[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 67 (Thursday, May 25, 2000)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D531-D532]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
COMPETITION AND INNOVATION IN CREDIT CARD INDUSTRY
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on 
Financial Institutions concluded hearings on competition and innovation 
in the credit card industry at the consumer and network level, after 
receiving testimony from Philip J. Purcell, Morgan Stanley Dean Witter 
and Co., Harvey Golub, American Express, and Noah J. Hanft, MasterCard 
International Incorporated, all of New York, New York; Paul Allen, Visa 
U.S.A. Inc., Foster City, California; Frank Torres, III, Consumers 
Union, Washington, D.C.; and David S. Evans, National Economic Research 
Associates, Inc., Cambridge, Massachusetts.
INTERNET PRIVACY POLICIES
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee held 
hearings to examine a Federal Trade Commission report of Internet 
privacy policies issues, including collection and use of consumers' 
personal information by commercial sites on the World Wide Web, and 
begin the process of developing consensus about the best way to enable 
consumers to protect their privacy online, receiving testimony from 
Robert Pitofsky, Chairman, and Sheila F. Anthony, Mozelle W. Thompson, 
Orson Swindle, and Thomas B. Leary, all Commissioners, all of the 
Federal Trade Commission; Jill A. Lesser, America Online, Inc., 
Christine Varney, Hogan and Hartson, on behalf of the Online Privacy 
Alliance, and Jerry Berman, Center for Democracy and Technology, all of 
Washington, D.C.; Jason Catlett, Junkbusters Corporation, Green Brook, 
New Jersey; and Daniel J. Weitzner, World Wide Web Consortium, 
Cambridge, Massachusetts.
  Hearings recessed subject to call.
U.S. NATURAL GAS CONSUMPTION
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee held oversight 
hearings to examine the benefits of natural gas, including its natural 
abundance, clean-burning attributes, cost and efficiency advantages, 
and safe and reliable delivery, and the potential for a sharp increase 
of United States consumption over the next decade, receiving testimony 
from Jay E. Hakes, Administrator, Energy Information Administration, 
Department of Energy; William F. Martin, Washington Policy and 
Analysis, Washington, D.C.; Robert W. Best, Atmos Energy Corporation, 
Dallas, Texas, on behalf of the American Gas Association; Laurence M. 
Downes, New Jersey Resources Corporation, Wall, New Jersey, on behalf 
of the Distributed Power Coalition of America; and Paul C. Kerkhoven, 
Natural Gas Vehicle Coalition, Arlington, Virginia.
  Hearings recessed subject to call.
SNOWMOBILE PARK PROHIBITION
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Subcommittee on National 
Parks, Historic Preservation, and Recreation concluded oversight 
hearings to examine the status of planning efforts regarding the use of 
snowmobiles in Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks and on the 
recent decision by the Department of the Interior to prohibit 
snowmobile activities in other units of the National Park System, after 
receiving testimony from Donald J. Barry, Assistant Secretary of the 
Interior for Fish, Wildlife, and Parks; Kim Raap, Wyoming State Parks 
Department, Cheyenne; Mark Simonich, Montana Department of 
Environmental Quality, Helena; Chris Twoney, Arctic Cat, Inc., Thief 
River Falls, Minnesota, on behalf of the International Snowmobile 
Manufacturers Association; Sean Smith, Bluewater Network, San 
Francisco, California; Tim Wade, Park County Commission, Cody, Wyoming, 
on behalf of the Cooperating Counties in the Winter Use; Michael D. 
Scott, Greater Yellowstone Coalition, Bozeman, Montana, on behalf of 
the Wilderness Society and the Natural Resources Defense Council; Kevin 
Collins, National Parks Conservation Association, Washington, D.C.; 
Teri Manning, Wyoming State Snowmobile Association, Jackson Hole, 
Wyoming; and William Manson, Grand Rapids, Michigan, on behalf of the 
American Council of Snowmobile Associations, Inc.
BREAST CANCER SEMIPOSTAL STAMPS
Committee on Governmental Affairs: Subcommittee on International 
Security, Proliferation and Federal Services concluded hearings to 
examine the U.S. Postal Service campaign on the issuance of the Breast 
Cancer Research semipostal stamps, and the future of fund-raising 
stamps, after receiving testimony from Senators DeWine and Feinstein; 
Deborah K. Willhite, Senior Vice President, Government Relations and 
Public Policy, United States Postal Service; and Bernard L. Ungar, 
Director, Government Business Operations Issues, General Government 
Division, General Accounting Office.
INTERNET SECURITY AND PRIVACY
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded hearings to examine 
proposed legislation to enhance the protections of the Internet and the 
critical infrastructure of the United States, related to Internet 
security and privacy issues, and the development and implementation of 
public policies that advance these

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issues, after receiving testimony from Michael A. Vatis, Director, 
National Infrastructure Protection Center, Federal Bureau of 
Investigation, and James K. Robinson, Assistant Attorney General, 
Criminal Division, both of the Department of Justice; Bruce J. Heiman, 
Americans for Computer Privacy, Jeff B. Richards, Internet Alliance, 
and James X. Dempsey, Center for Democracy and Technology, all of 
Washington, D.C.; and Richard Pethia, Carnegie Mellon University 
Software Engineering Institute, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded hearings on the 
nominations of Daniel Marcus, of Maryland, to be Associate Attorney 
General, Department of Justice, Bonnie J. Campbell, of Iowa, to be 
United States Circuit Judge for the Eighth Circuit, Jay A. Garcia-
Gregory, to be United States District Judge for the District of Puerto 
Rico, Beverly B. Martin, to be United States District Judge for the 
Northern District of Georgia, and Laura Taylor Swain, to be United 
States District Judge for the Southern District of New York, after the 
nominees testified and answered questions in their own behalf. Mr. 
Marcus was introduced by Senator Sarbanes and Representative Morella, 
Ms. Campbell was introduced by Senators Grassley and Harkin, Mr. 
Garcia-Gregory was introduced by Resident Commissioner Carlos Romero-
Barcelo, Ms. Martin was introduced by Senators Coverdell and Cleland 
and Representative Chambliss, and Ms. Swain was introduced by Senator 
Schumer.
GENE THERAPY SAFETY
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Subcommittee on 
Public Health held hearings to examine safety of patients who 
participate in experimental gene therapy research and clinical trials, 
recent revelations regarding lapses in patient safety and compliance 
with federal regulations, and the need to strengthen our current 
federal oversight system, receiving testimony from William F. Raub, 
Deputy Assistant Secretary of Health and Human Services for Science 
Policy; Savio L. C. Woo, Mount Sinai School of Medicine Institute of 
Gene Therapy and Molecular Medicine, New York, New York, on behalf of 
the American Society of Gene Therapy; Pamela L. Zeitlin, Johns Hopkins 
Hospital Pediatric General Clinical Research Center, Baltimore, 
Maryland, on behalf of the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation; Lisa Raines, 
Genzyme Corporation, Cambridge, Massachusetts; and Thomas H. Murray, 
Hastings Center, Garrison, New York.
  Hearings recessed subject to call.