[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 126 (Tuesday, October 1, 2002)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1012-D1013]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
                  (Committees not listed did not meet)
TELECOMMUNICATIONS INDUSTRY
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded 
hearings to examine the government's role in promoting the future of 
the telecommunications industry and broadband deployment, after 
receiving testimony from Reed E. Hundt, former Chairman, Federal 
Communications Commission, and Peter W. Huber, Manhattan Institute for 
Policy Research, and Kellogg, Huber, Hansen, Todd, and Evans, both of 
Washington, D.C.; Michael J. Price, Evercore Partners, New York, New 
York; Lawrence Lessig, Stanford Unversity Law School, Stanford, 
California; and Craig J. Mundie, Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, 
Washington.
SCHOOL ENVIRONMENTAL STANDARDS
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee concluded hearings 
to examine environmental standards for schools including school siting 
in relation to toxic waste sites and green building codes, focusing on 
environmental and energy concerns relevant to school properties, and 
environmental hazards in schools, after receiving testimony from E. 
Ramona Trovato, Deputy Assistant Administrator, Office of Environmental 
Information, Environmental Protection Agency; Claire L. Barnett, 
Healthy Schools Network, Inc., Albany, New York, on behalf of the 
Coalition for Healthier Schools; Alex Wilson, BuildingGreen, Inc., 
Brattleboro, Vermont, on behalf of the U.S. Green Building Council and 
the Sustainable Buildings Industry Council; and Lois M. Gibbs, Center 
for Health Environment and Justice, Falls Church, Virginia.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded hearings on the 
nominations of Gene B. Christy, of Texas, to be Ambassador to Brunei 
Darussalam, David L. Lyon, of California, to be Ambassador to the 
Republic of Fiji, and to serve concurrently and without additional 
compensation as Ambassador to the Republic of Nauru, the Kingdom of 
Tonga, and Tuvalu, Charles Aaron Ray, of Texas, to be Ambassador to the 
Kingdom of Cambodia, and Grover Joseph Rees, of Louisiana, to be 
Ambassador to the Democratic Republic of East Timor, after the nominees 
testified and answered questions in their own behalf. Mr. Ray was 
introduced by Senator Hutchison and Representative Lantos, and Mr. Rees 
was introduced by Representatives Hyde and Lantos.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee ordered favorably reported the 
following business items:
  S. 2743, to approve the settlement of the water rights claims of the 
Zuni Indian Tribe in Apache County, Arizona, with an amendment in the 
nature of a substitute;
  S. 2799, to provide for the use of and distribution of certain funds 
awarded to the Gila River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community, with 
amendments;
  S. 2989, to protect certain lands held in fee by the Pechanga Band of 
Luiseno Mission Indians from condemnation until a final decision is 
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Secretary of the Interior regarding a pending fee to trust application 
for that land;
  S. Res. 321, commemorating the 30th Anniversary of the Founding of 
the American Indian Higher Education Consortium (AIHEC); and
  The nominations of Philip N. Hogen, of South Dakota, to be Chairman 
of the National Indian Gaming Commission, and Quanah Crossland Stamps, 
of Virginia, to be Commissioner of the Administration for Native 
Americans, Department of Health and Human Services.
FEDERALISM JURISPRUDENCE
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded hearings to examine 
recent Supreme Court jurisprudence on federalism issues,, after 
receiving testimony from John T. Noonan, Jr. Judge, Ninth Circuit Court 
of Appeals, San Francisco, California; and Marci A. Hamilton, Yeshiva 
University Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, New York, New York.
HAITIAN ASYLUM SEEKERS
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Immigration concluded 
hearings to examine the policy of the Department of Justice regarding 
detention and treatment of Haitian asylum seekers, after receiving 
testimony from Bishop Thomas G. Wenski, on behalf of the United States 
Conference of Catholic Bishops' Committee on Migration, Cheryl Little, 
Florida Immigrant Advocacy Center, and Marie J. Ocean, all of Miami, 
Florida; Stephen C. Johnson, Heritage Foundation, Washington, D.C.; and 
Dina Paul Parks, National Coalition for Haitian Rights, New York, New 
York.