[Congressional Record Volume 149, Number 117 (Friday, August 1, 2003)]
[Daily Digest]
[Page D931]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Finance: on July 31, 2003, Committee ordered favorably 
reported the nominations of Robert Stanley Nichols, of Washington, to 
be an Assistant Secretary of the Treasury, James J. Jochum, of 
Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary of Commerce, and Josette Sheeran 
Shiner, of Virginia, to be a Deputy United States Trade Representative, 
with the rank of Ambassador.
AFFORDABLE PHARMACEUTICALS ACT
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded hearings to examine the 
Senate and House versions of the Greater Access to Pharmaceuticals Act, 
focusing on the Hatch-Waxman provisions that govern the generic drug 
approval process, after receiving testimony from Timothy J. Muris, 
Chairman, Federal Trade Commission; Sheldon T. Bradshaw, Deputy 
Assistant Attorney General, Office of Legal Counsel, Department of 
Justice; Jon W. Dudas, Deputy Under Secretary of Commerce for 
Intellectual Property, and Deputy Director of the U.S. Patent and 
Trademark Office, Department of Commerce; Daniel E. Troy, Chief 
Counsel, Food and Drug Administration, Department of Health and Human 
Services; and Robert A. Armitage, Eli Lilly and Company, Washington, 
D.C.