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“Senate Committee Meetings” mentioning the U.S. Dept of Agriculture was published in the Daily Digest section on pages D173-D174 on March 3, 2005.
The publication is reproduced in full below:
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
APPROPRIATIONS: U.S. FOREST SERVICE
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Interior concluded a hearing to examine proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2006 for the U.S. Forest Service, after receiving testimony from Mark E. Rey, Under Secretary for Natural Resources and Environment, and Dale N. Bosworth, Forest Service Chief, both of the Department of Agriculture.
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION REQUEST
Committee on Armed Services: Committee continued hearings to examine the proposed Defense Authorization Request for fiscal year 2006 and the Future Years Defense Program, after receiving testimony from General James L. Jones, Jr., USMC, Commander, U.S. European Command and Supreme Allied Commander, Europe; General John P. Abizaid, USA, Commander, U.S. Central Command; and General Bryan D. Brown, USA, Commander, U.S. Special Operations Command.
COMMITTEE ORGANIZATION
Committee on the Budget: On January 31, 2005, Committee adopted its rules of procedure for the 109th Congress.
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY BUDGET
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 2006 for the Department of Energy, after receiving testimony from Samuel W. Bodman, Secretary of Energy.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee ordered favorably reported an original bill, entitled Foreign Relations Authorization Act, fiscal years 2006 and 2007, to authorize appropriations for the Department of State and international broadcasting activities for fiscal years 2006 and 2007, for foreign assistance programs for fiscal years 2006 and 2007.
DRUG SAFETY
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the Food and Drug Administration's process of ensuring drug safety, after receiving testimony from Janet Woodcock, Acting Deputy Commissioner for Operations, Food and Drug Administration, Department of Health and Human Services; Cecil B. Wilson, American Medical Association, Winter Park, Florida; Keith L. Carson, The Williamsburg BioProcessing Foundation, Virginia Beach, Virginia; Raymond L. Woosley, University of Arizona Critical Path Institute, Tucson; and Bruce M. Psaty, University of Washington Cardiovascular Health Research Unit, Seattle.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the nominations of Terrence W. Boyle, of North Carolina, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Fourth Circuit, James C. Dever III, to be United States District Judge for the Eastern District of North Carolina, and Robert J. Conrad, Jr., to be United States District Judge for the Western District of North Carolina, who were introduced by Senators Dole and Burr, after each nominee testified and answered questions in their own behalf.
INTELLIGENCE
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee held closed hearings on intelligence matters, receiving testimony from officials of the intelligence community.
Committee recessed subject to call.
MEDICARE MODERNIZATION ACT
Special Committee on Aging: Committee concluded a hearing to examine implementation of the Medicare Modernization Act regarding delivering prescription drugs to low-income beneficiaries eligible for both Medicare and Medicaid, dual eligibles, after receiving testimony from Mark B. McClellan, Administrator, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Department of Health and Human Services; Tina Kitchin, Oregon Department of Human Services, Salem; Carl Clark, Mental Health Center of Denver, Denver, Colorado; and Wendy Gerlach, Roeschen's Omnicare Pharmacy, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
