[Congressional Record Volume 149, Number 158 (Tuesday, November 4, 2003)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1224-D1225]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
FINANCIAL RECONSTRUCTION IN IRAQ
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on 
International Trade and Finance concluded a hearing on current 
financial reconstruction efforts in Iraq, focusing on activities to 
develop a sound infrastructure for economic recovery, after receiving 
testimony from M. Peter McPherson, Michigan State University, East 
Lansing, former Director of Economic Development, Coalition Provisional 
Authority in Iraq; and Mark Malloch Brown, United Nations Development 
Programme, New York, New York.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded 
a hearing to examine the nominations of Cheryl Feldman Halpern, of New 
Jersey, to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the Corporation for 
Public Broadcasting, who was introduced by Senator Lautenberg, 
Elizabeth Courtney, of Louisiana, to be a Member of the Board of 
Directors of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, Jeffrey A. Rosen, 
of Virginia, to be General Counsel of the Department of Transportation, 
who was introduced by Senator Allen, Kirk Van Tine, of Virginia, to be 
Deputy Secretary of Transportation, who was introduced by Senator 
Allen, and Michael D. Gallagher, of Washington, to be Assistant 
Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information, after each 
nominee testified and answered questions in their own behalf.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Finance: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the 
nominations of Michael O'Grady, of Maryland, and Jennifer Young, of 
Ohio, who was introduced by Senator Voinovich, both to be an Assistant 
Secretary of Health and Human Services, and Bradley D. Belt, of the 
District of Columbia, to be a Member of the Social Security Advisory 
Board, after each nominee testified and answered questions in their own 
behalf.

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NOMINATIONS
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine the nominations of William J. Hudson, of Virginia, to be 
Ambassador to Tunisia, Margaret Scobey, of Tennessee, to be Ambassador 
to Syria, and Thomas Riley, of California, to be Ambassador to the 
Kingdom of Morocco, after the nominees, who were introduced by Senator 
Chafee, testified and answered questions in their own behalf.
NORTH KOREA
Committee on Foreign Relations: Subcommittee on East Asian and Pacific 
Affairs concluded a hearing to examine the human rights situation in 
North Korea, focusing on prison camps, six-party peace talks, the 
United Nations Human Rights Commission efforts, and strategies for 
those seeking asylum, after receiving testimony from David Hawk, U.S. 
Committee for Human Rights in North Korea, Mark Palmer, Capital 
Development Corporation, Sandy Rios, North Korea Freedom Coalition, 
Mike Mochizuki, George Washington University Sigur Center for Asian 
Studies, T. Kumar, Amnesty International, and Joel R. Charney, Refugees 
International, all of Washington, D.C.
MENTAL HEALTH REPORT
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Subcommittee on 
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services concluded a hearing to 
examine the report from the President's New Freedom Commission on 
Mental Health relating to recommendations to improve mental health care 
in America, after receiving testimony from Charles G. Curie, 
Administrator, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services 
Administration, Department of Health and Human Services; Stephen W. 
Mayberg, Member, President's New Freedom Commission on Mental Health; 
Paul S. Appelbaum, University of Massachusetts Medical School 
Department of Psychiatry, Worcester; Michael M. Faenza, National Mental 
Health Association, Washington, D.C., on behalf of the Campaign for 
Mental Health Reform; Carlos Brandenburg, Nevada Division of Mental 
Health and Developmental Services, Carson City; and Ann Buchanan, 
Cockeysville, Maryland.
DATABASE SECURITY: IDENTITY THEFT
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Terrorism, Technology and 
Homeland Security concluded a hearing to examine database security, 
focusing on identity theft and S. 1350, Notification of Risk to 
Personal Data Act, after receiving testimony from David J. McIntyre, 
Jr., TriWest Healthcare Alliance, Phoenix, Arizona; Mark MacCarthy, 
Visa USA, Inc., Washington, D.C.; and Evan Hendricks, Privacy Times, 
Cabin John, Maryland.