[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 8 (Thursday, February 3, 2000)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D52-D53]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
LOAN GUARANTEES AND RURAL TELEVISION SERVICE
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: Committee concluded 
hearings to examine the proposed loan guarantee program, focusing on 
rural satellite and cable system delivery of local broadcast stations 
to viewers not having access to local television stations, and the 
digital divide, focusing on the disparity of access to the Internet in 
rural areas, after receiving testimony from Christopher A. McLean, 
Acting Administrator, Rural Utilities Service, Department of 
Agriculture; Gregory L. Rhode, Assistant Secretary of Commerce for 
Communications and Information, National Telecommunications and 
Information Administration; James C. May, National Association of 
Broadcasters, Washington, D.C.; David E. Parkhill, Hamilton County 
Telephone Cooperative, Dahlgren, Illinois, on behalf of the National 
Rural Telecommunications Cooperative; John Hutchison, LTVS, Inc., 
Raleigh, North Carolina; and Stephen J. Jay, Indiana University School 
of Medicine, Indianapolis.
NATIONAL DRUG CONTROL POLICY
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Treasury and General 
Government concluded oversight hearings on the Office of National Drug 
Control Policy Anti-Drug Media Campaign, after receiving testimony from 
Alan Levitt, Director, National Youth Anti-Drug Media Campaign, Office 
Of National Drug Control Policy; and Peggy Conlon, The Advertising 
Council, Inc., and Richard D. Bonnette, Partnership for a Drug Free 
America, both of New York, New York.
WORLDWIDE THREATS ASSESSMENT
Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded open and closed 
hearings to examine worldwide threats to national security, focusing on 
traditional and unconventional threats, including proliferation of 
weapons of mass destruction, state-sponsored terrorism, and non-state 
terrorists, after receiving testimony from George J. Tenet, Director, 
Central Intelligence Agency; and Vice Adm. Thomas R. Wilson, Director, 
Defense Intelligence Agency.
FAA MODERNIZATION
Committee on the Budget: Committee concluded joint hearings with the 
Committee on Appropriation's Subcommittee on Transportation to examine 
Federal Aviation Administration modernization, focusing on the safety, 
performance, and funding of the National Airspace System, after 
receiving testimony from Kenneth M. Mead, Inspector General, and Jane 
F. Garvey, Administrator, Federal Aviation Administration, both of the 
Department of Transportation; Robert W. Baker, American Airlines, Inc., 
Fort Worth, Texas; John W. Crichton, NAV Canada, Ottawa; and Robert W. 
Poole, Jr., Reason Public Policy Institute, Los Angeles, California.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee concluded hearings 
on the nominations of Eric D. Eberhard, of Washington, to be a Member 
of the Board of Trustees of the Morris K. Udall Scholarship & 
Excellence in National Environmental Policy Foundation, and W. Michael 
McCabe, of Pennsylvania, to be Deputy Administrator, Environmental 
Protection Agency, after the nominees testified and answered questions 
in their own behalf. Mr. McCabe was introduced by Senator Biden.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Finance: Committee concluded hearings on the nominations 
of George L. Farr, of Connecticut, Charles L. Kolbe, of Iowa, Nancy 
Killefer, of the District of Columbia, Larry L. Levitan, of Maryland, 
Steve H. Nickles, of North Carolina, Robert M. Tobias, of Maryland, and 
Karen Hastie Williams, of the District of Columbia, each to be a Member 
of the Internal Revenue Service Oversight Board, Department of the 
Treasury, after the nominees testified and answered questions in their 
own behalf. Mr. Kolbe was introduced by Sen. Grassley.
ADVANCEMENT OF FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Criminal Justice Oversight 
concluded hearings on the report of the Commission on the Advancement 
of Federal Law Enforcement, focusing on the integration of issues to 
strengthen the law enforcement fabric of the Federal Government while 
protecting democracy and the rights of individual citizens, after 
receiving testimony from William H. Webster, former Director, Federal 
Bureau of Investigation, Department of Justice, Robert E. Sanders, 
former Assistant Director, Criminal Investigations, Bureau of Alcohol, 
Tobacco and Firearms, Department of the Treasury, Robert M. Stewart, 
South Carolina State Law Enforcement Division, Columbia, Donald C. 
Dahlin, University of South Dakota, Vermillion, and Gilbert G. 
Gallegos, Fraternal Order of Police, Washington, D.C., all on behalf of 
the Commission on the Advancement of Federal Law Enforcement.

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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.