[Congressional Record Volume 149, Number 25 (Tuesday, February 11, 2003)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D113-D114]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
MONETARY POLICY REPORT
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded 
hearings to examine the semi-annual Monetary Policy Report of the 
Federal Reserve and the economic outlook, after receiving testimony 
from Alan Greenspan, Chairman, Board of Governors of the Federal 
Reserve System.
NOMINATION
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee ordered 
favorably reported the nomination of William H. Donaldson, of New York, 
to be a Member of the Securities and Exchange Commission.
2004 BUDGET
Committee on the Budget: Committee concluded hearings to examine the 
President's International Affairs Budget for Fiscal Year 2004, after 
receiving testimony from Colin L. Powell, Secretary of State.
FAA AUTHORIZATION
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded 
hearings on proposed legislation authorizing funds for the Federal 
Aviation Administration and the economic condition of the airline 
industry, after receiving testimony from Marion C. Blakey, 
Administrator, Federal Aviation Administration, and Kenneth M. Mead, 
Inspector General, both of the Department of Transportation.
2004 BUDGET: DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded hearings 
to examine the President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 2004 
for the Department of the Interior, after receiving testimony from Gale 
A. Norton, Secretary of the Interior.
NOMINATION
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded hearings 
to examine the nomination of Joseph Timothy Kelliher, of the District 
of Columbia, to be a Member of the Federal Energy Regulatory 
Commission, after the nominee testified and answered questions in his 
own behalf.
ECONOMIC GROWTH AND JOB CREATION
Committee on Finance: Committee held hearings to examine proposals for 
economic growth and job creation, focusing on incentives for 
consumption and investment, receiving testimony from Oklahoma State 
Senator Angela Monson, Oklahoma City, on behalf of the National 
Conference of State Legislatures; and Chris R. Edwards, Cato Institute, 
Stephen J. Entin, Institute for Research on the Economics of Taxation, 
and Peter R. Orszag, Brookings Institution, all of Washington, D.C.
  Hearings recessed subject to call.
FUTURE OF POSTCONFLICT IRAQ
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded hearings to examine 
the state of security in a post-

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conflict situation in Iraq, after receiving testimony from Marc I. 
Grossman, Under Secretary for Political Affairs, Department of State; 
Douglas J. Feith, Under Secretary for Policy, Department of Defense; 
Anthony H. Cordesman, Center for Strategic and International Studies, 
and Anthony Zinni, former Commander in Chief of United States Central 
Command, both of Washington, D.C.; and Scott R. Feil, Arlington, 
Virginia.
PATIENT HEALTH CARE ACCESS
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee 
concluded joint hearings with the Committee on the Judiciary to examine 
the status of patient access to quality health care, focusing on the 
role of medical litigation and malpractice reform, after receiving 
testimony from Jose Montemayor, Texas Commissioner of Insurance, 
Austin; Shelby L. Wilbourn, Belfast, Maine, on behalf of the American 
College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists; Lawrence E. Smarr, 
Physician Insurers Association of America, Rockville, Maryland; Jay 
Angoff, Roger G. Brown and Associates, Jefferson City, Missouri; Laurie 
Peel, Raleigh, North Carolina; Linda McDougal, Woodville, Wisconsin; 
and Leanne Dyess, Vicksburg, Mississippi.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Committee ordered favorably reported an 
original resolution (S. Res. 53) authorizing expenditures by the 
Committee, and adopted its rules of procedure for the 108th Congress.
NATIONAL SECURITY THREATS
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee concluded hearings to 
examine the current and projected national security threats to the 
United States, after receiving testimony from George Tenet, Director of 
Central Intelligence, Central Intelligence Agency; Robert S. Mueller 
III, Director, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Department of Justice; 
Vice Adm. Lowell E. Jacoby, USN, Director, Defense Intelligence Agency; 
and Carl Ford, Assistant Secretary of State for Intelligence and 
Research.
INTELLIGENCE
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee held closed hearings on 
intelligence matters, receiving testimony from officials of the 
intelligence community.
  Hearings recessed subject to call.
ELDERLY GUARDIANSHIP
Special Committee on Aging: Committee concluded hearings to examine 
certain issues of guardianship over the elderly, focusing on 
alternative approaches, motives of petitioners in contested 
proceedings, guardian accountability and monitoring, after receiving 
testimony from Michael S. Kutzin, Goldfarb and Abrandt, and Jane M. 
Pollack, both of New York, New York; Penelope A. Hommell, Center for 
Social Gerontology, Ann Arbor, Michigan; Robin Warjone, Seattle, 
Washington; Diane G. Armstrong, Santa Barbara, California; Robert L. 
Aldridge, Boise, Idaho; and A. Frank Johns, Greensboro, North Carolina.