[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 147 (Tuesday, October 30, 2001)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1068-D1069]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Armed Services: Committee ordered favorably reported 38 
military nominations in the Army, Navy, and Air Force.
TERRORISM RISK INSURANCE
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded 
hearings to examine the future of providing insurance for terrorist 
acts, focusing on possible policies between the federal government and 
the insurance industry to respond to the burden of costs in the wake of 
the tragedies of September 11th, after receiving testimony from Paul H. 
O'Neill, Secretary of the Treasury; Pennsylvania Commissioner of 
Insurance Diane Koken, Harrisburg, on behalf of the National 
Association of Insurance Commissioners; David L. Keating, National 
Taxpayers Union, Alexandria, Virginia; David A. Moss, Harvard Business 
School, Boston, Massachusetts; and Phillip L. Hawkins, Carr America 
Realty Corporation, Franklin W. Nutter, Reinsurance Association of 
America, Travis Plunkett, Consumer Federation of America, and Robert E. 
Vagley, American Insurance Association, all of Washington, D.C.
MAIL TERRORISM
Committee on Governmental Affairs and the Subcommittee on International 
Security, Proliferation and Federal Services held joint hearings to 
examine the effects of terrorism on the U.S. mail service, focusing on 
safeguards to protect postal employees and its customers, after 
receiving testimony from John E. Potter, Postmaster General, United 
States Postal Service; Gus Baffa, National Rural Letter Carriers' 
Association, Alexandria, Virginia; William Burrus, American Postal 
Workers Union, AFL-CIO, Denise Manley, Brentwood Post Office, and 
William H. Quinn, National Postal Mail Handlers Union, all of 
Washington, D.C.; Vincent R. Sombrotto, National Association of Letter 
Carriers, Port Washington, New York; and Tony DiStephano, Jr., NALC 
Branch 380, Trenton New Jersey.
  Hearings will continue tomorrow.

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LOW INCOME HOME ENERGY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee 
concluded hearings to examine new challenges facing the Low Income Home 
Energy Assistance Program, which offers primary federal support to help 
needy households pay their energy bills, focusing on priorities for 
reauthorization; after receiving testimony from Wade Horn, Assistant 
Secretary of Health and Human Services for the Administration for 
Children and Families; Jerry McKim, Iowa Department of Human Rights, 
Des Moines; Elliott Jacobson, Action, Inc., Gloucester, Massachusetts; 
and Theresa Hopkins Allsop, Northeast Utilities Foundation, Hartford, 
Connecticut.
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