[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 166 (Tuesday, December 4, 2001)]
[Daily Digest]
[Page D1200]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
CABLE AND SATELLITE BROADCAST COMPETITION
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Telecommunications 
and the Internet held a hearing on The Status of Competition in the 
Multi-Channel Video Programing Distribution Marketplace. Testimony was 
heard from public witnesses.
OVERSIGHT
Committee on the Judiciary: Held an oversight hearing on Direct 
Broadcast Satellite Service and Competition in the Multichannel Video 
Distribution Market. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
OVERSIGHT--CONFLICTING LAWS AND REGULATIONS GOVERNING NATIONAL FORESTS
Committee on Resources: Subcommittee on Forests and Forest Health held 
an oversight hearing on Conflicting Laws and Regulations--Gridlock on 
the National Forests. Testimony was heard from Dale Bosworth, Chief, 
Forest Service; USDA; the former officials of the USDA: Jack Ward 
Thomas, Chief, Forest Service; and James P. Perry, Associate General 
Counsel, Natural Resources Division; and a public witness.
MEDICARE+CHOICE PROGRAM STATUS
Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Health held a hearing on 
Status of the Medicare+Choice Program. Testimony was heard from Thomas 
Scully, Administrator, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, 
Department of Health and Human Services; and public witnesses.