108th Congress (2003 - 2004)
January 7 - December 15, 2003
Senate Committee Meetings by Date
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2003/01/07
Daily Digest - Tuesday, January 7, 2003; pages D1 - D8
Committee Meetings
No committee meetings were held.
No Joint hearings noted.
2003/01/08
Daily Digest - Wednesday, January 8, 2003; pages D9 - D12
Committee Meetings
See Daily Digest of Thursday, January 9, 2003.
No Joint hearings noted.
2003/01/09
Daily Digest - Thursday, January 9, 2003; pages D13 - D18
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
CLIMATE CHANGE
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: On Wednesday, January 8,
committee concluded hearings to examine climate change and greenhouse gas
reductions and the trading systems, after receiving testimony from Senator
Lieberman; Representative Inslee; James R. Mahoney, Assistant Secretary of
Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere, and Director, U.S. Climate Change Science
Program; Eileen Claussen, Pew Center on Global Climate Change, Arlington,
Virginia; Jack Cogen, Natsource LLC, and Fred Krupp, Environmental Defense,
both of New York, New York; and Randy Overbey, ALCOA Power Generating, Inc.,
Knoxville, Tennessee.
AIRLINE INDUSTRY
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee held hearings on
the future of the airline industry, including the state of aviation security,
receiving testimony from Jeffrey N. Shane, Associate Deputy Secretary of
Transportation; Donald J. Carty, American Airlines, Dallas, Texas; Richard H.
Anderson, Northwest Airlines, Egan, Minnesota; Duane E. Woerth, Air Line
Pilots Association, International, Washington, D.C.; Kevin Mitchell, Business
Travel Coalition, Radnor, Pennsylvania; and Alfred Kahn, Cornell University,
Ithaca, New York.
Hearings recessed subject to call.
OIL TANKERS
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded
hearings to examine the phase out of single hull oil tankers and the impact of
such action on commerce, including marine oil spill prevention, preparedness,
response and restoration, after receiving testimony from R. Adm. Paul J.
Pluta, Assistant Commandant for Marine Safety, Security and Environmental
Protection, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Transportation; Timothy R. E.
Keeney, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere;
Elaine F. Davies, Deputy Director of the Office of Emergency and Remedial
Response, Environmental Protection Agency; Thomas A. Allegretti, American
Waterways Operators, and Dragos Rauta, International Association of
Independent Tanker Owners, both of Arlington, Virginia; Joseph J. Cox, Chamber
of Shipping of America, David Sandalow, World Wildlife Fund, and G. William
Frick, American Petroleum Institute, all of Washington, D.C.; Tom Godfrey,
Colonna's Shipyard, Norfolk, Virginia, on behalf of the Shipbuilders Council
of America; and Robert N. Cowen, Overseas Shipholding Group, Inc., New York,
New York.
No Joint hearings noted.
2003/01/10
Daily Digest - Friday, January 10, 2003; pages D19 - D20
Committee Meetings
No committee meetings were held.
No Joint hearings noted.
2003/01/13
Daily Digest - Monday, January 13, 2003; pages D21 - D22
Committee Meetings
No Committee meetings were held.
No Joint hearings noted.
2003/01/14
Daily Digest - Tuesday, January 14, 2003; pages D24 - D26
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
U.S. AIRWAYS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services,
and Education concluded hearings to examine issues relative to the
restructuring of U.S. Airways' employee pension plans, including a related
proposal, S. 119, to provide special minimum funding requirements for certain
pension plans maintained pursuant to collective bargaining agreements, after
receiving testimony from Steven A. Kandarian, Executive Director, and James J.
Keightley, General Counsel, both of the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation;
James C. Roddey, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania; David N. Siegel, U.S.
Airways, Inc., Arlington, Virginia; Duane E. Woerth, Air Line Pilots
Association International, and Bill Pollock, U.S. Airways Master Executive
Council, on behalf of Air Line Pilots Association, both of Washington, D.C.
TELECOMMUNICATIONS INDUSTRY
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on
Communications held hearings on competition issues in the telecommunications
industry, including issues of digital migration, the role for regulators, and
the deployment of broadband and other advanced services, receiving testimony
from Michael K. Powell, Chairman, and Kathleen Q. Abernathy, Michael J. Copps,
Kevin J. Martin, Jonathan S. Adelstein, each a Commissioner, all of the
Federal Communications Commission.
Hearings recessed subject to call.
No Joint hearings noted.
2003/01/15
Daily Digest - Wednesday, January 15, 2003; pages D28 - D30
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
MILITARY OPERATIONS/IRAQ
Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded hearings to examine current
and potential military operations, after receiving testimony from Donald H.
Rumsfeld, Secretary of Defense; and General Richard B. Myers, USAF, Chairman,
Joint Chiefs of Staff.
Also, Committee met in closed session to receive a briefing on the Iraq
weapons inspection process from representatives of the Central Intelligence
Agency and the Defense Intelligence Agency.
SOCIAL SECURITY
Special Committee on Aging: Committee concluded hearings to examine Social
Security including an analysis of issues and selected reform proposals, after
receiving testimony from David M. Walker, Comptroller General of the United
States, General Accounting Office.
No Joint hearings noted.
2003/01/16
Daily Digest - Thursday, January 16, 2003; pages D32 - D34
Committee Meetings
No committee meetings were held.
No Joint hearings noted.
2003/01/17
Daily Digest - Friday, January 17, 2003; pages D36 - D38
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
NOMINATION
Committee on Governmental Affairs: Committee ordered favorably reported the
nomination of Thomas J. Ridge, of Pennsylvania, to be Secretary of Homeland
Security. Prior to this action, committee concluded hearings on the
nomination of Mr. Ridge, after the nominee, who was introduced by Senator
Specter, testified and answered questions in his own behalf.
No Joint hearings noted.
2003/01/21
Daily Digest - Tuesday, January 21, 2003; pages D40 - D42
Committee Meetings
No committee meetings were held.
No Joint hearings noted.
2003/01/22
Daily Digest - Wednesday, January 22, 2003; pages D44 - D46
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
NOMINATION
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded
hearings to examine the nomination of Asa Hutchinson, of Arkansas, to be Under
Secretary of Homeland Security for Border and Transportation, after the
nominee, who was introduced by Senator Lincoln, testified and answered
questions in his own behalf.
No Joint hearings noted.
2003/01/23
Daily Digest - Thursday, January 23, 2003; pages D47 - D54
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee ordered
favorably reported the nomination of Asa Hutchinson, of Arkansas, to be Under
Secretary of Homeland Security for Border and Transportation, Department of
Homeland Security.
No Joint hearings noted.
2003/01/24
Daily Digest - Friday, January 24, 2003; pages D55 - D56
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
NOMINATION
Committee on Governmental Affairs: Committee concluded hearings on the
nomination of Gordon England, of Texas, to be Deputy Secretary of Homeland
Security, after the nominee, who was introduced by Senator Stevens, testified
and answered questions in his own behalf.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee met and held over the following items:
S. 151, to amend title 18, United States Code, with respect to the sexual
exploitation of children;
S. 153, to amend title 18, United States Code, to establish penalties for
aggravated identity theft, and
The nomination of Miguel A. Estrada, of Virginia, to be United States Circuit
Judge for the District of Columbia Circuit.
No Joint hearings noted.
2003/01/27
Daily Digest - Monday, January 27, 2003; pages D58 - D60
Committee Meetings
No committee meetings were held.
No Joint hearings noted.
2003/01/28
Daily Digest - Tuesday, January 28, 2003; pages D61 - D66
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
U.S. OLYMPIC COMMITTEE
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee held hearings to
examine recent allegations of ethical violations at the United States Olympic
Committee, after receiving testimony from Kenneth M. Duberstein, and Thurgood
Marshall, Jr., both of the Ethics Oversight Committee, Washington, D.C.,
Rachel M. Godino, Athlete's Advisory Council, Needhan, Massachusetts, Patrick
J. Rodgers, Lloyd D. Ward, and Marty Mankamyer, all of Colorado Springs,
Colorado, all of the United States Olympic Committee.
Hearings recessed subject to call.
NOMINATION
Committee on Finance: Committee concluded hearings to examine the nomination
of John W. Snow, of Virginia, to be Secretary of the Treasury, after the
nominee, who was introduced by Senators Warner and Allen, testified and
answered questions in his own behalf.
ORGANIZATIONAL MEETING
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee met and adopted its rules of
procedure for the 108th Congress and approved the subcommittees'
jurisdictional issues.
No Joint hearings noted.
2003/01/29
Daily Digest - Wednesday, January 29, 2003; pages D68 - D72
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
SMALLPOX VACCINATION PLAN
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services,
and Education concluded hearings to examine the federal role and its
implementation of a smallpox vaccination plan focusing on prevention
strategies and funding issues, receiving testimony from Julie L. Gerberding,
Director, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and Anthony S. Fauci,
Director, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National
Institutes of Health, both of the Department of Health and Human Services;
Brian L. Strom, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, and Louis M.
Bell, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, both of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania;
Patrick M. Libbey, National Association of County and City Health Officials,
Washington, D.C.; and Mary J. Jones, and Jane Colacecchi, both of the Iowa
Department of Public Health, Des Moines; and James August, American Federation
of State, County, and Municipal Employees, Washington, D.C.
STATE OF THE ECONOMY
Committee on the Budget: Committee held hearings to examine the state of the
United States economy, receiving testimony from Gene B. Sperling, Center on
Universal Education, Council on Foreign Relations, former National Economic
Advisor and Director, National Economic Council, and Michael E. Baroody,
National Association of Manufacturers, both of Washington, D.C.; and David R.
Malpass, Bear, Stearns, and Co., Inc., New York, New York.
Committee will meet again tomorrow.
HUMAN CLONING
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee held hearings on
the science and ethics of human cloning, after receiving testimony from
Senator Hatch; Representatives Toomey and Weldon; Leon R. Kass, Chairman,
President's Council on Bioethics; Kris E. Gulden, Coalition for the
Advancement of Medical Research, Washington, D.C.; and Anton-Lewis Usala,
Office of Regulatory Review of Clinical Trials, East Carolina University,
Greenville, North Carolina.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee met and announced the
following subcommittee assignments:
Subcommittee on Energy: Senators Alexander (Chairman), Nickles, Talent,
Bunning, Thomas, Murkowski, Craig, Burns, Graham (FL), Akaka, Johnson,
Landrieu, Bayh, Schumer, and Cantwell.
Subcommittee on Public Lands and Forests: Senators Craig (Chairman), Burns,
Smith, Kyl, Campbell, Alexander, Murkowski, Talent, Wyden, Akaka, Dorgan,
Johnson, Landrieu, Bayh, and Feinstein.
Subcommittee on National Parks: Senators Thomas (Chairman), Nickles, Campbell,
Alexander, Burns, Smith, Kyl, Akaka, Dorgan, Graham (FL), Landrieu, Bayh, and
Schumer.
Subcommittee on Water and Power: Senators Murkowski (Chairman), Campbell,
Smith, Kyl, Craig, Talent, Bunning, Thomas, Dorgan, Graham (FL), Wyden,
Johnson, Feinstein, Schumer, and Cantwell.
Senators Domenici and Bingaman are Ex Officio Members of all the
Subcommittees.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee met and adopted its rules
of procedure for the 108th Congress and announced the following subcommittee
assignments:
Subcommittee on Transportation and Infrastructure: Senators Bond (Chairman),
Warner, Voinovich, Chafee, Cornyn, Murkowski, Reid, Baucus, Graham (FL),
Lieberman, and Boxer.
Subcommittee on Clean Air, Climate Change, and Nuclear Safety: Senators
Voinovich (Chairman), Crapo, Bond, Cornyn, Thomas, Lieberman, Reid, Carper,
and Clinton.
Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, and Water: Senators Crapo (Chairman),
Warner, Murkowski, Thomas, Allard, Graham (FL), Baucus, Wyden, and Clinton.
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Subcommittee on Superfund and Waste Management: Senators Chafee (Chairman),
Warner, Allard, Bond, Boxer, Wyden, and Carper.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded hearings on the nominations of
Deborah L. Cook, of Ohio, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Sixth
Circuit, John G. Roberts, Jr., to be United States Circuit Judge for the
District of Columbia Circuit, Jeffrey S. Sutton, of Ohio, United States
Circuit Judge for the Sixth Circuit, John R. Adams, to be United States
District Judge for the Northern District of Ohio, Robert A. Junell, to be
United States District Judge for the Western District of Texas, and S. James
Otero, to be United States District Judge for the Central District California.
Ms. Cook, Mr. Sutton, and Mr. Adams were introduced by Senators DeWine and
Voinovich, Mr. Roberts was introduced by Mr. Warner, Mr. Junell was introduced
by Senators Hutchison and Cornyn, and Mr. Otero was introduced by Senator
Feinstein.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee met and ordered favorably reported an
original resolution authorizing certain expenditures for the operation of the
Committee. Also, Committee elected Senator Campbell as the Chairman and
Senator Inouye as Vice Chairman, and adopted its rules of procedure for the
108th Congress.
BUSINESS MEETING
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee met and ordered favorably reported
an original resolution (S. Res. 27) authorizing expenditures of the Select
Committee on Intelligence.
No Joint hearings noted.
2003/01/30
Daily Digest - Thursday, January 30, 2003; pages D73 - D78
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
MEDICARE REIMBURSEMENT
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services,
and Education concluded hearings to examine Medicare reimbursement for
physicians and hospitals, after receiving testimony from Thomas A. Scully,
Administrator, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Department of
Health and Human Services; Loren H. Roth, University of Pittsburgh,
Pennsylvania, on behalf of Medical Services UPMC Health System; Jitendra M.
Desai and Denis Olmstead, both of the Pennsylvania Medical Society,
Harrisburg; Richard A. Anderson, St. Luke's Hospital and Health Network, Inc.,
Bethlehem, Pennsylvania; Eric W. Blomain, Northeastern Pennsylvania Plastic
Surgical Society, Dunmore; Richard E. D'Alberto, J.C. Blair Memorial Hospital,
Huntingdon, Pennsylvania; Jay Kleiman, Northwestern University Medical School,
Evanston, Illinois, on behalf of the American College of Cardiology and the
Alliance of Specialty Medicine; J. Kirk Norris, Iowa Hospital Association, Des
Moines; and Richard F. Pops, Alkermes, Inc., Cambridge, Massachusetts, on
behalf of the Biotechnology Industry Organization.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded hearings on the nominations
of Paul McHale, of Pennsylvania, to be an Assistant Secretary of Defense for
Homeland Security, and Christopher Ryan Henry, of Virginia, to be Deputy Under
Secretary of Defense for Policy, after the nominees testified and answered
questions in their own behalf. Mr. McHale was introduced by Senator Specter,
and Mr. Henry was introduced by Senator Reid.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee met and adopted
its rules of procedure for the 108th Congress, and ordered favorably reported
an original resolution (S. Res. 35) authorizing expenditures by the Committee.
ECONOMIC OUTLOOK
Committee on the Budget: Committee concluded hearings to examine the budget
and current economic outlook for fiscal years 2003 through 2013, after
receiving testimony from Barry B. Anderson, Acting Director, Congressional
Budget Office.
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BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee met and ordered
favorably reported an original resolution (S. Res. 37) authorizing
expenditures by the Committee.
MEDIA OWNERSHIP
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee held hearings to
examine media ownership, focusing on the current state of and consolidation in
the radio industry, after receiving testimony from Senator Feingold;
Representative Berman; L. Lowry Mays, Clear Channel Communications, Inc., San
Antonio, Texas; Edward O. Fritts, National Association of Broadcasters, and
Jenny Toomey, Future of Music Coalition, both of Washington, D.C.; Don Henley,
Santa Monica, California, on behalf of the Recording Artists' Coalition; and
Robert Short, Jr., Short Broadcasting Co., Inc., Jamesville, New York.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee ordered favorably
reported an original resolution (S. Res. 36) authorizing expenditures by the
Committee.
BORDER SECURITY
Committee on Finance: Committee held hearings to examine the status of United
States border security focusing on weaknesses in screening entrants into the
country, and efforts to combat terrorism, receiving testimony from Robert J.
Cramer, Managing Director, Office of Special Investigations, General
Accounting Office; Johnny N. Williams, Executive Associate Commissioner for
Field Operations, Immigration and Naturalization Service, Department of
Justice; Robert W. Jacksta, Executive Director, Border Security and
Facilitation, Customs Service, Department of the Treasury; Earl E. Devaney,
Inspector General, and Donald W. Murphy, Deputy Director, National Park
Service, both of the Department of the Interior; and Daniel Wirth, Federal Law
Enforcement Officers Association, Tucson, Arizona.
Hearings recessed subject to the call.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Finance: Committee ordered favorably reported the nomination of
John W. Snow, of Virginia, to be Secretary of the Treasury.
UNITED NATIONS INSPECTIONS
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded hearings to examine the
January 27 United Nations Monitoring, Verification and Inspection Commission
(UNMOVIC) and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Reports to the
United Nations Security Council on inspections in Iraq, after receiving
testimony Richard L. Armitage, Deputy Secretary of State; and John D.
Negroponte, United States Permanent Representative to the United Nations.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee ordered
favorably reported an original resolution (S. Res. 39) authorizing
expenditures by the Committee.
SMALLPOX VACCINATION PLAN
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee held hearings
to examine the Federal role and its implementation of a national smallpox
vaccination program, focusing on prevention and preparedness strategies,
receiving testimony from Julie L. Gerberding, Director, Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention, and Anthony S. Fauci, Director, National Institute of
Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, both of the
Department of Health and Human Services; William J. Bicknell, Boston
University School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts; William Schuler,
Portsmouth Regional Hospital, Portsmouth, New Hampshire, on behalf of the
Federation of American Hospitals; Jon Abramson, Brenner Children's Hospital,
Wake Forest University, Winston Salem, North Carolina, on behalf of the
American Academy of Pediatrics; Martha Baker, Jackson Memorial Hospital,
Miami, Florida, on behalf of the Service Employees International Union,
AFL-CIO; and Kim C. Bush, Baxter BioScience Vaccines, Columbia, Maryland, on
behalf of the Baxter Healthcare Corporation.
Hearings were recessed subject to call.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee ordered favorably reported the following
business items: The nomination of Miguel A. Estrada, to be United States
Circuit Judge for the District of Columbia Circuit;
S. 151, to amend title 18, United States Code, with respect to the sexual
exploitation of children, with amendments;
S. 153, to amend title 18, United States Code, to establish penalties for
aggravated identity theft; and
S. 205, to authorize the issuance of immigrant visas to, and the admission to
the United States for permanent residence of, certain scientists, engineers,
and technicians who have worked in Iraqi weapons of mass destruction programs.
BUSINESS MEETING
Special Committee on Aging: Committee adopted its rules of procedure for the
108th Congress, and ordered favorably reported an original resolution (S. Res.
38) authorizing expenditures by the Committee.
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Joint Meetings
ECONOMIC GROWTH
Joint Economic Committee: Committee concluded hearings to examine the
Administration's growth and job plans to boost the economy and business
investment, after receiving testimony from R. Glenn Hubbard, Chairman, Council
of Economic Advisers.
2003/01/31
Daily Digest - Friday, January 31, 2003; pages D80 - D82
Committee Meetings
No committee meetings were held.
No Joint hearings noted.
2003/02/03
Daily Digest - Monday, February 3, 2003; pages D84 - D86
Committee Meetings
No committee meetings were held.
No Joint hearings noted.
2003/02/04
Daily Digest - Tuesday, February 4, 2003; pages D87 - D92
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: On Friday, January 31, 2003,
Committee announced the following subcommittee assignments:
Subcommittee on Economic Policy: Senators Bunning (Chairman), Dole, Shelby,
Schumer, and Miller.
Subcommittee on Financial Institutions: Senators Bennett (Chairman), Dole,
Chafee, Allard, Santorum, Hagel, Bunning, Crapo, Johnson, Miller, Carper,
Dodd, Reed, Bayh, and Stabenow.
Subcommittee on Housing and Transportation: Senators Allard (Chairman),
Santorum, Bennett, Chafee, Enzi, Sununu, Shelby, Reed, Stabenow, Corzine,
Dodd, Carper, and Schumer.
Subcommittee on International Trade and Finance: Senators Hagel (Chairman),
Enzi, Crapo, Sununu, Dole, Chafee, Bayh, Miller, Johnson, Carper, and Corzine.
Subcommittee on Securities and Investment: Senators Enzi (Chairman), Crapo,
Sununu, Hagel, Bunning, Bennett, Allard, Santorum, Dodd, Johnson, Reed,
Schumer, Bayh, Stabenow, and Corzine.
Senators Shelby and Sarbanes are Ex Officio Members of all the Subcommittees.
PRESIDENT'S BUDGET
Committee on the Budget: Committee held hearings to examine the President's
fiscal year 2004 budget, receiving testimony from R. Glenn Hubbard, Chairman,
Council of Economic Advisers.
Hearings continue tomorrow.
NORTH KOREA
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded hearings to examine North
Korea's (Democratic Peoples' Republic of Korea (DPRK)) programs to develop
weapons of mass destruction and their impact on the international community,
regional security, United States' interests and forces, after receiving
testimony from Richard L. Armitage, Deputy Secretary of State; James A. Kelly,
Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs; Ashton B.
Carter, Harvard University John F. Kennedy School of Government, Cambridge,
Massachusetts, former Assistant Secretary of Defense for International
Security Policy; Stephen W. Bosworth, Tufts University Fletcher School of Law
and Diplomacy, Korean Peninsula Energy Development Organization, Medford,
Massachusetts, former U.S. Ambassador to the Republic of Korea; and Donald P.
Gregg, The Korea Society, New York, New York, former U.S. Ambassador to the
Republic of Korea, former Security Advisor to the Vice President.
DOUBLE TAXATION
Special Committee on Aging: Committee concluded hearings to examine tax
fairness, focusing on double taxation's effect on the elderly, after receiving
testimony from R. Glenn Hubbard, Chairman, Council of Economic Advisers;
Hilary J. Kramer, Montgomery Asset Management, New York, New York; Dan
Mitchell, Heritage Foundation, Washington, D.C.; W. Mark Crain, George Mason
University Center for Study of Public Choice, Fairfax, Virginia; and Dick
Buxton, Boise, Idaho.
No Joint hearings noted.
2003/02/05
Daily Digest - Wednesday, February 5, 2003; pages D94 - D100
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: Committee adopted its rules
of procedure for the 108th Congress, and ordered favorably reported an
original resolution (S. Res. 47) authorizing expenditures by the Committee.
Also, Committee announced the following subcommittee assignments:
Subcommittee on Production and Price Competitiveness: Senators Dole (Chair),
McConnell, Roberts, Chambliss, Coleman, Grassley, Conrad, Daschle, Miller,
Baucus, and Lincoln.
Subcommittee on Marketing, Inspection, and Product Promotion: Senators Talent
(Chair), Roberts, Fitzgerald, Chambliss, Grassley, Baucus, Nelson (NE),
Conrad, and Stabenow.
Subcommittee on Forestry, Conservation, and Rural Revitalization: Senators
Crapo (Chair), Lugar, Coleman, Talent, McConnell, Roberts, Lincoln, Dayton,
Leahy, Daschle, and Nelson (NE).
Subcommittee on Research, Nutrition, and General Legislation: Senator
Fitzgerald (Chair), Lugar, McConnell, Crapo, Dole, Leahy, Stabenow, Miller,
and Dayton.
NOMINATION
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded hearings
on the nomination of William H. Donaldson, of New York, to be Member of the
Securities and Exchange Commission, after the nominee, who was introduced by
Senators Schumer and Clinton, testified and answered questions in his own
behalf.
PRESIDENT'S BUDGET
Committee on the Budget: Committee concluded hearings to examine the
President's fiscal year 2004 budget, after receiving testimony from Mitchell
E. Daniels, Jr., Director, Office of Management and Budget.
PROFESSIONAL BOXING REFORM
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded
hearings to reform the professional boxing industry, after receiving testimony
from Patrick S. Pannella, Maryland State Athletic Commission, Baltimore; Ross
Greenberg, HBO Sports, and Thomas Hauser, both of New York, New York; Bernard
Hopkins, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; and Bert R. Sugar, Chappaqua, New York.
AVIATION SECURITY
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded
hearings to examine aviation security and impacts associated with the
regulatory and statutory requirements of the Aviation and Transportation
Security Act, after receiving testimony from Admiral James M. Loy, Under
Secretary of Transportation for Security, Transportation Security
Administration; Kenneth M. Mead, Inspector General Department of
Transportation; Edward M. Bolen, General Aviation Manufacturers Association,
and James C. May, Air Transport Association of America, Inc., both of
Washington, D.C.; and Charles Barclay, American Association of Airport
Executives, Alexandria, Virginia.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee ordered favorably
reported the following business items:
S. 111, 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 in the nature of a substitute;
S. 117, to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to sell or exchange certain
land in the State of Florida;
S. 144, 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, with
an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
S. 210, to provide for the protection of archaeological sites in the Galisteo
Basin in New Mexico;
S. 214, to designate Fort Bayard Historic District in the State of New Mexico
as a National Historic Landmark, with an amendment in the nature of a
substitute;
S. 233, 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. 254, to revise the boundary of the Kaloko-Honokohau National Historical
Park in the State of Hawaii.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Finance: Committee ordered favorably reported the following
measures:
An original bill entitled, "Armed Forces Tax Fairness Act of 2003";
and An
original bill entitled, "CARE Act of 2003".
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BUDGET 2004: REVENUE PROPOSALS
Committee on Finance: Committee held hearings to examine the President's
proposed budget estimates for fiscal years 2004, focusing on revenue
proposals, economic growth plan, and the United States economy, receiving
testimony from John W. Snow, Secretary of the Treasury.
Hearings recessed subject to call.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee ordered favorably the following
business items:
An original resolution (S. Res. ***) authorizing expenditures by the
Committee;
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), with 2 conditions and 6 declarations; and
Foreign Service Officer Promotion lists received by the Senate on January 15,
2003.
Also, Committee announced the following subcommittee assignments:
Subcommittee on African Affairs: Senators Alexander (Chair), Brownback,
Coleman, Sununu, Feingold, Dodd, and Nelson (FL).
Subcommittee on East Asian and Pacific Affairs: Senators Brownback (Chair),
Alexander, Hagel, Allen, Voinovich, Kerry, Rockefeller, Feingold, and Corzine.
Subcommittee on European Affairs: Senators Allen (Chair), Voinovich, Hagel,
Sununu, Chafee, Biden, Sarbanes, Dodd, and Kerry.
Subcommittee on International Economic Policy, Export and Trade Promotion:
Senators Hagel (Chair), Chafee, Enzi, Alexander, Coleman, Sarbanes,
Rockefeller, Corzine, and Dodd.
Subcommittee on International Operations and Terrorism: Senators Sununu
(Chair), Enzi, Allen, Voinovich, Brownback, Nelson (FL), Biden, Feingold, and
Boxer.
Subcommittee on Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs: Senators Chafee (Chair),
Hagel, Brownback, Voinovich, Coleman, Boxer, Corzine, Rockefeller, and
Sarbanes.
Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere, Peace Corps, and Narcotics Affairs:
Senators Coleman (Chair), Chafee, Allen, Enzi, Sununu, Dodd, Boxer, Nelson
(FL), Biden, and Kerry.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Governmental Affairs: Committee adopted its rules of procedure
for the 108th Congress, and announced the following subcommittee assignments:
Subcommittee on Financial Management, the Budget, and International Security:
Senators Fitzgerald (Chairman), Stevens, Voinovich, Specter, Bennett, Sununu,
Shelby, Akaka, Levin, Carper, Dayton, Lautenberg, and Pryor.
Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations: Senators Coleman (Chairman),
Stevens, Voinovich, Specter, Bennett, Fitzgerald, Sununu, Shelby, Levin,
Akaka, Durbin, Carper, Dayton, Lautenberg, and Pryor.
Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management, the Federal Workforce, and
the District of Columbia: Senators Voinovich (Chairman), Stevens, Coleman,
Bennett, Fitzgerald, Sununu, Durbin, Akaka, Carper, Lautenberg, and Pryor.
Senators Collins and Lieberman are Ex Officio Members of all the
Subcommittees.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded hearings on the nominations of
Jay S. Bybee, of Nevada, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Ninth
Circuit, who was introduced by Senators Reid and Ensign; Ralph R. Erickson, to
be United States District Judge for the District of North Dakota, who was
introduced by Senator Dorgan and Representative Pomeroy; William D. Quarles,
Jr., to be United States District Judge for the District of Maryland, who was
introduced by Senators Sarbanes and Mikulski; and Gregory L. Frost, to be
United States District Judge for the Southern District of Ohio, who was
introduced by Senator DeWine, after each nominee testified and answered
questions in their own behalf.
SMALL BUSINESS HEALTH CARE
Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship: Committee concluded hearings
on possible solutions to the small business health care crisis, focusing on
dwindling choices in affordable health care for small business and double
digit premium increases passed on to employers now providing insurance, after
receiving testimony from Elaine L. Chao, Secretary of Labor; Hector V.
Barreto, Administrator, U.S. Small Business Administration; Kathie M. Leonard,
Auburn Manufacturing, Inc., Mechanic Falls, Maine; Anne Valentine,
SmartCatalog, Portland, Maine; Jack Faris, National Federation of Independent
Business, Harry Alford, National Black Chamber of Commerce, Judith L.
Lichtman, National Partnership for Women and Families, and Len Nichols, Center
for Studying Health System Change, all of Washington, D.C.; Terry Neese, Women
Impacting Public Policy, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; Cliff Shannon, Pittsburgh,
Pennsylvania, on behalf of the National Small Business United and SMC Business
Councils; and Sandy Praeger, State of Kansas Commissioner of Insurance,
Topeka, on behalf of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners.
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No Joint hearings noted.
2003/02/06
Daily Digest - Thursday, February 6, 2003; pages D101 - D104
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
BUDGET 2004: DEPARTMENT OF STATE/AID
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded hearings to examine the
President's proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2004 for the Department
of State, U.S. Agency for International Development, and other foreign affairs
agencies, after receiving testimony from Colin L. Powell, Secretary of State.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee ordered favorably reported the following
business items:
S. Res. 49, designating February 11, 2003, as "National Inventors'
Day"; and
The nominations of John R. Adams, to be United States District Judge for the
Northern District of Ohio, Robert A. Junell, to be United States District
Judge for the Western District of Texas, and S. James Otero, to be United
States District Judge for the Central District of California.
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No Joint hearings noted.
2003/02/07
Daily Digest - Friday, February 7, 2003; pages D105 - D106
Committee Meetings
No committee meetings were held.
2003/02/10
Daily Digest - Monday, February 10, 2003; pages D108 - D110
Committee Meetings
No committee meetings were held.
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No Joint hearings noted.
2003/02/11
Daily Digest - Tuesday, February 11, 2003; pages D112 - D118
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
MONETARY POLICY REPORT
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded hearings
to examine the semi-annual Monetary Policy Report of the Federal Reserve and
the economic outlook, after receiving testimony from Alan Greenspan, Chairman,
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.
NOMINATION
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee ordered favorably
reported the nomination of William H. Donaldson, of New York, to be a Member
of the Securities and Exchange Commission.
2004 BUDGET
Committee on the Budget: Committee concluded hearings to examine the
President's International Affairs Budget for Fiscal Year 2004, after receiving
testimony from Colin L. Powell, Secretary of State.
FAA AUTHORIZATION
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded
hearings on proposed legislation authorizing funds for the Federal Aviation
Administration and the economic condition of the airline industry, after
receiving testimony from Marion C. Blakey, Administrator, Federal Aviation
Administration, and Kenneth M. Mead, Inspector General, both of the Department
of Transportation.
2004 BUDGET: DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded hearings to
examine the President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 2004 for the
Department of the Interior, after receiving testimony from Gale A. Norton,
Secretary of the Interior.
NOMINATION
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded hearings to
examine the nomination of Joseph Timothy Kelliher, of the District of
Columbia, to be a Member of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, after
the nominee testified and answered questions in his own behalf.
ECONOMIC GROWTH AND JOB CREATION
Committee on Finance: Committee held hearings to examine proposals for
economic growth and job creation, focusing on incentives for consumption and
investment, receiving testimony from Oklahoma State Senator Angela Monson,
Oklahoma City, on behalf of the National Conference of State Legislatures; and
Chris R. Edwards, Cato Institute, Stephen J. Entin, Institute for Research on
the Economics of Taxation, and Peter R. Orszag, Brookings Institution, all of
Washington, D.C. Hearings recessed subject to call.
FUTURE OF POSTCONFLICT IRAQ
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded hearings to examine the
state of security in a post-conflict situation in Iraq, after receiving
testimony from Marc I. Grossman, Under Secretary for Political Affairs,
Department of State; Douglas J. Feith, Under Secretary for Policy, Department
of Defense; Anthony H. Cordesman, Center for Strategic and International
Studies, and Anthony Zinni, former Commander in Chief of United States Central
Command, both of Washington, D.C.; and Scott R. Feil, Arlington, Virginia.
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PATIENT HEALTH CARE ACCESS
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee concluded joint
hearings with the Committee on the Judiciary to examine the status of patient
access to quality health care, focusing on the role of medical litigation and
malpractice reform, after receiving testimony from Jose Montemayor, Texas
Commissioner of Insurance, Austin; Shelby L. Wilbourn, Belfast, Maine, on
behalf of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists; Lawrence E.
Smarr, Physician Insurers Association of America, Rockville, Maryland; Jay
Angoff, Roger G. Brown and Associates, Jefferson City, Missouri; Laurie Peel,
Raleigh, North Carolina; Linda McDougal, Woodville, Wisconsin; and Leanne
Dyess, Vicksburg, Mississippi.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Committee ordered favorably reported an
original resolution (S. Res. 53) authorizing expenditures by the Committee,
and adopted its rules of procedure for the 108th Congress.
NATIONAL SECURITY THREATS
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee concluded hearings to examine the
current and projected national security threats to the United States, after
receiving testimony from George Tenet, Director of Central Intelligence,
Central Intelligence Agency; Robert S. Mueller III, Director, Federal Bureau
of Investigation, Department of Justice; Vice Adm. Lowell E. Jacoby, USN,
Director, Defense Intelligence Agency; and Carl Ford, Assistant Secretary of
State for Intelligence and Research.
INTELLIGENCE
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee held closed hearings on
intelligence matters, receiving testimony from officials of the intelligence
community.
Hearings recessed subject to call.
ELDERLY GUARDIANSHIP
Special Committee on Aging: Committee concluded hearings to examine certain
issues of guardianship over the elderly, focusing on alternative approaches,
motives of petitioners in contested proceedings, guardian accountability and
monitoring, after receiving testimony from Michael S. Kutzin, Goldfarb and
Abrandt, and Jane M. Pollack, both of New York, New York; Penelope A. Hommell,
Center for Social Gerontology, Ann Arbor, Michigan; Robin Warjone, Seattle,
Washington; Diane G. Armstrong, Santa Barbara, California; Robert L. Aldridge,
Boise, Idaho; and A. Frank Johns, Greensboro, North Carolina.
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Joint Meetings
OMNIBUS APPROPRIATIONS
Conferees on Monday, February 10, met to resolve the differences between the
Senate and House passed versions of H.J. Res. 2, making further continuing
appropriations for the fiscal year 2003, but did not complete action thereon,
and recessed subject to call.
2003/02/12
Daily Digest - Wednesday, February 12, 2003; pages D120 - D126
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
NATIONAL SECURITY THREATS
Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded hearings in open and closed
session, to examine current and future worldwide threats to the national
security of the United States, after receiving testimony from George J. Tenet,
Director of Central Intelligence; and Vice Adm. Lowell E. Jacoby, USN,
Director, Defense Intelligence Agency.
COAST GUARD TRANSITION
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on Oceans,
Atmosphere, and Fisheries concluded hearings to examine the challenges and
role of the United States Coast Guard with respect to its transition to the
Department of Homeland Security and the Maritime Homeland Security Strategy,
after receiving testimony from Admiral Thomas H. Collins, Commandant, U.S.
Coast Guard, Department of Transportation; and JayEtta Z. Hecker, Director,
Physical Infrastructure, General Accounting Office.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee met, discussed certain
pending committee business, and recessed subject to the call of the Chair.
INVESTMENT INCENTIVES
Committee on Finance: Committee concluded hearings to examine proposals for
economic growth and job creation, focusing on incentives for investment, after
receiving testimony from former Senator Phil Gramm, UBS Warburg, New York, New
York; Leon E. Panetta, California State University, Seaside, D121former
Director, Office of Management and Budget; and Kevin A. Hassett, American
Enterprise Institute, and William G. Gale, Brookings Institution, both of
Washington, D.C.
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NOMINATIONS
Committee on Finance: Committee concluded hearings on the nominations of
Joseph Robert Goeke, of Illinois, to be a Judge of the United States Tax
Court; Glen L. Bower, of Illinois, to be a Judge of the United States Tax
Court; Daniel Pearson, of Minnesota, to be a Member of the United States
International Trade Commission; Charlotte A. Lane, of West Virginia, to be a
Member of the United States International Trade Commission; and Raymond T.
Wagner, Jr., of Missouri, to be a Member of the Internal Revenue Service
Oversight Board, Department of the Treasury, after each nominee testified and
answered questions in their own behalf.
RECONSTRUCTION OF AFGHANISTAN
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee held hearings on the restoration and
rebuilding of Afghanistan, including the Afghanistan Freedom Support Act (P.L.
107-327), receiving testimony from David T. Johnson, Coordinator for
Afghanistan Assistance, Department of State; Peter W. Rodman, Assistant
Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs; and Ishaq Shahryar,
Ambassador of Afghanistan to the United States.
Hearings recessed subject to call.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee ordered
favorably reported the following business items:
S. 342, to amend the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act to make
improvements to and reauthorize programs under that Act;
S. 314, to make improvements in the Foundation for the National Institutes of
Health;
S. 239, to amend the Public Health Service Act to add requirements regarding
trauma care;
S. 286, to revise and extend the Birth Defects Prevention Act of 1998; and
S. 313, to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to establish a
program of fees relating to animal drugs, with an amendment in the nature of a
substitute.
Also, Committee adopted its rules of procedure for the 108th Congress, and
announced the following subcommittee assignments:
Subcommittee on Aging: Senators Bond (Chairman), Alexander, DeWine, Roberts,
Ensign, Warner, Mikulski, Kennedy, Murray, Edwards, and Clinton.
Subcommittee on Children and Families: Senators Alexander (Chairman), Enzi,
Bond, DeWine, Roberts, Sessions, Ensign, Graham (S.C.), Warner, Dodd, Harkin,
Jeffords, Bingaman, Murray, Reed, Edwards, and Clinton.
Subcommittee on Employment, Safety and Training: Senators Enzi (Chairman),
Alexander, Bond, Roberts, Sessions, Murray, Dodd, Harkin, and Jeffords.
Subcommittee on Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services: Senators DeWine
(Chairman), Enzi, Sessions, Ensign, Kennedy, Bingaman, and Reed.
NOMINATION
Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee concluded hearings on the nomination of
Ross Owen Swimmer, of Oklahoma, to be Special Trustee, Office of Special
Trustee for American Indians, Department of the Interior, after the nominee,
who was introduced by Senator Nickles and Representative Carson, testified and
answered questions in his own behalf. Testimony was also received from Richard
Sangrey and Majel Russell, both of the Intertribal Monitoring Association on
Indian Trust Funds, Albuquerque, New Mexico.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded hearings on the nominations of
Timothy M. Tymkovich, of Colorado, to be United States Circuit Judge for the
Tenth Circuit, who was introduced by Senators Campbell and Allard; J. Daniel
Breen, to be United States District Judge for the Western District of
Tennessee, who was introduced by Senator Alexander; William H. Steele, to be
United States District Judge for the Southern District of Alabama, who was
introduced by Senators Shelby and Sessions; Thomas A. Varlan, to be United
States District Judge for the Eastern District of Tennessee, who was
introduced by Senator Alexander; Timothy C. Stanceu, of Virginia, to be a
Judge of the United States Court of International Trade, who was introduced by
Senator Allen; and Marian Blank Horn, of Maryland, to be a Judge of the United
States Court of Federal Claims, who was introduced by Representative Cannon;
after each nominee testified and answered questions in their own behalf.
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Joint Meetings
SPACE SHUTTLE "COLUMBIA"
Joint Hearing: Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation and
House Committee on Science Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics held joint
hearings to examine the recent space shuttle Columbia accident, focusing on
the status of the investigation, and implications of the loss of Columbia on
the nation's space exploration efforts, receiving testimony from Sean O'Keefe,
Administrator, National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
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Hearing recessed subject to call.
2003/02/13
Daily Digest - Thursday, February 13, 2003; pages D128 - D134
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
2004 BUDGET: DEFENSE
Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded hearings on proposed
legislation authorizing funds for fiscal year 2004 for the Department of
Defense and the Future Years Defense Program, after receiving testimony from
Donald H. Rumsfeld, Secretary of Defense; and General Richard B. Myers, U.S.
Air Force, Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff.
COMMITTEE FUNDING RESOLUTION
Committee on Armed Services: Committee ordered favorably reported an original
resolution (S. Res. 57), authorizing expenditures by the Committee.
ORGANIZATIONAL BUSINESS
Committee on the Budget: on Wednesday, February 12, Committee adopted its
rules of procedure for the 108th Congress, and ordered favorably reported an
original resolution (S. Res. 56) authorizing expenditures by the Committee.
2004 BUDGET: TRANSPORTATION
Committee on the Budget: Committee concluded hearings on the President's
proposed budget for fiscal year 2004, focusing on the Department of
Transportation and safety issues, after receiving testimony from Michael P.
Jackson, Deputy Secretary of Transportation.
U.S. OLYMPIC COMMITTEE REFORM
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee held hearings to
examine the current organizational structure and culture of the United States
Olympic Committee, including possible reforms for increased effectiveness and
efficiency, receiving testimony from Fred F. Fielding, Wiley, Rein, and
Fielding, Washington, D.C.; Donald M. Fehr, Major League Baseball Players
Association, and Harvey W. Schiller, Assante U.S., both of New York, New York;
Anita L. DeFrantz, Amateur Athletic Foundation, Los Angeles, California, and
Donna de Varona, Greenwich, Connecticut, both of the United States Olympic
Committee; David F. D'Alessandro, John Hancock Financial Services, Boston,
Massachusetts. Hearing recessed subject to call.
MINORITY INSTITUTION TECHNOLOGY PROGRAM
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Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded
hearings to examine S. 196, to establish a digital and wireless network
technology program for minority serving institutions, after receiving
testimony from William B. DeLauder, Delaware State University, Dover; Ricardo
Fernandez, City University of New York, West Bronx, on behalf of the Hispanic
Association of College and Universities and Hispanic-serving Institutions;
Floyd H. Flake, Wilberforce University, Wilberforce, Ohio; Marie V. McDemmond,
Norfolk State University, Norfolk, Virginia; and Gerald Monette, Turtle
Mountain Community College, Belcourt, North Dakota, on behalf of the American
Indian Higher Education Consortium.
2004 BUDGET: FOREST SERVICE
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded hearings to
examine the President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 2004 for the
Forest Service of the Department of Agriculture, including the Healthy Forests
Initiative, after receiving testimony from Mark Rey, Under Secretary for
Natural Resources and the Environment, and Dale N. Bosworth, Chief, Forest
Service, both of the Department of Agriculture.
OIL SUPPLY AND PRICES
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded hearings to
examine the current U.S. energy situation, focusing on oil, natural gas, and
hydrogen supplies, energy conservation, and the outlook for global oil supply
and prices, after receiving testimony from Robert E. Ebel, Center for
Strategic and International Studies, Red Cavaney, American Petroleum
Institute, James C. May, Air Transport Association of America, all of
Washington, D.C.; and Matthew R. Simmons, Simmons and Company International,
Houston, Texas.
NRC OVERSIGHT
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Subcommittee on Clean Air, Climate
Change, and Nuclear Safety, concluded oversight hearings to examine the
licensing and regulatory responsibilities of the Nuclear Regulatory
Commission, after receiving from Richard A. Meserve, Chairman, and Greta Joy
Dicus, Nils J. Diaz, Edward McGaffigan, Jr., and Jeffrey S. Merrifield, each a
Commissioner, and Hubert T. Bell, Inspector General, all of the U.S. Nuclear
Regulatory Commission.
ENRON
Committee on Finance: Committee held hearings to examine the activities and
transactions related to Enron's tax returns, focusing on the Joint Committee
on Taxation's investigative report, receiving testimony from Lindy L. Paull,
Chief of Staff, Joint Committee on Taxation; Jim A. Seida, University of Notre
Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana; George A. Plesko, Massachusetts Institute of
Technology, Cambridge; Edmund Outslay, Michigan State University, East
Lansing; and Kathryn J. Kennedy, John Marshall Law School, Chicago, Illinois.
Hearing recessed subject to the call.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee ordered favorably reported the
nomination of Jeffrey S. Sutton, of Ohio, to be United States Circuit Judge
for the Sixth Circuit.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Rules and Administration: Committee adopted its rules of
procedure for the 108th Congress.
COMMITTEE FUNDING RESOLUTION
Committee on Rules and Administration: Committee concluded hearings on
proposed legislation authorizing expenditures by the Committee on Foreign
Relations, after receiving testimony from Senators Lugar and Biden.
No Joint hearings noted.
2003/02/14
Daily Digest - Friday, February 14, 2003; pages D136 - D138
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
TERRORIST THREAT INTEGRATION CENTER
Committee on Governmental Affairs: Committee concluded hearings to examine the
President's proposal to create a Terrorist Threat Integration Center, to
consolidate terrorist-related intelligence, after receiving testimony from
former Senator Warren Rudman, on behalf of the United States Commission on
National Security/21st Century; Jeffrey H. Smith, former General Counsel,
Central Intelligence Agency; former Virginia Governor James S. Gilmore III,
Arlington, on behalf of the Advisory Panel to Assess Domestic Response
Capabilities for Terrorism Involving Weapons of Mass Destruction; and James B.
Steinberg, Brookings Institution, Washington, D.C.
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2003/02/24
Daily Digest - Monday, February 24, 2003; pages D139 - D144
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee ordered favorably
reported the following business items:
An original resolution authorizing expenditures by the Committee; and
S. 195, 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; with an amendment in the nature of a substitute.
ORGANIZATIONAL MEETING
Committee on Finance: on Friday, February 14, Committee adopted its rules of
procedure for the 108th Congress, and ordered favorably reported an original
D140resolution (S. Res. 61) authorizing expenditures by the Committee.
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Also, Committee announced the following subcommittee assignments:
Subcommittee on Health Care: Senators Kyl (Chairman), Snowe, Frist, Bunning,
Nickles, Thomas, Santorum, Smith, Hatch, Lott, Rockefeller, Daschle, Graham
(FL), Jeffords, Bingaman, Kerry, Lincoln, Breaux, and Baucus.
Subcommittee on International Trade: Senators Thomas (Chairman), Hatch,
Grassley, Smith, Snowe, Frist, Lott, Bunning, Baucus, Rockefeller, Conrad,
Graham (FL), Jeffords, Daschle, and Kerry.
Subcommittee on Long-Term Growth and Debt Reduction: Senators Smith
(Chairman), Lott, Kyl, Graham (FL), and Conrad.
Subcommittee on Social Security and Family Policy: Senators Santorum
(Chairman), Grassley, Kyl, Bunning, Nickles, Snowe, Frist, Breaux, Daschle,
Kerry, Rockefeller, Bingaman, and Lincoln.
Subcommittee on Taxation and IRS Oversight: Senators Nickles (Chairman),
Hatch, Lott, Snowe, Thomas, Santorum, Smith, Conrad, Bingaman, Lincoln,
Breaux, Baucus, and Jeffords.
Also, Committee approved the following Senate Membership to the Joint
Committee on Taxation:
Senators Grassley (Vice Chairman), Hatch, Nickles, Baucus, and Rockefeller.
No Joint hearings noted.
2003/02/25
Daily Digest - Tuesday, February 25, 2003; pages D146 - D152
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
2004 BUDGET: DEFENSE
Committee on Armed Services: Committee resumed open and closed hearings to
examine proposed legislation authorizing funds for the Department of Defense
and the Future Years Defense Program, after receiving testimony General Eric
K. Shinseki, USA, Chief of Staff, U.S. Army; Admiral Vernon E. Clark, USN,
Chief of Naval Operations, U.S. Navy; General Michael W. Hagee, USMC,
Commandant of the Marine Corps; and General John P. Jumper, USAF, Chief of
Staff, U.S. Air Force.
Committee recessed subject to the call.
SUBCOMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS
Committee on Armed Services: On Wednesday, February 5, Committee announced the
following subcommittee assignments:
Subcommittee on Airland: Senators Sessions (Chairman), McCain, Inhofe,
Roberts, Talent, Chambliss, Dole, Lieberman, Akaka, Dayton, Bayh, Clinton, and
Pryor.
Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and Capabilities: Senators Roberts
(Chairman), Allard, Collins, Ensign, Talent, Chambliss, Graham (SC), Dole,
Cornyn, Reed, Kennedy, Byrd, Lieberman, Akaka, Nelson (FL), Bayh, and Clinton.
Subcommittee on Personnel: Senators Chambliss (Chairman), Collins, Dole,
Cornyn, Nelson (NE), Kennedy, and Pryor.
Subcommittee on Readiness and Management Support: Senators Ensign (Chairman),
McCain, Inhofe, Roberts, Allard, Sessions, Talent, Chambliss, Cornyn, Akaka,
Byrd, Nelson (FL), Nelson (NE), Dayton, Bayh, Clinton, and Pryor.
Subcommittee on Seapower: Senators Talent (Chairman), McCain, Collins, Graham
(SC), Kennedy, Lieberman, and Reed.
Subcommittee on Strategic Forces: Senators Allard (Chairman), Inhofe,
Sessions, Ensign, Graham (SC), Cornyn, Nelson (FL), Byrd, Reed, Nelson (NE),
and Dayton.
AIRPORT IMPROVEMENT PROGRAMS
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on Aviation
held hearings to examine proposed legislation authorizing funds for the
Federal Aviation Administration, focusing on the financing of airport
improvement and expansion, including the Airport Improvement Program, as well
as passenger facilities charges (PFCs) and airport bonds, receiving testimony
from Gerald L. Dillingham, Director, Civil Aviation Issues, General Accounting
Office; Woodie Woodward, Associate Administrator for Airports, Federal
Aviation Administration, Department of Transportation; and David Z. Plavin,
Washington, D.C., on behalf of Airports Council International--North America,
and the American Association of Airport Executives.
Hearings recessed subject to the call.
2004 BUDGET: ENERGY
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded hearings to
examine the President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 2004 for the
Department of Energy, after receiving testimony from Spencer Abraham,
Secretary of Energy.
ENERGY SUPPLY AND PRICES
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded hearings to
examine the outlook for natural gas supply and prices in the United States,
focusing on conservation and consumption, after receiving testimony from Guy
F. Caruso, Administrator, Energy Information Administration, Department of
Energy; Robert W. Best, Atmos Energy, Dallas, Texas, on behalf of the American
Gas Association; Keith O. Rattie, Questar Corporation, Salt Lake City, Utah;
and David H. Welch, British Petroleum's Alaska-Canada Pipelines, Calgary,
Alberta, Canada.
WORLD HUNGER REPORT
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee on concluded hearings to examine the
state of the World Report on Hunger from Africa to North Korea focusing on the
status of worldwide food security, the role of U.S. food aid programs, global
hunger, and humanitarian assistance, after receiving testimony from Andrew S.
Natsios, Administrator, U.S. Agency for International Development; Ken
Hackett, Catholic Relief Services, Baltimore, Maryland; Ellen S. Levinson,
Cadwalader, Wickersham, and Taft, and Joachim Von Braun, International Food
Policy Research Institute, both of Washington, D.C.; and James T. Morris,
United Nations World Food Program, Rome, Italy.
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NATIVE HAWAIIAN FEDERAL RECOGNITION
Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee held hearings on S. 344, expressing the
policy of the United States regarding the United States relationship with
Native Hawaiians and to provide a process for the recognition by the United
States of the Native Hawaiian governing entity, receiving testimony from
Representative Case; American Samoa Delegate Eni Faleomavaega, Vailoatai; and
Hawaii Governor Linda Lingle, Micah A. Kane, Department of Hawaiian Home
Lands, and Haunani Apoliona, Office of Hawaiian Affairs, all of Honolulu.
Hearings recessed subject to the call.
INTELLIGENCE
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee held closed hearings on
intelligence matters, receiving testimony from officials of the intelligence
community.
Committee will meet again on Thursday, February 27.
Joint Meetings
DISABLED AMERICAN VETERANS
Joint Hearing: Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs concluded joint hearings
with the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs to examine certain legislative
recommendations and concerns of wartime service-connected disabled veterans,
after receiving testimony from Edward R. Heath, Sr., Disabled American
Veterans, Cold Spring, Kentucky.
2003/02/26
Daily Digest - Wednesday, February 26, 2003; pages D153 - D160
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
POST-CONFLICT IRAQ
Committee on Armed Services: Committee met in closed session to receive a
briefing to discuss the planning for post-conflict Iraq and potential U.S.
military operations in the Philippines from Douglas J. Feith, Under Secretary
of Defense for Policy; and Ryan Crocker, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State
for Near Eastern Affairs.
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FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE REFORM
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded hearings
to examine reform proposals for the Federal Deposit Insurance System, focusing
on benefits and costs of deposit insurance, impact of mergers and
consolidations between banks and thrifts, fund management, and premium pricing
issues, after receiving testimony from Alan Greenspan, Chairman of the Board
of Governors, Federal Reserve System; Donald E. Powell, Chairman of the Board
of Directors, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation; and Peter R. Fisher,
Under Secretary for Domestic Finance, John D. Hawke, Jr., Comptroller of the
Currency, and James E. Gilleran, Director, Office of Thrift Supervision, all
of the Department of the Treasury.
2004 BUDGET: MEDICARE AND MEDICAID
Committee on the Budget: Committee concluded hearings to examine the
President's Fiscal Year 2004 Budget proposal for Medicare and Medicaid,
enhancing Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) and Foster Care, and
strengthening the Child Support Enforcement Program, after receiving testimony
from Tommy G. Thompson, Secretary of Health and Human Services.
SUV SAFETY
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded
hearings to examine issues involving Sport Utility Vehicle (SUV) safety,
including data relating to vehicle rollovers, crash compatibility, and
seatbelt use, receiving testimony from Jeffrey W. Runge, Administrator,
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Department of Transportation;
Joan B. Claybrook, Public Citizen, former Administrator, National Highway
Traffic Safety Administration, Department of Transportation, and Christopher
Tinto, Toyota Motor North America, both of Washington, D.C.; R. David Pittle,
Consumers Union, Yonkers, New York; Brian O'Neill, Insurance Institute For
Highway Safety, Arlington, Virginia; Robert C. Lange, General Motors
Corporation, Warren, Michigan; and Susan Cischke, Ford Motor Company,
Dearborn, Michigan.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee ordered favorably
reported the following business items:
S. 273, to provide for the expeditious completion of the acquisition of land
owned by the State of Wyoming within the boundaries of Grand Teton National
Park;
S. 302, to revise the boundaries of the Golden Gate National Recreation Area
in the State of California, to restore and extend the term of the advisory
commission for the recreation area; and
S. 426, to direct the Secretary of the Interior to convey certain parcels of
land acquired for the Blunt Reservoir and Pierre Canal features of the initial
stage of the Oahe Unit, James Division, South Dakota, to the Commission of
Schools and Public Lands and the Department of Game, Fish, and Parks of the
State of South Dakota for the purpose of mitigating lost wildlife habitat, on
the condition that the current preferential leaseholders shall have an option
to purchase the parcels from the Commission.
Also, Committee approved the views and estimates of the Committee with respect
to those portions of the budget for fiscal year 2004 within their
jurisdiction.
2004 BUDGET: EPA
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee concluded hearings to
examine the President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 2004 for the
Environmental Protection Agency, after receiving testimony from Christine Todd
Whitman, Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Finance: Committee began markup of an original bill entitled
"Miscellaneous Trade and Technical Corrections Act of 2003," but did
not take
final action thereon, and recessed subject to call.
TERRORIST THREAT INTEGRATION CENTER
Committee on Governmental Affairs: Committee concluded hearings to examine the
President's proposal to create a Terrorist Threat Integration Center, to
consolidate terrorist-related intelligence, after receiving testimony from
Gordon England, Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security, Pasquale J. D'Amuro,
Executive Assistant Director for Counterterrorism/Counterintelligence, Federal
Bureau of Investigation, Department of Justice, and Winston P. Wiley,
Associate Director, Central Intelligence for Homeland Security, Central
Intelligence Agency, all on behalf of the Senior Steering Group.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee ordered favorably reported the
following business items:
S. 162, to provide for the use of distribution of certain funds awarded to the
Gila River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community; and
S. 222, to approve the settlement of the water rights claims of the Zuni
Indian Tribe in Apache County, Arizona.
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2004 BUDGET: INDIAN AFFAIRS
Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee concluded hearings to examine the
Presidents proposed budget request for Fiscal Year 2004 for Indian Programs,
after receiving testimony from Tex Hall, National Congress of American
Indians, Russell Sossamon, National American Indian Housing Council, and Gary
Edwards, National Native American Law Enforcement Association, all of
Washington, D.C.; Julia Davis-Wheeler, National Indian Health Board, and Kay
Culbertson, Indian Health and Family Services, on behalf of the National
Council of Urban Indian Health, both of Denver, Colorado; John Cheek, National
Indian Education Association, Alexandria, Virginia; and Ron McNeil, Sitting
Bull College, Fort Yates, North Dakota, on behalf of the American Indian
Higher Education Consortium.
2004 BUDGET: VETERANS' PROGRAMS
Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Committee concluded hearings to examine the
President's proposed budget request for Fiscal Year 2004 for the Department of
Veterans Affairs, focusing on health care system priorities, after receiving
testimony from Anthony J. Principi, Secretary of Veterans Affairs; Philip
Wilkerson, American Legion, Dennis Cullinan, Veterans of Foreign Wars of the
United States, Carl Blake, Paralyzed Veterans of America, all of Washington,
D.C.; Rick Surratt, Disabled American Veterans, Cold Spring, Kentucky; and
Richard Jones, AMVETS, Lanham, Maryland.
Joint Meetings
GROWTH AND JOBS PLAN
Joint Economic Committee: Committee concluded hearings to examine the Economic
Report of the President, and the economic outlook for the United States and
the Administration's policy agenda, after receiving testimony from R. Glenn
Hubbard, Chairman, and Randall S. Kroszner, Member, both of the Council of
Economic Advisers; and Henry J. Aaron, Brookings Institution, Eric M. Engen,
American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research, and Daniel J.
Mitchell, Heritage Foundation, all of Washington, D.C.
2003/02/27
Daily Digest - Thursday, February 27, 2003; pages D161 - D170
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded hearings on the nominations
of Linton F. Brooks, of Virginia, to be Under Secretary of Energy for Nuclear
Security, John Paul Woodley, Jr., of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary of
the Army, and Stephen A. Cambone, of Virginia, to be Under Secretary of
Defense for Intelligence, who was introduced by Senator Allen, after each
nominee testified and answered questions in his own behalf.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded
hearings on the nominations of Ellen G. Engleman, of Indiana, Mark V.
Rosenker, of Maryland, and Richard F. Healing, of Virginia, who was introduced
by Representative Weldon, each to be a Member of the National Transportation
Safety Board, Department of Transportation, after each nominee testified and
answered questions in their own behalf.
AEROSPACE RESEARCH
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded
hearings to examine U.S. involvement in aerospace research and technology,
including recommendations of the "Final Report of the Commission on the
Future
of the United States Aerospace Industry", after receiving testimony from
Senator Dodd; Jeremiah F. Creedon, Associate Administrator for Aerospace
Technology, National Aeronautics and Space Administration; Robert S. Walker,
Commission on the Future of the United States Aerospace Industry, and Edward
M. Bolen, General Aviation Manufacturers Association, former Member of the
Federal Aviation Management Advisory Council, both of Washington, D.C.; and
Dennis Dietz, Boeing Company, and John Tomblin, Wichita State University
National Institute for Aviation Research, both of Wichita, Kansas.
ENERGY PRODUCTION
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded hearings to
examine energy production on Federal lands, focusing on the oil, gas,
geothermal and coal industries, and the environmental community, after
receiving testimony from J. Steven Griles, Deputy Secretary of the Interior;
Robert L. Bayless, Jr., on behalf of the Independent Petroleum Association of
Mountain States and Independent Petroleum Association of America, Denver,
Colorado; Steven F. Leer, Arch Coal, Inc., St. Louis, Missouri, on behalf of
the National Mining Association; and David Alberswerth, Wilderness Society,
Washington, D.C.
PUBLIC LANDS AND FORESTS
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Subcommittee on Public Lands and
Forests concluded hearings to examine S. 32, to establish Institutes to
conduct research on the prevention of, and restoration from, wildfires in
forest and woodland ecosystems of the interior West; S. 203, to open certain
withdrawn land in Big Horn County, Wyoming, to locatable mineral development
for bentonite mining; S. 246, to provide that certain Bureau of Land
Management land shall be held in trust for the Pueblo of Santa Clara and the
Pueblo of San Ildefonso in the State of New Mexico; and S. 278, to make
certain adjustments to the boundaries of the Mount Naomi Wilderness Area,
after receiving Jim Hughes, Deputy Director, Bureau of Land Management,
Department of the Interior; Jim Reaves, Director, Vegetation Management and
Protection Research, Forest Service, Department of Agriculture; John Gonzales,
D163San Ildefonso Pueblo, New Mexico; Denny Gutierrez, Santa Clara Indian
Pueblo, Espanola, New Mexico; and W. Wallace Covington, Northern Arizona
University Ecological Restoration Institute, Flagstaff.
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2004 BUDGET: FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Subcommittee on Transportation and
Infrastructure concluded hearings to examine the President's proposed budget
request for fiscal year 2004 for the Federal Highway Administration, after
receiving testimony from Mary E. Peters, Administrator, Federal Highway
Administration, Department of Transportation.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Finance: Committee ordered favorably reported an original bill
entitled "Miscellaneous Trade and Technical Corrections Act of
2003".
2004 BUDGET: MEDICARE AND MEDICAID REFORM
Committee on Finance: Committee held hearings to examine the President's
proposed budget request for fiscal year 2004 for the Department of Health and
Human Services, focusing on Medicare and Medicaid reform, receiving testimony
from Tommy G. Thompson, Secretary of Health and Human Services.
Committee recessed subject to the call.
AMERICA AND THE ISLAMIC WORLD
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded hearings to examine
American public diplomacy with respect to Islam, focusing on the perception of
the United States in the Islamic world, and American efforts to improve its
image, after receiving testimony from Charlotte L. Beers, Under Secretary of
State for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs; Kenneth Y. Tomlinson, Chairman,
Broadcasting Board of Governors; and Andrew Kohut, The Pew Research Center,
Kenton W. Keith, Meridian International Center, and R.S. Zaharna, American
University School of Communication, all of Washington, D.C.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Governmental Affairs: Committee concluded hearings on the
nominations of Clark Kent Ervin, of Texas, to be Inspector General, Department
of Homeland Security, who was introduced by Senators Hutchison and Cornyn,
Janet Hale, of Virginia, to be Under Secretary of Homeland Security for
Management, who was introduced by Senator Dole, and Linda M. Springer, of
Pennsylvania, to be Controller, Office of Federal Financial Management, Office
of Management and Budget.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee ordered favorably reported the following
business items:
The nominations of Deborah L. Cook, of Ohio, to be United States Circuit Judge
for the Sixth Circuit, John G. Roberts, Jr., of Maryland, to be United States
Circuit Judge for the District of Columbia Circuit, Jay S. Bybee, of Nevada,
to be United States Circuit Judge for the Ninth Circuit, Ralph R. Erickson, to
be United States District Judge for the District of North Dakota, William D.
Quarles, Jr., to be United States District Judge for the District of Maryland,
Gregory L. Frost, of Ohio, to be United States District Judge for the Southern
District of Ohio, Jeremy H. G. Ibrahim, of Pennsylvania, to be a Member of the
Foreign Claims Settlement Commission of the United States, Edward F. Reilly,
of Kansas, Cranston J. Mitchell, of Missouri, each to be a Commissioner of the
United States Parole Commission, Department of Justice, Marian Blank Horn, of
Maryland, to be a Judge of the United States Court of Federal Claims, Timothy
C. Stanceu, of Virginia, to be a Judge of the United States Court of
International Trade, and Peter Joseph Elliott, of Ohio, to be United States
Marshal for the Northern District of Ohio.
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 Tuesday, March 4.
GLOBAL AGING
Special Committee on Aging: Committee concluded hearings to examine issues
related to global aging and its implications for the U.S. economy, after
receiving testimony from Alan Greenspan, Chairman, Board of Governors of the
Federal Reserve System; Sylvester J. Schieber, Watson Wyatt Worldwide, and
Paul S. Hewitt, Center for Strategic and International Studies, both of
Washington, D.C.; and Gary L. Geipel, Hudson Institute, Indianapolis, Indiana.
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No Joint hearings noted.
2003/03/03
Daily Digest - Monday, March 3, 2003; pages D172 - D176
Committee Meetings
No committee meetings were held.
No Joint hearings noted.
2003/03/04
Daily Digest - Tuesday, March 4, 2003; pages D178 - D184
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
SCHOOL FOOD PROGRAMS
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: Committee resumed hearings
to examine the federal government's initiatives regarding the school breakfast
and lunch programs, and child nutrition and health, after receiving testimony
from Gaye Lynn MacDonald, Bellingham Public Schools, Bellingham, Washington,
on behalf of the American School Food Service Association; Robert J. Kemmery,
Jr., Baltimore County Public Schools, TowsonMaryland; Dennis J. Heiman,
Muscatine Community School District, Muscatine, Iowa; Melanie Payne, Opelika
City Schools, Opelika, Alabama; Robert Greenstein, Center on Budget and Policy
Priorities, and Susan T. Borra, on behalf of the American Dietetic
Association, both of Washington, D.C.; and Jerry Kozak, Arlington, Virginia,
on behalf of the National Milk Producers Federation and the International
Dairy Foods Association.
2004 BUDGET: MILITARY CONSTRUCTION
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Military Construction concluded
hearings to examine proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2004 for
military construction, after receiving testimony from Mario P. Fiori,
Assistant Secretary of the Army, Installations and Environment, H. T. Johnson,
Assistant Secretary of the Navy, Installations and Environment, Nelson F.
Gibbs, Assistant Secretary of the Air Force, Installations, Environment and
Logistics, Dov S. Zakheim, Under Secretary of Defense, Comptroller, and Ray
DuBois, Deputy Under Secretary of Defense, Installations and Environment, all
of the Department of Defense.
MILITARY OPERATIONS
Committee on Armed Services: Committee met in closed session to receive a
briefing on current military operations from Lieutenant General Norton A.
Schwartz, USAF, Director for Operations, J-3, and Major General Glen D.
Shafer, USAF, Director for Intelligence, J-2, both of The Joint Staff; and
William Luti, Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Special Plans.
2004 BUDGET: HUD
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded hearings
to examine the President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 2004 for
the Department of Housing and Urban Development, after receiving testimony
from Mel Martinez, Secretary of Housing and Urban Development.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded
hearings to examine the nominations of Charles E. McQueary, of North Carolina,
to be Under Secretary of Homeland Security for Science and Technology, who was
introduced by Senator Dole, and Jeffrey Shane, of the District of Columbia, to
be Under Secretary for Policy, Emil H. Frankel, of Connecticut, to be
Assistant Secretary for Transportation Policy, and Robert A. Sturgell, of
Maryland, to be Deputy Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration,
all of the Department of Transportation, after the nominees testified and
answered questions in their own behalf.
ELECTRICITY MARKETS
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded hearings to
examine the financial condition of the electricity markets, and the current
status of the energy industry, after receiving testimony from David A. Svanda,
Michigan Public Service Commission, Lansing, on behalf of the National
Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners; Evan J. Silverstein, SILCAP
Hedge Fund, and Suzanne G. Smith, Standard and Poor's, both of New York, New
D180York; Frank Cassidy, Newark, New Jersey, on behalf of PSEG Power LLC and
the Electric Power Supply Association; and David L. Sokol, MidAmerican Energy
Holdings Company, Des Moines, Iowa.
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NATIONAL PARKS
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Subcommittee on National Parks
concluded hearings to examine S. 164, to authorize the Secretary of the
Interior to conduct a special resource study of sites associated with the life
of Cesar Estrada Chavez and the farm labor movement, S. 328, to designate
Catoctin Mountain Park in the State of Maryland as the "Catoctin Mountain
National Recreation Area", S. 347, to direct the Secretary of the
Interior and
the Secretary of Agriculture to conduct a joint 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.
425, to revise the boundary of the Wind Cage National Park in the State of
South Dakota, after receiving testimony from Senators McCain and Sarbanes;
Representatives Schiff and Solis; de Teel Patterson Tiller, Acting Associate
Director for Cultural Resources, National Park Service, Department of the
Interior; and Joseph T. Edmiston, Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy, Malibu,
California.
MILLENNIUM CHALLENGE ACCOUNT
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded hearings to examine the
establishment of the Millennium Challenge Account, focusing on foreign
development assistance and productivity growth, after receiving testimony from
Alan Larson, Under Secretary of State for Economic, Business, and Agriculture
Affairs; John B. Taylor, Under Secretary of the Treasury for International
Affairs, Andrew Natsios, Administrator, United States Agency for International
Development; Steven Radelet, Center for Global Development, and Mary E.
McClymont, InterAction, both of Washington, D.C.; and Susan V. Berresford,
Ford Foundation, New York, New York.
HOMELAND SECURITY
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded hearings to examine issues
relating to the war against terrorism, focusing on Federal efforts to protect
America from terrorist attacks, after receiving testimony from Thomas J.
Ridge, Secretary of Homeland Security; and John D. Ashcroft, Attorney General
of the United States, and Robert S. Mueller III, Director, Federal Bureau of
Investigation, both of the Department of Justice.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Veterans Affairs: Committee concluded hearings to examine the
nominations of Bruce E. Kasold, of Virginia, to be a Judge of the United
States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims, who was introduced by Senator
Warner, and John W. Nicholson, of Virginia, to be Under Secretary of Veterans
Affairs for Memorial Affairs, who was introduced by Senator Allen, after the
nominees testified and answered questions in their own behalf.
INTELLIGENCE
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee met in closed session to receive a
briefing on intelligence matters from officials of the intelligence community.
Committee recessed subject to call.
No Joint hearings noted.
2003/03/05
Daily Digest - Wednesday, March 5, 2003; pages D185 - D194
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
APPROPRIATIONS: ARMY CIVIL WORKS PROGRAM/BUREAU OF RECLAMATION
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development
concluded hearings to examine the proposed budget estimates for fiscal year
2004 for the Army Corps of Engineers and Bureau of Reclamation energy and
water development programs, after receiving testimony from Les Brownlee, Under
Secretary of the Army and Acting Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil
Works; Lieutenant General Robert B. Flowers, Chief of Engineers, and Major
General Robert H. Griffin, Director of Civil Works, both of the United States
Army Corps of Engineers; and Bennett W. Raley, Assistant Secretary for Water
and Science, and John W. Keys, III, Commissioner, United States Bureau of
Reclamation, both of the Department of the Interior.
SUBCOMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS
Committee on Appropriations: On Tuesday, March 4, Committee announced the
following subcommittee assignments:
Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, and Related Agencies: Senators
Bennett (Chairman), Cochran, Specter, Bond, McConnell, Burns, Craig,
Brownback, Kohl, Harkin, Dorgan, Feinstein, Durbin, Johnson, and Landrieu.
Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State, and the Judiciary: Senators Gregg
(Chairman), Stevens, Domenici, McConnell, Hutchison, Campbell, Brownback,
Hollings, Inouye, Mikulski, Leahy, Kohl, and Murray.
Subcommittee on Defense: Senators Stevens (Chairman), Cochran, Specter,
Domenici, Bond, McConnell, Shelby, Gregg, Hutchison, Burns, Inouye, Hollings,
Byrd, Leahy, Harkin, Dorgan, Durbin, Reid, and Feinstein.
Subcommittee on District of Columbia: Senators DeWine (Chairman), Hutchison,
Brownback, Landrieu, and Durbin.
Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development: Senators Domenici (Chairman),
Cochran, McConnell, Bennett, Burns, Craig, Bond, Reid, Byrd, Hollings, Murray,
Dorgan, and Feinstein.
Subcommittee on Foreign Operations: McConnell (Chairman), Specter, Gregg,
Shelby, Bennett, Campbell, Bond, DeWine, Leahy, Inouye, Harkin, Mikulski,
Durbin, Johnson, and Landrieu.
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Subcommittee on Homeland Security: Senators Cochran (Chairman), Stevens,
Specter, Domenici, McConnell, Shelby, Gregg, Campbell, Craig, Byrd, Inouye,
Hollings, Leahy, Harkin, Mikulski, Kohl, and Murray.
Subcommittee on Interior: Senators Burns (Chairman), Stevens, Cochran,
Domenici, Bennett, Gregg, Campbell, Brownback, Dorgan, Byrd, Leahy, Hollings,
Reid, Feinstein, and Mikulski.
Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education: Senators
Specter (Chairman) Cochran, Gregg, Hutchison, Craig, Stevens, DeWine, Shelby,
Harkin, Hollings, Inouye, Reid, Kohl, Murray, and Landrieu.
Subcommittee on Legislative Branch: Senators Campbell (Chairman), Bennett,
Stevens, Durbin, and Johnson.
Subcommittee on Military Construction: Senators Hutchison (Chairman), Burns,
Craig, DeWine, Brownback, Feinstein, Inouye, Johnson, and Landrieu.
Subcommittee on Transportation, Treasury and General Government: Senators
Shelby (Chairman), Specter, Bond, Bennett, Campbell, Hutchison, DeWine,
Brownback, Murray, Byrd, Mikulski, Reid, Kohl, Durbin, and Dorgan.
Subcommittee on VA-HUD-Independent Agencies: Senators Bond (Chairman), Burns,
Shelby, Craig, Domenici, DeWine, Hutchison, Mikulski, Leahy, Harkin, Byrd,
Johnson, and Reid.
Senators Stevens and Byrd are Ex Officio Members of all the Subcommittees.
E-911 IMPLEMENTATION
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on
Communications concluded hearings to examine the implementation of enhanced
911 (E-911) services for wireless telephones and technology, public safety
communications, after receiving testimony from Senator Clinton;
Representatives Shimkus and Eshoo; Kathleen Q. Abernathy, and Jonathan S.
Adelstein, each a Commissioner, Federal Communications Commission; New York
State Assemblyman David Koon, Albany; Jenny Hansen, State of Montana Public
Safety Services Office, Helena; John Melcher, Greater Harris County 911
Emergency Network, Houston, Texas, on behalf of the National Emergency Number
Association; Thera Bradshaw, City of Los Angeles Information Technology
Agency, California, on behalf of the Association of Public-Safety
Communications Officials International; Michael Amarosa, TruePosition, Inc.,
New York, New York; S. Mark Tuller, Verizon Wireless, Bedminster, New Jersey.
TRADE AGENDA
Committee on Finance: Committee held hearings to examine the Administration's
Trade Agenda, focusing on a strategy to promote global economic growth through
an open and free world trading system, including issues relating to Trade
Promotion Authority (TPA), the World Trade Organization (WTO), and free trade
agreements, receiving testimony from Robert B. Zoellick, United States Trade
Representative.
Hearings recessed subject to call.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Finance: Committee ordered favorably reported the nominations of
Daniel Pearson, of Minnesota, and Charlotte A. Lane, of West Virginia, both to
be Members of the United States International Trade Commission.
TURKISH AID
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee met in closed session to receive a
briefing on Turkish aid negotiations and developments in northern Iraq from
Beth Jones, Assistant Secretary for European Affairs, Earl Anthony Wayne,
Assistant Secretary for Economic and Business Affairs, and Ryan C. Crocker,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Near Eastern Affairs, all of the Department of
State.
Committee recessed subject to call.
TREATIES
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded hearings to examine the
Convention Between the Government of the United States Of America and the
Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland for the
Avoidance of Double Taxation and the Prevention of Fiscal Evasion with Respect
to Taxes on Income and on Capital Gains (Treaty Doc. 107-19), the Protocol
Amending the Convention Between the Government of the United States Of America
and the Government of Australia for the Avoidance of Double Taxation and the
Prevention of Fiscal Evasion with Respect to Taxes on Income (Treaty Doc.
107-20), and the Second Additional Protocol that Modifies the Convention
Between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of
the United Mexican States for the Avoidance of Double Taxation and the
Prevention of Fiscal Evasion with Respect to Taxes on Income (Treaty Doc.
108-3), after receiving testimony from David Noren, Legislation Counsel, Joint
Committee on Taxation; Barbara M. Angus, International Tax Counsel, Department
of D188the Treasury; and William A. Reinsch, National Foreign Trade Council,
Washington, D.C.
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BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Governmental Affairs: Committee ordered favorably reported the
following business items:
S. 380, to amend chapter 83 of title 5, United States Code, to reform the
funding of benefits under the Civil Service Retirement System for employees of
the United States Postal Service, with an amendment in the nature of a
substitute; and
The nominations of Janet Hale, of Virginia, to be Under Secretary of Homeland
Security for Management, and Linda M. Springer, of Pennsylvania, to be
Controller, Office of Federal Financial Management, Office of Management and
Budget.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee ordered favorably reported the
nomination of Ross Owen Swimmer, of Oklahoma, to be Special Trustee, Office of
Special Trustee for American Indians, Department of the Interior.
2004 BUDGET: INDIAN PROGRAMS
Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee concluded hearings to examine the
President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 2004 for Indian programs,
after receiving testimony from Charles Louis Kincannon, Director, U.S. Bureau
of the Census, Department of Commerce; Aurene Martin, Acting Assistant
Secretary of the Interior for Indian Affairs; William Russell, Deputy
Assistant Secretary of Housing and Urban Development for Public and Indian
Housing; Victoria Vasques, Director of the Office of Indian Education,
Department of Education; and Charles W. Grim, Interim Director, Indian Health
Service, Department of Health and Human Services.
ASBESTOS LITIGATION
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded hearings to examine the
asbestos litigation crisis, and its economic issues including the costs of
settlements and judgments, possible reforms, and the need to compensate
victims of asbestos-related disease, after receiving testimony from Senators
Baucus and Voinovich; David Austern, Manville Personal Injury Settlement
Trust, Fairfax, Virginia, Dennis Archer, American Bar Association, and
Jonathan Hiatt, American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial
Organizations (AFL-CIO), both of Washington, D.C.; Steven Kazan, Kazan,
McClain, Edises, Abrams, Fernandez, Lyons, and Farrise, Oakland, California;
Melvin McCandless, Williamston, North Carolina; and Brian Harvey, Vashon,
Washington.
No Joint hearings noted.
2003/03/06
Daily Digest - Thursday, March 6, 2003; pages D195 - D202
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
APPROPRIATIONS: OPERATIONS INTELLIGENCE
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense concluded closed hearings
to examine proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2004 for operations
intelligence, after receiving testimony from General Richard B. Myers, USAF,
Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff.
APPROPRIATIONS: HUD
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on VA-HUD and Independent Agencies
concluded hearings to examine the proposed budget estimates for fiscal year
2004 for the Department of Housing and Urban Development, after receiving
testimony from Mel Martinez, Secretary of Housing and Urban Development.
APPROPRIATIONS: DEPARTMENT OF STATE
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, and State, the
Judiciary, and Related Agencies concluded hearings to examine the proposed
budget estimates for fiscal year 2004 for the Department of State, after
receiving testimony from Colin L. Powell, Secretary of State.
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION
Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded hearings on proposed
legislation authorizing funds for fiscal year 2004 for the Department of
Defense, and the Future Years Defense Program, after receiving testimony from
Thomas E. White, Secretary of the Army, Hansford T. Johnson, Acting Secretary
of the Navy, and James G. Roche, Secretary of the Air Force, all of the
Department of Defense.
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Readiness and Management Support
concluded hearings on proposed legislation authorizing funds for fiscal year
2004 for the Department of Defense, focusing on military construction and
environmental programs, after receiving testimony from Hansford T. Johnson,
Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Installations and Environemnt, Raymond F.
DuBois, Jr., Deputy Under Secretary for Installations and Environment, Mario
P. Fiori, Assistant Secretary of the Army for Installations and Environment,
and Nelson D197F. Gibbs, Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for
Installations, Environment, and Logistics, all of the Department of Defense.
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SPECTRUM POLICY
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded
hearings to examine the future of spectrum policy, focusing on recommendations
of the Federal Communications Commission's Spectrum Policy Task Force
including, the establishment of a spectrum relocation trust fund, ways in
which to evolve the current "command and control" approach to
spectrum policy
into a more integrated, market-oriented approach that provides greater
regulatory certainty, while minimizing regulatory intervention, and the
implementation of interference protection, spectral efficiency, effective
public safety communications, and international spectrum policy, after
receiving testimony from Steven K. Berry, Cellular Telecommunications and
Internet Association, and Michael Calabrese, New America Foundation, on behalf
of the Consumer Federation of America, Consumers Union, and the National
Alliance for Media Arts and Culture, both of Washington, D.C.; Gregory L.
Rosston, Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research, Stanford,
California; Kevin Kahn, Intel Corporation, Hillsboro, Oregon; and Paul J.
Kolodzy, Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, New Jersey.
TRANSPORTATION ENERGY USE
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded hearings to
examine energy use in the transportation sector, focusing on oil dependency,
technology challenges, vehicle safety issues, the Corporate Average Fuel
Economy (CAFE) program, and alternative fuels, after receiving testimony from
David K. Garman, Assistant Secretary of Energy for Energy Efficiency and
Renewable Energy; Emil H. Frankel, Assistant Secretary of Transportation for
Transportation Policy; Gregory Dana, Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers,
Washington, D.C.; Richard Cromwell III, SunLine Transit Agency, Thousand
Palms, California; and David Friedman, Union of Concerned Scientists, San
Francisco, California.
HIGH PLAINS AQUIFER/ILLINOIS HYDROELECTRIC PROJECT
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Subcommittee on Water and Power
concluded hearings to examine S. 212, to authorize the Secretary of the
Interior to cooperate with the High Plains States in conducting a
hydrogeologic characterization, mapping, modeling and monitoring program for
the High Plains Aquifer, and S. 220 and H.R. 397, bills to reinstate and
extend the deadline for commencement of construction of a hydroelectric
project in the State of Illinois, after receiving testimony from Senator
Brownback; and William M. Alley, Chief, Office of Ground Water, U.S.
Geological Survey, Department of the Interior.
NORTH KOREA
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded hearings to examine an
agreed framework for dialogue with North Korea, focusing on negotiations
regarding their nuclear weapons program, and South Korea, after receiving
testimony from Ashton B. Carter, Harvard University Preventive Defense
Project, Cambridge, Massachusetts; and Arnold Kanter, Scowcroft Group, and
Robert J. Einhorn, Center for Strategic and International Studies
International Security Program, former Assistant Secretary of State for
Non-proliferation, both of Washington, D.C.
NASA
Committee on Governmental Affairs: Subcommittee on Oversight of Government
Management, the Federal Workforce and the District of Columbia concluded
hearings to examine the status of the National Aeronautics and Space
Administration's workforce and consider proposed personnel flexibilities to
assist the agency in achieving its mission, especially managing Human Capital
effectively and efficiently, after receiving testimony from Representative
Sherwood L. Boehlert; and Sean O'Keefe, Administrator, National Aeronautics
and Space Administration.
WORKFORCE INVESTMENT ACT REAUTHORIZATION
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Subcommittee on
Employment, Safety and Training concluded hearings to examine the
Administration's approach to reauthorize the Workforce Investment Act (WIA),
focusing on strengthening the delivery of employment and training services
nationwide, after receiving testimony D. Cameron Findlay, Deputy Secretary of
Labor.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee ordered favorably reported the following
business items:
S. 253, to amend title 18, United States Code, to exempt qualified current and
former law enforcement officers from State laws prohibiting the carrying of
concealed handguns;
S. 113, to exclude United States persons from the definition of "foreign
power" under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 relating
to
international terrorism, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute; and
The nominations of Timothy M. Tymkovich, of Colorado, to be United States
Circuit Judge for the D198Tenth Circuit, J. Daniel Breen, to be United States
District Judge for the Western District of Tennessee, Thomas A. Varlan, to be
United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Tennessee, William H.
Steele, to be United States District Judge for the Southern District of
Alabama, and Humberto S. Garcia, to be United States Attorney for the District
of Puerto Rico, and Eugene James Corcoran, to be United States Marshal for the
Eastern District of New York, both of the Department of Justice.
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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 recessed subject to call.
Joint Meetings
LEGISLATIVE PRESENTATIONS
Joint Hearing: Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs concluded joint hearings
with the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs to examine legislative
presentations of certain veterans organizations, after receiving testimony
from William A. Wroolie, Military Order of the Purple Heart, Springfield,
Virginia; Joseph L. Fox, Sr., Paralyzed Veterans of America, Daniel Weiss,
Jewish War Veterans, and Joe Burns, Blinded Veterans Association, all of
Washington, D.C.; and David W. Sommers, Non Commissioned Officers Association,
San Antonio, Texas.
2003/03/07
Daily Digest - Friday, March 7, 2003; pages D203 - D208
Committee Meetings
No committee meetings were held.
Joint Meetings
EMPLOYMENT SITUATION
Joint Economic Committee: Committee concluded hearings to examine the
employment situation, focusing on U.S. labor markets, unemployment benefits,
and the President's proposal for re-employment accounts, after receiving
testimony from Kathleen P. Utgoff, Commissioner, Bureau of Labor Statistics,
and Mason Bishop, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Employment D204and Training,
both of the Department of Labor; and Donald O. Parsons, George Washington
University, and Harry J. Holzer, Georgetown University, both of Washington,
D.C.
2003/03/10
Daily Digest - Monday, March 10, 2003; pages D209 - D212
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet )
HEALTH CARE
Special Committee on Aging: Committee concluded hearings to examine challenges
facing America's health care system, focusing on health care costs, proposals
for universal coverage, Medicare and Medicaid, access to care, and health
insurance, after receiving testimony from Dan L. Crippen, former Director,
Congressional Budget Office; Len M. Nichols, Center for Studying Health System
Change, and Stuart Butler, Heritage Foundation, both of Washington, D.C.; and
Karen Davis, Commonwealth Fund, New York, New York.
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No Joint hearings noted.
2003/03/11
Daily Digest - Tuesday, March 11, 2003; pages D213 - D220
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
MEDICARE
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services,
and Education concluded hearings to examine Medicare outlier payments to
hospitals, focusing on the successful implementation of a new outlier policy
that contains an adequate transition period, and a proposed rule issued by the
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Service that would prevent further gaming of
the Medicare system by a few hospitals that obtain the majority of these
outlier payments, after receiving testimony from Thomas A. Scully,
Administrator, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Department of
Health and Human Services; and Joseph W. Marshall, Temple University Health
Care System, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
2004 BUDGET: PERSONNEL PROGRAMS
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Personnel concluded hearings to
examine proposed legislation authorizing funds for fiscal year 2004 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 for Personnel and Readiness, William Winkenwerder, Jr., Assistant
Secretary for Health Affairs, and Thomas F. Hall, Assistant Secretary for
Reserve Affairs, all of the Department of Defense; Lieutenant General John M.
LeMoyne, USA, Deputy Chief of Staff for Personnel, United States Army; Vice
Admiral Gerald L. Hoewing, USN, Chief of Naval Personnel, United States Navy;
Lieutenant General Garry L. Parks, USMC, Deputy Chief of Staff for Manpower
and Reserve Affairs, United States Marine Corps; Lieutenant General Richard E.
Brown, USAF, Deputy Chief of Staff for Personnel, United States Air Force;
James E. Lokovic, Air Force Sergeants Association, Temple Hills, Maryland;
Steven Anderson, Reserve Officers Association, Washington, D.C.; and Joseph L.
Barnes, Fleet Reserve Association, Joyce W. Raezer, National Military Family
Association, Inc., and Susan Schwartz, Military Officers Association of
America, all of Alexandria, Virginia.
SMALL AND RURAL COMMUNITY AIR SERVICE
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on Aviation
concluded hearings to examine the existing federal programs and new proposals
to promote air service to small and rural communities, focusing on the
Essential Air Service program D215and the Small Community Air Service
Development Pilot Program, after receiving testimony from Read Van de Water,
Assistant Secretary of Transportation for Aviation and International Affairs;
JayEtta Z. Hecker, Director, Physical Infrastructure Issues, General
Accounting Office; and Bryan O. Elliott, Charlottesville Albemarle Airport
Authority, Charlottesville, Virginia.
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ENERGY EFFICIENCY
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee held hearings to examine
federal programs for energy efficiency and conservation, focusing on the
Federal Energy Management Program, the appliance efficiency standards programs
under the National Appliance Energy Conservation Act, and the Energy Policy of
Act of 1992, receiving testimony from David K. Garman, Assistant Secretary of
Energy for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy; Paul Lynch, Assistant
Commissioner of Business Operations, Public Buildings Service, General
Services Administration; Erbin Keith, Sempra Energy Solutions, San Diego,
California, on behalf of the Federal Performance Contracting Coalition; and
Joseph M. McGuire, Association of Home Appliance Manufacturers, and David M.
Nemtzow, Alliance to Save Energy, both of Washington, D.C.
PENSION PLANS
Committee on Finance: Committee held hearings to examine defined benefit
pension plans, focusing on possible reforms for funding, receiving testimony
from Steven A. Kandarian, Executive Director, Pension Benefit Guaranty
Corporation; Christopher W. O'Flinn, AT&T Corporation, Bedminster, New
Jersey,
on behalf of the ERISA Industry Committee; Mark Schuler, U.S. Airways, Inc.,
Barrington, New Hampshire; Henry Eickelberg, General Dynamics Corporation,
Falls Church, Virginia, on behalf of the American Benefits Council; and Ron
Gebhardtsbauer, American Academy of Actuaries, Washington, D.C.
Committee recessed subject to the call.
IRAQ: RECONSTRUCTION
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded hearings to examine the
commitment of U.S. financial and personnel resources to post-conflict
transitional assistance and reconstruction in Iraq, focusing on the cost of
maintaining a military presence in the region, the restoration of governance
and any steps toward democracy, securing the elimination of Iraqi weapons of
mass destruction, ending Iraqi contacts with international terrorist
organizations, ensuring that a post-transition Iraqi government can maintain
the country's territorial integrity and economic independence while
contributing to regional stability, and the costs of not going to war with
Iraq, which include the costs of maintaining a military presence in the
region, the continuation of inspections of weapons of mass destruction,
accelerated funding to combat terrorism abroad, and maintaining a high level
of homeland security, after receiving testimony from Eric P. Schwartz, Council
on Foreign Relations, Gordon Adams, George Washington University, Sandra
Mitchell, International Rescue Committee, and Phebe Marr, all of Washington,
DC.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee met and approved the committees views
and estimates with respect to the President's proposed budget request for
fiscal year 2004 for Indian programs.
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 Thursday, March 13.
HEALTHY AGING
Special Committee on Aging: Committee concluded hearings to examine the
prescription for healthy aging, focusing on the benefits of fitness and
nutrition care, and exercise, after receiving testimony from Judith A.
Salerno, Deputy Director, National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of
Health, and Lynn C. Swann, Chairman, President's Council on Physical Fitness
and Sports, Office of Public Health and Science, both of the Department of
Health and Human Services; Linda Netterville, on behalf of Meals On Wheels
Association of America, Alexandria, Virginia; Jane V. White, University of
Tennessee at Knoxville Graduate School of Medicine, on behalf of Nutrition
Screening Initiative; Alfred Maguire, Twin Falls, Idaho; and Sam Ulano, New
York, New York.
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No Joint hearings noted.
2003/03/12
Daily Digest - Wednesday, March 12, 2003; pages D221 - D230
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
APPROPRIATIONS: INTELLIGENCE
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense concluded closed hearings
to examine proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2004 for intelligence
programs, and to discuss worldwide threats, after receiving testimony from
George Tenet, Director of Central Intelligence.
APPROPRIATIONS: DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA COURTS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on District of Columbia concluded
hearings to examine proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2004 for the
District of Columbia Courts, Court Services, and Offender Supervision Agency
focusing on fair, swift, and accessible justice, enhancing public safety, and
the justice system, after receiving testimony from Annice M. Wagner, Chief
Judge, District of Columbia Court of Appeals, on behalf of the District of
Columbia Joint Committee on Judicial Administration; Rufus G. King III, Chief
Judge, and Lee Satterfield, Presiding Judge, Family Court, both of the
Superior Court of the District of Columbia; Paul A. Quander, Jr., Director,
Court Services and Offender Supervision Agency for the District of Columbia;
and Ronald S. Sullivan, Jr., Director, Public Defender Service for the
District of Columbia.
APPROPRIATIONS: DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development
concluded hearings to examine proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2004
for the Department of Energy Office of Energy and Efficiency and Renewable
Energy, Office of Science, and the Office of Nuclear Energy, Science and
Technology, after receiving testimony from David K. Garman, Assistant
Secretary for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Raymond L. Orbach,
Director of the Office of Science, and William D. Magwood, IV, Director of the
Office of Nuclear Energy, Science and Technology, all of the Department of
Energy.
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Strategic Forces concluded
hearings on proposed legislation authorizing funds for the Department of
Defense for fiscal year 2004, focusing on national security space programs and
management, warfighting, national intelligence and defense priorities
including strategic forces, after receiving testimony from Peter B. Teets,
Under Secretary of the Air Force, and Director, National Reconnaissance
Office; Admiral James O. Ellis, Jr., USN, Commander, United States Strategic
Command; General Lance W. Lord, USAF, Commander, Air Force Space Command;
Lieutenant General Joseph M. Cosumano, Jr., USA, Commanding General, U.S. Army
Space and Missile Defense Command and U.S. Army Space Command; and Vice
Admiral Richard W. Mayo, USN, Commander, Naval Network Warfare Command.
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Airland concluded hearings on
proposed legislation authorizing funds for the Department of Defense for
fiscal year 2004 and the Future Years Defense Program, focusing on Army
transformation, after receiving testimony from Les Brownlee, Under Secretary
of the Army; and General John M. Keane, USA, Vice Chief of Staff, United
States Army.
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2004: BUDGET
Committee on the Budget: Committee met to mark up a proposed concurrent
resolution setting forth the fiscal year 2004 budget for the Federal
Government, but did not complete consideration thereon, and will meet again
tomorrow.
BUDGET: COAST GUARD AND NATIONAL OCEANIC ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on Oceans,
Atmosphere, and Fisheries concluded hearings to examine the President's
proposed budget request for fiscal year 2004 for the Coast Guard and the
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, after receiving testimony
from Adm. Thomas H. Collins, Commandant, United States Coast Guard; Vice Adm.
Conrad C. Lautenbacher, Jr., U.S. Navy (Ret.), Under Secretary of Commerce for
Oceans and Atmosphere; and JayEtta Z. Hecker, Director, Physical
Infrastructure, General Accounting Office.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee ordered favorably
reported the following business items:
S. 164, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a special
resource study of sites associated with the life of Cesar Estrada Chavez and
the farm labor movement, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
S. 212, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to cooperate with the High
Plains States in conducting a hydrogeologic characterization, mapping,
modeling and monitoring program for the High Plains Aquifer, with an amendment
in the nature of substitute;
S. 278, to make certain adjustments to the boundaries of the Mount Naomi
Wilderness Area;
S. 347, to direct the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of
Agriculture to conduct a joint 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, with an
amendment in the nature of a substitute;
S. 425, to revise the boundary of the Wind Cave National Park in the State of
South Dakota;
H.R. 397, to reinstate the license and extend the deadline for commencement of
construction of a hydroelectric project in the State of Illinois;
S. 328, to designate Catoctin Mountain Park in the State of Maryland as the
"Catoctin Mountain National Recreation Area", with an amendment in
the nature
of a substitute; and
The nomination of Joseph Timothy Kelliher, of the District of Columbia, to be
a Member of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Department of Energy.
WELFARE REFORM
Committee on Finance: Committee held hearings to examine welfare reform,
focusing on administrating issues such as supporting families with accessing
cash assistance, employment skill development, employment barrier removal by
accessing substance abuse services and quality childcare, and enforcing
non-custodial parent financial responsibility through child support, receiving
testimony from Tommy Thompson, Secretary of Health and Human Services; Howard
H. Hendrick, Oklahoma Department of Human Services, Oklahoma City; Marilyn Ray
Smith, Massachusetts Department of Revenue, Boston; Larry Temple, Texas
Workforce Commission, Austin; and Margy Waller, Brookings Institution,
Washington, D.C.
Hearings recessed subject to call.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee ordered favorably reported the
following business items:
Convention Between the Government of the United States of America and the
Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland for the
Avoidance of Double Taxation and the Prevention of Fiscal Evasion with Respect
to Taxes on Income and on Capital Gains (Treaty Doc. 107-19);
Protocol Amending the Convention Between the Government of the United States
of America and the Government of Australia for the Avoidance of Double
Taxation and the Prevention of Fiscal Evasion with Respect to Taxes on Income
(Treaty Doc. 107-20);
Second Additional Protocol that Modifies the Convention Between the Government
of the United States of America and the Government of the United Mexican
States for the Avoidance of Double Taxation and the Prevention of Fiscal
Evasion with Respect to Taxes on Income (Treaty Doc. 108-3); and
A Foreign Service Officer Promotion list received in the Senate on January 28,
2003.
NORTH KOREA
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded hearings to examine
regional implications of the changing nuclear equation on the Korean
Peninsula, focusing on diplomatic solutions, the United States-South Korea
alliance, and Chinese interests, after receiving testimony from James A.
Kelly, Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs; James
R. Lilley, American Enterprise Institute, Victor D. Cha, Georgetown University
Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service, and Bates Gill, Center for
Strategic and International Studies, all of Washington, D.C.
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HOMELAND SECURITY: BORDER TECHNOLOGY
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Border Security, Immigration and
Citizenship and the Subcommittee on Terrorism, Technology, and Homeland
Security concluded joint hearings to examine the role of border technology in
advancing Homeland Security, focusing on the Entry-Exit System, the National
Security Entry Exit Registration System, and Biometric Verification Systems,
including implementation of the Enhanced Border Security and Visa Entry Reform
Act (Public Law 107-173), and related provisions of S. 539, to authorize
appropriations for border and transportation security personnel and
technology, after receiving testimony from Asa Hutchinson, Under Secretary of
Homeland Security for Border and Transportation Security; Nancy Kingsbury,
Managing Director of Applied Research and Methods, General Accounting Office;
and Stephen E. Flynn, Independent Task Force on Homeland Security Imperatives,
Council on Foreign Relations, New York, New York.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded hearings to examine the
nominations of James V. Selna and Cormac J. Carney, both to be a United States
District Judge for the Central District of California, who were introduced by
Senator Feinstein, Philip P. Simon and Theresa Lazar Springmann, both to a
United States District Judge for the Northern District of Indiana, who were
introduced by Senators Lugar and Bayh, Mary Ellen Coster Williams, of
Maryland, and Victor J. Wolski, of Virginia, who was introduced by Senators
Warner and Allen, both to be a Judge of the United States Court of Federal
Claims, and Ricardo H. Hinojosa, of Texas, who was introduced by Senators
Hutchison and Cornyn, and Representative Hinojosa, and Michael E. Horowitz, of
Maryland, both to be a Member of the United States Sentencing Commission,
after the nominees testified and answered questions in their own behalf.
Joint Meetings
VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS
Joint Hearing: Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs concluded joint hearings
with the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs to examine the legislative
recommendations of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, after receiving testimony
Raymond C. Sisk, Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States, Washington,
D.C.
2003/03/13
Daily Digest - Thursday, March 13, 2003 ; pages D232 - D244
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
MEDICAL LIABILITY CRISIS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services,
and Education, and Related Agencies hearings to examine causes of the medical
liability insurance crisis, focusing on proposals to reform the medical
litigation system, after receiving testimony from Claude A. Allen, Deputy
Secretary of Health and Human Services; Peter R. McCombs, Pennsylvania
Hospital, Philadelphia; Donald M. Berwick, Institute for Healthcare
Improvement, Boston, Massachusetts; Jay Angoff, Rogert C. Brown and
Associates, Jefferson City, Missouri; James D. Hurley, Atlanta, Georgia, on
behalf of the American Academy of Actuaries; Brian Holmes, Hagerstown,
Maryland; Linda McDougal, Woodville, Wisconsin; and Leanne Dyess, Vicksburg,
Mississippi.
APPROPRIATIONS: VA
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Veterans' Affairs, Housing and
Urban Development, and Independent Agencies concluded hearings to examine
proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2004 for the Department of Veterans
Affairs, after receiving testimony from Anthony J. Principi, Secretary of
Veterans Affairs.
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION: UNIFIED COMMANDS
Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded hearings in open and closed
session to examine proposed legislation authorizing funds for fiscal year 2004
for the Department of Defense and the Future Years Defense Program, focusing
on military strategy and operational requirements in of the unified and
regional commands, after receiving testimony from Adm. Thomas B. Fargo, USN,
Commander, United States Pacific Command; Gen. Leon J. LaPorte, USA,
Commander, United Nations Command, United Nations Command, Republic of
Korea-United States Combined Forces Command, and United States Forces in
Korea; and Gen. James T. Hill, USA, Commander, United States Southern Command.
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Readiness and Management Support
concluded hearings on proposed legislation authorizing funds for the
Department of Defense for fiscal year 2004, focusing on the impacts of
environmental laws on readiness and the related Administration legislative
proposal, after receiving testimony from General John M. Keane, USA, Vice
Chief of the Army; Admiral William J. Fallon, USN, Vice Chief of Naval
Operations; General William L. Nyland, USMC, Assistant Commandant of the
Marine Corps; General Robert H. Foglesong, USAF, Vice Chief of the Air Force;
and Benedict S. Cohen, Deputy General Counsel for Installation and
Environment, Department of Defense.
2004 BUDGET: FEDERAL TRANSIT ADMINISTRATION
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded hearings
to examine the President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 2004 for
the Federal Transit Administration, after receiving testimony from Jennifer L.
Dorn, Administrator Federal Transit Administration, Department of
Transportation.
2004 BUDGET
Committee on the Budget: Committee ordered favorably reported an original
concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United
States Government for fiscal year 2004 and including the appropriate budgetary
levels for fiscal year 2003 and for fiscal years 2005 through 2013.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee ordered
favorably reported the following business items:
S. 579, to reauthorize the National Transportation Safety Board;
S. 275, to amend the Professional Boxing Safety Act of 1996, and to establish
the United States Boxing Administration, with an amendment in the nature of a
substitute;
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