[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 82 (Wednesday, June 13, 2001)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D571-D572]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
APPROPRIATIONS--ARMY
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense concluded hearings 
on the overview for fiscal year 2002 for the Army, after receiving 
testimony from Thomas E. White, Secretary, and Gen. Eric K. Shinseki, 
USA, Chief of Staff, both of the Department of the Army.
APPROPRIATIONS--COAST GUARD
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Transportation concluded 
hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2002 for Coast 
Guard Readiness, after receiving testimony from Adm. James M. Loy, 
USCG, Commandant, United States Coast Guard, and Kenneth M. Mead, 
Inspector General, both of the Department of Transportation.
APPROPRIATIONS--EPA
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on VA, HUD, and Independent 
Agencies concluded hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal 
year 2002 for the Environmental Protection Agency, after receiving 
testimony from Christine Todd Whitman, Administrator, Environmental 
Protection Agency.
MISSILE DEFENSE
Committee on Armed Services: Committee met in closed session to receive 
a briefing to examine the Department of Defense's strategic review of 
missile defense from Lt. Gen. Ronald T. Kadish, USAF, Director, and 
Maj. Gen. Peter C. Franklin, USA, Deputy Director, both of the 
Ballistic Missile Defense Organization, Department of Defense.
NOMINATION
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded 
hearings on the nomination of Roger Walton Ferguson, Jr., of 
Massachusetts, to be a Member of the Board of Governors of the Federal 
Reserve System, after the nominee testified and answered questions in 
his own behalf.
MACEDONIA AND U.S./BALKANS POLICY
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded hearings to examine 
the United States efforts to restore peace and stability in Macedonia 
in order to alleviate the threat that the on-going conflict is having 
on the security and democracy of the Balkan region, as well as an 
overview of the scope of United States military, economic, and 
diplomatic engagement in the Balkans, after receiving testimony from 
Ambassador James Pardew, Senior Advisor on the Balkans, Bureau of 
European Affairs, Department of State; Daniel P. Serwer, Director, 
Balkans Initiative, United States Institute of Peace; and Gen. Wesley 
K. Clark, USA (Ret.), Stephens Group, Inc., Richard Perle, American 
Enterprise Institute, and Maj. Gen. William L. Nash, USA (Ret.), 
Council on Foreign Relations, all of Washington, D.C.
ENERGY INDUSTRIES
Committee on Governmental Affairs: Committee held hearings to examine 
economic issues associated with the restructuring of energy industries, 
focusing on current energy market problems in California, after 
receiving testimony from Senators Feinstein, Boxer, and Craig; Severin 
Borenstein, University of California Energy Institute, Berkeley; 
William W. Hogan, Harvard University John F. Kennedy School of 
Government, and Lawrence J. Makovich, Cambridge Energy Research 
Associates, both of Cambridge, Massachusetts; Paul L. Joskow, 
Massachusetts Institute of Technology Center for Energy and 
Environmental Policy Research, Brookline; Alfred E. Kahn, Cornell 
University, Ithaca, New York; and Frank A. Wolak, Stanford University 
Department of Economics, Stanford, California.
  Hearings continue on Wednesday, June 20.
NOMINATION
Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee concluded hearings on the 
nomination of Neal A. McCaleb, of

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Oklahoma, to be Assistant Secretary of the Interior for Indian Affairs, 
after the nominee, who was introduced by Senators Nickles and Inhofe, 
testified and answered questions in his own behalf. Testimony was also 
received on the nomination from Bill Anoatubby, Chickasaw Nation, Ada, 
Oklahoma.
FEDERAL DEATH PENALTY SYSTEM
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Constitution, Federalism, 
and Property Rights held hearings to examine the Department of Justice 
report assessing ostensible racial and geographic disparities in the 
federal death penalty system, and S. 233, to place a moratorium on 
executions by the Federal Government and urge the States to do the 
same, while a National Commission on the Death Penalty reviews the 
fairness of the imposition of the death penalty, receiving testimony 
from Larry D. Thompson, Deputy Attorney General, Department of Justice; 
Julian Bond, American University, on behalf of the National Association 
for the Advancement of Colored People and Citizens for the Moratorium 
on Federal Executions, and Andrew G. McBride, Wiley, Rein and Fielding, 
former Assistant U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, 
both of Washington, D.C.; James J. Fotis, Law Enforcement Alliance of 
America, Falls Church, Virginia; Samuel R. Gross, Columbia University 
Law School, New York, New York; and David I. Bruck, Columbia, South 
Carolina.
  Hearings recessed subject to call.