[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 86 (Wednesday, June 20, 2001)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D600-D601]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
NAVY BUDGET OVERVIEW
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense concluded hearings 
on the budget overview for fiscal year 2002 for the Navy, after 
receiving testimony from Gordon R. England, Secretary of the Navy; Adm. 
Vernon E. Clark, USN, Chief of Naval Operations; and Gen. James L. 
Jones, USMC, Commandant of the Marine Corps.
NATO ALLIANCES
Committee on Armed Services: Committee met in closed session to discuss 
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) alliance matters with Lord 
George Robertson, Secretary General, NATO.

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U.S. BANKING SYSTEM
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded 
hearings to examine issues related to the condition of the United 
States banking system, including the effects of the suggested 
deteriorating bank asset quality, and improved risk management and 
control systems needed to respond to changing economic events, after 
receiving testimony from Alan Greenspan, Chairman, Board of Governors 
of the Federal Reserve System; John D. Hawke, Jr., Comptroller of the 
Currency, and Ellen Seidman, Director, Office of Thrift Supervision, 
both of the Department of the Treasury; and Donna Tanoue, Chairman, 
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.
NOMINATION
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded hearings 
on the nominations of Patricia Lynn Scarlett, of California, to be 
Assistant Secretary for Policy, Management, and Budget, William Gerry 
Myers III, of Idaho, to be Solicitor, and Bennett William Raley, of 
Colorado, to be Assistant Secretary for Water and Science, all of the 
Department of the Interior, after the nominees testified and answered 
questions in their own behalf. Ms. Scarlett was introduced by 
Representative Capps, and Mr. Raley was introduced by Senators Campbell 
and Allard.
TRADE PROMOTION AUTHORITY
Committee on Finance: Committee held hearings to examine the possible 
extension of fast track negotiating authority to open foreign trade 
markets as part of a trade policy that will advance U.S. national 
interest, receiving testimony from Representatives Rangel and Levin; 
John J. Sweeney, American Federation of Labor and Congress of 
Industrial Organizations, Peter L. Scher, Mayer, Brown and Platt, 
former U.S. Special Trade Negotiator, Alan W. Wolff, Dewy Ballantine, 
former Deputy U.S. Trade Representative, and Clayton Yeutter, Hogan and 
Hartson, former U.S. Trade Representative, all of Washington, D.C.; 
Harold McGraw III, McGraw-Hill Companies, on behalf of the Emergency 
Committee for American Trade, and Robert D. Hormats, Goldman Sachs 
International, former Deputy U.S. Trade Representative, both of New 
York, New York; Chuck Merja, National Association of Wheat Growers, Sun 
River, Montana; and Mark Van Putten, National Wildlife Federation, 
Reston, Virginia.
  Hearings continue tomorrow.
U.S./EUROPE SECURITY INTERESTS
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded hearings to examine 
United States security interests in Europe in order to ensure global 
peace and prosperity, and successfully address the global challenges of 
terrorism, HIV/AIDS, drug trafficking, environmental degradation, and 
weapons proliferation, after receiving testimony from Colin L. Powell, 
Secretary of State.
ELECTRICITY MARKET RESTRUCTURING
Committee on Governmental Affairs: Committee concluded hearings to 
examine the state of retail and wholesale electricity markets in the 
West, focusing on the role of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission 
regarding the restructuring of California's electricity market and its 
implications for other States and regions, after receiving testimony 
from Senators Cantwell, Murkowski, and Murray; Curt L. Hebert, Jr., 
Chairman, and Linda K. Breathitt, Nora Mead Brownell, William L. 
Massey, and Pat Wood III, each a Commissioner, all of the Federal 
Energy Regulatory Commission, Department of Energy; California Governor 
Gray Davis, Sacramento; North Dakota Governor John Hoeven, Bismarck; 
Montana Governor Judy Martz, Helena; Washington Attorney General 
Christine O. Gregoire, Olympia; and Roy Hemmingway, Oregon Public 
Utility Commission, Salem.
FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded oversight hearings to 
examine the current state of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, 
focusing on constructive reforms to make the Bureau more effective, 
better managed and more accountable, after receiving testimony from 
former Senator John Danforth; Glenn A. Fine, Inspector General, 
Department of Justice; Norman J. Rabkin, Managing Director, Tax 
Administration and Justice Issues, General Accounting Office; and 
Michael R. Bromwich, Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver and Jacobson, former 
Inspector General, Department of Justice, and William Webster, Milbank, 
Tweed, Hadley, and McCoy, both of Washington, D.C.
INTELLIGENCE
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee held closed hearings on 
intelligence matters, receiving testimony from officials of the 
intelligence community.
  Committee will meet again on Wednesday, June 27.