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“Senate Committee Meetings” mentioning the U.S. Dept of Agriculture was published in the Daily Digest section on pages D56-D57 on Feb. 3, 2005.
The publication is reproduced in full below:
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
BSE
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the effects of Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy
(BSE) on United States imports and exports of cattle and beef, focusing on the minimal-risk rule, the role of science in determining risk, and opening the Japanese market, after receiving testimony from Michael Johanns, Secretary, Keith Collins, Chief Economist, and Ron DeHaven, Administrator, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, all of the Department of Agriculture.
FBI TRILOGY PROJECT
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies held a hearing to examine the Federal Bureau of Investigation's Trilogy Information Technology Modernization Program, designed to upgrade the FBI's IT infrastructure and replace its case management system with the Virtual Case File (VCF), receiving testimony from Robert S. Mueller III, Director, and Zalmai Azmi, Chief Information Officer, both of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Department of Justice.
Hearing recessed subject to the call.
IRAQ SECURITY FORCES
Committee on Armed Services: On Wednesday, February 2, Committee received a closed briefing regarding training of Iraqi security forces from Lieutenant General Walter L. Sharp, USA, Director for Strategic Plans and Policy, J-5, The Joint Staff; Peter W. Rodman, Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs; and Robert B. Charles, Assistant Secretary of State for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs.
MILITARY OPERATIONS
Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded a hearing to examine United States military operations and stabilization activities in Iraq and Afghanistan, after receiving testimony from Paul D. Wolfowitz, Deputy Secretary of Defense; General Richard B. Myers, USAF, Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff; Ronald L. Schlicher, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State, Coordinator for Iraq, and Maureen Quinn, former Ambassador, Coordinator on Afghanistan.
U.S. ENERGY OUTLOOK
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded a hearing to examine global energy trends and their potential impact on U.S. energy needs, security and policy, focusing on the 2005 annual energy outlook, perspectives on emerging world energy trends, including key factors affecting energy supply (such as OPEC and Russia) and energy demand (such as Asia), after receiving testimony from Guy F. Caruso, Administrator, Energy Information Administration, Department of Energy; Jeffrey Logan, International Energy Agency, Paris, France; and Andrew J. Slaughter, Shell Oil Company, and Frank A. Verrastro, Center for Strategic and International Studies, both of Washington, D.C.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee ordered favorably reported the following business items:
An original resolution (S. Res. 36) authorizing expenditures by the Committee; and S. 5, to amend the procedures that apply to consideration of interstate class actions to assure fairer outcomes for class members and defendants.
SURVIVORS BENEFITS
Committee on Veterans Affairs: Committee concluded a hearing to examine benefits for survivors of those killed in the line of duty, after receiving testimony from Daniel L. Cooper, Under Secretary of Veterans Affairs for Benefits; Mark L. Ward, Senior Policy Advisor, Casualty, Mortuary and Funeral Affairs Honors, and Thomas R. Tower, Assistant Director of Compensation, both of the Office of the Deputy Under Secretary of Defense; Frederick G. Streckewald, Assistant Deputy Commissioner of Social Security for Program Policy; Bonnie Carroll, Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors, Washington, D.C.; Edith G. Smith, Gold Star Wives of America, Inc., Arlington, Virginia; Kathleen B. Moakler, National Military Family Association, Alexandria, Virginia; Tiffany Petty, Inkom, Idaho; and Jennifer McCollum, Orange Park, Florida.
INTELLIGENCE
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee met in closed session to receive a briefing on certain intelligence matters from officials of the intelligence community.
SOCIAL SECURITY REFORM
Special Committee on Aging: Committee concluded a hearing to examine current and future social security issues, focusing on possible changes to the Social Security system and implications for the program and the federal budget relating to the economy, after receiving testimony from Douglas Holtz-Eakin, Director, Congressional Budget Office; David M. Walker, Comptroller General, Government Accountability Office; David C. John, The Heritage Foundation Thomas A. Roe Institute for Economic Policy Studies, and John Rother, American Association of Retired Persons, both of Washington, D.C.; and Robert L. Bixby, The Concord Coalition, Arlington, Virginia.
