[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 57 (Tuesday, May 1, 2001)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D373-D374]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
APPROPRIATIONS--COMMERCE
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State, 
and the Judiciary concluded hearings on proposed budget estimates for 
fiscal year 2002 for the Department of Commerce, after receiving 
testimony from Donald L. Evans, Secretary of Commerce.
APPROPRIATIONS--ENERGY
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Energy and Water 
Development concluded hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal 
year 2002 for certain Department of Energy programs relating to energy 
efficiency renewable energy, science, and nuclear issues, after 
receiving testimony from James Decker, Acting Director, Office of 
Science, Robert K. Dixon, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Office of Power 
Technologies, EE-10, and William D. Magwood, IV, Director, Office of 
Nuclear Energy, Science and Technology, all of the Department of 
Energy.
APPROPRIATIONS--FOREST SERVICE
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Interior concluded 
hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2002 for the 
Forest Service, after receiving testimony from Dale N. Bosworth, Chief, 
Forest Service, Department of Agriculture.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Armed Services: Committee ordered favorably reported 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, Victoria Clarke, of Maryland, to be 
Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs, Edward C. Aldridge, of 
Virginia, to be Under Secretary for Acquisition and Technology, William 
J. Haynes II, of Tennessee, to be General Counsel, and Powell A. Moore, 
of Georgia, to be Assistant Secretary for Legislative Affairs, all of 
the Department of Defense; and 773 military nominations in the Army, 
Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps.
V-22 PROGRAM
Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded hearings to examine 
the findings and recommendations of the Panel to Review the V-22 
Program, after receiving testimony from Gen. John R. Dailey, USMC 
(Ret.), Chairman, Norman R. Augustine, Member, Gen. James B. Davis, 
USAF (Ret.), Member, and Eugene E. Covert, Member, all on behalf of the 
V-22 Program Review Panel; Gen. James L. Jones Jr., USMC, Commandant of 
the Marine Corps; and Gen. Charles R. Holland, USAF, Commander-in-
Chief, United States Special Operations Command.
WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and 
Capabilities concluded hearings to examine the United States military's 
capabilities to respond to domestic terrorist attacks involving the use 
of weapons of mass destruction, after receiving testimony from Robert 
J. Lieberman, Deputy Inspector General, Department of Defense; Lt. Gen. 
Russell C. Davis, USAF, Chief, National Guard Bureau; Maj. Gen. Michael 
D. Maples, USA, Director of Military Support, Office of the Chief of 
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Army; and Maj. Gen. Bruce M. Lawlor, USA, Commander, Joint Task Force 
Civil Support, United States Joint Forces Command.
GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee held 
hearings to examine the third assessment report of the 
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) on global climate 
change entitled Climate Change 2001: The Scientific Basis, receiving 
testimony from Senators Hagel and Craig; Venkatachala Ramaswamy, Senior 
Scientist, Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory, Ocean and Atmospheric 
Research, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department 
of Commerce; James E. Hansen, Head, Goddard Institute for Space 
Studies, National Aeronautics and Space Administration; James J. 
McCarthy, Harvard University Museum of Comparative Zoology, and Richard 
S. Lindzen, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, both of Cambridge, 
Massachusetts; and Jayant A. Sathaye, University of California Lawrence 
Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley.
  Hearings recessed subject to call.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Finance: Committee ordered favorably reported the 
nominations of David Aufhauser, of the District of Columbia, to be 
General Counsel, Kenneth W. Dam, of Illinois, to be Deputy Secretary, 
Michele A. Davis, of Virginia, to be Assistant Secretary for Public 
Affairs, and John B. Taylor, of California, to be Under Secretary for 
International Affairs, all of the Department of the Treasury, Faryar 
Shirzad, of Virginia, to be Assistant Secretary for Import 
Administration, and Grant D. Aldonas, of Virginia, to be Under 
Secretary for International Trade, both of the Department of Commerce, 
and Scott Whitaker, of Virginia, to be Assistant Secretary of Health 
and Human Services for Legislation.
WESTERN EUROPE RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
Committee on Foreign Relations: Subcommittee on European Affairs 
concluded hearings to examine recurrent problems effecting religious 
freedom in western Europe, including persecution of smaller religious 
groups, the anti-cult initiatives, and the spread to these activities 
to other countries, after receiving testimony from Michael E. Parmly, 
Acting Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights, and 
Labor; Elizabeth A. Clark, Brigham Young University International 
Center for Law and Religion Studies, Provo, Utah; and Rabbi Andrew 
Baker, American Jewish Committee, Washington, D.C.
U.S./CHINA RELATIONS
Committee on Foreign Relations: Subcommittee on East Asian and Pacific 
Affairs concluded hearings to examine issues related to the future 
relationship between the United States and China, including economic 
development and trade, Chinese military build-up, and China/Taiwan 
relations, after receiving testimony from James A. Kelly, Assistant 
Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs; and James R. 
Lilley, American Enterprise Institute, Douglas H. Paal, Asia Pacific 
Policy Center, Michael E. O'Hanlon, Brookings Institution, and David 
Shambaugh, George Washington University Department of Asian Studies, 
all of Washington, D.C.
SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION BUDGET
Committee on Small Business: Committee concluded hearings to examine 
the Small Business Administration's funding priorities for fiscal year 
2002, after receiving testimony from John D. Whitmore, Acting 
Administrator, Small Business Administration; Alan B. Corbet, Growth 
Opportunity Connection, Inc., Kansas City, Missouri, on behalf of the 
National Association of SBA Microloan Intermediaries; Lee W. Mercer, 
National Association of Small Business Investment Companies, and Harry 
C. Alford, Jr., National Black Chamber of Commerce, both of Washington, 
D.C.; Ron L. Phillips, Coastal Enterprises, Inc., Wiscasset, Maine, on 
behalf of the Community Development Venture Capital Alliance; Anthony 
R. Wilkinson, National Association of Government Guaranteed Lenders, 
Inc., Stillwater, Oklahoma; Deborah A. Naybor, Naybor Land Surveys, 
Alden, New York, on behalf of GrassRoots Impact; Wendy K. Werkmeister, 
Wisconsin Women's Business Initiative Corporation, Milwaukee, on behalf 
of the National Women's Business Council; and Diane Wolverton, Wyoming 
Small Business Development Center, Laramie, on behalf of the 
Association of Small Business Development Centers.