[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 119 (Thursday, September 13, 2001)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D893-D894]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
NOMINATION
Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded hearings on the 
nomination of General Richard B. Myers, USAF, for appointment as the 
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and appointment to the grade of 
general, after the nominee, who was introduced by Senators Carnahan and 
Roberts, testified and answered questions in his own behalf.
TERRORIST ATTACKS ON U.S.
Committee on Armed Services: Committee met in closed session to receive 
a briefing regarding the terrorist attacks upon the United States from 
officials of the Department of Defense.
NOMINATION
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee ordered favorably reported 
the nomination of John D. Negroponte, of the District of Columbia, to 
be the Representative of the United States of America to the Sessions 
of the General Assembly of the United Nations, with the rank and status 
of Ambassadors, and the Representative of the United States of America 
in the Security Council of the United Nations.
  Prior to this action, committee concluded hearings on the nomination 
of Mr. Negroponte, after the nominee, who was introduced by Senators 
Stevens and McCain, and Richard Holbrooke, former Representative of the 
United States to the United Nations, testified and answered questions 
in his own behalf.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee ordered favorably reported 
the nominations of Patrick Francis Kennedy, of Illinois, to be 
Representative of the United States of America to the United Nations 
for the U.N. Management and Reform, with the rank of Ambassador, Laura 
E. Kennedy, of New York, to be Ambassador to Turkmenistan, Ronald E. 
Neumann, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the State of Bahrain, and 
Marcelle M. Wahba, of California, to be Ambassador to the United Arab 
Emirates.
  Prior to this action, committee concluded hearings on the nominations 
of Mr. Kennedy, Ms. Kennedy, Mr. Neumann, and Ms. Wahba, after the 
nominees testified and answered questions in their own behalf.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee ordered 
favorably reported the following business items:
  S. 952, to provide collective bargaining rights for public safety 
officers employed by States or their political subdivisions;
  S. 928, to amend the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 to 
require, as a condition of receipt or use of Federal financial 
assistance, that States waive immunity to suit for certain violations 
of that Act, and to affirm the availability of certain suits for 
injunctive relief to ensure compliance with that Act; and

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  The nomination of Brian Jones, of California, to be General Counsel, 
Department of Education.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee ordered favorably reported the 
nominations of Michael G. Heavican, to be United States Attorney for 
the District of Nebraska, Paul J. McNulty, to be United States Attorney 
for the Eastern District of Virginia, Colm F. Connolly, to be United 
States Attorney for the District of Delaware, Roscoe Conklin Howard, 
Jr., to be United States Attorney for the District of Columbia, Michael 
J. Sullivan, to be United States Attorney for the District of 
Massachusetts, Joseph S. Van Bokkelen, to be United States Attorney for 
the Northern District of Indiana, Stephen Beville Pence, to be United 
States Attorney for the Western District of Kentucky, Gregory F. Van 
Tatenhove, to be United States Attorney for the Eastern District of 
Kentucky, Thomas B. Heffelfinger, to be United States Attorney for the 
District of Minnesota, Patrick Leo Meehan, to be United States Attorney 
for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, Mary Beth Buchanan, to be 
United States Attorney for the Western District of Pennsylvania, and 
Peter W. Hall, to be United States Attorney for the District of 
Vermont.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded hearings on the 
nominations of Barrington D. Parker, Jr., of Connecticut, to be United 
States Circuit Judge for the Second Circuit, Michael P. Mills, to be 
United States District Judge for the Northern District of Mississippi, 
and John W. Gillis, of California, to be Director of the Office of 
Victims of Crime, Department of Justice, after the nominees testified 
and answered questions in their own behalf. Mr. Parker was introduced 
by Senator Lieberman, and Mr. Mills was introduced by Senators Lott and 
Cochran.