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“Senate Committee Meetings” mentioning the U.S. Dept of Agriculture was published in the Daily Digest section on pages D1105 on Oct. 19, 2000.
The publication is reproduced in full below:
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Armed Services: Committee ordered favorably reported 28 military nominations in the Army.
U.S.S. COLE ATTACK
Committee on Armed Services: Committee held hearings to examine issues related to the attack on the U.S.S. Cole in Yemen, receiving testimony from Gen. Anthony C. Zinni, USMC (Ret.), former Commander-In-Chief, U.S. Central Command.
Hearings continue tomorrow.
STRATEGIC PETROLEUM RESERVE
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded oversight hearings to examine the Department of Energy's recent decision to release 30 million barrels of crude oil from the strategic petroleum reserve and the bid process used to award contracts regarding the same, after receiving testimony from Ernest J. Moniz, Under Secretary for Energy, Science and Environment, Mark J. Mazur, Energy Information Administration, and John D. Shages, Director, Finance and Policy Office, Office of Petroleum Reserve, all of the Department of Energy; James Schlesinger, Lehman Brothers, Washington, D.C.; and Jerry E. Thompson, CITGO Petroleum Corporation, Tulsa, Oklahoma.
FOREST SERVICE TIMBER SALES CONTRACTS
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded oversight hearings on the Administration's policy toward, and the associated liability for, canceled Forest Service timber sales contracts, after receiving testimony from James Furnish, Deputy Chief, Forest Service, and Michael Gippert, Office of General Counsel, both of the Department of Agriculture; David Cohen, Branch Director for Commercial Litigation, Civil Division, Department of Justice; and Duane Gibson, General Counsel, Oversight and Investigations, House Committee on Resources.
