[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 12 (Tuesday, February 12, 2002)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D87-D88]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION
Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded hearings on proposed 
legislation authorizing funds for fiscal year 2003 for the Department 
of Defense, and the Future Years Defense Program, after receiving 
testimony from Thomas E. White, Secretary of the Army; Gordon R. 
England, Secretary of the Navy; and James G. Roche, Secretary of the 
Air Force.
ACCOUNTING AND INVESTOR PROTECTION
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded 
oversight hearings to examine accounting and investor protection issues 
raised by Enron and other public companies, including overseeing 
capital markets, designing successful reforms, improving transparency 
of information, financial statement auditing accuracy, and encouraging 
better governance of accounting firms and corporations, after receiving 
testimony from Arthur Levitt, Jr., and Richard C. Breeden, Richard C. 
Breedan and Co., both of Greenwich, Connecticut, David S. Ruder, 
Northwestern University School of Law, Chicago, Illinois, Harold M. 
Williams, Los Angeles, California, and Roderick M. Hills, Hills 
Enterprises Ltd, Washington, D.C., each a former Chairman, Securities 
and Exchange Commission.
2003 BUDGET
Committee on the Budget: Committee resumed hearings on the President's 
proposed budget request for fiscal year 2003, focusing on the State 
Department's foreign policy objectives, including winning the war on 
terrorism and protecting Americans at home and abroad, receiving 
testimony from Colin L. Powell, Secretary of State.
  Hearings continue tomorrow.
ENRON COLLAPSE
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee held 
hearings to examine the collapse of the Enron Corporation, focusing on 
the investigation of potentially questionable Enron's partnership 
transactions, receiving testimony from Kenneth L. Lay, Piper, Marbury, 
Rudnick and Wolfe, Washington, D.C., former Chairman/CEO, Enron 
Corporation; and William C. Powers, Jr., University of Texas Law 
School, Austin, on behalf of the Board of Directors of Enron 
Corporation Special Investigative Committee.
  Hearings recessed subject to call.
INTERIOR/FOREST SERVICE/ENERGY BUDGET
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded hearings 
to examine the President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 2003 
for the Department of the Interior, the U. S. Forest Service, and the 
Department of Energy, after receiving testimony from J. Steven Griles, 
Deputy Secretary, and P. Lynn Scarlett, Assistant Secretary for Policy, 
Management, and Budget, both of the Department of the Interior; Mark 
Rey, Under Secretary of Agriculture for Natural Resources and 
Environment; and Bruce M. Carnes, Chief Financial Officer, Department 
of Energy.
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CRIME
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded hearings to examine 
the theft of American intellectual property at home and abroad, 
focusing on the Department of State's and U.S. Trade Representative's 
role in policy and enforcement, and recent trends in intellectual 
property protection, including implementation of the Trade-Related 
Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) agreement the and 
``Special 301'' review, after receiving testimony from Alan P. Larson, 
Under Secretary of State for Economic, Business and Agricultural 
Affairs; Peter F. Allgeier, Deputy U.S. Trade Representative; John S. 
Gordon, U.S. Attorney, Central District of California, Department of 
Justice; Jeffrey Raikes, Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, Washington; 
and Jack Valenti, Motion Picture Association of America, Hilary Rosen, 
Recording Industry Association of America, and Douglas Lowenstein, 
Interactive Digital Software Association, all of Washington, D.C.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Governmental Affairs: Committee ordered favorably reported 
the nominations of Nancy Dorn, of Texas, to be Deputy Director of the 
Office of Management and Budget, Dan Gregory Blair, of the

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District of Columbia, to be Deputy Director of the Office of Personnel 
Management, and John L. Howard, of Illinois, to be Chairman of the 
Special Panel on Appeals.
WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION
Committee on Governmental Affairs: Subcommittee on International 
Security, Proliferation and Federal Services concluded hearings to 
examine multilateral non-proliferation regimes, weapons of mass 
destruction technologies, and the War on Terrorism, focusing on 
measures for enhancing the ability of these multilateral treaties to 
prevent the acquisition of chemical and biological weapons by both 
national and subnational groups, after receiving testimony from Elisa 
D. Harris, University of Maryland Center for International and Security 
Studies, and Amy E. Smithson, Henry L. Stimson Center, both of 
Washington, D. C.; Jim Walsh, Harvard University John F. Kennedy School 
of Government, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, 
Cambridge, Massachusetts; and Dennis M. Gormley, International 
Institute for Strategic Studies, London, England.
EARLY EDUCATION
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee 
concluded hearings to examine early education issues, focusing on 
quality educational programs, parent involvement in early childhood 
development, and separation of education for children with special 
needs, after receiving testimony from Elisabeth Schaefer, Massachusetts 
Department of Education, Malden; Jack P. Shonkoff, Brandeis University 
Heller School for Social Policy and Management, Waltham, Massachusetts; 
Edward Zigler, Yale University Child Study Center, New Haven, 
Connecticut; Dorothy S. Strickland, Rutgers University Graduate School 
of Education, New Brunswick, New Jersey; Rob Reiner, I Am Your Child 
Foundation, Hollywood, California; Susan Russell, University of North 
Carolina Child Care Services Association, Chapel Hill; and Sharon E. 
Rhodes, Parents as Teachers National Center, St. Louis, Missouri.
OXYCONTIN ABUSE
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee 
concluded hearings to examine the effects of the painkiller Oxycontin, 
focusing on Federal, State and local efforts to decrease abuse and 
misuse of this product while assuring availability for patients who 
suffer daily from chronic moderate to severe pain, after receiving 
testimony from John K. Jenkins, Director, Office of New Drugs, Center 
for Drug Evaluation and Research, Food and Drug Administration, and H. 
Westley Clark, Director, Center for Substance Abuse Treatment, 
Substance Abuse Mental Health Services Administration, both of the 
Department of Health and Human Services; Richard Payne, Memorial Sloan-
Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York; Art Van Zee, Lee Coalition 
for Health, St. Charles, Virginia; Nancy Green, Neighbors Against Drug 
Abuse, Calais, Maine; William R. Bess, Virginia State Police, 
Wytheville; and Paul D. Goldenheim, Purdue Pharma L.P., Stamford, 
Connecticut.
U.S. REFUGEE PROGRAM
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Immigration held hearings 
to examine issues surrounding the U.S. Refugee Program, including the 
effects of recent crises in Afghanistan and Africa on the refugee 
populations, security concerns in the aftermath of September 11, 2001, 
use of joint voluntary organizations to relieve refugee processing 
burdens, family reunification, and case backlogs, receiving testimony 
from Arthur E. Dewey, Assistant Secretary of State for the Bureau of 
Population, Refugees, and Migration; James W. Ziglar, Commissioner, 
Immigration and Naturalization Service, Department of Justice; Leonard 
S. Glickman, Refugee Council USA, New York, New York, on behalf of the 
Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society; and Anastasia Brown, U.S. Conference of 
Catholic Bishops Migration and Refugee Services, and Bill Frelick, U.S. 
Committee for Refugees, both of Washington, D.C.
  Hearings recessed subject to call.