[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 18 (Thursday, February 24, 2000)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D117-D118]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
APPROPRIATIONS--TRANSPORTATION
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Transportation and Related 
Agencies concluded hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal 
year 2001 for the Department of Transportation, focusing on safety 
initiatives, after receiving testimony from Vice Adm. James C. Card, 
Commandant, United States Coast Guard, Rosalyn G. Millman, Acting 
Administrator, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Kelley 
S. Coyner, Administrator, Research and Special Programs Administration, 
and Jolene M. Molitoris, Administrator, Federal Railroad 
Administration, all of the Department of Transportation.
COLUMBIA SUPPLEMENTAL REQUEST
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittees on Foreign Operations, 
Defense, and Military Construction concluded joint hearings on a 
proposed supplemental request to assist the Government of Columbia in 
its counter-narcotics efforts, after receiving testimony from Thomas R. 
Pickering, Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs; Gen. Charles 
Wilhelm, Commander in Chief, U.S. Southern Command; Luis A. Moreno, 
Colombian Ambassador to the United States; Oswaldo Antezana, Bolivia 
Minister of Agriculture, La Paz; Ramon Jimenez, Ecuador Attorney 
General, Quito; and Robin Kirk, Human Rights Watch, New York, New York.
APPROPRIATIONS--COMMERCE
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State, 
and the Judiciary concluded hearings on proposed budget estimates for 
fiscal year 2001 for the Department of Commerce, after receiving 
testimony from William M. Daley, Secretary of Commerce.
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Personnel concluded 
hearings on proposed legislation authorizing funds for fiscal year 2001 
for the Department of Defense and the future years defense program, 
focusing on recruiting and retention practices, after receiving 
testimony from Alphonso Maldon, Jr., Assistant Secretary of Defense for 
Force Management Policy; Lt. Gen. David H. Ohle, USA, Deputy Chief of 
Staff for Personnel; Vice Adm. Norbert R. Ryan Jr., USN, Chief of Naval 
Personnel; Lt. Gen. Jack W. Klimp, USMC, Deputy Chief of Staff for 
Manpower and Reserve Affairs; Lt. Gen. Donald L. Peterson, USAF, Deputy 
Chief of Staff for Personnel; Maj. Gen. Evan R. Gaddis, USA, Commander, 
United States Army Recruiting Command; Rear Adm. Barbara E. McGann, 
USN, Commander, United States Navy Recruiting Command; Maj. Gen. Garry 
L. Parks, USMC, Commander, United States Marine Corps Recruiting 
Command; and Brig. Gen. Peter U. Sutton, USAF, Commander, United States 
Air Force Recruiting Service.
HUD COMMUNITY BUILDERS
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on 
Housing and Transportation concluded oversight hearings on the 
implementation of HUD's Community Builders' Program, focusing on hiring 
procedures and practices, after receiving testimony from Senator Bond; 
Saul Ramirez, Deputy Secretary, D. Michael Beard, District Inspector 
General for Audit, Southwest District, and Irene H. Facha, Regional 
Vice President for the Mid-Atlantic, HUD Council of Locals 222, on 
behalf of the American Federation of Government Employees, all of the 
Department of Housing and Urban Development.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded 
hearings on the nominations of Kathryn Shaw, of Pennsylvania, to be a 
Member of the Council of Economic Advisers, and Jay Johnson, of 
Wisconsin, to be Director of the Mint, Department of the Treasury, 
after the nominees testified and answered questions in their own 
behalf. Mr. Johnson was introduced by Senators Kohl and Feingold.
FUEL PRICES
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded hearings 
to examine energy supply and demand issues relating to crude oil, 
heating oil, and transportation fuels in light of recent price 
escalations, after receiving testimony from John Cook, Petroleum 
Division Director, Energy Information Administration, Department of 
Energy; James R. Schlesinger, Lehman Brothers, and Jerry Jordan, 
Independent Petroleum Association of America, both of Washington, D.C.; 
Adam E. Sieminski, Deutsche Bank Alex. Brown, Baltimore, Maryland; 
Walter B. McCormick, Jr., American Trucking Associations, Alexandria, 
Virginia; Gordon Regan, AmeriGas Propane, Inc., Valley Forge, 
Pennsylvania, on behalf of the National Propane Gas Association; F. 
William Valentino, New York State Energy Research and Development 
Authority, Albany; and Gary D. Lauderdale, Houston, Texas, on behalf of 
the Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Corporation.

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MINERAL LEASING
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Subcommittee on Forests and 
Public Land Management held hearings on S. 1722 and H.R. 3063, bills to 
amend the Mineral Leasing Act to increase the maximum acreage of Federal 
leases for sodium that may be held by an entity in any one State, and S. 
1950, to amend the Mineral Leasing Act of 1920 to ensure the orderly 
development of coal, coalbed methane, natural gas, and oil in the Powder 
River Basin, Wyoming and Montana, receiving testimony from Senator Enzi; 
John Northington, Senior Advisor to the Director, Bureau of Land Management, 
Department of the Interior; Terry O'Connor, Arch Coal, Inc., St. Louis, 
Missouri, on behalf of the National Mining Association; Vernon A. Isaacs, 
Jr., Rim Operating, Inc., Denver, Colorado, on behalf of the Independent 
Petroleum Association of Mountain States; Robert Ugland, Wyoming Business 
Council, Cheyenne; Thomas A. Dugan, Dugan Production Corporation, 
Farmington, New Mexico, on behalf of the Independent Petroleum Association 
of America and the Independent Petroleum Association of New Mexico; Byron F. 
Oedekoven, Gillette, Wyoming, on behalf of the Coalbed Methane Ad Hoc 
Committee; John M. Corra, FMC Wyoming Corporation, Green River, on behalf of 
the Wyoming Mining Association and the Wyoming Soda Ash Producers; and 
Douglas D. Gardner, American Natural Soda Ash Corporation, West Point, 
Connecticut.
  Hearings recessed subject to call.
ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS BUDGET
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Subcommittee on Transportation 
and Infrastructure concluded hearings on the President's proposed budget 
request for fiscal year 2001 for the Army Corps of Engineers, focusing on 
the Civil Works Program, after receiving testimony from Joseph W. Westphal, 
Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works, and Lt. Gen. Joe N. 
Ballard, Chief of Engineers and Commanding Officer, both of the Army Corps 
of Engineers.
MEDICARE REFORM
Committee on Finance: Committee held hearings to examine Medicare reform 
proposals, focusing on cost containment and expanded benefits, including S. 
1895, to amend the Social Security Act to preserve and improve the Medicare 
program, receiving testimony from David M. Walker, Comptroller General of 
the United States, General Accounting Office; and Robert D. Reischauer, 
Urban Institute, Beatrice Braun, on behalf of the American Association of 
Retired Persons, Robert R. Waller, on behalf of The Healthcare Leadership 
Council, and Robert L. Bixby, on behalf of the Concord Coalition, all of 
Washington, D.C.
  Hearings recessed subject to call.
AFRICA AIDS CRISIS
Committee on Foreign Relations: Subcommittee on African Affairs concluded 
hearings to examine the AIDS epidemic in Africa, and a related measure, S. 
2026, to amend the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to authorize 
appropriations for HIV/AIDS efforts, after receiving testimony from Senators 
Kerry, Boxer, and Durbin; David Satcher, Surgeon General and Assistant 
Secretary of Health and Human Services for Health; Sandra L. Thurman, 
Director, Office of National AIDS Policy; Jeffrey Sachs, Harvard University 
Institute for International Development, Cambridge, Massachusetts; Harvey E. 
Bale, Jr., International Federation of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers 
Associations, Geneva, Switzerland; Father Angelo D'Agostino, Nyumbani 
Orphanage, Nairobi, Kenya; and Rev. Franklin Graham, Samaritan's Purse, 
Boone, North Carolina
DAY TRADING
Committee on Governmental Affairs: Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations 
held hearings to examine the practices of the day trading industry and its 
risks to investors, receiving testimony from Deborah M. Field, Counsel, 
Division of Enforcement, Securities and Exchange Commission; Huan Van Cao, 
Providential Securities, Fountain Valley, California; Fred Zayas, Watertown, 
Massachusetts, and Barry Parish, San Diego, California, both of All-Tech 
Direct; Justin Hoehn, Momentum Securities, Atlanta, Georgia; Alyce Wenzel, 
Huntley, Illinois; Steve Buchwalter, Encino, California; Carmen Margala, 
Oceanside, California; and Sandra Harlacher, San Diego, California.
  Hearings will continue tomorrow.
INTELLIGENCE
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee held closed hearings on 
intelligence matters, receiving testimony from officials of the intelligence 
community.
  Committee will meet again on Tuesday, February 29.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee ordered favorably reported S. 2042, to 
reform the process by which the Office of the Pardon Attorney investigates 
and reviews potential exercises of executive clemency, with amendments.
SBA BUDGET
Committee on Small Business: Committee concluded hearings on the President's 
proposed budget request for fiscal year 2001 for the Small Business 
Administration, after receiving testimony from Aida Alvarez, Administrator, 
Small Business Administration.