[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 132 (Thursday, October 4, 2001)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D977-D978]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
DEFENSE REVIEW
Committee on Armed Services: Committee held hearings to examine the 
Department of Defense's Quadrennial Defense Review, which outlines the 
key changes needed to preserve America's safety and security, receiving 
testimony from Paul D. Wolfowitz, Deputy Secretary of Defense; and Lt. 
Gen. Bruce A. Carlson, USAF, Director, Force Structure, Resources and 
Assessment Directorate (J-8), Joint Staff.
  Hearings recessed subject to call.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee ordered 
favorably reported an original bill, to combat international money 
laundering, thwart the financing of terrorism, and protect the United 
States financial system.
TRANSIT SAFETY
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on 
Housing and Transportation concluded hearings to examine certain 
initiatives to ensure the safety of the United States transit system in 
the wake of the recent terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and 
Pentagon, after receiving testimony from Jennifer L. Dorn, 
Administrator, Federal Transit Administration, Department of 
Transportation; and William W. Millar, American Public Transportation 
Association, Robert Molofsky, Amalgamated Transit Union (AFL-CIO), and 
Richard A. White, Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority, all 
of Washington, D.C.
NOMINATION
Committee on Finance: Committee concluded hearings on the nomination of 
Jo Anne Barnhart, of Delaware, to be Commissioner of Social Security, 
after the nominee, who was introduced by Senator Warner, testified and 
answered questions in her own behalf. Testimony was also received from 
Stanford G. Ross, Chairman, Social Security Advisory Board.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee ordered favorably reported 
the following items:
  S. 1465, to authorize the President to provide assistance to Pakistan 
and India through September 30, 2003, with an amendment in the nature 
of a substitute; and
  The nomination of Patrick Francis Kennedy, of Illinois, to be 
Alternate Representative of the United States of America to the 
Sessions of the General Assembly of the United Nations during his 
tenure of service as Representative of the United States of America to 
the United Nations for U.N. Management and Reform.
CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE PROTECTION
Committee on Governmental Affairs: Committee held hearings to examine 
Federal efforts to secure United States critical infrastructures, 
focusing on functions and services vital to advancing national 
security, foreign affairs, economic prosperity and security, social 
health and welfare, and public law and order, receiving testimony from 
Ronald L. Dick, Director, National Infrastructure Protection Center, 
Federal Bureau of Investigation, Department of Justice; Sallie 
McDonald, Assistant Commissioner, Office of Information Assurance and 
Critical Infrastructure Protection, General Services Administration; 
John S. Tritak, Director, Critical Infrastructure Assurance Office, 
Department of Commerce; Frank J. Cilluffo, Center for Strategic and 
International Studies, Jamie S. Gorelick, Fannie Mae, and Joseph P. 
Nacchio, Qwest Communications International, Inc., all of Washington, 
D.C.; and Kenneth C. Watson, Partnership for Critical Infrastructure 
Security, Austin, Texas.
  Hearings recessed subject to call.
WORKFORCE INVESTMENT
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee 
concluded hearings to examine current job training issues relative to a 
fragile economy, focusing on implementation of the Workforce Investment 
Act of 1998, streamlining training services at the local level, 
enhanced training options, and a stronger role for the private sector, 
after receiving testimony from Emily Stover DeRocco, Assistant 
Secretary of Labor for Employment and Training; Sigurd R. Nilsen, 
Director, Education, Workforce, and Income Security Issues, General 
Accounting Office; Mayor Thomas M. Menino, Boston, Massachusetts; Harry 
Van Sickle, Commission of Union County, Lewisberg, Pennsylvania, on 
behalf of the National Association of Counties; and Rebecca Yanisch, 
Minnesota Department of Trade and Economic Development, Minneapolis.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee ordered favorably reported the 
following business items:
  S.J. Res. 18, memorializing fallen firefighters by lowering the 
United States flag to half-staff on the day of the National Fallen 
Firefighters Memorial Service in Emmitsburg, Maryland;

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  S. Con. Res. 74, condemning bigotry and violence against Sikh-
Americans in the wake of terrorist attacks in New York City and 
Washington, D.C. on September 11, 2001;
  S. Res. 164, designating October 19, 2001, as ``National Mammography 
Day'';
  S. Res. 166, designating the week of October 21, 2001, through 
October 27, 2001, and the week of October 20, 2002, through October 26, 
2002, as ``National Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Week''; and
  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, Jay B. Stephens, of Virginia, to be Associate Attorney 
General, Benigno G. Reyna, of Texas, to be Director of the United 
States Marshals Service, Susan W. Brooks, to be United States Attorney 
for the Southern District of Indiana, John L. Brownlee, to be United 
States Attorney for the Western District of Virginia, Timothy Mark 
Burgess, to be United States Attorney for the District of Alaska, 
Steven M. Colloton, to be United States Attorney for the Southern 
District of Iowa, Todd Peterson Graves, to be United States Attorney 
for the Western District of Missouri, Terrell Lee Harris, to be United 
States Attorney for the Western District of Tennessee, David Claudio 
Iglesias, to be United States Attorney for the District of New Mexico, 
Charles W. Larson, Sr., to be United States Attorney for the Northern 
District of Iowa, Gregory Gordon Lockhart, to be United States Attorney 
for the Southern District of Ohio, Harry Sandlin Mattice, Jr., to be 
United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Tennessee, Robert 
Garner McCampbell, to be United States Attorney for the Western 
District of Oklahoma, Matthew Hansen Mead, to be United States Attorney 
for the District of Wyoming, Michael W. Mosman, to be United States 
Attorney for the District of Oregon, and John W. Suthers, to be United 
States Attorney for the District of Colorado.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded hearings on the 
nominations of Edith Brown Clement, of Louisiana, to be United States 
Circuit Judge for the Fifth Circuit, Karen K. Caldwell, to be United 
States District Judge for the Eastern District of Kentucky, Laurie 
Smith Camp, to be United States District Judge for the District of 
Nebraska, Claire V. Eagan, to be United States District Judge for the 
Northern District of Oklahoma, James H. Payne, to be United States 
District Judge for the Northern, Eastern and Western Districts of 
Oklahoma, and Jay S. Bybee, of Nevada, to be Assistant Attorney General 
for the Office of Legal Counsel, after the nominees testified and 
answered questions in their own behalf. Ms. Clement was introduced by 
Senators Breaux and Landrieu, Ms. Caldwell was introduced by Senator 
McConnell, Ms. Camp was introduced by Senators Hagel and Ben Nelson, 
Ms. Eagan and Mr. Payne were introduced by Senators Nickles and Inhofe, 
and Mr. Bybee was introduced by Senators Reid and Ensign.