[Congressional Record Volume 149, Number 147 (Monday, October 20, 2003)]
[Daily Digest]
[Page D1146]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
BLACKOUTS, HURRICANES, AND OTHER DISASTERS--EFFORTS TO PROTECT OUR 
MONEY
Committee on Financial Services: Subcommittee on Oversight and 
Investigations held a hearing entitled ``Government and Industry 
Efforts to Protect Our Money During Blackouts, Hurricanes, and Other 
Disasters.'' Testimony was heard from Wayne A. Abernathy, Assistant 
Secretary, Financial Institutions, Department of the Treasury; Mark W. 
Olson, member, Board of Governors, Federal Reserve System; and public 
witnesses.
FURTHER CONTINUING APPROPRIATIONS, FISCAL YEAR 2004
Committee on Rules: Granted, by voice vote, a closed rule providing 1 
hour of debate in the House on H.J. Res. 73, making further continuing 
appropriations for fiscal year 2004, equally divided and controlled by 
the chairman and ranking minority member of the Committee on 
Appropriations. The rule waivers all points of order against 
consideration of the joint resolution. Finally, the rule provides one 
motion to recommit.
OFFSHORING OF HIGH-SKILLED JOBS
Committee on Small Business: Held a hearing on the Offshoring of High-
Skilled Jobs, Part II. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.