[Congressional Record Volume 150, Number 12 (Wednesday, February 4, 2004)]
[Daily Digest]
[Page D56]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION
Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
the Defense Authorization Request for fiscal year 2005 and future years 
defense program, after receiving testimony from Donald H. Rumsfeld, 
Secretary of Defense; and General Peter Pace, USMC, Vice Chairman, 
Joint Chiefs of Staff.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Armed Services: Committee ordered favorably reported the 
nominations of Lawrence T. Di Rita, of Michigan, to be an Assistant 
Secretary of Defense for Public Affairs, and Francis J. Harvey, of 
California, to be an Assistant Secretary of Defense for Networks and 
Information Integration, and 438 military nominations in the Army, Navy 
and Air Force.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Committee ordered 
favorably reported an original bill entitled Federal Public 
transportation Act of 2004.
HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES BUDGET
Committee on Finance: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the 
Administration's Health and Human Services budget priorities for fiscal 
year 2005, after receiving testimony from Tommy G. Thompson, Secretary 
of Health and Human Services.
UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE
Committee on Governmental Affairs: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine workforce issues relating to preserving a strong United States 
Postal Service, after receiving testimony from Walter M. Olihovik, 
National Association of Postmasters of the United States, Steve D. 
LeNoir, National League of Postmasters, and Ted Keating, National 
Association of Postal Supervisors, all of Alexandria, Virginia; John 
Calhoun Wells, San Antonio, Texas, former Director of Federal Mediation 
and Conciliation Service; James L. Medoff, Harvard University, 
Cambridge, Massachusetts; and Michael L. Wachter, University of 
Pennsylvania Law School, Philadelphia.