[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 46 (Tuesday, April 23, 2002)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D372-D373]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE SYSTEM
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded 
oversight hearings to examine the Federal Deposit Insurance System and 
recommendations for reform, focusing on merging the Bank Insurance Fund 
with the Savings Association Insurance Fund, statutory restrictions on 
premiums, and designated reserve ratios, after receiving testimony from 
Donald E. Powell, Chairman, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation; Alan 
Greenspan, Chairman, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System; 
and Peter R. Fisher, Under Secretary for Domestic Finance, Office of 
Public Affairs, John D. Hawke, Jr., Comptroller of the Currency, and 
James E. Gilleran, Director, Office of Thrift Supervision, all of the 
Department of the Treasury.
PHARMACEUTICALS COMPETITION
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded 
hearings to examine competition in the pharmaceutical industry, 
focusing on generic pharmaceuticals, marketplace access, and consumer 
issues, and certain related provisions of S. 812, to amend the Federal 
Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to provide greater access to affordable 
pharmaceuticals, after receiving testimony from Senator Schumer; 
Timothy J. Muris, Chairman, Federal Trade Commission; New Hampshire 
Governor Jeanne Shaheen, Concord; Tim Fuller and Marion Wolff, both of 
Gray Panthers, Gregory J. Glover, Ropes and Gray, on behalf of the 
Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America, Kathleen Jaeger 
and Karen Walker, both of Generic Pharmaceutical Association, and 
Shelbie Oppenheimer, on behalf of the ALS Association, all of 
Washington, D.C.; and Steven S. Martin, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of 
Nebraska, Omaha, on behalf of the Blue Cross and Blue Shield 
Association.

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U.S. NONPROLIFERATION EFFORTS
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded hearings to examine 
United States nonproliferation efforts in the former Soviet Union, 
focusing on the Cooperative Threat Reduction Program, after receiving 
testimony from William S. Cohen, Cohen Group, former Secretary of 
Defense, and Constantine C. Menges, Hudson Institute, both of 
Washington, D.C.; and Siegfried S. Hecker, Los Alamos National 
Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico.
FEDERAL HUMAN CAPITAL CRISIS
Committee on Governmental Affairs: Subcommittee on Oversight of 
Government Management, Restructuring and the District of Columbia 
concluded hearings to examine the implications of the human capital 
crisis, focusing on how the federal government is recruiting, 
selecting, retaining, and training individuals to oversee trade 
policies and regulate financial industries, after receiving testimony 
from Loren Yager, Director, International Affairs and Trade, and 
Richard J. Hillman, Director, Financial Markets and Community 
Investment, both of the General Accounting Office; Grant Aldonas, Under 
Secretary for International Trade Administration, and Edward L. 
Blansitt, Deputy Inspector General, both of the Department of Commerce; 
James M. McConnell, Executive Director, Securities and Exchange 
Commission; Lynn Turner, Colorado State University Center for Quality 
Financial Reporting, Fort Collins; and Troy H. Cribb, Steptoe and 
Johnson, Washington, D.C., former Deputy Assistant Secretary of 
Commerce for International Trade Administration.
ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION ACT
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee held 
hearings to examine the implementation of the Elementary and Secondary 
Education Act, focusing on accountability for results, parent and 
student choice, flexibility for States, school districts, and schools, 
and progress to date, receiving testimony from Eugene W. Hickok, Under 
Secretary of Education.
  Hearings recessed subject to call.
HUMAN SUBJECT RESEARCH
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Subcommittee on 
Public Health concluded hearings to examine current safeguards 
concerning the protection of human subjects in research, while 
facilitating critical medical research, after receiving testimony from 
Cherlynn Mathias, Harris Methodist Fort Worth Clinical Research 
Department, Fort Worth, Texas; Marjorie A. Speers, Association for the 
Accreditation of Human Research Protection Programs, Inc., Washington, 
D.C., former Acting Executive Director of the National Bioethics 
Advisory Commission; Charles A. Johnson, Genentech, Inc., San 
Francisco, California, on behalf of the Biotechnology Industry 
Organization; and David Charles, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, 
Nashville, Tennessee, on behalf of the National Alliance of Medical 
Researchers and Teaching Physicians.
CABLE COMPETITION
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Antitrust, Competition, and 
Business and Consumer Rights concluded hearings to examine cable 
competition, focusing on the proposed AT&T Broadband-Comcast merger, 
after receiving testimony from Brian L. Roberts, Comcast Corporation, 
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; C. Michael Armstrong, AT&T Corporation, 
Basking Ridge, New Jersey; Garry Betty, Earthlink, Atlanta, Georgia; 
Richard R. Greene, Cable Television Laboratories, Inc., Louisville, 
Colorado; Mark Haverkate, WideOpen West, Castle Rock, Colorado, on 
behalf of the Broadband Service Providers Association; and Robert A. 
Perry, Mitsubishi Digital Electronics America, Inc., Irvine, 
California.