[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 133 (Friday, October 5, 2001)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D985-D986]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
BIOLOGICAL AND CHEMICAL ATTACKS--ARE FEDERAL, STATE, AND LOCAL 
GOVERNMENTS PREPARED
Committee on Government Reform: Subcommittee on Government Efficiency, 
Financial Management and Intergovernmental Relations held a hearing on 
``A Silent War: Are Federal, State, and Local Governments Prepared for 
Biological and Chemical Attacks?'' Testimony was heard from Bruce 
Baughman, Director, Planning and Readiness Division, FEMA; the 
following officials of the Department of Defense: Craig Duehring, 
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, Reserve Affairs; and Lt. Gen. 
James Peake, M.D., Surgeon General, U.S. Army; Scott R. Lillibridge, 
M.D., Special Assistant to the Secretary, National Security and 
Emergency Management, Department of Health and Human Services; Janet 
Heinrich, Director, Health Care and Public Health Issues, GAO; Diana 
Bonta, Director, Department of Health Services, State of California; 
Woodbury Fogg, Director, Office of Emergency Management, State of New 
Hampshire; the following officials of the City of Baltimore, Maryland: 
Martin O'Malley, Mayor; and Edward T. Norris, Commissioner, Police 
Department; and public witnesses.
MISCELLANEOUS TRADE MEASURES
Committee on Ways and Means: Ordered reported the following bills: H.R. 
3009, amended, Andean Trade Promotion and Drug Eradication Act; H.R. 
3010, to amend the Trade Act of 1974 to extend the Generalized System 
of Preferences until December 31, 2002; and H.R. 3008, to reauthorize 
the trade adjustment assistance program under the Trade Act of 1974.
  The Committee recessed until October 9.

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Joint Meetings
SEPTEMBER EMPLOYMENT SITUATION
Joint Economic Committee: Committee concluded hearings to examine the 
employment-unemployment situation for August, after receiving testimony 
from Katharine G. Abraham, Commissioner, Bureau of Labor Statistics, 
Department of Labor.