[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 112 (Friday, August 3, 2001)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D850-D851]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
ANDEAN TRADE PREFERENCES ACT
Committee on Finance: Subcommittee on International Trade held hearings to 
examine the impact and renewal of the Andean Trade Preferences Act (ATPA), a 
program set in place to act as an incentive to eradicate illicit drug 
production in the Andean countries by providing for many exports from 
Columbia, Peru, Ecuador and Bolivia to receive duty-free treatment upon 
import into the United States, receiving testimony from Representative 
Crane; Peter F. Allgeier, Deputy United States Trade Representative; Alan P. 
Larson, Under Secretary of State for Economic, Business and Agricultural 
Affairs; Paul Arcia, A.R.C. International, Miami, Florida; Rick Harrah, Dole 
Food Company, Inc., San Jose, Costa Rica; Carlos Moore, American Textile 
Manufacturers Institute, and William J. Snape III, Defenders of Wildlife, 
both of Washington, D.C.; and K. Ward Rodgers, Heinz North America, 
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
  Hearings recessed subject to call.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded hearings on the 
nominations of J. Richard Blankenship, of Florida, to be Ambassador to the 
Commonwealth of The Bahamas, Hans H. Hertell, of Puerto Rico, to be 
Ambassador to the Dominican Republic, and Martin J. Silverstein, of 
Pennsylvania, to be Ambassador to the Oriental Republic of Uruguay, after 
the nominees testified and answered questions in their own behalf. Mr. 
Silverstein was introduced by Senators Lieberman, Specter and Santorum.
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