[Congressional Record Volume 150, Number 47 (Tuesday, April 6, 2004)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D355-D356]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
APPROPRIATIONS: DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on VA, HUD, and Independent 
Agencies concluded a hearing to examine proposed budget estimates for 
fiscal year 2005 for the Department of Veterans Affairs, after 
receiving testimony from Anthony Principi, Secretary of Veterans 
Affairs.
CHRONIC WASTING DISEASE
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Subcommittee on Fisheries, 
Wildlife and Water concluded a hearing to examine S. 1366, to authorize 
the Secretary of the Interior to make grants to State and tribal 
governments to assist State and tribal efforts to manage and control 
the spread of chronic wasting disease in deer and elk herds, after 
receiving testimony from John Clifford, Associate Deputy Administrator 
for National Animal Health Policy and Programs, Veterinary Services, 
Animal and Plant

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Health Inspection Services, Department of Agriculture; Charles G. 
Groat, Director, U.S. Geological Survey, Department of the Interior; 
Russell George, Colorado Department of Natural Resources, Denver; Gary 
J. Taylor, International Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies, 
Washington, D.C.; Jack Walther, Elko, Nevada, on behalf of the American 
Veterinary Medical Association; and Gary J. Wolfe, Chronic Wasting 
Disease Alliance, Missoula, Montana.