[Congressional Record Volume 149, Number 137 (Wednesday, October 1, 2003)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1073-D1074]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Armed Services: Committee ordered favorably reported the 
nominations of Rear Adm. David C. Nichols Jr., for appointment in the United 
States Navy to the grade of Vice Admiral, and Lt. Gen. George W. Casey Jr., 
for appointment as Vice Chief of Staff, United States Army, and appointment 
to the grade of General.
CLIMATE CHANGE
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine certain aspects of the Administration's Global Climate 
Change Initiative, to reduce domestic emissions of carbon dioxide and other 
greenhouse gases, including the implementation of the Kyoto commitment, 
after receiving testimony from John B. Stephenson, Director, Natural 
Resources and Environment, General Accounting Office; Jos Delbeke, European 
Commission of the European Union, Brussels; Antonio J. Busalacchi, Jr., 
University of Maryland, College Park, on behalf of the National Academy of 
Sciences Climate Research Committee; Stephen H. Schneider, Stanford 
University Department of Biological Sciences, Stanford, California; Tom M.L. 
Wigley, National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, Colorado; Paul 
Gorman, National Religious Partnership for the Environment, Amherst, 
Massachusetts; Ethan J. Podell, Orbis Energy, LLC, White Plains, New York; 
and Christopher T. Walker, Greenhouse Gas Risk Solutions, New York, New 
York, on behalf of Swiss Re Financial Services Corporation.
ARIZONA WATER SETTLEMENTS ACT
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: on Tuesday, September 30, 2003, 
Subcommittee on Water and Power concluded a joint hearing with the Committee 
on Indian Affairs to examine S. 437, to provide for adjustments to the 
Central Arizona Project in Arizona, to authorize the Gila River Indian 
Community water rights settlement, to reauthorize and amend the Southern 
Arizona Water Rights Settlement Act of 1982, after receiving testimony from 
Bennett W. Raley, Assistant Secretary for Water and Science, and Aurene M. 
Martin, Acting Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs, both of the 
Department of the Interior; Herbert R. Guenther, Arizona Department of 
Water, Phoenix; John D'Antonio, New Mexico Office of the State Engineer, 
Santa Fe; Vivian Juan-Saunders, Tohono O'odham Nation, Sells, Arizona; 
Richard P. Narcia, Gila River Indian Community, Sacaton, Arizona; Joe 
Shirley, Jr., Navajo

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Nation, Window Rock, Arizona; and Kathleen W. Kitcheyan, San Carlos Apache 
Tribe, San Carlos, Arizona.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the 
nominations of Robert B. Charles, of Maryland, to be an Assistant Secretary 
of State (International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs), who was 
introduced by Senator Snowe, and H. Douglas Barclay, of New York, to be 
Ambassador to the Republic of El Salvador, who was introduced by Senator 
Schumer, after the nominees testified and answered questions on their own 
behalf.
FEDERAL REAL PROPERTY REFORM
Committee on Governmental Affairs: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
the need for federal real property reform, focusing on actions needed to 
address long-standing and complex problems, useful data on real property 
assets, and reliance on costly leasing, after receiving testimony from 
Johanna L. Hardy, Senior Counsel, and James R. McKay, Counsel, both of the 
Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs; David M. Walker, Comptroller 
General of the United States, General Accounting Office; William C. Stamper, 
Deputy Assistant Secretary of Health and Human Services for Facilities 
Management and Policy; and Martha B. Knisley, District of Columbia 
Department of Mental Health, Washington, D.C.
NOMINATION
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded a hearing on the nomination 
of Dora L. Irizarry, to be United States District Judge for the Eastern 
District of New York, who was introduced by Senator Schumer, after the 
nominee testified and answered questions in her own behalf. Testimony was 
also received from Thomas Z. Hayward, Jr., and Patricia M. Hynes, each of 
the American Bar Association Standing Committee on Federal Judiciary, 
Washington, D.C.; James F. Castro-Blanco, Shearman and Sterling, New York, 
New York, former Assistant United States Attorney for the Eastern District 
of New York; and Lewis L. Douglas, Justice, New York State Supreme Court, on 
behalf of the New York State Commission on Minorities, and Michael L. Pesce, 
Presiding Justice, New York State Supreme Court, both of Brooklyn.
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