[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 39 (Thursday, April 11, 2002)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D317-D319]
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 concluded hearings to examine 
homeland security funding issues, focusing on federal funding support 
of state and local government security efforts, including first 
responders and bioterrorism, infrastructure security, port security, 
water infrastructure, and nuclear facility security, receiving 
testimony from former Senator Rudman, on behalf of the U.S. Commission 
on National Security/21st Century; Maj. Gen. Richard C. Alexander, 
ANGUS (Ret.), National Guard Association of the United States; Adm. 
Richard M. Larrabee, USCG (Ret.), Port Authority of New York and New 
Jersey, Thomas Von Essen, on behalf of the International Association of 
Fire Chiefs, and Stephen E. Flynn, Council on Foreign Relations, all of 
New York, New York; Michael J. Crouse, International Association of 
Fire Fighters, Washington, D.C.; Philip C. Stittleburg, LaFarge 
Volunteer Fire Department, LaFarge, Wisconsin, on behalf of the 
National Volunteer Fire Council; Lonnie J. Westphal, Colorado State 
Patrol, Denver, on behalf of the International Association of Chiefs of 
Police; Gary Cox, Tulsa City-County Health Department, Tulsa, Oklahoma, 
on behalf of the National Association of County and City Health 
Officials; Michael Errico, Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission, 
Laurel, Maryland, on behalf of the Association of Metropolitan Water 
Agencies; David Lochbaum, Union of Concerned Scientists, Cambridge, 
Massachusetts; and Jeff Benjamin, Exelon Generation Company, Chicago, 
Illinois, on behalf of the Nuclear Energy Institute.
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Personnel concluded 
hearings on proposed legislation authorizing funds for fiscal year 2003 
for the Department of Defense, focusing on military personnel benefits, 
after receiving testimony from Charles S. Abell, Assistant Secretary of 
Defense for Force Management Policy; Derek B. Stewart, Director, 
Defense Capabilities and Management, General Accounting Office; Master 
Chief Joseph L. Barnes, USN (Ret.), Fleet Reserve Association, Joyce W. 
Raezer, National Military Family Association, Inc., and Master Sgt. 
Michael P. Cline, USA (Ret.), Enlisted Association of the National 
Guard of the United States, all of Alexandria, Virginia; and Susan M. 
Schwartz, Retired Officers Association, and CMSGT James E. Lokovic, 
USAF (Ret.), Air Force Sergeants Association, both of Washington, D.C.
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Strategic concluded open 
and closed hearings on proposed legislation authorizing funds for 
fiscal year 2003 for the Department of Defense, focusing on the 
intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance programs of the 
Department of Defense, after receiving testimony from John P. Stenbit, 
Assistant Secretary of Defense for Command, Control, Communications and 
Intelligence; and Lt. Gen. Gregory S. Newbold, USMC, Director of 
Operations, J3, and Rear Adm. Stanley R. Szemborski, USN, Deputy 
Director for Resources and Requirements, J8, both of the Joint Staff.

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HOUSING VOUCHER PROGRAM
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded 
oversight hearings to examine proposals to improve the Section 8 
Housing Choice Voucher Program, after receiving testimony from Ophelia 
B. Basgal, Housing Authority of County of Alameda and City of Dublin, 
Hayward, California, on behalf of the National Association of Housing 
and Redevelopment Officials; Scott Gardner, Crosshaven Properties, 
Inc., Tulsa, Oklahoma, on behalf of the National Apartment Association; 
Ann O'Hara, Technical Assistance Collaborative, Boston, Massachusetts, 
on behalf of the National Low Income Housing Coalition; and Benson F. 
Roberts, Local Initiatives Support Corporation, Washington, D.C.
ENRON CORPORATION
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on 
Consumer Affairs, Foreign Commerce, and Tourism concluded hearings to 
examine Enron's potential role in electricity market manipulation and 
the subsequent effect on the western states, after receiving testimony 
from California State Senator Joseph Dunn, and S. David Freeman, 
California Power Authority, both of Sacramento; Loretta Lynch and Gary 
Cohen, both of California Public Utilities Commission, San Francisco; 
Wenonah Hauter, Public Citizen, Washington, D.C.; and Robert 
McCullough, McCullough Research, Portland, Oregon.
TAX AVOIDANCE SCHEMES
Committee on Finance: Committee held hearings to examine various 
improper and illegal tax avoidance schemes, including the use of 
credit/debit cards to access offshore bank accounts established to 
conceal taxable income, receiving testimony from Ronald A. Cimino, 
Chief, Western Region Criminal Enforcement Section, Tax Division, 
Donald Daniels, Assistant United States Attorney for the Western 
District of Michigan, both of the Department of Justice; Charles O. 
Rossotti, Commissioner, Internal Revenue Service, and David C. 
Williams, Inspector General, Treasury Inspector General for Tax 
Administration, both of the Department of the Treasury; Michael 
Brostek, Director, Tax Issues, General Accounting Office; Jack A. Blum, 
Lobel, Novins and Lamont, Washington, D.C.; Daniel W. Bullock, Atwater, 
California; Jennifer P. Sodaro, Scottsdale, Arizona; Kelly Stone, 
Belgrade, Montana; and Robert L. and Mary Elaine Spears, both of 
Traverse City, Michigan.
  Hearings recessed subject to call.
NATIONAL HOMELAND SECURITY
Committee on Governmental Affairs: Committee held hearings to examine 
proposed legislation to establish a Department of National Homeland 
Security and a White House Office to Combat Terrorism, receiving 
testimony from Senators Graham, Gregg, and Specter; Representatives 
Harman, Tauscher, and Thornberry; former Senator Rudman, on behalf of 
the U.S. Commission on National Security /21st Century; David M. 
Walker, Comptroller General of the United States, General Accounting 
Office; Mitchell E. Daniels, Jr., Director, Office of Management and 
Budget; Philip Anderson, Center for Strategic and International 
Studies, and Paul C. Light, Brookings Institution, both of Washington, 
D.C.; I.M. Destler, University of Maryland School of Public Affairs, 
College Park; Stephen Gross, Border Trade Alliance, San Diego, 
California; and Elaine Kamarck, Harvard University John F. Kennedy 
School of Government, Cambridge, Massachusetts.
  Hearings recessed subject to call.
NOMINATION
Committee on Governmental Affairs: Committee concluded hearings on the 
nomination of Paul A. Quander, Jr., to be Director of the District of 
Columbia Offender Supervision, Defender, and Courts Services Agency, 
after the nominee, who was introduced by District of Columbia Delegate 
Eleanor Holmes Norton, testified and answered questions in his own 
behalf.
GLOBAL AIDS
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee 
concluded hearings to examine issues related to health care for 
patients with the AIDS virus and what can be done to address the global 
HIV/AIDS pandemic, after receiving testimony from Sandra Thurman, 
International AIDS Trust, Washington, D.C.; Elton John, Elton John AIDS 
Foundation, Beverly Hills, California; Peter Mugyenyi, Joint Clinical 
Research Centre, Kampala, Uganda; Allan Rosenfield, Columbia University 
Mailman School of Public Health, New York, New York; and Debbie 
Dortzbach, World Relief International, Baltimore, Maryland.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee ordered favorably reported the 
following business items:
  S. 924, to provide reliable officers, technology, education, 
community prosecutors, and training in our neighborhoods, with an 
amendment in the nature of a substitute; and
  The nominations of Terrence L. O'Brian, of Wyoming, to be United 
States Circuit Judge for the Tenth Circuit, Lance M. Africk, to be 
United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Louisiana, 
Legrome D. Davis, to be United States District Judge for the Eastern 
District of Pennsylvania; Scott

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M. Burns, of Utah, to be Deputy Director for State and Local Affairs, 
Office of National Drug Control Policy; and J. Robert Flores, of 
Virginia, to be Administrator of the Office of Juvenile Justice and 
Delinquency Prevention, John B. Brown III, of Texas, to be Deputy 
Administrator of Drug Enforcement, Jane J. Boyle, to be United States 
Attorney for the Northern District of Texas, James B. Comey, to be 
United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, Thomas A. 
Marino, to be United States Attorney for the Middle District of 
Pennsylvania, Matthew D. Orwig, to be United States Attorney for the 
Eastern District of Texas, Michael Taylor Shelby, to be United States 
Attorney for the Southern District of Texas, Warren Douglas Anderson, 
to be United States Marshal for the District of South Dakota, Patrick 
E. McDonald, to be United States Marshal for the District of Idaho, and 
James Joseph Parmley, to be United States Marshal for the Northern 
District of New York, all of the Department of Justice.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded hearings on the 
nominations of Jeffrey R. Howard, of New Hampshire, to be United States 
Circuit Judge for the First Circuit, Percy Anderson, to be United 
States District Judge for the Central District of California, Michael 
M. Baylson, to be United States District Judge for the Eastern District 
of Pennsylvania, William C. Griesbach, to be United States District 
Judge for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, Joan E. Lancaster, to be 
United States District Judge for the District of Minnesota, Cynthia M. 
Rufe, to be United States District Judge for the Eastern District of 
Pennsylvania, and John F. Walter, to be United States District Judge 
for the Central District of California, after the nominees testified 
and answered questions in their own behalf. Mr. Howard was introduced 
by Senators Smith and Gregg, Mr. Anderson and Mr. Walter were 
introduced by Senator Feinstein, Mr. Baylson and Ms. Rufe were 
introduced by Senator Specter, Mr. Griesbach was introduced by Senator 
Feingold and Representatives Barrett and Green, and Ms. Lancaster was 
introduced by Senators Dayton and Wellstone.
DRUG LAW ENFORCEMENT
United States Senate Caucus on International Narcotics Control: 
Committee concluded to examine the enforcement of the nation's drug 
enforcement laws, focusing on the scope of the drug use and trafficking 
problems in rural and mid-size communities and the challenges facing 
local law enforcement, after receiving testimony from Asa Hutchinson, 
Administrator, Drug Enforcement Administration, Department of Justice; 
Maj. Gen. Raymond F. Rees, USA, Vice Chief, National Guard Bureau; 
Susan Foster, Columbia University National Center on Addiction and 
Substance Abuse, New York, New York; Ralph A. Weisheit, Illinois State 
University, Normal; William E. Bryson, Camden Police Department, 
Camden, Delaware; and Gary Anderson, Appanoose County Sheriff Office, 
Centerville, Iowa.