[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 48 (Wednesday, April 4, 2001)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D314-D316]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION--SHIPBUILDING INDUSTRIAL BASE
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on SeaPower concluded 
hearings on proposed legislation authorizing funds for fiscal year 2002 
for the Department of Defense and the Future Years Defense Program, 
focusing on shipbuilding industrial base issues and initiatives, after 
receiving testimony from William P. Fricks, Newport News Shipbuilding, 
Newport News, Virginia; Gerald J. St. Pe, Northrop Grumman Litton Ship 
Systems, Pascagoula, Mississippi; and John K. Welch, General Dynamics 
Corporation, Falls Church, Virginia.
MAD COW DISEASE
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on 
Consumer Affairs, Foreign Commerce, and Tourism concluded hearings to 
examine specific measures that have been taken in the United States to 
prevent bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) ``Mad Cow Disease'' and 
assess their adequacy, after receiving testimony from Senators Campbell 
and Durbin; Richard T. Johnson, Special Advisor, National Institute of 
Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Institutes of Health, and 
Stephen Sundlof, Director, Center for Veterinary Medicine, Food and 
Drug Administration, both of the Department of Health and Human 
Services; Alfonso Torres, Deputy

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Administrator, and Linda Detwiler, Senior Staff Veterinarian, both of 
the Veterinary Services, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, 
Department of Agriculture; William D. Hueston, University of Maryland 
Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine, College 
Park; Chuck Schroeder, National Cattlemen's Beef Association, Caroline 
Smith DeWaal, Center for Science in the Public Interest, and Peter 
Lurie, Public Citizen's Health Research Group, all of Washington, D.C.; 
and James H. Hodges, American Meat Institute Foundation, and Richard 
Sellers, American Feed Industry Association, both of Arlington, 
Virginia.
INTERNATIONAL TRADE AND U.S. ECONOMY
Committee on Finance: Committee held hearings to examine certain issues 
with respect to international trade and the attendant implications for 
the United States and world economy, receiving testimony from Alan 
Greenspan, Chairman, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System; 
and Mickey Kantor, Washington, D.C., former Secretary of Commerce and 
United States Trade Representative.
  Hearings recessed subject to call.
NOMINATION
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded hearings on the 
nomination of Argeo Paul Cellucci, of Massachusetts, to be Ambassador 
to Canada, after the nominee, who was introduced by Senators Kennedy 
and Kerry, testified and answered questions in his own behalf.
PRESIDENTIAL APPOINTMENT PROCESS
Committee on Governmental Affairs: Committee held hearings to examine 
the current Presidential appointment process and the original purposes 
of the laws and processes affecting appointments, ascertain its effects 
on public service, and review recommendations for reform, receiving 
testimony from Sean O'Keefe, Deputy Director, Office of Management and 
Budget; Robert J. Nash, former Director, White House Office of 
Presidential Personnel, Paul C. Light, Brookings Institution, Scott 
Harshbarger, Common Cause, Patricia McGinnis, Council for Excellence in 
Government, and Norman J. Ornstein, American Enterprise Institute, all 
of Washington, D.C.; and G. Calvin Mackenzie, Colby College, 
Waterville, Maine.
  Hearings continue tomorrow.
EMPLOYMENT LAWS CONSTITUTIONALITY
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee 
concluded hearings to examine the constitutionality of employment laws, 
focusing on recent Supreme Court decisions affecting Congress' ability 
to redress employment discrimination and other unfair treatment of 
state employees, after receiving testimony from Dan Kimel, Florida 
State University, Tallahassee; Michael H. Gottesman, Georgetown 
University Law Center, Washington, D.C.; Marci A. Hamilton, Yeshiva 
University Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, New York, New York; and 
David A. Strauss, University of Chicago Law School, Chicago, Illinois.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee ordered favorably reported S. 
211, to amend the Education Amendments of 1978 and the Tribally 
Controlled Schools Act of 1988 to improve education for Indians, Native 
Hawaiians, and Alaskan Natives, with an amendment in the nature of a 
substitute.
CABLE AND VIDEO COMPETITIVE CHOICES
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Antitrust, Business Rights, 
and Competition held oversight hearings on competitive choices in the 
cable and multichannel video industry, focusing on deregulation 
results, cable rate increases, the growing direct broadcast satellite 
service, and the emergence of new cable systems, receiving testimony 
from Eddy W. Hartenstein, Hughes Electronics Corporation/DIRECTV 
Global, El Segundo, California; Robert Sachs, National Cable Television 
Association, and Gene Kimmelman, Consumers Union, on behalf of the 
Consumer Federation of America, both of Washington, D.C.; Jerry Kent, 
Charter Communications, St. Louis, Missouri; and Robert J. Currey, RCN 
Corporation, Princeton, New Jersey.
  Hearings recessed subject to call.
U.S. IMMIGRATION POLICY
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Immigration concluded 
hearings to review certain issues with respect to United States 
immigration policy, including the migration process between the United 
States and Mexico, ensuring a safe haven for foreign victims of 
persecution, and proposed sex trafficking legislation that would 
protect against the victimization of women around the world, after 
receiving testimony from Warren R. Leiden, Berry, Appleman and Leiden, 
San Francisco, California, on behalf of the American Immigration 
Lawyers Association; Stephen Moore, Cato Institute, Cecilia Munoz, 
National Council of La Raza, and Karen K. Narasaki, National Asian 
Pacific American Legal Consortium, all of Washington, D.C.; Jennifer 
Kenney, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Chicago, Illinois; and Elizabeth C. 
Dickson, Ingersoll-Rand Company, Woodcliff Lake, New Jersey, on behalf 
of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.

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NOMINATION
Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Committee concluded hearings on the 
nomination of Tim S. McClain, of California, to be General Counsel, 
Department of Veterans Affairs, after the nominee, who was introduced 
by Anthony J. Principi, Secretary of Veterans Affairs, testified and 
answered questions in his own behalf.
INTELLIGENCE
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee held closed hearings on 
intelligence matters, receiving testimony from officials of the 
intelligence community.
  Also, on Tuesday, April 3, committee held closed hearings on 
intelligence matters, receiving testimony from officials of the 
intelligence community.
  Committee recessed subject to call.