[Congressional Record Volume 149, Number 52 (Tuesday, April 1, 2003)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D326-D327]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human 
Services, and Education and Related Agencies concluded hearings to 
examine Alzheimer's disease, focusing on increasing funding for 
Alzheimer's research, including ways to maintain the pipeline of basic 
scientific discovery to develop potential targets for treatment and 
prevention, develop better animal models of Alzheimer's that will more 
closely parallel humans, test the most promising potential targets for 
prevention in large-scale clinical trials, search for biomarkers that 
show evidence of disease and monitor its progress without having to 
wait for evidence from cognitive testing, and identify additional risk 
factors for Alzheimer's through genetics, after receiving testimony 
from Richard J. Hodes, Director, National Institute on Aging, National 
Institute of Health, Department of Health and Human Services; Sheldon 
Goldberg, Alzheimer's Association, Washington, D.C.; Marilyn A. Albert, 
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, on 
behalf of the Alzheimer's Association; Mary Jean Uptegraph, Dubuque, 
Iowa; Donald Kurtz, Blue Bell, Pennsylvania, on behalf of the 
Pennsylvania and the Delaware Valley Chapter of the Alzheimer's 
Association; Mike Martz, St. Louis, Missouri; and Terrell Owens, 
Fremont, California.
APPROPRIATIONS: DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State, 
and the Judiciary concluded hearings to examine proposed budget 
estimates for fiscal year 2004 for the Department of Justice, after 
receiving testimony from John Ashcroft, Attorney General, Department of 
Justice.
WARTIME SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Committee ordered favorably reported an 
original bill (S. 762) making supplemental appropriations to support 
Department of Defense operations in Iraq, Department of Homeland 
Security, and Related Efforts for the fiscal year ending September 30, 
2003.
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Readiness and Management 
support concluded hearings to examine proposed legislation authorizing 
funds for fiscal year 2004 for the Department of Defense, focusing on 
impacts of environmental laws on readiness and the related 
Administration Legislative Proposal, after receiving testimony from 
John P. Suarez, Assistant Administrator, Office of Enforcement and 
Compliance Assurance, Environmental Protection Agency; H. Craig Manson, 
Assistant Secretary of the Interior for Fish, Wildlife and Parks; 
William T. Hogarth, Assistant Administrator for National Marine 
Fisheries Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration; 
Benedict S. Cohen, Deputy General Counsel, Environment and 
Installations, Department of Defense; Douglas H. Benevento, Colorado 
Department of Public Health and Environment, Denver; David Mears, 
Washington State Office of the Attorney General, Olympia; Robert B. 
Pirie, Jr., Center for Naval Analysis, Alexandria, Virginia; Darlene R. 
Ketten, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, 
Massachusetts; Nina M. Young, The Ocean Conservancy, and Lenny Siegel, 
Center for Public Environmental Oversight, both of Washington, D.C.; 
Jamie R. Clarke, National Wildlife Federation, Reston, Virginia.
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION: NAVY/MARINE CORPS
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on SeaPower concluded 
hearings to examine proposed legislation authorizing funds for fiscal 
year 2004 for the Department of Defense and the Future Years Defense 
Program, focusing on Navy and Marine Corps

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development, procurement priorities and Navy shipbuilding programs, 
after receiving testimony from Admiral Vernon E. Clark, USN, Chief of 
Naval Operations; General Michael W. Hagee, USMC, Commandant of the 
Marine Corps; John J. Young, Jr., Assistant Secretary of the Navy for 
Research, Development, and Acquisition; and Vice Admiral Michael G. 
Mullen, USN, Deputy Chief of Naval Operations for Resources, 
Requirements, and Assessments.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee concluded hearings 
to examine the nominations of Ricky Dale James, of Missouri, to be a 
Member of the Mississippi River Commission, Richard W. Moore, of 
Alabama, to be Inspector General, Tennessee Valley Authority, who was 
introduced by Senator Sessions, and John Paul Woodley, Jr., to be an 
Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works, after each nominee 
testified and answered questions in their own behalf.
TAXPAYER ISSUES
Committee on Finance: Committee held hearings to examine tax payer 
issues, focusing on the quality of service provided by paid preparers' 
and the importance of their role in the tax system, and charitable car 
donations, including how vehicle donations programs operate, the role 
of fundraisers and charities in the vehicle donations process, and IRS 
rules and regulations regarding allowable tax deductions, receiving 
testimony from James R. White, Director of Tax Issues, and Cathleen A. 
Berrick, Acting Director of Homeland Security and Justice, both of the 
General Accounting Office; Pamela J. Gardiner, Acting Inspector General 
for Tax Administration, and Dale F. Hart, Deputy Commissioner for Small 
Business/Self Employed Operating Division, and Nina E. Olson, National 
Taxpayer Advocate, both of the Internal Revenue Service, all of the 
Department of Treasury; and Jeffrey W. Yabuki, H&R Block, Kansas City, 
Missouri.
  Hearings recessed subject to call.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Finance: Committee concluded hearings to examine the 
nominations of Mark Van Dyke Holmes, of New York, Diane L. Kroupa, of 
Minnesota, who was introduced by Senators Coleman and Dayton, Robert 
Allen Wherry, Jr., of Colorado, and Harry A. Haines, of Montana, who 
was introduced by Senator Baucus, each to be a Judge of the United 
States Tax Court, after each nominee testified and answered questions 
in their own behalf.
NATO
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded hearings to examine 
the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) enlargement strategy, 
focusing on the role of NATO in the war on terror and in the future of 
Iraq, after receiving testimony R. Nicholas Burns, United States 
Permanent Representative to NATO; and Ronald D. Asmus, German Marshall 
Fund, and Bruce P. Jackson, Project on Transitional Democracies, both 
of Washington, DC.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee ordered favorably reported 
the Joint Convention on the Safety of Spent Fuel Management and on the 
Safety of Radioactive Waste Management, (Treaty Doc. 106-48).
NOMINATIONS
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded hearings to examine the 
nominations of Carolyn B. Kuhl, of California, to be United States 
Circuit Judge for the Ninth Circuit, who was introduced by Senator 
Frist, Cecilia M. Altonaga, to be United States District Judge for the 
Southern District of Florida, who was introduced by Senator Graham 
(FL), and Patricia Head Minaldi, to be United States District Judge for 
the Western District of Louisiana, after each nominee testified and 
answered questions in their own behalf.
INTELLIGENCE
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee held closed hearings on 
intelligence matters, receiving testimony from officials of the 
intelligence community.
  Committee recessed subject to call.