[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 123 (Thursday, September 20, 2001)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D911-D912]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
FINANCIAL MARKETS
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded 
hearings on the condition of the financial markets, after receiving 
testimony from Paul O'Neill, Secretary of the Treasury; Alan Greenspan, 
Chairman, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve; Harvey L. Pitt, 
Chairman, Securities and Exchange Commission; and Richard A. Grasso, 
New York Stock Exchange, Hardwick Simmons, Nasdaq Stock Market, and 
Robert Glauber, National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc., all 
of New York, New York.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee ordered 
favorably reported the nomination of Marion Blakey, of Mississippi, to 
be a Member and Chairman of the National Transportation Safety Board, 
and Joseph M. Clapp, of North Carolina, to be Administrator of the 
Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, and Read Van de Water, of 
North Carolina, to be an Assistant Secretary, both of the Department of 
Transportation.
AVIATION SECURITY
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee held 
hearings to examine federal aviation security standards, focusing on 
aviation related computer systems, airport access controls, and 
passenger and carry-on baggage screening, including how the United 
States and selected other countries differ in their screening 
practices, receiving testimony from

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Norman Y. Mineta, Secretary, Michael Jackson, Deputy Secretary, and 
Jane F. Garvey, Administrator, Federal Aviation Administration, all of 
the Department of Transportation; Gerald L. Dillingham, Director, 
Physical Infrastructure Issues, General Accounting Office; John Meenan, 
Air Transport Association, Duane Woerth, Air Line Pilots Association, 
International, and Paul Hudson, Aviation Consumer Action Project, all 
of Washington, D.C.; and Charles Barclay, American Association of 
Airport Executives, Alexandria, Virginia.
  Hearings recessed subject to call.
TRANSPORTATION INDUSTRY
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee held 
hearings to examine the financial state of the transportation industry 
in light of the recent terrorist attacks and the potential need for 
Federal financial assistance, receiving testimony from David M. Walker, 
Comptroller General of the United States, General Accounting Office; 
Leo F. Mullin, Delta Air Lines, and Mark Cooper, Consumer Federation of 
America, both of Washington, D.C.; Kerry B. Skeen, Atlantic Coast 
Airlines Holdings, Inc., Dulles, Virginia; Robert Roach, Jr., 
International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers, Upper 
Marlboro, Maryland; Harry Pinson, Credit Suisse/First Boston, Houston, 
Texas; and Ray Neidl, ABN Amro, Inc., New York, New York.
  Hearings recessed subject to call.
POSTAL OPERATIONS
Committee on Governmental Affairs: Subcommittee on International 
Security, Proliferation and Federal Services concluded hearings to 
examine the annual report of the Postmaster General and the impact of 
terrorist attacks on postal operations, after receiving testimony from 
John E. Potter, Postmaster General and Chief Executive Officer, and 
Kenneth C. Weaver, Chief Postal Inspector, United States Postal 
Inspection Service, both of the United States Postal Service.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded hearings on the 
nominations of Benigno G. Reyna, of Texas, to be Director of the United 
States Marshals Service, and Jay B. Stephens, of Virginia, to be 
Associate Attorney General, both of the Department of Justice, after 
the nominees testified and answered questions in their own behalf.