[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 38 (Wednesday, March 21, 2001)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D243-D244]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
NORTH ATLANTIC TREATY ORGANIZATION
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense concluded hearings 
to examine issues surrounding the status of certain North Atlantic 
Treaty Organization programs, meeting our national security interests, 
the need for infrastructure upgrades and replenishment, and funding 
needs to maintain readiness, continue engagement efforts, and quality 
of life sustainment, after receiving testimony from Gen. Joseph W. 
Ralston, USAF, Commander-in-Chief, United States European Command.
INSTALLATION READINESS
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Readiness and Management 
Support concluded hearings on proposed legislation authorizing funds 
for fiscal year 2002 for the Department of Defense and the Future Years 
Defense Program, focusing on installation readiness, after receiving 
testimony from Col. Gary W. Wright, USA, Director of Public Works, Fort 
Sill; Com. Sgt. Maj. Dennis E. Webster, USA, Com. Sgt. Major, III Corps 
and Fort Hood; Capt. Steven W. Johnson, USN, Commanding Officer, Navy 
Public Works Center; Com. Mst. Chief Kevin H. Licursi, USN, Navy Region 
Southwest; Lt. Col. Brian D. Yolitz, USAF, Commander, 20th Civil 
Engineer Squadron; Chief Mst. Sgt. Walter Poliansky, USAF, 
Superintendent, 89th Support Group; Col. Thomas S. Phillips, USMC, 
Assistant Chief of Staff, Facilities, Marine Corps Base, Camp Lejeune; 
Sgt. Major Ira Lott, USMC, Marine Corps Air Station, Miramar; Lt. Col. 
David C. Smith, ARNG, Chief, Army National Guard Division for 
Installation, Army National Guard Bureau; Capt. Joseph M. LoFaso, USN, 
Dep. Chief of Staff, Shore Installation Management, Commander Naval 
Reserve Forces; Col. James W. Dunkelberger, USAR, U.S. Army Reserve 
Engineer, Office of the Chief of Army Reserve, Headquarters; Col. 
Janice M. Stritzinger, ANG, Civil Engineer, Air National Guard; Hilton 
F. Culpepper, Assistant Civil Engineer, Headquarters Air Force Reserve 
Command; and Col. Kenneth L. Boles, USMCR, Assistant Chief of Staff, 
Facilities, Marine Forces Reserve.
SURFACE TRANSPORTATION BOARD
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on 
Surface Transportation and Merchant Marine concluded oversight hearings 
to review activities of the Surface Transportation Board, focusing on 
actions taken by the Board on certain rail transportation issues, 
including the Board's budget and major rail merger policy and rules, 
after receiving testimony from Linda J. Morgan, Chairman, Surface 
Transportation Board, Department of Transportation.
U.S. ENERGY TRENDS
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded hearings 
to examine United States energy trends and recent changes in global, 
national and regional energy markets, focusing on the development of 
national energy policy with respect to crude oil, foreign imports, 
refining capacity, gasoline, heating oil and diesel fuel, natural gas, 
and electricity, after receiving testimony from Mary J. Hutzler, 
Director, Office of Integrated Analysis and Forecasting, Energy 
Information Administration, Department of Energy; William M. Nugent, 
Maine Public Utilities Commission, Augusta, on behalf of the National 
Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners; Frederick H. Hoover, 
Jr., Maryland Energy Administration, Annapolis, on behalf of the 
National Association of State Energy Officials; and Guy F. Caruso, 
Center for Strategic and International Studies, and James A. Placke, 
Cambridge Energy Associates, both of Washington, D.C.
KLAMATH PROJECT
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Subcommittee on Water and 
Power concluded oversight hearings on the Klamath Project in Oregon, 
including implementation of PL 106-498 (Klamath Basin Water Supply 
Enhancement Act), and how the project might operate in what is 
projected to be a short water year, after receiving testimony from J. 
William McDonald, Acting Commissioner for the Bureau of Reclamation, 
Mike Spear, Manager, California-Nevada Operations Office, U.S. Fish and 
Wildlife Service, and Mike Connor, Director, Indian Water Rights 
Office, all of the Department of the Interior; Allen Foreman, Klamath 
Indian Tribes, Chiloquin, Oregon; Reed Marbut, Oregon Water Resources 
Department, Salem; Roger Nicholson, Resource Conservancy, Fort Klamath, 
Oregon; Glen H.

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Spain, Pacific Coast Federation of Fisherman's Associations, Eugene, 
Oregon; John Crawford, Klamath Water Users Association, Klamath Falls, 
Oregon; and Alex J. Horne, University of California Department of Civil 
and Environmental Engineering, Berkeley.
ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Subcommittee on Clean Air, 
Wetlands, Private Property, and Nuclear Safety concluded hearings to 
examine the interaction between United States energy policy and 
environmental regulations, specifically the Clean Air Act, after 
receiving testimony from Linda G. Stuntz, former Deputy Secretary of 
Energy, Katie McGinty, former Chair of the Council on Environmental 
Quality, David M. Nemtzow, Alliance to Save Energy, and David G. 
Hawkins, Natural Resources Defense Council, all of Washington, D.C.; 
Anthony J. Alexander, FirstEnergy Corporation, Akron, Ohio; and Olon 
Plunk, Xcel Energy, Inc., Minneapolis, Minnesota.
NOMINATION
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded hearings on the 
nomination of Grant S. Green, Jr., of Virginia, to be Under Secretary 
of State for Management, after the nominee, who was introduced by 
Senator Hagel, testified and answered questions in his own behalf.
AVIATION COMPETITION AND HIGH DENSITY AIRPORTS
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Antitrust, Business Rights, 
and Competition concluded hearings on S. 520, to amend the Clayton Act, 
which would impose limits on the amount of takeoff and landing slots 
large airlines can own at Washington Reagan National and New York 
LaGuardia Airports, after receiving testimony from Hershel I. Kamen, 
Continental Airlines, Inc., Washington, D.C.; Kevin P. Healy, AirTran 
Airways, Inc., Orlando, Florida; and Kevin P. Mitchell, Business Travel 
Coalition, Lafayette Hill, Pennsylvania.
INTELLIGENCE
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee held closed hearings on 
intelligence matters, receiving testimony from officials of the 
intelligence community.
  Committee will meet again tomorrow.
ECSTASY ABUSE
United States Senate Caucus on International Narcotics Control: Caucus 
concluded hearings to examine the use and effects of the drug ecstasy, 
what can be done to curb its use by our nation's youth, and proposed 
legislation to change the federal sentencing guidelines for ecstasy 
trafficking, after receiving testimony from Donald R. Vereen, Jr., 
Deputy Director, Office of National Drug Control Policy; Donnie R. 
Marshall, Administrator, Drug Enforcement Administration, Department of 
Justice; Chuck Winwood, Acting Commissioner, U.S. Customs Service, 
Department of the Treasury; Diana E. Murphy, Chair, United States 
Sentencing Commission; James R. McDonough, Florida Office of Drug 
Control, Tallahassee; Steven Rust, Milford Police Department, Milford, 
Delaware; William S. Jacobs, Jr., University of Florida Department of 
Psychiatry Division of Addiction Medicine, Gainesville, on behalf of 
the Gateway Community Services; and two recovering drug-addicted 
teenagers.