[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 141 (Thursday, October 18, 2001)]
[Daily Digest]
[Page D1038]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee ordered favorably reported the 
following business items:
  S. 1319, to authorize appropriations for the Department of Justice 
for fiscal year 2002, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
  S. 754, to enhance competition for prescription drugs by increasing 
the ability of the Department of Justice and Federal Trade Commission 
to enforce existing antitrust laws regarding brand name drugs and 
generic drugs, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
  S. 1140, to amend chapter 1 of title 9, United States Code, to 
provide for greater fairness in the arbitration process relating to 
motor vehicle franchise contracts;
  S.J. Res. 12, granting the consent of Congress to the International 
Emergency Management Assistance Memorandum of Understanding; and
  The nominations of 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, Jay S. Bybee, of 
Nevada, to be an Assistant Attorney General for the Office of Legal 
Counsel, Daniel G. Bogden, to be United States Attorney for the 
District of Nevada, Margaret M. Chiara, to be United States Attorney 
for the Western District of Michigan, Robert J. Conrad, Jr., to be 
United States Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina, 
Thomas M. DiBiagio, to be United States Attorney for the District of 
Maryland, Patrick J. Fitzgerald, to be United States Attorney for the 
Northern District of Illinois; Thomas C. Gean, to be United States 
Attorney for the Western District of Arkansas, James Ming Greenlee, to 
be United States Attorney for the Northern District of Mississippi, 
Raymond W. Gruender, to be United States Attorney for the Eastern 
District of Missouri, Thomas E. Johnston, to be United States Attorney 
for the Northern District of West Virginia, John McKay, to be United 
States Attorney for the Western District of Washington, Anna Mills S. 
Wagoner, to be United States Attorney for the Middle District of North 
Carolina, Karl K. Warner II, to be United States Attorney for the 
Southern District of West Virginia, and Donald W. Washington, to be 
United States Attorney for the Western District of Louisiana.
  Also, committee failed to approve proposed legislation, to urge the 
Senate, prior to the end of the first session of the 107th Congress, to 
vote on at least the judicial nominations sent to the Senate by the 
President prior to August 4, 2001.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee held hearings on the nominations 
of Charles W. Pickering, Sr., of Mississippi, to be United States 
Circuit Judge for the Fifth Circuit, M. Christina Armijo, to be United 
States District Judge for the District of New Mexico, Karon O. Bowdre, 
to be United States District Judge for the Northern District of 
Alabama, Stephen P. Friot, to be United States District Judge for the 
Western District of Oklahoma, and Larry R. Hicks, to be United States 
District Judge for the District of Nevada, where the nominees testified 
and answered questions in their own behalf. Mr. Pickering was 
introduced by Senators Lott and Cochran, and Representative Pickering, 
Ms. Armijo was introduced by Senators Domenici and Bingaman, Ms. Bowdre 
was introduced by Senator Shelby, Mr. Friot was introduced by Senator 
Nickles, and Mr. Hicks was introduced by Senator Reid.
  Hearings recessed subject to call.