[Congressional Record Volume 150, Number 105 (Wednesday, September 8, 2004)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D856-D857]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
APPROPRIATIONS: 302(b) ALLOCATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Committee approved the fiscal year 2005 
302(b) subcommittee allocations of budget outlays and new budget 
authority allocated to the committee.
APPROPRIATIONS: AGRICULTURE
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural 
Development, and Related Agencies approved for full Committee 
consideration an original bill making appropriations for Agriculture, 
Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies 
programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2005.
NASA'S SPACE SHUTTLE PROGRAM
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded 
a hearing to examine the status of NASA's space shuttle program and the 
safe return of the Space Shuttle to flight, focusing on completion of 
the International Space Station, focus Station research on supporting 
exploration goals, and fulfill the commitment to international 
partners, after receiving testimony from Sean O'Keefe, Administrator, 
National Aeronautics and Space Administration; Lieutenant General 
Thomas P. Stafford, USAF (Ret.), Return to Flight Task Group, Houston, 
Texas; and Joe Cuzzupoli, Kistler Aerospace Corporation, Kirkland, 
Washington.
9/11 COMMISSION RECOMMENDATIONS
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee held a 
hearing to examine the implementation of the 9/11 Commission 
recommendations to provide spectrum for public safety users, focusing 
on private sector readiness, public safety communications, and 
completing the transition to digital television, receiving testimony 
from Representative Curt Weldon; Michael K. Powell, Chairman, Federal 
Communications Commission; Robert LeGrande, Deputy Chief Technology 
Officer, Government of the District of Columbia; Stephen T. Devine, 
Missouri State Highway Patrol, Jefferson City; Gary Grube, Motorola, 
Schaumburg, Illinois; David L. Donovan, Association for Maximum Service 
Television, Washington, D.C.; and Lowell W. Paxson, Paxson 
Communications Corporation, West Palm Beach, Florida.
INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY REFORMS
Committee on Governmental Affairs: Committee held a hearing to examine 
proposals to build an agile intelligence community to fight terrorism 
and emerging threats, focusing on reforms recommended by the 
9/11 Commission, providing Federal Bureau of Investigation and Central 
Intelligence Agency analysts with transparency into intelligence 
sources, the operational chain of command, protecting civil liberties, 
and the USA Patriot Act, receiving testimony from Robert S. Mueller 
III, Director, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Department of Justice; 
and John E. McLaughlin, Acting Director, Central Intelligence Agency.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
the nominations of Susan Bieke Neilson, of Michigan, to be United 
States Circuit Judge for the Sixth Circuit, who was introduced by 
Representative McCotter, Micaela Alvarez, to be United States District 
Judge for the Southern District of Texas, who was introduced by 
Senators Hutchison and Cornyn, Keith Starrett, to be United States 
District Judge for the Southern District of Mississippi, who was 
introduced by Senators Cochran and Lott, and Raymond L. Finch, to be 
Judge for the District Court of the Virgin Islands, who was introduced 
by Virgin Islands Delegate Christensen,

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after each nominee testified and answered questions in their own 
behalf.