[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 42 (Tuesday, March 27, 2001)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D270-D271]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
FARM BILL
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: Committee concluded 
hearings to examine the progress the Department of Agriculture has made 
in implementing the research provisions of the 1996 Federal Agriculture 
Improvement and Reform Act and the 1998 Agricultural Research, 
Extension and Education Reform Act, in preparation for the 2002 Farm 
Bill, after receiving testimony from, Colien Hefferan, Administrator, 
Cooperative State Research, Education and Extension Service, Floyd P. 
Horn, Administrator, Agricultural Research Service, and Victor L. 
Lechtenber, Chair, National Agricultural Research, Extension, 
Education, and Economics Advisory Board, all of the Department of 
Agriculture; Jon Caspers, Swaledale, Iowa, on behalf of the National 
Coalition for Food and Agricultural Research; Jay Lemmermen, Southeast 
Milk, Inc., Ocala, Florida, on behalf of the Animal Agriculture 
Coalition; Richard E. Stuckey, Council for Agricultural Science and 
Technology, and Frederick L. Kirschenmann, Iowa State University 
Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture, both of Ames, Iowa; G. 
Philip Robertson, Michigan State University W. K. Kellogg Biological 
Station, Hickory Corners, on behalf of the National Research Council; 
and David Chicoine, University of Illinois College of Agricultural, 
Consumer and Environmental Sciences, Urbana, and Bobby R. Phills, 
Florida A & M University College of Engineering Sciences, Technology 
and Agriculture, Tallahassee, both on behalf of the National 
Association of State Universities and Land Grant Colleges.
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION: MILITARY STRATEGY AND OPERATIONAL REQUIREMENTS
Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded open and closed 
hearings on proposed legislation authorizing funds for fiscal year 2002 
for the Department of Defense and the Future Years Defense Program, 
focusing on military strategy and operational requirements, after 
receiving testimony from Adm. Dennis C. Blair, USN, Commander-in-Chief, 
U.S. Pacific Command; Gen. Peter Pace, USMC, Commander-in-Chief, U.S. 
Southern Command; and Gen. Thomas A. Schwartz, USA, Commander-in-Chief, 
United Nations Command/Combined Forces Command and Commander, U.S. 
Forces Korea.
INFORMATION WARFARE
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and 
Capabilities met in closed session to receive a briefing on information 
warfare and other threats to critical United States information 
systems.
WATER AND WASTEWATER INFRASTRUCTURE
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Subcommittee on Fisheries, 
Wildlife, and Water held hearings to examine environmental issues 
related to water and wastewater infrastructure needs, such as building 
and maintaining the facilities, in order to deliver safe drinking water 
and to treat wastewater, receiving testimony from Christine Todd 
Whitman, Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency; J. R. 
Sandoval, Idaho Department of Environmental Quality, Boise; David B. 
Struhs, Florida Department of Environmental Protection, Tallahassee; 
Harry T. Stewart, New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services, 
Concord; Allen Biaggi, Nevada Division of Environmental Protection, 
Carson City; Mayor Bruce Tobey, Gloucester, Massachusetts, on behalf of 
the National League of Cities and Water Infrastructure Network; Janice 
A. Beecher, Beecher Policy Research, Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana, on 
behalf of the H2O Coalition; and Paul D. Schwartz, Clean Water Action, 
Washington, D.C.
  Hearings recessed subject to call.
LONG-TERM CARE AFFORDABILITY
Committee on Finance: Committee held hearings on proposed legislation 
that would amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow individuals 
a deduction for qualified long-term care insurance premiums, use of 
such insurance under cafeteria plans and flexible spending 
arrangements, and a credit for individuals with long-term care needs, 
receiving testimony from Carol V. O'Shaughnessy, Specialist in Social 
Legislation, Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress; 
William J. Scanlon, Director, Health Care Issues, General Accounting 
Office; Steven Lutzky, District of Columbia Department of Health/Office 
on Disabilities and Aging, Washington, D.C.; Gail Gibson Hunt, National 
Alliance for Caregiving, Bethesda, Maryland; Lisa Maria B. Alecxih, 
Lewin Group, Inc., Falls Church, Virginia; and Bill Kays, Vienna, 
Virginia, on behalf of the Alzheimer's Association.
  Hearings recessed subject to call.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee ordered favorably reported 
the nomination of Grant S. Green, Jr., of Virginia, to be Under 
Secretary of State for Management.

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  Also, committee concluded hearings on the nomination of William 
Howard Taft, IV, of Virginia, to be Legal Adviser of the Department of 
State, after the nominee, who was introduced by Senator Warner, 
testified and answered questions in his own behalf.
WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION TERRORISM
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Technology, Terrorism, and 
Government Information concluded hearings to examine domestic response 
capabilities for terrorism involving weapons of mass destruction, after 
receiving testimony from Lt. Gen. James Clapper, Jr., USAF (Ret.), 
Advisory Panel to Assess Domestic Response Capabilities for Terrorism 
Involving Weapons of Mass Destruction; Anthony H. Cordesman, Center for 
Strategic and International Studies, Washington, D.C.; and Yonah 
Alexander, Potomac Institute for Policy Studies, Arlington, Virginia.
EARLY EDUCATION AND CHILD CARE
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee 
concluded hearings to examine and compare early childhood education and 
care in the United States and abroad, including all arrangements 
providing care and education for children under compulsory school age 
regardless of setting, funding, hours, or curriculum, after receiving 
testimony from Sheila B. Kamerman, Columbia University School of Social 
Work/Institute for Child and Family Policy, and Shanny Peer, French-
American Foundation, both of New York, New York; Patricia P. Olmsted, 
High/Scope Educational Research Foundation, Ypsilanti, Michigan; and 
Kathi J. Apgar, Bristol Family Center, Bristol, Vermont, on behalf of 
the Vermont Association for the Education of Young Children.