[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 92 (Wednesday, July 10, 2002)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D730-D731]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING COMMISSION
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: Committee concluded 
hearings to examine the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, focusing 
on authority to insure market transparency, prevention and punishment 
of fraud and manipulation, and restoration of confidence in markets, 
after receiving testimony from Senator Feinstein; James E. Newsome, 
Chairman, and Thomas J. Erikson, Commissioner, both of the Commodity 
Futures Trading Commission; Randall Dodd, Derivatives Study Center, and 
Neal L. Wolkoff, New York Mercantile Exchange, both of Washington, 
D.C.; John C. Coffee, Jr., Columbia University School of Law, and 
Ernest T. Patrikis, International Swaps and Derivatives Association, 
Inc, both of New York, New York; and Richard C. Green, Jr., Aquila, 
Inc., Kansas City, Missouri.
RAILROAD SAFETY
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on 
Surface Transportation and Merchant Marine concluded hearings to 
examine railway safety, focusing on positive train control, track 
safety, and grade crossing safety, after receiving testimony from 
Marion C. Blakey, Chairman, National Transportation Safety Board; Allan 
Rutter, Administrator, Federal Railroad Administration, Department of 
Transportation; David L. Gunn, President and CEO, National Railroad 
Passenger Corporation (Amtrak); and Edward R. Hamberger, Association of 
American Railroads, and Don M. Hahs, Brotherhood of Locomotive 
Engineers, both of Washington, D.C.
HOMELAND SECURITY
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded hearings 
to examine the present and future roles of the Department of Energy/
National Security Administration national laboratories in protecting 
U.S. homeland security, focusing on technical expertise, capabilities, 
and facilities, and the implementation of a national biodefense 
initiative, after receiving testimony from Linton F. Brooks, Acting 
Administrator, National Nuclear Security Administration, Raymond 
Orbach, Director, Office of Science, C. Paul Robinson, Director, Sandia 
National Laboratories, Harvey Drucker, Associate Director, Argonne 
National Laboratory, Michael R. Anastasio, Director, Lawrence Livermore 
National Laboratory, Don Cobb, Associate Director, Threat Reduction, 
Los Alamos National Laboratory, all of the Department of Energy; Billy 
D. Shipp, Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory, 
Idaho Falls; and William Happer, Princeton University Research Board, 
Princeton, New Jersey, on behalf of the National Academies Panel on 
Nuclear and Radiological Issues.
WATER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Subcommittee on Water and 
Power concluded oversight hearings to examine water resource management 
issues on the Missouri River, focusing on the Master Water Control 
Manual and concerns of fish, navigation, flood control, and 
agriculture, after receiving testimony from Senators Daschle, Bond, 
Carnahan, and Johnson; Brig. Gen. David A. Fastabend, USA, Commander, 
Northwestern Division, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Department of 
Defense; Bill Hawks, Under Secretary of Agriculture for Marketing and 
Regulatory Programs; David P. Smith, Deputy Assistant Secretary for 
Fish, Wildlife, and Parks, and Margaret Sibley, Director, Office of 
Policy, Bureau of Reclamation, both of the Department of the Interior; 
Dale L. Frink, North Dakota State Water Commission, Bismark; Douglas 
Hofer, South Dakota Department of Game, Fish, and Parks, Pierre; 
Michael Wells, Missouri Department of Natural Resources, Jefferson 
City; and Tex G. Hall, Three Affiliated Tribes, (Mandan, Hidatsa, and 
Arikara Nations), New Town, North Dakota.
HOMELAND SECURITY
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee concluded hearings 
to examine the President's proposal to establish the Department of 
Homeland Security, after receiving testimony from Tom Ridge, Director, 
Office of Management and Budget Transition Team.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee ordered 
favorably reported S. 710, to require coverage for colorectal cancer 
screenings, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee ordered favorably reported S. 
210, to authorize the integration and consolidation of alcohol and 
substance abuse

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programs and services provided by Indian tribal governments, with an 
amendment in the nature of a substitute.
NATIVE AMERICAN ELDER HEALTH
Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee concluded oversight hearings on 
Native American elder health issues, focusing on the University of 
North Dakota National Resource Center's Native American aging study of 
the long-term care and health care needs of America's Native American 
elders, after receiving testimony from Edwin Walker, Director, Centers 
for Wellness and Community-Based Services, Administration on Aging, and 
Kathleen Annette, Area Director, Bemidji Area, Indian Health Service, 
both of the Department of Health and Human Services; Richard L. Ludtke 
and Leander McDonald, both of University of North Dakota Center for 
Rural Health National Resource Center on Native American Aging, Grand 
Forks; Dave Baldridge, National Indian Council on Aging, Albuquerque, 
New Mexico; and Frederick Baker, Three Affiliated Tribes Mandan, 
Hidatsa, and Arickara Elder's Organization, New Town, North Dakota.
WHITE COLLAR CRIME
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Crime and Drugs resumed 
hearings to examine issues concerning detection and punishment of white 
collar crime, focusing on the Administration's initiative to give 
prosecutors new weapons to fight white-collar crime, including the 
establishment of a Corporate Fraud Task Force within the Department of 
Justice, and certain provisions of S. 2010, Corporate and Criminal 
Fraud Accountability Act of 2002 (pending on the Senate Calendar), 
receiving testimony from Michael Chertoff, Assistant Attorney General, 
Criminal Division, and William W. Mercer, United States Attorney, 
District of Montana, and Chairman, Attorney General's Advisory 
Committee Subcommittee on Sentencing, both of the Department of 
Justice; John C. Coffee, Jr., Columbia University School of Law, New 
York, New York; Thomas Donaldson, University of Pennsylvania Wharton 
School, Philadelphia; Charles M. Elson, University of Delaware Center 
for Corporate Governance, Newark; and George J. Terwilliger III, White 
and Case, and Tom Devine, Government Accountability Project, both of 
Washington, D.C.
  Hearings recessed subject to call.
MILITARY HAZARDOUS AGENTS EXPOSURE
Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Senate concluded hearings to examine 
the efforts of the Departments of Defense and Veterans Affairs to 
provide health care information and support to veterans who have 
potentially been exposed to harmful agents during their military 
service, including the investigation into Project SHAD (Shipboard 
Hazard and Defense) and recent revelations about the 1960's Pentagon 
chemical/biological warfare agent testing program known as Project 112, 
after receiving testimony from Daniel L. Cooper, Under Secretary of 
Veterans Affairs for Benefits; William Winkenwerder, Assistant 
Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs; Richard F. Weidman, Vietnam 
Veterans of America, and Steven R. Smithson, American Legion's National 
Veterans Affairs and Rehabilitation Commission, both of Washington, 
D.C.; and Leonard A. Cole, Rutgers University Department of Political 
Science, Newark, New Jersey.