[Congressional Record Volume 150, Number 104 (Tuesday, September 7, 2004)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D846-D849]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
9/11 COMMISSION RECOMMENDATIONS--DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE IMPLICATIONS
Committee on Armed Services: On August 11, the Committee held a hearing 
on the implications of the recommendations of the 9/11 Commission on 
the Department of Defense. Testimony was heard from the following 
officials of the Department of Defense: Stephen A. Cambone, Under 
Secretary, Intelligence; VADM Lowell E. Jacoby, USN, Director, DIA; and 
MG Raymond T. Odierno, USA, former Commander, Fourth Infantry Division; 
the following former officials of the Department of Defense: LTG 
William E. Odom, USA (Ret.), Director, NSA; and John J. Hamre, Deputy 
Secretary; and Lowell Wood, Senior Scientist, Lawrence Livermore 
National Laboratory.
9/11 COMMISSION REPORT
Committee on Armed Services: On August 10, the Committee held a hearing 
on the final report of the National Commission Terrorist Attacks Upon 
the United States. Testimony was heard from the following officials of 
the 9/11 Commission: Thomas H. Kean, Chairman; and Lee H. Hamilton, 
Vice Chairman.
DENYING TERRORISTS SANCTUARIES
Committee on Armed Services: On August 10, the Committee also held a 
hearing on Denying Terrorist Sanctuaries: Policy and Operational 
Implications for the U.S. Military. Testimony was heard from the 
following officials of the Department of Defense: Paul D. Wolfowitz, 
Deputy Secretary; GEN Peter Pace, USMC, Vice Chairman, Joint Chiefs of 
Staff; and GEN Bryan D. Brown, USA, Commander, U.S. Special Operations 
Command.
``THE 9/11 COMMISSION REPORT: IDENTIFYING AND PREVENTING TERRORIST 
FINANCING''
Committee on Financial Services: On August 23, the Committee held a 
hearing entitled ``The 9/11 Commission Report: Identifying and 
Preventing Terrorist Financing.'' Testimony was heard from Lee H. 
Hamilton, Vice Chairman, National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon 
the United States; Stuart A. Levey, Under Secretary, Office of 
Terrorism and Financial Intelligence, Department of the Treasury; Frank 
Libutti, Under Secretary, Information Analysis and Infrastructure 
Protection, Department of Homeland Security; and Barry Sabin, Chief, 
Counterterrorism Section, Department of Justice.
``TOO MANY SECRETS, OVERCLASSIFICATION AS A BARRIER TO CRITICAL 
INFORMATION SHARING''
Committee on Government Reform: On August 24, the Subcommittee on 
National Security Emerging Threats and International Relations held a 
hearing entitled ``Too Many Secrets, Overclassification as a Barrier to 
Critical Information Sharing.'' Testimony was heard from William 
Leonard, Director, Information Security Oversight Office, National 
Archives and Records Administration; Carol Haave, Office of the Under 
Secretary for Intelligence, Department of Defense; and public 
witnesses.
``THE 9/11 COMMISSION RECOMMENDATIONS ON PUBLIC DIPLOMACY: DEFENDING 
IDEALS AND DEFINING THE MESSAGE''
Committee on Government Reform: On August 23, the Subcommittee on 
National Security, Emerging Threats and International Relations held a 
hearing entitled ``The 9/11 Commission Recommendations on Public 
Diplomacy: Defending Ideals and Defining the Message.'' Testimony was 
heard from the following officials of the National Commission on 
Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States: Thomas H. Kean, Chairman; and 
Jamie S. Gorelick, Commissioner; the following officials of the 
Department of State; Patricia de Stacy Harrison, Acting Under 
Secretary, Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs; Charles Evers III, 
Commissioner, Advisory Commission on Public Diplomacy; and Kenneth Y. 
Tomlinson, Chairman, Broadcasting Board of Governors, USIA; Jess T. 
Ford, Director, International Affairs and Trade, GAO; Charlotte Beers, 
former Under Secretary, Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs, Department 
of State; and public witnesses.
REVIEW 9/11 COMMISSION'S RECOMMENDATIONS
Committee on Government Reform: On August 3, the Committee held a 
hearing entitled ``Need to Know'' to ``Need to Share:'' A Review of the 
9/11 Commission's Recommendations.'' Testimony was heard from the 
following Commissioners of the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks 
on the United States: Bob Kerrey; and John F. Lehman; David M. Walker, 
Comptroller General, GAO; the following family members of victims of 
September 11, 2001: Beverly Eckert; Sally Regenhard; and Robin Wiener; 
and public witnesses.
9/11 COMMISSION RECOMMENDATIONS FOR U.S. DIPLOMACY
Committee on International Relations: On August 24, the Committee held 
a hearing on 9/11 Commission Recommendations for U.S. Diplomacy. 
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was heard from the following officials of the 9/11 Commission: Thomas 
H. Kean, Chairman; and Lee H. Hamilton, Vice Chairman.
DIPLOMACY IN THE AGE OF TERRORISM: WHAT IS THE STATE DEPARTMENT'S 
STRATEGY?
Committee on International Relations: On August 19, the Committee held 
a hearing on Diplomacy in the Age of Terrorism: What is the State 
Department's Strategy? Testimony was heard from the following officials 
of the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States: 
Christopher A. Kojm, Deputy Executive Director; and Susan Ginsburg, 
Senior Counsel and Team Leader for Border Security and Foreign 
Visitors; and the following officials of the Department of State: 
Patricia de Stacy Harrison, Acting Under Secretary, Public Diplomacy 
and Public Affairs and Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Educational and 
Cultural Affairs; Ambassador J. Cofer Black, Coordinator, 
Counterterrorism; Francis X. Taylor, Assistant Secretary, Bureau of 
Diplomatic Security and Director, Office of Foreign Missions; Maura 
Harty, Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Consular Affairs; Earl Anthony 
Wayne, Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs; 
Christina B. Rocca, Assistant Secretary, Bureau of South Asian Affairs; 
Carol Rodley, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of 
Intelligence and Research; James W. Swigert, Principal Deputy Assistant 
Secretary, Bureau of International Organization Affairs; and David M. 
Satterfield, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Near Eastern 
Affairs.
OVERSIGHT--RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE 9/11 COMMISSION
Committee on the Judiciary: On August 23, the Subcommittee on Crime, 
Terrorism, and Homeland Security held an oversight hearing on the 
Recommendations of the 9/11 Commission. Testimony was heard from 
Christopher A. Kojm, Deputy Executive Director, National Commission on 
Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States; John S. Pistole, Executive 
Assistant Director, Counterterrorism and Counterintelligence, FBI, 
Department of Justice; John O. Brennan, Director, Terrorist Threat 
Integration Center; and a public witness.
OVERSIGHT--PRIVACY AND CIVIL LIBERTIES POST 9/11: RECOMMENDATIONS OF 
THE COMMISSION AND THE DOD TECHNOLOGY AND PRIVACY ADVISORY COMMITTEE
Committee on the Judiciary: On August 20, the Subcommittee on 
Commercial and Administrative Law and the Subcommittee on the 
Constitution held a joint hearing on Privacy and Civil Liberties in the 
Hands of the Government Post-September 11, 2001; Recommendations of the 
9/11 Commission and the U.S. Department of Defense Technology and 
Privacy Advisory Committee. Testimony was heard from the following 
officials of the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the 
United States: Lee H. Hamilton, Vice Chairman; and Slade Gorton, 
Commissioner; John O. Marsh, Jr., member, Technology and Privacy 
Advisory Committee, Department of Defense; and Nuala O'Connor Kelly, 
Chief Privacy Officer, Department of Homeland Security.
OVERSIGHT--REGULATORY ASPECTS OF VOICE OVER THE INTERNET PROTOCOL
Committee on the Judiciary: On July 23, the Subcommittee on Commercial 
and Administrative Law held an oversight hearing on Regulatory Aspects 
of Voice Over the Internet Protocol (VoIP). Testimony has heard from 
Robert Pepper, Chief, Policy Development, Office of Strategic Planning 
and Policy Analysis, FCC; Stephen M. Cordi, Deputy Comptroller of the 
Treasury, State of Maryland; and public witnesses.
DEPARTMENTS OF LABOR, HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, AND EDUCATION, AND 
RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS FISCAL YEAR 2005
Committee on Rules: Granted, by voice vote, an open rule providing one 
hour of general debate on H.R. 5006, making appropriations for the 
Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and 
related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2005, and for 
other purposes, equally divided and controlled by the chairman and 
ranking minority member of the Committee on Appropriations. The rule 
waives all points of order against consideration of the bill. Under the 
rules of the House the bill shall be read for amendment by paragraph. 
The rule waives points of order against provisions in the bill for 
failure to comply with clause 2 of rule XXI (prohibiting unauthorized 
appropriations or legislative provisions in an appropriations bill), 
except as specified in the resolution. The rule authorizes the Chair to 
accord priority in recognition to Members who have pre-printed their 
amendments in the Congressional Record. Finally, the rule provides one 
motion to recommit with or without instructions. Testimony was heard 
from Representatives Wamp, LoBiondo, and Lowey.
9/11 COMMISSION REPORT: AVIATION SECURITY RECOMMENDATIONS
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure: On August 25, the 
Subcommittee on Aviation held an oversight hearing on the 9/11 
Commission Report:

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Review of Aviation Security Recommendations. Testimony was heard from 
John F. Lehman, Commissioner, National Commission on Terrorist Attacks 
Upon the United States; David M. Stone, Administrator, Transportation 
Security Administration, Department of Homeland Security; and public 
witnesses.
9/11 COMMISSION REPORT AND MARITIME TRANSPORTATION SECURITY
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure: On August 25, the 
Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation held an 
oversight hearing on the 9/11 Commission Report and Maritime 
Transportation Security. Testimony was heard from the following 
Commissioners of the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the 
United States: John F. Lehman; and Jamie S. Gorelick; RADM Larry 
Hereth, USCG, Director of Port Security, U.S. Coast Guard, Department 
of Homeland Security; and a public witness.
THREE YEARS AFTER 9/11: VA'S ROLE IN HOMELAND SECURITY AND MEDICAL 
PREPAREDNESS
Committee on Veterans' Affairs: On August 26, the Committee held a 
hearing on Three Years After 
9/11: Is the Nation Medically Prepared? What Should Be VA's Role in 
Preventing and Responding to National Medical Emergencies and Terrorist 
Attacks? Testimony was heard from the following officials of the 
Department of Veterans Affairs: Gordon H. Mansfield, Deputy Secretary, 
Department of Veterans Affairs; and Karl Y. Hostetler, M.D., San Diego 
Healthcare System; MG Lester Martinez-Lopez, USA, Commanding General, 
U.S. Army Medical Research and Materiel Command at Fort Detrick, 
Department of Defense; Stewart Simonson, Assistant Secretary, Public 
Health Emergency Preparedness, Department of Health and Human Services; 
and public witnesses.
9/11 COMMISSION RECOMMENDATIONS: INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY OPERATIONAL 
CONSIDERATIONS
Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence: On August 18, the Committee 
met in executive session to hold a hearing on 9/11 Commission 
Recommendations: Intelligence Community Operational Considerations. 
Testimony was heard from John E. McLaughlin, Acting Director, CIA; the 
following officials of the Department of Defense: Stephen A. Cambone, 
Under Secretary, Intelligence; LTG Michael V. Hayden, USAF, Director, 
NSA; and VADM Lowell E. Jacoby, USN, Director, DIA; Peter Teets, 
Director, National Reconnaissance Office; LTG James Clapper, USA, 
Director, National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency; and John S. 
Pistiole, Executive Assistant Director, Counterterrorism and 
Counterintelligence, FBI, Department of Justice.
9/11 COMMISSION RECOMMENDATIONS: SUFFICIENCY OF TIME, ATTENTION, AND 
LEGAL AUTHORITY
Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence: On August 11, the Committee 
held a hearing on 9/11 Commission Recommendations: Sufficiency of Time, 
Attention, and Legal Authority. Testimony was heard from the following 
officials of the 9/11 Commission: Thomas H. Kean, Chairman; and Lee H. 
Hamilton, Vice Chairman; the former officials of the Department of 
Justice: Larry D. Thompson, Deputy Attorney General; and Edwin Meese 
III, Attorney General; and former Speaker of the House of 
Representatives Newt Gingrich of Georgia.
9/11 COMMISSION RECOMMENDATIONS: COUNTERTERRORISM ANALYSIS AND 
COLLECTION
Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence: On August 4, the Committee 
held a hearing on 9/11 Recommendations: Counterterrorism Analysis and 
Collection--The Requirement for Imagination and Creativity. Testimony 
was heard from the following officials of the CIA: Jamie A. Miscik, 
Deputy Director of Intelligence; Charles Allen, Assistant Director of 
Central Intelligence for Collection; and Mark Lowenthal, Assistant 
Director, Analysis and Production; Maureen Baginski, Executive 
Assistant Director, Office of Intelligence, FBI, Department of Justice; 
Ambassador J. Cofer Black, Coordinator, Counterterrorism, Department of 
State; the following former officials of the Department of Defense: 
John J. Hamre, Deputy Secretary; and GEN William E. Odom, USA (Ret.), 
Director, NSA; and public witnesses.
``9/11 COMMISSION: TOWARDS A PARADIGM FOR HOMELAND SECURITY INFORMATION 
SHARING''
Select Committee on Homeland Security: On August 17, the Committee held 
a hearing entitled ``9/11 Commission: Towards a Paradigm for Homeland 
Security Information Sharing.'' Testimony was heard from the following 
officials of the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the 
United States: Thomas H. Kean, Chairman; and Lee H. Hamilton, Vice 
Chairman; Ambassador J. Cofer Black, Coordinator, Counterterrorism, 
Department of State; Patrick Hughes, Assistant Secretary, Information 
Analysis, Department of Homeland Security; John Brennan, Director, 
Terrorist Threat Integration Center; and Maureen Baginski, Executive 
Assistant Director, Intelligence, FBI, Department of Justice.

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