CQ SCHEDULES
House Armed Services Committee-Special Oversight Panel
on the Merchant Marine
Oct. 8, 2002
MARITIME SECURITY PROGRAM (Chairman Hunter, R-Calif.)
Witnesses Scheduled:
Gen. John W. Handy, USAF - commander-in-chief, U.S. Transportation Command
House Education and the Workforce Committee-Subcommittee on Education Reform
Oct. 8, 2002
LITERARY PARTNERSHIPS Subcommittee Hearing (Chairman Castle, R-Del.)
Witnesses Scheduled:
James Earl Jones - actor;
Ivan Seidenberg - president and CEO, Verizon;
Ralph Kuebler - executive vice president, MBNA Foundation;
Mike Rawlings - executive vice president, Pizza Hut;
Judith Stoia - executive producer, "Between the Lions"
House Education and the Workforce Committee-Subcommittee on
Employer-Employee Relations
Oct. 8, 2002
LABOR-MANAGEMENT RELATIONS IN A GLOBAL ECONOMY (Chairman Johnson, R-Texas)
Witnesses Scheduled:
Jonathan E. Gold - director, International Trade Policy,
International Mass Retail Association, Arlington, Va.;
John Jokinen - CEO, E.J. Victor, Inc.
(furniture manufacturer), Morganton, N.C.;
Herbert R. Northrup - professor emeritus of management,
Wharton School of Business, University of Pennsylvania, Haveford, Pa.;
Thomas E. Fairley - president and CEO,
Trico Marine Services, Inc., Houma, La.;
Charles I. Cohen - senior partner,
Morgan, Lewis and Bockius L.L.P., Washington, D.C.;
Kathryn Lavriha - senior vice president, State Governmental Affairs, International Mass Retail Association, Arlington, Va.;
Max Vekich - member, International Longshore Workers'
Union, Coast Legislative Action Committee;
Kathy Krieger - lawyer, James and Huffman
House Financial Services Committee-Subcommittee on
Oversight and Investigations
Oct. 8, 2002
INCREASING INSURANCE CAPACITY TO HANDLE CATASTROPHIC LOSS
(Chairman Kelly, R-N.Y.)
Witnesses Scheduled:
PANEL:
Davi D'Agostino - director, Financial Markets and Community Investment,
General Accounting Office;
Michael Moriarty - director, Capital Markets Bureau, New York
PANEL:
Dan Ozizmire Sr. - managing director of trading,
Swiss Re Financial Products Corp.;
John Brynjolfsson - executive vice president, PIMCO Funds,
Newport Beach, Calif.;
Christopher M. McGhee - managing director, Marsh and McLennan Securities Corp., representing Bond Market Association
House Government Reform Committee-Subcommittee on Government Efficiency, Financial Management and Intergovernmental Relations
Oct. 8, 2002
NAVY DEPARTMENT USE OF GOVERNMENT CREDIT CARDS (Chairman Horn, R-Calif.)
Where and When: Oct. 8, 2:00 p.m., 2247 Rayburn Bldg.
Witnesses Scheduled:
Sen. Charles E. Grassley, R-Iowa
Greg Kutz - director, Financial Management and Assurance,
General Accounting Office (GAO);
John Ryan - assistant director, Office of Special Investigations, GAO;
Robert Cowley - deputy assistant secretary of the Navy
for acquisition and business management;
Dionel Aviles - comptroller and assistant secretary
of the Navy for financial management
House Government Reform Committee-Subcommittee on National Security,
Veterans Affairs and International Relations
Oct. 8, 2002
VIEWS OF THE ARAB PUBLIC Subcommittee Hearing (Chairman Shays, R-Conn.)
Witnesses Scheduled:
Chris Ross - State Department;
Harold Pachios - chairman, U.S. Advisory Commission on Public Diplomacy;
Daniel Brumberg - associate professor, Georgetown University;
Yigal Carmon - president, Middle East Media Research Institute;
Laurent Murawiec - formerly of Rand Corp;
Hafez Al-Mirazi - Washington bureau chief, Al-Jazeera Television
House Judiciary Committee-Subcommittee on Crime,
Terrorism and Homeland Security
Oct. 8, 2002
BAIL BOND CONFISCATION (Chairman Smith, R-Texas)
WITNESSES:
Edward Carnes - judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit
and chairman, Advisory Committee on Criminal Rules,
U.S. Judicial Conference;
Richard Verrochi - president, Professional Bail Agents of the United States
House Select Intelligence Committee Senate Select Intelligence
Committee Oct. 8, 2002
INVESTIGATION OF SEPT. 11. INTELLIGENCE FAILURES (Chairman Goss, R-Fla.)
Witnesses Scheduled:
Louis Freeh - former director, FBI (1993-2001);
Warren Rudman - former senator (R-N.H.,1980-1992);
Paul Pillar - national intelligence officer, Near East and South Asia;
Mary Jo White - former U.S. attorney, Southern District of New York (1993-2002)
House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee-
Subcommittee on Highways and Transit
Oct. 8, 2002
STREAMLINING HIGHWAY CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS (Chairman Petri, R-Wis.)
WITNESSES:
John Horsley - executive director, American Association of
State Highway and Transportation Officials;
Brian Holmes - executive director, Maryland Highway Contractors Association, representing American Roads and Transportation Builders Association;
William W. Millar - president, American Public Transportation Association;
Greg Cohen - vice president for government affairs,
American Highway Users Alliance;
Hal Kassoff - vice president, Parsons Brinckerhoff,
representing American Council of Engineering Companies;
Janine Bauer - executive director, Tri-State Transportation Campaign;
Michael Replogle - transportation director, Environmental Defense;
William J. Snape III - vice president and chief counsel, Defenders of Wildlife;
Robert Molofsky - general counsel, Amalgamated Transit Union;
Deron Lovaas - deputy director of smart growth and transportation programs, Natural Resource Defence Council
Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee
Oct. 8, 2002
AMERICA'S TRANSIT NEEDS (Chairman Sarbanes, D-Md.)
Witnesses Scheduled:
Jennifer L. Dorn - administrator, Federal Transit Administration;
Patrick McCrory - mayor, Charlotte, N.C.;
Eric Rodriguez - director, Economic Mobility Initiative,
National Council of La Raza;
David Winstead - chairman, Transportation Coalition, Maryland Chamber of Commerce, representing U.S. Chamber of Commerce
Senate Environment and Public Works Committee
Oct. 8, 2002
CLEAN WATER ACT OVERSIGHT Oversight Hearing (Chairman Jeffords, I-Vt.)
Witnesses Scheduled:
former Sen. Robert Stafford (R-Vt., 1971-89);
former Sen. George Mitchell (D-Maine, 1980-95)
Tracey Meehan - assistant administrator for water, EPA;
Thomas A. Weber - associate chief, Natural Resource Conservation Service, Agriculture Department;
Tom Morrisey - former president, Association of State and Interstate Water Pollution Control Administrators
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. - senior counsel, Natural Resources Defense Council;
Paul Pinault - president, Association of Metropolitan Sewerage Agencies, and director, Narragansett Bay Commission, Providence, R.I.
Robbi Savage - America?s Clean Water Foundation;
Grace Chris - student, White River Jct., Vt.;
Kristen Hoeft - student, Eagan, Minn.;
Jordan Chin - student, Portland, Ore.
Senate Governmental Affairs Committee
Oct. 8, 2002
POSTAL RATE COMMISSION NOMINATIONS (Chairman Lieberman, D-Conn.)
Nominations:
Ruth Goldway to be commissioner, Postal Rate Commission
Tony Hammond to be commissioner, Postal Rate Commission
Senate Governmental Affairs Committee-Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management, Restructuring and the District of Columbia
Oct. 8, 2002
DANGERS OF DIETARY SUPPLEMENT EPHEDRA (Chairman Durbin, D-Ill.)
Witnesses Scheduled:
Kevin and Debbie Riggins - parents of a 16-year-old who died after consuming an ephedra product, Lincoln, Ill.;
Charles Fricke - Logan County Coroner who performed an autopsy
on Sean Riggins, Lincoln, Ill.;
Lanny Davis - counsel for David W. Brown, president and CEO, Metabolife International, San Diego, Calif.;
Robert Occhifinto - president, NVE Pharmaceuticals, Newton, N.J. (invited);
Howard Beales, III - director, Bureau of Consumer Protection,
Federal Trade Commission;
Bill Jeffery - national coordinator, Centre for Science in the Public Interest, Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada;
Ron Davis - member, Board of Trustees, American Medical Association,
Chicago, Ill;
Sidney M. Wolfe - director, Health Research Group, Public Citizen;
Frank D. Uryasz - director, National Center for Drug-Free Sport,
Kansas City, Mo.;
Lester M. Crawford - acting commissioner, U.S. Food and Drug Administration, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Senate Judiciary Committee
Oct. 8, 2002
PRIVACY LAWSUITS BY MEMBERS OF THE MILITARY
Senate Judiciary Committee (Chairman Leahy, D-Vt.)
Witnesses Scheduled:
Paul Harris - deputy associate attorney general, Department of Justice;
Rear Adm. Christopher Weaver - commander, Naval District of Washington
Retire Maj. Gen. John Altenberg - former assistant judge advocate general, Office of Ethics in Business Conduct, U.S.
Army; Eugene Fidell - counsel, Feldesman, Tucker, Leifer,
Fidell, and Bank, L.L.P.;
Daniel Joseph - counsel, Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer and Feld, L.L.P.;
Bonnie O'Neill - Kingston, Pa.;
Retired Maj. Gen. Nolan Sklute - former judge advocate general, U.S. Air Force