[Congressional Record Volume 149, Number 63 (Wednesday, April 30, 2003)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D425-D427]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
HEALTH CARE ACCESS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human 
Services, and Education concluded hearings to examine health care 
access and affordability, focusing on the effects of uninsurance on 
individuals, families, and communities, after receiving testimony from 
Risa Lavizzo-Mourey, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Princeton, New 
Jersey; Arthur L. Kellermann, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia; 
Carolyn F. Scanlan, Hospital and Healthsystem Association of 
Pennsylvania, Harrisburg; Lanette Kane, People's Clinic, Cedar Falls, 
Iowa; and Chris Peterson, Clear Lake, Iowa.
APPROPRIATIONS: HOMELAND SECURITY
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Homeland Security 
concluded hearings to examine proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 
2004 for the Department of Homeland Security, after receiving testimony 
from Tom Ridge, Secretary of Homeland Security.
APPROPRIATIONS: DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA COURTS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on District of Columbia 
concluded hearings to examine proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 
2004 for the District of Columbia Courts, after receiving testimony 
from Annice M. Wagner, Chair, Joint Committee on Judicial 
Administration, Washington, D.C.; and Doug Nelson, Director, National 
Capitol Region Property

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Development Division, Public Buildings Service, General Services 
Administration.
APPROPRIATIONS: DOD MEDICAL PROGRAMS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense concluded hearings 
to examine proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2004 for the 
medical programs of the Department of Defense, after receiving 
testimony from Lieutenant General James B. Peake, Surgeon General, U.S. 
Army; Vice Admiral Michael L. Cowan, Surgeon General, and Rear Admiral 
Kathleen L. Martin, Deputy Surgeon General, both of the U.S. Navy; 
Lieutenant General George Peach Taylor, Jr., Surgeon General, and 
Brigadier General Barbara Brannon, Assistant Surgeon General, both of 
the U.S. Air Force; and Brigadier General William T. Bester, Chief, 
Army Nurse Corps.
APPROPRIATIONS: FOREIGN OPERATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Foreign Operations 
concluded hearings to examine proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 
2004 for foreign assistance programs, after receiving testimony from 
Colin L. Powell, Secretary of State.
FIRE SERVICE
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded 
hearings to examine S. 321, the Firefighting Research and Coordination 
Act, focusing on the programs and services of the U.S. Fire 
Administration of the Department of Homeland Security, including the 
Firefighters Grant Program, Fire Service Training, public education and 
awareness, data collection, research and technology, and challenges, 
after receiving testimony from Representatives Camp and Weldon; Arden 
L. Bement, Jr., Director, National Institute of Standards and 
Technology, Department of Commerce; R. David Paulison, Director, 
Preparedness Division, Emergency Preparedness and Response Directorate, 
Department of Homeland Security; Randy R. Bruegman, Clackamas County 
Fire District, Portland, Oregon, on behalf of the International 
Association of Fire Chiefs; James M. Shannon, National Fire Protection 
Association, Quincy, Massachusetts; and Kevin O'Connor, International 
Association of Fire Fighters, and Philip C. Stittleburg, National 
Volunteer Fire Council, both of Washington, D.C.
BUSINESS MEETING: COMPREHENSIVE ENERGY LEGISLATION
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee ordered favorably 
reported an original bill entitled ``Energy Policy Act of 2003''.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee ordered favorably reported 
the following business items:
  Protocols to the North Atlantic Treaty of 1949 on the Accession of 
Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, Slovakia, and Slovenia. 
These protocols were opened for signature at Brussels on March 26, 
2003, and signed that day on behalf of the United States and the other 
parties to the North Atlantic Treaty (Treaty Doc. 108-4), with 9 
declarations and 3 conditions; and
  S. Con. Res. 26, condemning the punishment of execution by stoning as 
a gross violation of human rights.
ENERGY SECURITY
Committee on Foreign Relations: Subcommittee on International Economic 
Policy, Export and Trade Promotion concluded hearings to examine U.S. 
energy security issues, focusing on the importance of Russia and the 
Caspian to global energy production, after receiving testimony from 
Anna Borg, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Energy, Sanctions, 
and Commodities, Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs; Leonard L. 
Coburn, Director, Russian and Eurasian Affairs, Office of Policy and 
International Affairs, Department of Energy; Julia Nanay, PFC Energy, 
and Edward C. Chow, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, both of 
Washington, D.C.; and Andrew B. Somers, Commercial Energy Dialogue With 
Russia, Moscow, on behalf of the American Chamber of Commerce in 
Russia.
INDIAN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee concluded hearings to examine S. 
519, to establish a Native American-owned financial entity to provide 
financial services to Indian tribes, Native American organizations, and 
Native Americans after receiving testimony from William O. Russell, 
Deputy Assistant Secretary of Housing and Urban Development for Public 
and Indian Housing; Tex G. Hall, National Congress of American Indians, 
and Chris Paisano, Navajo Nation, both of Washington, D.C.; Derrick 
Watchman, Native American Bancorporation, Denver, Colorado; Cris E. 
Stainbrook, Indian Land Tenure Foundation, Little Canada, Minnesota; 
Eric Conrad Henson, Lexecon, Inc., Cambridge, Massachusetts, on behalf 
of the Harvard Project on American Indian Economic Development; and 
Mike Irwin, Alaska Federation of Natives, Anchorage.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded hearings to examine the 
nominations of John G. Roberts, Jr., of Maryland, to be United States 
Circuit Judge for the District of Columbia Circuit, and

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William Emil Moschella, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Attorney 
General, Department of Justice, who were both introduced by Senator 
Warner, David G. Campbell, to be United States District Judge for the 
District of Arizona, S. Maurice Hicks, Jr., to be United States 
District Judge for the Western District of Louisiana, who was 
introduced by Senator Breaux and Representative McCrery, after each 
nominee testified and answered questions in their own behalf.