[Congressional Record Volume 149, Number 32 (Thursday, February 27, 2003)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D162-D163]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded hearings on the 
nominations of Linton F. Brooks, of Virginia, to be Under Secretary of 
Energy for Nuclear Security, John Paul Woodley, Jr., of Virginia, to be 
an Assistant Secretary of the Army, and Stephen A. Cambone, of 
Virginia, to be Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence, who was 
introduced by Senator Allen, after each nominee testified and answered 
questions in his own behalf.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded 
hearings on the nominations of Ellen G. Engleman, of Indiana, Mark V. 
Rosenker, of Maryland, and Richard F. Healing, of Virginia, who was 
introduced by Representative Weldon, each to be a Member of the 
National Transportation Safety Board, Department of Transportation, 
after each nominee testified and answered questions in their own 
behalf.
AEROSPACE RESEARCH
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded 
hearings to examine U.S. involvement in aerospace research and 
technology, including recommendations of the ``Final Report of the 
Commission on the Future of the United States Aerospace Industry'', 
after receiving testimony from Senator Dodd; Jeremiah F. Creedon, 
Associate Administrator for Aerospace Technology, National Aeronautics 
and Space Administration; Robert S. Walker, Commission on the Future of 
the United States Aerospace Industry, and Edward M. Bolen, General 
Aviation Manufacturers Association, former Member of the Federal 
Aviation Management Advisory Council, both of Washington, D.C.; and 
Dennis Dietz, Boeing Company, and John Tomblin, Wichita State 
University National Institute for Aviation Research, both of Wichita, 
Kansas.
ENERGY PRODUCTION
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded hearings 
to examine energy production on Federal lands, focusing on the oil, 
gas, geothermal and coal industries, and the environmental community, 
after receiving testimony from J. Steven Griles, Deputy Secretary of 
the Interior; Robert L. Bayless, Jr., on behalf of the Independent 
Petroleum Association of Mountain States and Independent Petroleum 
Association of America, Denver, Colorado; Steven F. Leer, Arch Coal, 
Inc., St. Louis, Missouri, on behalf of the National Mining 
Association; and David Alberswerth, Wilderness Society, Washington, 
D.C.
PUBLIC LANDS AND FORESTS
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Subcommittee on Public Lands 
and Forests concluded hearings to examine S. 32, to establish 
Institutes to conduct research on the prevention of, and restoration 
from, wildfires in forest and woodland ecosystems of the interior West; 
S. 203, to open certain withdrawn land in Big Horn County, Wyoming, to 
locatable mineral development for bentonite mining; S. 246, to provide 
that certain Bureau of Land Management land shall be held in trust for 
the Pueblo of Santa Clara and the Pueblo of San Ildefonso in the State 
of New Mexico; and S. 278, to make certain adjustments to the 
boundaries of the Mount Naomi Wilderness Area, after receiving Jim 
Hughes, Deputy Director, Bureau of Land Management, Department of the 
Interior; Jim Reaves, Director, Vegetation Management and Protection 
Research, Forest Service, Department of Agriculture; John Gonzales,

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San Ildefonso Pueblo, New Mexico; Denny Gutierrez, Santa Clara Indian 
Pueblo, Espanola, New Mexico; and W. Wallace Covington, Northern 
Arizona University Ecological Restoration Institute, Flagstaff.
2004 BUDGET: FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Subcommittee on 
Transportation and Infrastructure concluded hearings to examine the 
President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 2004 for the 
Federal Highway Administration, after receiving testimony from Mary E. 
Peters, Administrator, Federal Highway Administration, Department of 
Transportation.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Finance: Committee ordered favorably reported an original 
bill entitled ``Miscellaneous Trade and Technical Corrections Act of 
2003''.
2004 BUDGET: MEDICARE AND MEDICAID REFORM
Committee on Finance: Committee held hearings to examine the 
President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 2004 for the 
Department of Health and Human Services, focusing on Medicare and 
Medicaid reform, receiving testimony from Tommy G. Thompson, Secretary 
of Health and Human Services.
  Committee recessed subject to the call.
AMERICA AND THE ISLAMIC WORLD
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded hearings to examine 
American public diplomacy with respect to Islam, focusing on the 
perception of the United States in the Islamic world, and American 
efforts to improve its image, after receiving testimony from Charlotte 
L. Beers, Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy and Public 
Affairs; Kenneth Y. Tomlinson, Chairman, Broadcasting Board of 
Governors; and Andrew Kohut, The Pew Research Center, Kenton W. Keith, 
Meridian International Center, and R.S. Zaharna, American University 
School of Communication, all of Washington, D.C.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Governmental Affairs: Committee concluded hearings on the 
nominations of Clark Kent Ervin, of Texas, to be Inspector General, 
Department of Homeland Security, who was introduced by Senators 
Hutchison and Cornyn, Janet Hale, of Virginia, to be Under Secretary of 
Homeland Security for Management, who was introduced by Senator Dole, 
and Linda M. Springer, of Pennsylvania, to be Controller, Office of 
Federal Financial Management, Office of Management and Budget.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee ordered favorably reported the 
following business items:
  The nominations of Deborah L. Cook, of Ohio, to be United States 
Circuit Judge for the Sixth Circuit, John G. Roberts, Jr., of Maryland, 
to be United States Circuit Judge for the District of Columbia Circuit, 
Jay S. Bybee, of Nevada, to be United States Circuit Judge for the 
Ninth Circuit, Ralph R. Erickson, to be United States District Judge 
for the District of North Dakota, William D. Quarles, Jr., to be United 
States District Judge for the District of Maryland, Gregory L. Frost, 
of Ohio, to be United States District Judge for the Southern District 
of Ohio, Jeremy H. G. Ibrahim, of Pennsylvania, to be a Member of the 
Foreign Claims Settlement Commission of the United States, Edward F. 
Reilly, of Kansas, Cranston J. Mitchell, of Missouri, each to be a 
Commissioner of the United States Parole Commission, Department of 
Justice, Marian Blank Horn, of Maryland, to be a Judge of the United 
States Court of Federal Claims, Timothy C. Stanceu, of Virginia, to be 
a Judge of the United States Court of International Trade, and Peter 
Joseph Elliott, of Ohio, to be United States Marshal for the Northern 
District of Ohio.
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 Tuesday, March 4.
GLOBAL AGING
Special Committee on Aging: Committee concluded hearings to examine 
issues related to global aging and its implications for the U.S. 
economy, after receiving testimony from Alan Greenspan, Chairman, Board 
of Governors of the Federal Reserve System; Sylvester J. Schieber, 
Watson Wyatt Worldwide, and Paul S. Hewitt, Center for Strategic and 
International Studies, both of Washington, D.C.; and Gary L. Geipel, 
Hudson Institute, Indianapolis, Indiana.