[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 168 (Thursday, December 6, 2001)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1213-D1214]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Armed Services: Committee ordered favorably reported the 
following business items:
  S. Con. Res. 55, honoring the 19 United States servicemen who died in 
the terrorist bombing of the Khobar Towers in Saudi Arabia on June 25, 
1996; and
  The nominations of Peter B. Teets, of Maryland, to be Under Secretary 
of the Air Force, and Claude M. Bolton, Jr., of Florida, to be an 
Assistant Secretary of the Army, and 694 military nominations in the 
Army, Navy, and Air Force.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded 
hearings on the nominations of J. Joseph Grandmaison, of New Hampshire, 
to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the Export-Import Bank of 
the United States, and Kenneth M. Donohue, Sr., of Virgina, to be 
Inspector General, Department of Housing and Urban Development.
CORPORATE AVERAGE FUEL ECONOMY
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded 
hearings to examine the Department of Transportation corporate average 
fuel economy (CAFE) program, focusing on minimization of environmental 
impacts via petroleum consumption, researching investments for fuel 
efficient vehicles, and improving fleet fuel economy, after receiving 
testimony from Senators Bingaman, Feinstein, and Snowe; Representative 
Boehlert; Jeffrey W. Runge, Administrator, and Bob Shelter, Executive 
Director, both of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, 
Department of Transportation; Claude C. Gravatt, Jr., Director, 
Manufacturing

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Competitiveness and Partnership for a New Generation of Vehicles, 
Department of Commerce; Susan M. Cischke, Ford Motor Company, Dearborn, 
Michigan; Bernard I. Robertson, DaimlerChrysler Corporation, Auburn 
Hills, Michigan; David Friedman, Union of Concerned Scientists, 
Berkeley, California; Theodore Louckes, Paice Corporation, Silver 
Spring, Maryland; and Thomas J. Davis, General Motors, Edward B. Cohen, 
Honda North America, Ann R. Mesnikoff, Sierra Club, Clarence Ditlow, 
Center for Auto Safety, James Olson, Toyota Motor North America, Inc., 
and Alan Reuther, International Union, United Automobile, Aerospace, 
and Agricultural Implement Workers of America, all of Washington, D.C.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded 
hearings on the nominations of Jeffrey Shane, of the District of 
Columbia, to be Associate Deputy Secretary, and Emil H. Frankel, of 
Connecticut, to be Assistant Secretary for Transportation Policy, both 
of the Department of Transportation. Mr. Shane was introduced by 
Representative Oberstar, and Mr. Frankel was introduced by Senators 
Lieberman and Dodd, and Representatives Petri and Shays.
COMPACT OF FREE ASSOCIATION
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded hearings 
to examine negotiations on extensions of funds and program assistance 
under the Compact of Free Association between the United States and the 
Pacific Island nations of the Federated States of Micronesia and the 
Republic of the Marshall Islands, after receiving testimony from Guam 
Delegate Robert A. Underwood; Albert V. Short, Director, Office of 
Compact Negotiations, Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs, 
Department of State; Peter M. Christian, Chief Negotiator for the Joint 
Committee on Compact Economic Negotiations, Federated States of 
Micronesia; Gerald M. Zackios, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Republic of 
the Marshall Islands, Majuro; Christopher Kearney, Deputy Assistant 
Secretary of the Interior for Policy and International Affairs; and 
Susan S. Westin, Managing Director, International Affairs and Trade, 
General Accounting Office.
FUTURE OF AFGHANISTAN
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded hearings to examine 
the political future of Afghanistan, focusing on rebuilding stability 
in the nation, the interim authority, and the successor government, 
after receiving testimony from Christina Rocca, Assistant Secretary for 
South Asian Affairs, and Richard Haas, Director of Policy Planning, 
both of the Department of State; Thomas E. Gouttierre, University of 
Nebraska Center for Afghanistan Studies, Omaha; and Fatima Gailani, 
National Islamic Front Afghanistan, Providence, Rhode Island.
U.S. SEAPORT SECURITY
Committee on Governmental Affairs: Committee concluded hearings to 
assess the vulnerability of United States seaports to certain criminal 
activity, and whether the Federal Government is adequately structured 
to safeguard them, after receiving testimony from Senator Hollings; F. 
Amanda DeBusk, Miller and Chevalier, Washington, D.C., former Assistant 
Secretary of Commerce for Export Enforcement, on behalf of the 
Interagency Commission on Crime and Security in U.S. Seaports; Stephen 
E. Flynn, Council on Foreign Relations, and Rear Adm. Richard M. 
Larrabee, USCG (Ret.), Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, both 
of New York, New York; Rob Quartel, FreightDesk Technologies, McLean, 
Virginia; Argent Acosta, Port of New Orleans, New Orleans, Louisiana; 
Charles C. Cook, Memphis Police Department, Memphis, Tennessee; W. 
Gordon Fink, Emerging Technology Markets, Annapolis, Maryland, and 
Michael D. Laden, Target Customs Brokers, Inc./Target Corporation, 
Minneapolis, Minnesota.
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE OVERSIGHT
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded oversight hearings to 
examine the Department of the Judiciary's response on how to preserve 
freedoms while defending against terrorism, focusing on their 
comprehensive criminal investigation to identify the killers of 
September 11 and to prevent further terrorist attacks, including 
enhanced information sharing between law-enforcement and intelligence 
communities, after receiving testimony from John Ashcroft, Attorney 
General, Department of Justice.