[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 90 (Monday, July 8, 2002)]
[Daily Digest]
[Page D712]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
  [Omitted from the Congressional Record of Friday, June 28, 2002:]
ANTI- AND COUNTER-TERRORISM OPERATIONS--EFFORTS TO IMPROVE
Committee on Armed Services: Special Oversight Panel on Terrorism held 
a hearing on Navy and Marine Corps initiatives to improve anti- and 
counter-terrorism operations. Testimony was heard from the following 
officials of the Department of the Navy: Rear Adm. Joseph J. Krol, Jr., 
USN, Assistant Deputy Chief, Naval Operations, Plans, Policy and 
Operations; and Lt. Gen. Emil R. Bedard, USMC, Deputy Commandant, 
Plans, Policies and Operations, Headquarters, U.S. Marine Corps.
AMEND TEMPORARY EMERGENCY WILDLIFE SUPPRESSION ACT--ALLOW SHARING 
PERSONNEL TO FIGHT WILDFIRES
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Immigration, Border 
Security, and Claims held a hearing on H.R. 5017, to amend the 
Temporary Emergency Wildlife Suppression Act to facilitate the ability 
of the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture to 
enter into reciprocal agreements with foreign countries for the sharing 
of personnel to fight wildfires. Testimony was heard from Paul Harris, 
Deputy Associate Attorney General, Department of Justice; and Tim 
Hartzell, Director, Office of Wildland Fire Policy, Department of the 
Interior.

  [Submitted for the Congressional Record of Monday, July 8, 2002:]
WORLDCOM--ACCOUNTING PROBLEMS
Committee on Financial Services: Held a hearing entitled ``Wrong 
Numbers: The Accounting Problems at WorldCom.'' Testimony was heard 
from Melvin Dick, former Senior Global Managing Partner, Technology, 
Media and Communications Practice, Arthur Andersen LLP; Jack Grubman, 
Telecommunications Analyst, Salomon Smith Barney; and the following 
officials of WorldCom: John Sidgmore, President and Chief Executive 
Officer; and Bert Roberts, Chairman of the Board.
  In refusing to give testimony, the following former officials of 
WorldCom; Bernard J. Ebbers, Chief Executive Director; and Scott 
Sullivan, Chief Financial Officer, invoked Fifth Amendment privileges.