[Congressional Record Volume 149, Number 31 (Wednesday, February 26, 2003)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D156-D158]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
BUDGET VIEWS AND ESTIMATES; COMMITTEE ORGANIZATION
Committee on Agriculture: Approved Committee Budget Views and Estimates 
for Fiscal Year 2004 for submission to the Committee on the Budget.
  The Committee also met again for organizational purposes.
AGRICULTURE, RURAL DEVELOPMENT, FDA AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural 
Development, Food and Drug Administration and Related Agencies held a 
hearing on Office of Inspector General. Testimony was heard from 
Phyllis K. Fong, Inspector General, USDA.
INTERIOR APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Interior held a hearing on 
Secretary of the Interior. Testimony was heard from Gale A. Norton, 
Secretary of the Interior.
MILITARY CONSTRUCTION APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Military Construction held 
a hearing on Army Construction. Testimony was heard from the following 
officials of the Department of the Army: Mario P. Fiori, Assistant 
Secretary (Installations and Environment); Major Gen. Larry J. Lust, 
USA, Assistant Chief of Staff, Installation Management; Major Gen. 
Collis N. Phillips, USA, Deputy Chief, Army Reserve; and Brig. Gen. 
Clyde A. Vaughn, USA, Deputy Director, Army National Guard.
  The Subcommittee also held a hearing on Navy Construction. Testimony 
was heard from the following officials of the Department of the Navy: 
Hansford T. Johnson, Acting Secretary; Rear Adm. Michael R. Johnson, 
USN, Commander, Naval Facilities Engineering Command; and Brig. Gen. 
Ronald S. Coleman, USMC, Acting Deputy Commandant, Installations and 
Logistics.
VA, HUD, AND INDEPENDENT AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on VA, HUD, and Independent 
Agencies held a hearing on American Battle Monuments Commission. 
Testimony was heard from Major Gen. John Herrling, USA (Ret.), 
Secretary, American Battle Monuments Commission.
  The Subcommittee also held a hearing on Selective Service System. 
Testimony was heard from Lewis C. Brodsky, Acting Director, Selective 
Service System.
NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION BUDGET REQUEST
Committee on Armed Services: Continued hearings on the fiscal year 2004 
National Defense Authorization budget request. Testimony was heard from 
the following officials of the Department of the Navy: Hansford T. 
Johnson, Acting Secretary; Adm. Vernon E. Clark, USN, Chief of Naval 
Operations; and Gen. Michael W. Hagee, USMC, Commandant, Marine Corps.
  Hearings continue tomorrow.
EUROPEAN THEATER--U.S. FORWARD-DEPLOYED STRATEGY
Committee on Armed Services: Held a hearing on U.S. forward-deployed 
strategy in the European Theater. Testimony was heard from Gen. 
Montgomery C. Meigs, USA (Ret.), former Commanding General, U.S. Army 
Europe and 7th Army; Fred Kagan, Associate Professor, Military History, 
U.S. Military Academy, Department of the Army; and a public witness.
HHS BUDGET PRIORITIES
Committee on the Budget: Held a hearing on the Department of Health and 
Human Services Budget Priorities Fiscal Year 2004. Testimony was heard 
from Tommy G. Thompson, Secretary of Health and Human Services; and 
public witnesses.
BACK TO WORK INCENTIVE ACT
Committee on Education and the Workforce: Subcommittee on 21st Century 
Competitiveness approved for full Committee action, as amended, H.R. 
444, Back to Work Incentive Act of 2003.
THEFT AT LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Oversight and 
Investigations held a hearing entitled

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``Procurement and Property Mismanagement and Theft at Los Alamos 
National Laboratory.'' Testimony was heard from Gregory H. Friedman, 
Inspector General, Department of Energy; and public witnesses.
  In response to a subpoena, Jaret McDonald testified before the 
Subcommittee.
HEALTH OF THE TELECOMMUNICATIONS SECTOR: FCC COMMISSIONERS PERSPECTIVE
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Telecommunications 
and the Internet held a hearing entitled ``Health of the 
Telecommunications Sector: A Perspective from the Commissioners of the 
Federal Communications Commission.'' Testimony was heard from the 
following officials of the FCC: Michael K. Powell, Chairman; Kevin J. 
Martin, Michael J. Copps, Kathleen Q. Abernathy, and Jonathan S. 
Adelstein, all Commissioners.
DEFRAUDED INVESTORS--RETURNING MONEY
Committee on Financial Services: Subcommittee on Capital Markets, 
Insurance, and Government Sponsored Enterprises held a hearing entitled 
``It's only FAIR: Returning Money to Defrauded Investors.'' Testimony 
was heard from Stephen M. Cutler, Director, Division of Enforcement, 
SEC.
RUSSIA'S POLICIES TOWARD AXIS OF EVIL
Committee on International Relations: Held a hearing on Russia's 
Policies Toward the Axis of Evil: Money and Geopolitics in Iraq and 
Iran. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
OVERSIGHT--PEER-TO-PEER PIRACY ON UNIVERSITY CAMPUSES
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, and 
Intellectual Property held an oversight hearing on ``Peer-to-Peer 
Piracy On University Campuses.'' Testimony was heard from public 
witnesses.
HUMAN CLONING PROHIBITION ACT
Committee on Rules: Granted, by voice vote, a structured rule providing 
1 hour of debate on H.R. 534, Human Cloning Prohibition Act of 2003. 
The rule waives all points of order against consideration of the bill. 
The rule makes in order only those amendments printed in the Rules 
Committee report accompanying the resolution. The rule provides that 
the amendments made in order 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 a 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. 
Finally, the rule provides one motion to recommit with or without 
instructions. Testimony was heard from Chairman Sensenbrenner and 
Representatives Stearns, Greenwood, Weldon of Florida, Scott of 
Virginia, Lofgren and Deutsch.
SBA'S BUDGET; COMMITTEE ORGANIZATION
Committee on Small Business: Held a hearing on the Small Business 
Administration's Budget for Fiscal Year 2004. Testimony was heard from 
Hector Barreto, Administrator, SBA; and public witnesses.
  Prior to the hearing, the Committee met for organizational purposes.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES; BUDGET VIEWS AND ESTIMATES
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure: Ordered reported the 
following bills H.R. 875, Over-the-Road Bus Security; H.R. 866, 
Wastewater Treatment Works Security Act of 2003; H.R. 874, Rail 
Passenger Disaster Family Assistance Act of 2003. H. Res. 19, 
designating the room numbered H-236 in the House of Representatives 
wing of the Capitol as the ``Richard K. Armey Room;'' and H.R. 145, to 
designate the Federal building located at 290 Broadway in New York, New 
York, as the ``Ted Weiss Federal Building.''
  The Committee also approved Committee Budget Views and Estimates for 
Fiscal Year 2004 for submission to the Committee on the Budget.
PLANES, TRAINS, AND INTERMODALISM: IMPROVING LINK BETWEEN AIR AND RAIL
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure: Subcommittee on 
Aviation and the Subcommittee on Railroads held a joint hearing on 
Planes, Trains, and Intermodalism: Improving the Link Between Air and 
Rail. Testimony was heard from R.E.G. Davies, Curator of Air Transport, 
National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution; Martin 
O'Malley, Mayor, Baltimore, Maryland; and public witnesses.
BUDGET VIEWS AND ESTIMATES; ADMINISTRATION'S TRADE AGENDA
Committee on Ways and Means: Approved Committee Budget Views and 
Estimates for Fiscal year 2004 for submission to the Committee on the 
Budget.
  The Committee also held a hearing on the Administration's Trade 
Agenda. Testimony was heard from Robert B. Zoellick, U.S. Trade 
Representative.

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TERRORIST THREAT INTEGRATION CENTER
Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence: Subcommittee on Terrorism 
and Homeland Security met in executive session to hold a hearing on 
Terrorist Threat Integration Center. Testimony was heard from 
departmental witnesses.

Joint Meetings
GROWTH AND JOBS PLAN
Joint Economic Committee: Committee concluded hearings to examine the 
Economic Report of the President, and the economic outlook for the 
United States and the Administration's policy agenda, after receiving 
testimony from R. Glenn Hubbard, Chairman, and Randall S. Kroszner, 
Member, both of the Council of Economic Advisers; and Henry J. Aaron, 
Brookings Institution, Eric M. Engen, American Enterprise Institute for 
Public Policy Research, and Daniel J. Mitchell, Heritage Foundation, 
all of Washington, D.C.