[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 23 (Thursday, March 3, 2005)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D173-D174]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
APPROPRIATIONS: U.S. FOREST SERVICE
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Interior concluded a 
hearing to examine proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2006 for 
the U.S. Forest Service, after receiving testimony from Mark E. Rey, 
Under Secretary for Natural Resources and Environment, and Dale N. 
Bosworth, Forest Service Chief, both of the Department of Agriculture.
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION REQUEST
Committee on Armed Services: Committee continued hearings to examine 
the proposed Defense Authorization Request for fiscal year 2006 and the 
Future Years Defense Program, after receiving testimony from General 
James L. Jones, Jr., USMC, Commander, U.S. European Command and Supreme 
Allied Commander, Europe; General John P. Abizaid, USA, Commander, U.S. 
Central Command; and General Bryan D. Brown, USA, Commander, U.S. 
Special Operations Command.
COMMITTEE ORGANIZATION
Committee on the Budget: On January 31, 2005, Committee adopted its 
rules of procedure for the 109th Congress.
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY BUDGET
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded a 
hearing to examine the President's proposed budget request for fiscal 
year 2006 for the Department of Energy, after receiving testimony from 
Samuel W. Bodman, Secretary of Energy.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee ordered favorably reported an 
original bill, entitled Foreign Relations Authorization Act, fiscal 
years 2006 and 2007, to authorize appropriations for the Department of 
State and international broadcasting activities for fiscal years 2006 
and 2007, for foreign assistance programs for fiscal years 2006 and 
2007.
DRUG SAFETY
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee 
concluded a hearing to examine the Food and Drug Administration's 
process of ensuring drug safety, after receiving testimony from Janet 
Woodcock, Acting Deputy Commissioner for Operations, Food and Drug 
Administration, Department of Health and Human Services; Cecil B. 
Wilson, American Medical Association, Winter Park, Florida; Keith L. 
Carson, The Williamsburg BioProcessing Foundation, Virginia Beach, 
Virginia; Raymond L. Woosley, University of Arizona Critical Path 
Institute, Tucson; and Bruce M. Psaty, University of Washington 
Cardiovascular Health Research Unit, Seattle.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
the nominations of Terrence W. Boyle, of North Carolina, to be United 
States Circuit Judge for the Fourth Circuit, James C. Dever III, to be 
United States District Judge for the Eastern District of North 
Carolina, and Robert J. Conrad, Jr., to be United States District Judge 
for the Western District of North Carolina, who were introduced by 
Senators Dole and Burr, after each nominee testified and answered 
questions in their own behalf.
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.

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MEDICARE MODERNIZATION ACT
Special Committee on Aging: Committee concluded a hearing to examine 
implementation of the Medicare Modernization Act regarding delivering 
prescription drugs to low-income beneficiaries eligible for both 
Medicare and Medicaid, dual eligibles, after receiving testimony from 
Mark B. McClellan, Administrator, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid 
Services, Department of Health and Human Services; Tina Kitchin, Oregon 
Department of Human Services, Salem; Carl Clark, Mental Health Center 
of Denver, Denver, Colorado; and Wendy Gerlach, Roeschen's Omnicare 
Pharmacy, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.