[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 156 (Tuesday, November 13, 2001)]
[Daily Digest]
[Page D1132]
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 to strike Title X (Agricultural Competition) from 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, to 
ensure consumers abundant food and fiber.
  Committee will meet again tomorrow.
LEAD-BASED PAINT POISONING
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on 
Housing and Transportation concluded hearings to examine the health and 
environmental impact of lead-based poisoning, focusing on federal, 
state, and local efforts to prevent lead-based poisoning, focusing on 
poisoning prevention, after receiving testimony from Rhode Island State 
Attorney General Sheldon Whitehouse, Providence; Richard A. Fatur, 
Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, Denver; Susan 
Thornfeldt, Maine Lead Action Project, Portland, on behalf of the 
Alliance to End Childhood Lead Poisoning; Bruce P. Lanphear, Children's 
Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio; Nick Farr, National Center 
for Lead-Safe Housing, Columbia, Maryland; and Sue Heller, Manchester 
Connecticut Lead Abatement Project, Manchester.
ILLEGAL ALIENS
Committee on Governmental Affairs: Permanent Subcommittee on 
Investigations concluded hearings on the Immigration and Naturalization 
Service's role in processing aliens arrested for illegal entry into the 
United States between ports of entry, focusing on Border Patrol and 
Inspections' procedures to facilitate the flow of illegal immigration 
while preventing illegal entry of people and contraband, after 
receiving testimony from Michael A. Pearson, Executive Associate 
Commissioner for Field Operations, Immigration and Naturalization 
Service, and Gustavo De LaVina, Chief, Mark P. Hall and Keith M. Olson, 
both Senior Border Patrol Agents, both on behalf of the National Border 
Patrol Council, and Eugene R. Davis, former Deputy Chief Patrol Agent, 
all of the U.S. Border Patrol, Immigration and Naturalization Service, 
Department of Justice.