[Congressional Record Volume 149, Number 74 (Monday, May 19, 2003)]
[Daily Digest]
[Page D546]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
APPROPRIATIONS: AGRICULTURE
Committee on Appropriations: on Friday, May 16, 2003, Subcommittee on 
Agriculture, Rural Development, and Related Agencies concluded hearings to 
examine proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2004 for programs of the 
Department of Agriculture, after receiving testimony from J.B. Penn, Under 
Secretary for Farm and Foreign Agriculture Services, Mark E. Rey, Under 
Secretary for Natural Resources and Environment, Joseph Jen, Under Secretary 
for Research, Education, and Economics, Thomas C. Dorr, Under Secretary for 
Rural Development, and Keith Collins, Chief Economist, all of the Department 
of Agriculture.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Foreign Relations: Subcommittee on Near Eastern and South Asian 
Affairs concluded hearings to examine the nominations of Harry K. Thomas, 
Jr., of New York, to be Ambassador to the People's Republic of Bangladesh, 
Jeffrey Lunstead, of the District of Columbia, to be Ambassador to the 
Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, and to serve concurrently and 
without additional compensation as Ambassador to the Republic of Maldives, 
and Richard W. Erdman, of Maryland, to be Ambassador to the People's 
Democratic Republic of Algeria, after each nominee testified and answered 
questions in their own behalf.
UGANDA AIDS PREVENTION
Committee on Foreign Relations: Subcommittee on African Affairs concluded 
hearings to examine U.S. policy in combating AIDS in Uganda, focusing on 
political commitment, role of faith-based organizations, communication, 
fighting stigma, policy and law changes, and confidential voluntary 
counseling and testing, after receiving testimony from Anne Peterson, 
Assistant Administrator for Global Health, U.S. Agency for International 
Development; Edward C. Green, Harvard Center for Population and Development 
Studies, Cambridge, Massachusetts; and Sophia Mukasa Monico, Global Heath 
Council, Washington, D.C.
NOMINATION
Committee on Foreign Relations: Subcommittee on African Affairs concluded 
hearings to examine the nomination of Steven A. Browning, of Texas, to be 
Ambassador to Malawi after the nominee testified and answered questions in 
his own behalf.
HEALTH CARE
Special Committee on Aging: Committee concluded hearings to examine 
prevention measures to reduce unnecessary illness, disability, and premature 
death among older Americans, focusing on Medicare-covered preventive 
services, and local model programs, after receiving testimony from James S. 
Marks, Director, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health 
Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Department of Health 
and Human Services; Daniel Perry, Alliance for Aging Research, Washington, 
D.C.; Robert N. Butler, International Longevity Center--USA, New York, New 
York; Joel E. Streim, American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry, 
Bethesda, Maryland; William Faxon Payne, Nashville, Tennessee; and Zalman 
Gerber, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
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