[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 167 (Wednesday, December 5, 2001)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1205-D1206]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
NORTHERN BORDER SECURITY
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Treasury and General 
Government concluded hearings to examine United States northern border 
security policy, focusing on ports of entry, security personnel, and 
compatible communication equipment for American and Canadian law-
enforcement authorities, after receiving testimony from Senators 
Schumer, Clinton, and Stabenow; North Dakota Governor John Hoeven, 
Bismarck; Vermont Governor Howard Dean, Montpelier; and Michigan 
Lieutenant Governor Dick Posthumus, Lansing.
TECHNOLOGY SECTOR
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on 
Science, Technology, and Space concluded hearings to examine the 
response of the technology sector in times of crisis, focusing on the 
successes and failures in the aftermath of the events of September 11, 
2001, after receiving testimony from John H. Marburger III, Director, 
Office of Science and Technology Policy; Joe M. Allbaugh, Director, and 
Ron Miller, Chief Information Officer, both of the Federal Emergency 
Management Agency; Will Pelgrin, State of New York Governor's Office of 
Technology, Albany; Craig O. McCaw, Eagle River, Inc., Kirkland, 
Washington; Roger Cochetti, Jr., Verisign, Inc., and Stephen J. 
Rohleder, Accenture, both of Washington, D.C.; Julie Coppernoll, Intel 
Corporation, Santa Clara, California; and Sarah Roche, UPOC, and Joe 
Sandri, WinStar, both of New York, New York.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded hearings 
on the nominations of Margaret S.Y. Chu, of New Mexico, to be Director 
of the Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management, and Beverly 
Cook, of Idaho, to be Assistant Secretary for Environment, Safety and 
Health, both of the Department of Energy, and Jeffrey D. Jarrett, of 
Pennsylvania, to be Director of the Office of Surface Mining 
Reclamation and Enforcement, and Rebecca W.

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Watson, of Montana, to be Assistant Secretary for Land and Minerals 
Management, both of the Department of the Interior, after the nominees 
testified and answered questions in their own behalf. Ms. Chu was 
introduced by Senator Domenici, Ms. Cook was introduced by Senator 
Craig, and Ms. Watson was introduced by Senator Watson.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded hearings on the 
nominations of Callie V. Granade, to be United States District Judge 
for the Southern District of Alabama, Marcia S. Krieger, to be United 
States District Judge for the District of Colorado, James C. Mahan, to 
be United States District Judge for the District of Nevada, Philip R. 
Martinez, to be United States District Judge for the Western District 
of Texas, C. Ashley Royal, to be United States District Judge for the 
Middle District of Georgia, and Mauricio J. Tamargo, of Florida, to be 
Chairman of the Foreign Claims Settlement Commission of the United 
States, Department of Justice, after the nominees testified and 
answered questions in their own behalf. Ms. Granade was introduced by 
Senator Sessions, Ms. Krieger was introduced by Senators Campbell and 
Allard, Mr. Mahan was introduced by Senators Reid and Ensign, Mr. 
Martinez was introduced by Senators Gramm and Hutchison, Mr. Royal was 
introduced by Senators Cleland and Miller, and Mr. Tamargo was 
introduced by Senators Graham and Warner, and Representatives Ros-
Lehtinen and Meek.
COPS PROGRAM
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Crime and Drugs concluded 
hearings to examine the future of the Community Oriented Policing 
Services (COPS) program of the Department of Justice, focusing on a 
comprehensive study chronicling its relationship to local and national 
crime rates, after receiving testimony from Viet D. Dinh, Assistant 
Attorney General, Office of Legal Policy, Department of Justice; Lonnie 
Westphal, Colorado State Patrol, Denver, on behalf of the International 
Association of Chiefs of Police; Steve Young, Marion City Police 
Department, Marion, Delaware, on behalf of the Fraternal Order of 
Police; Jihong Zhao, University of Nebraska Department of Criminal 
Justice, Omaha; Mike Brown, Bedford County Sheriffs' Office, Bedford, 
Virginia, on behalf of the National Sheriffs' Association; David B. 
Muhlhausen, Heritage Foundation, Washington, D.C.; and Thomas P. 
Gordon, New Castle County, Delaware.