[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 8 (Wednesday, February 6, 2002)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D61-D62]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
FINANCIAL LITERACY
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded 
hearings to examine the status of financial literacy and learning for 
American consumers, focusing on Federal, State, public and private 
efforts to develop a national strategy to promote consumer financial 
education, after receiving testimony from former Representative Susan 
Molinari, on behalf of the Americans for Consumer Education and 
Competition; Denise Voigt Crawford, Texas State Securities Board, 
Austin; and Stephen Brobeck, Consumer Federation of America, H. Patrick 
Swygert, Howard University, on behalf of the Historically Black 
Colleges and Universities, Don M. Blandin, American Savings Education 
Council, Esther Canja, American Association of Retired Persons, and 
Raul Yzaguirre, National Council of La Raza, all of Washington, D.C.
2003 BUDGET
Committee on the Budget: Committee continued hearings on the 
President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 2003, focusing on 
security, economic, and long-term fiscal challenges, receiving 
testimony from Jacob J. Lew, former Director, Office of Management and 
Budget; and Robert L. Bixby, The Concord Coalition, Washington, D.C.
  Hearings continue tomorrow.
NATIONAL ENERGY SECURITY
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded hearings 
to examine the effects of certain provisions to repeal the Public 
Utility Holding Company Act (PUHCA) of 1935, contained in S. 1766, 
Energy Policy Act (pending on Senate calendar), on energy markets and 
energy consumers, and whether recent events in the Enron bankruptcy

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have raised concerns that regulation of energy companies may be 
insufficient, without PUHCA, to protect customers of electric 
utilities, after receiving testimony from Isaac C. Hunt, Jr., 
Commissioner, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission; Cynthia A. 
Marlette, General Counsel, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 
Department of Energy; Roy Hemmingway, Oregon Public Utility Commission, 
Salem, on behalf of the National Association of Regulatory Utility 
Commissioners; David L. Sokol, MidAmerican Energy Holdings Company, Des 
Moines, Iowa; and Scott Hempling, Silver Spring, Maryland.
U.S. TRADE NEGOTIATIONS
Committee on Finance: Committee held hearings to examine the status of 
ongoing U.S. trade negotiations, focusing on World Trade Organization 
negotiations, trade remedy laws, fast track authority, labor rights, 
environmental issues, and trade adjustment assistance, receiving 
testimony from Robert B. Zoellick, U.S. Trade Representative; Gary 
Broyles, National Association of Wheat Growers, Rapelje, Montana, on 
behalf of the Wheat Export Trade Education Committee and U.S. Wheat 
Associates; George Scalise, Semiconductor Industry Association, San 
Jose, California; Arthur D. Wainwright, Wainwright Industries, Saint 
Peters, Missouri, on behalf of the National Association of 
Manufacturers; and Barb Determan, Early, Iowa, on behalf of the 
National Pork Producers Council.
  Hearings recessed subject to call.
U.S. STRATEGIC SECURITY
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded hearings to examine 
a new strategic framework, focusing on implications for U.S. security, 
after receiving testimony from William J. Perry, Stanford University 
Hoover Institution, Stanford, California, former Secretary of Defense; 
and Caspar W. Weinberger, Washington, D.C., former Secretary of 
Defense.
U.S. POLICY OPTIONS IN SOMALIA
Committee on Foreign Relations: Subcommittee on African Affairs 
concluded hearings to examine U.S. policy options in Somalia, focusing 
on the promotion of stability, sustainable development, and expanded 
economic opportunity, after receiving testimony from Walter H. 
Kansteiner, Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs; Ken 
Menkhaus, Davidson College, Davidson, North Carolina; David H. Shinn, 
former Ambassador to Ethiopia and Special Coordinator for Somalia, 
Washington, D.C.; and Robert MacPherson, CARE, Atlanta, Georgia.
ACCOUNTABILITY/ENRON COLLAPSE
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded hearings to examine 
accountability issues surrounding the fall of Enron Corporation, 
focusing on fraud, auditor conflicts, vulnerability of institutional 
investors, and liability limits, after receiving testimony from 
Washington Attorney General Christine O. Gregoire, Olympia; Bruce 
Raynor, New York, New York, on behalf of Union of Needletrades, 
Industrial and Textile Employees (UNITE), AFL-CIO, and the Amalgamated 
Bank; Steven M. Schatz, Wilson, Sonsini, Goodrich, and Rosati 
Professional Corporation, Palo Alto, California; Nelson Lund, George 
Mason University School of Law, Arlington, Virginia; and Susan P. 
Koniak, Boston University School of Law, Boston, Massachusetts.
WORLD THREAT
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee concluded hearings to 
examine issues surrounding global threats and challenges, focusing on 
the emerging global security environment, after receiving testimony 
from George J. Tenet, Director of Central Intelligence; Dale L. Watson, 
Executive Assistant Director for Counterterrorism and 
Counterintelligence, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Department of 
Justice; Vice Admiral Thomas R. Wilson, USN, Director, Defense 
Intelligence Agency, and Carl W. Ford, Jr., Assistant Secretary of 
State for Intelligence and Research.
WORLD THREATS
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee concluded closed hearings 
to examine issues surrounding world threats to American national 
security, after receiving testimony from officials of the intelligence 
community.
WOMEN AND LONG-TERM CARE
Special Committee on Aging: Committee concluded joint hearings with the 
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions' Subcommittee on 
Aging to examine issues related to women and aging, focusing on long-
term care and the predominant role of women as America's caregivers, 
after receiving testimony from Senators Murray, Collins, Lincoln, 
Stabenow, Clinton, and Carnahan; Laurie Young, Older Women's League, 
Washington, D.C.; and Gail Gibson Hunt, National Alliance for 
Caregiving, Bethesda, Maryland.