[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 119 (Tuesday, September 14, 1999)] [Daily Digest] [Pages D979-D980] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] Committee Meetings (Committees not listed did not meet) EXERCISE BENEFITS FOR SENIORS Special Committee on Aging: Committee concluded hearings to examine the benefits of exercise for the elderly, after receiving testimony from Terrie Fox Wetle, Deputy Director, National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services; James F. Fries, Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, California; Margaret Richard, PBS-TV, Orchard Park, New York; George McVicker, West Des Moines, Iowa; and Mary Elizabeth Norckauer, Baton Rouge, Louisiana. YOUTH VIOLENCE INITIATIVE Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education concluded hearings on a proposed fiscal year 2000 youth violence initiative, after receiving testimony from Alexis M. Herman, Secretary of Labor; Richard W. Riley, Secretary of Education; Donna E. Shalala, Secretary of Health and Human Services; and Eric H. Holder, Jr., Deputy Attorney General, Department of Justice. SOLAR AND RENEWABLE ENERGY Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development concluded hearings on issues concerning solar and renewable energy, focusing on how to assist government and industry in increasing the use of renewable energy technologies in the nation's energy marketplace, after receiving testimony from Dan W. Reicher, assistant Secretary of Energy for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy; R. Brent Alderfer, Competitive Utilities Strategies, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; Uwe Rockenfeller, Rocky Research, Boulder City, Nevada; Greg Renkes, Southeast Alaska Bio-Energy Project, Anchorage; and Dallas Burtraw, Resources for the Future, Washington, D.C., on behalf of the Renewable Energy Policy Project. SINKING OF THE USS INDIANAPOLIS Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded hearings on issues concerning the sinking of the USS INDIANAPOLIS and the subsequent court-martial of Rear Admiral Charles B. McVay III, USN, and provisions of S. J. Res. 26, expressing the sense of Congress with respect to the court-martial conviction of the late Rear Admiral Charles Butler McVay III, and calling upon the President to award a Presidential Unit Citation to the final crew of the U.S.S. INDIANAPOLIS, after receiving testimony from Adm. Donald L. Pilling, USN, Vice Chief of Naval Operations; Rear Adm. John D. Hutson, USN, Judge Advocate General; William S. Dudley, Director, Naval Historical Center; Hunter Scott, Pensacola, Florida; Paul J. Murphy, Broomfield, Colorado; Harlan M. Twible, Sarasota, Florida; and Dan Kurzman, North Bergen, New Jersey. ENERGY POLICY AND CONSERVATION ACT Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Subcommittee on Energy Research, Development, Production and Regulation concluded hearings on S. 1051, to amend the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to manage the Strategic Petroleum Reserve more effectively, after receiving testimony from Robert W. Gee, Assistant Secretary of Energy for Fossil Energy. [[Page D980]] NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS COVENANT IMPLEMENTATION ACT Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded hearings on S. 1052, to implement further the Act (Public Law 94-241) approving the Covenant to Establish a Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands in Political Union with the United States of America, after receiving testimony from Bo Cooper, Immigration and Naturalization Service, Department of Justice; Governor Pedro P. Tenorio, and Juan N. Babauta, Resident Representative to the United States, both of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, who were accompanied by several of their associates. COUNTERTERRORISM POLICY/FALN TERRORISTS CLEMENCY Committee on Foreign Relations: Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere, Peace Corps, Narcotics and Terrorism held hearings to review the United States counterterrorism policy and certain implications of the President's decision to grant clemency to FALN terrorists, receiving testimony from Representative Fossella; Gilbert G. Gallegos, Fraternal Order of Police, Washington, D.C.; and Anthony Senft, Rich Pastorella, and Joseph Connor, all of New York, New York. Hearings recessed subject to call. EDUCATIONAL READINESS Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee held hearings to examine the current status of the American educational system and how well it is preparing children to meet the demands of a global economy in the 21st Century, receiving testimony from Ben Cohen, Business Leaders for Sensible Priorities, Burlington, Vermont; Lawrence Korb, Council on Foreign Relations, New York, New York; Robert Chase, National Education Association, Washington, D.C.; Virginia Markell, Clackamas, Oregon, on behalf of the National Parent Teacher Association; and Michele Cavataio, America Online, Inc., Dulles, Virginia. HATE CRIME ON THE INTERNET Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded hearings on ramifications of Internet technology on today's children, focusing on the prevalence of internet hate, and recommendations on how to shield children from the negative impact of violent media, after receiving testimony from Michael J. Gennaco, Assistant United States Attorney for the Central District of California, Department of Justice; Rabbi Abraham Cooper, Simon Wiesenthal Center, Los Angeles, California, Wade Henderson, Leadership Conference on Civil Rights, and Howard Berkowitz, on behalf of the Anti-Defamation League, both of Washington, D.C.; and Joseph T. Roy, Sr., Southern Poverty Law Center, Montgomery, Alabama. NOMINATIONS Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded hearings on the nominations of Ronald M. Gould, of Washington, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Ninth Circuit, Anna J. Brown, to be United States District Judge for the District of Oregon, Florence-Marie Cooper, to be United States District Judge for the Central District of California, Richard K. Eaton, of the District of Columbia, to be a Judge of the United States Court of International Trade, Ellen Segal Huvelle, to be United States District Judge for the District of Columbia, and Charles A. Pannell, Jr., to be United States District Judge for the Northern District of Georgia, after the nominees testified and answered questions in their own behalf. Mr. Gould was introduced by Senators Gorton and Murray, Ms. Brown was introduced by Senators Gorton, Murray, Wyden, and Gordon Smith, Ms. Cooper was introduced by Senator Feinstein, Mr. Eaton was introduced by Senator Moynihan and Representative Boehlert, Ms. Huvelle was introduce by Representative Norton, and Mr. Pannell was introduced by Senator Cleland. GROCERY INDUSTRY SLOTTING FEES Committee on Small Business: Committee held hearings on issues relating to grocery industry slotting fees (fees charged by the retailer that manufacturers pay to hold a certain amount of shelf space), and their effect on small business and the consumer, receiving testimony from Scott Garfield, Lee's Ice Cream, Inc., Baltimore, Maryland; Gregory T. Gundlach, University of Notre Dame College of Business Administration, Notre Dame, Indiana; Robert A. Skitol, Drinker, Biddle and Reath, John J. Motley III, Food Marketing Institute, and W. Jeffrey Schmidt, Pillsbury, Madison and Sutro, on behalf of the Grocery Manufacturers of America, all of Washington, D.C.; and Kenneth Parch, Supermarket Business Magazine, Norwalk, Connecticut. Hearings recessed subject to call.