[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. [[Page D998]] 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.