[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 158 (Thursday, November 15, 2001)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1153-D1154]
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 ordered 
favorably reported an original bill, 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.
TERRORIST ORGANIZATIONS
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and 
Capabilities concluded hearings to examine terrorist organizations and 
motivations, after receiving testimony from Jerrold M. Post, George 
Washington University Political Psychology Program, Washington, D.C.; 
and Brian M. Jenkins, RAND Corporation, Santa Monica, California.
TERRORIST ORGANIZATIONS
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and 
Capabilities met in closed session to receive a briefing on terrorist 
organizations and motivations from Jennifer L. Oatman, Senior Terrorism 
Analyst, Joint Terrorism Analysis Center, Intelligence Directorate, J-
2, The Joint Staff; and an official of the intelligence community.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded 
hearings on the nominations of Allan I. Mendelowitz, of Connecticut, 
Franz S. Leichter, of New York, and John Thomas Korsmo, of North 
Dakota, each to be a Director, all of the Federal Housing Finance 
Board, Eduardo Aguirre, Jr., of Texas, to be First Vice President of 
the Export-Import Bank of the United States, and Randall S. Kroszner, 
of Illinois, to be a Member of the Council of Economic Advisers.
NOMINATION
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded 
hearings on the nomination of William Schubert, of Texas, to be 
Administrator of the Maritime Administration, Department of 
Transportation, after the nominee testified and answered questions in 
his own behalf.
CLEAN POWER ACT
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee concluded hearings 
on S. 556, to amend the Clean Air Act to reduce emissions from electric 
powerplants, focusing on the bill's impact on the environment and the 
economy, after receiving testimony from Vermont Governor Howard Dean, 
Montpelier; Gerard M. Anderson, DTE Energy Resources/DTE Energy 
Company, Detroit, Michigan, and Jeff Sterba, Public Service Company of 
New Mexico, Albuquerque, both on behalf of the Edison Electric 
Institute; Robert LaCount, Jr., PG&E National Energy Group, Bethesda, 
Maryland; Jeffrey C. Smith, Institute of Clean Air Companies, David G. 
Hawkins, Natural Resources Defense Council, and Ronald J. Tipton, 
National Parks Conservation Association, all of Washington, D.C.; John 
L. Kirkwood, American Lung Association, New York, New York; and Bill 
Banig, United Mine Workers of America, Fairfax, Virginia.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Finance: Committee concluded hearings on the nominations 
of Richard Clarida, of Connecticut, to be Assistant Secretary for 
Economic Policy, Kenneth Lawson, of Florida, to be Assistant Secretary 
for Enforcement, and B. John Williams, Jr., of Virginia, to be Chief 
Counsel for the Internal Revenue Service and Assistant General Counsel, 
all of the Department of the Treasury, James B. Lockhart III, of 
Connecticut, to be Deputy Commissioner of Social Security, and Harold 
Daub, of Nebraska, to be a Member of the Social Security Advisory 
Board, both of the Social Security Administration, and Janet Hale, of 
Virginia, to be Assistant Secretary for Management and Budget, and Joan 
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Ohl, of West Virginia, to be Commissioner of the Children, Youth, and 
Family Administration, both of the Department of Health and Human 
Services, after the nominees testified and answered questions in their 
own behalf. Mr. Daub was introduced by Senators Ben Nelson and Hagel.
AID TO AFGHANISTAN
Committee on Foreign Relations: Subcommittee on International 
Operations and Terrorism and the Subcommittee on Near Eastern and South 
Asian Affairs concluded joint hearings to examine U.S. efforts to 
deliver humanitarian relief to alleviate hunger and meet other critical 
needs in Afghanistan, after receiving testimony from Alan Kreczko, 
Acting Assistant Secretary of State for Bureau of Population, Refugees 
and Migration; Leonard Rogers, Acting Assistant Administrator for 
Humanitarian Response, and Bernd McConnell, Director of Central Asian 
Task Force, both of the United States Agency for International 
Development; and Joel Charny, Refugees International, Mark Bartolini, 
International Rescue Committee, and George Devendorf, Mercy Corps, all 
of Washington, D.C.
MEDICARE PAYMENT FOR AMBULANCE SERVICES
Committee on Governmental Affairs: Committee concluded oversight 
hearings to examine the payment and coverage policies of the Centers 
for Medicare and Medicaid Services for ambulance services, after 
receiving testimony from Thomas A. Scully, Administrator, Centers for 
Medicare and Medicaid Services, Department of Health and Human 
Services; Laura A. Dummit, Director, Health Care--Medicare Payment 
Issues, General Accounting Office; Mark D. Lindquist, St. Mary's 
Regional Health Center, Detroit Lakes, Minnesota; Gary L. Wingrove, 
Gold Cross Ambulance/Mayo Medical Transport/Mayo Foundation for Medical 
Education and Research, Rochester, Minnesota, on behalf of the 
Minnesota Ambulance Association; Mark D. Meijer, Life EMS Ambulance 
Service, Grand Rapids, Michigan, on behalf of the American Ambulance 
Association; James N. Pruden, St. Joseph's Regional Medical Center 
Department of Emergency Medicine, Paterson, New Jersey, on behalf of 
the NJ EMS Coalition; Lori Moore, International Association of Fire 
Fighters, Washington, D.C.; and John Sinclair, Central Pierce Fire and 
Rescue, Tacoma, Washington, on behalf of the International Association 
of Fire Chiefs.