[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 52 (Tuesday, April 24, 2001)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D340-D342]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
APPROPRIATIONS--BUREAU OF RECLAMATION
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Energy and Water 
Development concluded hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal 
year 2002 for the Central Utah Project (CUP) Completion Act and the 
Bureau of Reclamation of the Department of the Interior, after 
receiving testimony from J. William McDonald, Regional Director, 
Pacific Northwest Region, Bureau of Reclamation, and J. Ronald 
Johnston, Program Director, CUP Completion Act Office, both of the 
Department of the Interior.
APPROPRIATIONS--INTERIOR
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Interior concluded 
hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2002 for the 
Department of the Interior, after receiving testimony from Gale A. 
Norton, Secretary of the Interior, who was accompanied by several of 
her associates.
APPROPRIATIONS--ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Energy and Water 
Development concluded hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal 
year 2002 for the Army Corps of Engineers, after receiving testimony 
from Claudia L. Tornblom, Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army 
for Management and Budget/Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Army 
for Civil Works; and Lt. Gen. Robert B. Flowers, USA, Commander/Chief 
of Engineers, Maj. Gen. Hans A. Van Winkle, USA, Deputy Commanding 
General for Civil Works, and Rob Vining, Chief, Programs Management 
Division, Directorate of Civil Works, all of the U.S. Army Corps of 
Engineers.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Armed Services: Committee met in closed session to 
consider certain pending nominations.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded hearings on the 
nominations of Dov S. Zakheim, of Maryland, to be Under Secretary 
(Comptroller), Charles S. Abell, of Virginia, to be Assistant Secretary 
for Force Management Policy, and Victoria Clarke, of Maryland, to be 
Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs, all of the Department of 
Defense. Mr. Zakheim was introduced by Senator Reed, Mr. Abell

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was introduced by Senator Hutchinson, and Ms. Clarke was introduced by 
Senator McCain.
RECRUITING INITIATIVES
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Personnel concluded 
hearings on recruiting initiatives of the Department of Defense and the 
military services and to receive an update on the status of recruiting 
and retention goals, after receiving testimony from Lt. Gen. Timothy J. 
Maude, USA, Deputy Chief of Staff for Personnel; Vice Adm. Norbert R. 
Ryan, Jr., USN, Chief of Naval Personnel; Maj. Gen. Terrance P. Murray, 
USMC, Acting Deputy Chief of Staff for Manpower and Reserve Affairs; 
Lt. Gen. Donald L. Peterson, USAF, Deputy Chief of Staff for Personnel; 
Maj. Gen. Dennis D. Cavin, USA, Commander, United States Army 
Recruiting Command; Rear Adm. George E. Voelker, USN, Commander, United 
States Navy Recruiting Command; Maj. Gen. Gary L. Parks, USMC, 
Commander, United States Marine Corps Recruiting Command; Brig. Gen. 
Paul Hankins, USAF, Commandant, Air Force Officer Accession and 
Training Schools, Maxwell AFB; and SFC Lindsey Streeter, USA, YNI (SW/
AW) Sherry Strothers, USN, GSgt. Alexander Rodriguez, USMC, and Senior 
Airman Eric Ramos Rodriguez, all Enlisted Recruiters.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee ordered 
favorably reported S. 206, to repeal the Public Utility Holding Company 
Act of 1935, to enact the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 2001, 
with amendments.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded 
hearings on the nominations of Grant D. Aldonas, of Virginia, to be 
Under Secretary for International Trade, Kenneth I. Juster, of the 
District of Columbia, to be Under Secretary for Export Administration, 
Maria Cino, of Virginia, to be Assistant Secretary and Director General 
of the United States and Foreign Commercial Service, all of the 
Department of Commerce, and Robert Glenn Hubbard, of New York, to be a 
Member of the Council of Economic Advisers, after the nominees 
testified and answered questions in their own behalf. Ms. Cino was 
introduced by Senators Santorum and Schumer, and Mr. Hubbard was 
introduced by Senator Schumer.
CHILD PASSENGER SAFETY
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on 
Consumer Affairs, Foreign Commerce, and Tourism concluded hearings to 
examine what measure may be needed to improve child passenger safety as 
they graduate from child safety seats to adult seatbelts, focusing on 
the benefits of the use of booster seats by children between the ages 
of four and eight years old, after receiving testimony from L. Robert 
Shelton, Executive Director, National Highway Traffic Safety 
Administration, Department of Transportation; Elaine B. Weinstein, 
Acting Director, Office of Safety Recommendations and Accomplishments, 
National Transportation Safety Board; Flaura Koplin Winston, University 
of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, on behalf of the 
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia; Kyran P. Quinlan, University of 
Chicago Department of Pediatrics, Chicago, Illinois; Judith Lee Stone, 
Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety, and Heather Paul, national Safe 
Kids Campaign, both of Washington, D.C.; Adrian K. Lund, Insurance 
Institute for Highway Safety, Arlington, Virginia; James Vondale, Ford 
Motor Company, Dearborn, Michigan; Tom Baloga, Britax Child Safety, 
Inc., Charlotte, North Carolina; and Autumn Alexander Skeen, Walla 
Walla, Washington.
NASA AERONAUTICAL RESEARCH
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on 
Science, Technology, and Space held hearings to examine the National 
Aeronautics and Space Administration's aeronautics research program 
funding requirements, receiving testimony from Senator Warner; 
Representative Goode; Daniel S. Goldin, Administrator, and Jeremiah F. 
Creedon, Director, Langley Research Center, both of the National 
Aeronautics and Space Administration; Edward M. Bolen, General Aviation 
Manufacturers Association, Washington, D.C.; Dennis Deel, Lockheed 
Martin Space Systems Company, New Orleans, Louisiana; Roy V. Harris, 
Jr., NASA Aeronautics Support Team, Hampton, Virginia; and David O. 
Swain, Boeing Company, Seattle, Washington.
  Hearings recessed subject to call.
MEDICARE REFORM AND PRESCRIPTION DRUGS
Committee on Finance: Committee continued hearings to examine 
prescription drug options currently available to Medicare beneficiaries 
and necessary reforms to expand prescription drug coverage, receiving 
testimony from Steven M. Coppock, Hewitt Associates, Rowayton, 
Connecticut; Karen M. Ignagni, American Association of Health Plans, 
Deborah J. Chollet, Mathematica Policy Research, Inc., and Raymond C. 
Scheppach, National Governors Association, all of Washington, D.C.; and 
Stephen Crystal, Rutgers University Institute for Health, Health Care 
Policy, and Aging Research, New Brunswick, New Jersey.
  Hearings recessed subject to call.

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SMALL BUSINESS RIGHTS
Committee on Small Business: Committee held hearings to examine the 
Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act and the protection 
of small business rights, receiving testimony from Victor Rezendes, 
Managing Director, Strategic Issues Team, General Accounting Office; 
Shawne Carter McGibbon, Acting Director, Interagency Affairs, Office of 
Advocacy, U.S. Small Business Administration; Thomas J. Gibson, 
Associate Administrator for Policy, Economics and Innovation, 
Environmental Protection Agency; Margaret F. Hayes, Assistant General 
Counsel for Fisheries, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 
Department of Commerce; Todd McCracken, National Small Business United, 
Washington, D.C.; Tim Kalinowski, Foam Supplies, Inc., Earth City, 
Missouri; Paul J. Corey, Paul J. Corey Painting and Decorating, Dedham, 
Massachusetts, on behalf of the Painting and Decorating Contractors of 
America; and Hubert Potter, Hobucken, North Carolina.
  Hearings recessed subject to call.