[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 29 (Friday, March 11, 2005)]
[Daily Digest]
[Page D227]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
SCIENCE, THE DEPARTMENTS OF STATE, JUSTICE, AND COMMERCE, AND RELATED 
AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Science, The Departments 
of State, Justice, and Commerce, and Related Agencies held a hearing on 
the NSF; the National Science Board; and the Office of Science and 
Technology Policy. Testimony was heard from John H. Marburger, III, 
Director, Office of Science and Technology Policy; and the following 
officials of the NSF: Arden L. Bement, Jr., Director; and Ray M. Bowen, 
member, National Science Board.
  The Subcommittee also held a hearing on the SEC. Testimony was heard 
from William H. Donaldson, Chairman, SEC.
D.C. DRINKING WATER SAFETY
Committee on Government Reform: Held a hearing entitled ``Getting the 
Lead Out: The Ongoing Quest for Safe Drinking Water in the Nation's 
Capital.'' Testimony was heard from the following officials of the EPA: 
Benjamin H. Grumbles, Acting Assistant Administrator, Office of Water; 
and Donald S. Welsh, Regional Administrator, Region III; Thomas P. 
Jacobus, General Manager, Washington Aqueduct, U.S. Army Corps of 
Engineers, Department of the Army; Jerry Johnson, General Manager, 
Water and Sewer Authority, District of Columbia; and a public witness.