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“Senate Committee Meetings” mentioning the U.S. Dept. of Justice was published in the Daily Digest section on pages D857-D858 on Sept. 4, 2001.
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Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
U.S. ECONOMY
Committee on the Budget: Committee concluded hearings to examine the current economic and budget situation facing the United States, focusing on the recent Congressional Budget Office report, ``The Budget and Economic Outlook: An Update'', after receiving testimony from Dan L. Crippen, Director, Congressional Budget Office.
NOMINATION AND CONFIRMATION PROCESS
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Administrative Oversight and the Courts resumed hearings to examine the Senate's role in and the criteria that should be applied with regard to the judicial nomination and confirmation process, receiving testimony from Senator Thompson; former Senator Paul Simon; Sanford Levinson, University of Texas Law School, Austin; Ronald D. Rotunda, University of Illinois College of Law, Champaign; Judith Resnik, Yale University Law School, New Haven, Connecticut; and Douglas W. Kmiec, Catholic University of America Columbus School of Law, and Mark Tushnet, Georgetown University Law Center, both of Washington, D.C.
Hearings recessed subject to call.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on the Judiciary: On Wednesday, August 22, committee concluded hearings on the nominations of Reggie B. Walton, to be United States District Judge for the District of Columbia, and Richard R. Nedelkoff, of Texas, to be Director of the Bureau of Justice Assistance, Department of Justice, after the nominees testified and answered questions in their own behalf. Mr. Walton was introduced by District of Columbia Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on the Judiciary: On Monday, August 27, Committee concluded hearings on the nominations of Sharon Prost, of the District of Columbia, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Federal Circuit, and Terry L. Wooten, to be United States District Judge for the District of South Carolina, after the nominees testified and answered questions in their own behalf. Ms. Prost was introduced by District of Columbia Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton, and Mr. Wooten was introduced by Senator Thurmond.
