[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 102 (Wednesday, September 6, 2000)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D864-D865]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
FIRESTONE TIRE RECALL
Committee on Commerce: Subcommittee on Telecommunications, Trade, and 
Consumer Protection and the Subcommittee on Oversight and 
Investigations held a joint hearing on the recent Firestone tire recall 
action, focusing on the action as it pertains to relevant Ford 
vehicles. Testimony was heard from Sue Bailey, Administrator, National 
Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Department of Transportation; 
Masatoshi Ono, CEO, Bridgestone/Firestone, Inc.; Jacques Nasser, 
President and CEO, Ford Motor Company; and public witnesses.
INNOVATIONS IN AMERICAN GOVERNMENT
Committee on Government Reform: Subcommittee on Government Management, 
Information, and Technology held a hearing on Innovations in American 
Government: Are There Lessons to be Learned? Testimony was heard from 
Allan Klein, Administrative Law Judge, Government Innovations and 
Cooperation Board, State of Minnesota; Jessica McDonald, Director, 
Department of Children and Family Services, State of Illinois; and 
public witnesses.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on the Constitution held a 
hearing on the following bills: H.R. 5018, Electronic Communications 
Privacy Act of 2000; H.R. 4987, Digital Privacy Act of 2000; and H.R. 
4908, Notice of Electronic Monitoring Act. Testimony was heard from 
Senator Schumer; Kevin DiGregory, Deputy Associate Attorney General, 
Department of Justice; and public witnesses.
U.S. HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL MUSEUM AUTHORIZATION
Committee on Rules: Granted, by voice vote, an open rule providing one 
hour of general debate on H.R. 4115, to authorize appropriations for 
the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum, equally divided between

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the chairman and ranking minority member of the Committee on Resources. 
The rule waives all points of order against consideration of the bill. 
The rule makes in order the Committee on Resources amendment in the 
nature of a substitute, now printed in the bill, as an original bill 
for the purpose of amendment, which shall be open for amendment at any 
point. The rule waives all points of order against the committee 
amendment in the nature of a substitute. The rule authorizes the Chair 
to accord priority in recognition to Members who have pre-printed their 
amendments in the Congressional Record. The rule allows the Chairman of 
the Committee of the Whole to postpone votes during consideration of 
the bill, and to reduce voting time to five minutes on a postponed 
question if the vote follows a fifteen minute vote. Finally, the rule 
provides one motion to recommit with or without instructions. Testimony 
was heard from Representatives Hansen and Cannon.