[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 38 (Wednesday, April 10, 2002)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D307-D308]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
HOMELAND SECURITY
Committee on Appropriations: Committee held hearings to examine 
homeland security funding issues, focusing on federal funding support 
of state and local government security efforts, receiving testimony 
from Georgia Governor Roy E. Barnes, Atlanta, Michigan Governor John 
Engler, East Lansing, and Washington Governor Gary Locke, Olympia, all 
on behalf of the National Governors Association; Mayor Martin O'Malley, 
Baltimore, Maryland, on behalf of the United States Conference of 
Mayors; Mayor Michael Guido, Dearborn, Michigan, on behalf of the 
National League of Cities; Javier Gonzales, Santa Fe County Commission, 
Santa Fe, New Mexico, on behalf of the National Association of 
Counties; Stephen Gale, University of Pennsylvania Political Science 
Department, Philadelphia; and Ashton B. Carter, Harvard University John 
F. Kennedy School of Government, Cambridge, Massachusetts.
  Hearings continue tomorrow.
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and 
Capabilities concluded hearings on proposed legislation authorizing 
funds for fiscal year 2003 for the Department of Defense, focusing on 
technology for combating terrorism and weapons of mass destruction, 
after receiving testimony from Ronald M. Sega, Director, Defense 
Research and Engineering, Dale Klein, Assistant to the Secretary for 
Nuclear, Chemical and Biological Defense Programs, and Stephen Younger, 
Director, Defense Threat Reduction Agency, all of the Department of 
Defense; John H. Marburger III, Director, Office of Science and 
Technology Policy; and Robert E. Waldron, Assistant Deputy 
Administrator for Nonproliferation Research and Engineering, National 
Nuclear Security Administration, Department of Energy.
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Strategic concluded 
hearings on proposed legislation authorizing funds for fiscal year 2003 
for the Department of Defense, focusing on the Department of Energy's 
Environmental Management program and the National Nuclear Security 
Administration's Defense Program and other weapons activities, after 
receiving testimony from Jessie H. Roberson, Assistant Secretary for 
Environmental Management, and Everet H. Beckner, Deputy Administrator 
for Defense Programs, and Ralph E. Erickson, Acting Associate 
Administrator for Facilities and Operations, both of the National 
Nuclear Security Administration, all of the Department of Energy.
SUPERFUND
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Subcommittee on Superfund, 
Toxics, Risks, and Waste Management concluded hearings to examine the 
current status of the Superfund Program, focusing on Superfund site 
cleanups including changes in projected sites, impact on communities, 
and shifts in the funding composition, after receiving testimony from 
Senator Nelson (FL); Marianne Lamont Horinko, Assistant Administrator, 
Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response, Environmental Protection 
Agency; Norma Lopez-Reid, City Council of Montebello, Montebello, 
California; Robert Spiegel, Edison Wetlands Association, Inc., Edison, 
New Jersey; Grant Cope, U.S. Public Interest Research

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Group, and Michael W. Steinberg, Morgan, Lewis, and Bockius, on behalf 
of the Superfund Settlements Project, both of Washington, D.C.; and 
Kenneth Cornell, AIG Environmental, New York, New York.
WELFARE REFORM
Committee on Finance: Committee resumed hearings on proposed 
legislation authorizing funds for the Temporary Assistance for Needy 
Families (TANF) Program, created by the Welfare Reform Law of 1996, 
focusing on proposed work requirement modifications, income and support 
for low-income working families, ongoing program performance standards, 
and increasing and improving the focus of State governments as reform 
implementers, receiving testimony from Cynthia M. Fagnoni, Managing 
Director, Education, Workforce, and Income Security Issues, General 
Accounting Office; Michigan Governor John Engler, East Lansing, and 
Vermont Governor Howard Dean, Montpelier, both on behalf of the 
National Governors Association; Lawrence M. Mead, New York University, 
New York, New York; Arlene McNamee, Catholic Social Services, Fall 
River, Massachusetts, on behalf of Catholic Charities USA; Steve 
Savner, Center for Law and Social Policy, Washington, D.C.; and Wendy 
Ardagna, Save-A-Lot, Ltd., Lindenhurst, Illinois, on behalf of the 
Welfare to Work Partnership.
  Hearings recessed subject to call.
MUSEUM AND LIBRARY SERVICES ACT
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee 
concluded hearings on proposed legislation authorizing funds for the 
Institute of Museum and Library Services Act, after receiving testimony 
from Robert S. Martin, Director, Institute of Museum and Library 
Services, National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities; David 
Macksam, Cranston Public Library, Cranston, Rhode Island; and Joseph R. 
Phillips, Maine State Museum, Augusta, on behalf of the American 
Association of Museums.
INTELLIGENCE
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee held closed hearings on 
intelligence matters, receiving testimony from officials of the 
intelligence community.
  Committee will meet again on Wednesday, April 17.
LONG-TERM CARE INSURANCE
Special Committee on Aging: Committee concluded hearings to examine 
long-term health care, focusing on eligibility, consumer protection and 
enrollment, and trends in employer and individual market policies, 
after receiving testimony from Frank D. Titus, Assistant Director for 
Long-Term Care, and Acting Associate Director for Retirement and 
Insurance, Office of Personnel Management; Bertram Scott, TIAA-CREF 
Life Insurance Company, New York, New York; Frolly Boyd, Aetna Life 
Insurance, Inc., Hartford, Connecticut, on behalf of the Americans for 
Long-Term Care Security; and Paul E. Forte, Long Term Care Partners, 
LLC, Charleston, Massachusetts.