[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 11 (Monday, February 11, 2002)]
[Daily Digest]
[Page D82]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
CUBA TRAVEL RESTRICTIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Treasury and General 
Government concluded hearings to examine issues related to restrictions 
of travel to Cuba, including the Administration's Cuba policy, human 
rights support, open market economy, and improving the political, 
economic, and cultural relationships with the United States, after 
receiving testimony from former Senator Dennis DeConcini; R. Richard 
Newcomb, Director, Office of Foreign Assets Control, Department of the 
Treasury; James Carragher, Coordinator of Cuban Affairs, Department of 
State; Dennis K. Hayes, Cuban American National Foundation, Washington, 
D.C., former U.S. Ambassador to Suriname; John I. Gilderbloom, 
University of Louisville College of Business and Public Administration 
Center for Sustainable Urban Neighborhoods, Louisville, Kentucky, on 
behalf of the Cuban Research and Education Programs; Nancy Chang, 
Center for Constitutional Rights, New York, New York; Marilyn Meister, 
Milton, Wisconsin; Cevin Allen, Sammamish, Washington; and John 
Harriman, Chicago, Illinois.
FHA BUDGET
Committee on Environment and Public Works:  Subcommittee on 
Transportation, Infrastructure, and Nuclear Safety held hearings to 
examine the President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 2003 
for the Federal Highway Administration, the Revenue Aligned Budget 
Authority (RABA) mechanism, and budget related reauthorization issues, 
receiving testimony from Donna McLean, Assistant Secretary for Budget 
and Programs and Chief Financial Officer, and Mary E. Peters, 
Administrator, Federal Highway Administration, both of the Department 
of Transportation; Thomas E. Stephens, Nevada Department of 
Transportation, Carson City, on behalf of the American Association of 
State Highway and Transportation Officials; and William D. Fay, 
American Highway Users Alliance, and Tom Hill, Oldcastle Materials 
Inc., on behalf of the American Road and Transportation Builders 
Association, both of Washington, D.C.
  Hearings recessed subject to call.