[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 127 (Wednesday, September 26, 2001)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D946-D947]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
NEW FEDERAL FARM BILL
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: Committee concluded 
hearings to examine the Administration's perspective with regard to the 
new federal farm bill, focusing on the agriculture sector of the 
future, guide principles developed from a recent stocktaking exercise, 
and effective financial management, after receiving testimony from Ann 
M. Veneman, Secretary of Agriculture.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: Committee concluded 
hearings on the nominations of Elsa A. Murano, of Texas, to be Under 
Secretary for Food Safety, and Edward R. McPherson, of Texas, to be 
Chief Financial Officer, both of Department of Agriculture, after the 
nominees testified and answered questions in their own behalf.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Armed Services: Committee ordered favorably reported the 
nominations of Gen. Peter Pace, USMC, for reappointment in the grade of 
general and for appointment as the Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of 
Staff, Gen. John W. Handy, USAF, for reappointment in the grade of 
general and for appointment as Commander in Chief, United States 
Transportation Command and Commander, Air Mobility Command, Adm. James 
O. Ellis, Jr., USN, for reappointment in the grade of admiral and for 
appointment as Commander in Chief, United States Strategic Command, and 
2,551 military nominations in the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, and Air 
Force.
MONEY LAUNDERING
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded 
oversight hearings to examine the Administration's national strategy to 
combat domestic and international money laundering, after receiving 
testimony from Senators Levin, Kerry and Grassley; Jimmy Gurule, Under 
Secretary of the Treasury for Enforcement; Michael Chertoff, Assistant 
Attorney General, Criminal Division, Department of Justice; Stuart E. 
Eizenstat, Covington and Burling, Jonathan Winer, Alston and Bird, and 
Alvin C. James, Jr., Ernst and Young, all of Washington, D.C.; and 
William F. Wechsler, Greenwich Associates, Greenwich, Connecticut.
ENERGY INFRASTRUCTURE SECURITY
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded closed 
hearings to examine critical energy infrastructure security and the 
energy industry's response to the events of September 11, 2001, after 
receiving testimony from Francis Blake, Deputy Secretary of Energy; 
Robert Gillham, Conoco, Inc., and Greg P. Bilinski, Duke Energy Gas 
Transmission, both of Houston, Texas; Eugene R. McGrath, Consolidated 
Edison, Inc., New York, New York; Ralph Beedle, Nuclear Energy 
Institute, Washington, D.C.; Laurence M. Downes, New Jersey Resources 
Corporation, Wall, New Jersey; and Michehl Gent, North American 
Electric Reliability Council, Princeton, New Jersey.

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PSYCHOLOGICAL TRAUMA AND TERRORISM
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee held 
hearings to examine the affects of psychological trauma and terrorism, 
focusing on assurance that Americans receive the support they need, 
receiving testimony from Kerry Kelly, New York City Fire, Cynthia R. 
Pfeffer, Weill Medical College of Cornell University Childhood 
Bereavement Program/New York Presbyterian Hospital, and Spencer Eth, 
Saint Vincent Catholic Medical Centers Department of Psychiatry, all of 
New York, New York; and Carol S. North, Washington University School of 
Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri.
  Hearings recessed subject to call.