[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 49 (Thursday, April 5, 2001)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D323-D324]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATIONS AND ENERGY POLICY
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Subcommittee on Clean Air, 
Wetlands, Private Property, and Nuclear Safety resumed hearings to 
examine the interaction between United States environmental regulations 
and energy policy, and specific policy questions regarding the oil and 
gas sector, receiving testimony from New York Attorney General Eliot 
Spitzer, New York, New York; Robert L. Hirsch, Annapolis Center for 
Science Based Public Policy, Arlington, Virginia; Thomas E. Stewart, 
Ohio Oil and Gas Association, Grandville, on behalf of the Independent 
Petroleum Association of America; Jason S. Grumet, Northeast States for 
Coordinated Air Use Management, Boston, Massachusetts; Bob Slaughter, 
National Petrochemical and Refiners Association, Taylor R. Bowlden, 
American Highway Users Alliance, Washington, D.C.; and Carlos J. 
Porras, Communities for a Better Environment, Huntington Park, 
California.
  Hearings recessed subject to call.
TAX SCAMS
Committee on Finance: Committee held hearings to examine the spread of 
tax scams by con artists by way of the Internet, including pure trusts, 
constitutional trusts, compensation for slaves' descendants, and church 
creation, and how to stop the practice and protect taxpayers, receiving 
testimony from Charles Rossotti, Commissioner, Internal Revenue 
Service, Department of the Treasury; Hugh G. Stevenson, Associate 
Director, Division of Planning and Information, Bureau of Consumer 
Protection, Federal Trade Commission; Michael Brostek, Director, Tax 
Issues, General Accounting Office; Aaron Bazar, global-prosperity.com, 
North Potomac, Maryland; JJ MacNab, deathandtaxes.com, Bethesda, 
Maryland; Robert L. Sommers, taxprophet.com, San Francisco, California; 
Jay D. Adkisson, Quatloos.com, Irvine, California; and Joseph G. 
Hodges, Jr., Denver, Colorado.
  Hearings recessed subject to call.

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BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee ordered favorably reported 
the nomination of Argeo Paul Cellucci, of Massachusetts, to be 
Ambassador to Canada.
PRESIDENTIAL APPOINTMENT PROCESS
Committee on Governmental Affairs: Committee concluded 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, 
after receiving testimony from Amy L. Comstock, Director, Office of 
Government Ethics; former Senator Nancy Kassebaum Baker, and Franklin 
D. Raines, Fannie Mae, Washington, D.C., former Director, Office of 
Management and Budget, both on behalf of the Brookings Institution 
Presidential Appointee Initiative.
UNITED SOUTH AND EASTERN TRIBES
Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee held oversight hearings to 
examine the goals and priorities of the United South and Eastern Tribes 
(USET) for the 107th Congress, receiving testimony from Keller George, 
United South and Eastern Tribes, Inc., Nashville, Tennessee.
  Hearings recessed subject to call.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded hearings on the 
nominations of Larry D. Thompson, of Georgia, to be Deputy Attorney 
General, and Theodore B. Olson, of the District of Columbia, to be 
Solicitor General of the United States, both of the Department of 
Justice, after the nominees testified and answered questions in their 
own behalf. Mr. Thompson was introduced by Senators Cleland and Miller, 
and Mr. Olson was introduced by Senators Warner and Nickles.