[Congressional Record Volume 150, Number 98 (Thursday, July 15, 2004)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D775-D777]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
HEALTHY LIFESTYLES
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human 
Services, and Education, and Related Agencies concluded a hearing to 
examine preventing chronic disease through healthy lifestyles, focusing 
on obesity, coronary heart disease, diabetes, and cancer, and diet and 
weight loss, after receiving testimony from Tommy Thompson, Secretary 
of Health and Human Services; Kenneth L. Gladish, YMCA of the USA, and 
Karen Silberman, National Coalition for Promoting Physical Activity, 
both of Washington, D.C.; Vernon E. Delpesce, YMCA of Greater Des 
Moines, Iowa; Eric K. Mann, Pittsburgh Metropolitan YMCA of the USA, 
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; Dean Ornish, University of California School 
of Medicine, San Francisco; and Jack Rule, incentaHEALTH, Denver, 
Colorado.
APPROPRIATIONS: MILITARY CONSTRUCTION AND LEGISLATIVE BRANCH
Committee on Appropriations: Committee ordered favorably reported the 
following bills:
  An original bill (S. 2674) making appropriations for making 
appropriations for military construction, family housing, and base 
realignment and closure for the Department of Defense for the fiscal 
year ending September 30, 2005; and
  An original bill (S. 2666) making appropriations for the Legislative 
Branch for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2005.
ICRC REPORTS
Committee on Armed Services: Committee met in closed session to receive 
a briefing regarding International Committee of the Red Cross reports 
on U.S. military detainee operations in Iraq from official of the 
Department of Defense.
HEDGE FUND INDUSTRY
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine regulation of the hedge fund industry, focusing on a 
proposed regulation that would address violations of the federal 
securities laws, including fraudulent activity, by hedge funds, after 
receiving testimony from William H. Donaldson, Chairman, Securities and 
Exchange Commission; Patrick J. McCarty, General Counsel, Commodity 
Futures Trading Commission; Mark Anson, California Public Employees 
Retirement System, Sacramento; James Chanos, Kynikos Associates, LP, 
and Charles J. Gradante, Hennessee Group, LLC, both of New York, New 
York; and

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Adam C. Cooper, Citadel Investment Group, LLC, Chicago, Illinois, on 
behalf of the Managed Funds Association.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine the nominations of Stuart Levey, of Maryland, to be 
Under Secretary of the Treasury for Enforcement, Juan Carlos Zarate, of 
California, to be Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Terrorist 
Financing and Financial Crimes, and Carin M. Barth, of Texas, to be 
Chief Financial Officer, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 
who was introduced by Senator Cornyn, after each nominee testified and 
answered questions in their own behalf.
TELEVISION RATING SYSTEM
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on 
Communications concluded a hearing to examine implementation of the 
Nielsen local people meter TV rating system, focusing on the accuracy 
and reliability of our country's television ratings system, after 
receiving testimony from Representative Waters; Thomas Herwitz, FOX 
Television Stations, Inc., Washington, D.C.; Tom Arnost, Univision 
Television Group, Los Angeles, California; and Susan D. Whiting, 
Nielsen Media Research; George Ivie, Media Rating Council, Inc.; and 
Robert Barocci, The Advertising Research Foundation, all of New York, 
New York.
LAND BILLS/MEMORIALS
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Subcommittee on National 
Parks concluded a hearing to examine S. 1852, to provide financial 
assistance for the rehabilitation of the Benjamin Franklin National 
Memorial in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and the development of an 
exhibit to commemorate the 300th anniversary of the birth of Benjamin 
Franklin; S. 2142, to authorize appropriations for the New Jersey 
Coastal Heritage Trail Route; S. 2181, to adjust the boundary of Rocky 
Mountain National Park in the State of Colorado; S. 2374, to provide 
for the conveyance of certain land to the United States and to revise 
the boundary of Chickasaw National Recreation Area, Oklahoma; S. 2397 
and H.R. 3706, bills to adjust the boundary of the John Muir National 
Historic Site; S. 2432, to expand the boundaries of Wilson's Creek 
Battlefield National Park; S. 2567, to adjust the boundary of Redwood 
National Park in the State of California; H.R. 1113, to authorize an 
exchange of land at Fort Frederica National Monument; and S. Con. Res. 
121, supporting the goals and ideals of the World Year of Physics, 
after receiving testimony from Senator Lautenberg; former Senator Mack 
Mattingly; A. Durand Jones, Deputy Director, National Park Service, 
Department of the Interior; and Charles W. Blackwell, Chickasaw Nation, 
Washington, D.C.
NORTH KOREA
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine current conditions in a report on the latest round of six-way 
talks regarding nuclear weapons in North Korea, focusing on events in 
Beijing and efforts of the United States and like-minded countries to 
deal with the threat of North Korea's nuclear ambitions, after 
receiving testimony from James A. Kelly, Assistant Secretary for East 
Asian and Pacific Affairs, and Joseph R. DeTrani, Special Envoy for 
Six-Party Talks, both of the Department of State; Ashton B. Carter, 
Harvard University John F. Kennedy School of Government, Cambridge, 
Massachusetts; and Charles L. Pritchard, The Brookings Institution, 
Washington, D.C.
U.S. ENERGY POLICY
Committee on Foreign Relations: Subcommittee on International Economic 
Policy, Export and Trade Promotion concluded a hearing to examine 
current conditions in the Gulf of Guinea and U.S. strategic energy 
policy, focusing on the role of West Africa and the Gulf of Guinea 
relative to United States energy security interests, imported oil and 
natural gas, and political and economic stability in Nigeria, Angola, 
Equatorial Guinea, Sao Tome, Chad, and Cameroon, after receiving 
testimony from Paul Simons, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for 
Energy, Sanctions, and Commodity Policy, Economic and Business Affairs 
Bureau; John R. Brodman, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Energy for 
International Energy Policy, Office of Policy and International 
Affairs; and David L. Goldwyn, Goldwyn International Strategies, and J. 
Stephen Morrison, Center for Strategic and International Studies, both 
of Washington, D.C.
IRAQ
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee met in closed session to 
receive a briefing on Iraq from Condoleezza Rice, National Security 
Advisor, National Security Council.
MONEY LAUNDERING
Committee on Governmental Affairs: Permanent Subcommittee on 
Investigations concluded a hearing to examine current enforcement of 
key provisions in the Patriot Act combating money laundering and 
foreign corruption, using a single case study involving Riggs Bank, 
focusing on Riggs' anti-money laundering program, administration of 
accounts associated with senior foreign political figures and their 
family members, and efforts to combat money-laundering in the United 
States financial system by the Office of

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the Comptroller of the Currency, and other financial institution 
regulators, after receiving testimony from Jennifer C. Kelly, Deputy 
Comptroller, Mid-Size and Credit Bank Supervision, John Noonan, former 
Assistant Deputy Comptroller, Daniel P. Stipano, Deputy Chief Counsel, 
and Lester Miller, Examiner-In-Charge (Riggs Bank), all of the Office 
of the Comptroller of the Currency, Department of the Treasury; 
Lawrence I. Hebert, Raymond M. Lund, and R. Ashley Lee, all of Riggs 
Bank, N.A., Washington, D.C.; Andrew P. Swiger, ExxonMobil Production 
Company, and Steven P. Guidry, Marathon Oil Company, both of Houston, 
Texas; and Albert J. Marchettti, Amerada Hess Corporation, New York, 
New York.
PELL GRANT FOR KIDS
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Subcommittee on 
Children and Families concluded a hearing to examine the use of Pell 
Grants for primary school education, focusing on school choice and 
voucher programs, after receiving testimony from Michael Bell, Miami-
Dade County Public Schools, Miami, Florida; Robert G. Smith, Arlington 
Public Schools, Arlington, Virginia, on behalf of the American 
Association of School Administrators, and the Virginia Association of 
School Superintendents; Catherine Hill, DC Parents for School Choice, 
Darlene T. Allen, District of Columbia PTA, on behalf of the National 
PTA, both of Washington, D.C.; Paul E. Peterson, Harvard University 
Department of Government, Cambridge, Massachusetts; Ellen B. Goldring, 
Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee; Robert C. Enlow, Friedman 
Foundation, Indianapolis, Indiana; and John Kirtley, Alliance for 
School Choice, Tampa, Florida.
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.
MEDICAL LIABILITY
Special Committee on Aging: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
medical liability in long-term care, focusing on demographic 
challenges, home health care, assisted living settings, hospice care, 
nursing homes, and ``quality of life'' issues, after receiving 
testimony from J. Norman Estes, NHS Management, Tuscaloosa, Alabama; 
Theresa Bourdon, Aon Risk Consultants, Columbia, Maryland; David G. 
Stevenson, Harvard University School of Medicine, Cambridge, 
Massachusetts; Marshall B. Kapp, Southern Illinois University School of 
Law, Carbondale; Lawrence M. Cutchin, North Carolina Medical Society, 
Raleigh; and James E. Lett II, American Medical Directors Association, 
Carmichael, California.