[Congressional Record Volume 149, Number 124 (Wednesday, September 10, 2003)]
[Daily Digest]
[Page D979]
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: Committee ordered favorably reported the 
following bills:
  H.R. 4, to reauthorize and improve the program of block grants to 
States for temporary assistance for needy families, improve access to 
quality child care, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute; 
and
  S. 622, to amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to provide 
families of disabled children with the opportunity to purchase coverage 
under the Medicaid program for such children, with an amendment in the 
nature of a substitute.
2003 BLACKOUTS
Committee on Governmental Affairs: Subcommittee on Oversight of 
Government Management, the Federal Workforce and the District of 
Columbia concluded a hearing on the cause of the August 2003 Northeast 
blackouts, and the response and role of the federal government to 
ensure that blackouts of this magnitude do not occur again, focusing on 
the U.S.-Canada Power Outage Task Force investigation into the August 
14th blackout, after receiving testimony from Kyle E. McSlarrow, Deputy 
Secretary of Energy; Pat Wood III, Chairman, Federal Energy Regulatory 
Commission; Alan R. Schriber, Public Utilities Commission of Ohio, 
Columbus; James Y. Kerr II, North Carolina Utilities Commission, 
Raleigh; James P. Torgerson, Midwest Independent Transmission System 
Operator, Inc., Carmel, Indiana; William J. Museler, New York 
Independent System Operator, Schenectady; and Mark N. Cooper, Consumer 
Federation of America, and Craig A. Glazer, PJM Interconnection, 
L.L.C., both of Washington, D.C.
TERRORISM
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Technology, Terrorism, and 
Government Information concluded a hearing to examine terrorism two 
years after 9/11, focusing on institutionalized Islam, Saudi Arabia, 
and foreign sponsorship of a militant Islamic agenda in the United 
States, after receiving testimony from Simon Henderson, Saudi 
Strategies, London, United Kingdom; and Matthew Epstein, The 
Investigative Project, Washington, D.C.