[Congressional Record Volume 150, Number 66 (Wednesday, May 12, 2004)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D489-D490]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
APPROPRIATIONS: DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense concluded hearings 
to examine proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2005 for the 
Department of Defense, after receiving testimony from Donald H. 
Rumsfeld, Secretary, and Larry Lanzillotta, Acting Under Secretary 
(Comptroller), both of the Department of Defense; and General Richard 
B. Myers, USAF, Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Armed Services: On Tuesday, May 11, Committee ordered 
favorably reported the nominations of William A. Chatfield, of Texas, 
to be Director of Selective Service, Jerald S. Paul, of Florida, to be 
Principal Deputy Administrator, National Nuclear Security 
Administration, Mark Falcoff, of California, to be a Member of the 
National Security Education Board, Dionel M. Aviles, of Maryland, to be 
Under Secretary of the Navy, and Tina Westby Jonas, of Virginia, to be 
Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller).
TELECOMMUNICATIONS POLICY
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded 
a hearing to examine the future of telecommunications policy, focusing 
on a view from the industry relating to mobility and broadband 
networks, after receiving testimony from Ivan Seidenberg, Verizon 
Communications, Washington, D.C.; Brian L. Roberts, Comcast 
Corporation, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Scott Ford, ALLTEL 
Corporation, Little Rock, Arkansas; C. Garry Betty, EarthLink, Inc., 
Atlanta, Georgia; and Delbert Wilson, Central Texas Telephone 
Cooperative, Goldthwaite, Texas, on behalf of the National 
Telecommunications Cooperative Association.
GASOLINE
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine the environmental regulatory framework affecting oil 
refining and gasoline policy, focusing on domestic refining capacity, 
the fuel supply, reformulated gasoline, low-sulfur fuels, and reducing 
incentives for market manipulation, after receiving testimony from Bob 
Slaughter, on behalf of the National Petrochemical and Refiners 
Association, and the American Petroleum Institute, A. Blakeman Early, 
American Lung Association, and Mark Cooper, Consumer Federation of 
America, on behalf of the Consumers Union, all of Washington, D.C.; 
Michael Ports, Ports Petroleum Company, Inc, Wooster, Ohio, on behalf 
of the Society of Independent Gasoline Marketers of America and the 
National Association of Convenience Stores, and John R. Dosher, Jacobs 
Consultancy, Houston, Texas.
AFGHANISTAN
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine continuing challenges in Afghanistan, focusing on allied 
efforts to defeat Al-

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Qaeda and to assist Afghanistan in building democracy and rebuilding 
its economy, after receiving testimony from Mark L. Schneider, 
International Crisis Group, Robert M. Perito, United States Institute 
of Peace, and David C. Isby, all of Washington, D.C.; and Thomas E. 
Gouttierre, University of Nebraska Center for Afghanistan Studies, 
Omaha.
DIPLOMA MILLS
Committee on Governmental Affairs: Committee concluded hearings to 
examine allegations relevant to the issuance of bogus degrees, focusing 
on tax payer dollars subsidizing diploma mills, and the development of 
a government-wide policy to identify and discourage the use of bogus 
degrees, after receiving testimony from Sally L. Stroup, Assistant 
Secretary of Education for Postsecondary Education; Stephen C. 
Benowitz, Associate Director, Human Resources Products and Services, 
Office of Personnel Management; Alan Contreras, Administrator, Oregon 
Student Assistance Commission Office of Degree Authorization, Eugene; 
Lieutenant Commander Claudia Gelzer, U.S. Coast Guard Detaille, Senate 
Committee on Governmental Affairs; and Andrew Coulombe, Ventura, 
California.
TRIBAL SELF-GOVERNANCE ACT
Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
S. 1715, to amend the Indian Self-Determination and Education 
Assistance Act to provide further self-governance by Indian tribes, 
after receiving testimony from David W. Anderson, Assistant Secretary 
for Indian Affairs, and William Sinclair, Director, Office of Self-
Governance and Self-Determination, both of the Department of the 
Interior; D. Fred Matt, Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes, Pablo, 
Montana; Philip Baker-Shenk, Holland and Knight, Washington, D.C.; and 
Geoffrey Strommer, Hobbs, Strauss, Dean, and Walker, Portland, Oregon.
SATELLITE HOME VIEWER EXTENSION
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded a hearing to examine S. 
2013, to amend section 119 of title 17, United States Code, to extend 
satellite home viewer provisions, focusing on the statutory licensing 
regimes for over-the-air broadcast signals, royalty rates, and the 
transition to digital television, after receiving testimony from David 
O. Carson, General Counsel, Copyright Office, Library of Congress; 
Charles W. Ergen, EchoStar Communications Corporation, Littlewood, 
Colorado; Bruce T. Reese, Bonneville International Corporation, Salt 
Lake City, Utah, on behalf of the National Association of Broadcasters; 
Eddy W. Hartenstein, DIRECTV Group, Inc., El Segundo, California; Fritz 
Attaway, Motion Picture Association of America, Inc., Washington, D.C.; 
and John King, Vermont Public Television, Colchester.
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.