[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 114 (Wednesday, September 5, 2001)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D864-D865]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
APPROPRIATIONS--DEFENSE
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense concluded hearings 
on the budget overview for fiscal year 2002 for military defense, 
focusing on quality of life issues, training and readiness, equipment 
maintenance and repair, modernization, and research and development, 
after receiving testimony from Donald H. Rumsfeld, Secretary of 
Defense; and Gen. Henry H. Shelton, USA, Chairman, Joint Chiefs of 
Staff.
AUTHORIZATION--DEFENSE
Committee on Armed Services: Committee met in closed session to begin 
markup of proposed legislation authorizing funds for fiscal year 2002 
for military activities of the Department of Defense, but did not 
complete action thereon, and will meet again on Thursday, September 6.
AUTHORIZATION--DEFENSE
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Airland met in closed 
session and approved for full committee consideration, those provisions 
which fall within the jurisdiction of the subcommittee, of proposed 
legislation authorizing appropriations for fiscal year 2002 for 
military activities of the Department of Defense.
AUTHORIZATION--DEFENSE
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and 
Capabilities met in closed session and approved for full committee 
consideration, those provisions which fall within the jurisdiction of 
the subcommittee, of proposed legislation authorizing appropriations 
for fiscal year 2002 for military activities of the Department of 
Defense.
AUTHORIZATION--DEFENSE
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Personnel met in closed 
session and approved for full committee consideration, those provisions 
which fall within the jurisdiction of the subcommittee, of proposed 
legislation authorizing appropriations for fiscal year 2002 for 
military activities of the Department of Defense.
AUTHORIZATION--DEFENSE
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Readiness and Management 
Support met in closed session and approved for full committee 
consideration, those provisions which fall within the jurisdiction of 
the subcommittee, of proposed legislation authorizing appropriations 
for fiscal year 2002 for military activities of the Department of 
Defense.
AUTHORIZATION--DEFENSE
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on SeaPower met in closed 
session and approved for full committee consideration, those provisions 
which fall within the jurisdiction of the subcommittee, of proposed 
legislation authorizing appropriations for fiscal year 2002 for 
military activities of the Department of Defense.
PRESCRIPTION DRUG PRICING
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on 
Consumer Affairs, Foreign Commerce, and Tourism Committee concluded 
hearings to examine the comparative pricing of prescription drugs in 
the United States and Canada, focusing on the importation of 
prescription drugs at land borders, through the mail or over the 
Internet, the potential introduction of counterfeit bulk drugs into the 
U.S. drug supply, and steps to ensure the availability of safe 
medications for consumers, after receiving testimony from Senators 
Jeffords and Stabenow; William K. Hubbard, Senior Associate 
Commissioner for Policy, Planning and Legislation, Food and Drug 
Administration, Department of Health and Human Services; Elizabeth A. 
Wennar, United Health Alliance, Bennington, Vermont; Stephen L. Giroux, 
Middleport Family Health Center, Middleport, New York, on behalf of the 
National Community Pharmacists Association; Alan Sager, Boston 
University School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts; John Marvin, 
Augusta, Maine, on behalf of the Alliance for Retired Americans and the 
Maine Council of Senior Citizens; and Marjorie E. Powell, 
Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America, Washington, D.C.
BIOTERRORISM AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee held hearings to examine the 
threat posed by biological weapons and its relation to the spread of 
infectious diseases, focusing on the United States response to an act 
of bioterrorism and how to strengthen the domestic and international 
capability to prevent and defend against intentional and natural 
disease outbreaks, receiving testimony from former Senator Sam Nunn, on 
behalf of the Nuclear Threat Initiative;

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James R. Woolsey, Shea & Garnder, former Director of Central 
Intelligence, and Fred C. Ikle and Frank J. Cilluffo, both of the 
Center for Strategic and International Studies, all of Washington, 
D.C.; Donald A. Henderson, Johns Hopkins University Schools of Medicine 
and Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland; and David L. Heymann, World 
Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland.
  Hearings recessed subject to call.
STEM CELL RESEARCH
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee held 
hearings to examine the scientific and ethical implications of stem 
cell research and its potential to improve human health, receiving 
testimony from Senator Specter; Representative Langevin; Tommy G. 
Thompson, Secretary of Health and Human Services; Douglas Melton, 
Harvard University Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, and 
Karen Hersey, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, both of Cambridge, 
Massachusetts; James F. Childress, University of Virginia Institute for 
Practical Ethics, Charlottesville; Fr. Kevin FitzGerald, Georgetown 
University Department of Oncology, Washington, D.C.; and John P. Chute, 
Naval Medical Research Center, Bethesda, Maryland.
  Hearings recessed subject to call.
TOBACCO LITIGATION
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded hearings to examine the 
management of tobacco litigation, focusing on the Department of 
Justice's lawsuit currently pending against leading U.S. cigarette 
manufacturers, after receiving testimony from Stuart E. Schiffer, 
Acting Assistant Attorney General, Civil Division, Department of 
Justice; Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal, Hartford; 
David W. Ogden, Wilmer, Cutler, and Pickering, former Assistant 
Attorney General, Civil Division, Department of Justice, and Jonathon 
Turley, George Washington University Law School, both of Washington, 
D.C.; Pamela DeNardo, St. Charles, Illinois, on behalf of the American 
Lung Association and Emphysema Foundation For Our Right To Survive; G. 
Robert Blakey, University of Notre Dame Law School, Notre Dame, 
Indiana; and David Adelman, Morgan Stanley, New York, New York.