[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 26 (Thursday, March 1, 2001)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D161-D162]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
PRESIDENT'S BUDGET; TREASURY BUDGET PRIORITIES
Committee on the Budget: Held a hearing on the President's Budget for 
fiscal year 2002. Testimony was heard from Mitchell E. Daniels, Jr., 
Director, OMB.
  The Committee also held a hearing on the Department of the Treasury 
Budget Priorities for fiscal year 2002. Testimony was heard from Paul 
H. O'Neill, Secretary of the Treasury.
EDUCATION REFORM--STATE LEADERSHIP
Committee on Education and the Workforce: Held a hearing on State 
Leadership in Education Reform. Testimony was heard from Senator 
Carper; Tom Ridge, Governor, State of Pennsylvania; and Nancy S. 
Grasmick, Superintendent of Schools, Department of Education, State of 
Maryland.
PRIVACY IN THE COMMERCIAL WORLD
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade and 
Consumer Protection held a hearing on Privacy in the Commercial World, 
focusing on basic privacy questions. Testimony was heard from public 
witnesses.
PATIENTS FIRST
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Health and the 
Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations held a joint hearing on 
Patients First: A 21st Century Promise to Ensure Quality and Affordable 
Health Coverage, focusing on improving patients' access to new 
technologies in the Medicare program. Testimony was heard from the 
following officials of the Health Care Financing Administration, 
Department of Health and Human Services: Jeffrey Kang, Director, Office 
of Clinical Standards and Quality; and Mark Miller, Acting Director, 
Center for Health Plans and Providers; Murray N. Ross, Executive 
Director, Medicare Payment Advisory Commission; and public witnesses.
MARC RICH--CONTROVERSIAL PARDON
Committee on Government Reform: Continued hearings on ``The 
Controversial Pardon of International Fugitive Marc Rich--Day Two.'' 
Testimony was heard from the following former members of the White 
House staff: Jack Quinn, Counsel; Beth Nolan, Counsel; Bruce Lindsey, 
Assistant to the President and Deputy Counsel to the President; and 
John Podesta, Chief of Staff; and public witnesses.
  In refusing to testify, Beth Dozoretz, former Finance Chair, 
Democratic National Committee, invoked the Fifth Amendment.
COMMITTEE FUNDING
Committee on House Administration: Met to consider funding requests for 
the following Committees: House Administration; Agriculture; Resources; 
Science; Permanent Select Intelligence; Standards of Official Conduct; 
Financial Services; Transportation and Infrastructure; and Education 
and the Workforce.
  Will continue March 7.

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CONDUCTING DIPLOMACY IN A GLOBAL AGE
Committee on International Relations: Held a hearing on Conducting 
Diplomacy in a Global Age. Testimony was heard from the following 
officials of the Department of State: Marc Grossman, Director General, 
Foreign Service and Director, Human Resources; Marshall Adair, 
President, American Foreign Service Association; and Gary R. Galloway, 
Vice President, AFGE.
EARTHQUAKE IN INDIA
Committee on International Relations: Subcommittee on the Middle East 
and South Asia held a hearing on the Earthquake in India: the American 
Response. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the 
Department of State: Richard F. Celeste, Ambassador to India; Alan W. 
Eastham, Acting Assistant Secretary, South Asian Affairs; Walter North, 
Mission Director to India and Leonard M. Rogers, Acting Administrator, 
Humanitarian Response, both with AID; and public witnesses.
COAST GUARD BRIEFING; COMMITTEE ORGANIZATION
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure: Subcommittee on Coast 
Guard and Maritime Transportation received a briefing on Coast Guard 
expenditures. The Subcommittee was briefed by Capt. Robert J. Papp, 
Jr., USCG, Chief, Office of Congressional Affairs, U.S. Coast Guard, 
Department of Transportation.
  Prior to the briefing, the Subcommittee for organizational purposes.
ECONOMIC GROWTH AND TAX RELIEF ACT
Committee on Ways and Means: Ordered reported, as amended, H.R. 3, 
Economic Growth and Tax Relief Act of 2001.
COMMITTEE BUSINESS
Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence: Met in executive session to 
consider pending business.

Joint Meetings
VETERANS PROGRAMS
Joint Hearing: Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs concluded joint 
hearings with the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs to review the 
legislative recommendations of certain veterans organizations, after 
receiving testimony from Vincent B. Niski, Retired Enlisted 
Association, Rachel Clinkscale, Gold Star Wives, Charles L. Calkins, 
Fleet Reserve Association, and James D. Staton, Air Force Sergeants 
Association, all of Washington, D.C.