[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 68 (Thursday, May 17, 2001)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D468-D470]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
AGRICULTURE MARKET CONCENTRATION
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural 
Development, and Related Agencies concluded hearings to examine factors 
contributing to consolidation and concentration in the food production 
and marketing system, present data on recent structural trends in the 
food system, including farm inputs, farm production, transportation, 
processing, merchandising, and retailing, and economic issues that have 
been raised regarding increasing levels of concentration in the food 
production and marketing system, after receiving testimony from Keith 
Collins, Chief Economist, and JoAnn Waterfield, Deputy Administrator, 
Packers and Stockyards Programs, Grain Inspection, Packers and 
Stockyards Administration, both of the Department of Agriculture; John 
M. Nannes, Acting Assistant Attorney General, Antitrust Division, 
Department of Justice; Iowa Attorney General Tom Miller, Des Moines; 
Jon Caspers, Swaledale, Iowa, on behalf of the National Pork Producers 
Council; Mark D. Dopp, American Meat Institute, Arlington, Virginia; 
William P. Roenigk, National Chicken Council, Washington, D.C.; David 
S. Reiff, Reiff Grain and Feed, Inc., Fairfield, Iowa, on behalf of the 
National Grain and Feed Association; Thomas F. Stokes, Organization for 
Competitive Markets, Lincoln, Nebraska; J. Dudley Butler, Mississippi 
Cattlemen's Association, Yazoo City; Robert Carlson, Glenbum, North 
Dakota, on behalf of the North Dakota Farmers Union; Peter C. 
Carstensen, University of Wisconsin Law School, Madison; Dan Kelley, 
Normal, Illinois, on behalf of GROWMARK; and David Reis, Window Hill, 
Illinois, on behalf of the Illinois Pork Producers Association.
APPROPRIATIONS--FBI/DEA/INS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State, 
and the Judiciary concluded hearings on proposed budget estimates for 
fiscal year 2002 for the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Drug 
Enforcement Administration, and the Immigration and Naturalization 
Service, after receiving testimony from Louis J. Freeh, Director, 
Federal Bureau of Investigation, Donnie R. Marshall, Administrator, 
Drug Enforcement Administration, and Kevin D. Rooney, Acting 
Commissioner, Immigration and Naturalization Service, all of the 
Department of Justice.
APPROPRIATIONS--IRS
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, focusing on the Internal 
Revenue Service, after receiving testimony from Charles O. Rossotti, 
Commissioner, Internal Revenue Service, Department of the Treasury.
U.S. EXPORT-IMPORT BANK
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on 
International Trade and Finance held hearings on proposed legislation 
authorizing funds for the Export-Import Bank of United States, 
receiving testimony from Tom McKenna, Indiana Department of Commerce, 
Indianapolis; Peter Bowe, Ellicott Machinery Corporation International, 
Baltimore, Maryland, on behalf of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and 
Liquid Waste Technology; E. Robert Meaney, Valmont Industries, Inc., 
Valley, Nebraska;

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Dean R. Dort, II, Deere and Company, on behalf of the National Foreign 
Trade Council and the Coalition for Employment Through Exports, and C. 
Fred Bergsten, Institute for International Economics, both of 
Washington, D.C.; Darin P. Narayana, Bank One International 
Corporation, Chicago, Illinois, on behalf of the Bankers' Association 
for Finance and Trade; and Terrence D. Straub, USX Corporation, 
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
  Hearings recessed subject to call.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded 
hearings on the nominations of Michael K. Powell, of Virginia, Kathleen 
Q. Abernathy, of Maryland, Michael Joseph Copps, of Virginia, and Kevin 
J. Martin, of North Carolina, each to be a Member, all of the Federal 
Communications Commission, after the nominees testified and answered 
questions in their own behalf. Mr. Powell was introduced by Senator 
Allen and Representative Davis, Ms. Abernathy was introduced by Senator 
Stevens, Mr. Copps was introduced by Senator Hollings, and Mr. Martin 
was introduced by Senator Edwards.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee concluded hearings 
on the nominations of Linda J. Fisher, of the District of Columbia, to 
be Deputy Administrator, Stephen L. Johnson, of Maryland, to be 
Assistant Administrator for Toxic Substances, and Jeffrey R. Holmstead, 
of Colorado, to be Assistant Administrator for Air and Radiation, all 
of the Environmental Protection Agency, and James Laurence Connaughton, 
of the District of Columbia, to be a Member of the Council on 
Environmental Quality, after the nominees testified and answered 
questions in their own behalf.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded hearings on the 
nominations of William J. Burns, of the District of Columbia, to be 
Assistant Secretary for Near Eastern Affairs, and Christina B. Rocca, 
of Virginia, to be Assistant Secretary for South Asian Affairs, both of 
the Department of State, after the nominees testified and answered 
questions in their own behalf.
NOMINATION
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded hearings on the 
nomination of Walter H. Kansteiner, of Virginia, to be Assistant 
Secretary of State for African Affairs, after the nominee, who was 
introduced by Senator Warner, testified and answered questions in his 
own behalf.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Governmental Affairs: Committee concluded hearings on the 
nominations of Angela Styles, of Virginia, to be Administrator for 
Federal Procurement Policy, Stephen A. Perry, of Ohio, to be 
Administrator of General Services, and John D. Graham, of 
Massachusetts, to be Administrator of the Office of Information and 
Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, after the nominees 
testified and answered questions in their own behalf. Ms. Styles was 
introduced by Representative Barton, and Mr. Perry was introduced by 
Senator Voinovich and Representative Regula.
NURSE STAFFING SHORTAGES
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee 
concluded hearings on issues related to the current recruitment and 
retention of nursing staff, including both nurses and nurse aids, and 
concerns about the future supply of these workers, after receiving 
testimony from William J. Scanlon, Director, Health Care Issues, 
General Accounting Office; Michael Elsas, Cooperative Home Care 
Associates and Paraprofessional Healthcare Institute, Bronx, New York; 
Gerald M. Shea, AFL-CIO, Washington, D.C.; Julie Sochalski, University 
of Pennsylvania School of Nursing, Philadelphia; and Sister Mary Roch 
Rocklage, Sisters of Mercy Health System, St. Louis, Missouri, on 
behalf of the American Hospital Association.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee ordered favorably reported the 
following business items:
  S. 487, to amend chapter 1 of title 17, United States Code, relating 
to the exemption of certain performances or displays for educational 
uses from copyright infringement provisions, to provide that the making 
of a single copy of such performances or displays is not an 
infringement, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute; and
  The nominations of Viet D. Dinh, of the District of Columbia, to be 
an Assistant Attorney General, and Michael Chertoff, of New Jersey, to 
be an Assistant Attorney General, both of the Department of Justice.
INTELLIGENCE
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee held closed hearings on 
intelligence matters, receiving testimony from officials of the 
intelligence community.
  Committee recessed subject to call.

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NATIONAL FAMILY CAREGIVER SUPPORT PROGRAM
Special Committee on Aging: Committee concluded hearings to examine the 
implementation of the National Family Caregiver Support Program, a 
component of the Older Americans Act, after receiving testimony from 
Norman L. Thompson, Acting Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of 
Health and Human Services for Aging; Helen O. Hunter, Hartford, North 
Carolina, on behalf of the ALS Association and the Jim ``Catfish'' 
Hunter ALS Association; Suzanne Mintz, National Family Caregivers 
Association, Kensington, Maryland; Deborah Briceland-Betts, Older 
Women's League, Washington, D.C.; Kristin Duke, Cenla Area Agency on 
Aging, Alexandria, Louisiana, on behalf of the National Association of 
Area Agencies on Aging; and Sandra Tatom, Boise, Idaho.