Volume 146, No. 8 covering the 2nd Session of the 106th Congress (1999 - 2000) was published by the Congressional Record.
The Congressional Record is a unique source of public documentation. It started in 1873, documenting nearly all the major and minor policies being discussed and debated.
“Senate Committee Meetings” mentioning the Environmental Protection Agency was published in the Daily Digest section on pages D52-D53 on Feb. 3, 2000.
The publication is reproduced in full below:
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
LOAN GUARANTEES AND RURAL TELEVISION SERVICE
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: Committee concluded hearings to examine the proposed loan guarantee program, focusing on rural satellite and cable system delivery of local broadcast stations to viewers not having access to local television stations, and the digital divide, focusing on the disparity of access to the Internet in rural areas, after receiving testimony from Christopher A. McLean, Acting Administrator, Rural Utilities Service, Department of Agriculture; Gregory L. Rhode, Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and Information, National Telecommunications and Information Administration; James C. May, National Association of Broadcasters, Washington, D.C.; David E. Parkhill, Hamilton County Telephone Cooperative, Dahlgren, Illinois, on behalf of the National Rural Telecommunications Cooperative; John Hutchison, LTVS, Inc., Raleigh, North Carolina; and Stephen J. Jay, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis.
NATIONAL DRUG CONTROL POLICY
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Treasury and General Government concluded oversight hearings on the Office of National Drug Control Policy Anti-Drug Media Campaign, after receiving testimony from Alan Levitt, Director, National Youth Anti-Drug Media Campaign, Office Of National Drug Control Policy; and Peggy Conlon, The Advertising Council, Inc., and Richard D. Bonnette, Partnership for a Drug Free America, both of New York, New York.
WORLDWIDE THREATS ASSESSMENT
Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded open and closed hearings to examine worldwide threats to national security, focusing on traditional and unconventional threats, including proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, state-sponsored terrorism, and non-state terrorists, after receiving testimony from George J. Tenet, Director, Central Intelligence Agency; and Vice Adm. Thomas R. Wilson, Director, Defense Intelligence Agency.
FAA MODERNIZATION
Committee on the Budget: Committee concluded joint hearings with the Committee on Appropriation's Subcommittee on Transportation to examine Federal Aviation Administration modernization, focusing on the safety, performance, and funding of the National Airspace System, after receiving testimony from Kenneth M. Mead, Inspector General, and Jane F. Garvey, Administrator, Federal Aviation Administration, both of the Department of Transportation; Robert W. Baker, American Airlines, Inc., Fort Worth, Texas; John W. Crichton, NAV Canada, Ottawa; and Robert W. Poole, Jr., Reason Public Policy Institute, Los Angeles, California.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee concluded hearings on the nominations of Eric D. Eberhard, of Washington, to be a Member of the Board of Trustees of the Morris K. Udall Scholarship & Excellence in National Environmental Policy Foundation, and W. Michael McCabe, of Pennsylvania, to be Deputy Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency, after the nominees testified and answered questions in their own behalf. Mr. McCabe was introduced by Senator Biden.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Finance: Committee concluded hearings on the nominations of George L. Farr, of Connecticut, Charles L. Kolbe, of Iowa, Nancy Killefer, of the District of Columbia, Larry L. Levitan, of Maryland, Steve H. Nickles, of North Carolina, Robert M. Tobias, of Maryland, and Karen Hastie Williams, of the District of Columbia, each to be a Member of the Internal Revenue Service Oversight Board, Department of the Treasury, after the nominees testified and answered questions in their own behalf. Mr. Kolbe was introduced by Sen. Grassley.
ADVANCEMENT OF FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Criminal Justice Oversight concluded hearings on the report of the Commission on the Advancement of Federal Law Enforcement, focusing on the integration of issues to strengthen the law enforcement fabric of the Federal Government while protecting democracy and the rights of individual citizens, after receiving testimony from William H. Webster, former Director, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Department of Justice, Robert E. Sanders, former Assistant Director, Criminal Investigations, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, Department of the Treasury, Robert M. Stewart, South Carolina State Law Enforcement Division, Columbia, Donald C. Dahlin, University of South Dakota, Vermillion, and Gilbert G. Gallegos, Fraternal Order of Police, Washington, D.C., all on behalf of the Commission on the Advancement of Federal Law Enforcement.
INTELLIGENCE
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee held closed hearings on intelligence matters, receiving testimony from officials of the intelligence community.
Hearings recessed subject to call.
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