[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 144 (Thursday, October 25, 2001)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1055-D1057]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
HOMELAND SECURITY
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on VA, HUD, and Independent 
Agencies concluded hearings to examine mayors perspectives on homeland 
security issues, focusing on emergency preparedness and homeland 
defense block grants, after receiving testimony from Mayor Martin 
O'Malley, Baltimore,

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Maryland; Mayor Jeff Griffin, Reno, Nevada; Mayor Susan Savage, Tulsa, 
Oklahoma; and Mayor Ronald Kirk, Dallas, Texas.
HOMELAND SECURITY
Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded hearings to examine 
the role of the Department of Defense in homeland security, after 
receiving testimony from Thomas E. White, Secretary of the Army and 
Interim Department of Defense Executive Agent for Homeland Security; 
Gen. Peter Pace, USMC, Vice Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff; Gen. 
William F. Kernan, USA, Commander in Chief, United States Joint Forces 
Command; and Gen. Ralph E. Eberhart, USAF, Commander in Chief, United 
States Space Command/North American Aerospace Defense Command.
BIOTERRORISM
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and 
Capabilities concluded hearings, in closed and open session, to examine 
the Dark Winter scenario designed to examine the national security, 
intergovernmental, and information challenges of a biologic attack on 
the American homeland, after receiving testimony from former Senator 
Sam Nunn, on behalf of the Nuclear Threat Initiative; John J. Hamre, 
Center for Strategic and International Studies, Washington, D.C.; Tara 
O'Toole, Johns Hopkins Center for Civilian Biodefense Studies, 
Baltimore, Maryland; and Col. Randall J. Larsen, USAF (Ret.), ANSER 
Institute for Homeland Security, Arlington, Virginia.
TERRORISM INSURANCE
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee continued 
hearings to examine how the insurance industry should respond to risks 
posed by potential terrorist attacks and the extent to which the 
government should play a role alongside the industry to address these 
risks, in light of the events of September 11, 2001, and how these 
decisions will effect insurance coverage and premiums on property and 
casualty reinsurance contracts as they come up for renewal, receiving 
testimony from Robert E. Vagley, American Insurance Association, and 
Thomas J. Donohue, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, both of Washington, D.C.; 
Ronald E. Ferguson, General Re Corporation, Stamford Connecticut, on 
behalf the Reinsurance Association of America; John T. Sinnott, Marsh, 
Inc., New York, New York, on behalf of the Council of Insurance Agents 
and Brokers; Leslie M. Baker, Jr., Wachovia Corporation, Charlotte, 
North Carolina, on behalf of the Financial Services Roundtable; Thomas 
J. O'Brien, LCOR, Berwyn, Pennsylvania, on behalf of the Real Estate 
Roundtable; and Walter K. Knorr, City of Chicago, Illinois.
ECONOMIC STIMULUS
Committee on the Budget: Committee concluded hearings to examine long 
and short term economic stimulus proposals, focusing on a set of 
principles to guide the development of long term fiscal discipline, 
long term interest rates, and an exploration of the potential impact of 
tax cuts, after receiving testimony from William Gale and Peter R. 
Orszag, both of the Brookings Institution, and Kevin Hassett, American 
Enterprise Institute, all of Washington, D.C.
NOMINATION
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee held hearings on 
the nomination of Michael Smith, of Oklahoma, to be Assistant Secretary 
of Energy for Fossil Energy, where the nominee, who was introduced by 
Senator Nickles, testified and answered questions in his own behalf.
  Hearings recessed subject to call.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee ordered favorably reported 
the nominations of Brian E. Carlson, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to 
the Republic of Latvia, Joseph M. DeThomas, of Pennsylvania, to be 
Ambassador to the Republic of Estonia, J. Edward Fox, of Ohio, to be 
Assistant Administrator for Legislative and Public Affairs, Kent R. 
Hill, of Massachusetts, to be Assistant Administrator for Europe and 
Eurasia, and E. Anne Peterson, of Virginia, to be Assistant 
Administrator for Global Health, all of the United States Agency for 
International Development, Cameron R. Hume, of New York, to be 
Ambassador to the Republic of South Africa, Bonnie McElveen-Hunter, of 
North Carolina, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Finland, Margaret 
K. McMillion, of the District of Columbia, to be Ambassador to the 
Republic of Rwanda, Wanda L. Nesbitt, of Pennsylvania, to be Ambassador 
to the Republic of Madagascar, John Malcolm Ordway, of California, to 
be Ambassador to the Republic of Armenia, John N. Palmer, of 
Mississippi, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Portugal, Robert V. 
Royall, of South Carolina, to be Ambassador to the United Republic of 
Tanzania, Clifford M. Sobel, of New Jersey, to be Ambassador to the 
Kingdom of the Netherlands, and John F. Turner, of Wyoming, to be 
Assistant Secretary of State for Oceans and International Environmental 
and Scientific Affairs.
CAMPAIGN AGAINST TERRORISM
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded hearings to examine 
the diplomatic aspects of the

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international campaign against terrorism, after receiving testimony 
from Colin L. Powell, Secretary of State.
D.C. FAMILY COURT
Committee on Governmental Affairs: Subcommittee on Oversight of 
Government Management, Restructuring and the District of Columbia 
concluded hearings to promote the best interests of children, focusing 
on proposals to establish a family court in the District of Columbia 
Superior Court, after receiving testimony from Senators Landrieu and 
DeWine; Representative DeLay; District of Columbia Delegate Eleanor 
Holmes Norton; Rufus King III, District of Columbia Superior Court, 
Olivia Golden, Child and Family Services Agency of the District of 
Columbia, Margaret J. McKinney, District of Columbia Bar, and Deborah 
Luxenberg, Council for Court Excellence, all of Washington, D.C.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded hearings on the 
nominations of Harris L. Hartz, of New Mexico, to be United States 
Circuit Judge for the Tenth Circuit, John D. Bates, of Maryland, to be 
United States District Judge for the District of Columbia, Kurt D. 
Engelhardt, to be United States District Judge for the Eastern District 
of Louisiana, William P. Johnson, to be United States District Judge 
for the District of New Mexico, and Sharee M. Freeman, of Virginia, to 
be Director, Community Relations Service, Department of Justice, after 
the nominees testified and answered questions in their own behalf. Mr. 
Hartz and Mr. Johnson were introduced by Senators Domenici and 
Bingaman, Mr. Bates was introduced by Representative Morella and 
District of Columbia Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton, Mr. Engelhardt was 
introduced by Senators Breaux and Landrieu and Representative Vitter, 
and Ms. Freeman was introduced by Senator Warner and Representative 
Hyde.