[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 89 (Wednesday, July 12, 2000)] [Daily Digest] [Pages D727-D728] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] Committee Meetings (Committees not listed did not meet) ANTHRAX VACCINE Committee on Armed Services: Committee held hearings to examine the threat, effectiveness, safety, and supply of the Department of Defense Anthrax Vaccine Immunization Program and the Food and Drug Administration role with respect to the regulation of the vaccine, receiving testimony from Rudy de Leon, Deputy Secretary, Adm. J. Jarrett Clinton, USPHS, First Assistant to the Assistant Secretary for Health Affairs, Maj. Gen. Randall L. West, Senior Advisor to the Deputy Secretary for Chemical and Biological Protection, Anna Johnson-Winegar, Deputy Assistant to the Secretary for Chemical and Biological Defense, David Oliver, Principal Deputy Secretary for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics, and Robert J. Lieberman, Assistant Inspector General for Auditing, all of the Department of Defense; and Kathryn C. Zoon, Director, Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, Food and Drug Administration, Department of Health and Human Services. Hearings recessed subject to call. DISABLED CHILDREN MEDICAID COVERAGE Committee on the Budget: Committee concluded hearings on certain provisions of S. 2274, to amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to provide families and disabled children with the opportunity to purchase coverage under the Medicaid program for such children, after receiving testimony from Senator Kennedy; Representative Sessions; William J. Scanlon, Director, Health Financing and Public Health Issues, Health, Education, and Human Services Division, General Accounting Office; Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee, Little Rock; David Alexander, Raymond Blank Children's Hospital, Des Moines, Iowa; Gordon Fay, Montgomery, Alabama; Rebecca Eichhorn, Newberg, Oregon; and Tanya Baker-McCue, Albuquerque, New Mexico. NOMINATIONS Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded hearings on the nominations of Francisco J. Sanchez, of Florida, to be an Assistant Secretary of Transportation, and Katherine Milner Anderson, of Virginia, Frank Henry Cruz, of California, Kenneth Y. Tomlinson, of Virginia, and Ernest J. Wilson III, of Maryland, each to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, after the nominees testified and answered questions in their own behalf. Mr. Sanchez was introduced by Senator Graham. UNITED NATIONS IN AFRICA Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded hearings to examine the United Nations policy in Africa, focusing on future peace, prosperity and freedom, after receiving testimony from Richard C. Holbrooke, United States Permanent Representative to the United Nations; William Franklin Graham III, Samaritan's Purse, Boone, North Carolina; and Eric G. Berman, Belmont, Massachusetts. BIOTECHNOLOGY IN COMBATING POVERTY AND HUNGER Committee on Foreign Relations: Subcommittee on International Economic Policy, Export and Trade Promotion concluded hearings to examine the role of biotechnology in combating hunger and poverty in developing countries, after receiving testimony from David B. Sandalow, Assistant Secretary of State for Bureau of Oceans, Environment and Science; Andrew Young, GoodWorks International, Atlanta, Georgia; Roger N. Beachy, Donald Danforth Plant Science [[Page D728]] Center, St. Louis, Missouri; Brian Halweil, Worldwatch Institute, Washington, D.C. NOMINATIONS Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded hearings on the nominations of Glenn A. Fine, of Maryland, to be Inspector General, Department of Justice, Dennis M. Cavanaugh, to be United States District Judge for the District of New Jersey, and James S. Moody, Jr., Gregory A. Presnell, and John E. Steele, each to be a United States District Judge for the Middle District of Florida, after the nominees testified and answered questions in their own behalf. Mr. Cavanaugh was introduced by Senators Lautenberg and Torricelli, Mr. Moody, Mr. Presnell, and Mr. Steele, were introduced by Senators Mack and Graham, and Representative McCollum. IDENTITY THEFT Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Technology, Terrorism, and Government Information concluded hearings on preventing criminals from using technology to prey upon society, focusing on identity theft prevention measures and the implementation of the Identity Theft and Assumption Deterrence Act (Pub. Law 105-318), after receiving testimony from Jodie Bernstein, Director of the Bureau of Consumer Protection, Federal Trade Commission; James G. Huse, Jr., Inspector General of Social Security, Social Security Administration; Beth Givens, Privacy Rights Clearinghouse, San Diego, California; Steven M. Emmert, Reed Elsevier, Inc., on behalf of Lexis-Nexis and Individual Reference Services Group, and Stuart K. Pratt, Associated Credit Bureaus, Inc., both of Washington, D.C, and Michelle Brown, Los Angeles, California. NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee concluded hearings on proposed legislation authorizing funds for the National Science Foundation, focusing on its role in and contribution to our nation's mathematics, science and engineering research, and math and science education, after receiving testimony from Rita R. Colwell, Director, National Science Foundation; Douglas E. Harris, Vermont Institute for Science, Math, and Technology, Montpelier; Dennis M. Bartels, San Francisco Exploratorium Center for Teaching and Learning, San Francisco, California; Daniel L. Goroff, Harvard University Derek Bok Center for Teaching and Learning, and Charles M. Vest, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, both of Cambridge, Massachusetts; Joseph G. Danek, Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research Foundation, Washington, D.C.; and Steven J. Wallach, Chiaro Networks, Richardson, Texas. RISK MANAGEMENT AND TORT LIABILITY Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee concluded oversight hearings on certain reports on the extent and degree of liability insurance Tribal governments have in order to provide compensation for people injured as a result of accidents or torts committed by Tribal employees, after receiving testimony from Barry T. Hill, Associate Director, Energy, Resources, and Science Issues, Resources, Community, and Economic Development Division, General Accounting Office; Ethan M. Posner, Deputy Associate Attorney General, Department of Justice; Michael J. Anderson, Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Interior for Indian Affairs; and Michael Willis, Hobbs, Straus, Dean and Walker, Washington, D.C., on behalf of Bristol Bay Area Health Corporation.