[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 116 (Monday, September 10, 2001)]
[Daily Digest]
[Page D880]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION
Committee on Rules: Heard testimony was heard from Chairman Stump, and 
Representatives Hunter, Hostettler, Jones of North Carolina, Kirk, 
Smith of New Jersey, Pickering, Vitter, Skelton, Spratt, Taylor of 
Mississippi, Underwood, Allen, Sanchez, Rodriguez, Tauscher, Markey, 
Holden, Harman, Gonzalez and Larsen of Washington, but no action was 
taken on H.R. 2586, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
2002.

Joint Meetings
AUGUST EMPLOYMENT SITUATION
Joint Economic Committee: On Friday, September 7, Committee concluded 
hearings to examine the employment-unemployment situation for August, 
after receiving testimony from Katharine G. Abraham, Commissioner, 
Bureau of Labor Statistics, Department of Labor.
OSCE REGION DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe (Helsinki Commission): 
On Friday, September 7, commission met to receive a briefing to examine 
research data on domestic violence and the extent to which governments, 
particularly law enforcement authorities, have fulfilled their 
responsibilities to protect individuals from such abuse, focusing on 
U.S. models for providing services to victims of domestic violence, 
including the response of faith-based communities from Robin Phillips, 
Minnesota Advocates for Human Rights Women's Human Rights Program, 
Minneapolis; Winnie Bartel, World Evangelical Fellowship's Commission 
on Women's Concerns and the Task Force to Stop Abuse Against Women, 
Shafter, California; and Nancy Murphy, Northwest Family Life Learning 
and Counseling Center, Seattle, Washington.