[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 57 (Tuesday, May 1, 2001)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D376-D377]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
LABOR-HHS-EDUCATION APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human 
Services and Education held a hearing on the Office of Higher Education 
and the Office of Student Financial. Testimony was heard from the 
following officials of the Department of Education: Maureen McLaughlin, 
Deputy Assistant Secretary, Policy, Planning, and Innovation, Post 
Secondary Education; and Greg Woods, Chief Operating Officer, Office of 
Student Financial.
VA-HUD APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on VA, HUD and Independent 
Agencies held a hearing on the Federal Consumer Information Center, the 
Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board, the Agency for Toxic 
Substances and Disease Registry, and on the National Institute of 
Environmental Health Sciences. Testimony was heard from Teresa Nasif, 
Director, Federal Consumer Information Center, GSA; the following 
members of the Board of the U.S. Chemical Safety Hazard and 
Investigation Board: Andrea Kidd Taylor, M.D.; Gerald Poje, M.D.; and 
Irv Rosenthal, M.D.; and the following officials of the Department of 
Health and Human Services: Henry Falk, M.D., Assistant Administrator, 
Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry; and Kenneth Olden, 
M.D., Director, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences.
V-22 OSPREY PROGRAM
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Military Procurement held 
a hearing to receive recommendations on the V-22 Osprey program. 
Testimony was heard from the following officials of the Department of 
Defense: Gen. John R. Dailey, USMC (Ret.) Chairman; Norman R. 
Augustine, Gen. James B. Davis, USAF (Ret.) and Eugene E. Covert, all 
members, Blue Ribbon Panel; Gen. James L. Jones, USMC, Commandant, U.S. 
Marine Corps; and Gen. Charles R. Holland, USAF, Commander in Chief, 
U.S. Special Operations Command.
ELECTRICITY EMERGENCY ACT
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Energy and Air 
Quality held a hearing on H.R. 1647, Electricity Emergency Relief Act. 
Testimony was heard from the following officials of the Federal Energy 
Regulatory Commission, Department of Energy: Curtis L. Hebert, Jr., 
Chairman; William L. Massey and Linda K. Breathitt, both Commissioners; 
and public witnesses.
  Hearings continue May 3.
U.S. AIR INTERDICTION EFFORTS AFTER PERU INCIDENT
Committee on Government Reform: Subcommittee on Criminal Justice, Drug 
Policy and Human Resources held a hearing on U.S. Air Interdiction 
Efforts in South America After the Peru Incident. Testimony was heard 
from Representatives Hoekstra and Weldon of Pennsylvania; Bob Brown, 
Acting Deputy Director, Supply Reduction, Office of National Drug 
Control Policy; Donnie R. Marshall, Administrator, DEA, Department of 
Justice; Chuck Windwood, Acting Commissioner, U.S. Customs Service, 
Department of the Treasury; John M. Crow, Director, Latin American and 
Caribbean Programs, Bureau of International Narcotics and Law 
Enforcement Affairs, Department of State; Rear Adm. David Belz, USCG, 
Director, Joint Interagency Task Force East, Department of Defense; and 
public witnesses.
TRAVEL AND TRANSPORTATION REFORM ACT IMPLEMENTATION
Committee on Government Reform: Subcommittee on Government Efficiency, 
Financial Management, and Intergovernmental Relations held an oversight 
hearing on ``Implementation of the Travel and Transportation Reform Act 
of 1998: Why Haven't Federal Employees Been Held Accountable for Tens 
of Millions of Dollars in Travel Expenditures?'' Testimony was heard 
from G. Martin Wagner, Associate Administrator, Office of 
Governmentwide Policy, GSA; Jerry Hinton, Director, Finance, Defense 
Finance and Accounting Service, Department of Defense; the following 
officials of the Corporation for National and Community Service: Alan 
Boehm, Assistant Inspector General, Investigations and William 
Anderson, Deputy Chief Financial Officer; Patricia English, Acting 
Chief Financial Officer, FEMA; Michael N. Griffin, Chief, Division of 
Planning and Internal Control, Office of the Chief Financial Officer, 
Department of Labor; and public witnesses.

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COMBATING TERRORISM
Committee on Government Reform: Subcommittee on National Security, 
Veterans' Affairs, and International Relations held a hearing on 
Combating Terrorism: Management of Medical Stockpiles. Testimony was 
heard from Linda M. Calbom, Director, Financial Management and 
Assurance, GAO; the following officials of the Department of Veterans 
Affairs: Susan Mather, M.D., Chief, Public Health and Environmental 
Hazards Office; and Kristi L. Koening, M.D., Chief Consultant, 
Emergency Management Strategic Healthcare Group; the following 
officials of the Department of Health and Human Services: Robert F. 
Knouss, M.D., Director, Office of Emergency Preparedness, Public Health 
Service; and James M. Hughes, M.D., Director, National Center for 
Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; and 
Col. Carlos R. Hollifield, USMC, Commanding Officer, Chemical 
Biological Incident Response Force (CBIRF), U.S. Marine Corps, 
Department of Defense.
CAMPAIGN FINANCE REFORM
Committee on House Administration: Held a hearing on Campaign Finance 
Reform. Testimony was heard from Senators McConnell, Hagel and 
Feingold; and Representatives Gephardt, DeLay, Shays and Meehan.
COMPREHENSIVE RETIREMENT SECURITY AND PENSION REFORM ACT
Committee on Rules: Committee granted, by voice vote, a modified closed 
rule providing ninety minutes of debate in the House, on H.R. 10, 
Comprehensive Retirement Security and Pension Reform Act of 2001, with 
sixty minutes equally divided and controlled by the chairman and 
ranking minority member of the Committee on Ways and Means and thirty 
minutes equally divided and controlled by the chairman and ranking 
minority member of the Committee on Education and the Workforce. The 
rule provides that, in lieu of the amendments recommended by the 
Committee on Ways and Means and the Committee on Education and the 
Workforce, the amendment in the nature of a substitute printed in the 
Congressional Record and numbered 1 shall be considered as adopted. The 
rule waives all points of order against consideration of the bill as 
amended. The rule provides for consideration of the amendment in the 
nature of a substitute printed in the Rules Committee report, if 
offered by Representative Rangel or his designee, which shall be 
considered as read, and shall be separately debatable for one hour 
equally divided and controlled by the proponent and an opponent. The 
rule waives all points of order against consideration of the amendment 
printed in the report. Finally, the rule provides one motion to 
recommit with or without instructions. Testimony was heard from 
Chairmen Thomas and Boehner; and Representatives Portman, Morella, 
Rangel, Cardin, Andrews and Velazquez.
INVESTOR AND CAPITAL MARKETS FEE RELIEF ACT
Committee on Rules: Heard testimony from Chairman Oxley and 
Representatives Fossella, LaFalce and Kanjorski, but action was 
deferred on H.R. 1088, Investor and Capital Markets Fee Relief Act.
MEDICARE+CHOICE: LESSONS FOR REFORM
Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Health held a hearing on 
Medicare+Choice: Lessons for Reform. Testimony was heard from Madeleine 
Smith, Specialist in Social Legislation, Domestic Policy Division, 
Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress; and public 
witnesses.