[Congressional Record Volume 149, Number 85 (Wednesday, June 11, 2003)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D643-D644]
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 cost containment strategies, 
including attention to reducing errors, eliminating waste and 
duplication in clinical care, modernizing and streamlining 
administration, promoting transparency and accountability for 
performance, and aligning financial incentives for physicians, 
hospitals, and other health care providers to reward high-quality and 
efficient care, after receiving testimony from Karen Davis, The 
Commonwealth Fund, New York, New York; Dave Hickman, Mercy Health 
Network, Des Moines, Iowa; John Mentel, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, 
Florida; James F. Fries, Stanford University School of Medicine, 
Stanford, California; Donald R. Hoover, Rutgers University, Piscataway, 
New Jersey; and David Bernd, Sentara Healthcare, Norfolk, Virginia, on 
behalf of the American Hospital Association.
APPROPRIATIONS: DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on District of Columbia 
concluded hearings to examine the District of Columbia's local budget 
request, after receiving testimony from Mayor Anthony A. Williams, 
Linda W. Cropp, Chairman, Council of the District of Columbia, and 
Natwar Gandhi, Chief Financial Officer for the District of Columbia, 
all of Washington, D.C.
AUTHORIZATION--FTC
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on 
Competition, Foreign Commerce, and Infrastructure concluded hearings to 
examine proposed legislation authorizing funds for the Federal Trade 
Commission, after receiving testimony from Timothy Muris, Chairman, 
Mozelle W. Thompson, Orson Swindle, and Thomas B. Leary, each a 
Commissioner, all of the Federal Trade Commission; Marc Rotenberg, 
Electronic Privacy Information Center, Susan Grant, National Consumers 
League, Larry Sarjeant, U.S. Telecom Association, and Ari Schwartz, 
Center for Democracy and Technology, all of Washington, D.C.; Sarah 
Deutsch, Verizon Communications, Silver Spring, Maryland; and Scott 
Cooper, Hewlett-Packard Company, Palo Alto, California.

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PATIENT SAFETY
Committee on Governmental Affairs: Permanent Subcommittee on 
Investigations concluded hearings to examine patient safety issues, 
focusing on hospitals and other health care organizations' efforts to 
build and sustain a culture of continuous quality and patient safety 
improvement, after receiving testimony from James P. Bagian, Director, 
National Center for Patient Safety, Veterans Health Administration, 
Department of Veterans Affairs; Carolyn M. Clancy, Director, Agency for 
Healthcare Research and Quality, Department of Health and Human 
Services; Dianne Mandernach, Minnesota Department of Health, St. Paul; 
David R. Page, Fairview Health Services, Minneapolis, Minnesota; Dennis 
S. O'Leary, Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare 
Organizations, Oakbrook Terrace, Illinois; Robert E. Krawisz, National 
Patient Safety Foundation, Chicago, Illinois; Suzanne Delbanco, 
Leapfrog Group, Washington, D.C.; and Roxanne J. Goeltz, Burnsville, 
Minnesota, on behalf of the National Patient Safety Foundation, 
Partnership for Patient Safety, and Consumers Advancing Patient Safety.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee ordered 
favorably reported the following business items:
  S. 648, to amend the Public Health Service Act with respect to health 
professions programs regarding the practice of pharmacy, with an 
amendment in the nature of a substitute;
  S. 1225, entitled the ``Greater Access to Affordable Pharmaceuticals 
Act''; and The nomination of Anne Rader, of Virginia, to be a Member of 
the National Council on Disability.
NOMINATION
Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee concluded hearings to examine 
the nomination of Charles W. Grim, of Oklahoma, to be Director of the 
Indian Health Service, Department of Health and Human Services, after 
the nominee, who was introduced by Senators Nickles and Inhofe, 
testified and answered questions in his own behalf.
FORT BERTHOLD INDIAN RESERVATION
Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee concluded hearings on S. 1146, 
to implement the recommendations of the Garrison Unit Tribal Advisory 
Committee by providing authorization for the construction of a rural 
health care facility on the Fort Berthold Indian Reservation, North 
Dakota, after receiving testimony from Tex G. Hall, Mandan Hidatsa and 
Arikara Nation, and Frederick Baker, Mandan Hidatsa and Arikara Elders 
Organization, both of New Town, North Dakota.
NOMINATIONS:
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded hearings to examine the 
nominations of William H. Pryor, Jr., of Alabama, to be United States 
Circuit Judge for the Eleventh Circuit, who was introduced by Senators 
Shelby and Sessions and Representative Bonner, and Diane M. Stuart, of 
Utah, to be Director of the Violence Against Women Office, Department 
of Justice, who was introduced by Senator Hatch, after each nominee 
testified and answered questions in their own behalf.
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