[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 105 (Wednesday, July 25, 2001)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D769-D772]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: Committee ordered 
favorably reported an original bill (S. 1246), to respond to the 
continuing economic crisis adversely affecting American agricultural 
producers.
EDUCATION TECHNOLOGY
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human 
Services, and Education concluded hearings to examine technology's 
effectiveness as a teaching and learning tool in schools, integrating 
it into classroom curriculum, proper training for teachers, and what 
the federal government should do to help fund educational technology 
programs, after receiving testimony from Margaret Honey, Education 
Development Center's Center for Children and Technology, New York, New 
York; Gail Maxwell, Griswold Community School District, Griswold, Iowa; 
Cheryl Scott Williams, Corporation for Public Broadcasting, Washington, 
D.C., on behalf of the International Society for Technology in 
Education; Thomas Gann, Sun Microsystems, Inc., Chevy Chase, Maryland; 
and David H. Rose, Center for Applied Special Technology, Peabody, 
Massachusetts.

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AUTHORIZATION--DEFENSE GLOBAL POWER PROTECTION
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Strategic concluded 
hearings on proposed legislation authorizing funds for fiscal year 2002 
for the Department of Defense and the Future Years Defense Program, 
focusing on global power projection, after receiving testimony from 
James G. Roche, Secretary of the Air Force; Gen. John P. Jumper, USAF, 
Commander, Air Combat Command, United States Air Force; Maj. Gen. John 
R. Baker, USAF, Deputy Director of Air and Space Operations, United 
States Air Force; Lt. Gen. Joseph H. Wehrle, Jr., USAF, Deputy Chief of 
Staff for Plans and Programs, United States Air Force; Maj. Gen. Paul 
A. Weaver, Jr., ANG, Director, Air National Guard; Brig. Gen. John D. 
W. Corley, USAF, Mission Area Director of Global Power Programs, Office 
of the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Acquisition.
U.S. BALANCE OF PAYMENT DEFICIT
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on 
Economic Policy concluded hearings to examine the risks of a growing 
U.S. balance of payments deficit, which is the trade deficit plus the 
deficit in net payments, including interest, dividends and the like, 
and its significance for particular sectors of the economy and trade 
related matters as a whole, after receiving testimony from Robert E. 
Rubin, Citigroup, Inc., former Secretary of the Treasury, William C. 
Dudley, Goldman, Sachs and Company, and Stephen S. Roach, Morgan 
Stanley, all of New York, New York; and Paul A. Volcker, Princeton 
University Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, 
Princeton, New Jersey, former Chairman, Board of Governors of the 
Federal Reserve System.
NOMINATION
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded 
hearings on the nomination of Mary Sheila Gall, of Virginia, to be 
Chairman of the Consumer Product Safety Commission, after the nominee 
testified and answered questions in her own behalf.
COMPREHENSIVE ELECTRICITY RESTRUCTURING
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee held hearings on 
proposals relating to comprehensive electricity restructuring that 
promotes competition, protects consumers, enhances reliability, 
promotes renewable energy, improves efficiency, repeals the Public 
Utility Holding Company Act of 1935, and reforms the Public Utility 
Regulatory Policies Act of 1978, and related provisions contained in 
the Committee's White Paper on Electricity Legislation (a discussion of 
the developments that necessitate the change of the legal structure of 
the electricity industry and legislative solutions), S. 597, 
Comprehensive and Balanced Energy Policy Act of 2001, S. 388, National 
Energy Security Act of 2001, and S. 1273, Federal Power Act Amendments 
of 1999, and S. 2098, Electric Power Market Competition and Reliability 
Act of 2000, receiving testimony from Francis S. Blake, Deputy 
Secretary of Energy; Glenn English, National Rural Electric Cooperative 
Association, Arlington, Virginia; John W. Rowe, Exelon Corporation, 
Chicago, Illinois, on behalf of the Edison Electric Institute; Roy 
Thilly, Wisconsin Public Power, Inc., Sun Prairie, on behalf of the 
American Public Power Association; Jeffrey D. Ayers, Aquila, Inc., 
Kansas City, Missouri, on behalf of the Electric Power Supply 
Association; James L. Dushaw, International Brotherhood of Electrical 
Workers, and David Hamilton, Alliance to Save Energy, both of 
Washington, D.C.; James B. Rouse, Praxair, Inc., Danbury, Connecticut, 
on behalf of the Electricity Consumers Resource Council; David N. Cook, 
North American Electric Reliability Council, Princeton, New Jersey; and 
William M. Nugent, Maine Public Utilities Commission, on behalf of the 
National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners, and Stephen 
Ward, on behalf of the National Association of State Utility Consumer 
Advocates, both of Augusta, Maine.
  Hearings continue tomorrow.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee adopted its rules 
of procedure for the 107th Congress, and announced the following 
subcommittee assignments:
  Subcommittee on Transportation, Infrastructure, and Nuclear 
Safety: Senators Reid (Chairman), Baucus, Graham, Lieberman, Boxer, 
Wyden, Inhofe (Ranking Member), Warner, Bond, Voinovich, and Chafee.
  Subcommittee on Clean Air, Wetlands, and Climate Change: Senators 
Lieberman (Chairman), Reid, Carper, Clinton, Corzine, Voinovich 
(Ranking Member), Inhofe, Crapo, and Campbell.
  Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, and Water: Senators Graham 
(Chairman), Baucus, Reid, Wyden, Clinton, Corzine, Crapo (Ranking 
Member), Bond, Warner, Chafee, and Campbell.
  Subcommittee on Superfund, Toxics, Risk, and Waste Management: 
Senators Boxer (Chairman), Lieberman, Wyden, Carper, Clinton, Corzine, 
Chafee (Ranking Member), Warner, Inhofe, Crapo, and Specter.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee concluded hearings 
on the nominations of

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David A. Sampson, of Texas, to be Assistant Secretary of Commerce for 
Economic Development, and Robert E. Fabricant, of New Jersey, to be 
General Counsel, George Tracy Mehan III, of Michigan, to be Assistant 
Administrator for the Office of Water, Judith Elizabeth Ayres, of 
California, to be Assistant Administrator for the Office of 
International Activities, and Donald R. Schregardus, of Ohio, to be 
Assistant Administrator for the Office of Enforcement and Compliance 
Assurance, all of the Environmental Protection Agency, after the 
nominees testified and answered questions in their own behalf. Mr. 
Sampson was introduced by Senator Hutchison and Representative Frost.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee conclude hearings on the 
nominations of Thomas C. Hubbard, of Tennessee, to be Ambassador to the 
Republic of Korea, Franklin L. Lavin, of Ohio, to be Ambassador to the 
Republic of Singapore, Marie T. Huhtala, of California, to be 
Ambassador to Malaysia, and John Thomas Schieffer, of Texas, to be 
Ambassador to Australia, after the nominees testified and answered 
questions in their own behalf. Mr. Schieffer was introduced by Senators 
Hutchison and Gramm.
ENTERTAINMENT RATINGS SYSTEM
Committee on Governmental Affairs: Committee concluded hearings to 
examine the current entertainment ratings system, focusing on 
evaluation of the criteria and standards for the ratings, accusations 
of leniency, the potential need for independent judgment, and 
improvement of the ratings in order to provide parents and consumers 
with accurate information in a manner that is accessible, simple, 
reliable, and responsive, after receiving testimony from Senator 
Brownback; Dale Kunkel, University of California Department of 
Communications, Santa Barbara; Roger Pilon, Cato Institute Center for 
Constitutional Studies, Douglas Lowenstein, Interactive Digital 
Software Association, Doug McMillon, Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., Hilary 
Rosen, Recording Industry Association of America, and Jack Valenti, 
Motion Picture Association of America, all of Washington, D.C.; Michael 
Rich, Harvard Medical School/Children's Hospital, Boston, 
Massachusetts; William Baldwin, Creative Coalition, New York, New York; 
and Laura Smit, Columbia, Maryland.
WHISTLEBLOWER PROTECTION ACT
Committee on Governmental Affairs: Subcommittee on International 
Security, Proliferation and Federal Services concluded hearings on S. 
995, to amend chapter 23 of title 5, United States Code, to clarify the 
disclosures of information protected from prohibited personnel 
practices, require a statement in non-disclosure policies, forms, and 
agreements that such policies, forms and agreements conform with 
certain disclosure protections, and provide certain authority for the 
Special Counsel, after receiving testimony from Senator Grassley; 
Elaine D. Kaplan, Special Counsel, Office of Special Counsel; Beth S. 
Slavet, Chairman, Merit Systems Protection Board; and Thomas M. Devine, 
Government Accountability Project, Washington, D.C.
GENETIC RESEARCH
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee held 
hearings on S. 318, to prohibit discrimination on the basis of genetic 
information with respect to health insurance, and related genetics 
research issues regarding employment discrimination and prevention of 
disclosure of genetic information to third parties, receiving testimony 
from Senator Daschle; Francis S. Collins, Director, National Human 
Genome Research Institute, National Institutes of Health, Department of 
Health and Human Services; Kathleen Zeitz, Omaha, Nebraska, on behalf 
of the National Breast Cancer Coalition; and David Escher, Burlington 
Northern Santa Fe Railroad, McCook, Nebraska, on behalf of the 
Brotherhood of Maintenance of Way Employees.
  Hearings recessed subject to call.
INDIAN GAMING REGULATORY ACT
Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee held oversight hearings on the 
implementation of the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act, focusing on the 
current status of tribal gaming operations, the growth in the Indian 
gaming industry, the extent to which gaming is being conducted by 
tribal governments, and the regulatory framework for Indian gaming, 
receiving testimony from M. Sharon Blackwell, Deputy Commissioner of 
Indian Affairs, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Department of the Interior, 
who was accompanied by an associate; Montie R. Deer, Chairman, 
Elizabeth Homer, Vice-Chair, and Teresa Poust, Commissioner, all of the 
National Indian Gaming Commission; Ernest L. Stevens, Jr., National 
Indian Gaming Association, Washington, D.C.; Keller George, United 
South and Eastern Tribes, Inc., Nashville, Tennessee; Daniel J. Tucker, 
California Nations Indian Gaming Association, Sacramento; David 
LaSarte, Arizona Indian Gaming Association, Phoenix; and Tracy Burris, 
Oklahoma Indian Gaming Association, Norman.
  Hearings recessed subject to call.
DAIRY CONSUMERS
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded hearings on S. 1157, to 
reauthorize the consent of Congress to the Northeast Interstate Dairy 
Compact and to grant the consent of Congress to the Southern

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Dairy Compact, a Pacific Northwest Dairy Compact, and an Intermountain 
Dairy Compact, after receiving testimony from Massachusetts 
Commissioner of Agriculture Jonathon L. Healy, Boston; North Carolina 
State Representative Harold Brubaker, Asheboro; former Massachusetts 
State Senator Lois G. Pines, Newton; Daniel Smith, Northeast Dairy 
Compact Commission, Montpelier, Vermont; Grover G. Norquist, Americans 
for Tax Reform, Washington, D.C.; Stephen H. Burrington, Conservation 
Law Foundation, Boston, Massachusetts; Burt Neuborne, New York 
University School of Law, New York City; James F. Beatty, Louisiana 
State University, Franklinton; and Richard Gorder, Mineral Point, 
Wisconsin, on behalf of the Wisconsin Farm Bureau Federation.
CYBERCRIME
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Technology, Terrorism, and 
Government Information concluded oversight hearings to examine the 
General Accounting Office report entitled ``Critical Infrastructure 
Protection: Significant Challenges in Developing National 
Capabilities'', focusing on the operation of the National 
Infrastructure Protection Center and the fight against cybercrime, 
after receiving testimony from Ronald L. Dick, Director, National 
Infrastructure Protection Center, Federal Bureau of Investigation, 
Department of Justice; Robert F. Dacey, Director, Information Security 
Issues, General Accounting Office; Sallie McDonald, Assistant 
Commissioner, Office of Information Assurance and Critical 
Infrastructure Protection, Federal Technology Service, General Services 
Administration; James A. Savage, Jr., Deputy Special Agent in Charge, 
Financial Crimes Division, United States Secret Service, Department of 
the Treasury; Michehl R. Gent, North American Electric Reliability 
Council, Princeton, New Jersey; and Christopher Klaus, Internet 
Security Systems, Inc., Atlanta, Georgia, on behalf of the Information 
Technology Association of America.