[Congressional Record Volume 149, Number 80 (Tuesday, June 3, 2003)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D600-D601]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
SPACE PROPULSION
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on 
Science, Technology, and Space concluded hearings to examine research 
being done by NASA and the private sector to develop new in-space 
propulsion technologies, after receiving testimony from Edward J. 
Weiler, Associate Administrator, Office of Space Science, National 
Aeronautics and Space Administration; James H. Crocker, Lockheed Martin 
Space and Strategic Missiles, Denver, Colorado; Larry Knauer, Pratt and 
Whitney/United Technologies Corporation, West Palm Beach, Florida; 
Frank Sietzen, Jr., Space Transportation Association, Arlington, 
Virginia; and Byron K. Wood, Boeing Company, Canoga Park, California.
MEMORIALS
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Subcommittee on National 
Parks concluded hearings to examine S. 268, to authorize the Pyramid of 
Remembrance Foundation to establish a memorial in the District of 
Columbia and its environs to honor members of the Armed Forces of the 
United States who have lost their lives during peacekeeping operations, 
humanitarian efforts, training, terrorist attacks, or covert 
operations, S. 296, to require the Secretary of Defense to report to 
Congress regarding the requirements applicable to the inscription of 
veterans' names on the memorial wall of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, 
S. 470, to extend the authority for the construction of a memorial to 
Martin Luther King, Jr., and S. 1076, to authorize construction of an 
education center at or near the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, after 
receiving testimony from Senators Sarbanes and Warner; P. Daniel Smith, 
Special Assistant to the Director, National Park Service, Department of 
the Interior; Raymond F. DuBois, Director, Administration and 
Management, Department of Defense; David J. Enzerra, Pyramid of 
Remembrance Foundation, Painsville, Ohio; Harry E. Johnson, Sr., Martin 
Luther King, Jr. National Memorial Project Foundation, Inc., and 
William P. Lecky, Ai Architects, and George Oberlander, George H.F. 
Oberlander, National Coalition to Save Our Mall, all of Washington, 
D.C.; and Lt. Col. James G. Zumwalt, USMC (Ret.), Reston, Virginia, on 
behalf of the USS Frank E. Evans Association, Inc.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Foreign Relations: Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere, 
Peace Corps and Narcotics Affairs concluded hearings to examine the 
nominations of Marsha E. Barnes, of Maryland, to be Ambassador to the 
Republic of Suriname, John F. Maisto, of Pennsylvania, to be Permanent 
Representative of the United States of America to the Organization of 
American States, with the rank of Ambassador, and William B. Wood, of 
New York, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Colombia, who was 
introduced by Senator Lugar, after each nominee testified and answered 
questions in their own behalf.

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TRIBAL FISH AND WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT PROGRAMS
Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee concluded oversight hearings to 
examine the status of tribal fish and wildlife management programs 
across Indian country, focusing on natural research management and new 
technological advances that enhance the protection of fish, wildlife, 
and plant resources, after receiving testimony from Bill Frank, Jr., 
Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission, Olympia, Washington; Olney Patt, 
Jr., Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission, Portland, Oregon; 
Warren Seyler, Upper Columbia United Tribes, Spokane, Washington; D. 
Fred Matt, Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes of the Flathead 
Nation, Pablo, Montana; Ira New Breast, Native American Fish and 
Wildlife Society, Broomfield, Colorado; James E. Zorn, Great Lakes 
Indian Fish and Wildlife Commission, Odanah, Wisconsin; Millard J. 
Myers, 1854 Authority, Duluth, Minnesota; Jon C. Cooley, Southwest 
Tribal Fisheries Commission, Lakeside, Arizona; Gordon Jackson, Tlingit 
and Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska, Juneau, on behalf of the Southeast 
Alaska Inter-Tribal Fish and Wildlife Commission; and Patty Brown-
Schwalenberg, Chugach Regional Resources Commission, and Tom Harris, 
Alaska Village Initiatives, Inc., both of Anchorage, Alaska.
INTELLIGENCE
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee concluded closed hearings 
on intelligence matters, after receiving testimony from officials of 
the intelligence community.
HUMAN LONGEVITY
Special Committee on Aging: Committee concluded hearings to examine the 
future of human longevity, focusing on the importance of markets and 
innovations in the field of aging research, including links between 
prosperity, health, and life expectancy, improvements in mortality, 
after receiving testimony from former Representative Newt Gingrich; 
Richard J. Hodes, Director, National Institute on Aging, National 
Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services; Stephen 
C. Goss, Chief Actuary, Social Security Administration; Peter J. 
Boettke, George Mason University Mercatus Center, Arlington, Virginia; 
and James W. Vaupel, Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, 
Rostock, Germany.
U.S. DRUG POLICY
United States Senate Caucus on International Narcotics Control: Caucus 
concluded hearings to examine U.S. policy regarding narcotics in 
Colombia, focusing on returns on investment, challenges to the policy, 
building international and regional support, and financial and 
management challenges that continue to complicate efforts to reduce 
illicit drug activities, after receiving testimony from Paul E. Simons, 
Acting Assistant Secretary for International Narcotics and Law 
Enforcement Affairs, and J. Curtis Struble, Acting Assistant Secretary 
for Western Hemisphere Affairs, both of the Department of State; Jess 
T. Ford, Director, International Affairs and Trade, General Accounting 
Office; Marshall Billingslea, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense; 
General James T. Hill, United States Army, Commander, United States 
Southern Command; Francisco Santos-Calderon, Vice President of the 
Republic of Colombia, Bogota; and Phillip McLean, Center for Strategic 
and International Studies, Washington, D.C.