[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 11 (Wednesday, February 9, 2000)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D71-D72]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
RURAL AMERICA DIRECT-TO-HOME SATELLITE SERVICES
Committee on Agriculture: Subcommittee on Department Operations, 
Oversight, Nutrition, and Forestry held a hearing to review legislation 
to establish a loan guarantee program to promote the delivery of 
direct-to-home satellite services to rural America. Testimony was heard 
from Representatives Emerson and Boucher; Christopher McLean, Acting 
Administrator, Rural Utilities Service, USDA; and public witnesses.
LABOR-HHS-EDUCATION APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human 
Services, and Education held a hearing on the Administration on 
Children, Youth and Families, the Administration on Aging, the 
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration and the 
Agency for Health Care Policy and Research. Testimony was heard from 
the following officials of the Department of Health and Human Services: 
Olivia Golden, Assistant Secretary, Administration for Children and 
Families; Jeanette Takamura, Assistant Secretary, Administration on 
Aging; Nelba Chavez, M.D., Administrator, Substance Abuse and Mental 
Health Services Administration; and John M. Eisenberg, Administrator, 
Agency for Health Care Policy and Research.
NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION BUDGET REQUEST
Committee on Armed Services: Held a hearing on the Fiscal Year 2001 
National Defense Authorization Budget Request. Testimony was heard from 
the following officials of the Department of Defense: William S. Cohen, 
Secretary; Gen. Henry H. Shelton, USA, Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff; 
and William J. Lynn, III, Comptroller.
  Hearings continue tomorrow.
HOLOCAUST VICTIMS' ASSETS RESTITUTION
Committee on Banking and Financial Services: Held a hearing on issues 
related to the restitution of Holocaust victims' assets. Testimony was 
heard from Stuart Eizenstat, Deputy Secretary, Department of the 
Treasury; and public witnesses.
  Hearings continue tomorrow.
MEDICAL ERRORS: IMPROVING QUALITY OF CARE
Committee on Commerce, Subcommittee on Health and Environment, the 
Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations and the Subcommittee on 
Health of the Committee on Veterans' Affairs held a joint hearing on 
Medical Errors: Improving Quality of Care and Consumer Information. 
Testimony was heard from Thomas Garthwaite, M.D., Acting Under 
Secretary, Health, Veterans Health Administration, Department of 
Veterans Affairs; Janet Heinrich, Associate Director, Health Financing 
and Public Health Issues, GAO; and public witnesses.
OVERSIGHT
Committee on Commerce: Subcommittee on Telecommunications, Trade, and 
Consumer Protection held an oversight hearing on The White House, the 
Networks, and TV Censorship. Testimony was heard from Donald R. Vereen, 
Jr., M.D., Deputy Director, Office of National Drug Control Policy; and 
public witnesses.
INNOVATIVE EDUCATION--PROVIDING FLEXIBILITY
Committee on Education and the Workforce: Subcommittee on Early 
Childhood, Youth, and Families held a hearing on Title VI: Providing 
Flexibility for Innovative Education. Testimony was heard from Valerie 
Woodruff, Acting Secretary of Education, Department of Education, State 
of Delaware; and public witnesses.

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OVERSIGHT--ADA'S APPLICABILITY TO PRIVATE INTERNET SITES
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on the Constitution held an 
oversight hearing on the Applicability of the Americans with 
Disabilities Act to Private Internet Sites. Testimony was heard from 
public witnesses.
OVERSIGHT--ALASKA PUBLIC LANDS ACCESS; CRAIG MUNICIPAL EQUITY ACT
Committee on Resources: Held an oversight hearing on issues and 
controversies relating to access across conservation systems lands and 
other public lands in Alaska under the Alaska National Interest Lands 
Conservation Act. Testimony was heard from Donald J. Barry, Assistant 
Secretary, Fish and Wildlife and Parks, Department of the Interior; and 
public witnesses.
  The Committee also held a hearing on H.R. 3182, Craig Municipal 
Equity Act of 1999. Testimony was heard from Jack Craven, Director of 
Lands, Forest Service, USDA; and Dennis Watson, Mayor, Craig, Alaska.
SHRINKING WORKFORCE ENDANGERS AMERICA'S SMALL BUSINESSES; SKILLED 
WORKFORCE ENHANCEMENT ACT
Committee on Small Business: Held a hearing on Shrinking Workforce 
Endangers America's Small Businesses: Examining the Need for the 
Skilled Workforce Enhancement Act, focusing on H.R. 1824, Skilled 
Workforce Enhancement Act of 1999. Testimony was heard from Senator 
DeWine; and public witnesses.
FISCAL YEAR 2001--AGENCY BUDGETS AND PRIORITIES
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure: Subcommittee on Water 
Resources and Environment held a hearing on Agency Budgets and 
Priorities for Fiscal year 2001. Testimony was heard from Joseph W. 
Westphal, Assistant Secretary, Army (Civil Works), Corps of Engineers; 
the following officials of the EPA: J. Charles Fox, Assistant 
Administrator, Water; and Timothy Fields, Jr., Assistant Administrator, 
Solid Waste and Emergency Response; the following officials of the TVA: 
Kate J. Jackson, Executive Vice President, Resource Group; and David N. 
Smith, CFO; Danny D. Sells, Associate Chief, Natural Resources 
Conservation Service, USDA; and Sally J. Yozell, Deputy Assistant 
Secretary, Oceans and Atmosphere, NOAA, Department of Commerce.
ADMINISTRATION'S FISCAL YEAR 2001 BUDGET
Committee on Ways and Means: Held a hearing on the Administration's 
Fiscal Year 2001 budget. Testimony was heard from Lawrence H. Summers, 
Secretary of the Treasury.