[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 49 (Friday, April 26, 2002)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D402-D403]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded hearings on the 
nominations of Adm. Thomas B. Fargo, USN, to be Admiral and Commander 
in Chief, United States Pacific Command, and Lt. Gen. Leon J. LaPorte, 
USA, to be General and Commander in Chief, United Nations Command/
Combined Forces Command/Commander, United States Forces Korea, after 
the nominees testified and answered questions in their own behalf. Adm. 
Fargo was introduced by Senator Cleland, and Lt. Gen. LaPorte was 
introduced by Senator Reed.
FAMILIES AND FUNERAL PRACTICES
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Subcommittee on 
Children and Families concluded hearings to examine recent accounts of 
misleading practices and potential violations of state and federal 
regulatory standards in the funeral industry, receiving testimony from 
Senator Cleland; Representative Foley; Eileen Harrington, Associate 
Director of Marketing Practices, Bureau of Consumer Protection, Federal 
Trade Commission; Lisa Carlson, Funeral

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Consumers Alliance, Inc., Hinesburg, Vermont; Diana D. Kurz, Newington 
Memorial Funeral Home, Newington, Connecticut, on behalf of the 
National Funeral Directors Association; Father Henry Wasielewski, 
Catholic Diocese of Pheonix, Tempe, Arizona, on behalf of the 
Interfaith Funeral Information Committee; and Barbara Osborne, Canton, 
Mississippi.