[Congressional Record Volume 149, Number 39 (Tuesday, March 11, 2003)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D216-D217]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
LABOR, HHS, EDUCATION AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human 
Services, Education and Related Agencies held a hearing on Corporation 
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Broadcasting. Testimony was heard from Robert Coonrod, President and 
CEO, Corporation for Public Broadcasting.
  The Subcommittee also concluded hearings on Corporation for National 
and Community Services. Testimony was heard from Leslie Lenkowsky, CEO.
WORKFORCE INVESTMENT AND REHABILITATION ACTS
Committee on Education and the Workforce: Subcommittee on 21st Century 
Competitiveness held a hearing on ``Workforce Investment and 
Rehabilitation Acts: Improving Services and Empowering Individuals.'' 
Testimony was heard from Emily DeRocco, Assistant Secretary, Department 
of Labor; Robert Pasternack, Assistant Secretary, Department of 
Education; Bettie Shaw-Henderson, District Manager, Department of 
Vocational Rehabilitation, State of Michigan; and public witnesses.
PROGRESS SINCE 9/11--ANTI-TERRORIST FINANCING EFFORTS EFFECTIVENESS
Committee on Financial Services: Subcommittee on Oversight and 
Investigations held a hearing entitled ``Progress Since 9/11: The 
Effectiveness of U.S. Anti-Terrorist Financing Efforts.'' Testimony was 
heard from Alice Fisher, Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Criminal 
Division, Department of Justice; Richard Hoglund, Interim Director, 
Office of Customs Investigations, Bureau of Immigration and Customs 
Enforcement, Department of Homeland Security; James Sloan, Director, 
Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, Department of the Treasury; and 
public witnesses.
FEDERAL REGULATIONS--IMPROVE REGULATORY ACCOUNTING COSTS, BENEFITS, AND 
IMPACTS
Committee on Government Reform: Subcommittee on Energy Policy, Natural 
Resources and Regulatory Affairs held a hearing entitled ``How to 
Improve Regulatory Accounting: Costs, Benefits, and Impacts on Federal 
Regulations.'' Testimony was heard from John D. Graham, Administrator, 
Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, OMB; and public 
witnesses.
SAVING THE CONGO BASIS: THE STAKES
Committee on International Relations: Subcommittee on Africa held a 
hearing on Saving the Congo Basin: The Stakes, The Plan. Testimony was 
heard from the following officials of the Department of State: Walter 
H. Kansteiner III, Assistant Secretary, Bureau of African Affairs; John 
F. Turner, Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Oceans and International 
Environmental and Scientific Affairs; and Constance Berry Newman, 
Assistant Administrator, Bureau for Africa, AID; and a public witness.
CHILD ABDUCTION PREVENTION ACT; CHILD OBSCENITY AND PORNOGRAPHY 
PREVENTION ACT
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and 
Homeland Security approved for full Committee action H.R. 1104, Child 
Abduction Prevention Act.
  Prior to this action, the Subcommittee held a hearing on H.R. 1104 
and H.R. 1161, Child Obscenity and Pornography Prevention Act. 
Testimony was heard from Daniel P. Collins, Associate Deputy Attorney 
General, Department of Justice; Ronald S. Sullivan, Jr., Director, 
Public Defender Service, District of Columbia; and a public witness.
RESPA REFORM AND THE ECONOMIC EFFECTS ON SMALL BUSINESS
Committee on Small Business, hearing entitled ``RESPA Reform and the 
Economic Effects on Small Business.'' Testimony was heard from the 
following officials of the Department of Housing and Urban Affairs: Mel 
Martinez, Secretary; and John C. Weicher, Assistant Secretary for 
Housing-FHA Commissioner; and public witnesses.
ADMINISTRATION'S ECONOMIC GROWTH PROPOSALS
Committee on Ways and Means: Concluded hearings on the Administration's 
Economic Growth Proposals. Testimony was heard from Representatives 
Dreier, Upton, Ney and Blackburn.