[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 64 (Thursday, May 10, 2001)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D427-D430]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
APPROPRIATIONS--FDA
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural 
Development, and Related Agencies concluded hearings on proposed budget 
estimates for fiscal year 2002 for the Food and Drug Administration, 
after receiving testimony from Bernard Schwetz, Acting Principal Deputy 
Commissioner, Food and Drug Administration, Department of Health and 
Human Services, who was accompanied by several of his associates.
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, state, and local 
government departments' counterterrorism efforts, after receiving 
testimony from Brig. Gen. Bruce M. Lawlor, USANG, Commanding General, 
Joint Task Force-Civil Support, U.S. Joint Forces Command, Department 
of Defense; Bernadine Healy, American Red

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Cross, and Peter La Porte, District of Columbia Emergency Management 
Agency, both of Washington, D.C.; Patrick J. Sullivan, Jr., Arapahoe 
County Sheriff's Office, Littleton, Colorado; John Fanning, New York 
City Fire Department, Brooklyn, New York; and Stephen Cantrill, Denver 
Health Medical Center, Denver, Colorado.
  Also, the subcommittee continued hearings in a closed joint session 
with the Select Committee on Intelligence, receiving testimony from 
George J. Tenet, Director, Central Intelligence Agency; Louis J. Freeh, 
Director, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Department of Justice; and 
Vice Adm. Thomas Wilson, Director, Defense Intelligence Agency.
APPROPRIATIONS--EDUCATION
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human 
Services, and Education concluded hearings on proposed budget estimates 
for fiscal year 2002 for the Department of Education, after receiving 
testimony from Roderick R. Paige, Secretary of Education.
APPROPRIATIONS--GAO/CBO/GP0
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Legislative Branch 
concluded hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2002, 
after receiving testimony in behalf of funds for their respective 
activities from David M. Walker, Comptroller General of the United 
States, General Accounting Office, who was accompanied by several of 
his associates; Daniel L. Crippen, Director, Congressional Budget 
Office, who was accompanied by an associate; and Michael F. DiMario, 
Public Printer, Government Printing Office.
APPROPRIATIONS--TREASURY LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Treasury and General 
Government concluded hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal 
year 2002 for the Department of the Treasury Law Enforcement Agencies, 
after receiving testimony from James F. Sloan, Acting Under Secretary 
for Enforcement, Bradley A. Buckles, Director, Bureau of Alcohol, 
Tobacco and Firearms, Charles W. Winwood, Acting Commissioner, United 
States Customs Service, Brian L. Stafford, Director, United States 
Secret Service, W. Ralph Basham, Director, Federal Law Enforcement 
Training Center, William F. Baity, Deputy Director, Financial Crimes 
Enforcement Network, and R. Richard Newcomb, Director, Office of 
Foreign Assets Control, all of the Department of the Treasury.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded hearings on the 
nominations of David S.C. Chu, of the District of Columbia, to be Under 
Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness, Thomas E. White, of 
Texas, to be Secretary of the Army, Gordon R. England, of Texas, to be 
Secretary of the Navy, James G. Roche, of Maryland, to be Secretary of 
the Air Force, and Alfred Rascon, of California, to be Director of 
Selective Service, after the nominees testified and answered questions 
in their own behalf. Mr. White was introduced by Senator Hutchison, Mr. 
England was introduced by Senators Gramm and Hutchison, Mr. Roche was 
introduced by Senators Mikulski and Sarbanes, and Mr. Rascon was 
introduced by Senators Mikulski and Sarbanes and Representative 
Bartlett.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee ordered 
favorably reported 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.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded 
hearings on the nominations of John E. Robson, of California, to be 
President of the Export-Import Bank of the United States, Peter R. 
Fisher, of New Jersey, to be Under Secretary of the Treasury for 
Domestic Finance, and James J. Jochum, of Virginia, to be Assistant 
Secretary of Commerce for Export Administration, after the nominees 
testified and answered questions in their own behalf. Mr. Robson was 
introduced by Senator Feinstein, Mr. Fisher was introduced by Senator 
Corzine, and Mr. Jochum was introduced by Senator Grassley.
AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL DELAYS
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on 
Aviation held hearings to examine the role of the Federal Aviation 
Administration modernization program in reducing air traffic delays and 
congestion and its impact on the aviation industry, receiving testimony 
from Jane F. Garvey, Administrator, Federal Aviation Administration, 
Department of Transportation; Gerald L. Dillingham, Director, Physical 
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Office; John Carr, National Air Traffic Controllers Association, and 
Edward A. Merlis, Air Transport Association of America, both of 
Washington, D.C.; and Richard M. Vacar, Houston Airport System, 
Houston, Texas.
  Hearings recessed subject to call.
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY BUDGET
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded 
oversight hearings to examine the President's proposed budget request 
for fiscal year 2002 for the Department of Energy, focusing on national 
security, energy resources, science and technology, and environmental 
quality issues, after receiving testimony from Spencer Abraham, 
Secretary of Energy.
DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR BUDGET
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Subcommittee on National 
Parks, Historic Preservation, and Recreation concluded oversight 
hearings to examine the President's proposed budget request for fiscal 
year 2002 for the Department of Interior, focusing on the National Park 
Service programs and operations, after receiving testimony from Denis 
P. Galvin, Acting Director, National Park Service, Department of the 
Interior.
DESERT TORTOISE HABITAT CONSERVATION
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Subcommittee on Forests and 
Public Land Management held hearings on H.R. 880, to provide for the 
acquisition of property in Washington County, Utah, for implementation 
of a desert tortoise habitat conservation plan, receiving testimony 
from Robert Anderson, Deputy Assistant Director, Bureau of Land 
Management, Department of the Interior.
  Hearings recessed subject to call.
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND GSA BUDGET
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Subcommittee on 
Transportation and Infrastructure concluded hearings to examine the 
President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 2002 for the 
Department of Transportation's Federal Highway Administration, focusing 
on the Transportation Equity Act (TEA-21) highway and highway safety 
programs, and the President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 
2002 for the General Services Administration's Federal buildings 
program, including the courthouse construction budget, after receiving 
testimony from Norman Y. Mineta, Secretary of Transportation; Thurman 
M. Davis, Sr., Acting Administrator, General Services Administration; 
and Judge Jane R. Roth, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit.
BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee 
concluded hearings to examine opportunities and innovations involving 
biomedical research, after receiving testimony from former Senator Mark 
Hatfield, and Samuel C. Silverstein, Columbia University College of 
Physicians and Surgeons, New York, New York, both on behalf of the 
Lasker Funding First Initiative; James and Julianne Nickerson, 
Underhill, Vermont, both on behalf of the American Heart Association; 
Arthur D. Ullian, Task Force on Science, Health Care and the Economy, 
Boston, Massachusetts; Robert Topel, University of Chicago Graduate 
School of Business, Chicago, Illinois; and Kenneth H. Keller, 
University of Minnesota Hubert H. Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs, 
Minneapolis, on behalf of the Medical Technology Leadership Forum.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee ordered favorably reported the 
following business items:
  S. 166, to limit access to body armor by violent felons and to 
facilitate the donation of Federal surplus body armor to State and 
local law enforcement agencies, with an amendment in the nature of a 
substitute;
  H.R. 802, to authorize the Public Safety Officer Medal of Valor;
  S. 39, to provide a national medal for public safety officers who act 
with extraordinary valor above and beyond the call of duty, with an 
amendment in the nature of a substitute;
  S. Res. 63, commemorating and acknowledging the dedication and 
sacrifice made by the men and women who have lost their lives while 
serving as law enforcement officers; and
  The nominations of Daniel J. Bryant, of Virginia, to be an Assistant 
Attorney General, Charles A. James, Jr., of Virginia, to be an 
Assistant Attorney General, and Larry D. Thompson, of Georgia, to be 
Deputy Attorney General, all of the Department of Justice.
ALASKA NATIVE COMMUNITY
Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee concluded oversight hearings on 
the goals and priorities of the Alaska Native Community, after 
receiving testimony from Julie Kitka, Alaska Federation of Natives, 
Matthew Nicolai, Calista Corporation, Mike Williams, Alaska Inter-
Tribal Council, and Vernita Herdman, Rural Alaska Community Action 
Program, all of Anchorage; Loretta Bullard, Kawerak, Inc., Nome, 
Alaska, and Rita Stevens, Kodiak Area Native Association, Kodiak, 
Alaska, both on behalf of the Alaska Federation of Natives; Alfred 
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Chiefs Conference, Inc., Fairbanks, Alaska; Edward K. Thomas, Central 
Council in the Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska, and Chris 
McNeil, Sealaska Corporation, both of Juneau; and Norman L. Ream, 
Thirteenth Regional Corporation, Seattle, Washington.