[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 135 (Wednesday, October 10, 2001)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D997-D998]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
APPROPRIATIONS--LABOR/HHS/EDUCATION
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human 
Services, and Education approved for full committee consideration an 
original bill making appropriations for the Departments of Labor, 
Health and Human Services, and Education, and related agencies for the 
fiscal year ending September 30, 2002.
BUS AND TRUCK SECURITY
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on 
Surface Transportation and Merchant Marine concluded hearings to 
examine bus and truck transportation safety and security issues, 
focusing on the driver's licensing process for transporting hazardous 
materials, after receiving testimony from Joseph M. Clapp, 
Administrator, Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, and Ellen 
G. Engleman, Administrator, Research and Special Programs 
Administration, both of the Department of Transportation; Duane W. 
Acklie, American Trucking Associations, Inc., Alexandria, Virginia; 
Peter J. Pantuso, American Bus Association, Keith Gleason, 
International Brotherhood of Teamsters, and Joan Claybrook, Advocates 
for Highway and Auto Safety/Public Citizen, all of Washington, D.C.; 
Paul Sullivan, Massachusetts State Police, Concord, on behalf of the 
Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance; and Ralph S. Sheridan, American 
Science and Engineering, Inc., Billerica, Massachusetts.
AFGHANISTAN'S HUMANITARIAN CRISIS
Committee on Foreign Relations: Subcommittee on Near Eastern and South 
Asian Affairs and Subcommittee on International Operations and 
Terrorism concluded joint hearings to examine the humanitarian crisis 
situation in Afghanistan, focusing on the impact of international 
relief efforts, including long-term economic reconstruction for the 
region, after receiving testimony from Andrew S. Natsios, 
Administrator, U.S. Agency for International Development; Christina 
Rocca, Assistant Secretary for South Asia, and Alan Kreczko, Acting 
Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration, 
both of the Department of State; Kenneth H. Bacon, Refugees 
International, Washington, D.C.; Nicolas de Torrente, Medecins Sans 
Frontieres/Doctors Without Borders, New York, New York; and Eleanor 
Smeal, Feminist Majority, Arlington, Virginia.
FOOD SAFETY AND SECURITY
Committee on Governmental Affairs: Subcommittee on Oversight of 
Government Management, Restructuring, and the District of Columbia 
concluded hearings to examine Federal efforts to ensure the safety and 
security of the American food supply, focusing on new surveillance 
systems, better prevention programs, faster outbreak response, enhanced 
education, and better coordinated and focused research and risk 
assessment activities, after receiving testimony from Representative 
DeLauro; Robert A. Robinson, Managing Director, Natural Resources and 
Environment, General Accounting Office; Elsa Murano, Under Secretary of 
Agriculture for Food Safety; Bernard A. Schwetz, Acting Principal 
Deputy Commissioner, Food and Drug Administration, Department of Health 
and Human Services; and Dan Glickman, Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer, and 
Feld, former Secretary of Agriculture, Michael F. Jacobson, Center for 
Science in the Public Interest, John R. Cady, National Food Processors 
Association, Peter Chalk, RAND Corporation, C. Manly Molpus, Grocery 
Manufacturers of America, and Tim Hammonds, Food Marketing Institute, 
all of Washington, D.C.

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NOMINATION
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Youth Violence concluded 
hearings on the nomination of John P. Walters, of Michigan, to be 
Director of National Drug Control Policy, after the nominee, who was 
introduced by Senators Hatch and Kyl, testified and answered questions 
in his own behalf.
INTELLIGENCE
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee met in closed session to 
consider pending intelligence matters, made no announcements, and 
recessed subject to call.