[Congressional Record Volume 150, Number 28 (Monday, March 8, 2004)]
[Daily Digest]
[Page D194]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA--ENSURING SAFE DRINKING WATER
Committee on Government Reform: On March 5, the Committee held a 
hearing entitled ``Public Confidence, Down the Drain: The Federal Role 
in Ensuring Safe Drinking Water in the District of Columbia.'' 
Testimony was heard from the following officials of the EPA: Benjamin 
H. Grumbles, Acting Assistant Administrator, Office of Water; and 
Donald S. Welsh, Regional Administrator, Region III; Thomas P. Jacobus, 
General Manager, Washington Aqueduct, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, 
Department of the Army; Glenn S. Gerstell, Chairman, District of 
Columbia Water and Sewer Authority; and public witnesses.
IRAQI WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION
Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence: On March 5, the Committee 
met in executive session to hold a hearing on Iraqi Weapons of Mass 
Destruction. Testimony was heard from departmental witnesses.

Joint Meetings
EMPLOYMENT SITUATION
Joint Economic Committee: On Friday, March 5, Committee concluded 
hearings to examine the employment situation for February 2004, 
focusing on economic growth, business activity in the manufacturing and 
service industries, the Gross Domestic Product (GDP), job creation and 
loss, and discouraged workers--those who have stopped seeking work 
because of discouragement over their job prospects, after receiving 
testimony from Kathleen P. Utgoff, Commissioner, Bureau of Labor 
Statistics, Department of Labor.