[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 116 (Tuesday, September 26, 2000)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D969-D970]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
HUD MANAGEMENT
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on Housing 
and Transportation concluded hearings to examine management challenges 
facing the Department of Housing and Urban Development, and whether reform 
efforts have demonstrated real and sustainable results, after receiving 
testimony from Saul Ramirez, Deputy Secretary, and Susan M. Gaffney, 
Inspector General, both of the Department of Housing and Urban Development;

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Stanley J. Czerwinski, Associate Director, Housing and Community Development 
Issues, Resources, Community, and Economic Development Division, General 
Accounting Office; Mayor Donald L. Plusquellic, Akron, Ohio; Maurice O. 
McTigue, George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia; and Virginia L. Thomas, 
The Heritage Foundation, Washington, D.C.
AMTRAK
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded 
oversight hearings to examine the National Railroad Passenger Corporation's 
(AMTRAK) financial performance and requirements, and a related proposal to 
allow a credit to holders of qualified bonds issued by Amtrak, after 
receiving testimony from Senator Allard; Kenneth M. Mead, Inspector General, 
Department of Transportation; Phyllis F. Scheinberg, Associate Director, 
Transportation Issues, General Accounting Office; Wisconsin Governor Tommy 
Thompson, Madison, on behalf of the AMTRAK Reform Board; Gilbert E. 
Carmichael, AMTRAK Reform Council, Washington, D.C.; Mayor Timothy M. Kaine, 
Richmond, Virginia; and Joseph Vranich, Irvine, California.
HEATING AND TRANSPORTATION FUELS
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded oversight 
hearings to examine the current status and winter outlook of the current 
crude oil, heating and transportation fuel markets, Energy Information 
Administration's short-term forecast for these markets, and energy price 
prospects, after receiving testimony from Bill Richardson, Secretary, and 
Mark J. Mazur, Acting Administrator, Energy Information Administration, both 
of the Department of Energy; Paul Vermylen, Meenan Oil Co., Syosset, New 
York, on behalf of the Independent Fuel Terminal Operators Association; John 
J. Huber, Petroleum Marketers Association of America, Arlington, Virginia; 
John C. Felmy, American Petroleum Institute, and Lee Fuller, Independent 
Petroleum Association of America, both of Washington, D.C.; and Laurence W. 
Downes, New Jersey Resources Corporation, Wall, on behalf of the American 
Gas Association.
SMALL COMMUNITIES EPA IMPROVEMENTS
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee concluded hearings on 
S. 1763, to amend the Solid Waste Disposal Act to reauthorize the Office of 
Ombudsman of the Environmental Protection Agency, S. 1915, to enhance the 
services provided by the Environmental Protection Agency to small 
communities that are attempting to comply with national, State, and local 
environmental regulations, S. 2296, to provide grants for special 
environmental assistance for the regulation of communities and habitat 
(SEARCH) to small communities, and S. 2800, to require the Administrator of 
the Environmental Protection Agency to establish an integrated environmental 
reporting system, after receiving testimony from Senator Allard; Diane E. 
Thompson, Associate Administrator for Congressional and Intergovernmental 
Relations, Environmental Protection Agency; George Dana Bisbee, New 
Hampshire Department of Environmental Services, Concord, on behalf of the 
Environmental Council of the States; Jeremiah D. Baumann, U.S. Public 
Interest Research Group, Washington, D.C.; Deborah Spaar Sanchez, Overland 
Neighborhood Environmental Watch, Denver, Colorado; Kenneth Bruzelius, 
Midwest Assistance Program, Inc., New Prague, Minnesota; B. Roy Prescott, 
Jerome County Board of Commissioners, Jerome, Idaho; and Benjamin Y. Cooper, 
Printing Industries of America, Inc., Alexandria, Virginia.
U.S. FOREIGN POLICY
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded hearings to examine 
United States foreign policy at the end of the current administration, after 
receiving testimony from Madeleine K. Albright, Secretary of State.
WEN HO LEE INVESTIGATION
Committee on the Judiciary/Select Committee on Intelligence: Committees 
concluded joint oversight hearings to examine certain decisions that were 
made in the investigation and prosecution of the Wen Ho Lee case, after 
receiving testimony from Janet Reno, Attorney General, and Louis J. Freeh, 
Director, Federal Bureau of Investigation, both of the Department of 
Justice; Norman Bay, United States Attorney for the District of New Mexico; 
and T.J. Glauthier, Deputy Secretary of Energy.
FOOD AND BIOTECHNOLOGY
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee concluded 
hearings to examine issues related to biotechnology and genetically 
engineered food, and the measures needed to ensure consumer safety and 
confidence with respect to these food products, after receiving testimony 
from Senators Boxer and Bond; Joseph A. Levitt, Director, Center for Food 
Safety and Applied Nutrition, Food and Drug Administration, Department of 
Health and Human Services; Bruce R. Stillings, Food and Agriculture 
Consultants, Inc., on behalf of the Institute of Food Technologists, and 
Michael J. Phillips, Biotechnology Industry Organization, both of 
Washington, D.C.; Vern Grubinger, University of Vermont Center for 
Sustainable Agriculture, Brattleboro; and Michael K. Hansen, Consumers 
Union, Yonkers, New York.