[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 137 (Friday, October 12, 2001)]
[Daily Digest]
[Page D1011]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
AFGHANISTAN
Committee on Armed Services: Committee met in closed session to receive 
a briefing on current military operations in Afghanistan from officials 
of the Office of the Secretary of Defense and Joint Chiefs of Staff.
TOURISM INDUSTRY
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on 
Consumer Affairs, Foreign Commerce, and Tourism concluded hearings to 
examine the financial state of the United States tourism industry, 
after receiving testimony from Senators Clinton and Kyl; Hawaii Lt. 
Governor Mazie K. Hirono, Honolulu; Mayor Anthony A. Williams, 
Washington, D.C.; J. W. Marriott, Marriott International, Inc., and 
John Wilhelm, Hotel Employees and Restaurant Employees International 
Union, both of Washington, D.C.; Hal Rosenbluth, Rosenbluth 
International, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Marilyn Carlson Nelson, 
Carlson Companies, Inc., Minneapolis, Minnesota; and O. Mason Hurst II, 
ANC Rental Corporation, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida.
HOMELAND SECURITY
Committee on Governmental Affairs: Committee concluded hearings to 
examine legislative options to strengthen homeland defense, after 
receiving testimony from Senators Graham, Bob Smith, and Specter; 
Representatives Gilchrest, Harman, and Thornberry; Charles G. Boyd and 
Stephen E. Flynn, both of the Council on Foreign Relations, Lee H. 
Hamilton, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, and Thomas 
H. Stanton, National Academy of Public Administration, all of 
Washington, D.C.; and Gen. Barry McCaffrey, USA (Ret.), BR McCaffrey 
Associates, Inc., Alexandria, Virginia, former Director of National 
Drug Control Policy,
TERRORISM PREVENTION
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Technology, Terrorism and 
Government Information concluded hearings to examine the role of 
technology in preventing the entry of terrorists in the United States, 
after receiving testimony from Glenn A. Fine, Inspector General, and 
James W. Ziglar, Commissioner, Immigration and Naturalization Service, 
both of the Department of Justice; Mary Ryan, Assistant Secretary of 
State for Consular Affairs; Steven Camarota, Center for Immigration 
Studies, and David Ward, American Council on Education, both of 
Washington, D.C.; Greg Spadorcio and Tony Doonan, both of the Automated 
Fingerprint Identification Systems/NEC Technologies, Inc., Gold River, 
California; and Paul Collier, Biometrics Foundation, Gaithersburg, 
Maryland.