[Congressional Record Volume 150, Number 3 (Thursday, January 22, 2004)]
[Daily Digest]
[Page D15]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
NIH
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human 
Services, Education and Related Agencies concluded a hearing to examine 
avoiding conflicts of interest at the National Institutes of Health 
(NIH), focusing on the executive branch ethics program and the role of 
the Office of Government Ethics (OGE), OGE program reviews at NIH, and 
recusals and audits, policies and procedures for avoiding conflicts of 
interest, after receiving testimony from Elias A. Zerhouni, Director, 
Stephen I. Katz, Director, National Institute of Arthritis and 
Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, Edgar M. Swindell, Associate General 
Counsel, Ethics Division, Ruth Kirschstein, Senior Advisor to the 
Director, and John I. Gallin, Director, Warren G. Magnuson Clinical 
Center, all of the National Institutes of Health, Department of Health 
and Human Services; and Marilyn L. Glynn, Acting Director, Office of 
Government Ethics.
IRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN
Committee on Armed Services: Committee met in closed session to receive 
a briefing on ongoing military activities in Iraq and Afghanistan from 
Peter W. Rodman, Assistant Secretary of Defense for International 
Security Affairs; Rear Admiral Robert B. Murrett, USN, Director for 
Intelligence, J-2, and Lieutenant General Norton A. Schwartz, USAF, 
Director for Operations, J-3, both of U.S. Joint Forces Command; and 
Reuben Jeffery III, Coalition Provisional Authority.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
the nominations of Raymond W. Gruender, of Missouri, to be United 
States Circuit Judge for the Eighth Circuit, who was introduced by 
Senators Bond and Talent; Ricardo S. Martinez, to be United States 
District Judge for the Western District of Washington, who was 
introduced by Senator Murray; Gene E. K. Pratter, to be United States 
District Judge for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, who was 
introduced by Senators Specter and Santorum; and Neil Vincent Wake, to 
be United States District Judge for the District of Arizona, who was 
introduced by Senator Kyl, after each nominee testified and answered 
questions in their own behalf.
INTELLIGENCE
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee held closed hearings on 
intelligence matters, receiving testimony from officials of the 
intelligence community.
  Committee recessed subject to call.