[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 6 (Tuesday, February 1, 2000)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D39-D40]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
AGRICULTURE CONCENTRATION
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: Committee concluded 
oversight hearings to examine the current structure and future 
operations of the Department of Agriculture's Grain Inspection, Packers 
and Stockyards Administration, after receiving testimony from Senator 
Feingold; Michael Dunn, Under Secretary for Marketing and Regulatory 
Programs, and James R. Baker, Administrator, Grain Inspection, Packers 
and Stockyards Administration, both of the Department of Agriculture; 
Philip Paarlberg and Kenneth Foster, both of Purdue University, West 
Lafayette, Indiana; John McNutt, Iowa City, Iowa, on behalf of the 
National Pork Producers Council; Rita Sharma, Williamsport, Indiana, on 
behalf of the National Cattlemen's Beef Association; William P. 
Roenigk, National Chicken Council, Washington, D.C.; Ron Warfield, 
Illinois Farm Bureau, Gibson City, on behalf of the American Farm 
Bureau Federation; Michael Stumo, Winsted, Connecticut, on behalf of 
the Organization for Competitive Markets; John Crabtree, Center for 
Rural Affairs, Walthill, Nebraska; Hubert O. Farrish, Columbia Grain, 
Inc., Portland, Oregon, on behalf of the North American Export Grain 
Association; Robert Smigelski, The Anderson, Inc., Maumee, Ohio, on 
behalf of the National Grain and Feed Association; Mike Clark, Illinois 
Corn Growers Association, Homer, on behalf of the National Corn Growers 
Association, American Soybean Association, and National Association of 
Wheat Growers; and Dennis Wiese, South Dakota Farmers Union, Flandreau, 
on behalf of the National Farmers Union.
NOMINATION
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee ordered 
favorably reported the nomination of Alan Greenspan, of New York, to be 
Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.
LOAN GUARANTEES AND RURAL TELEVISION SERVICE
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded 
hearings on the issue of federal loan guarantees to promote satellite 
delivery of local television signals to rural areas, after receiving 
testimony from Gregory L. Rohde, Assistant Secretary of Commerce for 
Communications and Information; Christopher McLean, Acting 
Administrator, Rural Utilities Service, Department of Agriculture; 
William Roberts, Senior Attorney, Copyright Office, Library of 
Congress; Dale N. Hatfield, Chief, Office of Engineering and 
Technology, Federal Communications Commission; Steven J. Cox, DIRECTV, 
El Segundo, California; David K. Moskowitz, EchoStar Communications 
Corporation, Littleton, Colorado; Bob R. Phillips, III, National Rural 
Telecommunications Cooperative, The Plains, Virginia; Richard Sjoberg, 
Sjoberg's Incorporated, Thief River Falls, Minnesota; and K. James 
Yager, Benedek Broadcasting, Rockford, Illinois, on behalf of the 
National Association of Broadcasters.

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FEDERAL SPENDING PRIORITIES
Committee on the Budget: Committee concluded hearings to examine 
spending priorities of certain federal laws and programs in order to 
maximize the government's performance and accountability, after 
receiving testimony from David M. Walker, Comptroller General of the 
United States, General Accounting Office.
U.S. COMPUTER NETWORK PROTECTION
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Technology, Terrorism, and 
Government Information held hearings to examine the vulnerability of 
U.S. systems to cyber attack, focusing on the Administration's National 
Plan for Information Systems Protection and its implications regarding 
privacy, receiving testimony from John S. Tritak, Director, Critical 
Infrastructure Assurance Office, Department of Commerce; and Marc 
Rotenberg, Electronic Privacy Information Center, and Frank J. 
Cilluffo, Center for Strategic and International Studies, both of 
Washington, D.C.
  Hearings recessed subject to call.
MEDICAL ERRORS
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee resumed 
hearings to examine the incidence of medical errors, focusing on 
understanding adverse drug events, receiving testimony from Janet 
Woodcock, Director, Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, Food and 
Drug Administration, Department of Health and Human Services; Janet 
Heinrich, Associate Director, Health Financing and Public Health 
Issues, Health, Education, and Human Services Division, General 
Accounting Office; Michael R. Cohen, Institute for Safe Medication 
Practices, Huntingdon Valley, Pennsylvania; Richard Platt, Harvard 
University Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, on behalf of the 
Harvard Pilgrim Healthcare; and Eleanor M. Vogt, National Patient 
Safety Foundation, and Raymond L. Woosley, Georgetown University 
Medical Center Department of Pharmacology, both of Washington, D.C.
  Hearings recessed subject to call.