[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 131 (Wednesday, October 3, 2001)]
[Daily Digest]
[Page D969]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
NORTHERN BORDER SECURITY
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Treasury and General 
Government held hearings to examine security efforts along the United 
States northern border with Canada, how additional emergency funds will 
be allocated, and future needs in the wake of terrorist activity in the 
United States, receiving testimony from Robert C. Bonner, Commissioner, 
U.S. Customs Service, Department of the Treasury; and James W. Ziglar, 
Commissioner, Immigration and Naturalization Service, Department of 
Justice.
  Hearings recessed subject to call.
BIOTERRORISM
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human 
Services, and Education held hearings to examine bioterrorism issues, 
focusing on strengthening health surveillance capacity, support for 
preparedness measures and continued research, and helping hospitals and 
medical professionals in the face of possible attacks, receiving 
testimony from Senators Kennedy, Frist, Hagel, and Edwards; Tommy G. 
Thompson, Secretary of Health and Human Services; Patricia Quinlisk, 
Iowa Department of Health, Des Moines, on behalf of the Council of 
State and Territorial Epidemiologists; Jonathon B. Tucker, Monterey 
Institute of International Studies, Washington, D.C.; Stephen V. 
Cantrill, Denver Health Medical Center, Denver, Colorado; Rex Archer, 
Kansas City Health Department, Kansas City, Missouri, on behalf of the 
National Association of County and City Health Officials; and Jerome M. 
Hauer, Kroll Associates, New York, New York.
  Hearings recessed subject to call.
NOMINATION
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded hearings 
on the nomination of Harold Craig Manson, of California, to be 
Assistant Secretary of the Interior for Fish and Wildlife, after the 
nominee testified and answered questions in his own behalf.
ECONOMIC STIMULUS PACKAGE
Committee on Finance: Committee held hearings to examine the need for 
an economic stimulus package, focusing on restoring consumer demand, 
supporting business investment, and helping those affected by the 
terrorist attacks, receiving testimony from Paul H. O'Neill, Secretary 
of the Treasury.
  Hearings recessed subject to call.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee ordered favorably reported 
the nomination of Robert W. Jordan, of Texas, to be Ambassador to the 
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
  Also, committee approved the creation of the following subcommittee:
  Subcommittee on Central Asia and South Caucasus: Senators Torricelli 
(Chairman), Biden, Kerry, Wellstone, Boxer, Lugar (Ranking Member), 
Hagel, Smith, and Brownback.
  The subcommittee deals with matters concerning Central Asia and the 
South Caucasus, including the countries of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, 
Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan, as well as Armenia, Azerbaijan 
and Georgia. This subcommittee's responsibilities include all matters, 
problems and policies involving promotion of U.S. trade and export, 
terrorism, crime and the flow of illegal drugs; and oversight over U.S. 
foreign assistance programs that fall within this subcommittee's 
regional jurisdiction.
CONSTITUTIONAL FREEDOMS PROTECTION
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Constitution, Federalism, 
and Property Rights concluded hearings to examine how to implement the 
Administration's proposed legislation to remove impediments to 
intelligence gathering and coordination between the intelligence and 
law enforcement elements of the government in order to improve our 
nation's defenses against terrorism, while minimizing civil liberties 
infringement in a manner consistent with our fundamental Constitutional 
liberties, after receiving testimony from David S. Kris, Associate 
Deputy Attorney General, Department of Justice; Jerry Berman, Center 
for Democracy and Technology, David D. Cole, Georgetown University Law 
Center/Center for Constitutional Rights, Morton H. Halperin, Council on 
Foreign Relations/Center for National Security Studies, Douglas W. 
Kmiec, Catholic University of America Columbus School of Law, and 
Grover Norquist, Americans for Tax Reform/In Defense of Freedom, all of 
Washington, D.C.; and John O. McGinnis, Yeshiva University Benjamin N. 
Cardozo School of Law, New York, New York.