[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 150 (2004), Part 9]
[Senate]
[Page 12493]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                      NOTICE OF HEARINGS/MEETINGS


                permanent subcommittee on investigations

  Mr. COLEMAN. Mr. President, I would like to announce for the 
information of the Senate and the public that the Permanent 
Subcommittee on Investigations on the Committee on Governmental Affairs 
will hold 2 days of hearings entitled ``Buyer Beware: The Danger of 
Purchasing Pharmaceuticals Over the Internet.'' The Subcommittee 
hearings will examine the extent to which consumers can purchase 
pharmaceuticals over the Internet without a medical prescription, the 
importation of pharmaceuticals into the United States, and whether the 
pharmaceuticals from foreign sources are counterfeit, expired, unsafe, 
or illegitimate. In addition, the Subcommittee hearings will examine 
the extent to which U.S. consumers can purchase dangerous and often 
addictive controlled substances from Internet pharmacy websites and the 
procedures utilized by the Food and Drug Administration, the Drug 
Enforcement Administration, the Bureau of Customs and Border 
Protection, and private stakeholders to address these drug safety 
issues.
  The Subcommittee hearings are scheduled for Thursday, June 17 and 
Thursday, June 24, at 9 a.m. each day, in Room 342 of the Dirksen 
Senate Office Building. For further information, please contact Raymond 
V. Shepherd, III, Staff Director and Chief Counsel to the Permanent 
Subcommittee on Investigations.


                subcommittee on public lands and forests

  Mr. CRAIG. Mr. President, I would like to announce for the 
information of the Senate and the public that an oversight hearing has 
been scheduled before the Subcommittee on Public Lands and Forests of 
the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
  The hearing will be held on Wednesday, June 23rd, 2004, at 2:30 p.m. 
in room SD-366 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building.
  The purpose of the hearing is to review the grazing programs of the 
Bureau of Land Management and the Forest Service, including permit 
renewals, recent and proposed changes to grazing regulations and 
related issues. The hearing will also examine the Wild Horse and Burro 
program, as it relates to grazing, and the Administration's proposal 
for sage-grouse habitat conservation.
  Because of the limited time available for the hearing, witnesses may 
testify by invitation only. However, those wishing to submit written 
testimony for the hearing record should send two copies of their 
testimony to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, United 
States Senate, Washington, DC 20510-6150.

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