[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 66 (Tuesday, May 21, 2002)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D519-D520]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
APPROPRIATIONS--DEFENSE
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense concluded hearings 
on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2003 for the Department of 
Defense, after receiving testimony from Donald H. Rumsfeld, Secretary 
of Defense; and Gen. Richard B. Myers, USAF, Chairman, Joint Chiefs of 
Staff.
DOD TEST AND EVALUATION FACILITIES
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and 
Capabilities concluded hearings on proposed legislation to improve the 
management of the Department of Defense Test and Evaluation Facilities, 
focusing on the value and quality of testing, infrastructure 
investments, and resource management, after receiving testimony from 
Michael W. Wynne, Principal Deputy Under Secretary for Acquisition, 
Technology, and Logistics, and Thomas P. Christie, Director, 
Operational Test and Evaluation, both of the Department of Defense; 
John J. Young, Jr., Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Research, 
Development, and Acquisition; and John E. Krings, Member, Defense 
Science Board Task Force on Test and Evaluation Capabilities, and 
former Director, Operational Test and Evaluation, Department of 
Defense.
NOMINATION
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee ordered 
favorably reported the nomination of Anthony Lowe, of Washington, to be 
Federal Insurance Administrator, Federal Emergency Management Agency.

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AVIATION SECURITY
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded 
oversight hearings to examine the implementation of the Aviation and 
Transportation Security Act (P.L. 107-71), after receiving testimony 
from Norman Mineta, Secretary, and John Magaw, Under Secretary of the 
Transportation Security Administration, both of the Department of 
Transportation.
U.S./CUBA TRADE POLICY
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on 
Consumer Affairs, Foreign Commerce, and Tourism concluded hearings to 
examine U.S./Cuban trade policy, focusing on the President's Initiative 
for a New Cuba, current U.S. trade embargo against Cuba, Cuba as a 
future business partner, and humanitarian assistance, after receiving 
testimony from Otto J. Reich, Assistant Secretary for Western 
Hemisphere Affairs, and Shaun E. Donnelly, Principal Deputy Assistant 
Secretary, Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs, both of the 
Department of State; Dennis K. Hays, Cuban American National 
Foundation, Washington, D.C.; Stephen Weber, Maryland Farm Bureau, 
Baltimore, on behalf of the American Farm Bureau Federation; Lissa 
Weinmann, Americans for Humanitarian Trade With Cuba, New York, New 
York.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded hearings on the 
nominations of Paula A. DeSutter, of Virginia, to be Assistant 
Secretary for Verification and Compliance, Michael Alan Guhin, of 
Maryland, for the rank of Ambassador during tenure of service as U.S. 
Fissile Material Negotiator, and Stephen Geoffrey Rademaker, of 
Delaware, to be Assistant Secretary for Arms Control, all of the 
Department of State, after the nominees testified and answered 
questions in their own behalf. Ms. DeSutter was introduced by Senator 
Kyl, and Mr. Rademaker was introduced by Representatives Hyde and 
Gilman.
IMPROVING NUTRITION AND PHYSICAL ACTIVITY
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee 
concluded hearings to examine strategies for improving nutrition and 
physical activity, in an effort to stave off the obesity epidemic in 
America, after receiving testimony from William H. Dietz, Director, 
Division of Nutrition and Physical Activity, National Center for 
Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention, Department of Health and Human Services; Denise 
Austin, Washington, D.C., on behalf of P.E.4Life; Sally M. Davis, 
University of New Mexico Center for Health Promotion and Disease 
Prevention, Albuquerque; Kelley D. Brownell, Yale University Center for 
Eating & Weight Disorders, New Haven, Connecticut; Lisa Katic, Grocery 
Manufacturers of America, Washington, D.C.; and Richard A. Dickey, Wake 
Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, on 
behalf of the Endocrine Society.
DOJ CIVIL RIGHTS DIVISION
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded oversight hearings to 
examine the Department of Justice Civil Rights Division, after 
receiving testimony from Ralph F. Boyd, Jr., Assistant Attorney 
General, Department of Justice.