[Congressional Record Volume 149, Number 27 (Thursday, February 13, 2003)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D129-D130]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
2004 BUDGET: DEFENSE
Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded hearings on proposed 
legislation authorizing funds for fiscal year 2004 for the Department 
of Defense and the Future Years Defense Program, after receiving 
testimony from Donald H. Rumsfeld, Secretary of Defense; and General 
Richard B. Myers, U.S. Air Force, Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff.
COMMITTEE FUNDING RESOLUTION
Committee on Armed Services: Committee ordered favorably reported an 
original resolution (S. Res. 57), authorizing expenditures by the 
Committee.
ORGANIZATIONAL BUSINESS
Committee on the Budget: on Wednesday, February 12, Committee adopted 
its rules of procedure for the 108th Congress, and ordered favorably 
reported an original resolution (S. Res. 56) authorizing expenditures 
by the Committee.
2004 BUDGET: TRANSPORTATION
Committee on the Budget: Committee concluded hearings on the 
President's proposed budget for fiscal year 2004, focusing on the 
Department of Transportation and safety issues, after receiving 
testimony from Michael P. Jackson, Deputy Secretary of Transportation.
U.S. OLYMPIC COMMITTEE REFORM
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee held 
hearings to examine the current organizational structure and culture of 
the United States Olympic Committee, including possible reforms for 
increased effectiveness and efficiency, receiving testimony from Fred 
F. Fielding, Wiley, Rein, and Fielding, Washington, D.C.; Donald M. 
Fehr, Major League Baseball Players Association, and Harvey W. 
Schiller, Assante U.S., both of New York, New York; Anita L. DeFrantz, 
Amateur Athletic Foundation, Los Angeles, California, and Donna de 
Varona, Greenwich, Connecticut, both of the United States Olympic 
Committee; David F. D'Alessandro, John Hancock Financial Services, 
Boston, Massachusetts.
  Hearing recessed subject to call.

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MINORITY INSTITUTION TECHNOLOGY PROGRAM
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded 
hearings to examine S. 196, to establish a digital and wireless network 
technology program for minority serving institutions, after receiving 
testimony from William B. DeLauder, Delaware State University, Dover; 
Ricardo Fernandez, City University of New York, West Bronx, on behalf 
of the Hispanic Association of College and Universities and Hispanic-
serving Institutions; Floyd H. Flake, Wilberforce University, 
Wilberforce, Ohio; Marie V. McDemmond, Norfolk State University, 
Norfolk, Virginia; and Gerald Monette, Turtle Mountain Community 
College, Belcourt, North Dakota, on behalf of the American Indian 
Higher Education Consortium.
2004 BUDGET: FOREST SERVICE
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded hearings 
to examine the President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 2004 
for the Forest Service of the Department of Agriculture, including the 
Healthy Forests Initiative, after receiving testimony from Mark Rey, 
Under Secretary for Natural Resources and the Environment, and Dale N. 
Bosworth, Chief, Forest Service, both of the Department of Agriculture.
OIL SUPPLY AND PRICES
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded hearings 
to examine the current U.S. energy situation, focusing on oil, natural 
gas, and hydrogen supplies, energy conservation, and the outlook for 
global oil supply and prices, after receiving testimony from Robert E. 
Ebel, Center for Strategic and International Studies, Red Cavaney, 
American Petroleum Institute, James C. May, Air Transport Association 
of America, all of Washington, D.C.; and Matthew R. Simmons, Simmons 
and Company International, Houston, Texas.
NRC OVERSIGHT
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Subcommittee on Clean Air, 
Climate Change, and Nuclear Safety, concluded oversight hearings to 
examine the licensing and regulatory responsibilities of the Nuclear 
Regulatory Commission, after receiving from Richard A. Meserve, 
Chairman, and Greta Joy Dicus, Nils J. Diaz, Edward McGaffigan, Jr., 
and Jeffrey S. Merrifield, each a Commissioner, and Hubert T. Bell, 
Inspector General, all of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
ENRON
Committee on Finance: Committee held hearings to examine the activities 
and transactions related to Enron's tax returns, focusing on the Joint 
Committee on Taxation's investigative report, receiving testimony from 
Lindy L. Paull, Chief of Staff, Joint Committee on Taxation; Jim A. 
Seida, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana; George A. Plesko, 
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge; Edmund Outslay, 
Michigan State University, East Lansing; and Kathryn J. Kennedy, John 
Marshall Law School, Chicago, Illinois.
  Hearing recessed subject to the call.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee ordered favorably reported the 
nomination of Jeffrey S. Sutton, of Ohio, to be United States Circuit 
Judge for the Sixth Circuit.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Rules and Administration: Committee adopted its rules of 
procedure for the 108th Congress.
COMMITTEE FUNDING RESOLUTION
Committee on Rules and Administration: Committee concluded hearings on 
proposed legislation authorizing expenditures by the Committee on 
Foreign Relations, after receiving testimony from Senators Lugar and 
Biden.