[Congressional Record Volume 149, Number 26 (Wednesday, February 12, 2003)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D123-D125]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
COMMITTEE ORGANIZATION; OVERSIGHT PLAN
Committee on Agriculture: Met for organizational purposes.
  The Committee approved an Oversight Plan for the 108th Congress.
NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION BUDGET REQUEST
Committee on Armed Services: Held a hearing on the fiscal year 2004 
National Defense Authorization budget request. Testimony was heard from 
the following officials of the Department of the Army: Thomas E. White, 
Secretary; and Gen. Eric K. Shinseki, USA, Chief of Staff.
TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT--BUDGET PRIORITIES
Committee on the Budget: Held a hearing on the Department of 
Transportation Budget Priorities Fiscal Year 2004. Testimony was heard 
from Representative Rahall; and Michael P. Jackson, Deputy Secretary, 
Department of Transportation.
ECONOMIC RECOVERY AND THE WORKFORCE INVESTMENT ACT
Committee on Education and the Workforce: Held a hearing on ``Back to 
Work: the Administration's Plan for Economic Recovery and the Workforce 
Investment Act.'' Testimony was heard from Elaine Chao, Secretary of 
Labor; and public witnesses.
PATIENT SAFETY AND QUALITY IMPROVEMENT ACT; ADMINISTRATION'S FISCAL 
YEAR 2004 HEALTH CARE PRIORITIES; COMMITTEE ORGANIZATION; OVERSIGHT 
PLAN
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Ordered reported, as amended, H.R. 
663, Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Act.
  The Committee held a hearing entitled ``A Review of the 
Administration's Fiscal Year 2004 Health Care Priorities.'' Testimony 
was heard from Tommy G. Thompson, Secretary of Health and Human 
Services.
  The Committee met for further organizational purposes.
  The Committee approved an Oversight Plan for the 108th Congress.
MONETARY POLICY AND THE STATE OF THE ECONOMY
Committee on Financial Services: Held a hearing on monetary policy and 
the state of the economy. Testimony was heard from Alan Greenspan, 
Chairman, Board of Governors, Federal Reserve System.
RECOVERY AND RENEWAL; PROTECTING CAPITAL MARKETS AGAINST TERRORISM POST 
9/11
Committee on Financial Services: Subcommittee on Capital Markets, 
Insurance, and Government Sponsored Enterprises held a hearing entitled 
``Recovery and Renewal: Protecting the Capital Markets Against 
Terrorism Post 9/11.'' Testimony was heard from Davi M. D'Agostino, 
Director, Financial Markets and Community Investment, GAO; Robert L. D. 
Colby, Deputy Director, Division of Market Regulation, SEC; and public 
witnesses.
INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS BUDGET REQUEST
Committee on International Relations: Held a hearing on the President's 
International Affairs Budget request for Fiscal Year 2004. Testimony 
was heard from Colin L. Powell, Secretary of State.
IVORY COAST--PROSPECTS FOR PEACE
Committee on International Relations: Subcommittee on Africa held a 
hearing on Prospects for Peace in Ivory Coast. Testimony was heard from 
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Kansteiner III, Assistant Secretary, Bureau of African Affairs, 
Department of State; Timothy W. Docking, Program Officer, Research and 
Studies Program, U.S. Institute of Peace; and a public witness.
HUMAN CLONING PROHIBITION ACT; COMMITTEE ORGANIZATION; OVERSIGHT PLAN
Committee on the Judiciary: Ordered reported H.R. 534, Human Cloning 
Prohibition Act of 2003.
  Prior to this action, the Committee met for organizational purposes.
  The Committee approved an Oversight Plan for the 108th Congress.
COMMITTEE ORGANIZATION; OVERSIGHT PLAN
Committee on Resources: Met for organizational purposes.
  The Committee approved an Oversight Plan for the 108th Congress.
CONFERENCE REPORT--FURTHER CONTINUING APPROPRIATIONS FISCAL YEAR 2003
Committee on Rules: Granted, by voice vote, a rule waiving all points 
of order against the conference report to accompany H.J.Res. 2, making 
further continuing appropriations for the fiscal year 2003. and against 
its consideration. The rule provides that the conference report shall 
be considered as read. Finally, the rule provides that upon adoption of 
the conference report the House shall be considered to have adopted H. 
Con. Res. 35. Testimony was heard from Chairman Young of Florida.
PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY, WORK, AND FAMILY PROTECTION ACT; OVERSIGHT 
PLAN
Committee on Rules: Granted, by voice vote, a modified closed rule, 
providing 2 hours of general debate on H.R. 4, Personal Responsibility, 
Work, and Family Promotion Act of 2003, with 50 minutes equally divided 
and controlled by the chairman and ranking minority member of the 
Committee on Ways and Means, 40 minutes equally divided and controlled 
by the chairman and ranking minority member of the Committee on 
Education and the Workforce, and 30 minutes equally divided and 
controlled by the chairman and ranking minority member of the Committee 
on Energy and Commerce. The rule waives all points of order against 
consideration of the bill. The rule provides that the bill shall be 
considered as read for amendment.
  The rule makes in order only those amendments printed in the Rules 
Committee report accompanying the resolution, which may be offered only 
in the order printed in the report, may be offered only by a Member 
designated in the report, shall be considered as read, shall be 
debatable for the time specified in the report equally divided and 
controlled by the proponent and an opponent, and shall not be subject 
to amendment. The rule waives all points of order against the 
amendments printed in the report, except that the adoption of an 
amendment in the nature of a substitute shall constitute the conclusion 
of consideration of the bill for amendment. Finally, the rule provides 
one motion to recommit with or without instructions. Testimony was 
heard from Representative Herger, Chairman Boehner, Representatives 
Castle, Cardin, Levin, Woolsey, Kind, Kucinich, Jackson-Lee of Texas, 
Lee, McGovern and Watson.
  The Committee approved an Oversight Plan for the 108th Congress.
COMMITTEE ORGANIZATION; OVERSIGHT PLAN
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure: Met for organizational 
purposes.
  The Committee approved an Oversight Plan for the 108th Congress.
REAUTHORIZATION--FAA AND AVIATION PROGRAMS
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure: Subcommittee on 
Aviation held a hearing on reauthorization of the FAA and the Aviation 
Programs: Introduction. Testimony was heard from Gerald Dillingham, 
Director, Civil Aviation Issues, GAO; Kenneth R. Mead, Inspector 
General, Department of Transportation; and Robert Walker, Chairman, 
Commission on the Future of the United States Aerospace Industry.
COMMITTEE ORGANIZATION
Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Select Revenue Measures 
met for organizational purposes.
COMMITTEE ORGANIZATION
Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Social Security met for 
organizational purposes.

Joint Meetings
SPACE SHUTTLE ``COLUMBIA''
Joint Hearing: Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
Transportation and House Committee on Science Subcommittee on Space and 
Aeronautics held joint hearings to examine the recent space shuttle 
Columbia accident, focusing on the status of the

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investigation, and implications of the loss of Columbia on the nation's 
space exploration efforts, receiving testimony from Sean O'Keefe, 
Administrator, National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
  Hearing recessed subject to call.