[Congressional Record Volume 150, Number 22 (Thursday, February 26, 2004)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D123-D124]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
APPROPRIATIONS: EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS AND RESPONSE
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, focusing on 
emergency preparedness and response, after receiving testimony from 
Michael D. Brown, Under Secretary of Homeland Security for Emergency 
Preparedness and Response.
APPROPRIATIONS: NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION/OFFICE OF SCIENCE AND 
TECHNOLOGY POLICY
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on VA, HUD, and Independent 
Agencies concluded a hearing to examine proposed budget estimates for 
fiscal year 2005 for the National Science Foundation and the Office of 
Science and Technology Policy, after receiving testimony from Arden L. 
Bement, Jr., Acting Director, National Science Foundation; Warren M. 
Washington, Chair, National Science Board; and John H. Marburger III, 
Director, Office of Science and Technology Policy.
Nominations:
Committee on Armed Services: Committee ordered favorably reported the 
nomination of Kiron Kanina Skinner, of Pennsylvania, to be a Member of 
the National Security Education Board, and 2,235 nominations in the 
Army, Marine Corps and Air Force.
Nominations:
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine the nominations of Alphonso R. Jackson, of Texas, to 
be Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, who was introduced by 
Senators Bond, Hutchison, and Cornyn, Linda Mysliwy Conlin, of New 
Jersey, to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the Export-Import 
Bank of the United States, and Rhonda Keenum, of Mississippi, to be 
Assistant Secretary of Commerce and Director General of the United 
States and Foreign Commercial Services, who was introduced by Senator 
Cochran and Representative Wicker, after each nominee testified and 
answered questions in their own behalf.
MUTUAL FUND INDUSTRY
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine current investigations and regulatory actions 
regarding the mutual fund industry, focusing on fund operations and 
governance, focusing on corporate governance reforms, a proposed mutual 
fund oversight board, the practices of late trading and market timing, 
and prospectus disclosures, after receiving testimony from David S. 
Ruder, Northwestern University School of Law, former Chairman, 
Securities and Exchange Commission, and Mellody Hobson, Ariel Capital 
Management, both of Chicago, Illinois; David S. Pottruck, Charles 
Schwab Corporation, San Francisco, California; and John C. Bogle, 
Vanguard Group, Valley Forge, Pennsylvania.
INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS BUDGET
Committee on the Budget: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the 
President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 2005 for 
international affairs of the Department of State, after receiving 
testimony from Colin L. Powell, Secretary of State.
NOMINATION
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine the nomination of Susan Johnson Grant, of Virginia, 
to be Chief Financial Officer, Department of Energy, after the nominee 
testified and answered questions in her own behalf.
PUBLIC DIPLOMACY: INTERNATIONAL FREE PRESS
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine American public diplomacy and the development of an independent 
media in emerging democracies, and a related measure S. 2096, to 
promote a free press and open media through the National Endowment for 
Democracy funding for the National Endowment for Democracy (NED), after 
receiving testimony from Margaret DeB. Tutwiler, Under Secretary of 
State for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs; Gene P. Mater, Freedom 
Forum, Arlington, Virginia; Adam Clayton Powell III, University of 
Southern California Center on Public Diplomacy, Los Angeles, 
California; and Kurt A. Wimmer, Covington and Burling, Washington, D.C.
U.S.-LIBYA RELATIONS
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine next steps in U.S. relations regarding Libya, focusing on 
Administration efforts to halt state-sponsored support for 
international terrorism and proliferation of weapons of mass 
destruction, after receiving testimony from William J.

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Burns, Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs; and Paula 
A. DeSutter, Assistant Secretary of State for Verification and 
Compliance.
HIGHER EDUCATION ACCREDITATION
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee 
concluded a hearing to examine the quality and accountability of higher 
education accreditation standards, after receiving testimony from 
Steven D. Crow, Higher Learning Commission, North Central Association 
of Colleges and Schools, Chicago, Illinois; Jeffrey D. Wallin, American 
Academy for Liberal Education, and Jerry L. Martin, American Council of 
Trustees and Alumni, both of Washington, D.C.; and Robert L. Potts, 
University of North Alabama, Florence.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee met to discuss certain committee 
business, made no announcements, and recessed subject to the call.
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.