[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 7 (Monday, January 22, 2001)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D23-D24]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
NOMINATION
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: On Thursday, January 
18, Committee concluded hearings on the nomination of Ann Margaret 
Veneman, of California, to be Secretary of Agriculture, after the 
nominee, who was introduced by Senators Feinstein and Boxer and 
Representative Dreier, testified and answered questions in her own 
behalf.
NOMINATION
Committee on Armed Services: On Thursday, January 11, Committee 
concluded hearings on the nomination of Donald Henry Rumsfeld, of 
Illinois, to be Secretary of Defense, after the nominee, who was 
introduced by Senators Fitzgerald and Durbin, testified and answered 
questions in his own behalf.
NOMINATION
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: On Monday, January 
22, Committee ordered favorably reported the nomination of Melquiades 
Rafael Martinez, of Florida, to be Secretary of Housing and Urban 
Development.
  On Wednesday, January 17, Committee concluded hearings on the 
nomination of Melquiades Rafael Martinez, after the nominee, who was 
introduced by Senators Graham and Bill Nelson, testified and answered 
questions in his own behalf.
FINAL BUDGET REPORT
Committee on the Budget: On Friday, January 19, Committee concluded 
hearings to review the former Administration's final report on the 
budget and the economy, including a review of fiscal years 1994-2001, 
and fiscal year 2002 baseline projections and economic outlook, after 
receiving testimony from Jacob J. Lew, Director, Office of Management 
and Budget.

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NOMINATION
Committee on Environment and Public Works: On Wednesday, January 17, 
Committee concluded hearings on the nomination of Christine Todd 
Whitman, of New Jersey, to be Administrator of the Environmental 
Protection Agency, after the nominee, who was introduced by Senators 
Torricelli and Corzine and Representative Frelinghuysen, testified and 
answered questions in her own behalf.
NOMINATION
Committee on Foreign Relations: On Thursday, January 18, Committee 
ordered favorably reported (upon receipt by the Senate) the nomination 
of Colin Luther Powell, of Virginia, to be Secretary of State.
  On Wednesday, January 17, Committee concluded hearings on the 
nomination of Colin Luther Powell, after the nominee, who was 
introduced by Senators Warner and Allen, testified and answered 
questions in his own behalf.
UNITED NATIONS REFORM REPORT
Committee on Foreign Relations: On January 9, Committee concluded 
hearings to review the Report on United Nations Reform, after receiving 
testimony from Richard C. Holbrooke, U.S. Permanent Representative to 
the United Nations, who was accompanied by several of his associates.
NOMINATION
Committee on Governmental Affairs: On Friday, January 19, Committee 
concluded hearings on the nomination Mitchell E. Daniels, Jr., of 
Indiana, to be Director of the Office of Management and Budget, after 
the nominee, who was introduced by Senators Lugar and Bayh, testified 
and answered questions in his own behalf.
NOMINATION
Committee on the Judiciary: On Tuesday through Friday, January 16-19, 
Committee concluded hearings on the nomination of John Ashcroft, of 
Missouri, to be Attorney General of the United States, after the 
nominee, who was introduced by Senators Bond, Carnahan, Hutchison, 
Collins, and former Senator Danforth, testified and answered questions 
in his own behalf. Testimony was also received from Representatives 
Waters, Jackson-Lee, Clyburn, Hulshof, and Watts; Missouri Supreme 
Court Justice Ronnie White, Jefferson City; Edward D. Robertson, former 
Missouri Supreme Court Justice, Harriet Woods, former Missouri 
Lieutenant Governor, Jerry Hunter, former Missouri Secretary of Labor, 
David C. Mason, Circuit Judge, and B. T. Rice, New Horizons Seventh Day 
Christian Church, all of St. Louis; Kate Michelman, National Abortion 
and Reproductive Rights Action League, Marcia Greenberger, National 
Women's Law Center, Wade Henderson, Leadership Conference on Civil 
Rights, Robert Woodson, National Center for Neighborhood Enterprise, 
Bill Taylor, Citizens' Commission on Civil Rights, James M. Dunn, Wake 
Forest University, Michael Barnes, Handgun Control, and Kay James, 
Heritage Foundation, all of Washington, D.C.; Gloria Feldt, Planned 
Parenthood Federation of America, New York, New York; and Colleen 
Campbell, Memory of Victims Everywhere, San Juan Capistrano, 
California.
NOMINATION
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: On Wednesday, 
January 10, Committee concluded hearings on the nomination of Roderick 
R. Paige, of Texas, to be Secretary of Education, after the nominee, 
who was introduced by Representative Jackson-Lee, testified and 
answered questions in his own behalf.
NOMINATION
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: On Friday, January 
19, Committee concluded hearings on the nomination of Tommy G. 
Thompson, of Wisconsin, to be Secretary of Health and Human Services, 
after the nominee, who was introduced by Senators Kohl and Feingold and 
Donna E. Shalala, Secretary of Health and Human Services, testified and 
answered questions in his own behalf.
NOMINATION
Committee on Veterans' Affairs: On Thursday, January 18, Committee 
concluded hearings on the nomination of Anthony Joseph Principi, of 
California, to be Secretary of Veterans Affairs, after the nominee, who 
was introduced by Senator Boxer and Representative Dreier, testified 
and answered questions in his own behalf.