[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 [[Page D341]] 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. [[Page D342]] 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.