[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 11 (Wednesday, February 9, 2000)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D69-D70]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
FEDERAL DAIRY POLICY
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: Committee concluded 
hearings to examine United States dairy policy and programs, focusing 
on the Federal Milk Marketing Order, Northeast Dairy Compact, and Dairy 
Export Incentive Program, after receiving testimony from Kenneth C. 
Clayton, Associate Administrator, Agricultural Marketing Service, 
Department of Agriculture; Arthur S. Jaeger, Consumer Federation of 
America, and John E. Frydenlund, Center for International Food and 
Agriculture Policy, on behalf of the Citizens Against Government Waste, 
both of Washington, D.C.; Mark Furth, Associated Milk Producers, Inc., 
New Ulm, Minnesota; James Tillison, Alliance of Western Milk Producers, 
Sacramento, California; Larry J. Jensen, Leprino Foods, Denver, 
Colorado, on behalf of the International Dairy Foods Association; 
Dennis Meyer, Bernard, Iowa, on behalf of the Family Dairies USA; Clark 
W. Hinsdale, III, Vermont Farm Bureau, Inc., Richmond, on behalf of the 
American Farm Bureau Federation; John Neal Scarlett, New Market, 
Tennessee, on behalf of the South East Dairy Farmers Association; Will 
Hughes, University of Wisconsin Center for Cooperatives, Madison; 
Eugene Paul, National Farmers Organization, Ames, Iowa; and Bill Brey, 
Wisconsin Farmers Union, Sturgeon Bay, on behalf of the National 
Farmers Union; and James Vanblarcom, Colombia Cross Roads, 
Pennsylvania, on behalf of the Pennsylvania Farm Bureau's State Dairy 
Committee.
LOAN GUARANTEES AND RURAL TELEVISION SERVICE
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded 
hearings to examine the proposed Federal loan guarantees for rural 
television service, 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, and the disparity of 
access to the Internet in rural areas, after receiving testimony from 
Senators Burns, Hutchinson, Thomas, and Lincoln; and Dan L. Crippen, 
Director, Congressional Budget Office.
2001 BUDGET
Committee on the Budget: Committee continued hearings on the 
President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 2001, focusing on 
budget surpluses and debt reduction issues, receiving testimony from 
Jacob J. Lew, Director, Office of Management and Budget.
  Committee will meet again tomorrow.
AUTHORIZATION--FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on 
Consumer Affairs, Foreign Commerce, and Tourism concluded hearings on 
proposed legislation authorizing funds for the Federal Trade 
Commission, after receiving testimony from Robert Pitofsky, Chairman, 
Federal Trade Commission; Howard Adler, Jr., Baker and McKenzie, on 
behalf of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Albert A. Foer, American 
Antitrust Institute, and Deirdre Mulligan, Center for Democracy and 
Technology, all of Washington, D.C.; Stephen D. Bolerjack, Ford Motor

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Company, Dearborn, Michigan, on behalf of the National Association of 
Manufacturers; Daniel Jaye, Engage Technologies, Inc., Andover, 
Massachusetts; and Vermont Attorney General William H. Sorrell, 
Montpelier.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee ordered favorably 
reported the following business items:
  S. 1653, to reauthorize and amend the National Fish and Wildlife 
Foundation Establishment Act;
  S. 1752, to reauthorize and amend the Coastal Barrier Resources Act, 
with an amendment;
  S. 1946, to amend the National Environmental Education Act to 
redesignate that Act as the ``John H. Chafee Environmental Education 
Act'', to establish the John H. Chafee Memorial Fellowship Program, and 
to extend the programs under that Act, with an amendment;
  S. 1794, to designate the Federal courthouse at 145 East Simpson 
Avenue in Jackson, Wyoming, as the ``Clifford P. Hansen Federal 
Courthouse'';
  S. 1691, to amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and 
Emergency Assistance Act to authorize programs for predisaster 
mitigation, to streamline the administration of disaster relief, to 
control the Federal costs of disaster assistance, with an amendment in 
the nature of a substitute;
  H.R. 707, to amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and 
Emergency Assistance Act to authorize a program for predisaster 
mitigation, to streamline the administration of disaster relief, to 
control the Federal costs of disaster assistance; and,
  The nominations of Eric D. Eberhard, of Washington, to be a Member of 
the Board of Trustees of the Morris K. Udall Scholarship and Excellence 
in National Environmental Policy Foundation, and W. Michael McCabe, of 
Pennsylvania, to be Deputy Administrator of the Environmental 
Protection Agency.
  Also, committee approved the following subcommittee name change: 
Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, and Water.
U.S. FOREIGN STRATEGY
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded hearings to examine 
United States foreign policy strategy, after receiving testimony from 
R. James Woolsey, Shea and Gardner, former Director of Central 
Intelligence, and Robert B. Zoellick, former Under Secretary of State, 
both of Washington, D.C.; and William J. Perry, Stanford University, 
Stanford, California, former Secretary of Defense.
COLLEGE COST
Committee on Governmental Affairs: Committee held hearings to examine 
the rising cost of college tuition and the effectiveness of Government 
financial aid, receiving testimony from Jamie Pueschel, United States 
Student Association, Washington, D.C.; David W. Breneman, University of 
Virginia, Charlottesville; Claire L. Gaudiani, Connecticut College, New 
London; Caroline M. Hoxby, Harvard University, Cambridge, 
Massachusetts; William F. Massy, Jackson Hole Higher Education Group, 
Inc., Jackson, Wyoming; and William E. Troutt, Rhodes College, Memphis, 
Tennessee.
  Hearings continue tomorrow.
BALLISTIC MISSILE THREAT TO THE U.S.
Committee on Governmental Affairs: Subcommittee on International 
Security, Proliferation and Federal Services concluded hearings to 
examine the National Intelligence Estimate on the ballistic missile 
threat to the United States, after receiving testimony from Robert D. 
Walpole, National Intelligence Officer for Strategic and Nuclear 
Programs, National Intelligence Council; and William Schneider, Jr., 
Hudson Institute, and Joseph Cirincione, Carnegie Endowment for 
International Peace, both of Washington, D.C.
INTELLIGENCE
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee held closed hearings on 
intelligence matters, receiving testimony from officials of the 
intelligence community.
  Committee will meet again tomorrow.