[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 147 (Tuesday, October 30, 2001)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1070-D1071]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
POSTAL SERVICE--SAFETY OF POSTAL EMPLOYEES AND MAIL
Committee on Government Reform: Held an oversight hearing on the U.S. Postal 
Service: The Safety of Postal Employees and the Mail. Testimony was heard 
from the following officials of the U.S. Postal Service: John E. Potter, 
Postmaster General; and Kenneth C. Weaver, Chief Postal Inspector, Postal 
Inspection Service; Mitch Cohen, M.D., Director, Division of Bacterial and 
Mycotic Diseases, National Center for Infectious Diseases, Department of 
Health and Human Services; James Jarboe, Section Chief, Counterterrorism 
Division, Domestic Terrorism/Counterterrorism Planning Section, FBI, 
Department of Justice; and public witnesses.
OVERSIGHT--WASHINGTON AQUEDUCT DISCHARGE EFFECTS
Committee on Resources: Subcommittee on National Parks, Recreation and 
Public Lands held an oversight hearing on the Discharge Effects of the 
Washington Aqueduct. Testimony was heard from John Parsons, Associate 
Regional Director, Lands, Resources, and Planning, National Capitol Region, 
National Park Service, Department of the Interior; William T. Hogarth, 
Assistant Administrator, Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries, NOAA, 
Department of Commerce; Patricia Gleason, Chief, Maryland and District of 
Columbia Watershed Branch, Water Protection Division, EPA; Col. Charles J. 
Fiala, Jr., USA, Commander and District Engineer, Baltimore District, U.S. 
Army Corps of Engineers, Department of the Army; and public witnesses.
SECURE TRANSPORTATION FOR AMERICA ACT
Committee on Rules: Heard testimony from Chairman Young of Alaska and 
Representatives Mica, LaTourette, Castle, Smith of Michigan, Ganske, 
Oberstar, Lipinski, Millender-McDonald, Bonior, Andrews, Jackson of 
Illinois, Carson, Inslee, Strickland, Udall of New Mexico, and Solis but no 
action was taken on H.R. 3150, Secure Transportation for America Act of 
2001.
ENERGY AND WATER DEVELOPMENT APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Rules: Granted, by voice vote, a rule waiving all points of 
order against the conference report to accompany H.R. 2311, making 
appropriations for energy and water development for the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 2002 and against its consideration. The rule provides that the 
conference report shall be considered as read.
LEGISLATIVE BRANCH APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Rules: Granted, by voice vote, a rule waiving all points of 
order against the conference report to accompany H.R. 2647, making 
appropriations for the Legislative Branch for the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 2002 and against its consideration. The rule provides that the 
conference report shall be considered as read.
GAO'S REPORT--VETERANS' SERVICES
Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Subcommittee on Benefits held a hearing on 
the GAO's report: ``Veterans' Employment and Training Service Flexibility 
and Accountability Needed to Improve Service to Veterans'' and the VA's 
implementation of the Vocational Training and Rehabilitation program under 
chapter 31 of Title 38. Testimony was heard from Julius Williams, Director, 
Rehabilitation and Employment, Department of Veterans Affairs; Charles S.

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Ciccolella, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Veterans Employment and Training, 
Department of Labor; Sigurd Nilsen, Director, Education, Workforce, and 
Income Security Issues, GAO; Roger Madsen, Director, Department of Labor, 
State of Idaho; representatives of veterans organizations; and public 
witnesses.
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