[Congressional Record Volume 149, Number 127 (Tuesday, September 16, 2003)]
[Daily Digest]
[Page D1001]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded a 
hearing on the nominations of Harvey S. Rosen, of New Jersey, and 
Kristin J. Forbes, of Massachusetts, who was introduced by Senator 
Sununu, each to be a Member of the Council of Economic Advisers, Julie 
L. Myers, of Kansas, to be Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Export 
Enforcement, and Peter Lichtenbaum, of Virginia, to be Assistant 
Secretary of Commerce for Export Administration, after the nominees 
testified and answered questions in their own behalf.
FINANCIAL RECONSTRUCTION IN IRAQ
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on 
International Trade and Finance concluded a hearing on recent 
developments on the financial reconstruction in Iraq, after receiving 
testimony from Alan Larson, Under Secretary of State for Economic, 
Agricultural and Business Affairs; John B. Taylor, Under Secretary of 
Treasury for International Affairs; and Philip Merrill, President and 
Chairman, Export-Import Bank of the United States.
CLEAN WATER ACT OVERSIGHT
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Subcommittee on Fisheries, 
Wildlife, and Water held an oversight hearing to examine the 
implementation of the Clean Water Act, focusing on the Total Maximum 
Daily Load (TMDL) program, Spill Prevention Control and Countermeasure 
plans, storm water issues, and water quality trading, receiving 
testimony from G. Tracy Mehan III, Assistant Administrator for Water, 
Environmental Protection Agency; David Mabe, Idaho Department of 
Environmental Quality, Boise; Juli Beth Hoover, City of South 
Burlington, South Burlington, Vermont; Michael J. Samoviski, City 
Manager, Hamilton, Ohio; Steve Kouplen, Oklahoma Farm Bureau 
Federation, Oklahoma City, on behalf of the American Farm Bureau 
Federation; Lee Fuller, Independent Petroleum Association of America, 
on behalf of sundry organizations, and Jim Hall, Hall and Associates, 
former Chairman, National Transportation Safety Board, both of 
Washington, D.C.; Michael R. Lozeau, Earthjustice, Stanford, 
California; and Rena Steinzor, University of Maryland School of Law, 
Baltimore, on behalf of the Center for Progressive Regulation.
  Hearing recessed subject to the call.
FUTURE OF GAO
Committee on Governmental Affairs: Committee concluded a hearing on the 
future of the General Accounting Office, focusing on past 
accomplishments, future challenges, including why passage of S. 1522, 
the GAO Human Capital Reform Act is an integral part of helping GAO 
prepare for the future, after receiving testimony from David M. Walker, 
Comptroller General of the United States, General Accounting Office; 
and Maurice P. McTigue, George Mason University, Mercatus Center, 
Arlington, Virginia.
NOMINATION
Committee on Governmental Affairs: Committee concluded hearing on the 
nomination of C. Suzanne Mencer, of Colorado, to be the Director of the 
Office for Domestic Preparedness, Department of Homeland Security, 
after the nominee, who was introduced by Senators Campbell and Allard, 
testified and answered questions in her own behalf.
PRESIDENTIAL SUCCESSION
Committee on the Judiciary/Committee on Rules and Administration: 
Committees concluded a joint hearing to examine the continuity of the 
United States government in relation to the Presidency, focusing on the 
role of Congress in line of Presidential succession, including 
Presidential incapacitation, impeachment and removal, death or 
resignation, and the bumping or supplantation procedure, after 
receiving testimony from Akhil Reed Amar, Yale University Law School, 
New Haven, Connecticut; John C. Fortier, American Enterprise Institute, 
and M. Miller Baker, McDermott, Will and Emery, both of Washington, 
D.C.; and Howard M. Wasserman, Florida International University College 
of Law, Miami.
H-1B VISAS
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
the importance of the H-1B visa to the American economy, focusing on 
protection of United States workers including training and recruiting, 
statistics on usage, the globalized economy, and Free Trade Agreements, 
after receiving testimony from Stephen Yale-Loehr, Cornell University 
Law School, Ithaca, New York, on behalf of the American Immigration 
Lawyers Association; Elizabeth C. Dickson, Ingersoll-Rand Company, 
Woodcliff Lake, New Jersey, on behalf of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce; 
John W. Steadman, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers--
United States of America, Washington, D.C.; and Patrick J. Duffy, Intel 
Corporation, Chandler, Arizona.