[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 176 (Tuesday, December 18, 2001)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1266-D1267]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Armed Services: Committee ordered favorably reported the 
nomination of Everet Beckner, of New Mexico, to be Deputy Administrator for 
Defense Programs, National Nuclear Security Administration, Department of 
Energy, and 66 military nominations in the Army and Air Force.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded 
hearings on the nominations of Vickers B. Meadows, of Virginia, to be 
Assistant Secretary for Administration, and Diane Leneghan Tomb, of 
Virginia, to be Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs, both of the 
Department of Housing and Urban Development, after the nominees testified 
and answered questions in their own behalf. Ms. Tomb was introduced by 
Representative Portman.

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ENRON CORPORATION COLLAPSE
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded 
hearings to examine issues surrounding the collapse of Enron Corporation, 
focusing on relevant auditing and accounting issues, the influence of U.S. 
capital market system's internal controls and alleged conflicts of interest, 
Enron stock marketing practices, and the financial devastation caused by the 
collapse, after receiving testimony from C.E. Andrews, Arthur Andersen, 
Scott Cleland, Precursor Group, and Damon Silvers, AFL-CIO, all of 
Washington, D.C.; John C. Coffee, Jr., Columbia University School of Law, 
New York, New York; Bill Mann, Motley Fool, Alexandria, Virginia; Robert 
Vigil, Portland General Electric, Madras, Oregon; Donald Eri, Gresham, 
Oregon; Janice Farmer, Orlando, Florida; Mary Bain Pearson, Houston, Texas; 
and Charles Prestwood, Conroe, Texas.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Finance: Committee ordered favorably reported the following 
business items:
  H.R. 3005, to extend trade authorities procedures with respect to 
reciprocal trade agreements, with an amendment in the nature of a 
substitute; and
  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, Janet Hale, of Virginia, to 
be Assistant Secretary for Management and Budget, and Joan E. Ohl, of West 
Virginia, to be Commissioner on Children, Youth, and Families, both of the 
Department of Health and Human Services, and 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.
GLOBAL OUTREACH OF AL-QAEDA
Committee on Foreign Relations: Subcommittee on International Operations and 
Terrorism concluded hearings to examine the global outreach of Al-Qaeda 
International, focusing on ties to other terrorist organizations, the 
fatwah's of Al-Qaeda (rulings on Islamic law), and how U.S. military actions 
might affect Al-Qaeda, after receiving testimony from J. T. Caruso, Acting 
Assistant Director, Counterterrorism Division, and Thomas Wilshere, Deputy 
Section Chief, International Terrorism Operational Section, both of the 
Federal Bureau of Investigation, Department of Justice; Larry C. Johnson, 
BERG Associates, LLC, Washington, D.C., former Deputy Director, Office of 
Counterterrorism, Department of State; and Michelle Flournoy, Center for 
Strategic and International Studies, Washington, D.C.
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