[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 91 (Wednesday, June 27, 2001)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D642-D643]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded hearings on the 
nominations of Dionel M. Aviles, of Maryland, to be Assistant Secretary 
of the Navy for Financial Management and Comptroller, Reginald Jude 
Brown, of Virginia, to be Assistant Secretary of the Army for Manpower 
and Reserve Affairs, Stephen A. Cambone, of Virginia, to be Deputy 
Under Secretary for Policy, Michael Montelongo, of Georgia, to be 
Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Financial Management and 
Comptroller, and John J. Young, Jr., of Virginia, to be Assistant 
Secretary of the Navy for Research, Development and Acquisition, all of 
the Department of Defense, after the nominees testified and answered 
questions in their own behalf. Mr. Brown was introduced by Senator 
Warner, Mr. Montelongo was introduced by Representative Reyes, and Mr. 
Young was introduced by Senators Stevens and Inouye.
DEFENSE PRODUCTION ACT
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on 
Economic Policy held hearings on proposed legislation authorizing funds 
for fiscal years 2002-2004 for the Defense Production Act, receiving 
testimony from Kenneth I. Juster, Under Secretary of Commerce for 
Export Administration; Michael D. Brown, General Counsel, Federal 
Emergency Management Agency; Eric J. Fygi, Deputy General Counsel, 
Department of Energy; and Delores M. Etter, Acting Director, Defense 
Research and Engineering, Department of Defense.
  Hearings recessed subject to call.
ECONOMIC OUTLOOK
Committee on the Budget: Committee held hearings to examine the 
economic slowdown and its impact on productivity, the federal budget, 
and the outlook of the United States economy, receiving testimony from 
Martin N. Baily, Institute for International Economics, Washington, 
D.C., former Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers; William C. 
Dudley, Goldman, Sachs, and Company, New York, New York; and Brian S. 
Wesbury, Griffin, Kubik, Stephens and Thompson, Inc., Chicago, 
Illinois, former Chief Economist for the Joint Economic Committee.
  Hearings continue tomorrow.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded hearings 
on the nominations of Vicky A. Bailey, of Indiana, to be Assistant 
Secretary of Energy for International Affairs and Domestic Policy, and 
John W. Keys III, of Utah, to be Commissioner of Reclamation, and 
Frances P. Mainella, of Florida, to be Director of the National Park 
Service, both of the Department of the Interior, after the nominees 
testified and answered questions in their own behalf. Ms. Baily was 
introduced by Senator Bayh, Mr. Keys was introduced by Senator Bennett, 
and Ms. Mainella was introduced by Senators Graham and Bill Nelson.
PRESCRIPTION FRAUD
Committee on Finance: Committee held hearings to examine prescription 
fraud, focusing on the General Accounting Office report into 
consultants who advise health care providers how to take unfair 
advantage of the Medicare system, improperly bill the government, and 
circumvent compliance regulations, causing the loss of millions in 
taxpayers' dollars and inadequate treatment for the elderly, receiving 
testimony from Robert H. Hast, Managing Director, and William D. Hamel, 
Assistant Director of Investigations, both of the Office of Special 
Investigations, General Accounting Office; Marjorie Kanof, Deputy 
Director for Payment Policy, Center for Medicare Management, Centers 
for Medicare and Medicaid Services, and Lewis Morris, Assistant 
Inspector General for Legal Affairs, Office of Inspector General, both 
of the Department of Health and Human Services; and Kathryn Locatell, 
Sacramento, California.
  Hearings recessed subject to call.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded hearings on the 
nominations of Clark T. Randt, Jr.,

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of Connecticut, to be Ambassador to the People's Republic of China, 
Douglas Alan Hartwick, of Washington, to be Ambassador to the Lao 
People's Democratic Republic, Charles J. Swindells, of Oregon, to be 
Ambassador to New Zealand, and to serve concurrently and without 
additional compensation as Ambassador to Samoa, Pierre-Richard Prosper, 
of California, to be Ambassador at Large for War Crimes Issues, William 
A. Eaton, of Virginia, to be Assistant Secretary for Administration, 
Francis Xavier Taylor, of Maryland, to be Coordinator for 
Counterterrorism, and Clark Kent Ervin, of Texas, to be Inspector 
General, all of the Department of State, after the nominees testified 
and answered questions in their own behalf. Mr. Swindells was 
introduced by Senators Gordon Smith and Wyden, Mr. Taylor was 
introduced by Senator Sarbanes, and Mr. Ervin was introduced by 
Senators Gramm and Hutchison.
NURSING SHORTAGE
Committee on Governmental Affairs: Subcommittee on Oversight of 
Government Management, Restructuring and the District of Columbia 
concluded hearings to examine the federal governments role in retaining 
nurses for the delivery of federally funded health care services, 
focusing on the effects nursing shortages have on health care and long-
term care programs, including Medicare, Medicaid, Veteran's and defense 
health, after receiving testimony from Rachael Weinstein, Director, 
Clinical Standards Group, Office of Clinical Standards and Quality, 
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, and Denise H. Geolot, 
Director, Division of Nursing, Bureau of Health Professions, Health 
Resources and Services Administration, both of the Department of Health 
and Human Services; Rear Adm. Kathleen L. Martin, USN, Director, Navy 
Nurse Corps; Janet Heinrich, Director, Health Care-Public Health 
Issues, General Accounting Office; Ann O'Sullivan, Illinois Nursing 
Association, Springfield, on behalf of the American Nurses Association; 
Gary A. Mecklenburg, Northwestern Memorial Healthcare, on behalf of the 
American Hospital Association, and Lynn Martin and Mary Jo Snyder, both 
of the University of Illinois Nursing Institute, all of Chicago, 
Illinois; Carol Anne Bragg, Professional Staff Nurses Association, 
Washington, D.C., on behalf of the Service Employees International 
Union (AFL-CIO); and J. David Cox, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, 
Salisbury, North Carolina, on behalf of the American Federation of 
Government Employees (AFL-CIO).
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.
DEATH PENALTY
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded hearings to examine the 
protection of the innocent, focusing on competent counsel in death 
penalty cases, and related provisions of S. 486, the Innocence 
Protection Act of 2001, after receiving testimony from Senators Gordon 
Smith and Collins; Representatives Delahunt and LaHood; Alabama 
Attorney General William H. Pryor, Jr., Montgomery; Texas State Senator 
Rodney G. Ellis, Austin; Ronald Eisenberg, Deputy District Attorney, 
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Kevin Brackett, Deputy Solicitor General of 
the 16th Circuit, York, South Carolina; Stephen B. Bright, Southern 
Center for Human Rights, Atlanta, Georgia; Beth A. Wilkinson, Latham 
and Watkins, Washington, D.C., on behalf of the Constitution Project's 
Death Penalty Initiative; and Michael R. Graham, Roanoke, Virginia.
ELECTION REFORM
Committee on Rules and Administration: Committee held hearings to 
examine a report from the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights regarding the 
November 2000 election and election reform in general, receiving 
testimony from Mary Frances Berry, Chairperson, and Abigail M. 
Thernstrom, Commissioner, both of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights; 
Ohio Secretary of State J. Kenneth Blackwell, Columbus; Hilary Shelton, 
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, Baltimore, 
Maryland; Raul Yzaguirre, National Council of La Raza, Carolyn 
Jefferson-Jenkins, League of Women Voters of the United States, and 
James C. Dickson, American Association of People with Disabilities, all 
of Washington, D.C.; and Larry J. Sabato, University of Virginia Center 
for Governmental Studies, Charlottesville.
  Hearings recessed subject to call.