[Congressional Record Volume 149, Number 34 (Tuesday, March 4, 2003)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D179-D180]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
SCHOOL FOOD PROGRAMS
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: Committee resumed 
hearings to examine the federal government's initiatives regarding the 
school breakfast and lunch programs, and child nutrition and health, 
after receiving testimony from Gaye Lynn MacDonald, Bellingham Public 
Schools, Bellingham, Washington, on behalf of the American School Food 
Service Association; Robert J. Kemmery, Jr., Baltimore County Public 
Schools, TowsonMaryland; Dennis J. Heiman, Muscatine Community School 
District, Muscatine, Iowa; Melanie Payne, Opelika City Schools, 
Opelika, Alabama; Robert Greenstein, Center on Budget and Policy 
Priorities, and Susan T. Borra, on behalf of the American Dietetic 
Association, both of Washington, D.C.; and Jerry Kozak, Arlington, 
Virginia, on behalf of the National Milk Producers Federation and the 
International Dairy Foods Association.
2004 BUDGET: MILITARY CONSTRUCTION
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Military Construction 
concluded hearings to examine proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 
2004 for military construction, after receiving testimony from Mario P. 
Fiori, Assistant Secretary of the Army, Installations and Environment, 
H. T. Johnson, Assistant Secretary of the Navy, Installations and 
Environment, Nelson F. Gibbs, Assistant Secretary of the Air Force, 
Installations, Environment and Logistics, Dov S. Zakheim, Under 
Secretary of Defense, Comptroller, and Ray DuBois, Deputy Under 
Secretary of Defense, Installations and Environment, all of the 
Department of Defense.
MILITARY OPERATIONS
Committee on Armed Services: Committee met in closed session to receive 
a briefing on current military operations from Lieutenant General 
Norton A. Schwartz, USAF, Director for Operations, J-3, and Major 
General Glen D. Shafer, USAF, Director for Intelligence, J-2, both of 
The Joint Staff; and William Luti, Deputy Under Secretary of Defense 
for Special Plans.
2004 BUDGET: HUD
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded 
hearings to examine the President's proposed budget request for fiscal 
year 2004 for the Department of Housing and Urban Development, after 
receiving testimony from Mel Martinez, Secretary of Housing and Urban 
Development.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded 
hearings to examine the nominations of Charles E. McQueary, of North 
Carolina, to be Under Secretary of Homeland Security for Science and 
Technology, who was introduced by Senator Dole, and Jeffrey Shane, of 
the District of Columbia, to be Under Secretary for Policy, Emil H. 
Frankel, of Connecticut, to be Assistant Secretary for Transportation 
Policy, and Robert A. Sturgell, of Maryland, to be Deputy Administrator 
of the Federal Aviation Administration, all of the Department of 
Transportation, after the nominees testified and answered questions in 
their own behalf.
ELECTRICITY MARKETS
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded hearings 
to examine the financial condition of the electricity markets, and the 
current status of the energy industry, after receiving testimony from 
David A. Svanda, Michigan Public Service Commission, Lansing, on behalf 
of the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners; Evan 
J. Silverstein, SILCAP Hedge Fund, and Suzanne G. Smith, Standard and 
Poor's, both of New York, New

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York; Frank Cassidy, Newark, New Jersey, on behalf of PSEG Power LLC 
and the Electric Power Supply Association; and David L. Sokol, 
MidAmerican Energy Holdings Company, Des Moines, Iowa.
NATIONAL PARKS
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Subcommittee on National 
Parks concluded hearings to examine S. 164, to authorize the Secretary 
of the Interior to conduct a special resource study of sites associated 
with the life of Cesar Estrada Chavez and the farm labor movement, S. 
328, to designate Catoctin Mountain Park in the State of Maryland as 
the ``Catoctin Mountain National Recreation Area'', S. 347, to direct 
the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture to 
conduct a joint special resources study to evaluate the suitability and 
feasibility of establishing the Rim of the Valley Corridor as a unit of 
the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area, S. 425, to revise 
the boundary of the Wind Cage National Park in the State of South 
Dakota, after receiving testimony from Senators McCain and Sarbanes; 
Representatives Schiff and Solis; de Teel Patterson Tiller, Acting 
Associate Director for Cultural Resources, National Park Service, 
Department of the Interior; and Joseph T. Edmiston, Santa Monica 
Mountains Conservancy, Malibu, California.
MILLENNIUM CHALLENGE ACCOUNT
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded hearings to examine 
the establishment of the Millennium Challenge Account, focusing on 
foreign development assistance and productivity growth, after receiving 
testimony from Alan Larson, Under Secretary of State for Economic, 
Business, and Agriculture Affairs; John B. Taylor, Under Secretary of 
the Treasury for International Affairs, Andrew Natsios, Administrator, 
United States Agency for International Development; Steven Radelet, 
Center for Global Development, and Mary E. McClymont, InterAction, both 
of Washington, D.C.; and Susan V. Berresford, Ford Foundation, New 
York, New York.
HOMELAND SECURITY
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded hearings to examine 
issues relating to the war against terrorism, focusing on Federal 
efforts to protect America from terrorist attacks, after receiving 
testimony from Thomas J. Ridge, Secretary of Homeland Security; and 
John D. Ashcroft, Attorney General of the United States, and Robert S. 
Mueller III, Director, Federal Bureau of Investigation, both of the 
Department of Justice.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Veterans Affairs: Committee concluded hearings to examine 
the nominations of Bruce E. Kasold, of Virginia, to be a Judge of the 
United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims, who was introduced 
by Senator Warner, and John W. Nicholson, of Virginia, to be Under 
Secretary of Veterans Affairs for Memorial Affairs, who was introduced 
by Senator Allen, after the nominees testified and answered questions 
in their own behalf.
INTELLIGENCE
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee met in closed session to 
receive a briefing on intelligence matters from officials of the 
intelligence community.
  Committee recessed subject to call.