[Congressional Record Volume 149, Number 168 (Wednesday, November 19, 2003)]
[Daily Digest]
[Page D1298]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
THE ARMY
Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded an open and closed 
hearing to examine current Army issues, including the Active, Army 
Reserve, and Army National Guard units, focusing on ``Winning the 
Peace'' in Iraq, the Global War on Terror, and the Rest and 
Recuperation (R&R) Leave Program, after receiving testimony from Les 
Brownlee, Acting Secretary of the Army; and General Peter J. 
Schoomaker, USA, Chief of Staff, United States Army.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Armed Services: Committee met in closed session to discuss 
certain pending nominations.
AGROTERRORISM
Committee on Governmental Affairs: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine the threat of agroterrorism, focusing on strategies to secure 
the agricultural infrastructure, the Foreign Animal Disease and Plum 
Island Animal Disease Center, ensuring the safety and security of the 
Nation's food supply, industry guidance and preventive measures, 
vulnerability and threat assessments, Operation Liberty Shield, and 
emergency preparedness and response, after receiving testimony from 
Senator Talent; Penrose Albright, Assistant Secretary of Homeland 
Security for Science and Technology; Lester M. Crawford, Deputy 
Commissioner, Food and Drug Administration, Department of Health and 
Human Services; Charles Lambert, Deputy Under Secretary of Agriculture 
for Marketing and Regulatory Programs; Thomas McGinn, North Carolina 
Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Raleigh; Colleen 
O'Keefe, Illinois Department of Agriculture, Springfield; and Peter 
Chalk, RAND Corporation, Santa Monica, California.
NOMINATIONS:
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
the nominations of William James Haynes II, of Virginia, to be United 
States Circuit Judge for the Fourth Circuit, who was introduced by 
Senators Warner and Allen; Louis Guirola, Jr., to be United States 
District Judge for the Southern District of Mississippi, who was 
introduced by Senators Cochran and Lott; Virginia E. Hopkins, to be 
United States District Judge for the Northern District of Alabama, who 
was introduced by Senators Sessions and Shelby; and Kenneth M. Karas, 
to be United States District Judge for the Southern District of New 
York, who was introduced by Senator Schumer, after each nominee 
testified and answered questions in their own behalf.