[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 96 (Tuesday, July 16, 2002)] [Daily Digest] [Pages D759-D761] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] Committee Meetings (Committees not listed did not meet) LIVESTOCK PACKERS Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: Committee concluded hearings to examine livestock meatpacker ownership issues, focusing on the proposed ban on Packer ownership of livestock and USDA enforcement of the Packers and Stockyards Act to restore fairness, openness, and confidence in these markets, after receiving testimony from Senators Johnson and Craig; William T. Hawks, Under Secretary of Agriculture for Marketing and Regulatory Programs; Michael Stumo, Organization for Competitive Markets, Lincoln, Nebraska; Timothy Bierman, Iowa Pork Producers Association, Larabee; [[Page D760]] Steve Appel, Washington State Farm Bureau, Olympia, on behalf of the American Farm Bureau Federation; J. Patrick Boyle, American Meat Institute, Arlington, Virginia; C. Robert Taylor, Auburn University College of Agriculture, Auburn, Alabama; Herman Schumacher, Ranchers- Cattlemen Action Legal Fund, United Stockgrowers of America, Herreid, South Dakota; Paul Jackson, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, on behalf of the National Farmers Union; Eric Davis, Bruneau, Idaho, on behalf of the National Cattlemen's Beef Association; John S. Butler, Ranchers Renaissance Cooperative, Inc., Englewood, Colorado; and Nolan Jungclaus, Lake Lillian, Minnesota. BUSINESS MEETING--TREASURY APPROPRIATIONS Committee on Appropriations: Committee ordered favorably reported an original bill making appropriations for the Treasury Department, the United States Postal Service, the Executive Office of the President, and certain Independent Agencies, for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2003. BUSINESS MEETING--COMMERCE/JUSTICE/STATE APPROPRIATIONS Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State, and the Judiciary approved for full committee consideration an original bill making appropriations for the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2003. BUSINESS MEETING--DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense approved for full committee consideration H.R. 5010, making appropriations for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2003, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. APPROPRIATIONS--FOREIGN OPERATIONS Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Foreign Operations approved for full committee consideration an original bill making appropriations for foreign operations, export financing, and related programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2003. BUSINESS MEETING--LABOR/HHS/EDUCATION APPROPRIATIONS Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education approved for full committee consideration an original bill making appropriations for the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2003. MONETARY POLICY Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded hearings to examine the Federal Reserve's semi-annual monetary policy report on the United States economy, after receiving testimony from Alan Greenspan, Chairman, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System. NOMINATION Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded hearings on the nomination of Jonathan Steven Adelstein, of South Dakota, to be a Member of the Federal Communications Commission, after the nominee, who was introduced by Senators Daschle and Johnson, testified and answered questions in his own behalf. NATIONAL FIRE PLAN Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded hearings to examine the Administration's plan to request additional funds for wildland firefighting and forest restoration as well as the ongoing implementation of the National Fire Plan, after receiving testimony from Mark Rey, Under Secretary of Agriculture for Natural Resources and Environment, Forest Service; Nancy Dorn, Deputy Director, Office of Management and Budget; Montana Governor Judy Martz, Helena, on behalf of the Western Governors' Association; Lynn Jungwirth, Watershed Research and Training Center, Hayfork, California; William Wallace Covington, Northern Arizona University Ecological Restoration Institute, Flagstaff; and Todd Schulke, Center for Biological Diversity, Pinos Alto, New Mexico. CLEAN AIR ACT NEW SOURCE REVIEW Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee concluded joint hearings with the Committee on the Judiciary to examine proposed reform of the Clean Air Act's New Source Review program policy, regulations, and enforcement activities, after receiving testimony from Thomas L. Sansonetti, Assistant Attorney General, Environment and Natural Resources Division, Department of Justice; Jeffrey Holmstead, Assistant Administrator, Office of Air and Radiation, Environmental Protection Agency; Vermont Attorney General William H. Sorrell, Montpelier; New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer, New York; Alabama Attorney General Bill Pryor, Montgomery; Eric Schaeffer, Rockefeller Family Fund Environmental Integrity Project, Bob Slaughter, National Petrochemical and Refiners Association, Stephen Harper, Intel Corporation, John D. Walke, Natural Resources Defense Council, and E. Donald Elliott, Georgetown University Law School/Yale University Law School, on behalf of [[Page D761]] Paul, Hastings, Janofsky and Walker, all of Washington, D.C.; and Hilton Kelley, Port Arthur, Texas, on behalf of the Refinery Reform Campaign. HOMELAND SECURITY AND INTERNATIONAL TRADE Committee on Finance: Committee held hearings to examine homeland security and international trade issues, focusing on the Administration's proposal to remove customs functions from the Department of the Treasury and integrate them in to the proposed Department of Homeland Security, receiving testimony from Kenneth W. Dam, Deputy Secretary of the Treasury; Samuel H. Banks, Sandler and Travis Trade Advisory Services, Colleen M. Kelley, National Treasury Employees Union, James B. Clawson, JBC International, on behalf of the Joint Industry Group, and Paul C. Light, Brookings Institution, all of Washington, D.C.; Mary Ann Comstock, UPS Freight Services, Inc., Sweet Grass, Montana; and Richard J. Gallo, Federal Law Enforcement Officers Association, New York, New York. Hearings recessed subject to call. HOMELAND SECURITY Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee concluded hearings to examine the President's proposal to establish a Department of Homeland Security, focusing on its impact on public health preparedness programs, and on the collective bargaining rights of certain union workers, after receiving testimony from Tom Ridge, Director, Homeland Security Transition Office, Office of Management and Budget. FBI COMPUTER SYSTEMS Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Administrative Oversight and the Courts concluded hearings to examine the Federal Bureau of Investigation's (FBI) outdated computer system and how the FBI's technology problems impact the war on terrorism and crime fighting operations, after receiving testimony from Sherry Higgins, Project Management Executive, Office of the Director, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Department of Justice.