[Congressional Record Volume 150, Number 72 (Thursday, May 20, 2004)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D546-D547]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
FARM SECURITY AND RURAL INVESTMENT ACT REVIEW
Committee on Agriculture: Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities and 
Risk Management held a hearing to review the Farm Security and Rural 
Investment Act of 2002. Testimony was heard from Keith Collins, Chief 
Economist, USDA; and public witnesses.
FOREIGN OPERATIONS, EXPORT FINANCING AND RELATED PROGRAMS 
APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Foreign Operations, Export 
Financing and Related Programs held a hearing on Department of the 
Treasury (International Affairs). Testimony was heard from John Taylor, 
Under Secretary, International Affairs, Department of the Treasury.
TRANSPORTATION, TREASURY, AND INDEPENDENT AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Transportation, Treasury, 
and Independent Agencies held a hearing on the Secretary of the 
Treasury. Testimony was heard from John W. Snow, Secretary of the 
Treasury.
EPA'S RESOURCE CONSERVATION CHALLENGE
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Environment and 
Hazardous Materials held a hearing entitled ``EPA's Resource 
Conservation Challenge.'' Testimony was heard from Matthew Hale, Deputy 
Director, Office of Solid Waste, EPA.
MEDICARE PRESCRIPTION DRUG DISCOUNT CARDS
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Health held a hearing 
entitled ``Medicare Prescription Drug Discount Cards: Immediate Savings 
for Seniors.'' Testimony was heard from Mark B. McClellan, M.D., 
Administrator, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Department 
of Health and Humans Services; and public witnesses.
OVERSIGHT--HUD'S BUDGET
Committee on Financial Services: Held an oversight hearing on the 
Department of Housing and Urban Development, including the Department's 
budget request for fiscal year 2005. Testimony was heard from Alphonso 
Jackson, Secretary of Housing and Urban Development.
FEDERAL CHILD WELFARE PROGRAMS
Committee on Government Reform: Held a hearing entitled ``Redundancy 
and Duplication in Federal Child Welfare Programs: A Case Study on the 
Need for Executive Reorganization Authority.'' Testimony was heard from 
Representative DeLay; Wade Horn, Assistant Secretary for Children and 
Families, Department of Health and Human Services; J. Robert Flores, 
Administrator, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, 
Department of Justice; and Colien Hefferan, Administrator, Cooperative 
State Research, Education, and Extension Service, USDA.
``HISTORIC PRESERVATION OF THE PEOPLING OF AMERICA''
Committee on Government Reform: Subcommittee on Criminal Justice, Drug 
Policy and Human Resources held a hearing entitled ``Historic 
Preservation of the Peopling of America.'' Testimony was heard from 
Janet Snyder Matthews, Associate Director, Cultural Resources, National 
Park Service, Department of the Interior; and public witnesses.
OVERSIGHT--FEC AND THE 527 RULEMAKING PROCESS
Committee on House Administration: Held an oversight hearing on the 
Federal Election Commission and the 527 Rulemaking Process. Testimony 
was heard from the following officials of the Federal Election 
Commission: Bradley A. Smith, Chairman; Ellen L. Weintraub, Vice Chair; 
Scott E. Thomas and Michael Toner, both Commissioners.
ADMINISTRATIVE CONFERENCE OF THE U.S. REAUTHORIZATION
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Commercial and 
Administrative Law held an oversight hearing entitled ``Reauthorization 
of the Administrative Conference of the United States.'' Testimony was 
heard from the following Associate Justices of the Supreme Court: 
Antonin Scalia and Stephen G. Beyer.
OVERSIGHT
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Courts, Internet, and 
Intellectual Property held an oversight hearing entitled ``Derivative 
Rights, Moral Rights, and Movie Filtering Technology.'' Testimony was 
heard from public witnesses.
OVERSIGHT--DRAFT REPORT OF THE COMMISSION ON OCEAN POLICY
Committee on Resources: Held an oversight hearing on the ``Draft Report 
of the U.S. Commission on Ocean

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Policy.'' Testimony was heard from ADM James D. Watkins, USN (Ret.), 
Chairman, U.S. Commission on Ocean Policy.
STEEL AND ALUMINUM ENERGY CONSERVATION AND TECHNOLOGY COMPETITIVENESS 
ACT
Committee on Science: Subcommittee on Energy held a hearing on An 
Examination of H.R. 3890, to reauthorize the Steel and Aluminum Energy 
Conservation and Technology Competitiveness Act of 1988. Testimony was 
heard from. Douglas L. Faulkner, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, 
Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Department of Energy; and 
public witnesses.
REFORMING REGULATION
Committee on Small Business: Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform and 
Oversight held a hearing on Reforming Regulation to Keep America's 
Small Businesses Competitive. Testimony was heard from Representative 
Hayworth; and public witnesses.
OVERTIME REGULATIONS' EFFECT ON SMALL BUSINESS
Committee on Small Business: Subcommittee on Workforce, Empowerment, 
and Government Programs held a hearing on the Department of Labor's 
Overtime Regulations' Effect on Small Business. Testimony was heard 
from Alfred B. Robinson, Deputy Administrator, Wage and Hour Division, 
Department of Labor; and public witnesses.
OVERSIGHT--GREAT LAKES WATER QUALITY AND RESTORATION EFFORTS
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure: Subcommittee on Water 
Resources and Environment held an oversight hearing on Great Lakes 
Water Quality and Restoration Efforts. Testimony was heard from Thomas 
V. Skinner, Manager, Great Lakes National Program Office, EPA; Gerald 
W. Barnes, Director of Programs, Great Lakes and Ohio River Division, 
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers; Stephen B. Brandt, Director, Great Lakes 
Environmental Research Laboratory, NOAA, Department of Commerce; R. 
Mack Gray, Deputy Under Secretary, Natural Resources and Environment, 
USDA; and Robyn Thorson, Regional Director, Midwest Region, U.S. Fish 
and Wildlife Service, Department of the Interior.
  Hearings continue tomorrow.
SSI PROGRAM
Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Human Resources held a 
hearing on the SSI program. Testimony was heard from Robert E. 
Robertson, Director, Education, Workforce, and Income Security Issues, 
GAO; Patrick O'Carroll, Acting Inspector General, SSA; David Podoff, 
member, Social Security Advisory Board; and public witnesses.
BRIEFING--DETAINEE ISSUES RELATED TO GLOBAL WAR ON TERRORISM
Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence: Met in executive session to 
receive a briefing on detainee issues related to the Global War on 
terrorism. The Committee was briefed by MG Jeffery Miller, USA, Deputy 
Commander for Detainee Operations, Commander Joint Task Force 7, 
Department of Defense.