[Congressional Record Volume 150, Number 16 (Tuesday, February 10, 2004)]
[Daily Digest]
[Page D76]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
APPROPRIATIONS--HOMELAND SECURITY
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Homeland Security 
concluded a hearing to examine proposed budget estimates for fiscal 
year 2005 for the Department of Homeland Security, after receiving 
testimony from Tom Ridge, Secretary of Homeland Security.
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION
Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
the proposed Department of Defense authorization request for fiscal 
year 2005 and the Future Years Defense Program, after receiving 
testimony from General Peter J. Schoomaker, USA, Chief of Staff, United 
States Army; Admiral Vernon E. Clark, USN, Chief of Naval Operations; 
General Michael W. Hagee, USMC, Commandant of the Marine Corps; and 
General John P. Jumper, USAF, Chief of Staff, United States Air Force.
GSE'S
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine proposals for improving the regulatory regime of 
government sponsored enterprises (GSE's) and oversight, focusing on the 
application of federal securities law disclosure and reporting 
requirements to Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac and the federal home lone 
bands, after receiving testimony from David M. Walker, Comptroller 
General of the United States; Alan L. Beller, Director, Division of 
Corporation Finance, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, General 
Accounting Office; Richard S. Carnell, Fordham University School of 
Law, New York, New York; and James R. Rayburn, Jackson, Mississippi, on 
behalf of the National Association of Home Builders.
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY BUDGET
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine the President's proposed budget request for fiscal 
year 2005 for the Department of Energy, after receiving testimony from 
Kyle E. McSlarrow, Deputy Secretary of Energy.
NOMINATION
Committee on Finance: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the 
nomination of Samuel W. Bodman, to be Deputy Secretary of the Treasury, 
after the nominee testified and answered questions in his own behalf.
DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS BUDGET
Committee on Veterans Affairs: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
the President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 2005 for the 
Department of Veterans Affairs, after receiving testimony from Anthony 
J. Principi, Secretary of Veterans Affairs, who was accompanied by 
several of his associates; Richard B. Jones, AMVETS, Lanham, Maryland; 
and Paul A. Hayden, Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States, Rick 
Surratt, Disabled American Veterans, Richard B. Fuller, Paralyzed 
Veterans of America, and Peter S. Gaytan, American Legion, all of 
Washington, D.C.
ELDERCARE
Special Committee on Aging: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
tax relief strategies for eldercare, focusing on Senior Elder Care 
Relief and Empowerment (SECURE) Act, after receiving testimony from 
Sandra Markwood, National Association of Area Agencies on Aging, Flora 
Green, The Senior's Coalition, and Richard Teske, all of Washington, 
D.C.; Gail Gibson Hunt, National Alliance for Caregiving, Bethesda, 
Maryland; and Trudy Elliott, Coer d' Alene, Idaho.