[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 37 (Tuesday, April 5, 2005)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D289-D290]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
DEPARTMENT OF LABOR, HHS, EDUCATION, AND RELATED AGENCIES 
APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Department of Labor, 
Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies held a 
hearing on Employee Benefits Security Administration, on Employment 
Standards Administration, and on International Labor Affairs Bureau. 
Testimony was heard from the following officials of the Department of 
Labor: Ann Combs, Assistant Secretary, Employee Benefits Security 
Administration; Victoria Lipnic, Assistant Secretary, Employee Safety 
Administration; and Arnold Levine, Deputy Under Secretary, Bureau of 
International Labor Affairs.
HEAD START FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
Committee on Education and the Workforce: Held a hearing entitled 
``Financial Accountability in the Head Start Early Childhood Program.'' 
Testimony was heard from Marnie S. Shaul, Director, Education Issues, 
Education, Workforce, and Income Security, GAO; Wade F. Horn, Assistant 
Secretary, Administration for Children and Families, Department of 
Health and Human Services; and public witnesses.

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ENERGY POLICY ACT
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Began consideration of the Energy 
Policy Act of 2005.
  Will continue tomorrow.
YUCCA MOUNTAIN PROJECT
Committee on Government Reform: Subcommittee on Federal Workforce and 
Agency Organization, hearing entitled ``Yucca Mountain Project: Have 
Federal Employees Falsified Documents?'' Testimony was heard from 
Senators Reid and Ensign; the following officials of the State of 
Nevada: Kenny C. Guinn, Governor; and Brian Sandoval, Attorney General; 
the following officials of the Department of the Interior: Charles G. 
Groat, Director, U.S. Geological Survey; and Earl E. Devaney, Inspector 
General; the following officials of the Department of Energy: Ted 
Garrish, Deputy Director, Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste 
Management; and Gregory H. Friedman, Inspector General; B. John 
Garrick, Chairman, U.S. Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board; and 
public witnesses.
BROWNFIELD SITES REDEVELOPMENT
Committee on Government Reform: Subcommittee on Federalism and the 
Census held a hearing entitled ``Lands of Lost Opportunity: What Can Be 
Done to Spur Re-Development at America's Brownfield Sites.'' Testimony 
was heard from Thomas Dunne, Deputy Assistant Administrator, Office of 
Solid Waste and Emergency Response, EPA; John Stephenson, Director, 
Natural Resources and Environment, GAO; and public witnesses.
ASSESSING ANTHRAX DETECTION METHODS
Committee on Government Reform: Subcommittee on National Security, 
Emerging Threats and International Relations held a hearing entitled 
``Assessing Anthrax Detection Methods.'' Testimony was heard from Keith 
Rhodes, Chief Technologist, Center for Technology and Engineering, 
Applied Research and Methods, GAO; Tanja Popovic, Associate Director, 
Science, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Department of 
Health and Human Services; the following officials of the Department of 
Defense: Klaus Schafer, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Chemical and 
Biological Defense; and John Jester, Director, Pentagon Force 
Protection Agency; Dana Tulis, Deputy Director, Office of Emergency 
Management, EPA; Thomas G. Day, Vice President, Engineering, U.S. 
Postal Service; from the following officials of the State of Virginia: 
James H. Schwartz, Chief, Arlington County Fire Department; and Michael 
P. Neuhard, Chief, Fairfax County Fire and Rescue Department; and 
public witnesses.
CRIME DETERRENCE AND COMMUNITY PROTECTION ACT
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and 
Homeland Security held a hearing on H.R. 1279, Crime Deterrence and 
Community Protection Act of 2005. Testimony was heard from Patrick 
Fitzgerald, U.S. Attorney, Northern District of Illinois; and public 
witnesses.