[Congressional Record Volume 149, Number 158 (Tuesday, November 4, 2003)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1228-D1229]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                   COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR WEDNESDAY,

                            NOVEMBER 5, 2003

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: to hold open 
and closed hearings to examine aviation security, 9:30 a.m., SR-253.
  Committee on Foreign Relations: to hold hearings to examine the 
nominations of Edward B. O'Donnell, Jr., of Tennessee, for the rank 
of Ambassador during his tenure of service as Special Envoy for 
Holocaust Issues, Jon R. Purnell, of Massachusetts, to be Ambassador 
to the Republic of Uzbekistan, Marguerita Dianne Ragsdale, of 
Virginia, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Djibouti, and Stuart 
W. Holliday, of Texas, to be Alternate Representative of the United 
States of America for Special Political Affairs in the United 
Nations, with the rank of Ambassador, 9 a.m., SD-419.
  Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the nominations of 
Mary Kramer, of Iowa, to be Ambassador to Barbados and to serve 
concurrently and without additional compensation as Ambassador to 
St. Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Antigua and Barbuda, the 
Commonwealth of Dominica, Grenada, and Saint Vincent and the 
Grenadines, Timothy John Dunn, of Illinois, for the rank of 
Ambassador during his tenure of service as Deputy Permanent 
Representative to the Organization of American States, James Curtis 
Struble, of California, to be Ambassador to Peru, and Hector E. 
Morales, of Texas, to be United States Alternate Executive Director 
of the Inter-American Development Bank, 2:30 p.m., SD-419.
  Committee on Governmental Affairs: to hold hearings to examine the 
report of the Presidential Commission on the U.S. Postal Service, 2 
p.m., SD-342.


                                 House

  Committee on Agriculture, Subcommittee on Livestock and 
Horticulture, hearing to review domestic policies affecting the 
specialty crop industry, 10 a.m., 1300 Longworth.

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  Committee on Armed Services, hearing on Sustaining Global 
Commitments: Implications for U.S. Forces, 11 a.m., 2118 Rayburn.
  Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Oversight and 
Investigations, to continue hearings entitled ``The Financial 
Collapse of HealthSouth,'' 10 a.m., 2123 Rayburn.
  Committee on Financial Services, Subcommittee on Capital Markets, 
Insurance, and Government Sponsored Enterprises, hearing entitled 
``Reforming Insurance Regulation--Making the Marketplace More 
Competitive for Consumers,'' 2 p.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit and the 
Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity, joint hearing 
entitled ``Protecting Homeowners: Preventing Abusive Lending While 
Preserving Access to Credit,'' 10 a.m., 2128 Rayburn.
  Committee on International Relations, Subcommittee on Western 
Hemisphere, hearing on the Case for a Social Investment Fund for the 
Americas, 2 p.m., 2172 Rayburn.
  Committee on Resources, to mark up the following bills: H.R. 521, 
Steel Industry National Historic Site Act; H.R. 1798, Upper 
Housatonic Valley National Heritage Area Act; and H.R. 2693, Marine 
Mammal Protection Act Amendments of 2003, 10 a.m., 1324 Longworth.
  Committee on Science, Subcommittee on Environment, Technology, and 
Standards, hearing on ``Mercury Emissions: State of the Science and 
Technology'', 2 p.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics, hearing on H.R. 3245, 
Commercial Space Act of 2003, 10 a.m., 2318 Rayburn.
  Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, hearing on Building 
Capabilities: The Intelligence Community's National Security 
Requirements for Diversity of Languages, Skills, and Ethnic and 
Cultural Understanding, 2212 Rayburn.


                             Joint Meetings

  Conference: meeting of conferees on H.R. 2754, making 
appropriations for energy and water development for the fiscal year 
ending September 30, 2004, 11 a.m., HC-5, Capitol.
  Joint Economic Committee: to hold hearings relating to rethinking 
the tax code, 9:30 a.m., SD-628.