[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 63 (Thursday, May 16, 2002)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D497-D499]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
STRESS MANAGEMENT AND HEART DISEASE
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human 
Services, and Education concluded hearings to examine the impact of 
stress management in reducing heart disease, after receiving testimony 
from Peter Kaufmann, Group Leader, Division of Epidemiology and 
Clinical Applications, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, 
National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services; 
David B. Abrams, Brown Medical School Centers for Behavioral and 
Preventive Medicine, Providence, Rhode Island; Herbert Benson, Harvard 
Medical School Mind/Body Medical Institute, Boston, Massachusetts; 
Harvey Eisenberg, HealthView, Newport Beach, California; Dean Ornish, 
University of California School of Medicine, San Francisco, on behalf 
of the Preventive Medicine Research Institute; Col. Marina N. Vernalis, 
USA, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, D.C.; and Karen A. 
Matthews, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on behalf 
of the Pittsburgh Mind-Body Center.
CRUSADER ARTILLERY SYSTEM
Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded hearings to examine 
the Department of Defense's recommendation to terminate the Crusader 
artillery program, continue some of the Crusader technology, and move 
the funds to technology and programs to better serve America, after 
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Donald H. Rumsfeld, Secretary, Paul D. Wolfowitz, Deputy Secretary, and 
Edward C. Aldridge, Under Secretary for Acquisition, Technology and 
Logistics, all of the Department of Defense; and General Eric K. 
Shinseki, USA, Chief of Staff, United States Army.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee met and 
approved an amendment in the nature of a substitute to S. 2201, to 
protect the online privacy of individuals who use the Internet.
  Committee will meet again on Friday, May 17.
ENRON IMPACT ON STATE PENSION FUNDS
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on 
Consumer Affairs, Foreign Commerce, and Tourism concluded hearings to 
examine the consumer impact of Enron's influence on large institutional 
investors and State pension funds, after receiving testimony from 
Thomas Herndon, C. Coleman Stipanovich, and Trent Webster, all of the 
Florida State Board of Administration, Tallahassee; Bruce W. Calvert 
and Alfred Harrison, both of Alliance Capital Management, and Michael 
Musuraca, New York City Employees Retirement Systems, on behalf of the 
American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, AFL-CIO, 
all of New York, New York; and James K. Glassman, American Enterprise 
Institute, and Travis Plunkett, Consumer Federation of America, both of 
Washington, D.C.
YUCCA MOUNTAIN REPOSITORY DEVELOPMENT
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee held hearings on 
S.J. Res. 34, approving the site at Yucca Mountain, Nevada, for the 
development of a repository for the disposal of high-level radioactive 
waste and spent nuclear fuel, pursuant to the Nuclear Waste Policy Act 
of 1982, receiving testimony from Spencer Abraham, Secretary of Energy.
  Hearings will continue on Wednesday, May 22.
WATER INVESTMENT
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee began 
consideration of S. 1961, to improve financial and environmental 
sustainability of the water programs of the United States, but did not 
complete final action thereon, and will meet again tomorrow.
TANF REAUTHORIZATION
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 Senators Dodd, Santorum, Bayh, 
and Carper; Wade F. Horn, Assistant Secretary of Health and Human 
Services for Children and Families; Howard H. Hendrick, Oklahoma 
Department of Human Services, Oklahoma City; Isabel V. Sawhill, 
Brookings Institution, on behalf of the National Campaign to Prevent 
Teen Pregnancy, and Vicki Turetsky, Center for Law and Social Policy, 
both of Washington, D.C.; and Kate Kahan, Working for Equality and 
Economic Liberation, Missoula, Montana.
  Hearings recessed subject to call.
NUCLEAR POSTURE REVIEW
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded hearings to examine 
the validity of the Nuclear Posture Review, focusing on the 
reliability, safety, and security of the United States nuclear 
stockpile, after receiving testimony from Adm. Bill A. Owens, USN 
(Ret.), Teledesic LLC, Bellevue, Washington, former Vice Chairman of 
the Joint Chiefs of Staff; John S. Foster, Jr., Pilkington Aerospace, 
Inc., St. Helen's, United Kingdom, former Director, Lawrence Livermore 
National Laboratory, Department of Energy, and former Director, Defense 
Research and Engineering, Department of Defense; Steven Weinberg, 
University of Texas Theory Research Group, Austin; and Joseph 
Cirincione, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, and Loren B. 
Thompson, Lexington Institute and Georgetown University, both of 
Washington, D.C.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Governmental Affairs: Committee concluded hearings on the 
nominations of Todd Walther Dillard, of Maryland, to be United States 
Marshal, and Robert R. Rigsby, District of Columbia, to be an Associate 
Judge, both for the Superior Court of the District of Columbia, after 
the nominees testified and answered questions in their own behalf. Mr. 
Dillard and Mr. Rigsby were introduced by District of Columbia Delegate 
Eleanor Holmes Norton.
CAREER PATH TRAINING
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Subcommittee on 
Employment, Safety, and Training concluded hearings to examine how to 
make investments in programs and services that provide individuals with 
the skills and resources needed to succeed in the labor market, 
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current workforce development and welfare programs, including exploring 
the intersections between the Workforce Investment Act and the 
Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program, after receiving 
testimony from Sigurd R. Nilsen, Director, Education, Workforce, and 
Income Security Issues, General Accounting Office; Yvonne Shields, 
Community Voices Heard, New York, New York; Stephen M. Wing, CVS/
pharmacy, Woonsocket, Rhode Island; Steve Savner, Center for Law and 
Social Policy, Washington, D.C.; Jan Mueller, Minnesota Family 
Investment Program, St. Paul; and Steven M. Rothschild, Twin Cities 
RISE, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee ordered favorably reported the 
following business items:
  S. 848, to amend title 18, United States Code, to limit the misuse of 
social security numbers, to establish criminal penalties for such 
misuse, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
  S. 1742, to prevent the crime of identity theft, mitigate the harm to 
individuals victimized by identity theft, with an amendment in the 
nature of a substitute;
  S. 2179, to authorize the Attorney General to make grants to States, 
local governments, and Indian tribes to establish permanent tributes to 
honor men and women who were killed or disabled while serving as law 
enforcement or public safety officers;
  S. 672, to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide for 
the continued classification of certain aliens as children for purposes 
of that Act in cases where the aliens ``age-out'' while awaiting 
immigration processing, with an amendment in the nature of a 
substitute;
  H.R. 1209, to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to determine 
whether an alien is a child, for purposes of classification as an 
immediate relative, based on the age of the alien on the date the 
classification petition with respect to the alien is filed, with an 
amendment in the nature of a substitute;
  S. Res. 268, designating May 20, 2002, as a day for Americans to 
recognize the importance of teaching children about current events in 
an accessible way to their development as both students and citizens; 
and
  The nominations of Richard R. Clifton, of Hawaii, to be United States 
Circuit Judge for the Ninth Circuit, Christopher C. Conner, to be 
United States District Judge for the Middle District of Pennsylvania, 
Joy Flowers Conti, to be United States District Judge for the Western 
District of Pennsylvania, and John E. Jones III, to be United States 
District Judge for the Middle District of Pennsylvania.