[Congressional Record Volume 150, Number 25 (Tuesday, March 2, 2004)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D142-D143]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
APPROPRIATIONS: DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State 
and the Judiciary concluded a hearing to examine proposed budget 
estimates for fiscal year 2005 for the Department of Commerce, after 
receiving testimony from Donald L. Evans, Secretary of Commerce.
APPROPRIATIONS: SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Homeland Security 
concluded a hearing to examine proposed budget estimates for fiscal 
year 2005 for science and technology, and information analysis and 
infrastructure protection, after receiving testimony from Charles E. 
McQueary, Under Secretary for Science and Technology, and Frank 
Libutti, Under Secretary for Information Analysis and Infrastructure 
Protection, both of the Department 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 Les Brownlee, Acting Secretary of the Army; Gordon R. 
England, Secretary of the Navy; and James G. Roche, Secretary of the 
Air Force.
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Personnel concluded a 
hearing to examine active component, Reserve component and civilian 
personnel programs, in review of the defense authorization request for 
fiscal year 2005, after receiving testimony from David S.C. Chu, Under 
Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness; Reginald J. Brown, 
Assistant Secretary of the Army for Manpower and Reserve Affairs; 
William A. Navas, Jr., Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Manpower and 
Reserve Affairs; Michael L. Dominguez, Assistant Secretary of the Air 
Force for Manpower and Reserve Affairs; Lieutenant General Franklin L. 
Hagenbeck, USA, Deputy Chief of Staff, G-1, United States Army; Vice 
Admiral Gerald L. Hoewing, USN, Chief of Naval Personnel, Deputy Chief 
of Naval Operations, Manpower and Personnel, United States Navy; 
Lieutenant General Garry L. Parks, USMC, Deputy Commandant for Manpower 
and Reserve Affairs, United States Marine Corps; and Lieutenant General 
Richard E. Brown, USAF, Deputy Chief of Staff for Personnel, United 
States Air Force.
MUTUAL FUNDS
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded 
hearings to examine current investigations and regulatory actions 
regarding the mutual fund industry, focusing on fund operations and 
governance, after receiving testimony from former Senator William L. 
Armstrong, Oppenheimer Funds, Denver, Colorado; Vanessa C.L. Chang, New 
Perspective Fund, Los Angeles, California; Marvin L. Mann, Fidelity 
Funds, Cary, North Carolina; Michael S. Miller, Vanguard Group, Inc., 
Valley Forge, Pennsylvania; Ann E. Bergin, National Securities

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Clearing Corporation, New York, New York; William A. Bridy, Financial 
Data Services, Inc./Merrill Lynch, Jacksonville, Florida, on behalf of 
the Securities Industry Association; Raymond K. McCulloch, BB&T Trust, 
Raleigh, North Carolina, on behalf of the American Bankers Association; 
and David L. Wray, Profit Sharing/401K Council of America, Washington, 
D.C.
CHILDHOOD OBESITY
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on 
Competition, Foreign Commerce and Infrastructure concluded a hearing to 
examine the rise of obesity among children, focusing on health risks 
including diabetes, the role of the media, and efforts to educate 
families on the issues of nutrition and healthy lifestyles, after 
receiving testimony from Richard H. Carmona, Surgeon General, Public 
Health Service, Office of Public Health and Science, and William Dietz, 
Director, Division of Nutrition and Physical Activity, National Center 
for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for 
Disease Control and Prevention, both of the Department of Health and 
Human Services; Victoria J. Rideout, Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation, 
Menlo Park, California; R. Lee Culpepper, National Restaurant 
Association, Margo G. Wooten, Center for Science in the Public 
Interest, and C. Manly Molpus, Grocery Manufacturers of America, all of 
Washington, D.C.; and Robert D. Liodice, Association of National 
Advertisers, Inc., New York, New York.
FOREST SERVICE BUDGET
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine the President's proposed fiscal year 2005 budget for 
the Forest Service, focusing on protecting communities and natural 
resources in relation to the implementation of the Healthy Forests 
Restoration Act (P.L. 108-148), after receiving testimony from Mark 
Rey, Under Secretary of Agriculture for Natural Resources and 
Environment; and Dale N. Bosworth, Chief, Forest Service, Department of 
Agriculture.
FOREIGN ASSISTANCE
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded oversight hearings 
to examine certain U.S. foreign policy objectives and assistance 
programs throughout the world, after receiving testimony from Christina 
B. Rocca, Assistant Secretary of State for South Asian Affairs; William 
J. Burns, Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs; Donald 
W. Keyser, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian 
and Pacific Affairs; Roger F. Noriega, Assistant Secretary of State for 
Western Hemisphere Affairs; Donald Y. Yamamoto, Deputy Assistant 
Secretary of State for African Affairs; Elizabeth Jones, Assistant 
Secretary of State for Europe and Eurasian Affairs; and Gordon West, 
Acting Assistant Administrator for Asia and the Near East, Adolfo A. 
Franco, Assistant Administrator for Latin America and the Caribbean, 
Constance Berry Newman, Assistant Administrator for Africa, and Kent R. 
Hill Assistant Administrator for Europe and Eurasia, all of the United 
States Agency for International Development.
NORTH KOREA
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine North Korea's nuclear situation, including the Six-Party Talks 
in Beijing, an appropriate verification model related to North Korea's 
nuclear program, and the economic situation and human rights conditions 
in North Korea, after receiving testimony from James Kelly, Assistant 
Secretary of State; Terence Taylor, International Institute for 
Strategic Studies, Victor D. Cha, Georgetown University School of 
Foreign Service, and Tom Malinowski, Human Rights Watch, all of 
Washington, D.C.
SUICIDE PREVENTION AND YOUTH
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Subcommittee on 
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services concluded a hearing to 
examine certain measures to help prevent suicide among children and 
adolescents, after receiving testimony from Senator Smith; Paul D. 
Tunkle, Episcopal Church of the Redeemer, Baltimore, Maryland; Cheryl 
A. King, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor; Fran M. Gatlin, Robinson 
High School, Fairfax, Virginia, on behalf of the National Association 
of School Psychologists; Joelle M. Reizes, Screening for Mental Health, 
Inc., Loveland, Ohio; and Laurie Flynn, Columbia University Carmel Hill 
Center for Early Diagnosis and Treatment, New York, New York.
CARES COMMISSION
Committee on Veteran's Affairs: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine the final report of the Department of Veterans Affairs' Capital 
Asset Realignment for Enhanced Services (CARES) Commission, after 
receiving testimony from Everett Alvarez, Jr., Chairman, Capital Asset 
Realignment for Enhanced Services (CARES) Commission; Robert H. 
Roswell, Under Secretary of Veterans Affairs for Health; Cathleen C. 
Wiblemo, American Legion, Dennis M. Cullinan, Veterans of Foreign Wars, 
Joy J. Ilem, Disabled American Veterans, and Fred Cowell, Paralyzed 
Veterans of America, all of Washington, D.C.; and James W. Doran, 
AMVETS, Lanham, Maryland.