[Congressional Record Volume 149, Number 71 (Tuesday, May 13, 2003)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D515-D516]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
APPROPRIATIONS: HOMELAND SECURITY
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Homeland Security 
concluded hearings to examine proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 
2004 for the Bureau of Customs and Border Protection, Transportation 
Security Administration, and Federal Law Enforcement Training Center, 
after receiving testimony from Robert C. Bonner, Commissioner, Bureau 
of Customs and Border Protection, Admiral James M. Loy, Administrator, 
Transportation Security Administration, and Connie L. Patrick, 
Director, Federal Law Enforcement Training Center, all of the 
Department of Homeland Security.
APPROPRIATIONS: AFTER-SCHOOL PROGRAMS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human 
Services, Education, and Related Agencies concluded hearings to examine 
proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2004 for the 21st Century 
Community Learning Centers after-school program of the Department of 
Education, focusing on the benefits to students in providing effective 
academic and recreational opportunities and safe havens for youth, 
after receiving testimony from William D. Hansen, Deputy Secretary of 
Education; Mayor John DeStefano, Jr., New Haven, Connecticut; Harvey 
Sprafka, Knoxville Police Department, Knoxville, Iowa, on behalf of 
Fight Crime: Invest In Kids; Arnold Schwarzenegger, National Inner-City 
Games Foundation, Santa Monica, California; Steven Kinlock, 
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; and Madison White, Massillon, Ohio.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded 
hearings to examine the nominations of Steven B. Nesmith, of 
Pennsylvania, to be an Assistant Secretary of Housing and Urban 
Development, who was introduced by Senators Specter and Santorum, Jose 
Teran, of Florida, James Broaddus, of Texas, Lane Carson, of Louisiana, 
Morgan Edwards, of North Carolina, and Paul Pate, of Iowa, each to be a 
Member of the Board of Directors of the National Institute of Building 
Sciences, Nicholas Gregory Mankiw, of Massachusetts, to be a Member of 
the Council of Economic Advisers, after each nominee testified and 
answered questions in their own behalf.
MEDIA OWNERSHIP
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee held 
hearings to examine media ownership, focusing on localism, diversity, 
and competition in broadcast television, and the Federal Communication 
Commission's ban on newspaper/broadcast cross-ownership, receiving 
testimony from Mel Karmazin, Viacom Incorporated, New York, New York; 
James F. Goodmon, Capitol Broadcasting Company, Incorporated, Raleigh, 
North Carolina; Frank A. Blethen, Seattle Times, Seattle, Washington; 
and William Dean Singleton, MediaNews Group, Denver, Colorado.
  Hearings recessed subject to call.
HISTORIC SITES/NATIONAL PARKS
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Subcommittee on National 
Parks concluded hearings to examine S. 500, to direct the Secretary of 
the Interior to study certain sites in the historic district of 
Beaufort, South Carolina, relating to the Reconstruction Era, S. 601, 
and H.R. 733 to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to acquire the 
McLoughlin House National Historic Site in Oregon City, Oregon, for 
inclusion in the Fort Vancouver National Historic Site, S. 612 and H.R. 
788, to revise the boundary of the Glen Canyon National Recreation Area 
in the States of Utah and Arizona, S. 452, to require that the 
Secretary of the Interior conduct a study to identify sites and 
resources, to recommend alternatives for commemorating and interpreting 
the Cold War, and S. 630 and H.R. 519, to authorize the Secretary of 
the Interior to conduct a study of the San Gabriel River Watershed, 
after receiving testimony from Senators Boxer and Bennett; 
Representative Solis; and Sue Masica, Associate Director for Park 
Planning, Facilities and Lands, National Park Service, Department of 
the Interior.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Finance: Committee ordered favorably reported an original 
bill (S. 1054) to provide for reconciliation pursuant to section 201 of 
the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2004.
FREE TRADE OF THE AMERICAS
Committee on Finance: Subcommittee on International Trade concluded 
hearings to examine the status of the Free Trade Area of the Americas 
(a proposal to improve the quality of life for the residents of 
participating nations), focusing on negotiations and preparations for 
the Miami Ministerial, after receiving testimony from Peter F. 
Allgeier, Deputy United States Trade Representative; Loren Yager, 
Director, International Affairs and Trade, General Accounting Office; 
James Fendell, Aerocasillas--Aeropost, Miami, Florida, on behalf of the 
Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America, and the 
Association of American Chambers of Commerce in

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Latin America; Craig Hill, Iowa Farm Bureau Federation, West Des 
Moines; and John Audley, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, 
and Thea M. Lee, American Federation of Labor and Congress of 
Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO), both of Washington, D.C.
  Hearing recessed subject to call.
PROJECT SAFE NEIGHBORHOODS
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded hearings to examine 
Project Safe Neighborhoods, focusing on America's network against gun 
violence, after receiving testimony from Paul M. Warner, United States 
Attorney for the District of Utah, Salt Lake City, Paul J. McNulty, 
United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, 
Alexandria, Todd P. Graves, United States Attorney for the Western 
District of Missouri, Kansas City, and Patrick L. Meehan, United States 
Attorney for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, all of 
the Department of Justice; Donald R. Totaro, Lancaster County District 
Attorney, Lancaster, Pennsylvania; Russell Edward Spann, West Valley 
City Police, Utah; Dennis A. Mook, Newport News Police Department, 
Virginia; Charles L. Curtis, Kansas City Metropolitan Crime Commission, 
Missouri; Alfred Blumstein, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, 
Pennsylvania; and Jens Ludwig, Georgetown University, Washington, D.C.