[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 108 (Monday, July 30, 2001)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D800-D801]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
NATIONAL MISSILE DEFENSE
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee met in closed session to 
receive a briefing on national missile defense and the Administration's 
consultation with Russia from Condoleezza Rice, National Security 
Advisor.
ECSTASY DRUG USE
Committee on Governmental Affairs: Committee concluded hearings to 
examine the rising use of the drug ecstacy and coordinating efforts 
between Federal, State and local law enforcement agencies to combat the 
problem, after receiving testimony from Joseph D. Keefe, Chief of 
Operations, Drug Enforcement Administration, Department of Justice; 
Alan I. Leshner, Director, National Institute on Drug Abuse, National 
Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services; John C. 
Varrone, Assistant Commissioner of Customs, Office of Investigations, 
Customs Service, Department of the Treasury; Donald R. Vereen, Jr., 
Deputy Director, Office of National Drug Control Policy; Connecticut 
Chief State's Attorney John M. Bailey, Rocky Hill; Roy Rutland, Miami-
Dade Police Department Narcotics Bureau, Miami, Florida; and Philip 
McCarthy and Dayna Moore, both on behalf of the Phoenix House, Long 
Island, New York.

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SUBCOMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS
Committee on Governmental Affairs: Committee announced the following 
subcommittee assignments:
  Subcommittee on International Security, Proliferation and Federal 
Services: Senators Akaka (Chairman), Levin, Torricelli, Cleland, 
Carper, Carnahan, Dayton, Cochran (Ranking Member), Stevens, Collins, 
Voinovich, Domenici, and Bennett.
  Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management, Restructuring and 
the District of Columbia: Senators Durbin (Chairman), Akaka, 
Torricelli, Carper, Carnahan, Dayton, Voinovich (Ranking Member), 
Stevens, Collins, Domenici, and Cochran.
  Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations: Senators Levin (Chairman), 
Akaka, Durbin, Torricelli, Cleland, Carper, Carnahan, Dayton, Collins 
(Ranking Member), Stevens, Voinovich, Domenici, Cochran, Bennett, and 
Bunning.
NOMINATION
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee began hearings on the nomination 
of Robert S. Mueller III, of California, to be Director of the Federal 
Bureau of Investigation, Department of Justice, where the nominee 
testified and answered questions in his own behalf.
  Hearings continue tomorrow.