[Congressional Record Volume 149, Number 30 (Tuesday, February 25, 2003)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D147-D148]
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 resumed open and closed hearings 
to examine proposed legislation authorizing funds for the Department of 
Defense and the Future Years Defense Program, after receiving testimony 
General Eric K. Shinseki, USA, Chief of Staff, U.S. Army; Admiral 
Vernon E. Clark, USN, Chief of Naval Operations, U.S. Navy; General 
Michael W. Hagee, USMC, Commandant of the Marine Corps; and General 
John P. Jumper, USAF, Chief of Staff, U.S. Air Force.
  Committee recessed subject to the call.
SUBCOMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS
Committee on Armed Services: On Wednesday, February 5, Committee 
announced the following subcommittee assignments:
  Subcommittee on Airland: Senators Sessions (Chairman), McCain, 
Inhofe, Roberts, Talent, Chambliss, Dole, Lieberman, Akaka, Dayton, 
Bayh, Clinton, and Pryor.
  Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and Capabilities: Senators Roberts 
(Chairman), Allard, Collins, Ensign, Talent, Chambliss, Graham (SC), 
Dole, Cornyn, Reed, Kennedy, Byrd, Lieberman, Akaka, Nelson (FL), Bayh, 
and Clinton.
  Subcommittee on Personnel: Senators Chambliss (Chairman), Collins, 
Dole, Cornyn, Nelson (NE), Kennedy, and Pryor.
  Subcommittee on Readiness and Management Support: Senators Ensign 
(Chairman), McCain, Inhofe, Roberts, Allard, Sessions, Talent, 
Chambliss, Cornyn, Akaka, Byrd, Nelson (FL), Nelson (NE), Dayton, Bayh, 
Clinton, and Pryor.
  Subcommittee on Seapower: Senators Talent (Chairman), McCain, 
Collins, Graham (SC), Kennedy, Lieberman, and Reed.
  Subcommittee on Strategic Forces: Senators Allard (Chairman), Inhofe, 
Sessions, Ensign, Graham (SC), Cornyn, Nelson (FL), Byrd, Reed, Nelson 
(NE), and Dayton.
AIRPORT IMPROVEMENT PROGRAMS
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on 
Aviation held hearings to examine proposed legislation authorizing 
funds for the Federal Aviation Administration, focusing on the 
financing of airport improvement and expansion, including the Airport 
Improvement Program, as well as passenger facilities charges (PFCs) and 
airport bonds, receiving testimony from Gerald L. Dillingham, Director, 
Civil Aviation Issues, General Accounting Office; Woodie Woodward, 
Associate Administrator for Airports, Federal Aviation Administration, 
Department of Transportation; and David Z. Plavin, Washington, D.C., on 
behalf of Airports Council International--North America, and the 
American Association of Airport Executives.
  Hearings recessed subject to the call.
2004 BUDGET: ENERGY
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 Energy, after receiving testimony from Spencer 
Abraham, Secretary of Energy.
ENERGY SUPPLY AND PRICES
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded hearings 
to examine the outlook for natural gas supply and prices in the United 
States, focusing on conservation and consumption, after receiving 
testimony from Guy F. Caruso, Administrator, Energy Information 
Administration, Department of Energy; Robert W. Best, Atmos Energy, 
Dallas, Texas, on behalf of the American Gas Association; Keith O. 
Rattie, Questar Corporation, Salt Lake City, Utah; and David H. Welch, 
British Petroleum's Alaska-Canada Pipelines, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
WORLD HUNGER REPORT
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee on concluded hearings to 
examine the state of the World Report on Hunger from Africa to North 
Korea focusing on the status of worldwide food security, the role of 
U.S. food aid programs, global hunger, and humanitarian assistance, 
after receiving testimony from Andrew S. Natsios, Administrator, U.S. 
Agency for International Development; Ken Hackett, Catholic Relief 
Services, Baltimore, Maryland; Ellen S. Levinson, Cadwalader, 
Wickersham, and Taft, and Joachim Von Braun, International Food Policy 
Research Institute, both of Washington, D.C.; and James T. Morris, 
United Nations World Food Program, Rome, Italy.

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NATIVE HAWAIIAN FEDERAL RECOGNITION
Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee held hearings on S. 344, 
expressing the policy of the United States regarding the United States 
relationship with Native Hawaiians and to provide a process for the 
recognition by the United States of the Native Hawaiian governing 
entity, receiving testimony from Representative Case; American Samoa 
Delegate Eni Faleomavaega, Vailoatai; and Hawaii Governor Linda Lingle, 
Micah A. Kane, Department of Hawaiian Home Lands, and Haunani Apoliona, 
Office of Hawaiian Affairs, all of Honolulu.
  Hearings recessed subject to the call.
INTELLIGENCE
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee held closed hearings on 
intelligence matters, receiving testimony from officials of the 
intelligence community.
  Committee will meet again on Thursday, February 27.