[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 12 (Tuesday, January 30, 2001)]
[Daily Digest]
[Page D44]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
COMMISSION ON 21ST CENTURY PRODUCTION AGRICULTURE REPORT
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: Committee concluded 
hearings on the Report from the Commission on 21st Century Production 
Agriculture, outlining the recommendations of the Commission with 
regard to the role of the Federal Government in support of production 
agriculture in the future, recent key developments in farm policy, and 
the current state of the farm economy, after receiving testimony from 
Keith Collins, Chief Economist, Department of Agriculture; and Barry L. 
Flinchbaugh, Kansas State University, Manhattan, on behalf of the 
Commission on 21st Century Production Agriculture, who was accompanied 
by several of his associates.
U.S. ECONOMY SECTOR ANALYSIS
Committee on the Budget: Committee concluded hearings to examine how 
ongoing developments in the financial, agricultural, and energy sectors 
will impact the domestic economic outlook, after receiving testimony 
from James E. Glassman, JP Morgan Chase and Company, New York, New 
York; Robert E. Young II, Food and Agricultural Policy Research 
Institute, Columbia, Missouri; Matthew R. Simmons, Simmons and Company 
International, Houston, Texas; and Peter S. Fox-Penner, The Brattle 
Group, Inc., Washington, D.C.
NOMINATION
Committee on Finance: Committee concluded hearings on the nomination of 
Robert B. Zoellick, of Virginia, to be United States Trade 
Representative, after the nominee, who was introduced by Senators 
Warner and Allen and Congressman James Moran, testified and answered 
questions in his own behalf.
NOMINATION
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee ordered favorably reported the 
nomination of John Ashcroft, of Missouri, to be Attorney General of the 
United States.