Volume 147, No. 68 covering the 1st Session of the 107th Congress (2001 - 2002) 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 D468-D470 on May 17, 2001.
The publication is reproduced in full below:
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
AGRICULTURE MARKET CONCENTRATION
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, and Related Agencies concluded hearings to examine factors contributing to consolidation and concentration in the food production and marketing system, present data on recent structural trends in the food system, including farm inputs, farm production, transportation, processing, merchandising, and retailing, and economic issues that have been raised regarding increasing levels of concentration in the food production and marketing system, after receiving testimony from Keith Collins, Chief Economist, and JoAnn Waterfield, Deputy Administrator, Packers and Stockyards Programs, Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration, both of the Department of Agriculture; John M. Nannes, Acting Assistant Attorney General, Antitrust Division, Department of Justice; Iowa Attorney General Tom Miller, Des Moines; Jon Caspers, Swaledale, Iowa, on behalf of the National Pork Producers Council; Mark D. Dopp, American Meat Institute, Arlington, Virginia; William P. Roenigk, National Chicken Council, Washington, D.C.; David S. Reiff, Reiff Grain and Feed, Inc., Fairfield, Iowa, on behalf of the National Grain and Feed Association; Thomas F. Stokes, Organization for Competitive Markets, Lincoln, Nebraska; J. Dudley Butler, Mississippi Cattlemen's Association, Yazoo City; Robert Carlson, Glenbum, North Dakota, on behalf of the North Dakota Farmers Union; Peter C. Carstensen, University of Wisconsin Law School, Madison; Dan Kelley, Normal, Illinois, on behalf of GROWMARK; and David Reis, Window Hill, Illinois, on behalf of the Illinois Pork Producers Association.
APPROPRIATIONS--FBI/DEA/INS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State, and the Judiciary concluded hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2002 for the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Drug Enforcement Administration, and the Immigration and Naturalization Service, after receiving testimony from Louis J. Freeh, Director, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Donnie R. Marshall, Administrator, Drug Enforcement Administration, and Kevin D. Rooney, Acting Commissioner, Immigration and Naturalization Service, all of the Department of Justice.
APPROPRIATIONS--IRS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Treasury and General Government concluded hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2002 for the Department of the Treasury, focusing on the Internal Revenue Service, after receiving testimony from Charles O. Rossotti, Commissioner, Internal Revenue Service, Department of the Treasury.
U.S. EXPORT-IMPORT BANK
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on International Trade and Finance held hearings on proposed legislation authorizing funds for the Export-Import Bank of United States, receiving testimony from Tom McKenna, Indiana Department of Commerce, Indianapolis; Peter Bowe, Ellicott Machinery Corporation International, Baltimore, Maryland, on behalf of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and Liquid Waste Technology; E. Robert Meaney, Valmont Industries, Inc., Valley, Nebraska; Dean R. Dort, II, Deere and Company, on behalf of the National Foreign Trade Council and the Coalition for Employment Through Exports, and C. Fred Bergsten, Institute for International Economics, both of Washington, D.C.; Darin P. Narayana, Bank One International Corporation, Chicago, Illinois, on behalf of the Bankers' Association for Finance and Trade; and Terrence D. Straub, USX Corporation, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Hearings recessed subject to call.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded hearings on the nominations of Michael K. Powell, of Virginia, Kathleen Q. Abernathy, of Maryland, Michael Joseph Copps, of Virginia, and Kevin J. Martin, of North Carolina, each to be a Member, all of the Federal Communications Commission, after the nominees testified and answered questions in their own behalf. Mr. Powell was introduced by Senator Allen and Representative Davis, Ms. Abernathy was introduced by Senator Stevens, Mr. Copps was introduced by Senator Hollings, and Mr. Martin was introduced by Senator Edwards.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee concluded hearings on the nominations of Linda J. Fisher, of the District of Columbia, to be Deputy Administrator, Stephen L. Johnson, of Maryland, to be Assistant Administrator for Toxic Substances, and Jeffrey R. Holmstead, of Colorado, to be Assistant Administrator for Air and Radiation, all of the Environmental Protection Agency, and James Laurence Connaughton, of the District of Columbia, to be a Member of the Council on Environmental Quality, after the nominees testified and answered questions in their own behalf.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded hearings on the nominations of William J. Burns, of the District of Columbia, to be Assistant Secretary for Near Eastern Affairs, and Christina B. Rocca, of Virginia, to be Assistant Secretary for South Asian Affairs, both of the Department of State, after the nominees testified and answered questions in their own behalf.
NOMINATION
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded hearings on the nomination of Walter H. Kansteiner, of Virginia, to be Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs, after the nominee, who was introduced by Senator Warner, testified and answered questions in his own behalf.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Governmental Affairs: Committee concluded hearings on the nominations of Angela Styles, of Virginia, to be Administrator for Federal Procurement Policy, Stephen A. Perry, of Ohio, to be Administrator of General Services, and John D. Graham, of Massachusetts, to be Administrator of the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget, after the nominees testified and answered questions in their own behalf. Ms. Styles was introduced by Representative Barton, and Mr. Perry was introduced by Senator Voinovich and Representative Regula.
NURSE STAFFING SHORTAGES
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee concluded hearings on issues related to the current recruitment and retention of nursing staff, including both nurses and nurse aids, and concerns about the future supply of these workers, after receiving testimony from William J. Scanlon, Director, Health Care Issues, General Accounting Office; Michael Elsas, Cooperative Home Care Associates and Paraprofessional Healthcare Institute, Bronx, New York; Gerald M. Shea, AFL-CIO, Washington, D.C.; Julie Sochalski, University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing, Philadelphia; and Sister Mary Roch Rocklage, Sisters of Mercy Health System, St. Louis, Missouri, on behalf of the American Hospital Association.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee ordered favorably reported the following business items:
S. 487, to amend chapter 1 of title 17, United States Code, relating to the exemption of certain performances or displays for educational uses from copyright infringement provisions, to provide that the making of a single copy of such performances or displays is not an infringement, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute; and
The nominations of Viet D. Dinh, of the District of Columbia, to be an Assistant Attorney General, and Michael Chertoff, of New Jersey, to be an Assistant Attorney General, both of the Department of Justice.
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.
NATIONAL FAMILY CAREGIVER SUPPORT PROGRAM
Special Committee on Aging: Committee concluded hearings to examine the implementation of the National Family Caregiver Support Program, a component of the Older Americans Act, after receiving testimony from Norman L. Thompson, Acting Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Health and Human Services for Aging; Helen O. Hunter, Hartford, North Carolina, on behalf of the ALS Association and the Jim ``Catfish'' Hunter ALS Association; Suzanne Mintz, National Family Caregivers Association, Kensington, Maryland; Deborah Briceland-Betts, Older Women's League, Washington, D.C.; Kristin Duke, Cenla Area Agency on Aging, Alexandria, Louisiana, on behalf of the National Association of Area Agencies on Aging; and Sandra Tatom, Boise, Idaho.
Alerts Sign-up