[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 83 (Thursday, June 14, 2001)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D580-D581]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
APPROPRIATIONS--HUD
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on VA, HUD, and Independent 
Agencies concluded hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal 
year 2002 for the Department of Housing and Urban Development, after 
receiving testimony from Melquiades R. Martinez, Secretary of Housing 
and Urban Development.
CROSS-BORDER TELEMARKETING FRAUD
Committee on Governmental Affairs: Permanent Subcommittee on 
Investigations held hearings to examine the nature and scope of cross 
border fraud, focusing on the state of binational U.S.-Canadian law 
enforcement coordination and cooperation and what steps can be taken to 
fight such crime in the future, receiving testimony from Lawrence E. 
Maxwell, Postal Inspector In Charge, United States Postal Inspection 
Service; Jackie DeGenova, Ohio Attorney General's Office, Columbia; 
Barry F. Elliot, Ontario Provincial Police, Ontario, Canada; Ann 
Hersom, Action, Maine; Bruce Hathaway, Columbus, Ohio; and Julia Erb, 
Kimball, Michigan.
  Hearings continue tomorrow.
NURSING SHORTAGE
Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Committee concluded hearings to examine 
the impact of the nursing shortage on the Department of Veteran 
Affairs, after receiving testimony from Thomas L. Garthwaite, Under 
Secretary for Health, Catherine J. Rick, Chief Nurse Consultant, 
Nursing Strategic Health Care Group, Veterans Health Administration, 
Sarah Myers, Clinical Nurse, Atlanta Veterans Affairs Medical Center, 
on behalf of the Nurses Organizations of Veterans Affairs, Sandra 
McMeans, Staff Nurse, Martinsburg Veterans Affairs Medical Center, on 
behalf of the American Nurses Association and West Virginia Nurses 
Association, Sandra K. Janzen, Associate Chief of Staff/Nursing, James 
A. Haley Veterans' Hospital, Robert Petzel, Network Director,

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Veterans Affairs Upper Midwest Health Care Network, Karen Robinson, 
Chairperson, Veterans Integrated Service Network Nurse Managed Care 
Initiative, and Mary C. Raymer, Associate Chief of Staff for Patient 
Care Services, Salem Veterans Affairs Medical Center, all of the 
Department of Veterans Affairs; and J. David Cox, Salsibury, North 
Carolina, on behalf of the American Federation of Government Employees 
(AFL-CIO).
PREVENTING ELDER ABUSE
Special Committee on Aging: Committee concluded hearings to examine the 
prevalence and risk of elder abuse, neglect and exploitation, potential 
and available services and the role of the federal government in 
addressing these problems, after receiving testimony from Stuart E. 
Schiffer, Acting Assistant Attorney General, Civil Division, Department 
of Justice; Paul R. Greenwood, San Diego District Attorney's Office, 
San Diego, California; A. Ricker Hamilton, Maine Department of Human 
Services Bureau of Elder and Adult Services, Portland, on behalf of the 
National Association of Adult Protective Services Administrators; Sara 
C. Aravanis, National Center on Elder Abuse, Washington, D.C.; Laura 
Mosqueda, University of California Irvine College of Medicine, Orange, 
California; and Joanne Hopper, Fruitland, Idaho.