[Congressional Record Volume 149, Number 133 (Thursday, September 25, 2003)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1047-D1048]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
the President's fiscal year 2004 supplemental request for Iraq and 
Afghanistan, focusing on the Afghanistan operations, after receiving 
testimony from Dov S. Zakheim, Under Secretary of Defense 
(Comptroller); Peter Rodman, Assistant Secretary of Defense for 
International Security Affairs; and General Peter Pace, Vice Chairman, 
Joint Chiefs of Staff.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Armed Services: Committee ordered favorably reported the 
nominations of Gordon England, of Texas, to be Secretary of the Navy, 
and 5,552 military nominations in the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marine 
Corps.
SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
ongoing military operations and reconstruction efforts in Iraq, 
focusing on the President's fiscal year 2004 supplemental request for 
Iraq and Afghanistan, after receiving testimony from L.

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Paul Bremer III, Administrator, Coalition Provisional Authority for 
Iraq; and General John P. Abizaid, Commander, U.S. Central Command.
TERRORIST FINANCING
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee held a 
hearing to examine counterterror initiatives in the terror finance 
program, focusing on the role of the anti-moneylaundering regulatory 
regime in the financial war on terrorism, better utilization of 
technology, increased information sharing, developing similar 
international standards, and the formation of The Terrorist Financing 
Operations Section (TFOS), receiving testimony from David D. Aufhauser, 
General Counsel, Department of the Treasury; and John S. Pistole, 
Assistant Director, Counterterrorism Division, Federal Bureau of 
Investigation, Department of Justice; and E. Anthony Wayne, Assistant 
Secretary of State for Economic and Business Affairs.
IN UTERO SURGERY
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on 
Science, Technology, and Space concluded a hearing to examine 
scientific and medical advances in the field of In Utero Surgery, after 
receiving testimony from James Thorp, University of Florida at 
Pensacola, on behalf of the Regional Perinatal Center Sacred Heart 
Women's Hospital; Alex Armas and Julie Armas, both of Villa Rica, 
Georgia; and Michael Clancy, Roscoe, Illinois.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee ordered favorably reported 
the nominations of Richard Eugene Hoagland, of the District of 
Columbia, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Tajikistan, Pamela P. 
Willeford, of Texas, to be Ambassador to Switzerland, and to serve 
concurrently and without additional compensation as Ambassador to the 
Principality of Liechtenstein, who was introduced by Senators Hutchison 
and Cornyn; and James Casey Kenny, of Illinois, to be Ambassador to 
Ireland, who was introduced by Senators Durbin and Fitzpatrick, after 
the nominees testified and answered questions in their own behalf.
HEAD START PROGRAM REAUTHORIZATION
Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
proposed legislation to reauthorize the Head Start program, focusing on 
culturally appropriate curricula and practices, distance learning, and 
including the Leguna Head Start and Early Childhood Programs, after 
receiving testimony from Wendi Hill, Associate Commissioner, Headstart 
Bureau, Administration for Children and Families, Department of Health 
and Human Services; Mavany Verdugo, National Indian Head Start 
Directors Association, Valley Center, California; Henrietta Gomez, Taos 
Pueblo Head Start Program, Taos, New Mexico; Consuelo Guillory, Nez 
Perce Tribe Head Start Program, Lapwai, Idaho; Leroy Turney, Leech Lake 
Band of Ojibwe Head Start, Cass Lake, Minnesota; Ann Belleau, Inter-
Tribal Council of Michigan Inc. Head Start/Early Head Start, Sault Ste. 
Marie, Michigan; Gilbert Sanchez, Pueblo of Laguna Department of 
Education, Laguna, New Mexico; Roy Laughter, Navajo Nation, Phoenix, 
Arizona; and Leo Morgan, Navajo Nation, Window Rock, Arizona.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee ordered favorably reported the 
following business items:
  S. 1451, to reauthorize programs under the Runaway and Homeless Youth 
Act and the Missing Children's Assistance Act;
  S. 1293, to criminalize the sending of predatory and abusive e-mail, 
with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
  S. Res. 209, recognizing and honoring Woodstock, Vermont, native 
Hiram Powers for his extraordinary and enduring contributions to 
American sculpture;
  S. Res. 222, designating October 17, 2003 as ``National Mammography 
Day'';
  S. Res. 98, expressing the sense of the Senate that the President 
should designate the week of October 12, 2003, through October 18, 
2003, as ``National Cystic Fibrosis Awareness Week'', with an 
amendment; and
  The nominations of Mauricio J. Tamargo, of Florida, to be Chairman of 
the Foreign Claims Settlement Commission of the United States, and John 
Francis Bardelli, to be United States Marshal for the District of 
Connecticut, both of the Department of Justice; Carlos T. Bea, of 
California, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Ninth Circuit, 
Marcia A. Crone, to be United States District Judge for the Eastern 
District of Texas, Phillip S. Figa, to be United States District Judge 
for the District of Colorado, William Q. Hayes, to be United States 
District Judge for the Southern District of California, John A. 
Houston, to be United States District Judge for the Southern District 
of California, Robert Clive Jones, to be United States District Judge 
for the District of Nevada, and Ronald A. White, to be United States 
District Judge for the Eastern District of Oklahoma.