[Congressional Record Volume 150, Number 2 (Wednesday, January 21, 2004)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D10-D11]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
USDA'S BSE RESPONSE
Committee on Agriculture: Held a hearing to review the USDA's Bovine 
Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE) Response. Testimony was heard from Ann 
M. Veneman, Secretary of Agriculture.
RESERVE COMPONENT HEALTHCARE
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Total Force held a hearing 
on Reserve Component Healthcare: Medical Holdovers in Current and 
Future Deployments. Testimony was heard from the following officials of 
the Department of the Army: Sgt. Craig Allen LaChance, USA, Medical 
Holdover Company; and Col. John M. Kidd, USA, Garrison Commander, Third 
Infantry Division (Mechanized), both at Fort Stewart, Georgia; Col. 
Keith Armstrong, USA, Garrison Commander, Fort Knox, Kentucky; Lt. Gen. 
James B. Peake, USA, Surgeon General; Daniel Denning, Principle Deputy 
Assistant Secretary, Manpower and Reserve Affairs; and Lt. Gen. Joseph 
R. Inge, USA, Commanding General, First Army; the following officials 
of the Department of the Navy: Vice. Adm. Michael L. Cowan, USN,

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Surgeon General; and Rear Adm. John M. Stewart, Jr., USN, Deputy 
Commander, Navy Personnel Command; and public witnesses.
REPORT--SPECIAL EXAMINATION OF FREDDIE MAC
Committee on Financial Services: Subcommittee on Capital Markets, 
Insurance, and Government Sponsored Enterprises held a hearing on the 
OFHEO's report of the Special Examination of Freddie Mac. Testimony was 
heard from Armando Falcon, Director, Office of Federal Housing 
Enterprise Oversight, Department of Housing and Human Development; and 
Martin F. Baumann, Chief Financial Officer, Freddie Mac.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on the Judiciary: Ordered reported, as amended, the following 
bills: H.R. 2844, Continuity in Representation Act of 2003; H.R. 1997, 
Unborn Victims of Violence Act of 2003; H.R. 3261, Database and 
Collections of Information Misappropriation Act; and H.R. 2391, 
Cooperative Research and Technology Enhancement (CREATE) Act of 2003.
CAN U.S. COMPANIES COMPETE GLOBALLY USING AMERICAN WORKERS?
Committee on Small Business: Held a hearing on Can U.S. Companies 
Compete Globally Using American Workers? Testimony was heard from 
public witnesses.