[Congressional Record Volume 149, Number 49 (Wednesday, March 26, 2003)]
[Daily Digest]
[Page D301]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
NOMINATION
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: Committee ordered 
favorably reported the nomination of Vernon Bernard Parker, of Arizona, 
to be an Assistant Secretary of Agriculture for Civil Rights.
APPROPRIATIONS: AIR FORCE
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense concluded hearings 
to examine proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2004 for the Air 
Force, after receiving testimony from James G. Roche, Secretary of the 
Air Force; and General John P. Jumper, Chief of Staff of the Air Force.
AERIAL FIRE FIGHTING SAFETY
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Subcommittee on Public Lands 
and Forests held oversight hearings to examine issues uncovered as a 
result of the Blue Ribbon Panel's report of findings on Aerial Fire 
Fighting Safety and responses to the report, after receiving testimony 
from Tony Kern, Assistant Director of Aviation, Forest Service, 
Department of Agriculture; Larry Hamilton, National Director, Office of 
Fire and Aviation, Bureau of Land Management, National Interagency Fire 
Center, Department of the Interior; James Hall, Hall and Associates, 
Washington, D.C., former Chairman, National Transportation Safety 
Board, and James B. Hull, Texas Forest Service, College Station, both 
on behalf of the Blue Ribbon Fact Finding Panel on Aviation; William R. 
Broadwell, Aerial Firefighting Industry Association, Springfield, 
Virginia; and Duane A. Powers, Hawkins and Powers Aviation, Inc., 
Greybull, Wyoming.
FOREIGN ASSISTANCE
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee held hearings to examine the 
President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 2004 for United 
States foreign assistance concerning security and economic assistance 
programs to the Near East, East Asia and the Pacific, and South Asia, 
focusing on the development of child survival programs, Economic 
Support Fund, Freedom Support Act, International Narcotics Control and 
Law Enforcement Program, Nonproliferation, Antiterrorism, Demining, and 
Related Programs, Peace Corps, Refugees, Foreign Military Financing, 
International Military Education and Training Program, voluntary 
peacekeeping activities, and Title II food assistance grants, receiving 
testimony from William J. Burns, Assistant Secretary for Near Eastern 
Affairs, Christina B. Rocca, Assistant Secretary for South Asian 
Affairs, and James A. Kelly, Assistant Secretary for East Asian and 
Pacific Affairs, all of the Department of State; and Wendy Chamberlin, 
Assistant Administrator for Asia and the Near East, United States 
Agency for International Development.
  Hearings will continue on Wednesday, April 2.