[Congressional Record Volume 150, Number 93 (Thursday, July 8, 2004)]
[Daily Digest]
[Page D730]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Armed Services:Committee ordered favorably reported the 
following business items:
  S. 2386, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2005 for 
intelligence and intelligence-related activities of the United States 
Government, the Intelligence Community Management Account, and the 
Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability System, with 
amendments; and
  The nominations of Admiral Vernon E. Clark, USN, for reappointment to 
the grade of admiral and to be Chief of Naval Operations, and 
Lieutenant General James E. Cartwright, USMC, for appointment to the 
grade of general and to be Commander, United States Strategic Command.
  Prior to this action, committee concluded a hearing to examine the 
nominations of Admiral Vernon E. Clark, and Lieutenant General James E. 
Cartwright, (both listed above), after each nominee testified and 
answered questions in their own behalf.
ASSISTANCE TO FIREFIGHTERS ACT
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded 
a hearing to examine S. 2411, to amend the Federal Fire Prevention and 
Control Act of 1974 to provide financial assistance for the improvement 
of the health and safety of firefighters, promote the use of life 
saving technologies, achieve greater equity for departments serving 
large jurisdictions, after receiving testimony from Senators DeWine and 
Dodd; C. Suzanne Mencer, Director, Office of State and Local Government 
Coordination and Preparedness, and R. David Paulison, Director, 
Preparedness Division and United States Fire Administrator, Federal 
Emergency Management Agency, both of the Department of Homeland 
Security; Ernest Mitchell, International Association of Fire Chiefs, 
Fairfax, Virginia; E. James Monihan, Lewes Fire Department, Lewes, 
Delaware, on behalf of the National Volunteer Fire Council; Billy E. 
Shields, Professional Fire Fighters of Arizona, Phoenix, on behalf of 
the International Association of Fire Fighters; and James M. Shannon, 
National Fire Protection Association, Quincy, Massachusetts.
TAXPAYERS' DOLLARS
Committee on Governmental Affairs: Subcommittee on Financial 
Management, the Budget, and International Security concluded a hearing 
to examine the federal government's financial statement and 
accountability of taxpayer dollars at the Departments of Defense and 
Homeland Security, focusing on financial accounting and reporting, and 
audit challenges, after receiving testimony from David M. Walker, 
Comptroller General of the United States, Gregory D. Kutz, Director, 
Financial Management and Assurance, and McCoy Williams, Director, 
Financial Management and Assurance, all of the Government 
Accountability Office; Linda M. Springer, Controller, Office of Federal 
Financial Management, Office of Management and Budget; Donald V. 
Hammond, Fiscal Assistant Secretary of the Treasury; Lawrence J. 
Lanzillotta, Acting Under Secretary (Comptroller), and Francis E. 
Reardon, Deputy Inspector General for Auditing, Office of the Inspector 
General, both of the Department of Defense; and Andrew B. Maner, Chief 
Financial Officer, and Clark Kent Ervin, Inspector General, both of the 
Department of Homeland Security.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee ordered favorably reported the 
nominations of Michael H. Watson, to be United States District Judge 
for the Southern District of Ohio, and Isaac Fulwood, Jr., of the 
District of Columbia, to be a Commissioner of the United States Parole 
Commission.
  Also, Committee met and began consideration of the nomination of 
Claude A. Allen, of Virginia, to be U.S. Circuit Judge for the Fourth 
Circuit, but did not take final action thereon, and recessed subject to 
call.