[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 104 (Friday, July 26, 2002)]
[Daily Digest]
[Page D840]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Armed Services: Committee ordered favorably reported the 
nominations of Lt. Gen. James T. Hill, USA, for appointment to the 
grade of general and assignment as Commander in Chief, United States 
Southern Command, and Vice Adm. Edmund P. Giambastiani, Jr., USN, for 
appointment to the grade of admiral and assignment as Commander in 
Chief, United States Joint Forces Command.
  Prior to this action, committee concluded hearings, in open and 
closed sessions, on the aforementioned nominations, after the nominees 
testified and answered questions in their own behalf. Lt. Gen. Hill was 
introduced by Senator Graham, and Vice Adm. Giambastiani was introduced 
by Senator Warner.
BIRTH DEFECTS
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Subcommittee on 
Children and Families concluded hearings to examine public health 
issues related to birth defects, focusing on strategies for prevention 
and ensuring quality of life, after receiving testimony from Jose F. 
Cordero, Director, National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental 
Disabilities, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Department of 
Health and Human Services; Hal Pote, J.P. Morgan Chase Manhattan, on 
behalf of the Spina Bifida Foundation and the Spina Bifida Association 
of America, and Nancy S. Green, Albert Einstein School of Medicine, on 
behalf of the March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation, both of New 
York, New York; and Fred Liguori, Granby, Connecticut.
INDIAN MONEY ACCOUNTS
Committee on Indian Affairs: On Thursday, July 25, Committee concluded 
hearings to examine the July 2, 2002 Report of the Department of the 
Interior to Congress on historical accounting of Individual Indian 
Money Accounts, after receiving testimony from McCoy Williams, 
Director, Financial Management and Assurance, General Accounting 
Office; James Cason, Associate Deputy Secretary, Bert Edwards, 
Executive Director, Office of Historical Trust Accounting, and Tom 
Slonaker, Special Trustee for American Indians, all of the Department 
of the Interior; and William F. Causey, Nixon Peabody, Washington, D.C.