107th Congress
Unprinted Senate Hearings by Committee
January 2001 - December 2002
Unprinted as of January 19, 2007
** Hearings held by Appropriations
* 20010314 INTELLIGENCE PROGRAMS: Subcommittee on Defense
concluded closed hearings to review intelligence
programs, ...
* 20010314 WILDFIRE PROGRAM: Senate Appropriations' Subcommittee
on the Interior concluded joint hearings with the
House Committee on Appropriations' Subcommittee on
the Interior on issues dealing with the wildfire
program, ...
* 20010508 COUNTERTERRORISM: Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice,
State, and the Judiciary concluded hearings to examine
the roles and capabilities of various United States
federal government departments' counterterrorism
efforts, ...
Hearings also held on 5/9, 5/10/01
* 20011023 ANTHRAX EXPOSURE: Subcommittee on Labor, Health and
Human Services, and Education concluded hearings to
assess the public health response to recent anthrax
exposures, ...
* 20020320 INTELLIGENCE PROGRAMS: Subcommittee on Defense
concluded closed hearings to examine an overview of
intelligence programs, ...
** Hearings held by Armed Services
* 20010308 U.S. NATIONAL SECURITY: Committee concluded closed
hearings to examine current and future worldwide
threats to the national security of the United
States, ...
* 20011016 DOD AMMUNITION SECURITY: Subcommittee on Readiness
and Management Support concluded closed hearings to
examine the security of the Department of Defense
ammunition shipments, ...
* 20020917 IRAQ: Committee concluded closed hearings to examine
the situation in Iraq, ...
* 20021016 NOMINATION: Committee concluded closed hearings to
examine the nomination of Maj. Gen. Robert T. Clark,
USA, for appointment to the grade of lieutenant
general and to be Commanding General, Fifth United
States Army, ...
** Hearings held by Commerce
* 20010307 ELECTION REFORM: Committee held hearings to examine
the need for electoral process and voting technology
reform, in order to ensure accessible, accurate and
secure elections, including proposed legislation to
eliminate punch card voting, and require uniform
voting standards and quality voting equipment, ...
* 20010314 INTERNET TAX MORATORIUM: Committee concluded hearings
to examine whether to extend the Internet Tax Freedom
Act's moratorium on the ability of state or local
governments to impose new sales taxes on Internet
access services, or to impose new taxes on electronic
commerce allowing states to require all remote sellers
to collect and remit sales taxes on deliveries into
that state, ...
* 20010517 NOMINATIONS: Committee concluded hearings on the
nominations of Michael K. Powell, of Virginia,
Kathleen Q. Abernathy, of Maryland, Michael Joseph
Copps, of Virginia, and Kevin J. Martin, of North
Carolina, each to be a Member, all of the Federal
Communications Commission, ...
* 20010711 INTERNET PRIVACY: Committee held hearings to examine
existing laws protecting Internet privacy both in the
United States and abroad, focusing on the impact
privacy legislation may have on the information
market, ...
* 20011016 E-911 COMPLIANCE: Subcommittee on Communications
concluded oversight hearings to examine the
implementation of the Wireless Communications and
Public Safety Act (P.L. 106-81) and the integration
of emergency-911 technologies, ...
* 20020917 AVIATION CARGO SECURITY: Committee concluded closed
hearings to examine aviation cargo security, ...
** Hearings held by Energy
* 20010926 ENERGY INFRASTRUCTURE SECURITY: Committee concluded
closed hearings to examine critical energy
infrastructure security and the energy industry's
response to the events of September 11, 2001, ...
** Hearings held by Environment
* 20020620 NUCLEAR SECURITY: Committee concluded closed hearings
to examine nuclear plant security, ...
* 20020924 9/11 RESPONSE: Committee concluded hearings to
examine the Federal government's role and response to
September 11 recovery efforts and steps the
Environmental Protection Agency is taking to better
prepare for and respond to any tragic events that may
occur, ...
** Hearings held by Finance
* 20010320 SOCIAL SECURITY AND MEDICARE TRUSTEES REPORTS: Senate
Committee on Finance concluded joint hearings with the
House Committee on Ways and Means to examine the 2001
Social Security and Medicare Trustees Reports, ...
** Hearings held by Foreign Relations
* 20010315 NOMINATION: Committee concluded hearings on the
nomination of Richard Lee Armitage, of Virginia, to
be Deputy Secretary of State, after the nominee, who
was introduced by Senators Warner and McCain,
testified and answered questions in his own behalf.
* 20010320 NOMINATION: Committee concluded hearings on the
nomination of Marc Isaiah Grossman, of Virginia, to
be Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs, ...
* 20010321 NOMINATION: Committee concluded hearings on the
nomination of Grant S. Green, Jr., of Virginia, to
be Under Secretary of State for Management, ...
* 20010322 NATIONAL SECURITY THREATS: Committee met in closed
session to receive a briefing on the intelligence
assessment of emerging national security threats ...
* 20010327 NOMINATIONS: ... Also, committee concluded hearings
on the nomination of William Howard Taft, IV, of
Virginia, to be Legal Adviser of the Department of
State, ...
* 20010329 NOMINATION: Committee concluded hearings on the
nomination of John Robert Bolton, of Maryland, to
be Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and
International Security, ...
* 20010404 NOMINATION: Committee concluded hearings on the
nomination of Argeo Paul Cellucci, of Massachusetts,
to be Ambassador to Canada, ...
* 20010425 NOMINATION: Committee concluded hearings on the
nomination of Andrew S. Natsios, of Massachusetts, to
be Administrator of the United States Agency for
International Development, ...
* 20010425 NOMINATIONS: Committee concluded hearings on the
nominations of Paula J. Dobriansky, of Virginia, to
be Under Secretary for Global Affairs, Lincoln P.
Bloomfield, Jr., of Virginia, to be Assistant
Secretary for Political-Military Affairs, and Richard
Nathan Haass, of Maryland, for the rank of Ambassador
during his tenure of Service as Director, Policy
Planning Staff, all of the Department of State.
* 20010426 BUSINESS MEETING: ... Prior to this action, committee
concluded hearings on the nomination of Mr. Kelly
[James Andrew Kelly, of Hawaii, to be Assistant
Secretary for East Asian and Pacific Affairs,
Department of State], ...
* 20010516 NOMINATIONS: Committee concluded hearings on the
nominations of Stephen Brauer, of Missouri, to be
Ambassador to Belgium, and A. Elizabeth Jones, of
Maryland, to be Assistant Secretary of State for
European Affairs, ...
* 20010516 NOMINATIONS: Committee concluded hearings on the
nominations of Thelma J. Askey, of Tennessee, to be
Director of the Trade and Development Agency, and
Peter S. Watson, of California, to be President of
the Overseas Private Investment Corporation, ...
* 20010517 NOMINATION: Committee concluded hearings on the
nomination of Walter H. Kansteiner, of Virginia, to
be Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs,
...
* 20010517 NOMINATIONS: Committee concluded hearings on the
nominations of William J. Burns, of the District of
Columbia, to be Assistant Secretary for Near Eastern
Affairs, and Christina B. Rocca, of Virginia, to be
Assistant Secretary for South Asian Affairs, both of
the Department of State, ...
* 20010522 NOMINATIONS: Committee concluded hearings on the
nominations of Lorne W. Craner, of Virginia, to be
Assistant Secretary for Democracy, Human Rights, and
Labor, Donald Burnham Ensenat, of Louisiana, to be
Chief of Protocol, with the rank of Ambassador, Carl
W. Ford, Jr., of Arkansas, to be Assistant Secretary
for Intelligence and Research, Ruth A. Davis, of
Georgia, to be Director General of the Foreign
Service, and Paul Vincent Kelly, of Virginia, to be
Assistant Secretary for Legislative Affairs, all of
the Department of State, ...
* 20010523 NOMINATION: Committee concluded hearings on the
nomination of Howard H. Baker, Jr., of Tennessee, to
be Ambassador to Japan, ...
* 20010621 NOMINATIONS: Committee concluded hearings on the
nominations of William S. Farish, of Texas, to be
Ambassador to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and
Northern Ireland, Howard H. Leach, of California,
to be Ambassador to France, Alexander R. Vershbow, of
the District of Columbia, to be Ambassador to the
Russian Federation, and Anthony Horace Gioia, of New
York, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Malta, ...
* 20010626 NOMINATIONS: Committee concluded hearings on the
nominations of Margaret DeBardeleben Tutwiler, of
Alabama, to be Ambassador to the Kingdom of Morocco,
C. David Welch, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the
Arab Republic of Egypt, Daniel C. Kurtzer, of
Maryland, to be Ambassador to Israel, Robert D.
Blackwill, of Kansas, to be Ambassador to India, and
Wendy Jean Chamberlin, of Virginia, to be Ambassador
to the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, ...
* 20010627 NOMINATIONS: Committee concluded hearings on the
nominations of Clark T. Randt, Jr., of Connecticut,
to be Ambassador to the People's Republic of China,
Douglas Alan Hartwick, of Washington, to be Ambassador
to the Lao People's Democratic Republic, Charles J.
Swindells, of Oregon, to be Ambassador to New Zealand,
and to serve concurrently and without additional
compensation as Ambassador to Samoa, Pierre-Richard
Prosper, of California, to be Ambassador at Large for
War Crimes Issues, William A. Eaton, of Virginia, to
be Assistant Secretary for Administration, Francis
Xavier Taylor, of Maryland, to be Coordinator for
Counterterrorism, and Clark Kent Ervin, of Texas, to
be Inspector General, all of the Department of State,
...
* 20010710 NOMINATION: Committee concluded hearings on the
nomination of Lori A. Forman, of Virginia, to be
Assistant Administrator for Asia and the Near East,
United States Agency for International Development,
...
* 20010711 NOMINATIONS: Committee concluded hearings on the
nominations of Peter R. Chaveas, of Pennsylvania, to
be Ambassador to the Republic of Sierra Leone, Aubrey
Hooks, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the Democratic
Republic of the Congo, Donald J. McConnell, of Ohio,
to be Ambassador to the State of Eritrea, Nancy J.
Powell, of Iowa, to be Ambassador to the Republic of
Ghana, and George McDade Staples, of Kentucky, to be
Ambassador to the Republic of Cameroon, and to serve
concurrently and without additional compensation as
Ambassador to the Republic of Equatorial Guinea,
...
* 20010713 NOMINATIONS: On Friday, July 13, committee concluded
hearings on the nominations of Russell F. Freeman, of
North Dakota, to be Ambassador to Belize, Sue McCourt
Cobb, of Florida, to be Ambassador to Jamaica, and
Roger Francisco Noriega, of Kansas, to be Permanent
Representative of the United States of America to the
Organization of American States, with the rank of
Ambassador, ...
* 20010719 NOMINATIONS: Committee concluded hearings on the
nominations of Stuart A. Bernstein, of the District
of Columbia, to be Ambassador to Denmark, Michael E.
Guest, of South Carolina, to be Ambassador to Romania,
Charles A. Heimbold, Jr., of Connecticut, to be
Ambassador to Sweden, Thomas J. Miller, of Virginia,
to be Ambassador to Greece, Larry C. Napper, of Texas,
to be Ambassador to the Republic of Kazakhstan, Jim
Nicholson, of Colorado, to be Ambassador to the Holy
See, and Mercer Reynolds, of Ohio, to be Ambassador to
Switzerland, and to serve concurrently and without
additional compensation as Ambassador to the
Principality of Liechtenstein, ...
* 20010725 NOMINATIONS: Committee concluded hearings on the
nominations of Thomas C. Hubbard, of Tennessee, to
be Ambassador to the Republic of Korea, Franklin L.
Lavin, of Ohio, to be Ambassador to the Republic of
Singapore, Marie T. Huhtala, of California, to be
Ambassador to Malaysia, and John Thomas Schieffer, of
Texas, to be Ambassador to Australia, ...
* 20010731 NOMINATIONS: Committee concluded hearings on the
nominations of Vincent Martin Battle, of the District
of Columbia, to be Ambassador to the Republic of
Lebanon, Edward William Gnehm, Jr., of Georgia, to be
Ambassador to the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, Edmund
James Hull, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the
Republic of Yemen, Richard Henry Jones, of Nebraska,
to be Ambassador to the State of Kuwait, Theodore H.
Kattouf, of Maryland, to be Ambassador to the Syrian
Arab Republic, Maureen Quinn, of New Jersey, to be
Ambassador to the State of Qatar, R. Nicholas Burns,
of Massachusetts, to be United States Permanent
Representative on the Council of the North Atlantic
Treaty Organization, with the rank and status of
Ambassador, Daniel R. Coats, of Indiana, to be
Ambassador to the Federal Republic of Germany, Craig
Roberts Stapleton, of Connecticut, to be Ambassador
to the Czech Republic, Johnny Young, of Maryland, to
be Ambassador to the Republic of Slovenia, Richard J.
Egan, of Massachusetts, to be Ambassador to Ireland,
Nancy Goodman Brinker, of Florida, to be Ambassador to
the Republic of Hungary, Robert Geers Loftis, of
Colorado, to be Ambassador to the Kingdom of Lesotho,
Joseph Gerard Sullivan, of Virginia, to be Ambassador
to the Republic of Zimbabwe, Christopher William Dell,
of New Jersey, to be Ambassador to the Republic of
Angola, Carole Brookins, of Indiana, to be United
States Executive Director of the International Bank
for Reconstruction and Development, Ross J. Connelly,
of Maine, to be Executive Vice President of the
Overseas Private Investment Corporation, Jeanne L.
Phillips, of Texas, to be Representative of the United
States of America to the Organization for Economic
Cooperation and Development, Randal Quarles, of Utah,
to be United States Executive Director of the
International Monetary Fund, and Patrick M. Cronin,
of the District of Columbia, to be Assistant
Administrator for Policy and Program Coordination,
United States Agency for International Development,
...
* 20010803 NOMINATIONS: Committee concluded hearings on the
nominations of J. Richard Blankenship, of Florida, to
be Ambassador to the Commonwealth of The Bahamas, Hans
H. Hertell, of Puerto Rico, to be Ambassador to the
Dominican Republic, and Martin J. Silverstein, of
Pennsylvania, to be Ambassador to the Oriental
Republic of Uruguay, ...
* 20010913 NOMINATIONS: ... Prior to this action, committee
concluded hearings on the nominations of Mr. Kennedy,
Ms. Kennedy, Mr. Neumann, and Ms. Wahba, [Patrick
Francis Kennedy, of Illinois, to be Representative of
the United States of America to the United Nations for
the U.N. Management and Reform, with the rank of
Ambassador, Laura E. Kennedy, of New York, to be
Ambassador to Turkmenistan, Ronald E. Neumann, of
Virginia, to be Ambassador to the State of Bahrain,
and Marcelle M. Wahba, of California, to be Ambassador
to the United Arab Emirates] ...
* 20010921 NOMINATIONS: Committee concluded hearings on the
nominations of Arlene Render, of Virginia, to be
Ambassador to the Republic of Cote d'Ivoire, Mattie R.
Sharpless, of North Carolina, to be Ambassador to the
Central African Republic, R. Barrie Walkley, of
California, to be Ambassador to the Republic of
Guinea, Jackson McDonald, of Florida, to be Ambassador
to the Republic of The Gambia, Kevin Joseph McGuire,
of Maryland, to be Ambassador to the Republic of
Namibia, Ralph Leo Boyce, Jr., of Virginia, to be
Ambassador to the Republic of Indonesia, and Robert W.
Jordan, of Texas, to be Ambassador to the Kingdom of
Saudi Arabia, ...
* 20010924 NOMINATIONS: Committee concluded hearings on the
nominations of Charlotte L. Beers, of Texas, to be
Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy,
Patricia de Stacy Harrison, of Virginia, to be
Assistant Secretary of State for Educational and
Cultural Affairs, John Stern Wolf, of Maryland, to be
Assistant Secretary of State for Non-proliferation,
Kevin E. Moley, of Arizona, to be Representative of
the United States of America to the European Office
of the United Nations, with the rank of Ambassador,
Kenneth C. Brill, of Maryland, to be Representative of
the United States of America to the Vienna Office of
the United Nations, with the rank of Ambassador, and
Michael E. Malinowski, of the District of Columbia, to
be Ambassador to the Kingdom of Nepal, ...
* 20010925 NOMINATIONS: Committee concluded hearings on the
nominations of Dennis L. Schornack, of Michigan, to be
Commissioner on the part of the United States on the
International Joint Commission, United States and
Canada; John J. Danilovich, of California, to be
Ambassador to the Republic of Costa Rica; Roy L.
Austin, of Pennsylvania, to be Ambassador to Trinidad
and Tobago; Franklin Pierce Huddle, Jr., of
California, to be Ambassador to the Republic of
Tajikistan; Pamela Hyde Smith, of Washington, to be
Ambassador to the Republic of Moldova; Rockwell A.
Schnabel, of California, to be Representative of the
United States of America to the European Union,
with the rank and status of Ambassador; and Clifford
G. Bond, of New Jersey, to be Ambassador to Bosnia and
Herzegovina, ...
* 20011009 NOMINATIONS: Committee concluded hearings on the
nominations of J. Edward Fox, of Ohio, to be Assistant
Administrator for Legislative and Public Affairs,
Kent R. Hill, of Massachusetts, to be Assistant
Administrator for Europe and Eurasia, and E. Anne
Peterson, of Virginia, to be Assistant Administrator
for Global Health, all of the United States Agency for
International Development; and John F. Turner, of
Wyoming, to be Assistant Secretary of State for Oceans
and International Environmental and Scientific
Affairs, ...
* 20011017 NOMINATIONS: Committee concluded hearings on the
nominations of Brian E. Carlson, of Virginia, to be
Ambassador to the Republic of Latvia, Joseph M.
DeThomas, of Pennsylvania, to be Ambassador to the
Republic of Estonia, Bonnie McElveen-Hunter, of North
Carolina, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Finland,
John Malcolm Ordway, of California, to be Ambassador
to the Republic of Armenia, John N. Palmer, of
Mississippi, to be Ambassador to the Republic of
Portugal, and Clifford M. Sobel, of New Jersey, to be
Ambassador to the Kingdom of the Netherlands, ...
* 20011023 COUNTERTERRORISM TREATIES: Committee concluded
hearings to examine International Convention for the
Suppression of the Financing of Terrorism adopted by
the United Nations General Assembly on December 9,
1999, and signed on behalf of the United States of
America on January 10, 2000 (Treaty Doc. 106-49), and
International Convention for the Suppression of
Terrorist Bombings, adopted by the United Nations
General Assembly on December 15, 1997, and signed on
behalf of the United States of America on January 12,
1998 (Treaty Doc. 106-06), ...
* 20011024 NOMINATIONS: Committee concluded hearings on the
nominations of Cameron R. Hume, of New York, to be
Ambassador to the Republic of South Africa, Margaret
K. McMillion, of the District of Columbia, to be
Ambassador to the Republic of Rwanda, Wanda L.
Nesbitt, of Pennsylvania, to be Ambassador to the
Republic of Madagascar, and Robert V. Royall, of South
Carolina, to be Ambassador to the United Republic of
Tanzania, ...
* 20011031 NOMINATIONS: Committee concluded hearings on the
nominations of George L. Argyros, Sr., of California,
to be Ambassador to Spain, and to serve concurrently
and without additional compensation as Ambassador to
Andorra, Robert M. Beecroft, of Maryland, for the rank
of Ambassador as Head of Mission, Organization for
Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), Bosnia and
Herzegovina, Lyons Brown, Jr., of Kentucky, to be
Ambassador to the Republic of Austria, Stephan Michael
Minikes, of the District of Columbia, to be U.S.
Representative to the Organization for Security and
Cooperation in Europe, with the rank of Ambassador,
William D. Montgomery, of Pennsylvania, to be
Ambassador to the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia,
Melvin F. Sembler, of Florida, to be Ambassador to
Italy, and Ronald Weiser, of Michigan, to be
Ambassador to the Slovak Republic. ...
* 20011106 NOMINATION: Committee concluded hearings on the
nomination of Raymond F. Burghardt, of Florida, to be
Ambassador to the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, Larry
Miles Dinger, of Iowa, to be Ambassador to the
Federated States of Micronesia, Charles Lawrence
Greenwood, Jr., of Florida, for rank of Ambassador as
Coordinator for Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation
(APEC), Charles Lester Pritchard, of Virginia, for the
rank of Ambassador as Special Envoy for Negotiations
with the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK)
and United States Representative to the Korean
Peninsula Energy Development Organization (KEDO), and
Darryl Norman Johnson, of Washington, to be Ambassador
to the Kingdom of Thailand, ...
* 20011107 NOMINATIONS: Committee concluded hearings on the
nominations of John Marshall, of Virginia, to be
Assistant Administrator for Management, and the
nomination of Constance Berry Newman, of Illinois, to
be Assistant Administrator for Africa, both of the
United States Agency for International Development,
Cynthia Shepard Perry, of Texas, to be United States
Director of the African Development Bank, Jose A.
Fourquet, of New Jersey, to be United States Executive
Director of the Inter-American Development Bank, and
Jorge L. Arrizurieta, of Florida, to be United States
Alternate Executive Director of the Inter-American
Development Bank, ...
* 20011108 NOMINATIONS: Committee concluded hearings on the
nominations of Eric M. Javits, of New York, for the
rank of Ambassador during his tenure of service as
U.S. Representative to the Conference on Disarmament,
Christopher Bancroft Burnham, of Connecticut, to be
Assistant Secretary of State for Resource Management
and Chief Financial Officer, Sichan Siv, of Texas, to
be Representative of the United States of America on
the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations,
with the rank of Ambassador, and an Alternate
Representative of the United States of America to the
Sessions of the General Assembly of the United Nations
during his tenure of service as Representative of the
United States of America on the Economic and Social
Council of the United Nations, and Richard S.
Williamson, of Illinois, to be Alternate
Representative of the United States of America for
Special Political Affairs in the United Nations, with
the rank of Ambassador, and to be an Alternate
Representative of the United States of America to the
Sessions of the General Assembly of the United Nations
during his tenure of service as Alternate
Representative of the United States of America for
Special Political Affairs in the United Nations, ...
* 20011114 NOMINATIONS: Committee concluded hearings on the
nominations of Gaddi H. Vasquez, of California, to be
Director, and Josephine K. Olsen, of Maryland, to be
Deputy Director, both of the Peace Corps, ...
* 20011129 NOMINATIONS: Committee concluded hearings on the
nominations of James David McGee, of Florida, to be
Ambassador to the Kingdom of Swaziland, Kenneth P.
Moorefield, of Florida, to be Ambassador to the
Gabonese Republic, and the nomination of John Price,
of Utah, to be Ambassador to the Republic of
Mauritius, and to serve concurrently and without
additional compensation as Ambassador to the Federal
and Islamic Republic of The Comoros and Ambassador to
the Republic of Seychelles. ...
* 20011129 NOMINATIONS: Committee concluded hearings on the
nominations of John V. Hanford III, of Virginia, to
be Ambassador at Large for International Religious
Freedom, Arthur E. Dewey, of Maryland, to be
Assistant Secretary of State for Population, Refugees,
and Migration, and John D. Ong, of Ohio, to be
Ambassador to Norway, ...
* 20011204 NOMINATIONS: Committee concluded hearings on the
nomination of Adolfo A. Franco, of Virginia, to be
Assistant Administrator for Latin America and the
Caribbean, Frederick W. Schieck, of Virginia, to be
Deputy Administrator, and Roger P. Winter, of
Maryland, to be Assistant Administrator for Democracy,
Conflict, and Humanitarian Assistance, all of the
United States Agency for International Development,
...
* 20011204 NOMINATIONS: Committee concluded hearings on the
nominations of William R. Brownfield, of Texas, to be
Ambassador to the Republic of Chile, Charles S.
Shapiro, of Georgia, to be Ambassador to the
Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, Earl Norfleet
Phillips, Jr., of North Carolina, to be Ambassador to
Barbados, and to serve concurrently and without
additional compensation as Ambassador to St. Kitts
and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Antigua and Barbuda, the
Commonwealth of Dominica, Grenada, and Saint Vincent
and the Grenadines, and Donna Jean Hrinak, of
Virginia, to be Ambassador to the Federative Republic
of Brazil, ...
* 20011211 NOMINATION: Committee concluded hearings on the
nomination of Francis Joseph Ricciardone, Jr., of New
Hampshire, to be Ambassador to the Republic of the
Philippines and to serve concurrently and without
additional compensation as Ambassador to the Republic
of Palau, ...
* 20020228 NOMINATIONS: 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, ...
* 20020307 CONVENTION ON THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILD PROTOCOLS:
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), ...
* 20020313 NOMINATION: Committee concluded hearings on the
nomination of Robert Patrick John Finn, of New York,
to be Ambassador to Afghanistan, ...
* 20020314 NOMINATIONS: 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, ...
* 20020521 NOMINATIONS: 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, ...
* 20020625 NOMINATIONS: 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, ...
* 20020626 NOMINATIONS: 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,
...
* 20020709 NOMINATIONS: 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, ...
* 20020724 NOMINATIONS: Committee concluded hearings on the
nominations of Kristie Anne Kenney, of Maryland, to be
Ambassador to the Republic of Ecuador, Larry Leon
Palmer, of Georgia, to be Ambassador to the Republic
of Honduras, and Barbara Calandra Moore, of Maryland,
to be Ambassador to the Republic of Nicaragua, all of
the Department of State, ...
* 20020730 NOMINATIONS: Committee concluded hearings on the
nominations of Nancy J. Powell, of Iowa, to be
Ambassador to the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, and
Richard L. Baltimore III, of New York, to be
Ambassador to the Sultanate of Oman, ...
* 20020904 NOMINATIONS: Committee concluded hearings on the
nominations of John R. Dawson, of the District of
Columbia, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Peru,
Antonio O. Garza, Jr., of Texas, to be Ambassador to
Mexico, and Linda Ellen Watt, of Florida, to be
Ambassador to the Republic of Panama, ...
* 20020919 NOMINATIONS: Committee concluded hearings to consider
the nominations of C. William Swank, of Ohio, Ned L.
Siegel, of Florida, Diane M. Ruebling, of California,
and Samuel E. Ebbesen, of the Virgin Islands, each to
be a Member of the Board of Directors of the Overseas
Private Investment Corporation, Wendy Jean Chamberlin,
of Virginia, to be an Assistant Administrator of the
United States Agency for International Development,
and Nancy P. Jacklin, of New York, to be United States
Executive Director of the International Monetary Fund.
...
* 20020924 IRAQ: Committee met in closed session to receive a
briefing on Iraq ...
* 20021001 NOMINATIONS: Committee concluded hearings on the
nominations of Gene B. Christy, of Texas, to be
Ambassador to Brunei Darussalam, David L. Lyon, of
California, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Fiji,
and to serve concurrently and without additional
compensation as Ambassador to the Republic of Nauru,
the Kingdom of Tonga, and Tuvalu, Charles Aaron Ray,
of Texas, to be Ambassador to the Kingdom of Cambodia,
and Grover Joseph Rees, of Louisiana, to be Ambassador
to the Democratic Republic of East Timor, ...
* 20021003 NOMINATIONS: Committee concluded hearings on the
nominations of Maura Ann Harty, of Florida, to be
Assistant Secretary of State for Consular Affairs; Kim
R. Holmes, of Maryland, to be Assistant Secretary of
State for International Organization Affairs; Francis
X. Taylor, of Maryland, to be Assistant Secretary of
State for Diplomatic Security, and Director for the
Office of Foreign Missions, with the rank of
Ambassador; and Ellen R. Sauerbrey, of Maryland, for
the rank of Ambassador during her tenure of service as
the United States Representative on the Commission on
the Status of Women of the Economic and Social Council
of the United Nations, ...
* 20021003 NOMINATIONS: Committee concluded hearings to examine
the nominations of Richard Allan Roth, of Michigan, to
be Ambassador to the Republic of Senegal, and to serve
concurrently and without additional compensation as
Ambassador to the Republic of Guinea-Bissau; Joseph
Huggins, of the District of Columbia, to be Ambassador
to the Republic of Botswana; and Robin Renee Sanders,
of New York, to be Ambassador to the Republic of
Congo, ...
* 20021009 NOMINATIONS: Committee concluded hearings to examine
the nominations of John Randle Hamilton, of North
Carolina, to be Ambassador to the Republic of
Guatemala, John F. Keane, of Virginia, to be
Ambassador to the Republic of Paraguay, and David N.
Greenlee, of Maryland to be Ambassador to the Republic
of Bolivia, ...
* 20021016 NOMINATIONS: Committee concluded hearings on the
nominations of Collister Johnson, Jr., of Virginia,
and John L. Morrison, of Minnesota, each to be a
Member of the Board of Directors of the Overseas
Private Investment Corporation, ...
* 20021114 NOMINATION: Committee concluded hearings on the
nominations of Mary Carlin Yates, of Oregon, to be
Ambassador to the Republic of Ghana, ...
** Hearings held by Governmental Affairs
* 20010608 DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA GOVERNMENT: Senate Committee
on Governmental Affairs Subcommittee on Oversight of
Government Management, Restructuring and the District
of Columbia concluded hearings with the House
Committee on Government Reform Subcommittee on the
District of Columbia to review the future direction
of the District of Columbia Government following
the end of the Control Board period, ...
** Hearings held by Health
* 20020226 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, ...
** Hearings held by Intelligence
* 20010228 INTELLIGENCE: Committee held closed hearings on
intelligence matters, ...
* 20010307 INTELLIGENCE: Committee held closed hearings on
intelligence matters, ...
* 20010314 INTELLIGENCE: Committee held closed hearings on
intelligence matters, ...
* 20010321 INTELLIGENCE: Committee held closed hearings on
intelligence matters, ...
Hearings also held on 3/22/01
* 20010328 INTELLIGENCE: Committee held closed hearings on
intelligence matters, ...
* 20010403 INTELLIGENCE: Also, on Tuesday, April 3, committee
held closed hearings on intelligence matters, ...
Hearings also held on 4/4/01
* 20010509 INTELLIGENCE: Committee held closed hearings on
intelligence matters, ...
Hearings also held on 5/10/01
* 20010515 INTELLIGENCE: Committee held closed hearings on
intelligence matters, ...
Hearings also held on 5/16, 5/17/01
* 20010620 INTELLIGENCE: Committee held closed hearings on
intelligence matters, ...
* 20010627 INTELLIGENCE: Committee held closed hearings on
intelligence matters, ...
* 20010711 INTELLIGENCE: Committee held closed hearings on
intelligence matters, ...
* 20010718 INTELLIGENCE: Committee held closed hearings on
intelligence matters, ...
* 20010801 INTELLIGENCE: Committee held closed hearings on
intelligence matters, ...
* 20011017 INTELLIGENCE: ... Also, held closed hearings on
intelligence matters, ...
* 20011024 INTELLIGENCE: Committee held closed hearings on
intelligence matters, ...
Hearings also held on 10/25/01
* 20011031 INTELLIGENCE: On Wednesday, October 31, committee
held closed hearings on intelligence matters, ...
Hearings also held on 11/1, 11/7, 11/14, 11/28/01
* 20020206 WORLD THREATS: Committee concluded closed hearings
to examine issues surrounding world threats to
American national security, ...
* 20020227 INTELLIGENCE: Committee held closed hearings on
intelligence matters, ...
* 20020306 INTELLIGENCE: Committee held closed hearings on
intelligence matters, ...
Hearings also held on 3/13/02
* 20020320 INTELLIGENCE: Committee held closed hearings on
intelligence matters, ...
* 20020410 INTELLIGENCE: Committee held closed hearings on
intelligence matters, ...
* 20020424 INTELLIGENCE: Committee held closed hearings on
intelligence matters, ...
Hearings also held on 5/1/02
* 20020429 INTELLIGENCE: Committee met in closed session to
consider pending intelligence matters.
* 20020501 INTELLIGENCE: Committee held closed hearings on
intelligence matters, ...
* 20020522 INTELLIGENCE: Committee held closed hearings on
intelligence matters, ...
* 20020604 9/11 INTELLIGENCE INVESTIGATION: Senate Select
Committee on Intelligence and the House Permanent
Select Committee on Intelligence met in closed session
to consider events surrounding September 11, 2001.
Hearings also held on 6/5, 6/6, 6/11, 6/12, 6/18,
6/19, 7/16, 7/18, 7/23, 7/25, 9/12, 9/17, 9/18, 9/19,
9/20, 9/24, 9/26, 10/1, 10/3, 10/8, 10/9/02
* 20020613 BUSINESS MEETING: Committee met in closed session to
consider the events surrounding September 11, 2001,
and made no announcements.
* 20020617 INTELLIGENCE: Committee met in closed session to
consider intelligence matters, ...
Hearings also held on 6/20/02
* 20020626 BUSINESS MEETING: Committee met in closed session to
consider pending intelligence matters, made no
announcements, and recessed subject to call.
* 20020905 INTELLIGENCE: Committee held closed hearings on
intelligence matters, ...
Hearings also held on 9/10/02
* 20021002 INTELLIGENCE: Committee held closed hearings on
intelligence matters, receiving testimony from
officials of the intelligence community.
Hearings also held on 10/4/02
* 20021113 INTELLIGENCE: Committee held closed hearings on
intelligence matters, ...
** Hearings held by Judiciary
* 20010822 NOMINATIONS: On Wednesday, August 22, committee
concluded hearings on the nominations of Reggie B.
Walton, to be United States District Judge for the
District of Columbia, and Richard R. Nedelkoff, of
Texas, to be Director of the Bureau of Justice
Assistance, Department of Justice, ...
* 20011204 WAR CRIME COMMISSIONS: Committee concluded hearings
to examine the constitutional and legal implications
of the President's recent executive order to establish
military commissions with respect to the detention,
treatment, and trial of persons accused of terrorist
activities, ...
* 20011210 NOMINATIONS: Committee concluded hearings on the
nomination of David L. Bunning, to be United States
District Judge for the Eastern District of Kentucky,
...
** Hearings held by Narcotics
* 20010515 ILLEGAL DRUG TRANSIT ZONE: Caucus concluded hearings
to examine counter drug interdiction strategy and
operations in the Caribbean and Eastern Pacific, known
as the Transit Zone, ...
Hearings also held on 2/16/01
* 20011204 "CLUB" DRUGS: Caucus concluded hearings on the
relation between rave promoters and club drug abuse,
focusing on providing current information on the
medical effects of club drugs, advancing drug
education and prevention, and enhancing parental
knowledge of club drugs, ...
* 20020411 DRUG LAW ENFORCEMENT: 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, ...
* 20020917 ANDEAN REGION: Caucus concluded hearings to examine
U.S. policy in the Andean region, focusing on the drug
trade and its impact on democracy in Colombia and the
Andean region, ...
** Hearings held by Printing
* 20020710 GOVERNMENT PRINTING AND PUBLIC DOCUMENT ACCESS:
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, ...
** Hearings held by Rules
* 20021003 NOMINATION: Committee concluded hearings to examine
the nomination of Bruce R. James, of Nevada, to be
Public Printer, Government Printing Office, ...
** Hearings held by Taxation
* 20020514 IRS BUDGET REVIEW: 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,
...
** Hearings held by Veterans Affairs
* 20010228 VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS: Joint Meetings: Senate
Committee on Veterans' Affairs concluded joint
hearings with the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs
on the legislative recommendations of the Veterans of
Foreign Wars, ...
* 20010301 VETERANS PROGRAMS: Joint Hearing: Senate Committee
on Veterans' Affairs concluded joint hearings with the
House Committee on Veterans' Affairs to review the
legislative recommendations of certain veterans
organizations, ...
* 20010308 VETERANS PROGRAMS: Senate Committee on Veterans'
Affairs concluded joint hearings with the House
Committee on Veterans' Affairs to review the
legislative recommendations of certain veterans
organizations, ...
* 20010309 VETERANS PROGRAMS: Senate Committee on Veterans'
Affairs concluded joint hearings with the House
Committee on Veterans' Affairs to review the
legislative recommendations of certain veterans
organizations, ...
* 20010314 VETERANS PROGRAMS: Senate Committee on Veterans'
Affairs concluded joint hearings with the House
Committee on Veterans' Affairs to examine the
legislative recommendations of the Disabled American
Veterans, ...
* 20010322 VETERANS' PROGRAMS: Senate Committee on Veterans'
Affairs concluded joint hearings with the House
Committee on Veterans' Affairs to examine the
legislative recommendations of certain veterans
organizations, ...
* 20020227 DISABLED AMERICAN VETERANS/VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS:
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, ...
* 20020314 VETERANS PROGRAMS: Senate Committee on Veterans'
Affairs concluded joint hearings with the House
Committee on Veterans' Affairs to examine the
legislative presentations of certain veterans
organizations, ...
Hearings also held on 3/20/02
* 20020910 AMERICAN LEGION: Senate Committee on Veterans'
Affairs concluded joint hearings with the House
Committee on Veterans' Affairs to examine the
legislative presentation of the American Legion, ...
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