunakakai, Hawaii.
Hearings recessed subject to call.
Joint Meetings
9/11 INTELLIGENCE INVESTIGATION
Joint Hearing: Senate Select Committee on Intelligence and the House Permanent
Select Committee on Intelligence met in closed session to consider events
surrounding September 11, 2001.
Committees will meet again tomorrow.
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Daily Digest - Wednesday, June 5, 2002; pages D563 - D570
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
ACADEMY SUPERINTENDENTS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense concluded hearings to
examine the mission, goals, and challenges of service academy superintendents,
after receiving testimony from Lt. Gen. William J. Lennox, Jr., USA,
Superintendent, and 2Lt. Andrew Blickhahn, USA, both of the United States
Military Academy, United States Army; Col. John R. Allen, USMC, Commandant of
Midshipmen, and ENS Benjamin A. Drew, USN, both of the U.S. Naval Academy; and
Lt. Gen. John R. Dallager, Superintendent, and Cadet First Class Todd Garner,
both of the USAF Academy, United States Air Force.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Armed Services: Committee ordered favorably reported 1,066
military nominations in the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, and Air Force.
LEAD-BASED PAINT POISONING
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on Housing and
Transportation concluded oversight hearings to examine Federal responses to
lead-based paint poisoning and childhood lead poisoning prevention, after
receiving testimony from David E. Jacobs, Director, Office of Healthy Homes
and Lead Hazard Control, Department of Housing and Urban Development; Ruben
King-Shaw, Jr., Deputy Administrator/Chief Operating Officer, Center for
Medicaid and Medicaid Services, and Richard J. Jackson, Director, National
Center for Environmental Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention,
both of the Department of Health and Human Services; Thomas L. Sansonetti,
Assistant Attorney General, Environment and Natural Resources Division,
Department of Justice; and Adam Sharp, Associate Assistant Administrator,
Office of Prevention, Pesticides, and Toxic Substances, Environmental
Protection Agency.
NOMINATION
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded
hearings on the nomination of Steven Robert Blust, of Florida, to be a Federal
Maritime Commissioner, after the nominee testified and answered questions in
his own behalf. Testimony was also received from Hal Creel, Chairman, Federal
Maritime Commission.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee ordered favorably
reported the following business items:
S. 1768, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to implement the Calfed
Bay-Delta Program, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
S. 281, to authorize the design and construction of a temporary education
center at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, with an amendment in the nature of a
substitute;
S. 454, to provide permanent funding for the Bureau of Land Management Payment
in Lieu of Taxes program;
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S. 691, to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to convey certain land in the
Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit, Nevada, to the Secretary of the Interior, in
trust for the Washoe Indian Tribe of Nevada and California;
S. 1010, to extend the deadline for commencement of construction of a
hydroelectric project in the State of North Carolina;
S. 1175, to modify the boundary of Vicksburg National Military Park to include
the property known as Pemberton's Headquarters, with an amendment in the
nature of a substitute;
S. 1227, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a study of the
suitability and feasibility of establishing the Niagara Falls National
Heritage Area in the State of New York, with amendments;
S. 1240, to provide for the acquisition of land and construction of an
interagency administrative and visitor facility at the entrance to American
Fork Canyon, Utah, with an amendment;
S. 1325, to ratify an agreement between the Aleut Corporation and the United
States of America to exchange land rights received under the Alaska Native
Claims Settlement Act for certain land interests on Adak Island, with an
amendment;
S. 1649, to amend the Omnibus Parks and Public Lands Management Act of 1996 to
increase the authorization of appropriations for the Vancouver National
Historic Reserve and for the preservation of Vancouver Barracks, with
amendments;
S. 1843, to extend hydro-electric licenses in the State of Alaska;
S. 1852, to extend the deadline for commencement of construction of a
hydroelectric project in the State of Wyoming;
S. 1894, to direct the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a special resource
study to determine the national significance of the Miami Circle site in the
State of Florida as well as the suitability and feasibility of its inclusion
in the National Park System as part of Biscayne National Park, with an
amendment;
S. 1907, to direct the Secretary of the Interior to convey certain land to the
city of Haines, Oregon, with an amendment;
S. 1946, to amend the National Trails System Act to designate the Old Spanish
Trail as a National Historic Trail, with amendments;
H.R. 223, to amend the Clear Creek County, Colorado, Public Lands Transfer Act
of 1993 to provide additional time for Clear Creek County to dispose of
certain lands transferred to the county under the Act;
H.R. 308, to establish the Guam War Claims Review Commission;
H.R. 309, to provide for the determination of withholding tax rates under the
Guam income tax;
H.R. 601, to redesignate certain lands within the Craters of the Moon National
Monument;
H.R. 640, to adjust the boundaries of Santa Monica Mountains National
Recreation Area, with an amendment;
H.R. 1384, to amend the National Trails System Act to designate the route in
Arizona and New Mexico which the Navajo and Mescalero Apache Indian tribes
were forced to walk in 1863 and 1864, for study for potential addition to the
National Trails System;
H.R. 1456, to expand the boundary of the Booker T. Washington National
Monument;
H.R. 1576, to designate the James Peak Wilderness and Protection Area in the
Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests in the State of Colorado;
H.R. 2234, to revise the boundary of the Tumacacori National Historical Park
in the State of Arizona;
H.R. 2440, to rename Wolf Trap Farm Park as "Wolf Trap National Park for
the
Performing Arts";
S.J. Res. 34, approving the site at Yucca Mountain, Nevada, for the
development of a repository for the disposal of high-level radioactive waste
and spent nuclear fuel, pursuant to the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982; and
The nominations of Guy F. Caruso, of Virginia, to be Administrator of the
Energy Information Administration, and Kyle E. McSlarrow, of Virginia, to be
Deputy Secretary, both of the Department of Energy.
NUCLEAR SECURITY
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee concluded hearings S.
1586, to amend the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 to authorize the carrying of
firearms by employees of licensees, and S. 1746, to amend the Atomic Energy
Act of 1954 and the Energy Reorganization Act of 1974 to strengthen security
at sensitive nuclear facilities, after receiving testimony from Representative
Markey; Richard A. Meserve, Chairman, Nuclear Regulatory Commission; David
Lochbaum, Union of Concerned Scientists, Jack Skolds, Exelon Nuclear, and
Danielle Brian, Project On Government Oversight, all of Washington, D.C.;
Irwin Redlener, Children's Hospital at Montefiore, New York, New York, on
behalf of the Children's Health Fund; and Donna J. Miller Hastie, Marietta,
Georgia.
STRATEGIC OFFENSIVE REDUCTIONS TREATY
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee met in closed session to receive a
briefing on the President's trip to Europe and the Strategic Offensive
Reductions Treaty from Colin L. Powell, Secretary of State.
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CUBA AND BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS
Committee on Foreign Relations: Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere, Peace
Corps and Narcotics Affairs concluded open and closed hearings to examine
Cuba's pursuit of biological weapons, focusing on research, production, and
stockpiling, after receiving testimony from Carl W. Ford Jr., Assistant
Secretary of State for Intelligence and Research.
Joint Meetings
9/11 INTELLIGENCE INVESTIGATION
Joint Hearing: Senate Select Committee on Intelligence and the House Permanent
Select Committee on Intelligence met in closed session to consider events
surrounding September 11, 2001.
Committees will meet again tomorrow.
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Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
APPROPRIATIONS--FOREST SERVICE
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Interior concluded hearings on
proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2003 for the Forest Service, after
receiving testimony from Dale N. Bosworth, Chief, and Hank Kashdan, Director,
Program Development and Budget, both of the Forest Service, Department of
Agriculture.
APPROPRIATIONS--LABOR
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services,
and Education concluded hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year
2003 for the Department of Labor, after receiving testimony from Elaine L.
Chao, Secretary of Labor.
TRIBAL COMMUNITY CAPITAL INVESTMENT
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on Financial
Institutions concluded oversight hearings to examine capital investments in
tribal communities, focusing on expanding tribal land home ownership,
overcoming barriers to capital access on tribal lands, and related findings of
the Native American Lending Study, after receiving testimony from Rodger J.
Boyd, Special Assistant to the Director of the Community Development Financial
Institutions Fund, Department of the Treasury; Franklin D. Raines, Fannie Mae,
Washington, D.C.; J.D. Colbert, North American Native Bankers Association,
Alexandria, Virginia; William V. Fischer, American State Bank, of Pierre,
Pierre, South Dakota; Michael B. Jandreau, Lower Brule Sioux Tribe, Lower
Brule, South Dakota; and Elsie Meeks, First Nations Oweesta Corporation, Kyle,
South Dakota.
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WATER AND POWER REVISIONS
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Subcommittee on Water and Power
concluded hearings on S. 1310/H.R. 1870, to provide for the sale of certain
real property in the Newlands Project, Nevada, to the city of Fallon, Nevada,
S. 1385/H.R. 2115, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior, pursuant to the
provisions of the Reclamation Wastewater and Groundwater Study and Facilities
Act to participate in the design, planning, and construction of the Lakehaven
water reclamation project for the reclamation and reuse of water,
S. 1824/H.R.2828, to authorize payments to certain Klamath Project water
distribution entities for amounts assessed by the entities for operation and
maintenance of the Project's irrigation works for 2001, to authorize funds to
such entities of amounts collected by the Bureau of Reclamation for reserved
works for 2001,
S. 1883, to authorize the Bureau of Reclamation to participate in the
rehabilitation of the Wallowa Lake Dam in Oregon,
S. 1999, to reauthorize the Mni Wiconi Rural Water Supply Project,
S. 2475, to amend the Central Utah Project Completion Act to clarify the
responsibilities of the Secretary of the Interior with respect to the Central
Utah Project, to redirect unexpended budget authority for the Central Utah
Project for wastewater treatment and reuse and other purposes, to provide for
prepayment of repayment contracts for municipal and industrial water delivery
facilities, and to eliminate a deadline for such prepayment, and
H.R. 706, to direct the Secretary of the Interior to convey certain properties
in the vicinity of the Elephant Butte Reservoir and the Caballo Reservoir, New
Mexico, after receiving testimony from Senator Bennett; Representative Walden;
Bennett W. Raley, Assistant Secretary for Water and Science, and Mark A.
Limbaugh, Director, External and Intergovernmental Affairs, Bureau of
Reclamation, both of the Department of the Interior; Dan Keppen, Klamath Water
Users Association, Klamath Falls, Oregon; Jeff Oveson, Grande Ronde Model
Watershed Program, La Grande, Oregon, on behalf of the Wallowa Lake Dam
Rehabilitation and Water Management Plan; John Steele, Oglala Sioux Tribe,
Pine Ridge, South Dakota, on behalf of the West River/Lyman-Jones Inc., the
Rosebud Sioux Tribe, and the Lower Brule Sioux Tribe; Don A. Christiansen,
Central Utah Water Conservancy District, Orem; and Jerry Stagner, State
National Bank, El Paso, Texas, on behalf of the Elephant Butte Caballo
Association.
CLEAN WATER ACT REVISIONS
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Subcommittee on Clean Air,
Wetlands, and Climate Change concluded hearings to examine the impacts of the
revisions to the Clean Water Act regulatory definitions of "fill
material" and
"discharge of fill material", after receiving testimony from George
S. Dunlop,
Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army for Policy and Legislation, Office of
the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works; Benjamin H. Grumbles,
Deputy Assistant Administrator, Office of Water, Environmental Protection
Agency; Michael Callaghan, West Virginia Department of Environmental
Protection, Charleston; Joan Mulhern, Earthjustice Legal Defense Fund,
Washington, D.C.; J. Bruce Wallace, University of Georgia Department of
Entomology, Athens; Mike Whitt, Mingo County Redevelopment Authority,
Williamson, West Virginia; and Kevin Richardson, Just Within Reach Foundation,
Lexington, Kentucky.
RUSSIA AND CHINA NONPROLIFERATION AND EXPORT CONTROLS
Committee on Governmental Affairs: Subcommittee on International Security,
Proliferation and Federal Services concluded hearings to examine how well
Russia and China are complying with nonproliferation agreements and enforcing
multilateral export control agreements, after receiving testimony from John S.
Wolf, Assistant Secretary of State for Nonproliferation; Matthew S. Borman,
Deputy Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Export Administration, Bureau of
Industry and Security; Leonard S. Spector, Monterey Institute of International
Studies Center for Nonproliferation Studies, Monterey, California; David
Albright, Institute for Science and International Security, Washington, D.C.;
Gary Milhollin, University of Wisconsin Law School, Madison, on behalf of the
Wisconsin Project for Nuclear Arms Control.
INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES EDUCATION ACT
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee concluded
hearings to examine the implementation of the Individuals with Disabilities
Education Act, focusing on accountability from the Federal government, and a
collaboration between institutions of higher education, local schools, and
school faculties for teacher preparation programs, after receiving testimony
from Lawrence C. Gloeckler, New York State Education Department, Office of
Vocational and Educational Services for Individuals with Disabilities, Albany;
David W. Gordon, Elk Grove Unified School District, Elk Grove, California;
Stan F. Shaw, University of Connecticut Special Education Program, Storrs;
Arlene Mayerson, Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund, Inc., Berkeley,
California; and Marisa C. Brown, Vienna, Virginia.
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COUNTERTERRORISM
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded oversight hearings on
counterterrorism and national security activities in the Department of
Justice, including the FBI's response to evidence of terrorist activity in the
U.S. prior to September 11, and certain related aspects of the FBI's new
reorganization plan, after receiving testimony from Robert S. Mueller III,
Director, and Coleen M. Rowley, Special Agent and Minneapolis Chief Division
Counsel, both of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and Glenn A. Fine,
Inspector General, all of the Department of Justice.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Committee ordered favorably reported the
following bills:
S. 2043, to amend title 38, United States Code, to extend by five years the
period for the provision by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs of
noninstitutional extended care services and required nursing home care, with
an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
S. 2132, to amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for the
establishment of medical emergency preparedness centers in the Veterans Health
Administration, to provide for the enhancement of the medical research
activities of the Department of Veterans Affairs, with an amendment in the
nature of a substitute;
S. 2074, to increase, effective as of December 1, 2002, the rates of
compensation for veterans with service-connected disabilities and the rates of
dependency and indemnity compensation for the survivors of certain disabled
veterans; and
S. 2237, to amend title 38, United States Code, to enhance compensation for
veterans with hearing loss, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute.
Joint Meetings
9/11 INTELLIGENCE INVESTIGATION
Joint Hearing: Senate Select Committee on Intelligence and the House Permanent
Select Committee on Intelligence met in closed session to consider events
surrounding September 11, 2001.
Committees will meet again on Tuesday, June 11.
2002/06/07
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Committee Meetings
No committee meetings were held.
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Joint Meetings
MAY EMPLOYMENT SITUATION
Joint Economic Committee: Committee concluded hearings to examine the
employment and unemployment situation for May, after receiving testimony from
Lois Orr, Acting Commissioner, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Department of
Labor.
2002/06/10
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Committee Meetings
No committee meetings were held.
No Joint hearings noted.
2002/06/11
Daily Digest - Tuesday, June 11, 2002; pages D591 - D598
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
APPROPRIATIONS--DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on District of Columbia concluded
hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2003 for the government
of the District of Columbia, focusing on the Anacostia Waterfront Initiative,
after receiving testimony from Mayor Anthony A. Williams, Margret Kellums,
Deputy Mayor for Public Safety and Justice, Linda W. Cropp, Chairman, Council
of the District of Columbia, Julia Friedman, Deputy Chief Financial Officer
for Research and Analysis, Andrew Altman, Director, Office of Planning, and
Jerry N. Johnson, General Manager, Water and Sewer Authority, all of the
government of the District of Columbia.
SPECTRUM MANAGEMENT
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee held hearings to
examine the history and current issues related to radio spectrum management,
focusing on improving the process for assigning and allocating spectrum,
reimbursing government users for their relocation costs if they are required
to relinquish their spectrum for commercial uses, increasing U.S.
participation in the World Radio Conference process, and the status of third
generation wireless service, receiving testimony from Senators Jeffords and
Dodd; Peter F. Guerrero, Director, Physical Infrastructure Issues, General
Accounting Office; Steven Price, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for
Spectrum, Space, and Sensors and C3; Nancy J. Victory, Assistant Secretary of
Commerce for Communications and Information, National Telecommunications and
Information Administration; and Thomas J. Sugrue, Chief, Wireless
Telecommunications Bureau, Federal Communications Commission.
PUBLIC DIPLOMACY
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded hearings to examine the
status of U.S. public diplomacy and its role in the war on terrorism,
particularly as it relates to our challenges in the Middle East, after
receiving testimony from former Representative Newt Gingrich; Charlotte Beers,
Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs; Norman J.
Pattiz, Governor, Broadcasting Board of Governors; Marc Charles Ginsberg,
Northstar Equity Group, former Ambassador to Morocco, Washington, D.C.; David
Hoffman, Internews, Arcada, California; and Veton Surroi, KOHA Media Group,
Prishtina, Kosova.
U.S./LIBERIA POLICY
Committee on Foreign Relations: Subcommittee on African Affairs concluded
hearings to examine how the decline in Liberia's fortunes have affected the
sub region and created an opening for international criminal and terrorist
activities, and how U.S. policy in Liberia can help to bring Liberia back into
the fold of democratically well-governed nations, after receiving testimony
from Walter Kansteiner, Assistant Secretary of State for Africa; Binaifer
Nowrojee, Human Rights Watch, New York, New York; and Rory Anderson, World
Vision, and Benedict F. Sannoh, National Endowment for Democracy, both of
Washington, D.C.
CRUISE MISSILE AND UAV THREATS
Committee on Governmental Affairs: Subcommittee on International Security,
Proliferation and Federal Services concluded hearings to examine proliferation
issues of cruise missiles and unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) threats to the
United States, after receiving testimony from Vann H. Van Diepen, Acting
Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Nonproliferation; Christopher Bolkcom,
Analyst in National Defense, Congressional Research Service, Library of
Congress; and Dennis M. Gormley, Blue Ridge Consulting, Arlington, Virginia.
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ELDERLY FALL PREVENTION
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Subcommittee on Aging
concluded hearings to examine the prevention of elderly falls, identifying
opportunities to improve the health and safety of older Americans, reducing
the negative economic impact that falls produce, and certain related
provisions of S. 1922, to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to
expand and intensify programs with respect to research and related activities
concerning elder falls, after receiving testimony from Peter Merles, South
East Senior Housing Initiative, Baltimore, Maryland; Mary E. Watson, Central
Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System, Little Rock; Bobby Jackson, National
Safety Council, and Lillie Maria Struchen, both of Washington, D.C.
INDIAN AFFAIRS BRANCH OF ACKNOWLEDGMENT AND RESEARCH
Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee held oversight hearings to examine the
activities of the Department of the Interior's Bureau of Indian Affairs'
Branch of Acknowledgment and Research for review of petitions of tribal groups
that are seeking Federal recognition, receiving testimony from Michael R.
Smith, Director, Office of Tribal Services, Bureau of Indian Affairs,
Department of the Interior, who was accompanied by several of his associates.
Hearings recessed subject to call.
MENTALLY ILL AND THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded hearings to examine the impact
of mentally ill offenders on our justice system, focusing on the Council of
State Governments' "Criminal Justice/Mental Health Consensus
Project" report,
which provides a guidebook and recommendations for the criminal justice system
to improve their response to people with mental illness, after receiving
testimony from Representative Strickland; Marylou Sudders, Commonwealth of
Massachusetts Department of Mental Health, Boston, on behalf of the National
Association of State Mental Health Program Directors; Kenneth Mayfield, Dallas
County Commissioners Court, Dallas, Texas, on behalf of the National
Association of Counties; Gary J. Margolis, University of Vermont Police
Department, Burlington, on behalf of the Police Executive Research Forum; and
John Caceci, Monroe County Jail, Rochester, New York.
Joint Meetings
9/11 INTELLIGENCE INVESTIGATION
Joint Hearing: Senate Select Committee on Intelligence held joint closed
hearings with the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence to examine
events surrounding September 11, 2001, receiving testimony from officials of
the intelligence community.
Hearings continue tomorrow.
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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.
MEDICARE MEDICAL SUPPLIES PAYMENTS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services,
and Education concluded hearings to examine fraud, waste and abuse related to
Medicare reimbursement for medical equipment and supplies, and ways to improve
the process, including creating supplier standards, centralizing claims
processing, reducing oxygen reimbursement, and introducing a more competitive
bidding process, after receiving testimony from Janet Rehnquist, Inspector
General, and Thomas A. Scully, Administrator, Centers for Medicare and
Medicaid Services, both of the Department of Health and Human Services; Leslie
G. Aronovitz, Director, Health Care-Program Administration and Integrity
Issues, General Accounting Office; and David T. Williams, Invacare
Corporation, Elyria, Ohio.
INTERNET MANAGEMENT: ICANN GOVERNANCE
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on Science,
Technology, and Space concluded hearings to examine reform and privatization
issues of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN),
focusing on clarifying the mission and responsibilities, ensuring
accountability, and developing an effective advisory role for governments,
after receiving testimony from Nancy J. Victory, Assistant Secretary of
Commerce for Communications and Information; Peter Guerrero, Director,
Physical Infrastructure Issues, General Accounting Office; M. Stuart Lynn,
Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, Marina del Rey,
California; Karl Auerbach, Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers
Board of Directors, San Jose, California; Roger J. Cochetti, VeriSign, Inc.,
and Alan B. Davidson, Center for Democracy and Technology, both of Washington,
D.C.; and Cameron Powell, SnapNames, Portland, Oregon.
NATIONAL PARKS
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Subcommittee on National Parks
concluded hearings on S. 1257/H.R. 107, to require the Secretary of the
Interior to conduct a theme study to identify sites and resources to
commemorate and interpret the Cold War, S. 1312/H.R. 2109, to authorize the
Secretary of the Interior to conduct a special resource study of Virginia Key
Beach, Florida, for possible inclusion in the National Park System, S. 1944,
to revise the boundary of the Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park and
Gunnison Gorge National Conservation Area in the State of Colorado, H.R. 38,
to provide for additional lands to be included within the boundaries of the
Homestead National Monument of America in the State of Nebraska, H.R. 980, to
establish the Moccasin Bend National Historic Site in the State of Tennessee
as a unit of the National Park System, and H.R. 1712, to authorize the
Secretary of the Interior to make adjustments to the boundary of the National
Park of American Samoa to include certain portions of the islands of Ofu and
Olosega within the park, after receiving testimony from Senator Bill Nelson;
Representatives Faleomavaega, Meek, and Wamp; P. Daniel Smith, Special
Assistant to the Director, National Park Service, Department of the Interior;
Steve Ririe, Silent Heroes of the Cold War National Memorial Committee, Las
Vegas, Nevada; and James O. Mills, Friends of Moccasin Bend National Park,
Chattanooga, Tennessee.
CLEAN POWER ACT
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee concluded hearings on S.
556, to amend the Clean Air Act to reduce emissions from electric power
plants, after receiving testimony from Representative Kucinich; Ronald C.
Methier, Georgia Environmental Protection Division, Atlanta, on behalf of the
State and Territorial Air Pollution Program Administrators and the Association
of Local Air Pollution Control Officials; Robert Page, TransAlta Corporation,
Calgary, Canada; William F. Tyndall, Cinergy Services, Inc., Cincinnati, Ohio,
on behalf of the Edison Electric Institute; David G. Hawkins, Natural
Resources Defense Council, Washington, D.C.; Lee P. Hughes, Bayer Corporation,
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on behalf of the American Chemistry Council; Don
Barger, National Parks Conservation Association, Knoxville, Tennessee; and J.
Thomas Mullen, Catholic Charities Health and Human Services, Cleveland, Ohio.
CHILDHOOD VACCINE SHORTAGE
Committee on Governmental Affairs: Committee concluded hearings to examine the
causes and extent of the current shortage of childhood vaccines, their
expected duration and impact, and the Federal government's role in maintaining
the supply, after receiving testimony from Lester M. Crawford, Deputy
Commissioner, Food and Drug Administration, and Walter Orenstein, Director,
National Immunization Program, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention,
both of the Department of Health and Human Services; Timothy F. Doran, Greater
Baltimore Medical Center, Baltimore, Maryland, on behalf of the American
Academy of Pediatrics; Mary Anne Jackson, Children's Mercy Hospitals and
Clinics, Kansas City, Missouri; and Wayne Pisano, Aventis Pasteur North
America, Asbury, New Jersey, on behalf of the Pharmaceutical Research and
Manufacturers of America.
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DEATH PENALTY
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Constitution concluded hearings to
examine issues with respect to reducing the risk of executing the innocent,
focusing on the Report of the Illinois Governor's Commission on Capital
Punishment, after receiving testimony from Illinois Governor George H. Ryan,
and Matthew R. Bettenhausen, Illinois Deputy Governor for Criminal Justice and
Public Safety, and Executive Director, Illinois Governor's Commission on
Capital Punishment, both of Springfield; Druanne D. White, Solicitor, Tenth
Judicial Circuit, Anderson, South Carolina; Donald Hubert, Hubert, Fowler, and
Quinn, and Scott Turow, Sonnenschein Nath and Rosenthal, both of Chicago,
Illinois, both members of the Illinois Governor's Commission on Capital
Punishment; John J. Kinsella, First Assistant State's Attorney, DuPage County,
Illinois; Lawrence C. Marshall, Northwestern University Law School Center on
Wrongful Convictions, Chicago, Illinois; and Kent Scheidegger, Criminal
Justice Legal Foundation, Sacramento, California.
Joint Meetings
9/11 INTELLIGENCE INVESTIGATION
Joint Hearing: Senate Select Committee on Intelligence held joint closed
hearings with the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence to examine
events surrounding September 11, 2001.
Senate Select Committee will meet again tomorrow.
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Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
APPROPRIATIONS--INTERIOR
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Interior concluded hearings on
proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2003 for the Department of the
Interior, after receiving testimony from Gale A. Norton, Secretary of the
Department of the Interior.
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BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Armed Services: Senate met in closed session to discuss the
Crusader artillery system program.
TRANSPORTATION EQUITY ACT
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on Housing and
Transportation held oversight hearings on the implementation and
reauthorization of the public transportation provisions of the Transportation
Equity Act for the 21st Century (TEA-21) (105-178), receiving testimony from
Mayor Kwame M. Kilpatrick, Detroit, Michigan; Mayor H. Brent Coles, Boise,
Idaho; and Kenneth Mayfield, Dallas County Commissioners Court, Dallas, Texas,
on behalf of the National Association of Counties.
Hearings recessed subject to call.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Finance: Committee began markup of H.R. 7, to provide incentives
for charitable contributions by individuals and businesses, to improve the
effectiveness and efficiency of government program delivery to individuals and
families in need, and to enhance the ability of low-income Americans to gain
financial security by building assets, but did not complete action thereon,
and recessed subject to call.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee ordered favorably reported the
following business items:
S. 2525, to amend the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to increase assistance
for foreign countries seriously affected by HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, and
malaria;
S. Con. Res. 114, expressing the sense of Congress regarding North Korean
refugees who are detained in China and returned to North Korea where they face
torture, imprisonment, and execution, with an amendment in the nature of a
substitute;
S. Res. 283, recognizing the successful completion of democratic elections in
the Republic of Colombia; and
The nomination of Tony P. Hall, of Ohio, for the rank of Ambassador during his
tenure of service as U.S. Representative, to the United Nations Agencies for
Food and Agriculture, Department of State.
DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN TREATY
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded hearings on the Convention
on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women, adopted by
the United Nations General Assembly on December 18, 1979, and signed on behalf
of the United States of America on July 17, 1980 (Treaty Doc. 96-53), after
receiving testimony from Representatives Maloney, Millender-McDonald, Morella,
Woolsey, and Jo Anne Davis; Harold Hongju Koh, Yale Law School, New Haven,
Connecticut, former Assistant Secretary of State for Human Rights; Juliette
Clagett McLennan, Easton, Maryland, former U.S. Representative to the United
Nations Commission on the Status of Women; Jane E. Smith, Business and
Professional Women/USA, and Jeane Kirkpatrick, American Enterprise Institute,
former Permanent Representative to the United Nations, both of Washington,
D.C.; Kathryn O. Balmforth, Wood Crapo, Salt Lake City, Utah; and Christina
Hoff Sommers, American Enterprise Institute, Chevy Chase, Maryland.
ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee concluded
oversight hearings to examine the implementation of the No Child Left Behind
Act (P.L. 107-110), focusing on the Reading First and other literacy-related
programs and strategies, receiving testimony from Eugene W. Hickok, Under
Secretary of Education; Trisha Rhodes, Hancock County Consortium, Bar Harbor,
Maine; Ruth Nathan, Rancho Romero Elementary, Alamo, California; and Elizabeth
V. Primas, Anthony Bowen Elementary School, Washington, D.C., on behalf of the
International Reading Association's Urban Diversity Initiatives Commission.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee ordered favorably reported the following
business items:
S. 1956, to combat terrorism and defend the Nation against terrorist attacks,
with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
S. Con. Res. 104, recognizing the American Society of Civil Engineers on the
occasion of the 150th anniversary of its founding and for the many vital
contributions of civil engineers to the quality of life of the people of the
United States, including the research and development projects that have led
to the physical infrastructure of modern America;
H. Con. Res. 387, recognizing the American Society of Civil Engineers for
reaching its 150th Anniversary and for the many vital contributions of civil
engineers to the quality of life of our Nation's people including the research
and development projects that have led to the physical infrastructure of
modern America; and
The nominations of Henry E. Autrey, to be United States District Judge for the
Eastern District of Missouri, Richard E. Dorr, to be United States District
Judge for the Western District of Missouri, David C. Godbey, to be United
States District Judge for the Northern District of Texas, Henry E. Hudson, to
be United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Virginia, Timothy
J. Savage, to be United States District Judge for the Eastern District of
Pennsylvania, Amy J. St. Eve, to be United States District Judge for the
Northern District of Illinois; and Gregory Robert Miller, to be United States
Attorney for the Northern District of Florida, Kevin Vincent Ryan, to be
United States Attorney for the Northern District of California, Randall Dean
Anderson, to be United States Marshal for the District of Utah, Ray Elmer
Carnahan, to be United States Marshal for the Eastern District of Arkansas,
David Scott Carpenter, to be United States Marshal for the District of North
Dakota, Theresa A. Merrow, to be United States Marshal for the Middle District
of Georgia, Ruben Monzon, to be United States Marshal for the Southern
District of Texas, and James Michael Wahlrab, to be United States Marshal for
the Southern District of Ohio, all of the Department of Justice.
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NOMINATIONS
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded hearings on the nominations of
John M. Rogers, of Kentucky, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Sixth
Circuit, David S. Cercone, to be United States District Judge for the Western
District of Pennsylvania, Morrison C. England, Jr., to be United States
District Judge for the Eastern District of California, Kenneth A. Marra, to be
United States District Judge for the Southern District of Florida, and
Lawrence A. Greenfeld, of Maryland, to be Director of the Bureau of Justice
Statistics, Department of Justice, after the nominees testified and answered
questions in their own behalf. Mr. Rogers was introduced by Senators McConnell
and Bunning, Mr. Cercone was introduced by Senators Specter and Santorum, Mr.
England was introduced by Senator Feinstein, and Mr. Greenfeld was introduced
by Representative Bartlett.
BUSINESS MEETING
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee met in closed session to consider
the events surrounding September 11, 2001, and made no announcements.
No Joint hearings noted.
2002/06/14
Daily Digest - Friday, June 14, 2002; pages D616 - D622
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
NEWBORN SCREENING
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Subcommittee on Children
and Families concluded hearings to examine what new measures may be needed to
enhance current options and awareness concerning the screening of newborns to
improve detection of conditions that threaten the life and long-term health of
infants, including expanding State newborn screening programs and improving
information sharing among screening programs and State systems of care for
children with special health care needs, after receiving testimony from Peter
C. van Dyck, Associate Administrator for Maternal and Child Health, Health
Resources and Services Administration, Department of Health and Human
Services; Jeffrey Botkin, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake
City, on behalf of the American Academy of Pediatrics and Association of
Medical School Pediatric Department Chairs Society for Pediatric Research;
Scott A. Rivkees, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut,
on behalf of the Connecticut Newborn Screening Program Genetics Advisory
Committee; Bradford L. Therrell, University of Texas Health Science Center
Department of Pediatrics, San Antonio, Texas, on behalf of the National
Newborn Screening and Genetics Resource Center; and Jill Wood, Fairfax,
Virginia.
No Joint hearings noted.
2002/06/17
Daily Digest - Monday, June 17, 2002; pages D624 - D628
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
INTELLIGENCE
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee met in closed session to consider
intelligence matters, but made no
announcements, and recessed subject to call.
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No Joint hearings noted.
2002/06/18
Daily Digest - Tuesday, June 18, 2002; pages D629 - D638
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee ordered favorably
reported an original bill, to improve quality and transparency in financial
reporting and independent audits and accounting services for public companies,
to create a Public Company Accounting Oversight Board, to enhance the standard
setting process for accounting practices, to strengthen the independence of
firms that audit public companies, to increase corporate responsibility and
the usefulness of corporate financial disclosure, to protect the objectivity
and independence of securities analysts, and to improve Securities and
Exchange Commission resources and oversight.
SPORTS PERFORMANCE-ENHANCEMENT DRUG USE
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on Consumer
Affairs, Foreign Commerce, and Tourism concluded hearings to examine steroid
use in professional baseball and anti-doping issues in amateur sports, after
receiving testimony from Jerry Colangelo, AZPB Limited Partnership/Arizona
Diamondbacks, Phoenix; Donald M. Fehr, Major League Baseball Players
Association, and Robert D. Manfred, Jr., Major League Baseball, both of New
York, New York; Frank Shorter, United States Anti-Doping Agency, Boulder,
Colorado; Greg Schwab, Tigard High School, Vancouver, Washington; and Bernard
Greisemer, Springfield, Missouri.
PUBLIC LANDS AND FORESTS
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Subcommittee on Public Lands and
Forests concluded hearings on S. 198, to require the Secretary of the Interior
to establish a program to provide assistance through States to eligible weed
management entities to control or eradicate harmful, nonnative weeds on public
and private land, S. 1846, to prohibit oil and gas drilling in Finger Lakes
National Forest in the State of New York, S. 1879, to resolve the claims of
Cook Inlet Region, Inc., to lands adjacent to the Russian River in the State
of Alaska, S. 2222, to resolve certain conveyances and provide for alternative
land selections under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act related to Cape
Fox Corporation and Sealaska Corporation, S. 2471, to provide for the
independent investigation of Federal wildland firefighter fatalities, and S.
2482, to direct the Secretary of the Interior to grant to Deschutes and Crook
Counties in the State of Oregon a right-of-way to West Butte Road, after
receiving testimony from Tom Thompson, Deputy Chief, National Forest System,
Department of Agriculture; James Tate, Jr., Science Advisor, David Allen,
Regional Director, Fish and Wildlife Service, and Bob Anderson, Deputy
Assistant Director, Minerals, Realty, and Resource Protection, Bureau of Land
Management, all of the Department of the Interior; Glen Secrist, Idaho State
Department of Agriculture, Boise; Richard Shields, Cape Fox Corporation,
Ketchikan, Alaska; Carl H. Marrs, Cook Inlet Region, Inc., Anchorage, Alaska;
Scott Klundt, National Cattlemen's Beef Association, Washington, D.C.; and
Buck Lindekugel, Southeast Alaska Conservation Council, Juneau.
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ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee concluded hearings on S.
1987, to provide for reform of the Corps of Engineers, S. 646, to reform the
Army Corps of Engineers, and water resources development programs within the
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, focusing on accountability, changes in the
review process, and improvements in wetlands litigation, after receiving
testimony from Senator Feingold; R. L. Brownlee, Acting Assistant Secretary of
the Army for Civil Works; Lt. Gen. Robert B. Flowers, Chief of Engineers, U.S.
Army Corps of Engineers, Department of Defense; Thomas J. Chase, American
Association of Port Authorities, Alexandria, Virginia; Montgomery Fischer,
National Wildlife Federation, Reston, Virginia; Steve Ellis, on behalf of
Taxpayers for Common Sense, and the Council for Citizens Against Government
Waste, and Tony MacDonald, Coastal States Organization, Inc., both of
Washington, D.C.; Lisa Holland, South Carolina Department of Natural
Resources, Columbia; Christopher J. Brescia, Midwest Area River Coalition
2000, St. Louis, Missouri; G. Edward Dickey, Baltimore, Maryland; and Jim
Robinson, Jr., East Prairie, Missouri.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Finance: Committee ordered favorably reported the following
bills:
H.R. 7, to provide incentives for charitable contributions by individuals and
businesses, to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of government program
delivery to individuals and families in need, and to enhance the ability of
low-income Americans to gain financial security by building assets, with an
amendment in the nature of a substitute;
S. 2498, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to require adequate
disclosure of transactions which have a potential for tax avoidance or
evasion; and
S. 2119, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for the tax
treatment of inverted corporate entities and of transactions with such
entities.
ELDER ABUSE
Committee on Finance: Committee held hearings to examine the protection of
seniors from abuse and neglect, and ways to prevent, identify, and intervene
in situations involving elder mistreatment, receiving testimony from Robert B.
Blancato, National Committee for the Prevention of Elder Abuse, Washington,
D.C., former Executive Director, White House Conference on Aging; Catherine
Hawes, Texas A&M University School of Rural Public Health Southwest Rural
Health Research Center, College Station, Texas; Joanne Otto, National
Association of Adult Protective Services Administrators, Boulder, Colorado;
Carmel Bitondo Dyer, Baylor College of Medicine/Harris County Hospital
District Geriatrics Program, Houston, Texas, on behalf of the Texas Elder
Abuse and Mistreatment Institute; Randolph W. Thomas, South Carolina
Department of Public Safety Criminal Justice Academy, Columbia; and Richard J.
Bonnie, University of Virginia Schools of Law and Medicine, Charlottesville,
on behalf of the National Academy of Sciences Institute of Medicine National
Research Council Panel to Review Risk and Prevalence of Elder Abuse and
Neglect.
Hearings recessed subject to call.
TEXAS RESTORATION ACT
Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee concluded oversight hearings to examine
the implementation of the Texas Restoration Act (P.L. 100-89), to provide for
the restoration of Federal recognition to the Ysleta del Sur Pueblo and the
Alabama and Coushatta Indian Tribes of Texas, the interplay between the Act
and the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act, and the laws of the State of Texas as
they relate to gaming, after receiving testimony from Kevin Battise,
Alabama-Coushatta Indian Tribes of Texas, Livingston; Alex Skibine, University
of Utah School of Law, Salt Lake City, former House Interior Committee Deputy
Counsel for Indian Affairs; and Virginia W. Boylan, Dorsey and Whitney,
Washington, D.C.
DEATH PENALTY REFORM
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded hearings on S. 2446, to ensure
that death penalty defendants have a true opportunity to have their cases
considered by the courts; S. 800, to provide for post conviction DNA testing,
to establish a competent counsel grant program; S. 486, to reduce the risk
that innocent persons may be executed; 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; after receiving testimony from
Representatives Delahunt and LaHood; William G. Otis, George Mason University
Law School, Falls Church, Virginia, former Special White House Counsel and
former Assistant United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia;
Paul A. Logli, Winnebago County State's Attorney, Rockford, Illinois, on
behalf of the National District Attorneys Association; Barry Scheck, New York
State Forensic Science Review and The Innocence Project, and James S. Liebman,
Columbia University School of Law, both of New York, New York; and Larry
Yackle, Boston University School of Law, Boston, Massachusetts.
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Joint Meetings
9/11 INTELLIGENCE INVESTIGATION
Joint Hearing: Senate Select Committee on Intelligence held joint closed
hearings with the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence to examine
events surrounding September 11, 2001.
Committees will meet again tomorrow.
2002/06/19
Daily Digest - Wednesday, June 19, 2002; pages D640 - D648
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
NATIONAL YOUTH ANTI-DRUG MEDIA CAMPAIGN
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Treasury and General Government
concluded hearings to examine the effectiveness of the National Youth
Anti-Drug Media Campaign, focusing on evaluations, comparisons with other
social marketing campaigns, and planned modifications in response to findings,
after receiving testimony from John P. Walters, Director, National Drug
Control Policy; James E. Burke, Partnership for a Drug-Free America, New York,
New York; Lloyd D. Johnston, University of Michigan Institute for Social
Research, Ann Harbor; and Robert C. Hornik, University of Pennsylvania
Annenberg School for Communication, Philadelphia.
UNIVERSAL SERVICE FUND
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on
Communications concluded hearing to examine future sufficiency and stability
of the Universal Service Fund, which ensures that consumers living in rural,
insular and high cost areas have access to telecommunications services, after
receiving testimony from Dorothy T. Attwood, Chief, Wireline Competition
Bureau, Federal Communications Commission; G. Nanette Thompson, Regulatory
Commission of Alaska, Anchorage, on behalf of the Federal-State Universal
Service Joint Board; Billy Jack Gregg, Public Service Commission of West
Virginia, Charleston, on behalf of the National Association of State Consumer
Advocates; Lila A. Jaber, Florida Public Service Commission, Tallahassee; Don
Bond, Public Service Telephone Company, Reynolds, Georgia, on behalf of the
National Rural Telecom Association; Margaret H. Greene, BellSouth Corporation,
Atlanta, Georgia; Victoria D. Harker, MCI Group, Arlington, Virginia; and
Michael F. Altschul, Cellular Telecommunications and Internet Association,
Washington, D.C.
NASA EDUCATION PROGRAM
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on Science,
Technology, and Space concluded hearings to examine certain provisions of
proposed legislation authorizing funds for fiscal year 2003 for the National
Aeronautics and Space Administration, focusing on the Education Program,
Minority University Research and Education Program, and human capital
proposals, after receiving testimony from Sean O'Keefe, Administrator,
National Aeronautics and Space Administration, who was accompanied by several
of his associates.
RECREATION FEES
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded hearings on S.
2473, to enhance the Recreational Fee Demonstration Program for the National
Park Service; and S. 2607, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior and the
Secretary of Agriculture to collect recreation fees on Federal lands, after
receiving testimony from P. Lynn Scarlett, Assistant Secretary of the Interior
for Policy, Management, and Budget; and Mark Rey, Under Secretary of
Agriculture for Natural Resources and Environment.
U.S./CUBA POLICY
Committee on Foreign Relations: Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere, Peace
Corps and Narcotics Affairs concluded hearings on S. 1017/H.R. 2138, to
provide the people of Cuba with access to food and medicines from the United
States, to ease restrictions on travel to Cuba, to provide scholarships for
certain Cuban nationals, focusing on provisions relating to recent medical
advances in Cuba which could potentially have widespread application in the
U.S. and existing travel restrictions on U.S. citizens permitted to visit
Cuba, after receiving testimony from Bernard W. Aronson, ACON
Investments/Council on Foreign Relations Independent Task Force on Cuba,
former Assistant Secretary of State for Inter-American Affairs, and Alan I.
Leshner, American Association for the Advancement of Science, both of
Washington, D.C.; Donald L. Morton, John Wayne Cancer Institute, Santa Monica,
California; Kenneth R. Bridges, Brigham and Women's Hospital Joint Center for
Sickle Cell and Thalassemic Disorders, Boston, Massachusetts; Mark M.
Rasenick, University of Illinois College of Medicine Biomedical Neuroscience
Training Program, Chicago; Nancy Chang, Center for Constitutional Rights, New
York, New York; and Ramon Humberto Colas, Cuban Independent Libraries
Movement, Miami, Florida.
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NOMINATION
Committee on Governmental Affairs: Committee concluded hearings on the
nomination of Michael D. Brown, of Colorado, to be Deputy Director of the
Federal Emergency Management Agency, after the nominee, who was introduced by
Senators Allard and Campbell, testified and answered questions in his own
behalf.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee ordered
favorably reported the following business items:
S. 2184, to provide for the reissuance of a rule relating to ergonomics, with
an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
S. 2558, to amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for the collection
of data on benign brain-related tumors through the national program of cancer
registries, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
S. 1115, to amend the Public Health Service Act with respect to making
progress toward the goal of eliminating tuberculosis, with an amendment in the
nature of a substitute; and
The nominations of Thomas Mallon, of Connecticut, and Wilfred M. McClay, of
Tennessee, each to be a Member of the National Council on the Humanities, W.
Roy Grizzard, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary of Labor, Patricia
Pound, of Texas, Lex Frieden, of Texas, Carol Hughes Novak, of Georgia,
Kathleen Martinez, of California, and Young Woo Kang, of Indiana, each to be a
Member of the National Council On Disability, J. Russell George, of Virginia,
to be Inspector General, Corporation for National and Community Service, and
Jeffrey D. Wallin, of California, to be a Member of the National Council on
the Humanities.
NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee concluded
hearings on proposed legislation authorizing funds for the National Science
Foundation, focusing on math and science research, development, and education,
after receiving testimony from former Senator John Glenn, John Glenn Institute
for Public Service and Public Policy, Columbus, Ohio; Rita R. Colwell,
Director, National Science Foundation; and Keith Verner, Pennsylvania State
University College of Medicine/Center for Science and Health Education,
Hershey.
WHITE COLLAR CRIME
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Crime and Drugs held hearings on
S. 2010, to provide for criminal prosecution of persons who alter or destroy
evidence in certain Federal investigations or defraud investors of publicly
traded securities, to disallow debts incurred in violation of securities fraud
laws from being discharged in bankruptcy, to protect whistleblowers against
retaliation by their employers, receiving testimony from James B. Comey, Jr.,
United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York; West Virginia
State Auditor Glen B. Gainer III, Morgantown, on behalf of the National White
Collar Crime Center; Indiana Securities Commissioner Bradley W. Skolnik, on
behalf of the North American Securities and Administrators Association, Inc.,
and Frank O. Bowman III, Indiana University School of Law, both of
Indianapolis; Paul Rosenzweig, Heritage Foundation, Washington, D.C.; Charles
Prestwood, Conroe, Texas; Janice Farmer, Orlando, Florida; and Howard Deputy,
Smyrna, Delaware. Hearings recessed subject to call.
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Joint Meetings
9/11 INTELLIGENCE INVESTIGATION
Joint Hearing: Senate Select Committee on Intelligence continued joint closed
hearings with the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence to examine
events surrounding September 11, 2001, receiving testimony from officials of
the intelligence community.
Joint hearings recessed subject to call.
KOSOVO ETHNIC HARMONY
Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe (Helsinki Commission):
Commission to examine the current human rights atmosphere in Kosovo, focusing
on the rights of ethnic minorities to return home, human trafficking, and the
rising tensions between the region's ethnic minorities, after receiving
testimony from Rada Trajkovic, Kosovo Parliamentarian, Kosovo Serv Povratak
Coalition, Podujevo; Alush Gashi, Kosovo Parliamentarian, Democratic League of
Kosovo, and Valerie Percival, International Crisis Group, both of Pristina;
and Nebojsa Covic, Deputy Prime Minister of Serbia, Belgrade, Serbia,
Yugoslavia.
2002/06/20
Daily Digest - Thursday, June 20, 2002; pages D649 - D656
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
AMTRAK
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Transportation concluded hearings
to examine Amtrak's financial condition, focusing on investment in
infrastructure, long term financing options, and long term effective public
partnerships, after receiving testimony from David Gunn, President and Chief
Executive Officer, National Railroad Passenger Corporation (AMTRAK); and Allan
Rutter, Administrator, Federal Railroad Administration, Kenneth M. Mead,
Inspector General, and Donna McLean, Chief Financial Officer, all of the
Department of Transportation.
NOMINATION
Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded hearings on the nomination of
Gen. Ralph E. Eberhart, USAF, for reappointment to the grade of general and to
be Commander in Chief, United States Northern Command/Commander, North
American Aerospace Defense Command, after the nominee testified and answered
questions in his own behalf.
NATIONAL PARKS
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Subcommittee on National Parks
concluded hearings on S. 139/H.R. 3928, to assist in the preservation of
archaeological, paleontological, zoological, geological, and botanical
artifacts through construction of a new facility for the University of Utah
Museum of Natural History, Salt Lake City, Utah, S. 1609/H.R. 1814, to amend
the National Trails System Act to direct the Metacomet-Monadnock-Mattabesett
Trail extending through western Massachusetts and central Connecticut for
study for potential addition to the National Trails System; S. 1925, to
establish the Freedom's Way National Heritage Area in the States of
Massachusetts and New Hampshire, S. 2196, to establish the National Mormon
Pioneer Heritage Area in the State of Utah, S. 2388, to direct the Secretary
of the Interior to study certain sites in the historic district of Beaufort,
South Carolina, relating to the Reconstruction Era, S. 2519, to direct the
Secretary of the Interior to conduct a study of Coltsville in the State of
Connecticut for potential inclusion in the National Park System, and S. 2576,
to establish the Northern Rio Grande National Heritage Area in the State of
New Mexico, after receiving testimony from Senators Dodd, Lieberman, and
Bennett; Brenda Barrett, National Coordinator for Heritage Areas, National
Park Service, Department of the Interior; Mayor Mary Whitney, Fitchburg,
Massachusetts, on behalf of the Freedom's Way Heritage Association, Inc.;
Wilson G. Martin, Utah Division of State History, and Fred C. Esplin,
University of Utah, both of Salt Lake City; Kathryn M. Cordova, El Prado, New
Mexico, and Jose D. Villa, Espanola, New Mexico, both on behalf of the
Northern Rio Grande National Heritage Area; and Heather Clish, Appalachian
Mountain Club, Boston, Massachusetts.
ASBESTOS REMEDIATION
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Subcommittee on Superfund, Toxics,
Risk, and Waste Management concluded hearings to examine lessons learned from
asbestos remediation activities in Libby, Montana, as well as home insulation
concerns relating to asbestos, after receiving testimony from Senator Murray;
Marianne Horinko, Assistant Administrator, Office of Solid Waste and Emergency
Response, Environmental Protection Agency; Gregory R. Wagner, Director,
Division of Respiratory Disease Studies, National Institute for Occupational
Safety and Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and Henry Falk,
Assistant Administrator, Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry,
both of the Department of Health and Human Services; Michael R. Spence,
Montana State Department of Public Health and Human Services, Helena; Brad
Black, Lincoln County Health Department, and Pat Cohan, both on behalf of the
Center for Asbestos-Related Disease, Libby, Montana; and John Konzen, Lincoln
County Commission, Troy, Montana.
NUCLEAR SECURITY
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee concluded closed hearings
to examine nuclear plant security, after receiving testimony from certain
Federal witnesses.
HOMELAND SECURITY
Committee on Governmental Affairs: Committee concluded hearings to examine the
President's proposal to create a Department of Homeland Security, after
receiving testimony from former Senators Gary Hart and Warren Rudman, both
Co-Chairs, United States Commission on National Security/21st Century; and Tom
Ridge, Director, Office of Homeland Security.
FORMING UNIONS
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee concluded
hearings to examine workers freedom of association, focusing on whether
current American labor laws impose unacceptable obstacles to forming unions,
after receiving testimony from John J. Sweeney, AFL-CIO, and Daniel V. Yager,
Labor Policy Association, both of Washington, D.C.; Kenneth Roth, Human Rights
Watch, New York, New York; Nancy Schweikhard, St. John's Medical Center,
Oxnard, California; Robert MacDaniels, ONCORE Construction, Bladensburg,
Maryland; Eric J. Vizier, Galliano, Louisiana; Sherri Bufkin, Bladenboro,
North Carolina; and Mario Vidales, Las Vegas, Nevada.
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BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee ordered favorably reported the following
business items:
S. 1291, to amend the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility
Act of 1996 to permit States to determine State residency for higher education
purposes and to authorize the cancellation of removal and adjustment of status
of certain alien college-bound students who are long term United States
residents, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
S. 2621, to provide a definition of vehicle for purposes of criminal penalties
relating to terrorist attacks and other acts of violence against mass
transportation systems; S. 1754, to authorize appropriations for the United
States Patent and Trademark Office for fiscal years 2002 through 2007, with an
amendment in the nature of a substitute;
H.R. 1866, to amend title 35, United States Code, to clarify the basis for
granting requests for reexamination of patents; H.R. 1886, to amend title 35,
United States Code, to provide for appeals by third parties in certain patent
reexamination proceedings;
H.R. 2068, to revise, codify, and enact without substantive change certain
general and permanent laws, related to public buildings, property, and works,
as title 40, United States Code, "Public Buildings, Property, and
Works"; and
The nominations of David S. Cercone, to be United States District Judge for
the Western District of Pennsylvania, Morrison C. England, Jr., to be United
States District Judge for the Eastern District of California, Kenneth A.
Marra, to be United States District Judge for the Southern District of
Florida, and Lawrence A. Greenfeld, of Maryland, to be Director of the Bureau
of Justice Statistics, James Thomas Roberts, Jr., to be United States Marshal
for the Southern District of Georgia, Michael Lee Kline, to be United States
Marshal for the Eastern District of Washington and Anthony Dichio, to be
United States Marshal for the District of Massachusetts, all 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.
LONG-TERM CARE FINANCING
Special Committee on Aging: Committee concluded hearings to examine long term
care financing, focusing on entitlement reform, including expanding home care,
and expanding Medicare to address the need for adult day health care, after
receiving testimony from Senator Rockefeller; former Senator Durenberger, on
behalf of the Citizens for Long-Term Care Coalition; Carol V. O'Shaughnessy,
Specialist in Social Legislation, Congressional Research Service, Library of
Congress; Vermont Governor Howard Dean, Montpelier, on behalf of the National
Governors Association; and Steven Chies, American Health Care Association,
Washington, D.C.
Joint Meetings
GREECE HUMAN RIGHTS
Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe (Helsinki Commission):
Commission concluded joint hearings to examine human rights in Greece,
focusing on minority rights, religious liberty, freedom of the media, human
trafficking, and domestic terrorism, after receiving testimony from Mania
Telalian, Legal Advisor, Athens, Greece, Dimitrios Moschopoulos, Counselor,
Berlin, Germany, both of the Greece Ministry of Foreign Affairs; Vassilios
Tsirbas, European Centre for Law and Justice, Strasbourg, France; Adamantia
Pollis, New School University, New York, New York; and Panayote Dimitras,
Center for Documentation and Information on Minorities in Europe-Southeast
Europe, Athens, Greece.
2002/06/21
Daily Digest - Friday, June 21, 2002; pages D658 - D664
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
PHILIPPINES
Committee on Armed Services: Committee met in closed session to receive a
briefing on U.S. activities in the Philippines from Paul D. Wolfowitz, Deputy
Secretary, and Gen. Richard B. Myers, USAF, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of
Staff, both of the Department of Defense.
SUMMER SCHOOL
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee concluded
hearings to examine the importance of summer school to student achievement and
well being, focusing on summer school cutbacks and implications of research
policies and practices, after receiving testimony from Sandra Feldman,
American Federation of Teachers, Washington, D.C.; Harris Cooper, University
of Missouri Department of Psychological Sciences, Columbia; and Christina
Ramoglou, Rogers School Community Center Organization, Stamford, Connecticut.
NORTH KOREAN REFUGEES
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Immigration concluded hearings to
examine refugee admissions policy to the United States, focusing on the plight
of North Korean asylum seekers in the People's Republic of China, after
receiving testimony from Arthur E. Dewey, Assistant Secretary for Population,
Refugees, and Migration, Lorne Craner, Assistant Secretary for Democracy,
Human Rights, and Labor, and James Kelly, Assistant Secretary for East Asian
and Pacific Affairs, all of the Department of State; Felice D. Gaer,
Commission on International Religious Freedom, Jana Mason, U.S. Committee for
Refugees, and Elisa Massimino, Lawyers Committee for Human Rights, all of
Washington, D.C.; Debra Liang-Fenton, U.S. Committee on Human Rights in North
Korea, Minneapolis, Minnesota; Helie Lee, West Hollywood, California; and Soon
Ok Lee and Norbert Vollertsen both of Seoul, South Korea.
No Joint hearings noted.
2002/06/24
Daily Digest - Monday, June 24, 2002; pages D666 - D670
Committee Meetings
No committee meetings were held.
No Joint hearings noted.
2002/06/25
Daily Digest - Tuesday, June 25, 2002; pages D672 - D680
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: Committee concluded
hearings on the nominations of Phyllis K. Fong, of Maryland, to be Inspector
General, Department of Agriculture, Walter Lukken, of Indiana, and Sharon
Brown-Hruska, of Virginia, each to be a Commissioner of the Commodity Futures
Trading Commission, and Douglas L. Flory, of Virginia, to be a Member of the
Farm Credit Administration Board, Farm Credit Administration, after the
nominees testified and answered questions in their own behalf. Mr. Flory was
introduced by Senator Allen.
NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded
hearings on proposed legislation authorizing funds for the National
Transportation Safety Board, after receiving testimony from Marion C. Blakey,
Chairman, National Transportation Safety Board.
OFFICE OF OMBUDSMAN (EPA)
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee concluded oversight
hearings to examine the Environmental Protection Agency Inspector General's
actions with respect to the Ombudsman, and S. 606, to provide additional
authority to the Office of Ombudsman of the Environmental Protection Agency,
after receiving testimony from Senator Allard; Representative Nadler; Nikki L.
Tinsley, Inspector General, Environmental Protection Agency; David G. Wood,
Director, Natural Resources and Environment, General Accounting Office; Robert
J. Martin, Ashburn, Virginia, former National Ombudsman, Hazardous and Solid
Waste, Environmental Protection Agency; Danielle Brian, Project on Government
Oversight, Washington, D.C.; Kathy J. Zanetti, Shoshone Natural Resources
Coalition, Wallace, Idaho; and Susan Shortz, Halt Environmental Lead
Pollution, Throop, Pennsylvania.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded hearings on the
nominations of James Franklin Jeffrey, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the
Republic of Albania, Michael Klosson, of Maryland, to be Ambassador to the
Republic of Cyprus, James Irvin Gadsden, of Maryland, to be Ambassador to the
Republic of Iceland, and Randolph Bell, of Virginia, for the rank of
Ambassador during his tenure of service as Special Envoy for Holocaust Issues,
after the nominees testified and answered questions in their own behalf.
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PEACE CORPS
Committee on Foreign Relations: Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere, Peace
Corps and Narcotics Affairs concluded hearings on S. 2667, to amend the Peace
Corps Act to promote global acceptance of the principles of international
peace and nonviolent coexistence among peoples of diverse cultures and systems
of government, after receiving testimony from Gaddi H. Vasquez, Director,
Peace Corps; Mark Schneider, International Crisis Group, former Director,
Peace Corps, Dane Smith, National Peace Corps Association, and Barbara Anne
Ferris, Peace Corps Fund, all of Washington, D.C.; and John Coyne, Pelham, New
York.
OFFICE OF EDUCATION RESEARCH AND IMPROVEMENT
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee concluded
hearings on proposed legislation authorizing funds for the Office of Education
Research and Improvement, Department of Education, focusing on organizational
structure, budget, and technical assistance systems, after receiving testimony
from Grover J. Whitehurst, Assistant Secretary of Education for Research and
Improvement; Faye Taylor, Tennessee Department of Education, Nashville, on
behalf of the Education Leaders Council; Michael Nettles, University of
Michigan, Ann Arbor, on behalf of the National Assessment Governing Board; and
LaMar P. Miller, New York University Steinhardt School of Education Metro
Center for Urban Education and Region II Comprehensive Center, New York.
CHILDREN'S DENTAL HEALTH
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Subcommittee on Public
Health concluded hearings to examine the crisis in children's dental health,
focusing on creating an effective oral health infrastructure, increase access
to dental care, and related provisions of S. 1626, to provide disadvantaged
children with access to dental services, after receiving testimony from Lynn
Douglas Mouden, Arkansas Department of Health, Little Rock, on behalf of the
Association of State and Territorial Dental Directors; David Satcher, Henry J.
Kaiser Family Foundation, and National Center for Primary Care at Morehouse
School of Medicine, former Surgeon General, Department of Health and Human
Services, Timothy Shriver, Special Olympics, Inc., and Gregory Chadwick,
American Dental Association, all of Washington, D.C.; Burton L. Edelstein,
Columbia University School of Dental and Oral Surgery Division of Community
Health, New York, New York, on behalf of the Children's Dental Health Project,
American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry, and the American Dental Education
Association; and Ed Martinez, San Ysidro Health Center, San Diego, California,
on behalf of the National Association of Community Health Centers, Inc.
HOMELAND SECURITY INFRASTRUCTURE
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Technology, Terrorism, and
Government Information concluded hearings to examine the President's proposal
for reorganizing our homeland defense infrastructure, after receiving
testimony from former Senator Warren Rudman, United States Commission on
National Security/21st Century; David Walker, Comptroller General of the
United States, General Accounting Office; former Virginia Governor James S.
Gilmore III, Advisory Panel to Assess Domestic Response Capabilities for
Terrorism Involving Weapons of Mass Destruction, Richmond, Virginia; and Paul
C. Light and Ivo H. Daalder, both of the Brookings Institution, and Ivan
Eland, Cato Institute, all of Washington, D.C.
Joint Meetings
COMBATING TERRORISM
Joint Hearing: Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation
Subcommittee on Science, Technology, and Space concluded joint hearings with
the House Committee on Science to examine the role of science and technology
in combating terrorism, focusing on the National Academies' National Research
Council's report, "Making the Nation Safer: The Role of Science and
Technology
in Countering Terrorism" in preparation for drafting legislation to set
up a
Department of Homeland Security, after receiving testimony from Lewis M.
Branscomb, Harvard University John F. Kennedy School of Government Belfer
Center for Science and International Affairs, Cambridge, Massachusetts, and
Richard Klausner, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Seattle, Washington, both
on behalf of the National Academy of Sciences Committee on Science and
Technology for Countering Terrorism.
2002/06/26
Daily Digest - Wednesday, June 26, 2002; pages D681 - D694
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
TRANSPORTATION EQUITY ACT
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on Housing and
Transportation concluded hearings to examine the Transportation Equity Act for
the 21st Century, focusing on funding issues and investing in economic
development and the environment, after receiving testimony from Carl Guardino,
Silicon Valley Manufacturing Group, San Jose, California; Herschel Abbot,
BellSouth, Hank Dittmar, Great American Station Foundation, on behalf of the
Surface Transportation Policy Project, and Michael A. Replogle, Environmental
Defense, all of Washington, D.C.; and Robert Broadbent, Las Vegas Monorail
Company, Las Vegas, Nevada.
ENFORCING CORPORATE GOVERNANCE
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on Consumer
Affairs, Foreign Commerce, and Tourism concluded hearings to examine issues
and perspectives in enforcing corporate governance in order to assure
individual investors that their interests are protected and that the
information received is truthful as a part of an overall investment banking
reform, focusing on the experience of the State of New York, after receiving
testimony from New York State Attorney General Eliot Spitzer, New York.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Finance: Committee ordered favorably reported H.R. 4737, to
reauthorize and improve the program of block grants to States for temporary
assistance for needy families, and improve access to quality child care, with
an amendment in the nature of a substitute.
AFGHANISTAN
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded hearings to examine the
current situation in Afghanistan, focusing on conducting the war on terrorism,
fostering internal governance, and providing humanitarian and development
assistance, after receiving testimony from Richard L. Armitage, Deputy
Secretary of State; Paul Wolfowitz, Deputy Secretary of Defense; Brig. Gen.
David L. Grange, USA (Ret.), Chicago, Illinois; and Peter Tomsen, Ambassador
in Residence, University of Nebraska, Omaha, former Ambassador to Armenia, and
former Special Envoy to Afghanistan.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded hearings on the
nominations of Mark Sullivan, of Maryland, to be United States Director of the
European Bank for Reconstruction and Development; and Paul William Speltz, of
Texas, to be United States Director of the Asian Development Bank, with the
rank of Ambassador, after the nominees, testified and answered questions in
their own behalf.
DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY AND INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY
Committee on Governmental Affairs: Committee held hearings to examine the
relationship between a future Department of Homeland Security and the current
federal, state, and local intelligence communities, receiving testimony from
William B. Berger, North Miami Beach Police Department, Miami, Florida, on
behalf of the International Association of Chiefs of Police; Ashton B. Carter,
Harvard University John F. Kennedy School of Government Preventive Defense
Project, Cambridge, Massachusetts, former Assistant Secretary of Defense for
International Security Policy; Lt. Gen. Patrick M. Hughes, USA (Ret.), former
Director, Defense Intelligence Agency; Lt. Gen. William E. Odom, USA (Ret.),
former Director, National Security Agency; and Jeffrey H. Smith, Arnold and
Porter, Washington, D.C., former General Counsel, Central Intelligence Agency.
Hearings continue tomorrow.
NOMINATION
Committee on Governmental Affairs: Committee concluded hearings on the
nomination of James E. Boasberg, to be an Associate Judge of the Superior
Court of the District of Columbia, after the nominee, who was introduced by
Senator Warner, testified and answered questions in his own behalf.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee met and began
consideration of S. 710, to require coverage for colorectal cancer screenings,
but did not complete action thereon, and recessed subject to call.
TRIBAL TRUST FUNDS
Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee held oversight hearings on the status
of the dialogue between the U.S. Department of the Interior and American
Indian and Alaska Native leaders on various alternatives for the
reorganization of the Department of the Interior to improve the management of
tribal trust funds, receiving testimony from J. Steven Griles, Deputy
Secretary, and Neal A. McCaleb, Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs, both
of the Department of the Interior; and Tex G. Hall, Three Affiliated Tribes of
the Fort Berthold Reservation, New Town, North Dakota, and Susan Masten, Yurok
Tribe of Indians of California, Eureka, both on behalf of the Tribal
Leader/Department of the Interior Trust Reform Task Force.
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Hearings will continue on Tuesday, July 30.
HOMELAND SECURITY INFRASTRUCTURE
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee held hearings to examine the President's
proposal for reorganizing our homeland defense infrastructure and establishing
a Department of Homeland Security, receiving testimony from Tom Ridge,
Director of the Transition Planning Office for the Department of Homeland
Security.
Hearings recessed subject to call.
IMMIGRATION REFORM AND HOMELAND DEFENSE
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Immigration held hearings to
examine immigration reform and the reorganization of homeland defense,
focusing on the inclusion of the Immigration and Naturalization Service in the
new Department of Homeland Security, and the impact this would have on
immigration law and policy, and the adjudication of immigration services and
benefits, receiving testimony from Kathleen Campbell Walker, El Paso, Texas,
on behalf of the American Immigration Lawyers Association; Bill Ong Hing,
University of California School of Law, Davis, on behalf of the National Asian
Pacific American Legal Consortium; David A. Martin, University of Virginia
School of Law, Charlottesville, former General Counsel, Immigration and
Naturalization Service, Department of Justice; and Judge Dana Marks Keener,
San Francisco, California, on behalf of the National Association of
Immigration Judges.
Hearings recessed subject to call.
BUSINESS MEETING
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee met in closed session to consider
pending intelligence matters, made no announcements, and recessed subject to
call.
No Joint hearings noted.
2002/06/27
Daily Digest - Thursday, June 27, 2002; pages D696 - D704
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet )
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Appropriations: Committee ordered favorably reported the
following bills: An original bill making appropriations for the Department of
the Interior and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30,
2003; and
An original bill making appropriations for military construction, family
housing, and base realignment and closure for the Department of Defense for
the fiscal year ending September 30, 2003.
Also, committee approved subcommittee allocations for fiscal year 2003.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Armed Services: Committee ordered favorably reported the
nomination of Gen. Ralph E. Eberhart, USAF, for reappointment to the grade of
general and to be Commander in Chief, United States Northern
Command/Commander, North American Aerospace Defense Command, and 1,607 routine
military nominations in the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps.
SENIOR HOUSING AND HEALTH FACILITY NEEDS
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded
oversight hearings to examine the preliminary findings of the Commission on
Affordable Housing and Health Facility Needs for Seniors in the 21st Century,
after receiving testimony from Ellen Feingold, Jewish Community Housing for
the Elderly, Brighton, Massachusetts, and John C. Erickson, Erickson
Retirement Community, Baltimore, Maryland, both on behalf of the Commission on
Affordable Housing and Health Facility Needs for Seniors in the 21st Century.
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BORDER OPERATIONS
Committee on Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation/Committee on
Commerce, Science, and Transportation Subcommittee on Surface Transportation
and Merchant Marine: Subcommittees concluded joint hearings to examine cross
border trucking issues, focusing on the implementation of commercial vehicle
safety requirements at the U.S.-Mexico border, after receiving testimony from
Norman Y. Mineta, Secretary, Kenneth M. Mead, Inspector General, and Joe
Clapp, Administrator, Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, all of the
Department of Transportation.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee ordered favorably
reported the following bills:
S. 351, to amend the Solid Waste Disposal Act to reduce the quantity of
mercury in the environment by limiting use of mercury fever thermometers and
improving collection, recycling, and disposal of mercury, with an amendment in
the nature of a substitute;
S. 556, to amend the Clean Air Act to reduce emissions from electric
powerplants, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
S. 2664, to amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency
Assistance Act to establish a program to provide assistance to enhance the
ability of first responders to respond to incidents of terrorism, including
incidents involving weapons of mass destruction, with amendments.
H.R. 3322, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to construct an
education and administrative center at the Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge in
Box Elder County, Utah; and
H.R. 3958, to provide a mechanism for the settlement of claims of the State of
Utah regarding portions of the Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge located on the
shore of the Great Salt Lake, Utah.
HUMAN RIGHTS IN CENTRAL ASIA
Committee on Foreign Relations: Subcommittee on Central Asia and the South
Caucasus concluded hearings to examine the balancing of military assistance
and support for human rights in central Asia for the purpose of ensuring
stability, security, and prosperity in the region, after receiving testimony
from Lorne W. Craner, Assistant Secretary for Democracy, Human Rights, and
Labor Bureau, and B. Lynn Pascoe, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Central Asia,
both of the Department of State; J. D. Crouch II, Assistant Secretary of
Defense for International Security Policy; and William H. Courtney, DynCorp,
former Ambassador to Kazakhstan and Georgia, and former Senior Advisor to the
National Security Council, and Martha Brill Olcott, Carnegie Endowment for
International Peace, both of Washington, D.C.
DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY AND INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY
Committee on Governmental Affairs: Committee concluded hearings to examine the
relationship between a future Department of Homeland Security and the current
federal, state, and local intelligence communities, after receiving testimony
from Senators Graham and Shelby; Robert S. Mueller III, Director, Federal
Bureau of Investigation, Department of Justice; George J. Tenet, Director,
Central Intelligence Agency; and William H. Webster, former Director of
Federal Bureau of Investigation, Department of Justice, and Director of
Central Intelligence Agency.
TITLE IX
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee held hearings
to examine the implementation and progress of Title IX of the Education
Amendments Act of 1972, which prohibits sex discrimination in all aspects of
education, receiving testimony from former Senator Birch Bayh; Roderick Paige,
Secretary of Education; Nancy Hogshead-Makar, Florida Coastal School of Law,
Jacksonville; and Arthur L. Coleman, Nixon Peabody, Washington, D.C.
Hearings recessed subject to call.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee ordered favorably reported the following
business items:
S. 2134, to allow American victims of state sponsored terrorism to receive
compensation from blocked assets of those states, with an amendment in the
nature of a substitute;
S. 2633, to prohibit an individual from knowingly opening, maintaining,
managing, controlling, renting, leasing, making available for use, or
profiting from any place for the purpose of manufacturing, distributing, or
using any controlled substance;
S. 1339, to amend the Bring Them Home Alive Act of 2000 to provide an asylum
program with regard to American Persian Gulf War POW/MIAs, with an amendment;
S. Res. 281, designating the week beginning August 25, 2002, as "National
Fraud Against Senior Citizens Awareness Week";
S. Res. 284, expressing support for "National Night Out" and
requesting that
the President make neighborhood crime prevention, community policing, and
reduction of school crime important priorities of the Administration; and
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The nomination of Lavenski R. Smith, of Arkansas, to be United States Circuit
Judge for the Eighth Circuit.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded hearings on the nominations of
Dennis W. Shedd, of South Carolina, to be United States Circuit Judge for the
Fourth Circuit, Terrence F. McVerry, to be United States District Judge for
the Western District of Pennsylvania, and Arthur J. Schwab, to be United
States District Judge for the Western District of Pennsylvania, after the
nominees testified and answered questions in their own behalf. Mr. Shedd was
introduced by Senators Thurmond and Hollings, and Representative Wilson, and
Mr. McVerry and Mr. Schwab were introduced by Senators Specter, Santorum, and
Representative Hart.
No Joint hearings noted.
2002/06/28
Daily Digest - Friday, June 28, 2002; pages D705-D708
Committee Meetings
( Committees not listed did not meet )
WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION
Committee on Governmental Affairs: Committee concluded hearings to examine how
the proposed Department of Homeland Security should address the threat of
weapons of mass destruction, launching, managing, and sustaining an ambitious
science and technology research program for new countermeasures, and relevant
science and technology, research and development, and public health issues,
after receiving testimony from Janet Heinrich, Director, Health Care-Public
Health Issues, General Accounting Office; William J. Madia, Director, Oak
Ridge National Laboratory, Department of Energy; Lewis M. Branscomb, Harvard
University John F. Kennedy School of Government, Cambridge, Massachusetts, on
behalf of the National Research Council Committee on Science and Technology
for Countering Terrorism; Margaret A. Hamburg, Nuclear Threat Initiative,
Washington, D.C., former Assistant Secretary of Health and Human Services for
Planning and Evaluation; and J. Leighton Read, Alloy Ventures, Palo Alto,
California.
INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee concluded
hearings on S. 2246, to improve access to printed instructional materials used
by blind or other persons with print disabilities in elementary and secondary
schools, after receiving testimony from Patricia Schroeder, Association of
American Publishers, Washington, D.C.; Marc Maurer, National Federation of the
Blind, Baltimore, Maryland; Barbara N. McCarthy, Department for the Blind and
Vision Impaired, Richmond, Virginia, on behalf of the Association of
Instructional Resource Centers for the Visually Impaired; and Jesse Kirchner,
Guilford, Connecticut.
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No Joint meetings noted.
2002/07/08
Daily Digest - Monday, July 8, 2002; pages D710 - 718
Committee Meetings
No committee meetings were held.
No Joint hearings noted.
2002/07/09
Daily Digest - Tuesday, July 9, 2002; pages D719 - D726
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Armed Services: Committee ordered favorably reported S. 2506, to
authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2003 for intelligence and
intelligence-related activities of the United States Government, the Community
Management Account, and the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and
Disability System, with an amendment.
NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee concluded hearings on
sections 2015, 2016, 2017(a) and (b), 2018 and 2019 of S. 2225, the National
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2003, after receiving testimony from
Adm. William J. Fallon, USN, Vice-Chief of Naval Operations; Gen. Robert H.
Foglesong, USAF, Vice Chief of Staff, United States Air Force; Gen. John M.
Keane, USA, Vice Chief of Staff, United States Army; Gen. Michael J. Williams,
USMC, Assistant Commandant, United States Marine Corps; William Hurd, Virginia
Office of the Attorney General, Richmond; Daniel S. Miller, Colorado
Department of Law, Denver; Stanley Phillippe, California Department of Toxic
Substances Control, Sacramento, behalf of the Association of State and
Territorial Solid Waste Management Officials; Jamie Rappaport Clark, National
Wildlife Federation, Washington, D.C., former Director, U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service, Department of the Interior; and Bonner Cohen, Lexington Institute,
Arlington, Virginia; David Henkin, Earthjustice, Honolulu, Hawaii.
TREATY ON STRATEGIC OFFENSIVE REDUCTIONS
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee held hearings on the Treaty between
the United States of America and the Russian Federation on Strategic Offensive
Reductions, signed at Moscow on May 24, 2002 (Treaty Doc. 107-8), receiving
testimony from Colin L. Powell, Secretary of State.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded hearings on the
nominations of John William Blaney, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the
Republic of Liberia, Aurelia E. Brazeal, of Georgia, to be Ambassador to the
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, Martin George Brennan, of California,
to be Ambassador to the Republic of Zambia, J. Anthony Holmes, of California,
to be Ambassador to Burkina Faso, Vicki Huddleston, of Arizona, to be
Ambassador to the Republic of Mali, Donald C. Johnson, of Texas, to be
Ambassador to the Republic of Cape Verde, Jimmy Kolker, of Missouri, to be
Ambassador to the Republic of Uganda, Gail Dennise Thomas Mathieu, of New
Jersey, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Niger, and James Howard Yellin, of
Pennsylvania, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Burundi, after the nominees
testified and answered questions in their own behalf.
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NOMINATION
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee concluded
hearings on the nomination of Richard H. Carmona, of Arizona, to be Medical
Director in the Regular Corps of the Public Health Service, and to be Surgeon
General of the Public Health Service, Department of Health and Human Services,
after the nominee, who was introduced by Senators McCain and Kyl, testified
and answered questions in his own behalf.
EXCELLENCE IN SPECIAL EDUCATION
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee concluded
hearings to examine recommendations of the President's Commission on
Excellence in Special Education regarding the Individuals with Disabilities
Act of 1997 (IDEA), after receiving testimony from Terry E. Branstad,
Chairman, Douglas H. Gill, Chairman, Finance Task Force, and Douglas C. Huntt,
Chairman, Transition Task Force, all of the President's Commission on
Excellence in Special Education.
IDENTITY THEFT
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Technology, Terrorism, and
Government Information held hearings on S. 2541, to amend title 18, United
States Code, to establish penalties for aggravated identity theft, receiving
testimony from Daniel P. Collins, Associate Deputy Attorney General and Chief
Privacy Officer, and Dennis M. Lormel, Chief, Terrorist Financial Review
Group, Federal Bureau of Investigation, both of the Department of Justice; and
Howard Beales, Director, Bureau of Consumer Protection, Federal Trade
Commission.
Hearings recessed subject to call.
COUNTERFEIT MEDICINE
Special Committee on Aging: Committee concluded hearings to examine public
health concerns of counterfeit medicine, focusing on the purchasing of
pharmaceuticals, both brand name and generic, from outside the nation's
borders and without the series of checks in place for drugs sold domestically,
after receiving testimony from William K. Hubbard, Senior Associate
Commissioner for Policy, Planning, and Legislation, Food and Drug
Administration, Department of Health and Human Services; Elizabeth G. Durant,
Executive Director of Trade Programs, U.S. Customs Service, Department of the
Treasury; John Theriault, Pfizer, Inc., Washington, D.C.; and Rick C. Roberts,
San Francisco, California.
No Joint hearings noted.
2002/07/10
Daily Digest - Wednesday, July 10, 2002; pages D728 - D736
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING COMMISSION
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: Committee concluded
hearings to examine the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, focusing on
authority to insure market transparency, prevention and punishment of fraud
and manipulation, and restoration of confidence in markets, after receiving
testimony from Senator Feinstein; James E. Newsome, Chairman, and Thomas J.
Erikson, Commissioner, both of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission;
Randall Dodd, Derivatives Study Center, and Neal L. Wolkoff, New York
Mercantile Exchange, both of Washington, D.C.; John C. Coffee, Jr., Columbia
University School of Law, and Ernest T. Patrikis, International Swaps and
Derivatives Association, Inc, both of New York, New York; and Richard C.
Green, Jr., Aquila, Inc., Kansas City, Missouri.
RAILROAD SAFETY
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on Surface
Transportation and Merchant Marine concluded hearings to examine railway
safety, focusing on positive train control, track safety, and grade crossing
safety, after receiving testimony from Marion C. Blakey, Chairman, National
Transportation Safety Board; Allan Rutter, Administrator, Federal Railroad
Administration, Department of Transportation; David L. Gunn, President and
CEO, National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak); and Edward R.
Hamberger, Association of American Railroads, and Don M. Hahs, Brotherhood of
Locomotive Engineers, both of Washington, D.C.
HOMELAND SECURITY
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded hearings to
examine the present and future roles of the Department of Energy/National
Security Administration national laboratories in protecting U.S. homeland
security, focusing on technical expertise, capabilities, and facilities, and
the implementation of a national biodefense initiative, after receiving
testimony from Linton F. Brooks, Acting Administrator, National Nuclear
Security Administration, Raymond Orbach, Director, Office of Science, C. Paul
Robinson, Director, Sandia National Laboratories, Harvey Drucker, Associate
Director, Argonne National Laboratory, Michael R. Anastasio, Director,
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Don Cobb, Associate Director, Threat
Reduction, Los Alamos National Laboratory, all of the Department of Energy;
Billy D. Shipp, Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory, Idaho
Falls; and William Happer, Princeton University Research Board, Princeton, New
Jersey, on behalf of the National Academies Panel on Nuclear and Radiological
Issues.
WATER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Subcommittee on Water and Power
concluded oversight hearings to examine water resource management issues on
the Missouri River, focusing on the Master Water Control Manual and concerns
of fish, navigation, flood control, and agriculture, after receiving testimony
from Senators Daschle, Bond, Carnahan, and Johnson; Brig. Gen. David A.
Fastabend, USA, Commander, Northwestern Division, U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers, Department of Defense; Bill Hawks, Under Secretary of Agriculture
for Marketing and Regulatory Programs; David P. Smith, Deputy Assistant
Secretary for Fish, Wildlife, and Parks, and Margaret Sibley, Director, Office
of Policy, Bureau of Reclamation, both of the Department of the Interior; Dale
L. Frink, North Dakota State Water Commission, Bismark; Douglas Hofer, South
Dakota Department of Game, Fish, and Parks, Pierre; Michael Wells, Missouri
Department of Natural Resources, Jefferson City; and Tex G. Hall, Three
Affiliated Tribes, (Mandan, Hidatsa, and Arikara Nations), New Town, North
Dakota.
HOMELAND SECURITY
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee concluded hearings to
examine the President's proposal to establish the Department of Homeland
Security, after receiving testimony from Tom Ridge, Director, Office of
Management and Budget Transition Team.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee ordered
favorably reported S. 710, to require coverage for colorectal cancer
screenings, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee ordered favorably reported S. 210, to
authorize the integration and consolidation of alcohol and substance abuse
programs and services provided by Indian tribal governments, with an amendment
in the nature of a substitute.
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NATIVE AMERICAN ELDER HEALTH
Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee concluded oversight hearings on Native
American elder health issues, focusing on the University of North Dakota
National Resource Center's Native American aging study of the long-term care
and health care needs of America's Native American elders, after receiving
testimony from Edwin Walker, Director, Centers for Wellness and
Community-Based Services, Administration on Aging, and Kathleen Annette, Area
Director, Bemidji Area, Indian Health Service, both of the Department of
Health and Human Services; Richard L. Ludtke and Leander McDonald, both of
University of North Dakota Center for Rural Health National Resource Center on
Native American Aging, Grand Forks; Dave Baldridge, National Indian Council on
Aging, Albuquerque, New Mexico; and Frederick Baker, Three Affiliated Tribes
Mandan, Hidatsa, and Arickara Elder's Organization, New Town, North Dakota.
WHITE COLLAR CRIME
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Crime and Drugs resumed hearings
to examine issues concerning detection and punishment of white collar crime,
focusing on the Administration's initiative to give prosecutors new weapons to
fight white-collar crime, including the establishment of a Corporate Fraud
Task Force within the Department of Justice, and certain provisions of S.
2010, Corporate and Criminal Fraud Accountability Act of 2002 (pending on the
Senate Calendar), receiving testimony from Michael Chertoff, Assistant
Attorney General, Criminal Division, and William W. Mercer, United States
Attorney, District of Montana, and Chairman, Attorney General's Advisory
Committee Subcommittee on Sentencing, both of the Department of Justice; John
C. Coffee, Jr., Columbia University School of Law, New York, New York; Thomas
Donaldson, University of Pennsylvania Wharton School, Philadelphia; Charles M.
Elson, University of Delaware Center for Corporate Governance, Newark; and
George J. Terwilliger III, White and Case, and Tom Devine, Government
Accountability Project, both of Washington, D.C.
Hearings recessed subject to call.
MILITARY HAZARDOUS AGENTS EXPOSURE
Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Senate concluded hearings to examine the
efforts of the Departments of Defense and Veterans Affairs to provide health
care information and support to veterans who have potentially been exposed to
harmful agents during their military service, including the investigation into
Project SHAD (Shipboard Hazard and Defense) and recent revelations about the
1960's Pentagon chemical/biological warfare agent testing program known as
Project 112, after receiving testimony from Daniel L. Cooper, Under Secretary
of Veterans Affairs for Benefits; William Winkenwerder, Assistant Secretary of
Defense for Health Affairs; Richard F. Weidman, Vietnam Veterans of America,
and Steven R. Smithson, American Legion's National Veterans Affairs and
Rehabilitation Commission, both of Washington, D.C.; and Leonard A. Cole,
Rutgers University Department of Political Science, Newark, New Jersey.
Joint Meetings
GOVERNMENT PRINTING AND PUBLIC DOCUMENT ACCESS
Joint Committee on Printing: Committee concluded hearings to examine the role
of the Government Printing Office in handling federal agency printing needs
and ways for ensuring open and effective information dissemination, focusing
on the Office of Management and Budget proposal to reform how Executive Branch
agencies procure printing, after receiving testimony from Mitchell E. Daniels,
Jr., Director, Office of Management and Budget; Michael F. DiMario, Public
Printer, Government Printing Office; Benjamin Y. Cooper, Printing Industries
of America, Inc., Alexandria, Virginia; Julia F. Wallace, University of
Minnesota Government Publications Library, Minneapolis, on behalf of the
American Library Association, American Association of Law Libraries,
Association of Research Libraries, and Medical Library Association; and
William J. Boarman, Communications Workers of America, Washington, D.C.
2002/07/11
Daily Digest - Thursday, July 11, 2002; pages D738 - D744
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Appropriations: Committee ordered favorably reported an original
bill (S. 2720), making appropriations for the Legislative Branch for the
fiscal year ending September 30, 2003.
APPROPRIATIONS--LEGISLATIVE BRANCH
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Legislative Branch approved for
full committee consideration an original bill making appropriations for the
Legislative Branch for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2003.
APPROPRIATIONS--TREASURY/POSTAL SERVICE
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Treasury and General Government
approved for full committee consideration 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, 2003.
GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee held hearings to
examine the U.S. Climate Action Report concerning global climate change,
focusing on the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions, and cooperating with
other nations to develop a global response, receiving testimony from James L.
Connaughton, Chairman, Council on Environmental Quality; R. Glenn Hubbard,
Chairman, Council of Economic Advisers; John H. Marburger III, Director,
Office of Science and Technology Policy; and James R. Mahoney, Assistant
Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere.
Hearings recessed subject to call.
DOE ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT PROGRAM
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded hearings to
examine the Department of Energy's Environmental Management (EM) program,
focusing on DOE's progress in implementing its accelerated cleanup initiative,
and the changes DOE has proposed to the EM science and technology program,
after receiving testimony from Senator Bunning; Jessie H. Roberson, Assistant
Secretary for Environmental Management, and Aristides Patrinos, Associate
Director, Biological and Environmental Research, Office of Science, both of
the Department of Energy; Washington State Attorney General Christine O.
Gregoire, Olympia; Kathleen E. Trever, Idaho Department of Environmental
Quality, Boise; and Peter Maggiore, New Mexico Environment Department, Santa
Fe.
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NATIONAL RECYCLING EFFORTS
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee concluded hearings to
examine the progress of national recycling efforts, focusing on federal
procurement of recycled-content products and producer responsibility related
to the beverage industry, after receiving testimony from Debra Yap, Director,
Environmental Strategies and Safety Division, Office of Business Operations,
Public Buildings Service, General Services Administration; Dobbins Callahan, C
and A Floorcoverings, Inc., Dalton, Georgia, on behalf of the Buy Recycled
Business Alliance; Clifford P. Case, Carter, Ledyard and Milburn, New York,
New York, on behalf of the National Recycling Coalition; Fred von Zuben,
Newark Group, Cranfornd, New Jersey, on behalf of the American Forest and
Paper Association; Darryl Young, California Department of Conservation,
Sacramento; Edward Boisson, Boisson and Associates, Carrboro, North Carolina;
and Kevin S. Dietly, Northbridge Environmental Management Consultants,
Westford, Massachusetts, on behalf of the Coalition for Comprehensive
Recycling.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Finance: Committee ordered favorably reported the following
bills:
S. 321, to amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to provide families of
disabled children with the opportunity to purchase coverage under the Medicaid
program for such children, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
S. 724, to amend title XXI of the Social Security Act to provide for coverage
of pregnancy-related assistance for targeted low-income pregnant women, with
an amendment in the nature of a substitute; and
S. 1971, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and the Employee
Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to protect the retirement security of
American workers by ensuring that pension assets are adequately diversified
and by providing workers with adequate access to, and information about, their
pension plans, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute.
SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER PROTECTION
Committee on Finance: Subcommittee on Social Security and Family Policy held
hearings on S. 848, to amend title 18, United States Code, to limit the misuse
of social security numbers, and to establish criminal penalties for such
misuse, receiving testimony Senators Feinstein and Gregg; James B. Lockhart
III, Deputy Commissioner, and James G. Huse, Jr., Inspector General, both of
the Social Security Administration; John D. Arterberry, Deputy Chief, Fraud
Section, Criminal Division, Department of Justice; Norman A. Willox, Jr.,
LexisNexis, Washington, D.C.; and Rob Evans, NCR Corporation, Dayton, Ohio.
Hearings recessed subject to call.
U.S./SUDAN POLICY
Committee on Foreign Relations: Subcommittee on African Affairs concluded
hearings to examine implementing United States policy in Sudan, in an attempt
to bring about a peace settlement to end the civil war, after receiving
testimony from Walter H. Kansteiner, Assistant Secretary of State for African
Affairs; Roger Winter, Assistant Administrator for Democracy, Conflict, and
Humanitarian Assistance, U.S. Agency for International Development; John
Prendergast, International Crisis Group, Jemera Rone, Human Rights Watch, and
J. Stephen Morrison, Center for Strategic and International Studies, all of
Washington, D.C.; and Paul Townsend, Catholic Relief Services, Nairobi, Kenya.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee ordered
favorably reported the following business items:
S. 812, to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to provide greater
access to affordable pharmaceuticals, with an amendment;
S. 2489, to amend the Public Health Service Act to establish a program to
assist family caregivers in accessing affordable and high-quality respite
care, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute; and
The nominations of Naomi Shihab Nye, of Texas, and Michael Pack, of Maryland,
each to be a Member of the National Council on the Humanities, Earl A. Powell
III, of Virginia, to be a Member of the National Council on the Arts, Robert
Davila, of New York, to be a Member of the National Council On Disability, and
Peter J. Hurtgen, of Maryland, to be Federal Mediation and Conciliation
Director.
WORKPLACE SAFETY AND HEALTH
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Subcommittee on
Employment, Safety and Training concluded hearings to examine workplace safety
and health oversight of the Mine Safety Health Administration and Occupational
Safety and Health Administration regulation and enforcement, after receiving
testimony from John L. Henshaw, Assistant Secretary for Occupational Safety
and Health, and David D. Lauriski, Assistant Secretary for Mine Safety and
Health, both of the Department of Labor.
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TRIBAL LAW ENFORCEMENT
Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee concluded oversight hearings to examine
contemporary tribal governments and challenges in tribal law enforcement
related to the rulings of the U.S. Supreme Court, focusing on barriers and
challenges that tribal law enforcement agencies and tribal courts are facing
as they attempt to protect Indians and non-Indians in Indian country and
adjudicate cases affecting tribal lands, tribal governments, and tribal
members, after receiving testimony from Tracy Toulou, Director, Office of
Tribal Justice, and Thomas B. Heffelfinger, United States Attorney for the
District of Minnesota, on behalf of the Attorney General Advisory Committee's
Native American Issues Subcommittee, both of the Department of Justice;
Darrell Hillaire, Theresa Pouley, and Gary James, all of the Lummi Nation,
Bellingham, Washington, all on behalf of Lummi Indian Business Council; and
Monty J. Bengochia, Bishop Paiute Tribal Council, Bishop, California.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee ordered favorably reported the
nominations of John M. Rogers, of Kentucky, to be United States Circuit Judge
for the Sixth Circuit; and Marcos D. Jimenez, to be United States Attorney for
the Southern District of Florida, Miriam F. Miquelon, to be United States
Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, James Robert Dougan, to be
United States Marshal for the Western District of Michigan, and George Breffni
Walsh, of Virginia, to be United States Marshal for the District of Columbia,
all of the Department of Justice. Also, committee began markup of H.R. 3375,
to provide compensation for the United States citizens who were victims of the
bombings of United States embassies in East Africa on August 7, 1998, on the
same basis as compensation is provided to victims of the terrorist-related
aircraft crashes on September 11, 2001, and S. 486, to reduce the risk that
innocent persons may be executed, but did not complete action thereon, and
recessed subject to call.
No Joint hearings noted.
2002/07/12
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Committee Meetings
No committee meetings were held.
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2002/07/15
Daily Digest - Monday, July 15, 2002; pages D753 - D758
Committee Meetings
No committee meetings were held.
No Joint hearings noted.
2002/07/16
Daily Digest - Tuesday, July 16, 2002; pages D759 - D766
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
LIVESTOCK PACKERS
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: Committee concluded
hearings to examine livestock meatpacker ownership issues, focusing on the
proposed ban on Packer ownership of livestock and USDA enforcement of the
Packers and Stockyards Act to restore fairness, openness, and confidence in
these markets, after receiving testimony from Senators Johnson and Craig;
William T. Hawks, Under Secretary of Agriculture for Marketing and Regulatory
Programs; Michael Stumo, Organization for Competitive Markets, Lincoln,
Nebraska; Timothy Bierman, Iowa Pork Producers Association, Larabee; Steve
Appel, Washington State Farm Bureau, Olympia, on behalf of the American Farm
Bureau Federation; J. Patrick Boyle, American Meat Institute, Arlington,
Virginia; C. Robert Taylor, Auburn University College of Agriculture, Auburn,
Alabama; Herman Schumacher, Ranchers-Cattlemen Action Legal Fund, United
Stockgrowers of America, Herreid, South Dakota; Paul Jackson, Oklahoma City,
Oklahoma, on behalf of the National Farmers Union; Eric Davis, Bruneau, Idaho,
on behalf of the National Cattlemen's Beef Association; John S. Butler,
Ranchers Renaissance Cooperative, Inc., Englewood, Colorado; and Nolan
Jungclaus, Lake Lillian, Minnesota.
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BUSINESS MEETING--TREASURY APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Committee ordered favorably reported 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, 2003.
BUSINESS MEETING--COMMERCE/JUSTICE/STATE APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State, and the
Judiciary approved for full committee consideration an original bill making
appropriations for the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the
Judiciary, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2003.
BUSINESS MEETING--DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense approved for full
committee consideration H.R. 5010, making appropriations for the Department of
Defense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2003, with an amendment in
the nature of a substitute.
APPROPRIATIONS--FOREIGN OPERATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Foreign Operations approved for
full committee consideration an original bill making appropriations for
foreign operations, export financing, and related programs for the fiscal year
ending September 30, 2003.
BUSINESS MEETING--LABOR/HHS/EDUCATION APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services,
and Education approved for full committee consideration an original bill
making appropriations for the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services,
and Education, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30,
2003.
MONETARY POLICY
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded hearings
to examine the Federal Reserve's semi-annual monetary policy report on the
United States economy, after receiving testimony from Alan Greenspan,
Chairman, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.
NOMINATION
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded
hearings on the nomination of Jonathan Steven Adelstein, of South Dakota, to
be a Member of the Federal Communications Commission, after the nominee, who
was introduced by Senators Daschle and Johnson, testified and answered
questions in his own behalf.
NATIONAL FIRE PLAN
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded hearings to
examine the Administration's plan to request additional funds for wildland
firefighting and forest restoration as well as the ongoing implementation of
the National Fire Plan, after receiving testimony from Mark Rey, Under
Secretary of Agriculture for Natural Resources and Environment, Forest
Service; Nancy Dorn, Deputy Director, Office of Management and Budget; Montana
Governor Judy Martz, Helena, on behalf of the Western Governors' Association;
Lynn Jungwirth, Watershed Research and Training Center, Hayfork, California;
William Wallace Covington, Northern Arizona University Ecological Restoration
Institute, Flagstaff; and Todd Schulke, Center for Biological Diversity, Pinos
Alto, New Mexico.
CLEAN AIR ACT NEW SOURCE REVIEW
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee concluded joint hearings
with the Committee on the Judiciary to examine proposed reform of the Clean
Air Act's New Source Review program policy, regulations, and enforcement
activities, after receiving testimony from Thomas L. Sansonetti, Assistant
Attorney General, Environment and Natural Resources Division, Department of
Justice; Jeffrey Holmstead, Assistant Administrator, Office of Air and
Radiation, Environmental Protection Agency; Vermont Attorney General William
H. Sorrell, Montpelier; New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer, New York;
Alabama Attorney General Bill Pryor, Montgomery; Eric Schaeffer, Rockefeller
Family Fund Environmental Integrity Project, Bob Slaughter, National
Petrochemical and Refiners Association, Stephen Harper, Intel Corporation,
John D. Walke, Natural Resources Defense Council, and E. Donald Elliott,
Georgetown University Law School/Yale University Law School, on behalf of
Paul, Hastings, Janofsky and Walker, all of Washington, D.C.; and Hilton
Kelley, Port Arthur, Texas, on behalf of the Refinery Reform Campaign.
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HOMELAND SECURITY AND INTERNATIONAL TRADE
Committee on Finance: Committee held hearings to examine homeland security and
international trade issues, focusing on the Administration's proposal to
remove customs functions from the Department of the Treasury and integrate
them in to the proposed Department of Homeland Security, receiving testimony
from Kenneth W. Dam, Deputy Secretary of the Treasury; Samuel H. Banks,
Sandler and Travis Trade Advisory Services, Colleen M. Kelley, National
Treasury Employees Union, James B. Clawson, JBC International, on behalf of
the Joint Industry Group, and Paul C. Light, Brookings Institution, all of
Washington, D.C.; Mary Ann Comstock, UPS Freight Services, Inc., Sweet Grass,
Montana; and Richard J. Gallo, Federal Law Enforcement Officers Association,
New York, New York.
Hearings recessed subject to call.
HOMELAND SECURITY
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee concluded
hearings to examine the President's proposal to establish a Department of
Homeland Security, focusing on its impact on public health preparedness
programs, and on the collective bargaining rights of certain union workers,
after receiving testimony from Tom Ridge, Director, Homeland Security
Transition Office, Office of Management and Budget.
FBI COMPUTER SYSTEMS
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Administrative Oversight and the
Courts concluded hearings to examine the Federal Bureau of Investigation's
(FBI) outdated computer system and how the FBI's technology problems impact
the war on terrorism and crime fighting operations, after receiving testimony
from Sherry Higgins, Project Management Executive, Office of the Director,
Federal Bureau of Investigation, Department of Justice.
Joint Meetings
9/11 INTELLIGENCE INVESTIGATION
Joint Hearing: Senate Select Committee on Intelligence and the House Permanent
Select Committee on Intelligence met in closed session to consider events
surrounding September 11, 2001.
Committees will meet again on Thursday, July 18.
AMERICAN CLAIMANTS PROPERTY RESTITUTION IN EUROPE
Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe (Helsinki Commission):
Commission concluded hearings on the state of property restitution in Central
and Eastern Europe for American claimants, focusing on restitution and
compensation for property seized during World War II and the communist-era,
after receiving testimony from Randolph Bell, Special Envoy for Holocaust
Issues, Department of State; Yehuda Evron, Holocaust Restitution Committee,
Whitestone, New York; Olga Jonas, Free Czechoslovakia Fund, Bethesda,
Maryland; and Mark Meyer, Romanian-American Chamber of Commerce, and Israel
Singer, Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany/World Jewish
Restitution Organization, both of New York, New York.
2002/07/17
Daily Digest - Wednesday, July 17, 2002; pages D767 - D776
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
HOMELAND SECURITY
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: Committee concluded
hearings to examine the Animal Plant Health Inspection Service and the Plum
Island Research Center, with respect to border security and scientific goals
of the President's proposed Department of Homeland Security, after receiving
testimony from Tom Ridge, Director, Homeland Security Transition Office,
Office of Management and Budget; Ann M. Veneman, Secretary of Agriculture; and
Alfonso Torres, Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine/New York
State Animal Health Diagnostic Laboratory, Ithaca, New York.
MASS TRANSIT PROGRAMS
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on Housing and
Transportation concluded oversight hearings to examine public mass transit
systems, focusing on the reauthorization of certain programs within the
Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (TEA 21), including the Job
Access and Reverse Commute (JARC) program after receiving testimony from John
D. Porcari, Maryland Department of Transportation, BWI Airport; Gloria
McKenzie, Capital District Transportation Authority, Albany, New York; Lavada
E. DeSalles, Sacramento, California, on behalf of the American Association of
Retired Persons; Andrew J. Imparato, American Association of People with
Disabilities, Washington, D.C.; Jessie Tehranchi, Birmingham, Alabama, on
behalf of the Transportation Equity Network; and Faye Thompson, Fort Gay, West
Virginia, on behalf of the Wayne County Community Service Organization, Inc.
FTC REAUTHORIZATION
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on Consumer
Affairs, Foreign Commerce, and Tourism concluded hearings on proposed
legislation authorizing funds for the Federal Trade Commission, after
receiving testimony from Timothy Muris, Chairman, and Sheila F. Anthony,
Mozelle W. Thompson, Orson Swindle, and Thomas B. Leary, each a Commissioner,
all of the Federal Trade Commission; Charlie Mendoza, Association of American
Retired Persons, Lawrence Sarjeant, United States Telecom Association, H.
Robert Wientzen, Direct Marketing Association, Ari Schwartz, Center for
Democracy and Technology, and Lou Cannon, Fraternal Order of Police, all of
Washington, D.C.; and Dennis H. Alldridge, Wisconsin Special Olympics,
Madison.
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FUEL TAX FRAUD
Committee on Finance: Committee held hearings to examine different strategies
used to perpetuate schemes, scams, and cons regarding fuel tax fraud, and how
this fraud affects the Highways, Airport, and Airway Trust Funds, receiving
testimony from Mary E. Peters, Administrator, Federal Highway Administration,
Department of Transportation; Joseph R. Brimacombe, Deputy Director of
Compliance, Small Business and Self Employed Operating Division, Internal
Revenue Service, Department of the Treasury; Ray Barnhart, Center for Balanced
Public Policy, Washington, D.C., former Administrator, Federal Highway
Administration, Department of Transportation; Wayne Rhoads, Mississippi
Department of Transportation, Jackson; and David L. Skinner, Florida
Department of Revenue, Tallahassee.
Hearings recessed subject to call.
STRATEGIC OFFENSIVE REDUCTION
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee continued hearings on the Treaty
Between the United States of America and the Russian Federation on Strategic
Offensive Reductions, Signed at Moscow on May 24, 2002 (Treaty Doc. 107-8),
receiving testimony from Donald L. Rumsfeld, Secretary of Defense; and Gen.
Richard B. Myers, Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff.
Hearings will continue on Tuesday, July 23.
NOMINATION
Committee on Governmental Affairs: Committee concluded hearings on the
nomination of Mark W. Everson, of Texas, to be Deputy Director for Management,
Office of Management and Budget, after the nominee testified and answered
questions in his own behalf.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee ordered
favorably reported the nomination of Richard H. Carmona, of Arizona, to be
Medical Director in the Regular Corps of the Public Health Service, and to be
Surgeon General of the Public Health Service, Department of Health and Human
Services.
SACRED SITES
Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee continued oversight hearings to examine
the protection of Native American sacred sites as they are affected by the
undertakings and activities of certain Federal agencies, focusing on land
management activities of the Department of the Interior and the impact of
those activities on the federal policy which supports the protection of Native
American sacred places, receiving testimony from Senator Boxer; Christopher
Kearney, Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Interior for Policy and
International Affairs, who was accompanied by several of his associates; Mike
Jackson, Sr. and Lorey Cachora, both of the Quechan Indian Tribe, Yuma,
Arizona; Malcolm B. Bowekaty, Pueblo of Zuni, Zuni, New Mexico; Suzan Shown
Harjo, Morning Star Institute, Washington, D.C.; Vernon Masayesva, Black Mesa
Trust, Kykotsmovi, Arizona; and Robert W. Trepp, Inter-Tribal Sacred Land
Trust, Tulsa, Oklahoma.
Hearings recessed subject to call.
VICTIMS' RIGHTS CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on the Constitution held hearings on
S.J. Res. 35, proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States
to protect the rights of crime victims, receiving testimony from John Gillis,
Director, Office for Victims of Crime, Department of Justice; Arwen Bird,
Survivors Advocating For an Effective System, Portland, Oregon; Julie
Goldscheid, Safe Horizon, and James Orenstein, Baker and Hostetler, former
Assistant United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, both of
New York, New York; Roger Pilon, Cato Institute Center for Constitutional
Studies, Washington, D.C.; and Roberta Roper, Stephanie Roper Committee and
Foundation, Inc., Upper Marlboro, Maryland, and Steven J. Twist, Scottsdale,
Arizona, both on behalf of the National Victims' Constitutional Amendment
Network.
Hearings recessed subject to call.
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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, focusing on proposed tax and
budgetary policies that advance recovery and promote economic growth, after
receiving testimony from R. Glenn Hubbard, Chairman, Council of Economic
Advisers.
2002/07/18
Daily Digest - Thursday, July 18, 2002; pages D778 - D786
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
PESTICIDE HARMONIZATION ACT
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: Subcommittee on Production
and Price Competitiveness concluded hearings on 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 Senator Dorgan; Representative Pomeroy; William T. Hawks, Under
Secretary of Agriculture for Marketing and Regulatory Programs; Stephen L.
Johnson, Assistant Administrator, Office of Prevention, Pesticides and Toxic
Substances, Environmental Protection Agency; North Dakota Lt. Governor Jack
Dalrymple, on behalf of North Dakota Crop Protection Product Harmonization and
Registration Board, and Roger Johnson, North Dakota Department of Agriculture,
both of Bismarck; Barry Bushue, Oregon Farm Bureau Federation, Boring, on
behalf of the American Farm Bureau Federation; and David J. Frederickson,
National Farmers Union, and Jay Vroom, CropLife America, both of Washington,
D.C.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Appropriations: Committee ordered favorably reported the
following bills:
H.R. 5010, making appropriations for the Department of Defense for the fiscal
year ending September 30, 2003, with an amendment in the nature of a
substitute;
An original bill making appropriations for the Departments of Commerce,
Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies for the fiscal year
ending September 30, 2003;
An original bill making appropriations for foreign operations, export
financing, and related programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2003;
An original bill making appropriations for the Departments of Labor, Health
and Human Services, and Education, and related agencies for the fiscal year
ending September 30, 2003; and
An original resolution encouraging the Senate Committee on Appropriations to
report thirteen, fiscally responsible, bipartisan appropriation bills to the
Senate not later than July 31, 2002.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded hearings
on the nominations of Paul S. Atkins, of Virginia, and Harvey Jerome
Goldschmid, of New York, each to be a Member of the Securities and Exchange
Commission, after the nominees testified and answered questions in their own
behalf. Mr. Atkins was introduced by Senators Allen and Warner.
ENRON ENERGY MARKET MANIPULATION
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded
hearings to examine the role of Enron Energy Services, Inc. (EESI) played in
manipulation of western State electricity markets, after receiving testimony
from Thomas E. White, Secretary of the Army.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded
hearings on the nominations of Frederick W. Gregory, of Maryland, to be Deputy
Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, and Kathie
L. Olsen, of Oregon, and Richard M. Russell, of Virginia, each to be an
Associate Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy, after the
nominees testified and answered questions in their own behalf. Mr. Gregory was
introduced by Senator Bill Nelson, and Mr. Russell was introduced by Senator
Allen.
CORPORATE RESPONSIBILITY/CONSUMER PROTECTION
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on Consumer
Affairs, Foreign Commerce, and Tourism concluded hearings to examine
perspectives on improving corporate responsibility and consumer protection, in
light of the recent corporate accounting scandals, after receiving testimony
from former Senator Howard M. Metzenbaum, Consumer Federation of America, Joan
Claybrook, Public Citizen, and Nell Minnow, Corporate Library, all of
Washington, D.C.; and Richard H. Moore, North Carolina Department of State
Treasurer, Raleigh.
NATIONAL PARKS
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Subcommittee on National Parks
concluded hearings on S. 1865, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to
study the suitability and feasibility of establishing the Lower Los Angeles
River and San Gabriel River watersheds in the State of California as a unit of
the National Park System, S. 1943, to expand the boundary of the George
Washington Birthplace National Monument, S. 2571, to direct the Secretary of
the Interior to conduct a special resources study to evaluate the suitability
and feasibility of establishing the Rim of the Valley Corridor as a unit of
the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area, S. 2595, to authorize the
expenditure of funds on private lands and facilities at Mesa Verde National
Park, in the State of Colorado, and H.R. 1925, to direct the Secretary of the
Interior to study the suitability and feasibility of designating the Waco
Mammoth Site Area in Waco, Texas, as a unit of the National Park System, after
receiving testimony from Senator Warner; Representatives Schiff and Solis;
Durand Jones, Deputy Director, National Park Service, Department of the
Interior; and Lori A. Mellon, Mesa Verde Foundation, Mesa Verde, Colorado.
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NOMINATIONS
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee concluded hearings on the
nominations of John S. Bresland, of New Jersey, to be a Member, and Carolyn W.
Merritt, of Illinois, to be a Member and Chairperson, both of the Chemical
Safety and Hazard Investigation Board, after the nominees testified and
answered questions in their own behalf.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee ordered favorably reported the
following bills:
S. 1210, to reauthorize the Native American Housing Assistance and
Self-Determination Act of 1996, with an amendment in the nature of a
substitute; and
S. 2711, to reauthorize and improve programs relating to Native Americans,
with amendments.
INDIAN WATER RIGHTS CLAIMS
Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee held hearings on S. 2743, to approve
the settlement of water rights claims of the Zuni Indian Tribe in Apache
County, Arizona; receiving testimony from Senator Kyl; Neal McCaleb, Assistant
Secretary of the Interior for Indian Affairs; Joe Carter, Arizona Game and
Fish Commission, Safford; Malcolm B. Bowekaty, Pueblo of Zuni, Zuni, New
Mexico; Norman Ray Brown, Lyman Water Company, St. Johns, Arizona; David
Brown, Brown and Brown Law Offices, Pinetop, Arizona; and David C. Roberts,
Salt River Project, and John B. Weldon, Jr., Salmon, Lewis, and Weldon, both
of Phoenix, Arizona.
Hearings recessed subject to call.
AIR QUALITY CONTROL
Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee held hearings on certain provisions of
S. 2065, to provide for the implementation of air quality programs developed
pursuant to an intergovernmental Agreement between the Southern Ute Indian
Tribes and the State of Colorado concerning Air Quality Control on the
Southern Ute Indian Reservation, receiving testimony from Renny Fagan,
Colorado Deputy Attorney General, Denver; and Leonard C. Burch and Fran King
Brown, both of Southern Ute Indian Tribe, Ignacio, Colorado.
Hearings recessed subject to call.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee ordered favorably reported the following
business items:
S. 486, to reduce the risk that innocent persons may be executed, with an
amendment in the nature of a substitute;
S. 862, to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to authorize
appropriations for fiscal years 2002 through 2006 to carry out the State
Criminal Alien Assistance Program;
S. 2395, to prevent and punish counterfeiting and copyright piracy, with an
amendment in the nature of a substitute;
S. 2513, to assess the extent of the backlog in DNA analysis of rape kit
samples, and to improve investigation and prosecution of sexual assault cases
with DNA evidence, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute; and
S. Res. 293, designating the week of November 10 through November 16, 2002, as
"National Veterans Awareness Week" to emphasize the need to develop
educational programs regarding the contributions of veterans to the country.
IDENTITY THEFT
Special Committee on Aging: Committee concluded hearings to examine issues
with respect to identify theft and senior citizens, including related
provisions of S. 2541, to amend title 18, United States Code, to establish
penalties for aggravated identity theft, after receiving testimony from Alice
S. Fisher, Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Criminal Division, Department of
Justice; James G Huse, Jr., Inspector General, Social Security Administration;
Howard Beales, Director, Bureau of Consumer Protection, Federal Trade
Commission; Douglas Coombs, Deputy Special Agent in Charge, Financial Crimes
Division, U.S. Secret Service, Department of the Treasury; Boris F. Melnikoff,
Atlanta, Georgia, on behalf of the American Bankers Association; Stuart K.
Pratt, Consumer Data Industry Association, and Dennis Carlton, International
Biometric Group, both of Washington, D.C.; Lt. Col. John T. Stevens, Jr., USAF
(Ret.), Upper Marlboro, Maryland; and Mari J. Frank, Laguna Niguel,
California.
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Joint Meetings
9/11 INTELLIGENCE INVESTIGATION
Joint Hearing: Senate Select Committee on Intelligence held joint closed
hearings with the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence to examine
events surrounding September 11, 2001.
Committees will meet again on Tuesday, July 23.
SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS
Conferees agreed to file a conference report on the Senate and House passed
versions of H.R. 4775, making supplemental appropriations for further recovery
from and response to terrorist attacks on the United States for the fiscal
year ending September 30, 2002.
2002/02/19
Daily Digest - Friday, July 19, 2002; pages D788 - D794
Committee Meetings
No committee meetings were held.
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No Joint hearings noted.
2002/07/22
Daily Digest - Monday, July 22, 2002; pages D796 - D802
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
BUSINESS MEETING--ENERGY AND WATER APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development
approved for full committee consideration an original bill making
appropriations for energy and water development for the fiscal year ending
September 30, 2003.
Joint Meetings
CORPORATE AND AUDITING ACCOUNTABILITY, RESPONSIBILITY, AND TRANSPARENCY ACT
Conferees on Friday, July 19, met to resolve the differences between the
Senate and House passed versions of H.R. 3763, to protect investors by
improving the accuracy and reliability of corporate disclosures made pursuant
to the securities laws, but did not complete action thereon, and recessed
subject to call.
2002/07/23
Daily Digest - Tuesday, July 23, 2002; pages D803 - D812
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
APPROPRIATIONS--AGRICULTURE
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development,
and Related Agencies approved for full committee consideration an original
bill making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug
Administration, and Related Agencies programs for the fiscal year ending
September 30, 2003.
APPROPRIATIONS--DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on District of Columbia approved for
full committee consideration an original bill making appropriations for the
government of the District of Columbia and other activities chargeable in
whole or in part against revenues of said District for the fiscal year ending
September 30, 2003.
APPROPRIATIONS--VA/HUD
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, 2003.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded hearings
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