[Congressional Record Volume 149, Number 26 (Wednesday, February 12, 2003)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D120-D121]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
NATIONAL SECURITY THREATS
Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded hearings in open and 
closed session, to examine current and future worldwide threats to the 
national security of the United States, after receiving testimony from 
George J. Tenet, Director of Central Intelligence; and Vice Adm. Lowell 
E. Jacoby, USN, Director, Defense Intelligence Agency.
COAST GUARD TRANSITION
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on 
Oceans, Atmosphere, and Fisheries concluded hearings to examine the 
challenges and role of the United States Coast Guard with respect to 
its transition to the Department of Homeland Security and the Maritime 
Homeland Security Strategy, after receiving testimony from Admiral 
Thomas H. Collins, Commandant, U.S. Coast Guard, Department of 
Transportation; and JayEtta Z. Hecker, Director, Physical 
Infrastructure, General Accounting Office.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee met, discussed 
certain pending committee business, and recessed subject to the call of 
the Chair.
INVESTMENT INCENTIVES
Committee on Finance: Committee concluded hearings to examine proposals 
for economic growth and job creation, focusing on incentives for 
investment, after receiving testimony from former Senator Phil Gramm, 
UBS Warburg, New York, New York; Leon E. Panetta, California State 
University, Seaside,

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former Director, Office of Management and Budget; and Kevin A. Hassett, 
American Enterprise Institute, and William G. Gale, Brookings 
Institution, both of Washington, D.C.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Finance: Committee concluded hearings on the nominations 
of Joseph Robert Goeke, of Illinois, to be a Judge of the United States 
Tax Court; Glen L. Bower, of Illinois, to be a Judge of the United 
States Tax Court; Daniel Pearson, of Minnesota, to be a Member of the 
United States International Trade Commission; Charlotte A. Lane, of 
West Virginia, to be a Member of the United States International Trade 
Commission; and Raymond T. Wagner, Jr., of Missouri, to be a Member of 
the Internal Revenue Service Oversight Board, Department of the 
Treasury, after each nominee testified and answered questions in their 
own behalf.
RECONSTRUCTION OF AFGHANISTAN
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee held hearings on the 
restoration and rebuilding of Afghanistan, including the Afghanistan 
Freedom Support Act (P.L. 107-327), receiving testimony from David T. 
Johnson, Coordinator for Afghanistan Assistance, Department of State; 
Peter W. Rodman, Assistant Secretary of Defense for International 
Security Affairs; and Ishaq Shahryar, Ambassador of Afghanistan to the 
United States.
  Hearings recessed subject to call.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee ordered 
favorably reported the following business items:
  S. 342, to amend the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act to make 
improvements to and reauthorize programs under that Act;
  S. 314, to make improvements in the Foundation for the National 
Institutes of Health;
  S. 239, to amend the Public Health Service Act to add requirements 
regarding trauma care;
  S. 286, to revise and extend the Birth Defects Prevention Act of 
1998; and
  S. 313, to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to 
establish a program of fees relating to animal drugs, with an amendment 
in the nature of a substitute.
  Also, Committee adopted its rules of procedure for the 108th 
Congress, and announced the following subcommittee assignments:
  Subcommittee on Aging: Senators Bond (Chairman), Alexander, DeWine, 
Roberts, Ensign, Warner, Mikulski, Kennedy, Murray, Edwards, and 
Clinton.
  Subcommittee on Children and Families: Senators Alexander (Chairman), 
Enzi, Bond, DeWine, Roberts, Sessions, Ensign, Graham (S.C.), Warner, 
Dodd, Harkin, Jeffords, Bingaman, Murray, Reed, Edwards, and Clinton.
  Subcommittee on Employment, Safety and Training: Senators Enzi 
(Chairman), Alexander, Bond, Roberts, Sessions, Murray, Dodd, Harkin, 
and Jeffords.
  Subcommittee on Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services: Senators 
DeWine (Chairman), Enzi, Sessions, Ensign, Kennedy, Bingaman, and Reed.
NOMINATION
Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee concluded hearings on the 
nomination of Ross Owen Swimmer, of Oklahoma, to be Special Trustee, 
Office of Special Trustee for American Indians, Department of the 
Interior, after the nominee, who was introduced by Senator Nickles and 
Representative Carson, testified and answered questions in his own 
behalf. Testimony was also received from Richard Sangrey and Majel 
Russell, both of the Intertribal Monitoring Association on Indian Trust 
Funds, Albuquerque, New Mexico.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded hearings on the 
nominations of Timothy M. Tymkovich, of Colorado, to be United States 
Circuit Judge for the Tenth Circuit, who was introduced by Senators 
Campbell and Allard; J. Daniel Breen, to be United States District 
Judge for the Western District of Tennessee, who was introduced by 
Senator Alexander; William H. Steele, to be United States District 
Judge for the Southern District of Alabama, who was introduced by 
Senators Shelby and Sessions; Thomas A. Varlan, to be United States 
District Judge for the Eastern District of Tennessee, who was 
introduced by Senator Alexander; Timothy C. Stanceu, of Virginia, to be 
a Judge of the United States Court of International Trade, who was 
introduced by Senator Allen; and Marian Blank Horn, of Maryland, to be 
a Judge of the United States Court of Federal Claims, who was 
introduced by Representative Cannon; after each nominee testified and 
answered questions in their own behalf.