[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 2 (Thursday, January 24, 2002)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D11-D12]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
CLONING RESEARCH
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human 
Services, and Education held hearings to examine funding issues 
surrounding cloning research, focusing on the clarification of how stem 
cell research, or therapeutic cloning, differs from human reproductive 
cloning, and the ethical and public-policy issues related to both, 
after receiving testimony from Irving L. Weissman, Stanford University 
Medical School, Stanford, California, on behalf of the National 
Academies Panel on Scientific and Medical Aspects of Human Cloning; 
Rudolf Jaenisch, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Whitehead 
Institute, Cambridge; and Brent Blackwelder, Friends of the Earth, and 
Maria Michejda, Georgetown University Immunology Center and New York 
University School of Medicine, both of Washington, D.C.
  Hearings recessed subject to call.
U.S. ECONOMY
Committee on the Budget: Committee concluded hearings to examine the 
state of the economy, focusing on cyclical adjustments made in 2001, 
characterized by reductions in business investment, liquidations in 
business inventories, and economic difficulties with U.S. trading 
partners, after receiving testimony from Alan Greespan, Chairman, Board 
of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.
NOMINATION
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded 
hearings on the nomination of James R. Mahoney, of Virginia, to be 
Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere, after the 
nominee, who was introduced by Senator Gregg, testified and answered 
questions in his own behalf.
CORPORATE AVERAGE FUEL ECONOMY STANDARDS
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee held 
hearings to examine the national security, safety, technological, and 
employment implications of increasing the Corporate Average Fuel 
Economy standards, receiving testimony from Stuart E. Eizenstat, 
Covington & Burling, former Deputy Secretary of the Treasury, Joan B. 
Claybrook, Public Citizen, J. Andrew Hoerner, Center for a Sustainable 
Economy, John German, American Honda Motor Corporation, Inc., and 
Gregory Dana, Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers, all of Washington, 
D.C.; Adrian K. Lund, Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, 
Arlington, Virginia; Marc Ross, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor; and 
Allen Schaeffer, Diesel Technology Forum, Herndon, Virginia.
  Hearings recessed subject to call.
FUTURE OF TRANSPORTATION
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee concluded hearings 
to examine the future of transportation in the United States, focusing 
on lessons learned from the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st 
Century (TEA-21) and perspectives on reauthorization from the federal, 
state, and local level, after receiving testimony from Norman Y. 
Mineta, Secretary of Transportation; Ray Scheppach, Washington, D.C., 
on behalf of the National Governors Association; Mayor Peter Clavelle, 
Burlington, Vermont, on behalf of the National League of Cities; Mayor 
Brent Coles, Boise, Idaho, on behalf of the U.S. Conference of Mayors, 
and Commissioner Chris Hart, Hillsborough County, Florida, on behalf of 
the National Association of Counties.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee concluded hearings 
on the nominations of Linda Morrison Combs, of North Carolina, to be 
Chief Financial Officer, J. Paul Gilman, of Virginia, to be Assistant 
Administrator, Office of Research and Development, and Morris X. Winn, 
of Texas, to be Assistant Administrator, Administration and Resources 
Management, all of the Environmental Protection Agency, after the 
nominees testified and answered questions in their own behalf.
ENRON COLLAPSE
Committee on Governmental Affairs: Committee concluded hearings to 
examine certain issues surrounding the collapse of Enron Corporation, 
focusing on its impact on financial and energy markets, corporate 
accounting standards and disclosure of corporate information, and 
pension investment aspects, after receiving testimony from Arthur 
Levitt, Jr., former Chairman, and Lynn E. Turner, former Chief 
Accountant, both of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission; Bruce 
B. Henning, Energy and Environmental Analysis, Inc., Arlington, 
Virginia; John H. Langbein, Yale Law School, New Haven, Connecticut; 
and Frank Partnoy, University of San Diego School of Law, San Diego, 
California.

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EARLY EDUCATION
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee 
concluded hearings to examine the quality of early childhood learning 
programs, focusing on the importance of early childhood cognitive 
development, after receiving testimony from First Lady Laura Bush.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded hearings on the 
nominations of Michael J. Melloy, of Iowa, to be United States Circuit 
Judge for the Eighth Circuit, Robert E. Blackburn, to be United States 
District Judge for the District of Colorado, James E. Gritzner, to be 
United States District Judge for the Southern District of Iowa, Cindy 
K. Jorgenson, to be United States District Judge for the District of 
Arizona, Richard J. Leon, of Maryland, to be United States District 
Judge for the District of Columbia, and Jay C. Zainey, to be United 
States District Judge for the Eastern District of Louisiana, after the 
nominees testified and answered questions in their own behalf. Mr. 
Melloy and Mr. Gritzner were introduced by Senators Grassley and Harkin 
and Representative Leach, Mr. Blackburn was introduced by Senators 
Campbell and Allard, Ms. Jorgenson was introduced by Senator Kyl, Mr. 
Leon was introduced by Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton, and Mr. Zainey 
was introduced by Senators Breaux and Landrieu, and Representative 
Townsend.