[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;

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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 
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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.