[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 87 (Thursday, June 21, 2001)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D611-D612]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Committee ordered favorably reported an 
original bill (S. 1077) making appropriations for the fiscal year 
ending September 30, 2001.
BLOOD CANCER
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human 
Services, and Education concluded hearings to examine issues regarding 
progress being made in diagnosis and treatment of blood, or hematologic 
cancers such as leukemia, lymphoma, and multiple myeloma, and what 
remains to be done in order to improve patient survival rates, after 
receiving testimony from former Representative Geraldine A. Ferraro; 
Richard Klausner, Director, National Cancer Institute, Department of 
Health and Human Services; Kenneth C. Anderson, Harvard Medical School/
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts; Kathryn E. Giusti, 
Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation, New Canaan, Connecticut; Sandra 
J. Horning, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, 
California, on behalf of the Cure For Lymphoma Foundation and the 
American Society of Clinical Oncology; Hagop M. Kantarjian, University 
of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston; Larry Lucchino, San 
Diego Padres, San Diego, California; John W. Holaday, EntreMed, Inc., 
Rockville, Maryland; and Miles S. Pendleton, Jr., of Washington, D.C.
DEFENSE STRATEGY REVIEW
Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded hearings to review 
Department of Defense strategy issues, including funding, operation 
tempo, infrastructure and facilities, staff recruitment, retention, and 
training, advanced military technology, and appropriate threat 
preparation, after receiving testimony from Donald H. Rumsfeld, 
Secretary of Defense; and Gen. Henry H. Shelton, USA, Chairman, Joint 
Chiefs of Staff.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded 
hearings on the nominations of Angela Antonelli, of Virginia, to be 
Chief Financial Officer, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 
Jennifer L. Dorn, of Nebraska, to be Federal Transit Administrator, 
Department of Transportation, Ronald Rosenfeld, of Maryland, to be 
President, Government National Mortgage Association, after the nominees 
testified and answered questions in their own behalf. Ms. Antonelli was 
introduced by Senator Allen, Ms. Dorn was introduced by Senators Wyden 
and Gordon Smith, and Mr. Rosenfeld was introduced by Senator Nickles.
AMERICAN MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee held 
hearings to examine the current conditions of United States 
manufacturing industries, the impact of a manufacturing recession on 
individuals, industry sectors and the U.S. economy, and the 
relationship between international trade agreements and the significant 
job loss that has occurred over the past two years, receiving testimony 
from Dean Baker, Center for Economic and Policy Research, Jeff Faux, 
Economic Policy Institute, Daniel T. Griswold, Cato Institute, and 
Jerry Jasinowski, National Association of Manufacturers, all of 
Washington, D.C.
  Hearings recessed subject to call.
NATIONAL ENERGY POLICY
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee resumed hearings 
to examine national energy policy with respect to fuel specifications 
and infrastructure constraints and their impact on energy supply and 
price, air quality, and groundwater contamination, receiving testimony 
from Linda Fisher, Deputy Administrator, Environmental Protection 
Agency; Robert G. Card, Under Secretary of Energy; Scott H. Segal, 
Bracewell and Patterson, Houston, Texas, on behalf of the Oxygenated 
Fuels Association; Jason S. Grumet, Northeast States for Coordinated 
Air Use Management, Boston, Massachusetts; Robert Dinneen, Renewable 
Fuels Association, Washington, D.C.; and William J. Keese, California 
Energy Commission, Sacramento.
  Hearings recessed subject to call.

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TRADE NEGOTIATION AUTHORITY
Committee on Finance: Committee continued 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 Senators Roberts and Hagel; 
Representatives Crane and Kolbe; Donald L. Evans, Secretary of 
Commerce; and Robert B. Zoellick, U.S. Trade Representative.
  Hearings recessed subject to call.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Finance: Committee concluded hearings on the nominations 
of Allen Frederick Johnson, of Iowa, to be Chief Agricultural 
Negotiator, Office of the United States Trade Representative, William 
Henry Lash III, of Virginia, to be Assistant Secretary of Commerce for 
Market Access and Compliance, Brian Carlton Roseboro, of New Jersey, to 
be Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Financial Markets, and Kevin 
Keane, of Wisconsin, to be Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs, and 
Wade F. Horn, of Maryland, to be Assistant Secretary for Family 
Support, both of the Department of Health and Human Services, after the 
nominees testified and answered questions in their own behalf. Mr. 
Johnson was introduced by Senator Grassley, and Mr. Horn was introduced 
by Senator Rockefeller.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded hearings on the 
nominations of William S. Farish, of Texas, to be Ambassador to the 
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Howard H. Leach, 
of California, to be Ambassador to France, Alexander R. Vershbow, of 
the District of Columbia, to be Ambassador to the Russian Federation, 
and Anthony Horace Gioia, of New York, to be Ambassador to the Republic 
of Malta, after the nominees testified and answered questions in their 
own behalf. Mr. Farish was introduced by Senator McConnell, and Mr. 
Gioia was introduced by Senator Schumer and Representative LaFalce.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Governmental Affairs: Committee concluded hearings on the 
nominations of Othoneil Armendariz, of Texas, to be a Member of the 
Federal Labor Relations Authority, and Kay Coles James, of Virginia, to 
be Director, Office of Personnel Management, after the nominees 
testified and answered questions in their own behalf. Ms. James was 
introduced by Senators Allen and Warner.
NATIVE AMERICAN PROGRAM INITIATIVES
Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee concluded oversight hearings to 
examine Native American Program initiatives at the college and 
university level, after receiving testimony from former Representative 
Elizabeth Furse, Director, Portland State University Mark O. Hatfield 
School of Government Institute for Tribal Government, Portland, Oregon; 
Joseph P. Kalt and Ken Pepion, both of Harvard University Native 
American Program, Cambridge, Massachusetts; Manley A. Begay and Stephen 
Cornell, both of the Udall Center for Studies in Public Policy Native 
Nations Institute, and Toni M. Massaro, S. James Anaya, and James 
Hopkins, all of the James E. Rogers College of Law Indigenous Peoples 
Law and Policy Program, all of the University of Arizona, Tucson; and 
Alan Parker, Northwest Indian Applied Research Institute, and Linda 
Moon Stumpff, Graduate Program in Public Administration, both of 
Evergreen State College, Olympia, Washington.
SMALL BUSINESS TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER REAUTHORIZATION
Committee on Small Business: Committee held hearings on S. 856, to 
reauthorize the Small Business Technology Transfer Program, receiving 
testimony from Maurice Swinton, Assistant Administrator, Office of 
Technology, Small Business Administration; Jim Wells, Director, Natural 
Resources and Environment, General Accounting Office; Anthony N. Pirri, 
Northeastern University Division of Technology Transfer, Boston, 
Massachusetts; Clifford C. Hoyt, Cambridge Research and 
Instrumentation, Inc., Woburn, Massachusetts; Barna A. Szabo, 
Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri, on behalf of the 
Engineering Software Research and Development, Inc.; and Kirk Ririe, 
Idaho Technology, Inc., Salt Lake City, Utah.
  Hearings recessed subject to call.