[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 128 (Thursday, October 3, 2002)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1035-D1036]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION
Committee on Education and the Workforce: Held a hearing on ``The 
Rising Price of a Quality Postsecondary Education: Fact or Fiction.'' 
Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
REFORMING REAL ESTATE SETTLEMENT PROCEDURE
Committee on Financial Services: Held a hearing entitled ``Reforming 
the Real Estate Settlement Procedure: Review of HUD's proposed RESPA 
Rule.'' Testimony was heard from Mel Martinez, Secretary of Housing and 
Urban Development.
AMERICANS KIDNAPPED TO SAUDI ARABIA
Committee on Government Reform: Continued hearings on ``Americans 
Kidnapped to Saudi Arabia: Is the Saudi Government Responsible?'' 
Testimony was heard from the following officials of the Department of 
State: Ryan Crocker, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Near Eastern 
Affairs; and Dianne Andruch, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of 
Consular Affairs; Raymond Mabus, former U.S. Ambassador to Saudi 
Arabia; and public witnesses.
WEST NILE VIRUS
Committee on Government Reform: Subcommittee on Criminal Justice, Drug 
Policy and Human Resources

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held a hearing on ``Responding to West Nile Virus: Public Health 
Implications and Federal Response.'' Testimony was heard from the 
following officials of the Department of Health and Human Services: 
James Hughes, M.D., Director, National Center for Infectious Diseases, 
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; and Jesse L. Goodman, M.D., 
Deputy Director, Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, FDA; 
John R. Lumpkin, M.D., Director, Department of Public Health, State of 
Illinois; and public witnesses.
DISAPPEARING TAX DOLLARS
Committee on Government Reform: Subcommittee on Government Efficiency, 
Financial Management, and Intergovernmental Relations held a hearing on 
``Disappearing Tax Dollars: What Changes Are Needed?'' Testimony was 
heard from Linda Calbom, Director, Financial Management and Assurance, 
GAO; Angela M. Antonelli, Chief Financial Officer, Department of 
Housing and Urban Development; and Jack Martin, Chief Financial 
Officer, Department of Education.
RESOLUTION--AUTHORIZING USE OF U.S. ARMED FORCES AGAINST IRAQ
Committee on International Relations: Ordered reported, as amended, 
H.J. Res. 114, to authorize the use of United States Armed Forces 
against Iraq.
COASTAL AMERICA PROGRAM
Committee on Resources: Subcommittee on Fisheries Conservation, 
Wildlife and Oceans held a hearing on the Coastal America program, and 
on the transfer of certain NOAA property to the Board of Trustees of 
the California State University. Testimony was heard from 
Representative Woolsey; Scott B. Gudes, Deputy Under Secretary, Oceans 
and Atmosphere, NOAA, Department of Commerce; James Connaughton, 
Chairman, Council on Environmental Quality; and a public witness.
THREAT OF NEAR-EARTH ASTEROIDS
Committee on Science: Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics held a 
hearing on the Threat of Near-Earth Asteroids. Testimony was heard from 
the following officials of NASA: Edward Weiler, Associate 
Administrator, Space Science; and David Morrison, Senior Scientist, 
Ames Research Center; Brig. Gen. Simon Worden, USAF, Department of 
Defense; Brian Marsden, Director, Minor Planet Center, Astrophysical 
Observatoy, Smithsonian Institution; and a public witness.
HEALTHCARE SERVICES--CMS REGULATION
Committee on Small Business: Held a hearing entitled ``CMS Regulation 
of Healthcare Services.'' Testimony was heard from Thomas Scully, 
Administrator, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Department 
of Health and Human Services; and public witnesses.
CURRENTLY COVERED PRESCRIPTION DRUGS--MEDICARE PAYMENTS
Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Health held a hearing on 
Medicare Payments for Currently Covered Prescription Drugs. Testimony 
was heard from the following officials of the Department of Health and 
Human Services: Thomas Scully, Administrator, Centers for Medicare and 
Medicaid Services; and George Reeb, Assistant Inspector General, 
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Audits; and public witnesses.

Joint Meetings
9/11 INTELLIGENCE INVESTIGATION
Joint Hearings: Senate Select Committee on Intelligence continued joint 
hearings with the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence to 
examine activities of the U.S. Intelligence to examine activities of 
the U.S. Intelligence Community in connection with the September 11, 
2001 terrorist attacks on the United States, receiving testimony from 
Lee H. Hamilton, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, 
Indiana University, Bloomington; Eleanor Hill, Staff Director, Joint 
Inquiry Staff; William Webster, former Director, Federal Bureau of 
Investigation, Department of Justice, on behalf of the Commission for 
the Review of FBI Security Programs; William E. Odom, National Security 
Studies, Hudson Institute, Washington, D.C.; and Frederick P. Hitz, 
Princeton University Woodrow Wilson School, Princeton, New Jersey.
  Hearings recessed subject to call.
SECURING AMERICA'S FUTURE ENERGY ACT
Conferees met to resolve the differences between the Senate and House 
passed versions of H.R. 4, to enhance energy conservation, research and 
development and to provide for security and diversity in the energy 
supply for the American people, but did not complete action thereon.
  Hearing recessed subject to the call.