[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 30 (Friday, March 15, 2002)]
[Daily Digest]
[Page D243]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
APPROPRIATIONS--ENERGY
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development 
concluded hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2003 for the 
Department of Energy, focusing on the Office of Science, Office of Nuclear 
Energy, Science and Technology, and Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste 
Management, after receiving testimony from Raymond L. Orbach, Director, 
Office of Science, William D. Magwood, IV, Director, Office of Nuclear 
Energy, Science and Technology, and Lake H. Barrett, Acting Director, Office 
of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management, all of the Department of Energy.
CHILD CARE
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee concluded 
hearings to examine child care improvement issues, focusing on literacy, 
behavioral health, and family services, after receiving testimony from 
Elaine Zimmerman, Connecticut Commission on Children, Hartford; Janet 
Shalansky, Kansas Department of Social and Rehabilitation Services, Topeka; 
Elizabeth Bonbright Thompson, Washington State Child Care Resource and 
Referral Network, Takoma; Sheila Merkison, Burns Insurance Agency, 
Kennebunk, Maine; Helen Blank, Children's Defense Fund, Chevy Chase, 
Maryland; Kathy R. Thornburg, University of Missouri, Columbia, on behalf of 
the National Association for the Education of Young Children; and Travis H. 
Hardmon, National Child Day Care Association, Washington, D.C.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on the Judiciary: On Thursday, March 14, committee ordered 
favorably reported the following business items:
  S. 1356, to establish a commission to review the facts and circumstances 
surrounding injustices suffered by European Americans, European Latin 
Americans, and European refugees during World War II, with an amendment in 
the nature of a substitute;
  S. Res. 207, designating March 31, 2002, as ``National Civilian 
Conservation Corps Day'', with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
  S. Res. 206, designating the week of March 17 through March 23, 2002 as 
``National Inhalants and Poison Prevention Week'';
  S. Res. 221, to commemorate and acknowledge the dedication and sacrifice 
made by the men and women who have lost their lives while serving as law 
enforcement officers; and
  The nominations of Don Slazinik, to be United States Marshal for the 
Southern District of Illinois, and Kim Richard Widup, to be United States 
Marshal for the Northern District of Illinois.
  Also, with respect to the nomination of Charles W. Pickering, Sr., of 
Mississippi, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Fifth Circuit, the 
committee failed to adopt the motion to report the nomination favorably, the 
motion to report the nomination without recommendation, and the motion to 
report the nomination unfavorably.
DIGITAL MARKET PROTECTION
Committee on the Judiciary: On Thursday, March 14, committee concluded 
hearings to examine competition, innovation, and public policy concerning 
digital creative works, after receiving testimony from Richard D. Parsons, 
AOL Time Warner, Inc., New York, New York; Craig R. Barrett, Intel 
Corporation, Chandler, Arizona; Jonathon Taplin, Intertainer, Inc., Culver 
City, California; Joe Kraus, Excite.com and DigitalConsumer.org, San 
Francisco, California; and Justin Hughes, University of California at Los 
Angeles Law School, Los Angeles.
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