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“Senate Committee Meetings” mentioning the U.S. Dept of Agriculture was published in the Daily Digest section on pages D946-D947 on Sept. 26, 2001.
The publication is reproduced in full below:
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
NEW FEDERAL FARM BILL
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: Committee concluded hearings to examine the Administration's perspective with regard to the new federal farm bill, focusing on the agriculture sector of the future, guide principles developed from a recent stocktaking exercise, and effective financial management, after receiving testimony from Ann M. Veneman, Secretary of Agriculture.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: Committee concluded hearings on the nominations of Elsa A. Murano, of Texas, to be Under Secretary for Food Safety, and Edward R. McPherson, of Texas, to be Chief Financial Officer, both of Department of Agriculture, after the nominees testified and answered questions in their own behalf.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Armed Services: Committee ordered favorably reported the nominations of Gen. Peter Pace, USMC, for reappointment in the grade of general and for appointment as the Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Gen. John W. Handy, USAF, for reappointment in the grade of general and for appointment as Commander in Chief, United States Transportation Command and Commander, Air Mobility Command, Adm. James O. Ellis, Jr., USN, for reappointment in the grade of admiral and for appointment as Commander in Chief, United States Strategic Command, and 2,551 military nominations in the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, and Air Force.
MONEY LAUNDERING
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded oversight hearings to examine the Administration's national strategy to combat domestic and international money laundering, after receiving testimony from Senators Levin, Kerry and Grassley; Jimmy Gurule, Under Secretary of the Treasury for Enforcement; Michael Chertoff, Assistant Attorney General, Criminal Division, Department of Justice; Stuart E. Eizenstat, Covington and Burling, Jonathan Winer, Alston and Bird, and Alvin C. James, Jr., Ernst and Young, all of Washington, D.C.; and William F. Wechsler, Greenwich Associates, Greenwich, Connecticut.
ENERGY INFRASTRUCTURE SECURITY
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded closed hearings to examine critical energy infrastructure security and the energy industry's response to the events of September 11, 2001, after receiving testimony from Francis Blake, Deputy Secretary of Energy; Robert Gillham, Conoco, Inc., and Greg P. Bilinski, Duke Energy Gas Transmission, both of Houston, Texas; Eugene R. McGrath, Consolidated Edison, Inc., New York, New York; Ralph Beedle, Nuclear Energy Institute, Washington, D.C.; Laurence M. Downes, New Jersey Resources Corporation, Wall, New Jersey; and Michehl Gent, North American Electric Reliability Council, Princeton, New Jersey.
PSYCHOLOGICAL TRAUMA AND TERRORISM
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee held hearings to examine the affects of psychological trauma and terrorism, focusing on assurance that Americans receive the support they need, receiving testimony from Kerry Kelly, New York City Fire, Cynthia R. Pfeffer, Weill Medical College of Cornell University Childhood Bereavement Program/New York Presbyterian Hospital, and Spencer Eth, Saint Vincent Catholic Medical Centers Department of Psychiatry, all of New York, New York; and Carol S. North, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri.
Hearings recessed subject to call.
