[Congressional Record Volume 150, Number 124 (Tuesday, October 5, 2004)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1007-D1008]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
NOMINATION
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine the nomination of Pamela Hughes Patenaude, of New 
Hampshire, to be an Assistant Secretary of Housing and Urban 
Development for Community Planning and Development, after the nominee, 
who was introduced by Representative Bradley, testified and answered 
questions in her own behalf.
UNIVERSAL SERVICE E-RATE PROGRAM
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded 
a hearing to examine waste, fraud, and abuse issues relating to 
Universal Service E-rate program, after receiving testimony from Thomas 
Bennett, Assistant Inspector General for USF Oversight, and Tom Cline, 
Assistant Inspector General for Audits, both of the Federal 
Communications Commission; George McDonald and Frank Gumper, both of 
the Universal Service Administrative Company, Washington, D.C.; and 
Winston E. Himsworth, E-Rate Central, Seaford, New York, on behalf of 
the State E-rate Coordinator's Alliance.
MILLENNIUM CHALLENGE CORPORATION
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine the progress and future performance of the Millennium Challenge 
Corporation (MCC), focusing on the size of the foreign aid commitment, 
the competitive selection process for MCC funds, the separation from 
the strategic foreign policy goals of the United States, and civil 
society proposals in each country, after receiving testimony from Paul 
V. Applegarth, Chief Executive Officer, Millennium Challenge 
Corporation, Department of State.
NOMINATION
Committee on Governmental Affairs: Committee concluded a hearing to 
examine the nomination of Gregory E. Jackson, to be an Associate Judge 
of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia, after the

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nominee, who was introduced by District of Columbia Delegate Norton, 
testified and answered questions in his own behalf.
CHILDHOOD OBESITY PREVENTION
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee 
concluded a hearing to examine public-private partnerships to improve 
nutrition and increase physical activity in children, after receiving 
testimony from Senator Wyden; Dixie E. Snider, Jr., Acting Chief of 
Science, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and Lynn C. Swann, 
Chairman, President's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports, Office of 
Public Health and Science, both of the Department of Health and Human 
Services; William Potts-Datema, Harvard School of Public Health 
Partnerships for Children's Health, Boston, Massachusetts, on behalf of 
Action for Healthy Kids; Ross C. Brownson, Saint Louis University 
School of Public Health Department of Community Health, St. Louis, 
Missouri; and Gary M. DeStefano, Nike Corporation, Lake Oswego, Oregon.
PRESIDENTIAL ELIGIBILITY
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
proposals to define the term ``natural born Citizen'' as used in the 
Constitution of the United States to establish eligibility for the 
Office of the President, including related measures S. 2128 and S.J. 
Res.15, after receiving testimony from Senator Nickles; Representatives 
Conyers, Snyder, Frank, Rohrabacher, and Issa; Akhil Reed Amar, Yale 
University School of Law, New Haven, Connecticut; Matthew Spalding, The 
Heritage Foundation, Washington, D.C.; and John Yinger, Syracuse 
University Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, Syracuse, 
New York.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Rules and Administration: Committee ordered favorably 
reported S. Res. 445, to eliminate certain restrictions on service of a 
Senator on the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence.