[Congressional Record Volume 150, Number 6 (Tuesday, January 27, 2004)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D26-D27]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
FOOD SAFETY: BSE
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: Committee concluded 
a hearing to examine the current situation regarding the discovery of a 
case of Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE) in a dairy cow in 
Washington State as it relates to food safety, livestock marketing and 
international trade, after receiving testimony from Senators Durbin and 
Allard; Ann M. Veneman, Secretary of Agriculture; Lester M. Crawford, 
Deputy Commissioner of Food and Drugs, Department of Health and Human 
Services; and Alfonso Torres, Cornell University College of Veterinary 
Medicine, Ithaca, New York.

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ECONOMIC OUTLOOK
Committee on the Budget: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the 
budget and economic outlook for fiscal years 2005 to 2014, after 
receiving testimony from Douglas Holtz-Eakin, Director, Congressional 
Budget Office.
AFGHANISTAN
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to assess 
the international effort to stabilize and rebuild Afghanistan, focusing 
on the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF), after receiving 
testimony from General James L. Jones, Supreme Allied Commander Europe 
(SACEUR), Supreme Headquarters, Allied Powers Europe, Mons, Belgium; 
and William B. Taylor, Jr., Coordinator for Afghanistan, Department of 
State.
MUTUAL FUNDS
Committee on Governmental Affairs: Subcommittee on Financial 
Management, the Budget, and International Security concluded an 
oversight hearing to examine the disclosure of mutual fund fees and the 
need for additional disclosures of mutual fund practices, including how 
the fees and other costs that investors pay as part of owning fund 
shares can affect their investment returns, after receiving testimony 
from Richard J. Hillman, Director, Financial Markets and Community 
Investment, General Accounting Office; New York Attorney General Eliot 
L. Spitzer, Albany; Peter T. Scannell, Weymouth Landing, Massachusetts; 
James Nesfield, Nesfield Capital, Engelhard, North Carolina; John C. 
Bogle, Bogle Financial Markets Research Center/Vanguard Group, Valley 
Forge, Pennsylvania; Jeffrey C. Keil, Lipper Inc., Travis Plunkett, 
Consumer Federation of America, Paul S. Stevens, Dechert LLP, on behalf 
of the Investment Company Institute, and Marc E. Lackritz, Securities 
Industry Association, all of Washington, D.C.; and John P. Freeman, 
University of South Carolina School of Law, Columbia.
U.S. GOVERNMENT CONTINUITY
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded a hearing to examine a 
proposed constitutional amendment to guarantee a functioning Congress, 
with respect to ensuring the continuity of the United States 
government, after receiving testimony from former Senator Alan Simpson, 
on behalf of the Continuity of Government Commission; Sanford V. 
Levinson, University of Texas Law School, Austin; and Howard M. 
Wasserman, Florida International University College of Law, Miami.
SEAPORT SECURITY
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Terrorism, Technology, and 
Homeland Security concluded a hearing to examine seaport security since 
September 11, 2001, focusing on the National Targeting Center, the 
Automated Targeting System, the Container Security Initiative, and non-
intrusive inspection and radiation detection technologies, after 
receiving testimony from Rear Admiral Larry L. Hereth, Director of Port 
Security, U.S. Coast Guard, and Robert M. Jacksta, Executive Director, 
Border Security and Facilitation, Office of Field Operations, Customs 
and Border Protection, both of the Department of Homeland Security; and 
Gary M. Bald, Acting Assistant Director, Counter-Terrorism Division, 
Federal Bureau of Investigation, Department of Justice.
RETIREMENT PLANNING
Special Committee on Aging: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
retirement planning, including retirement reform proposals, after 
receiving testimony from Jack L. VanDerhei, Temple University, 
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on behalf of the Employee Benefit Research 
Institute; and Jagadeesh Gokhale, CATO Institute, Washington, D.C.