[Congressional Record Volume 150, Number 43 (Wednesday, March 31, 2004)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D324-D325]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
APPROPRIATIONS: DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Energy and Water 
Development concluded a hearing to examine proposed budget estimates 
for fiscal year 2005 for the Department of Energy's Office of 
Environmental Management, Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste 
Management, and Office of Environment, Safety and Health, after 
receiving testimony from Jessie Hill Roberson, Assistant Secretary for 
Environmental Management, Margaret Chu, Director, Civilian Radioactive 
Waste Management, and Beverly Cook, Assistant Secretary for 
Environment, Safety and Health, all of the Department of Energy.
APPROPRIATIONS: INTELLIGENCE
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense concluded a closed 
hearing to examine proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2005 for 
intelligence and world wide threat assessment, after receiving 
testimony from George Tenet, Director, Central Intelligence Agency.
APPROPRIATIONS: SAA/CAPITOL POLICE
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Legislative Branch 
concluded hearings to examine proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 
2005 for the U.S. Capitol Police and the Senate Sergeant-at-Arms, after 
receiving testimony from Terrance W. Gainer, Chief, United States 
Capitol Police; and William H. Pickle, Senate Sergeant at Arms and 
Doorkeeper; and W. Wilson Livingood, Chairman, United States Capitol 
Police Board.
DEFENSE: AUTHORIZATION
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Personnel concluded a 
hearing to examine the Defense authorization request for fiscal year 
2005, focusing on active and Reserve military and civilian personnel 
programs, after receiving testimony from Thomas F. Hall, Assistant 
Secretary of Defense for Reserve Affairs; Lieutenant General H. Steven 
Blum, ARNG, Chief, National Guard Bureau, Army National Guard; 
Lieutenant General Roger C. Schultz, ARNG, Director, Army National 
Guard; Lieutenant General Daniel James III, ANG, Director, Air National 
Guard; Lieutenant General James R. Helmly, USAR, Chief, Army Reserve; 
Vice Admiral John G. Cotton, USNR, Chief, Naval Reserve; Lieutenant 
General Dennis M. McCarthy, USMCR, Commander, Marine Forces Reserve; 
and Lieutenant General James E. Sherrard III, USAFR, Chief, Air Force 
Reserve.
TANKER AIRCRAFT
Committee on Armed Services: Committee met in closed session to receive 
a briefing on the acquisition of the Boeing KC-767A tanker aircraft 
from Joseph E. Schmitz, Inspector General, Henry Kleinknecht, Program 
Director, Contract Audits, John F. Meling, Program Director, 
Acquisition Audits, Francis E. Reardon, Deputy Inspector General for 
Auditing, and David K. Steensma, Director, Contract Management 
Directorate, all of the Office of the Inspector General, Department of 
Defense.
MUTUAL FUND INDUSTRY
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee continued 
hearings to examine the current investigations and regulatory actions 
regarding the mutual fund industry, focusing on soft-dollar practices, 
after receiving testimony from Harold S. Bradley, American Century 
Investments, Kansas City, Missouri; Geoffrey I. Edelstein, Westcap 
Investors, Los Angeles, California, on behalf of Investment Counsel 
Association of America, Inc.; Howard M. Schilit, Center for Financial 
Research and Analysis, Rockville, Maryland; Grady G. Thomas, Jr., The 
Interstate Group, Division of Morgan Keegan and Company, Inc., 
Charlotte, North Carolina; and Benn Steil, Council on Foreign 
Relations, and Joseph M. Velli, The Bank of New York, both of New York, 
New York.
MUTUAL FUND INDUSTRY
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee continued a 
hearing to examine the current investigations and regulatory actions 
regarding the mutual fund industry, focusing on fund costs and 
distribution practices, receiving testimony from Senators Fitzgerald, 
Collins, Levin, and Akaka; Paul G. Haaga, Jr., Capital Research and 
Management Company, Los Angeles, California, on behalf of the 
Investment Company Institute; Mark Treanor, Wachovia Corporation, 
Charlotte, North Carolina, on behalf of the Financial Services 
Roundtable; Chet Helck, Raymond James Financial, Inc., St. Petersburg, 
Florida; Thomas O. Putnam, Fenimore Asset Management, Inc., Cobleskill, 
New York; and Edward A.H. Siedle, Benchmark Financial Services, Inc./
Benchmark Companies, Ocean Ridge, Florida.
  Committee recessed subject to the call.

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NOMINATIONS
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine the nominations of Stephen L. Johnson, of Maryland, 
to be Deputy Administrator, Ann R. Klee, of Virginia, to be an 
Assistant Administrator, Charles Johnson, of Utah, to be Chief 
Financial Officer, who was introduced by Senator Bennett, and Benjamin 
Grumbles, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Administrator, all of the 
Environmental Protection Agency, and Gary Lee Visscher, of Maryland, to 
be a Member of the Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board, 
after each nominee testified and answered questions in their own 
behalf.
NATION'S WATER RESOURCE NEEDS
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Subcommittee on 
Transportation and Infrastructure concluded a hearing to examine the 
role of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in meeting the nation's water 
resource needs in the 21st century, including related provisions of the 
proposed Water Resources Development Act of 2004, after receiving 
testimony from former Representative John T. Myers, on behalf of the 
National Waterways Conference; John Paul Woodley, Jr., Assistant 
Secretary of the Army for Civil Works, and Lieutenant General Robert B. 
Flowers, Chief of Engineers, both of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers; 
Steve Levy, Office of the Suffolk County Executive, Hauppauge, New 
York; Michael A. Leone, American Association of Port Authorities, 
Alexandria, Virginia; William G. Howland, Lake Champlain Basin Program, 
Grand Isle, Vermont; Michael W. Cameron, The Nature Conservancy, Reno, 
Nevada; Derrick Crandall, American Recreation Coalition, Dominic Izzo, 
American Society of Civil Engineers, Raymond J. Poupore, National Heavy 
and Highway Alliance, and Scott Faber Environmental Defense, all of 
Washington, D.C.; and Gregory A. Zlotnick, Santa Clara Valley Water 
District, San Jose, California.
NOMINATION
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine the nomination of Paul V. Applegarth, of Connecticut, to be 
Chief Executive Officer, Millennium Challenge Corporation, Department 
of State, after the nominee, who was introduced by Senator Schumer, 
testified and answered questions in his own behalf.
MADRID TERRORIST ATTACKS
Committee on Foreign Relations: Subcommittee on European Affairs 
concluded a hearing to examine the effects of the Madrid terrorist 
attacks on U.S. European cooperation in the war on terrorism, after 
receiving testimony from J. Cofer Black, Coordinator for 
Counterterrorism, Department of State; Robert Kagan, Carnegie Endowment 
for International Peace, Robin Niblett, Center for Strategic and 
International Studies, Philip H. Gordon, Brookings Institution, and 
James Dobbins, RAND Corporation, all of Washington D.C.
BUSINESS MEETING
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee met in closed session to 
consider pending intelligence matters.
  Committee recessed subject to the call.