[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 81 (Friday, June 23, 2000)]
[Daily Digest]
[Page D654]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
DOE PROGRAM--DEVELOP PERMANENT GEOLOGIC REPOSITORY
Committee on Commerce: Subcommittee on Energy and Power held a hearing 
to examine the status of the Department of Energy program to develop a 
permanent geologic repository at Yucca Mountain, Nevada for spent 
nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive waste. Testimony was heard from 
Representatives Gibbons and Berkley; Ivan Itkin, Director, Office of 
Civilian Radioactive Waste Management, Department of Energy; Carl 
Paperiello, Deputy Executive Director, Materials Research and State 
Programs, NRC; Steve Page, Director, Office of Radiation, EPA; Debra S. 
Knopman, member, U.S. Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board; and a 
public witness.
COMBATING MONEY LAUNDERING
Committee on Government Reform: Subcommittee on Criminal Justice, Drug 
Policy and Human Resources held a hearing on Combating Money Laundering 
Worldwide. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the 
Department of the Treasury: William F. Wechsler, Special Advisor to the 
Secretary and Deputy Secretary for Money Laundering; James F. Sloan, 
Director, Financial Crimes Enforcement Network; and James C. Varrone, 
Acting Deputy Assistant Commissioner, Office of Investigations, U.S. 
Customs Service; the following officials of the Department of Justice: 
Mary Lee Warren, Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Criminal Division; 
and Edward M. Guillen, Chief, Financial Operations Section, DEA; and 
public witnesses.
OVERSIGHT--AIRLINE INDUSTRY--STATE OF COMPETITION
Committee on the Judiciary: Concluded oversight hearings on the State 
of Competition in the Airline Industry: Part 2. Testimony was heard 
from Tom Walker, Commissioner, Department of Aviation, Chicago, 
Illinois; and public witnesses.