[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 20 (Tuesday, February 13, 2001)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D120-D121]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
MONETARY POLICY REPORT
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded 
oversight hearings to examine the first Monetary Policy Report for 
2001, after receiving testimony from Alan Greenspan, Chairman, Board of 
Governors of the Federal Reserve System.
BUDGET OUTLOOK AND TAX POLICY
Committee on the Budget: Committee concluded hearings to examine the 
budget outlook and tax policy issues, including the Administration's 
tax cut proposal, the projected budget surpluses, and the effects of 
high marginal tax rates, after receiving testimony from Kevin A. 
Hassett, American Enterprise Institute, and William G. Gale and Gene B. 
Sperling, both of Brookings Institution, all of Washington, D.C.; and 
Martin Feldstein, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts.

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AIRLINE CUSTOMER SERVICE
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded 
hearings to examine the Department of Transportation Inspector 
General's final report on airline customer service, after receiving 
testimony from Kenneth M. Mead, Inspector General, and Robin K. Hunt, 
Director, Aviation Security and Infrastructure, both of the Department 
of Transportation; and Carol B. Hallett, Air Transport Association of 
America, Washington, D.C.
NOMINATION
Committee on Governmental Affairs: Committee concluded hearings on the 
nomination of Joe M. Allbaugh, of Texas, to be Director of the Federal 
Emergency Management Agency, after the nominee, who was introduced by 
Senators Gramm and Hutchison, testified and answered questions in his 
own behalf.
NURSING SHORTAGE
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Subcommittee on 
Aging concluded hearings to examine the impact of the current nurse 
staffing shortage on America's health care delivery system, after 
receiving testimony from Georges C. Benjamin, Maryland Department of 
Health and Mental Hygiene, and Kathryn Hall, Maryland Nurses 
Association, on behalf of the American Nurses Association and Maryland 
Colleagues in Caring Project, both of Baltimore; Dianne Anderson, Glens 
Falls Hospital, Glens Falls, New York, on behalf of the American 
Organization of Nurse Executives; Linda C. Hodges, University of 
Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock; and Brandon Melton, 
Catholic Health Initiatives, Denver, Colorado, on behalf of the 
American Hospital Association.