[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 37 (Tuesday, March 20, 2001)]
[Daily Digest]
[Page D237]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
LABOR, HHS, AND EDUCATION APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human 
Services and Education continued appropriation hearings. Testimony was 
heard from public witnesses.
  Hearings continue tomorrow.
OVERSIGHT--ELECTRICITY MARKETS: CALIFORNIA
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Energy and Air 
Quality held an oversight hearing on Electricity Markets: California. 
Testimony was heard from the following officials of the Federal Energy 
and Regulatory Commission, Department of Energy: Curtis I. Hebert, Jr., 
Chairman; and William L. Massey and Linda K. Breathitt, both 
Commissioners.
  Hearings continue March 22.
SINGLE-FAMILY MUTUAL MORTGAGE INSURANCE FUND--FINANCIAL HEALTH
Committee on Financial Services: Subcommittee on Housing and Community 
Opportunities held a hearing on the Financial Health of the Federal 
Housing Administration's Single-Family Mutual Mortgage Insurance Fund. 
Testimony was heard from Thomas J. McCool, Managing Director, Financial 
Markets and Community Investment, GAO; Susan Gaffney, Inspector 
General, Department of Housing and Urban Development; and Marvin Phaup, 
Deputy Assistant Director, CBO.
NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL DIETARY SUPPLEMENT REGULATION--STATUS
Committee on Government Reform: Held a hearing on Six Years After the 
Enactment of DSHEA: The Status of National and International Dietary 
Supplement Regulation and Research. Testimony was heard from 
Representative Pallone; the following officials of the FDA, Department 
of Health and Human Services: Joseph Levitt, Director, Center for Food 
Safety and Applied Nutrition; and Elizabeth Yetley, U.S. Delegate to 
the CODEX Alimentarius Commission on Nutrition and Foods for Special 
Dietary Uses; and public witnesses.
MOTION TO SUSPEND THE RULES
Committee on Rules: Granted, by voice vote, a resolution providing that 
certain suspensions will be in order at any time on the legislative day 
of Wednesday, March 21, 2001, or Thursday, March 22, 2001.
TORNADO SHELTERS ACT
Committee on Rules: Granted, by voice vote, an open rule providing one 
hour of debate on H.R. 247, Tornado Shelters Act. The rule provides 
that it shall be in order to consider as an original bill for the 
purpose of amendment the amendment in the nature of a substitute 
printed in the Congressional Record and numbered 1. The rule provides 
that the amendment in the nature of a substitute shall be open for 
amendment at any point. The rule allows the Chairman of the Committee 
of the Whole to accord priority in recognition to Members who have 
preprinted their amendments in the Congressional Record. Finally, the 
rule provides one motion to recommit with or without instructions. 
Testimony was heard from Chairman Oxley and Representatives Bachus and 
Frank.
MEDICARE SOLVENCY
Committee on Ways and Means: Held a hearing on Medicare Solvency. 
Testimony was heard from Richard S. Foster, Chief Actuary, Health Care 
Financing Administration, Department of Health and Human Services and 
Dan L. Crippen, Director, CBO.

Joint Meetings
SOCIAL SECURITY AND MEDICARE TRUSTEES REPORTS
Joint Hearing: Senate Committee on Finance concluded joint hearings 
with the House Committee on Ways and Means to examine the 2001 Social 
Security and Medicare Trustees Reports, after receiving testimony from 
Paul H. O'Neill, Secretary of the Treasury.