[Congressional Record Volume 150, Number 119 (Tuesday, September 28, 2004)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D958-D959]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
BANK SECRECY ACT
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine the effectiveness of U.S. policies to enforce the 
Bank Secrecy Act and to prevent money laundering in money services 
businesses and the gaming industry, after receiving testimony from 
William J. Fox, Director, Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, and 
Kevin M. Brown, Commissioner, Small Business/Self-Employed Division, 
Internal Revenue Service, both of the Department of the Treasury; Diana 
L. Taylor, New York State Banking Department, New York; Joseph Cachey 
III, Western Union Financial Services, Inc., Greenwood Village, 
Colorado; and Frank J. Fahrenkopf, Jr., American Gaming Association, 
and Ezra C. Levine, Howrey, Simon, Arnold, and White, LLP, on behalf of 
the Non-Bank Funds Transmitters Group, both of Washington, D.C.
MEDIA OWNERSHIP
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded 
a hearing to examine media ownership issues, including the importance 
of diversity of ownership, regulation of ownership, and tracking media 
ownership trends, after receiving testimony from C. Edwin Baker, 
University of Pennsylvania Law School, Philadelphia; Geneva 
Oversholser, Missouri School of Journalism, and Adam D. Thierer, Cato 
Institute, both of Washington, D.C.; and Ben Compaine, Cambridge, 
Massachusetts.
MEDIA RATINGS
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on 
Science, Technology and Space concluded a hearing to examine the 
effectiveness of media ratings systems, focusing on rating systems and 
guidelines for children, after receiving testimony from Dan Glickman 
and Jack Valenti, both of the Motion Picture Association of America, 
and Anthony T. Podesta, Podesta Mattoon, on behalf of the TV Parental 
Guidelines Monitoring Board, all of Washington, D.C.; Patricia E. 
Vance, Entertainment Software Rating Board, New York, New York; 
Kimberly M. Thompson, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, 
Massachusetts; Patti Miller, Children Now, Oakland, California; and 
David G. Kinney, PSVratings, Inc., Los Angeles, California.
MULTILATERAL DEVELOPMENT BANKS
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine how to combat corruption in the multilateral development banks, 
focusing on efforts to use anti-corruption and anti-fraud tools at the 
Asian Development Bank, the African Development Bank, and the European 
Bank for Reconstruction and Development, and to alleviate poverty and 
promote progress around the world relative to the national security and 
humanitarian interests of the United States, after receiving testimony 
from Bruce M. Rich, Environmental Defense, and George B.N. Ayittey, 
American University Department of Economics, both of Washington, D.C.
INFLUENZA VACCINE
Special Committee on Aging: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
federal, state, and local efforts to combat influenza in order to keep 
senior citizens alive, focusing on influenza vaccine recommendations 
and improved vaccine coverage, and antiviral drugs, after receiving 
testimony from Stephen M. Ostroff, Deputy Director, National Center for 
Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and 
Pamela M. McInnes, Deputy Director, Division

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of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, National Institute of Allergy 
and Infectious Diseases, both of the Department of Health and Human 
Services; Janet Heinrich, Director, Healthcare and Public Health 
Issues, Government Accountability Office; Carol M. Moehrle, North 
Central District Health Department, Lewiston, Idaho; and Howard Pien, 
Chiron Corporation, Emeryville, California.