[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 153 (Wednesday, November 7, 2001)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1111-D1112]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
NEW FEDERAL FARM BILL
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: Committee met and 
approved Title III (Trade) of S. 1628, to strengthen the safety net for 
agricultural producers, to enhance resource conservation and rural 
development, to provide for farm credit, agricultural research, 
nutrition, and related programs, and to ensure consumers abundant food 
and fiber.
  Committee will meet again tomorrow.
BUDGET AND EMERGENCY DEFICIT
Committee on the Budget: Committee met and began consideration of S.J. 
Res. 28, suspending certain provisions of law pursuant to section 
258(a)(2) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 
1985, but did not take final action thereon, and recessed subject to 
call.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded hearings on the 
nominations of John Marshall, of Virginia, to be Assistant 
Administrator for Management, and the nomination of Constance Berry 
Newman, of Illinois, to be Assistant Administrator for Africa, both of 
the United States Agency for International Development, Cynthia Shepard 
Perry, of Texas, to be United States Director of the African 
Development Bank, Jose A. Fourquet, of New Jersey, to be United States 
Executive Director of the Inter-American Development Bank, and Jorge L. 
Arrizurieta, of Florida, to be United States Alternate Executive 
Director of the Inter-American Development Bank, after the nominees 
testified and answered questions in their own behalf. Mr. Marshall was 
introduced by Senators Allen and Hagel, Ms. Newman was introduced by 
Senator Stevens and District of Columbia Delegate Eleanor Holmes 
Norton, and Mr. Fourquet was introduced by Senators Torricelli and 
Corzine.
WPD PROLIFERATION
Committee on Governmental Affairs: Subcommittee on International 
Security, Proliferation and Federal Services concluded hearings to 
examine current and future weapons of mass destruction proliferation 
threats, focusing on key policy instruments including

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international treaties, multilateral export control arrangements, U.S. 
export controls, and security assistance to other countries, after 
receiving testimony from Joseph A. Christoff, Director, International 
Affairs and Trade, General Accounting Office; Michael L. Moodie, 
Chemical and Biological Arms Control Institute, Jonathon B. Tucker, 
Monterey Institute of International Studies, Rose Gottemoeller, 
Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Richard T. Cupitt, Center 
for International Trade and Security, and James A. Lewis, Center for 
Strategic and International Studies, all of Washington, D.C.; and Gary 
Milhollin, University of Wisconsin Project on Nuclear Arms Control, 
Madison.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded hearings on the 
nominations of Joe L. Heaton, to be United States District Judge for 
the Western District of Oklahoma, Clay D. Land, to be United States 
District Judge for the Middle District of Georgia, Frederick J. 
Martone, to be United States District Judge for the District of 
Arizona, Danny C. Reeves, to be United States District Judge for the 
Eastern District of Kentucky, Julie A. Robinson, to be United States 
District Judge for the District of Kansas, and James Edward Rogan, of 
California, to be Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property 
and Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office, after 
the nominees testified and answered questions in their own behalf. Mr. 
Heaton was introduced by Senators Nickles and Inhofe, Mr. Land was 
introduced by Senators Cleland and Miller, Mr. Martone was introduced 
by Senator Kyl, Mr. Reeves was introduced by Senators McConnell and 
Bunning, and Ms. Robinson was introduced by Senators Brownback and 
Roberts.
INTERNATIONAL AVIATION ALLIANCES
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Antitrust, Business Rights, 
and Competition concluded hearings to examine international aviation 
alliances, focusing on market turmoil and the future of airline 
competition, after receiving testimony from Donald J. Carty, American 
Airlines, Fort Worth, Texas; Leo F. Mullin, Delta Air Lines, Atlanta, 
Georgia; Richard Anderson, Northwest Airlines, Eagan, Minnesota; 
Richard Branson, Virgin Atlantic Airways Limited, West Sussex, England; 
Roger Maynard, British Airways, London, England; and Larry Kellner, 
Continental Airlines, Inc., Washington, D.C.
INTELLIGENCE
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee held closed hearings on 
intelligence matters, receiving testimony from officials of the 
intelligence community.
  Committee recessed subject to call.