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“Senate Committee Meetings” mentioning the U.S. Dept. of Energy was published in the Daily Digest section on pages D243 on March 15, 2002.
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Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
APPROPRIATIONS--ENERGY
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development concluded hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2003 for the Department of Energy, focusing on the Office of Science, Office of Nuclear Energy, Science and Technology, and Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management, after receiving testimony from Raymond L. Orbach, Director, Office of Science, William D. Magwood, IV, Director, Office of Nuclear Energy, Science and Technology, and Lake H. Barrett, Acting Director, Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management, all of the Department of Energy.
CHILD CARE
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee concluded hearings to examine child care improvement issues, focusing on literacy, behavioral health, and family services, after receiving testimony from Elaine Zimmerman, Connecticut Commission on Children, Hartford; Janet Shalansky, Kansas Department of Social and Rehabilitation Services, Topeka; Elizabeth Bonbright Thompson, Washington State Child Care Resource and Referral Network, Takoma; Sheila Merkison, Burns Insurance Agency, Kennebunk, Maine; Helen Blank, Children's Defense Fund, Chevy Chase, Maryland; Kathy R. Thornburg, University of Missouri, Columbia, on behalf of the National Association for the Education of Young Children; and Travis H. Hardmon, National Child Day Care Association, Washington, D.C.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on the Judiciary: On Thursday, March 14, committee ordered favorably reported the following business items:
S. 1356, to establish a commission to review the facts and circumstances surrounding injustices suffered by European Americans, European Latin Americans, and European refugees during World War II, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
S. Res. 207, designating March 31, 2002, as ``National Civilian Conservation Corps Day'', with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
S. Res. 206, designating the week of March 17 through March 23, 2002 as
``National Inhalants and Poison Prevention Week'';
S. Res. 221, to commemorate and acknowledge the dedication and sacrifice made by the men and women who have lost their lives while serving as law enforcement officers; and
The nominations of Don Slazinik, to be United States Marshal for the Southern District of Illinois, and Kim Richard Widup, to be United States Marshal for the Northern District of Illinois.
Also, with respect to the nomination of Charles W. Pickering, Sr., of Mississippi, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Fifth Circuit, the committee failed to adopt the motion to report the nomination favorably, the motion to report the nomination without recommendation, and the motion to report the nomination unfavorably.
DIGITAL MARKET PROTECTION
Committee on the Judiciary: On Thursday, March 14, committee concluded hearings to examine competition, innovation, and public policy concerning digital creative works, after receiving testimony from Richard D. Parsons, AOL Time Warner, Inc., New York, New York; Craig R. Barrett, Intel Corporation, Chandler, Arizona; Jonathon Taplin, Intertainer, Inc., Culver City, California; Joe Kraus, Excite.com and DigitalConsumer.org, San Francisco, California; and Justin Hughes, University of California at Los Angeles Law School, Los Angeles.
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