[Congressional Record Volume 150, Number 75 (Wednesday, June 2, 2004)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D565-D566]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
REVIEW--FEDERAL AGRICULTURAL MORTGAGE CORPORATION
Committee on Agriculture: Held a hearing to review the Federal 
Agricultural Mortgage Corporation, Testimony was heard from the 
following officials of the GAO: Davi M. D'Agostino, Director, Financial 
Markets and Community Investment; and Jeanette Franzel, Director, 
Financial Management and Assurance; Nancy C. Pellett, Chairman and 
Chief Executive Officer, Farm Credit Administration; Gregory Zerzan, 
Deputy Assistant Secretary, Financial Institutions Policy, Department 
of the Treasury; and the following officials of the Federal 
Agricultural Mortgage Corporation: Frederick L. Dailey, Chairman, and 
Henry D, Edelman, President and Chief Executive Officer.
DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense met in executive 
session and approved for full Committee action the Department of 
Defense appropriations for fiscal year 2005.
BALANCING NIH'S PRIORITY SETTING PROCESS
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Health held a hearing 
entitled ``Scientific Opportunities and Public Needs: Balancing NIH's 
Priority Setting Process.'' Testimony was heard from the following 
officials of the NIH, Department of Health and Human Services: Elias A. 
Zerhouni, M.D., Director; Anthony S. Fauci, M.D., Director, National 
Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases; Andrew C. von Eschenbach, 
M.D., Director, National Cancer Institute; and Nora D. Volkow, M.D., 
Director, National Institute of Drug Abuse.
``ADVANCING THE DTV TRANSITION: AN EXAMINATION OF THE FCC MEDIA BUREAU 
PROPOSAL''
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Telecommunications 
and the Internet held a hearing entitled ``Advancing the DTV 
Transition: An Examination of the FCC Media Bureau Proposal.'' 
Testimony was heard from W. Kenneth Ferree, Chief, Media Bureau, FCC; 
and public witnesses.
INVESTING FOR THE FUTURE: 529 STATE TUITION SAVINGS PLANS
Committee on Financial Services: Subcommittee on Capital Markets, 
Insurance, and Government Sponsored Enterprises held a hearing entitled 
``Investing for the Future: 529 State Tuition Savings Plans.'' 
Testimony was heard from public witnesses.

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RIGGS AND UBS--RISK MANAGEMENT AND REGULATORY FAILURES: LESSONS LEARNED
Committee on Financial Services: Subcommittee on Oversight and 
Investigations held a hearing entitled ``Risk Management and Regulatory 
Failures at Riggs Bank and UBS: Lessons Learned.'' Testimony was heard 
from Daniel Stepano, Deputy Chief Counsel, Office of the Comptroller of 
the Currency, Department of the Treasury; and Thomas C. Baxter, Jr., 
General Counsel, and Executive Vice President, Federal Reserve Bank of 
New York, Federal Reserve System.
OVERSIGHT--NETWORK VULNERABILITIES
Committee on Government Reform: Subcommittee on Technology, Information 
Policy, Intergovernmental Relations and the census held an oversight 
hearing entitled ``Who Might be Lurking at Your Cyber Front Door? Is 
Your System Really Secure? Strategies and Technologies to Prevent, 
Detect and Respond to the Growing Threat of Network Vulnerabilities.'' 
Testimony was heard from Karen Evans, Administrator, E-Government and 
Information Technology, OMB; Robert Dacey, Director, Information 
Security Issues, GAO; Amit Yoran, Director, National Cyber Security 
Division, Department of Homeland Security; Dawn Meyerriecks, Chief 
Technology Officer, Defense Information Systems Agency, Department of 
Defense; Daniel Mehan, Assistant Administrator, Information Services 
and Chief Information Officer, FAA, Department of Transportation; and 
public witnesses.
U.S. POLICY IN AFGHANISTAN
Committee on International Relations: Held a hearing on United States 
Policy in Afghanistan. Testimony was heard from the following officials 
of the Department of State: William B. Taylor, Coordinator for 
Afghanistan; James Kunder, Deputy Assistant Administrator, Bureau for 
Asian and the Near East, U.S. Agency for International Development; and 
Charlotte Ponticelli, Senior Coordinator, Office of International 
Women's Issues; and Marybeth Long, Deputy Assistant Secretary, 
Counternarcotics, Department of Defense.
U.S. POLICY IN EAST ASIA AND THE PACIFIC
Committee on International Relations: Subcommittee on Asia and the 
Pacific held a hearing on U.S. Policy in East Asia and the Pacific. 
Testimony was heard from James A. Kelly, Assistant Secretary, Bureau of 
East Asian and Pacific Affairs, Department of State.
CAREERS FOR THE 21st CENTURY
Committee on Small Business: Held a hearing entitled ``Careers for the 
21st Century: The Importance of Education and Worker Training for Small 
Business.'' Testimony was heard from Emily Stover DeRocco, Assistant 
Secretary, Employment and Training Administration, Department of Labor; 
and public witnesses.
FASTER AND SMARTER FOR FIRST RESPONDERS ACT
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure: Ordered reported, as 
amended, H.R. 3266, Faster and Smarter Funding for First Responders Act 
of 2004.
ASSESSING THE INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY'S ANALYTIC CAPABILITIES
Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence: Subcommittee on Human 
Intelligence, Analysis and Counterintelligence met in executive session 
to hold a hearing on Assessing the Intelligence Community's Analytic 
Capabilities. Testimony was heard from departmental witnesses.