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“Senate Committee Meetings” mentioning the Federal Reserve System was published in the Daily Digest section on pages D314-D316 on April 4, 2001.
The publication is reproduced in full below:
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION--SHIPBUILDING INDUSTRIAL BASE
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on SeaPower concluded hearings on proposed legislation authorizing funds for fiscal year 2002 for the Department of Defense and the Future Years Defense Program, focusing on shipbuilding industrial base issues and initiatives, after receiving testimony from William P. Fricks, Newport News Shipbuilding, Newport News, Virginia; Gerald J. St. Pe, Northrop Grumman Litton Ship Systems, Pascagoula, Mississippi; and John K. Welch, General Dynamics Corporation, Falls Church, Virginia.
MAD COW DISEASE
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on Consumer Affairs, Foreign Commerce, and Tourism concluded hearings to examine specific measures that have been taken in the United States to prevent bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) ``Mad Cow Disease'' and assess their adequacy, after receiving testimony from Senators Campbell and Durbin; Richard T. Johnson, Special Advisor, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Institutes of Health, and Stephen Sundlof, Director, Center for Veterinary Medicine, Food and Drug Administration, both of the Department of Health and Human Services; Alfonso Torres, Deputy Administrator, and Linda Detwiler, Senior Staff Veterinarian, both of the Veterinary Services, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, Department of Agriculture; William D. Hueston, University of Maryland Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine, College Park; Chuck Schroeder, National Cattlemen's Beef Association, Caroline Smith DeWaal, Center for Science in the Public Interest, and Peter Lurie, Public Citizen's Health Research Group, all of Washington, D.C.; and James H. Hodges, American Meat Institute Foundation, and Richard Sellers, American Feed Industry Association, both of Arlington, Virginia.
INTERNATIONAL TRADE AND U.S. ECONOMY
Committee on Finance: Committee held hearings to examine certain issues with respect to international trade and the attendant implications for the United States and world economy, receiving testimony from Alan Greenspan, Chairman, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System; and Mickey Kantor, Washington, D.C., former Secretary of Commerce and United States Trade Representative.
Hearings recessed subject to call.
NOMINATION
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded hearings on the nomination of Argeo Paul Cellucci, of Massachusetts, to be Ambassador to Canada, after the nominee, who was introduced by Senators Kennedy and Kerry, testified and answered questions in his own behalf.
PRESIDENTIAL APPOINTMENT PROCESS
Committee on Governmental Affairs: Committee held hearings to examine the current Presidential appointment process and the original purposes of the laws and processes affecting appointments, ascertain its effects on public service, and review recommendations for reform, receiving testimony from Sean O'Keefe, Deputy Director, Office of Management and Budget; Robert J. Nash, former Director, White House Office of Presidential Personnel, Paul C. Light, Brookings Institution, Scott Harshbarger, Common Cause, Patricia McGinnis, Council for Excellence in Government, and Norman J. Ornstein, American Enterprise Institute, all of Washington, D.C.; and G. Calvin Mackenzie, Colby College, Waterville, Maine.
Hearings continue tomorrow.
EMPLOYMENT LAWS CONSTITUTIONALITY
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee concluded hearings to examine the constitutionality of employment laws, focusing on recent Supreme Court decisions affecting Congress' ability to redress employment discrimination and other unfair treatment of state employees, after receiving testimony from Dan Kimel, Florida State University, Tallahassee; Michael H. Gottesman, Georgetown University Law Center, Washington, D.C.; Marci A. Hamilton, Yeshiva University Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, New York, New York; and David A. Strauss, University of Chicago Law School, Chicago, Illinois.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee ordered favorably reported S. 211, to amend the Education Amendments of 1978 and the Tribally Controlled Schools Act of 1988 to improve education for Indians, Native Hawaiians, and Alaskan Natives, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute.
CABLE AND VIDEO COMPETITIVE CHOICES
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Antitrust, Business Rights, and Competition held oversight hearings on competitive choices in the cable and multichannel video industry, focusing on deregulation results, cable rate increases, the growing direct broadcast satellite service, and the emergence of new cable systems, receiving testimony from Eddy W. Hartenstein, Hughes Electronics Corporation/DIRECTV Global, El Segundo, California; Robert Sachs, National Cable Television Association, and Gene Kimmelman, Consumers Union, on behalf of the Consumer Federation of America, both of Washington, D.C.; Jerry Kent, Charter Communications, St. Louis, Missouri; and Robert J. Currey, RCN Corporation, Princeton, New Jersey.
Hearings recessed subject to call.
U.S. IMMIGRATION POLICY
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Immigration concluded hearings to review certain issues with respect to United States immigration policy, including the migration process between the United States and Mexico, ensuring a safe haven for foreign victims of persecution, and proposed sex trafficking legislation that would protect against the victimization of women around the world, after receiving testimony from Warren R. Leiden, Berry, Appleman and Leiden, San Francisco, California, on behalf of the American Immigration Lawyers Association; Stephen Moore, Cato Institute, Cecilia Munoz, National Council of La Raza, and Karen K. Narasaki, National Asian Pacific American Legal Consortium, all of Washington, D.C.; Jennifer Kenney, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Chicago, Illinois; and Elizabeth C. Dickson, Ingersoll-Rand Company, Woodcliff Lake, New Jersey, on behalf of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.
NOMINATION
Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Committee concluded hearings on the nomination of Tim S. McClain, of California, to be General Counsel, Department of Veterans Affairs, after the nominee, who was introduced by Anthony J. Principi, Secretary of Veterans Affairs, testified and answered questions in his own behalf.
INTELLIGENCE
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee held closed hearings on intelligence matters, receiving testimony from officials of the intelligence community.
Also, on Tuesday, April 3, committee held closed hearings on intelligence matters, receiving testimony from officials of the intelligence community.
Committee recessed subject to call.
