[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 62 (Tuesday, May 8, 2001)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D408-D409]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
COUNTERTERRORISM
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State, 
and the Judiciary concluded hearings to examine the roles and 
capabilities of various United States federal government departments' 
counterterrorism efforts, after receiving testimony from Paul H. 
O'Neill, Secretary of the Treasury; Paul D. Wolfowitz, Deputy Secretary 
of Defense; Colin L. Powell, Secretary of State; Norman Y. Mineta, 
Secretary of Transportation; Joe M. Allbaugh, Director, Federal 
Emergency Management Agency; John A. Gordon, Under Secretary and 
Administrator, National Nuclear Security Administration, Department of 
Energy; and Richard A. Meserve, Chairman, Nuclear Regulatory 
Commission.
APPROPRIATIONS--AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Foreign Operations 
concluded hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2002 
for the Agency for International Development, after receiving testimony 
from Andrew Natsios, Administrator, Agency for International 
Development.
APPROPRIATIONS--ENERGY
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Interior concluded 
hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2002 for the 
Department of Energy, after receiving testimony from Spencer Abraham, 
Secretary of Energy.
FEDERAL HOUSING ENTERPRISE OVERSIGHT
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on 
Housing and Transportation concluded oversight hearings to examine the 
mission of the Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight, and the 
financial safety and soundness of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, after 
receiving testimony from Armando Falcon, Jr., Director, Office of 
Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight, Department of Housing and Urban 
Development and Franklin D. Raines, Fannie Mae and Leland C. Brendsel, 
Freddie Mac, both of Washington, D.C.

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ELECTION REFORM
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded 
hearings to examine election reform issues, focusing on solutions to 
the problems of our existing national voting system and restoring the 
public's confidence in our election system, after receiving testimony 
from Representative Jackson-Lee; Arizona Secretary of State Betsey 
Bayless, Phoenix; Maryland Secretary of State John T. Willis, 
Annapolis; Robert H. Michel, Hogan and Hartson, and Bill Richardson, 
former Secretary of Energy, both of Washington, D.C., both on behalf of 
the National Commission on Federal Election Reform; and Stephen 
Ansolabehere, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Department of 
Political Science, Cambridge, on behalf of the Caltech/MIT Voting 
Technology Project.
INTERIOR BUDGET
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded hearings 
to examine the President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 2002 
for the Department of the Interior, after receiving testimony from Gale 
A. Norton, Secretary, and John Trezise, Director, Office of the Budget, 
both of the Department of the Interior.
FOREST SERVICE BUDGET
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded hearings 
on the President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 2002 for the 
Forest Service, Department of Agriculture, focusing on the National 
Fire Plan, Agency infrastructure, accountability, and administrative 
operations, after receiving testimony from Dale N. Bosworth, Chief, 
Forest Service, Department of Agriculture, who was accompanied by 
several of his associates.
NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Subcommittee on Clean Air, 
Wetlands, Private Property, and Nuclear Safety concluded oversight 
hearings on the funding and activities of the Nuclear Regulatory 
Commission to ensure the protection of public health and safety, the 
common defense and security, and the environment in the application of 
nuclear technology for civilian use, after receiving testimony from 
Richard A. Meserve, Chairman, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, who was 
accompanied by several of his associates; Gary L. Jones, Director, 
Natural Resources and Environment, General Accounting Office; Joe F. 
Colvin, Nuclear Energy Institute, Washington, D.C.; David A. Lochbaum, 
Union of Concerned Scientists, Cambridge, Massachusetts; Oliver D. 
Kingsley, Jr., Exelon Generation Company, Downers Grove, Illinois; and 
Steven M. Fetter, Fitch, Inc., New York, New York.
PEDIATRIC PHARMACEUTICAL STUDIES
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee 
concluded hearings to examine the impact of the Pediatric Exclusivity 
provision of the Better Pharmaceuticals for Children Act, which grants 
a pharmaceutical company an additional six months of market exclusivity 
for new or marketed drugs in exchange for conducting pediatric studies 
requested by the Food and Drug Administration, after receiving 
testimony from Senator DeWine; Janet Woodcock, Director, Center for 
Drug Evaluation and Research, Food and Drug Administration, Department 
of Health and Human Services; Janet Heinrich, Director, Health Care-
Public Health Issues, General Accounting Office; Paul Glaser, Elizabeth 
Glaser Pediatric Aids Foundation, Santa Monica, California; Robert 
Ward, University of Utah Medical School, Salt Lake City, on behalf of 
the American Academy of Pediatrics; Stephen P. Spielberg, Janssen 
Research Foundation, Titusville, New Jersey, on behalf of the 
Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America; and John D. 
Golenski, RxHealth Value, Washington, D.C.