[Congressional Record Volume 149, Number 159 (Wednesday, November 5, 2003)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1236-D1237]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
SPECIALTY CROP INDUSTRY--REVIEW DOMESTIC POLICIES AFFECTING
Committee on Agriculture: Subcommittee on Livestock and Horticulture 
held a hearing to review domestic policies affecting the specialty crop 
industry. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
SUSTAINING GLOBAL COMMITMENTS: IMPLICATIONS FOR U.S. FORCES
Committee on Armed Services: Held a hearing on Sustaining Global 
Commitments: Implications for U.S. Forces. Testimony was heard from the 
following officials of the Department of Defense: David Chu, Under 
Secretary, Personnel and Readiness; and Gen. Peter Pace, USMC, Vice 
Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff; Douglas Holtz-Eakin, Director, CBO; 
and a public witness.
HEALTHSOUTH FINANCIAL COLLAPSE
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Oversight and 
Investigations concluded hearings entitled ``The Financial Collapse of 
HealthSouth.'' Testimony was heard from Gregory Wallance, Member, Ad 
Hoc Advisory Group on the Organizational Sentencing Guidelines, U.S. 
Sentencing Commission; the following officials of HealthSouth 
Corporation: Joel Gordon, Acting Chairman, Board of Directors; Robert 
May, Acting Chief Executive Officer; Sage Givens, Board of Director and 
Audit Committee Member; and Larry Striplin, Board of Director and 
former Chairman, Compensation Committee; and public witnesses.
REFORMING INSURANCE REGULATION
Committee on Financial Services: Subcommittee on Capital Markets, 
Insurance, and Government Sponsored Enterprises held a hearing entitled 
``Reforming Insurance Regulation--Making the Marketplace More 
Competitive for Consumers.'' Testimony was heard from Gregory Serio, 
Superintendent of Insurance, State of New York; and public witnesses.
PROTECTING HOMEOWNERS
Committee on Financial Services: Subcommittee on Financial Institutions 
and Consumer Credit and the Subcommittee on Housing and Community 
Opportunity held a joint hearing entitled ``Protecting Homeowners: 
Preventing Abusive Lending While Preserving Access to Credit.'' 
Testimony was heard from Thomas J. Miller, Attorney General, State of 
Iowa; and public witnesses.

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SOCIAL INVESTMENT FUND FOR THE AMERICAS
Committee on International Relations: Subcommittee on Western 
Hemisphere held a hearing on the Case for a Social Investment Fund for 
the Americas. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on Resources: Ordered reported, as amended, 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.
MERCURY EMISSIONS
Committee on Science: Subcommittee on Environment, Technology, and 
Standards held a hearing on Mercury Emissions: State of the Science and 
Technology. Testimony was heard from. David Krabbenhoft, Research 
Scientist, U.S. Geological Survey, Department of the Interior; and 
public witnesses.
COMMERCIAL SPACE ACT
Committee on Science: Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics held a 
hearing on H.R. 3245, Commercial Space Act of 2003. Testimony was heard 
from public witnesses.
BUILDING CAPABILITIES: INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY'S NATIONAL SECURITY 
REQUIREMENTS FOR DIVERSITY
Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence: Held a hearing on Building 
Capabilities: The Intelligence Community's National Security 
Requirements for Diversity of Languages, Skills, and Ethnic and 
Cultural Understanding. Testimony was heard from the following 
officials of the Department of Defense: Lt. Gen. James R. Clapper, Jr., 
USAF (Ret.), Director, Imagery and Mapping Agency; William Black, 
Deputy Director, NSA; and Armando Rodriguez, Chief, Office of Diversity 
Management and Equal Employment Opportunity, Defense Intelligence 
Agency; Don Cryer, Director, Plans and Programs, Community Management 
Staff, CIA; Peter Teets, Director, National Reconnaissance Office; and 
public witnesses.

Joint Meetings
TAX REFORM
Joint Economic Committee: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the 
current tax code system, focusing on academic principles that should 
guide fundamental tax reform, after receiving testimony from Senator 
Specter and Representatives Linder and McDermott; Michael J. Boskin, 
Stanford University Hoover Institution, Palo Alto, California; Edward 
J. McCaffery, University of Southern California Law School, Los 
Angeles; and Cliff Massa III, Patton Boggs LLP, and Robert S. McIntyre, 
Citizens for Tax Justice, both of Washington, D.C.
MILITARY CONSTRUCTION APPROPRIATIONS ACT
Conferees agreed to file a conference report on the differences between 
the Senate and House passed versions of H.R. 2559, making 
appropriations for military construction, family housing, and base 
realignment and closure for the Department of Defense for the fiscal 
year ending September 30, 2004.