[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 95 (Tuesday, July 10, 2001)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D675-D676]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
APPROPRIATIONS--DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on District of Columbia held 
hearings on proposed legislation making appropriations for the 
government of the District of Columbia and other activities chargeable 
in whole or in part against the revenues of said District for the 
fiscal year ending September 30, 2002, after receiving testimony from 
John L. Clark, Trustee, Office of Corrections, Jasper Ormond, Interim 
Director, Court Services and Offender Supervision Agency, Cynthia 
Jones, Director, Public Defender Service, Rufus King III, Chief Judge, 
Superior Court, and Annice M. Wagner, Chair, Joint Committee on 
Judicial Administration, all of the District of Columbia.
  Hearings continue tomorrow.
DEFENSE BUDGET
Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded hearings on proposed 
legislation authorizing funds for fiscal year 2002 for the Department 
of Defense and the Future Years Defense Program, focusing on the fiscal 
year 2002 budget amendment, after receiving testimony from Thomas E. 
White, Secretary, and Gen. Eric K. Shinseki, USA, Chief of Staff, both 
of the Department of the Army; Gordon R. England, Secretary, and Adm. 
Vernon E. Clark, USN, Chief of Naval Operations, both of the Department 
of the Navy; James G. Roche, Secretary, and Gen. Michael E. Ryan, Chief 
of Staff, both of the Department of the Air Force; and Gen. James L. 
Jones, USMC, Commandant of the Marine Corps.
F-22 AIRCRAFT PROGRAM
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Airland concluded hearings 
on proposed legislation authorizing funds for fiscal year 2002 for the 
Department of Defense and the Future Years Defense Program, focusing on 
the F-22 aircraft program, after receiving testimony from Darleen A. 
Druyun, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for 
Acquisition, and Lee H. Frame, Acting Director, Operational Test and 
Evaluation, Office of the Secretary of Defense.
CLIMATE CHANGE TECHNOLOGY
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee held 
hearings to examine technological and policy options that may serve as 
starting points for mitigating anthropogenic contributions to global 
climate change, focusing on energy efficiency achievements, renewable 
energy technologies, and policy options to reduce carbon emissions, 
receiving testimony from David L. Evans, Assistant Administrator, 
Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research, National Oceanic and 
Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce; Daniel M. Kammen, 
University of California Energy and Resources Group, Berkeley; John 
German, American Honda Motor Co., Inc., Maureen Koetz, Nuclear Energy 
Institute, and David G. Hawkins, Natural Resources Defense Council, all 
of Washington, D.C.; William T. Miller, International Fuel Cells, South 
Windsor, Connecticut; Dennis J. Duffy, Energy Management, Inc., Boston, 
Massachusetts; Richard L. Sandor, Environmental Financial Products, 
Chicago, Illinois; Frank Cassidy, Public Service Enterprise Group 
Incorporated, Newark, New Jersey, on behalf of the Clean Energy Group; 
and Eileen Claussen, Pew Center on Global Climate Change, Arlington, 
Virginia.
  Hearings recessed subject to call.
TAX INCENTIVES IN ENERGY POLICY
Committee on Finance: Committee held hearings to examine the role of 
tax incentives in energy policy and the balance between energy, 
environment and transportation tax policies against revenue 
constraints, focusing on alternative motor fuels and alternative fuel 
vehicles, receiving testimony from Senator Dayton; Jim Wells, Director, 
Natural Resources and Environment, General Accounting Office; James S. 
Cannon, Energy Futures, Inc., Boulder, Colorado, on behalf of Inform, 
Inc.; and T. Peter Ruane, American Road and Transportation Builders 
Association, Josephine S. Cooper, Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers, 
Daniel A. Lashof, Natural Resources Defense Council's Climate Center, 
Robert Dinneen, Renewable Fuels Association, and Kevin A. Hasset, 
American Enterprise Institute, all of Washington, D.C.

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  Hearings continue tomorrow.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee ordered favorably reported 
the nominations of Robert D. Blackwill, of Kansas, to be Ambassador to 
India, Wendy Jean Chamberlin, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the 
Islamic Republic of Pakistan, William A. Eaton, of Virginia, to be 
Assistant Secretary for Administration, and Clark Kent Ervin, of Texas, 
to be Inspector General, both of the Department of State, William S. 
Farish, of Texas, to be Ambassador to the United Kingdom of Great 
Britain and Northern Ireland, Anthony Horace Gioia, of New York, to be 
Ambassador to the Republic of Malta, Douglas Alan Hartwick, of 
Washington, to be Ambassador to the Lao People's Democratic Republic, 
Daniel C. Kurtzer, of Maryland, to be Ambassador to Israel, Howard H. 
Leach, of California, to be Ambassador to France, Pierre-Richard 
Prosper, of California, to be Ambassador at Large for War Crimes 
Issues, Clark T. Randt, Jr., of Connecticut, to be Ambassador to the 
People's Republic of China, Charles J. Swindells, of Oregon, to be 
Ambassador to New Zealand, and to serve concurrently and without 
additional compensation as Ambassador to Samoa, Francis Xavier Taylor, 
of Maryland, to be Coordinator for Counterterrorism, with the rank and 
status of Ambassador at Large, Alexander R. Vershbow, of the District 
of Columbia, to be Ambassador to the Russian Federation, Margaret 
DeBardeleben Tutwiler, of Alabama, to be Ambassador to the Kingdom of 
Morocco, C. David Welch, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the Arab 
Republic of Egypt, and a Foreign Service Officer promotion list.
NOMINATION
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded hearings on the 
nomination of Lori A. Forman, of Virginia, to be Assistant 
Administrator for Asia and the Near East, United States Agency for 
International Development, after the nominee, who was introduced by 
Senator Brownback, testified and answered questions in her own behalf.