[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 63 (Wednesday, May 9, 2001)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D417-D418]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: Committee concluded 
hearings on the nominations of Mary Kirtley Waters, of Virginia, to be 
Assistant Secretary of Agriculture for Congressional Relations, Lou 
Gallegos, of New Mexico, to be Assistant Secretary of Agriculture for 
Administration, and J. B. Penn, of Arkansas, to be Under Secretary of 
Agriculture for Farm and Foreign Agricultural Services, after the 
nominees testified and answered questions in their own behalf. Mr. 
Gallegos was introduced by Senator Domenici.
COUNTERTERRORISM
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State, 
and the Judiciary resumed hearings to examine the roles and 
capabilities of various United States federal government departments' 
counterterrorism efforts, after receiving testimony from John Ashcroft, 
Attorney General, Department of Justice; Tommy G. Thompson, Secretary 
of Health and Human Services; Donald L. Evans, Secretary of Commerce; 
Ann M. Veneman, Secretary of Agriculture; and Gale A. Norton, Secretary 
of the Interior.
  Hearings continue on Thursday, May 10.
APPROPRIATIONS--DEFENSE
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense concluded hearings 
on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2002 for the Department of 
Defense, focusing on Reserve Chiefs and National Guard Programs, after 
receiving testimony from Maj. Gen. Thomas J. Plewes, USAR, Chief, Army 
Reserve; Rear Adm. John Totushek, USNR, Chief, Naval Reserve; Maj. Gen. 
Dennis M. McCarthy, USMCR, Director, Marine Corps Reserve Affairs 
Division; Maj. Gen. James E. Sherrard, III, USAFR, Chief, Air Force 
Reserve, and Commander, Air Force Reserve Command; Lt. Gen. Russell C. 
Davis, USAF, Chief, National Guard Bureau; Maj. Gen. Roger C. Schultz, 
Director, Air National Guard; and Maj. Gen. Paul A. Weaver, Jr., USAF, 
Director, Air National Guard.
BREAST CANCER RESEARCH
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human 
Services, and Education concluded hearings on research funding issues 
surrounding breast cancer, including the Center for Disease Control and 
Prevention's National Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection 
Program, after receiving testimony from Richard Klausner, Director, 
National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, and James S. 
Marks, Director, National Center for Chronic Disease, Prevention and 
Health Promotion, Center for Disease Control and Prevention, both of 
the Department of Health and Human Services; Nancy G. Brinker, Susan G. 
Komen Breast Cancer Research Foundation, Dallas, Texas; Lasalle 
Leffall, Howard University College of Medicine, John Seffrin, American 
Cancer Society, and Fran Visco, National Breast Cancer Coalition, all 
of Washington, D.C.; Christine Carpenter, Cedar Falls, Iowa, on behalf 
of the Iowa Breast Cancer Edu-action; and Peri Gilpin, Waco, Texas.
APPROPRIATIONS--NASA
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on VA, HUD, and Independent 
Agencies concluded hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal 
year 2002 for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, after 
receiving testimony from Daniel S. Goldin, Administrator, National 
Aeronautics and Space Administration.
RAILROAD INDUSTRY
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on 
Surface Transportation and Merchant Marine held hearings to examine the 
state of the

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Rail Industry, including it's current financial condition, 
infrastructure capacity, and long term capital funding needs, receiving 
testimony from Richard K. Davidson, Union Pacific Corporation, Omaha, 
Nebraska; Matthew K. Rose, Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corporation, 
Fort Worth, Texas; Walter J. Brickwedel, Central Oregon and Pacific 
Railroad, Roseburg, on behalf of the Oregon Short Line Railroad 
Association; James J. Valentine, Morgan Stanley, Chicago, Illinois; 
William J. Rennicke, Mercer Management Consulting, Inc., Lexington, 
Massachusetts; Allan M. Zarembski, ZETA-TECH Associates, Inc., Cherry 
Hill, New Jersey; Kevin Kaufman, Louis Dreyfus Corporation, Wilton, 
Connecticut; and Harvey A. Levine, Levine Consulting Services, 
Rockville, Maryland.
  Hearings recessed subject to call.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded hearings 
on the nominations of Francis S. Blake, of Connecticut, to be Deputy 
Secretary, Robert Gordon Card, of Colorado, to be Under Secretary, 
Bruce Marshall Carnes, of Virginia, to be Chief Financial Officer, and 
David Garman, of Virginia, to be Assistant Secretary for Energy 
Efficiency and Renewable Energy, all of the Department of Energy, after 
the nominees testified and answered questions in their own behalf. Mr. 
Card was introduced by Senator Allard, and Mr. Carnes was introduced by 
Senator Allen.
ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Subcommittee on Fisheries, 
Wildlife, and Water held hearings to examine the listing and de-listing 
processes of the Endangered Species Act, receiving testimony from 
Senator Thomas; Gary Frazer, Assistant Director, Endangered Species, 
Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of the Interior; Don Knowles, 
Director, Office of Protected Resources, National Marine Fisheries 
Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of 
Commerce; Deborah M. Brosnan, Sustainable Ecosystems Institute, 
Portland, Oregon; David S. Wilcove, Environmental Defense, John D. 
Echeverria, Georgetown University Law Center, on behalf of the 
Environmental Policy Project, Steven P. Quarles, on behalf of the 
QuadState County Government Coalition and the American Forest and Paper 
Association, and Ralph Moss, Seaboard Corporation, all of Washington, 
D.C.; Lev Ginzburg, State University of New York Department of Ecology 
and Evolution, Stony Brook; Steven N. Moyer, Trout Unlimited, 
Arlington, Virginia; and W. F. Zeke Grader, Jr., Pacific Coast 
Federation of Fishermen's Associations, San Francisco, California.
  Hearings recessed subject to the call.
FEDERAL ELECTION PRACTICES AND PROCEDURES
Committee on Governmental Affairs: Committee concluded hearings to 
examine Federal election practices and procedures, focusing on certain 
voting irregularities that occurred during the November, 2000 
Presidential election and recommendations to reform the current voting 
system, after receiving testimony from Stephen Knack, Senior Research 
Economist, World Bank; Arkansas Secretary of State Sharon Priest, 
Little Rock, on behalf of the National Association of Secretaries of 
State; Hilary O. Shelton, National Association for the Advancement of 
Colored People, Washington, D.C.; Hans A. von Spakovsky, Fulton County 
Board of Registration and Elections, Atlanta, Georgia; R. Doug Lewis, 
Election Center, Houston, Texas; and Arturo Vargas, National 
Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials Educational Fund, 
and Conny B. McCormack, both of Los Angeles, California.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded hearings on the 
nominations of Viet D. Dinh, of the District of Columbia, and Michael 
Chertoff, of New Jersey, each to be an Assistant Attorney General, both 
of the Department of Justice, after the nominees testified and answered 
questions in their own behalf. Mr. Dinh was introduced by Senator 
Domenici and Representative Sanchez, and Mr. Chertoff was introduced by 
Senator Corzine.
INTELLIGENCE
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee held closed hearings on 
intelligence matters, receiving testimony from officials of the 
intelligence community.
  Committee will meet again tomorrow.