[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 158 (Wednesday, November 10, 1999)]
[Daily Digest]
[Page D1292]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
OVERSEAS PRESENCE ADVISORY PANEL
Committee on Foreign Relations: Subcommittee on International 
Operations concluded hearings to examine the Overseas Presence Advisory 
Panel report, focusing on the location, size, composition, and budget 
of overseas posts, after receiving testimony from Lewis Kaden, 
Chairman, Adm. William J. Crowe, Jr., USN, (Ret.), Member, and former 
Ambassador Langhorne Motley, Member, all of the Overseas Presence 
Advisory Panel.
PRIVATE BANKING
Committee on Governmental Affairs: Permanent Subcommittee on 
Investigations concluded hearings to examine the vulnerabilities of 
United States private banks to money laundering, focusing on how they 
accept clientele, use shell corporations and secrecy jurisdictions to 
open accounts and move funds, monitor clients and transactions, and 
identify and respond to suspicious activity, after receiving testimony 
from Ralph E. Sharpe, Deputy Comptroller of the Currency for Community 
and Consumer Policy, Department of the Treasury; Richard A. Small, 
Assistant Director, Division of Banking Supervision and Regulation, 
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System; Raymond W. Baker, 
Brookings Institution, Washington, D.C.; and Antonio Giraldi, an 
incarcerated witness.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee ordered favorably reported the 
following measures:
  S. Res. 216, designating the Month of November 1999 as ``National 
American Indian Heritage Month'';
  S. Res. 200, designating January 2000 as ``National Biotechnology 
Week.'', with an amendment; and,
  A committee resolution, expressing the sense of the Committee on 
World Trade Organization negotiations.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded hearings on the 
nominations of Thomas L. Ambro, of Delaware, to be United States 
Circuit Judge for the Third Circuit, Kermit Bye, of North Dakota, to be 
United States Circuit Judge for the Eighth Circuit, George B. Daniels, 
to be United States District Judge for the Southern District of New 
York, Joel A. Pisano, to be United States District Judge for the 
District of New Jersey, and Fredric D. Woocher, to be United States 
District Judge for the Central District of California, after the 
nominees testified and answered questions in their own behalf. Mr. 
Ambro was introduced by Senators Biden and Roth, Mr. Bye was introduced 
by Senators Conrad and Dorgan, and Representative Pomeroy, Mr. Daniels 
was introduced by Senators Moynihan and Schumer, and Representative 
Rangel, Mr. Pisano was introduced by Senator Lautenberg, and Mr. 
Woocher was introduced by Senators Feinstein and Gordon Smith.