[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 14 (Thursday, February 14, 2002)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D104-D106]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
U.S. COAST GUARD
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Transportation concluded 
hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2003 for the U.S. 
Coast Guard, after receiving testimony from Admiral James M. Loy, USCG, 
Commandant, U.S. Coast Guard, and Kenneth M. Mead, Inspector General, 
both of the Department of Transportation.
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION
Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded open and closed 
hearings to examine proposed legislation authorizing funds for fiscal 
year 2003 for the

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Department of Defense, focusing on the results of the Nuclear Posture 
Review, after receiving testimony from Douglas J. Feith, Under 
Secretary of Defense for Policy; John A. Gordon, USAF (Ret.), Under 
Secretary of Energy for Nuclear Security and Administrator, National 
Nuclear Security Administration; and Adm. James O. Ellis, Jr., USN, 
Commander in Chief, United States Strategic Command.
ACCOUNTING AND INVESTOR PROTECTION
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee resumed 
oversight hearings to examine accounting and investor protection issues 
raised by Enron and other public companies, focusing on the relevance 
of the work of the International Accounting Standards Committee and its 
associated bodies to the evident problems besetting the accounting and 
auditing profession, after receiving testimony from Paul A Volcker, 
Arthur Andersen Independent Oversight Board, New York, New York, former 
Chairman, Federal Reserve, and Sir David Tweedie, London, England, 
former Chairman of the United Kingdom's Accounting Standards Board, 
both on behalf of the International Accounting Standards Board.
  Hearings recessed subject to call.
2003 BUDGET
Committee on the Budget: Committee continued hearings on the 
President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 2003 and revenue 
proposals, focusing on the Department of Health and Human Services, 
after receiving testimony from Tommy G. Thompson, Secretary of Health 
and Human Services.
  Hearings recessed subject to call.
NATIONAL PARKS
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Subcommittee on National 
Parks concluded hearings on S. 202 and H.R. 2440, to rename Wolf Trap 
Farm Park for the Performing Arts as ``Wolf Trap National Park for the 
Performing Arts''; S. 1051 and H.R. 1456, to expand the boundary of the 
Booker T. Washington National Monument; S. 1061 and H.R. 2238, to 
authorize the Secretary of the Interior to acquire Fern Lake and the 
surrounding watershed in the States of Kentucky and Tennessee for 
addition to Cumberland Gap National Historic Park; S. 1649, to amend 
the Omnibus Parks and Public Lands Management Act of 1996 to increase 
the authorization of appropriations for the Vancouver National Historic 
Reserve and for the preservation of Vancouver Barracks; S. 1894, to 
direct the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a special resource 
study to determine the national significance of the Miami Circle site 
in the State of Florida as well as the suitability and feasibility of 
its inclusion in the National Park System as part of Biscayne National 
Park; and H.R. 2234, to revise the boundary of the Tumacacori National 
Historical Park in the State of Arizona, after receiving testimony from 
Senator Warner; Durand Jones, Deputy Director, National Park Service, 
Department of the Interior; Terrence D. Jones, Wolf Trap Foundation for 
the Performing Arts, Vienna, Virginia; and Karla Lutz Bowling, Bell 
County Chamber of Commerce, Middlesboro, Kentucky.
FEDERAL DEBT LIMIT
Committee on Finance: Subcommittee on Long-term Growth and Debt 
Reduction concluded hearings to examine the Administration's request to 
increase the federal debt limit, after receiving testimony from Paul 
O'Neill, Secretary of the Treasury; Bruce R. Bartlett, National Center 
for Policy Analysis, Robert L. Bixby, The Concord Coalition, and Gene 
B. Sperling, Brookings Institution, all of Washington, D.C.
AFRICA AIDS/HIV CRISIS
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded hearings to examine 
the prevention and treatment of the HIV/AIDS crisis in Africa, after 
receiving testimony from Eugene McCray, Director, Global AIDS Program, 
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Department of Health and 
Human Services; Anne Peterson, Assistant Administrator for Global 
Health, U.S. Agency for International Development; Jeffrey D. Sachs, 
Harvard University Center for International Development, Cambridge, 
Massachusetts, on behalf of the World Health Organization Commission on 
Macroeconomics and Health; Jim Yong Kim, Harvard Medical School Program 
in Infectious Disease and Social Change, Boston, Massachusetts; and 
Martin J. Vorster, Mahyeno Tributary Mamelodi, Pretoria, South Africa.
WORKING POOR
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee 
concluded hearings to examine needs of the working poor and helping 
welfare recipients find work and balance the needs of their families, 
after receiving testimony from Heather Boushey, Economic Policy 
Institute, and Peter Edelman, Georgetown University Law Center, both of 
Washington, D.C.; Ellen Bravo, 9 to 5, National Association of Working 
Women, Milwaukee, Wisconsin; Debra A. Greenwood, New York, New York, on 
behalf of the Welfare Made a Difference Campaign; Sharon Johnson, Key 
Bridge Marriott, Rosslyn, Virginia, on behalf of the Welfare to Work 
Partnership; and Barbara Ehrenreich, Key West, Florida.

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IDENTITY THEFT AND PRIVACY PROTECTION
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Technology, Terrorism, and 
Government Information held hearings to examine identity theft, and 
privacy and protection of personal information, and the need for 
legislation to deter and protect against the misuse of this 
information, including S. 1055, to require the consent of an individual 
prior to the sale and marketing of such individual's personally 
identifiable information, receiving testimony from Senator Gregg; 
Richard M. Stana, Director, Justice Issues, General Accounting Office; 
Susan Fisher, Doris Tate Crime Victims Bureau, Carlsbad, California; 
Douglas B. Comer, Intel Corporation, and Frank Torres, Consumers Union, 
both of Washington, D.C.; and Jonathan D. Avila, Walt Disney Company, 
Burbank, California.
  Hearings recessed subject to call.
VETERANS AFFAIRS AUTHORIZATION
Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Committee concluded hearings to examine 
the President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 2003 for 
veterans' programs, after receiving testimony from Anthony J. Principi, 
Secretary, Frances M. Murphy, Acting Under Secretary for Health, and 
Guy H. McMichael III, Acting Under Secretary for Benefits, all of the 
Department of Veterans Affairs; Bob Jones and Richard Jones, both of 
AMVETS, Lanham, Maryland; Richard Fuller, Paralyzed Veterans of 
America, Rick Surratt, Disabled American Veterans, Paul A. Hayden, 
Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States, and James R. Fischl, 
American Legion, all of Washington, D.C.