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Friday, October 17, 2003


Daily Digest


HIGHLIGHTS



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Senate


Chamber Action


Routine Proceedings, pages S12769-S12857

Measures Introduced: Six bills and two resolutions were introduced, as follows: S. 1752-1757, and S. Res. 246-247. 

Page S12838

Measures Reported:

S. 1753, to amend the Fair Credit Reporting Act in order to prevent identity theft, to improve the use of and consumer access to consumer reports, to enhance the accuracy of consumer reports, to limit the sharing of certain consumer information, to improve financial education and literacy. (S. Rept. No. 108-166)
S. 1210, to assist in the conservation of marine turtles and the nesting habitats of marine turtles in foreign countries. (S. Rept. No. 108-167)
H.R. 1320, to amend the National Telecommunications and Information Administration Organization Act to facilitate the reallocation of spectrum from governmental to commercial users, with an amendment. (S. Rept. No. 108-168) 

Pages S12837-38

Measures Passed

Emergency Supplemental Appropriations, Iraq and Afghanistan: By 87 yeas to 12 nays (Vote No. 400), Senate passed S. 1689, making emergency supplemental appropriations for Iraq and Afghanistan security and reconstruction for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2004, after taking action on the following amendments proposed thereto: 

Pages S12769-S12821

Adopted:
By 96 yeas to 3 nays (Vote No. 390), Durbin Amendment No. 1837, to ensure that a Federal employee who takes leave without pay in order to perform certain service as a member of the uniformed services or member of the National Guard shall continue to receive pay in an amount which, when taken together with the pay and allowances such individual is receiving for such service, will be no less than the basic pay such individual would then be receiving if no interruption in employment had occurred. 
Page S12770

By a unanimous vote of 99 yeas (Vote No. 393), Boxer Modified Amendment No. 1843, to make retroactive the relief of hospitalized members of the uniformed services from the obligation to pay for food and subsistence while hospitalized. 
Page S12772

Dorgan/Wyden Amendment No. 1887, to reduce unnecessary spending for reconstruction in Iraq. 
Pages S12791-92

Reid (for Chafee/Leahy) Further Modified Amendment No. 1807, to provide for emergency assistance to the people of Liberia, with offsets. 
Page S12794

Stevens (for Clinton) Modified Amendment No. 1850, to provide for an audit of funds appropriated under this Act by the General Accounting Office. 
Page S12794

Stevens (for Harkin) Modified Amendment No. 1860, to provide up to $13,000,000 for conflict resolution, rule of law and democracy activities. 
Page S12794

Boxer Modified Amendment No. 1845, to prioritize the equipping of aircraft enrolled in the Civil Reserve Air Fleet when counter-measures against the threat of shoulder-fired missiles are deployed. 
Page S12795

Stevens (for Domenici) Modified Amendment No. 1864, to require reports on the United States strategy for relief and reconstruction efforts in Iraq. 
Pages S12796-97

Bond/Mikulski Amendment No. 1825, to provide additional VA Medical Care Funds for the Department of Veterans Affairs. 
Pages S12797-99

Rejected:
Daschle Amendment No. 1854, to achieve the most effective means of reconstructing Iraq and to reduce the future costs to the American taxpayer of D1137such reconstruction by ensuring broad-based international cooperation for this effort. (By 55 yeas to 44 nays (Vote No. 391), Senate tabled the amendment.) 
Pages S12770-71   

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Reid (for Landrieu) Amendment No. 1859, to promote the establishment of an Iraq Reconstruction Finance Authority and the use of Iraqi oil revenues to pay for reconstruction in Iraq. (By 52 yeas to 47 nays (Vote No. 392), Senate tabled the amendment.) 

Page S12771

Durbin Amendment No. 1879, to provide funds for the prevention, treatment, and control of, and research on HIV/AIDS. (By 56 yeas to 43 nays (Vote No. 394), Senate tabled the amendment.) 
Pages S12772-73

Corzine Amendment No. 1882, to establish a National Commission on the Development and Use of Intelligence Related to Iraq. (By 67 yeas to 32 nays (Vote No. 395), Senate tabled the amendment.) 
Pages S12773-79

Byrd/Durbin Amendment No.1819, to prohibit the use of Iraq Relief and Reconstruction Funds for low priority activities that should not be the responsibility of U.S. taxpayers, and shift $600 million from the Iraq Relief and Reconstruction Fund to Defense Operations and Maintenance, Army, for significantly improving efforts to secure and destroy conventional weapons, such as bombs, bomb materials, small arms, rocket propelled grenades, and shoulder-launched missiles, in Iraq. (By 51 yeas to 47 nays (Vote No. 396), Senate tabled the amendment.) 
Page S12789

Byrd Amendment No. 1886, to prohibit the use of funds for the involuntary deployment overseas in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom of members of the National Guard and Reserves who have been involuntarily deployed for more than six months during the preceding six years. (By 82 yeas to 15 nays (Vote No. 397), Senate tabled the amendment.) 
Pages S12789-91

Byrd Amendment No. 1888, to eliminate the flexibility given to the President to reallocate all of the $20.3 billion Iraq Relief and Reconstruction Funds, without approval by Congress. (By 49 yeas to 46 nays (Vote No. 398), Senate tabled the amendment.) 
Pages S12792-93

Brownback Modified Amendment No. 1885, to reduce the amount appropriated for reconstruction in Iraq by $600,000,000 and to increase the amount available to the Iraqi Civil Defense Corps by $50,000,000, the amount available for Afghanistan by $400,000,000, and the amount available for Liberia. (By 55 yeas to 43 nays (Vote No. 399), Senate tabled the amendment.) 
Pages S12799-S12803

During consideration of this measure today, the Senate also took the following action:
Byrd Amendment No. 1884 (to Amendment No. 1819), to reduce unnecessary spending in the Iraq Relief and Reconstruction Fund; increase reconstruction assistance to Afghanistan; protect our troops by increasing funding for the destruction of conventional weapons in Iraq; provide disaster relief in Liberia; and provide funding to repair Hurricane Isabel damage to military and Coast Guard facilities, fell when Byrd/Durbin Amendment No.1819 (listed above) was tabled. 
Pages S12779-89

Subsequently, passage of S. 1689 (listed above) was vitiated and the bill was then returned to the Senate calendar. 
Page S12789

Emergency Supplemental Appropriations, Iraq and Afghanistan: By unanimous-consent, Senate passed H.R. 3289, making emergency supplemental appropriations for defense and for the reconstruction of Iraq and Afghanistan for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2004, after striking all after the enacting clause and inserting in lieu thereof the text of S. 1689, Senate companion measure, as amended. 
Pages S12822-32

Senate insisted on its amendment, requested a conference with the House thereon, and the Chair appointed the following conferees on the part of the Senate: Senators Stevens, Cochran, Specter, Domenici, Bond, McConnell, Burns, Shelby, Gregg, Bennett, Campbell, Craig, Hutchison, DeWine, Brownback, Byrd, Inouye, Hollings, Leahy, Harkin, Mikulski, Reid, Kohl, Murray, Dorgan, Feinstein, Durbin, Johnson, and Landrieu. 
Page S12822

Condemning Anti-Semitism: Senate agreed to S. Res. 247, calling on the President to condemn the anti-Semitic sentiments expressed by Dr. Mahathir Mohamad, the outgoing prime minister of Malaysia. 
Page S12852

National Cemetery Administration: Senate passed H.R. 1516, to provide for the establishment by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs of additional cemeteries in the National Cemetery Administration, after agreeing to the committee amendments. 
Page S12853

Jackie Robinson Congressional Gold Medal: Senate passed H.R. 1900, to award a congressional gold medal to Jackie Robinson (posthumously), in recognition of his many contributions to the Nation, and to express the sense of the Congress that there should be a national day in recognition of Jackie Robinson, clearing the measure for the President. 
Page S12853

Jackie Robinson Congressional Gold Medal: Senate passed S. 300, to award a congressional gold medal to Jackie Robinson (posthumously), in recognition of his many contributions to the Nation, D1138and to express the sense of Congress that there should be a national day in recognition of Jackie Robinson. 
Pages S12853-55

Class Action Lawsuits: Senate began consideration of the motion to proceed to consideration of S. 1751, to amend the procedures that apply to consideration of interstate class actions to assure fairer outcomes for class members and defendants. 

Page S12853   

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A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing for further consideration of the motion to proceed to consideration of the bill at 2 p.m., on Monday, October 20, 2003. 

Page S12855

Nomination--Agreement: A unanimous-consent agreement was reached providing that at 5:15 p.m., on Monday, October 20, 2003, Senate will consider and vote on the nomination of Margaret Catharine Rodgers, to be United States District Judge for the Northern District of Florida. 

Page S12855

Messages From the President: Senate received the following message from the President of the United States:
Transmitting, pursuant to law, a report relative to the continuation of the national emergency declared in Executive Order 12978 with respect to significant narcotics traffickers centered in Colombia; to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. (PM-52) 

Page S12837

Nominations Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nominations:
Julie L. Myers, of Kansas, to be an Assistant Secretary of Commerce.
Kristin J. Forbes, of Massachusetts, to be a Member of the Council of Economic Advisers.
Harvey S. Rosen, of New Jersey, to be a Member of the Council of Economic Advisers.
Peter Lichtenbaum, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary of Commerce. 

Page S12857

Nominations Received: Senate received the following nomination: James B. Comey, of New York, to be Deputy Attorney General. 

Page S12857

Messages From the House: 

Pages S12835-36

Petitions and Memorials: 

Pages S12836-37

Additional Cosponsors: 

Pages S12838-39

Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions: 

Pages S12839-50

Additional Statements: 

Pages S12834-35

Amendments Submitted: 

Pages S12850-52

Privilege of the Floor: 

Page S12852

Record Votes: Eleven record votes were taken today. (Total-400) 

Pages S12770, S12771, S12771, S12772, S12772-73, S12779, S12789, S12791, S12793, S12803, S12821

Adjournment: Senate met at 9 a.m., and adjourned at 7:52 p.m., until 1:30 p.m., on Monday, October 20, 2003. (For Senate's program, see the remarks of the Majority Leader in today's Record on page S12855.)

Committee Meetings


No committee meetings were held.

House of Representatives


Chamber Action


Measures Introduced: 10 public bills, H.R. 3330-3339; H. Con. Res. 305-306, and H. Res. 405-406 were introduced. 

Pages H9686-87

Additional Cosponsors: 

Pages H9687-88

Reports Filed: No reports were filed today.

Speaker: Read a letter from the Speaker wherein he appointed Representative Simmons to act as Speaker Pro Tempore for today. 

Page H9619

Chaplain: The prayer was offered today by Most Rev. Thomas Wenski, Coadjutor Bishop of Orlando, Florida. 

Page H9619

Emergency Supplemental Appropriations: The House passed H.R. 3289, making emergency supplemental appropriations for defense and for the reconstruction of Iraq and Afghanistan for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2004 by a yea-and-nay vote of 303 yeas to 125 nays, Roll No. 562. 

Pages H9620-43, H9652-77

The House rejected the Kilpatrick motion to recommit the bill to the Committee on Appropriations with instructions to report it back forthwith with an amendment to provide that 50% of the funds allocated for the Iraq Relief and Reconstruction Fund be in the form of loans, by a recorded vote of 191 ayes to 235 noes, Roll No. 561. 
Pages H9674-76

Agreed to:
DeFazio amendment that prohibits the use of funds for Iraq to participate in the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries; 
Pages H9623-24  

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Millender-McDonald amendment that transfers funds from the Defense-Wide Operations and Management account to the Family Advocacy Program; 

Pages H9624-25

Ramstad amendment that increases the Army's personnel funds for the purpose of extending the Rest and Recuperation program to include domestic travel; 
Pages H9626-27

Hoeffel amendment that requires the administration to report to Congress on efforts to internationalize the military operations and reconstruction of Iraq; 
Pages H9630-31

Velazquez amendment that prohibits funds from being used for any contract in contravention of section 8 (d)(6) of the Small Business Act; and 
Pages H9636-37

Sherman amendment that requires that normal competitive bidding procedures are followed in procurement under the funds appropriated for Iraq's oil infrastructure (by a recorded vote of 248 ayes to 179 noes, Roll No. 557). 
Pages H9633-34, H9641-42

Rejected:
Tauscher amendment that sought to increase funding for the Army's Operation and Maintenance account; 
Pages H9631-33

Deutsch amendment that sought to prohibit any of the funds for reconstruction in Iraq from being provided until September 30, 2004; 
Pages H9637-38

Kind amendment that sought to reduce funding for the Iraq Relief and Reconstruction Fund by 50% (by a recorded vote of 156 ayes to 267 noes with one voting ``present'', Roll No. 553); 
Pages H9621-22, H9638-39

Stupak amendment that sought to increase the basic rate of pay to all military services to provide a $1,500 bonus to each person serving in operations in Iraq or Afghanistan (by a recorded vote of 213 ayes to 213 noes, Roll No. 554); 
Pages H9622-23, H9639-40

Reyes amendment that sought to increase funding for programs and scholarships to increase language proficiency and workforce diversity in the intelligence community (by a recorded vote of 206 ayes to 221 noes, Roll No. 555); 
Pages H9625-26, H9640

Jackson-Lee of Texas amendment that sought to increase funding for Afghan women's programs (by a recorded vote of 156 ayes to 271 noes, Roll No. 556); and 
Pages H9627-30, H9641

Weiner amendment that sought to prohibit funds for assistance or reparations to Cuba, Libya, North Korea, Iran, Saudi Arabia, or Syria (by a recorded vote of 193 ayes to 233 noes, Roll No. 558). 
Pages H9635-36, H9642-43

Point of order sustained against:
Section 3005 of the bill concerning the Lateral Repatriation Program; and
Section 3006 of the bill concerning the issuance of Form I-20A by the San Antonio Office of Detention and Removal of the Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement and the Border Patrol. 
Page H9658

H. Res. 401, a rule providing for further consideration of H.R. 3289, and that provides that no further motion or amendment shall be in order was agreed to by a recorded vote of 221 ayes to 201 noes, Roll No. 560, after agreeing to order the previous question by a recorded vote of 221 ayes to 199 noes with one voting ``present'', Roll No. 559. 
Pages H9643-52

Agreed on October 16 by unanimous consent to consider certain amendments before the consideration of other amendments for 10 minutes each, that such amendments shall not be subject to amendment, shall not be subject to a demand for division of the question in the House or the Committee on the Whole, and may amend a portion of the bill not yet read (except amendments proposing to transfer appropriations among objects in the bill must conform to clause 2(f) of rule 21).
H. Res. 396, the rule providing for consideration of the bill was agreed to by voice vote on October 16.

Meeting Hour: Agreed that when the House adjourn today, it adjourn to meet at 12:30 p.m. on Monday, October 20 for morning hour debate. 

Page H9679

Calendar Wednesday: Agreed to dispense with the Calendar Wednesday business of Wednesday, October 22. 

Page H9679

Senate Message: Message received from the Senate today appears on page H9619.

Senate Referral: S. 618 was ordered held at the desk. 

Page H9619

Presidential Message: Read a message from the President concerning a notice of the Continuation of the National Emergency with Respect to Significant Narcotics Traffickers Centered in Columbia (H. Doc. 108-136). 

Page H9680

Adjournment: The House met at 9:00 a.m. and adjourned at 4:08 p.m.

Committee Meetings


SAFETY ACT IMPLEMENTATION


Committee on Government Reform: Held a hearing entitled ``Implementing the SAFETY Act: Advancing New Technologies for Homeland Security.'' Testimony was heard from Parney Albright, Assistant Secretary, Plans, Programs and Budgets, Department of Homeland Security; and public witnesses.

CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD


Week of October 20 through October 25, 2003


Senate Chamber 

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On Monday, at 2 p.m., Senate will resume consideration of the motion to proceed to consideration of S. 1751, Class Action Lawsuits. At 5:15 p.m. Senate will consider and vote on the nomination of Margaret Catharine Rodgers, to be United States District Judge for the Northern District of Florida.
During the balance of the week, Senate may consider any other cleared legislative and executive business, including appropriation bills, conference reports and certain nominations, when available.

Senate Committees


(Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)

Committee on Armed Services: October 21, to hold a closed briefing regarding ongoing military operations and areas of key concern around the world, 9:30 a.m., SR-222.

October 23, Full Committee, business meeting to consider pending military nominations, 9:30 a.m., SR-222.
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: October 22, to hold hearings to examine counterterror initiatives in the terror finance program and organization of terror groups for funding and future U.S. responses, 10 a.m., SD-538.

October 23, Full Committee, to resume hearings to examine proposals for improving the regulation of the Housing GSEs, 10 a.m., SD-538.
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: October 22, to hold hearings to examine federal involvement in the regulation of the insurance industry, 9:30 a.m., SR-253.

October 22, Subcommittee on Oceans, Fisheries and Coast Guard, to hold an oversight hearing on fisheries, 9:30 a.m., SR-428A.

October 23, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine Boeing, 9:30 a.m., SR-253.

October 23, Subcommittee on Surface Transportation and Merchant Marine, to hold hearings to examine railroad shipper issues and S. 919, to amend title 49, United States Code, to enhance competition among and between rail carriers in order to ensure efficient rail service and reasonable rail rates, 2:30 p.m., SR-253.
Committee on Environment and Public Works: October 23, business meeting to consider S. 994, to protect human health and the environment from the release of hazardous substances by acts of terrorism, 9:30 a.m., SD-406.
Committee on Finance: October 21, to hold hearings to examine tax shelters, and the role of the Federal Government relative to the buying and selling of tax shelters, 10 a.m., SD-G50.

October 23, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine company owned life insurance, 2 p.m., SD-215.
Committee on Foreign Relations: October 21, to hold hearings to examine United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, with Annexes, done at Montego Bay, December 10, 1982 (the ``Convention''), and the Agreement Relating to the Implementation of Part XI of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea of 10 December 1982, with Annex, adopted at New York, July 28, 1994 (the Agreement''), and signed by the United States, subject to ratification, on July 29, 1994 (Treaty Doc.103-39), 9:30 a.m., SH-216.

October 21, Subcommittee on International Economic Policy, Export and Trade Promotion, to hold hearings to examine U.S. energy security relating to West Africa and Latin America, 2:30 p.m., SD-419.

October 22, Subcommittee on European Affairs, to hold hearings to examine Anti-Semitism in Europe, 2:30 p.m., SD-419.

October 23, Subcommittee on International Operations and Terrorism, to hold hearings to examine how to achieve the necessary security improvements in a global environment relating to the post-9/11 visa reforms and new technology, 9:30 a.m., SD-419.
Committee on Governmental Affairs: October 22, business meeting to consider pending calendar business, 10:30 a.m., SD-342.
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: October 23, to hold hearings to examine federal and state role in pharmacy compounding and reconstitution, 10 a.m., SD-430.
Committee on Indian Affairs: October 22, to hold hearings to examine the nomination of David Wayne Anderson, of Minnesota, to be an Assistant Secretary of the Interior; to be followed by a business meeting to consider pending calendar business, 10 a.m., SR-485.
Committee on the Judiciary: October 21, to hold hearings to examine criminal terrorism investigations and prosecutions relating to national security, 10 a.m., SD-226.

October 22, Full Committee, to hold hearings to examine the nomination of Janice R. Brown, of California, to be United States Circuit Judge for the District of Columbia Circuit, 10 a.m., SD-226.
Select Committee on Intelligence: October 22, to hold closed hearings to examine certain intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.

October 23, Full Committee, to hold closed hearings to examine certain intelligence matters, 2:30 p.m., SH-219.
Special Committee on Aging: October 20, to hold hearings to examine confronting family elder abuse, 1:30 p.m., SD-628.

House Chamber


To be announced.

House Committees


Committee on Agriculture, October 21, Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, Nutrition, and Forestry, hearing to review the United States National Arboretum, 9:30 a.m.,1300 Longworth.
Committee on Armed Services, October 21, hearing on Operation Iraqi Freedom: Outside Perspectives, 8 a.m., 2118 Rayburn. 

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October 21, Subcommittee on Readiness, hearing on Resetting and Reconstituting the Forces, 2 p.m., 2118 Rayburn.

October 21, Subcommittee on Terrorism, Unconventional Threats and Capabilities, hearing on C41 Interoperability: New Challenges in 21st Century Warfare, 11 a.m., 2212 Rayburn.
Committee on Financial Services, October 20, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, hearing entitled ``Government and Industry Efforts to Protect Our Money During Blackouts, Hurricanes, and Other Disasters,'' 2 p.m., 2128 Rayburn.
Committee on Government Reform, October 23, hearing entitled ``Open for Business: Ensuring Employee and Customer Safety at the Former Brentwood Postal Facility,'' 1:30 p.m., 2154 Rayburn.
Committee on International Relations, October 21, hearing on U.S.-China Ties: Reassessing the Economic Relationship, 2 p.m., 2172 Rayburn.

October 21, Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere, hearing on Challenges and Opportunities for U.S. Policy in the Western Hemisphere, 1:30 p.m., 2200 Rayburn.
Committee on the Judiciary, October 21, Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, and Intellectual Property, hearing on H.R. 2723, Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals Judgeship and Reorganization Act of 2003, 2 p.m., 2141 Rayburn.
Committee on Resources, October 21, Subcommittee on Forests and Forest Health, hearing on the following bills: H.R. 2907, Northern Arizona National Forest Land Exchange Act of 2003; and H.R. 3247, Trail Responsibility and Accountability for the Improvement of Lands Act of 2003, 10 a.m., 1334 Longworth.

October 21, Subcommittee on National Parks, Recreation and Public Lands, to mark up the following bills: H.R. 265, Mount Rainier National Park Boundary Adjustment Act of 2003; H.R. 280, National Aviation Heritage Area Act; H.R. 532, Rancho Corral de Tierra Golden Gate National Recreation Area Boundary Adjustment Act; H.R. 1014, Gateway Communities Cooperation Act; H.R. 1058, to provide for an exchange of certain private property in Colorado and certain Federal property in Utah; H.R. 1594, St. Croix National Heritage Area Study Act; H.R. 1618, Arabia Mountain National Heritage Area Act; H.R. 1629, Upper Missouri River Breaks Boundary Clarification Act; H.R. 1798, Upper Housatonic Valley National Heritage Area Act; H.R. 1862, Oil Region National Heritage Area Act; H.R. 1964, Highlands Stewardship Act; H.R. 2424, National Great Black Americans Commemoration Act of 2003; H.R. 2715, to provide for necessary improvements to facilities at Yosemite National Park; and S. 677, Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park and Gunnison Gorge National Conservation Area Boundary Revision Act of 2003, 2 p.m., 1334 Longworth.
Committee on Small Business, October 20, hearing on the Offshoring of High-Skilled Jobs, Part II, 2 p.m., 2360 Rayburn.

October 21, Subcommittee on Rural Enterprise, Agriculture and Technology, hearing entitled ``Challenges that Small Businesses Face Accessing Homeland Security Contracts,'' 10 a.m., 2360 Rayburn.
Committee on Veterans' Affairs, October 21, Subcommittee on Health, hearing on the Department of Veterans Affairs physician and dentist compensation issues, 2 p.m., 334 Cannon.
Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, October 21, executive, hearing on Middle East Issues, 2 p.m., H-405 Capitol.
Select Committee on Homeland Security. October 21, hearing entitled ``Funding for First Responders: Ensuring That Federal Funds Are Distributed Intelligently,'' 10:30 a.m., 2318 Rayburn. 

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Next Meeting of the
SENATE

1:30 p.m., Monday, October 20

Senate Chamber

Program for Monday: After the transaction of any morning business (not to extend beyond 2 p.m.), Senate will resume consideration of S. 1751, Class Action Lawsuits. Also, at 5:15 p.m., Senate will consider and vote on the nomination of Margaret Catharine Rodgers, to be United States District Judge for the Northern District of Florida.

Next Meeting of the
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

12:30 p.m., Monday, October 20

House Chamber

Program for Monday: To be announced.

Extensions of Remarks, as inserted in this issue.

HOUSE

Andrews, Robert E., N.J., E2070, E2079

Baca, Joe, Calif., E2086

Ballenger, Cass, N.C., E2077

Becerra, Xavier, Calif., E2079

Bereuter, Doug, Nebr., E2082

Berkley, Shelley, Nev., E2077

Bishop, Timothy H., Jr., N.Y., E2078

Bono, Mary, Calif., E2069

Cox, Christopher, Calif., E2081

Davis, Danny K., Ill., E2069

Davis, Jim, Fla., E2078

Deutsch, Peter, Fla., E2072, E2074

Dicks, Norman D., Wash., E2084

Fattah, Chaka, Pa., E2083

Gerlach, Jim, Pa., E2069, E2072

Graves, Sam, Mo., E2082

Hall, Ralph M., Tex., E2077

Harman, Jane, Calif., E2085

Hoekstra, Peter, Mich., E2076

Johnson, Eddie Bernice, Tex., E2083

Kirk, Mark Steven, Ill., E2081

Kucinich, Dennis J., Ohio, E2072, E2073, E2074, E2075, E2075

Lantos, Tom, Calif., E2073

McInnis, Scott, Colo., E2072, E2073, E2074, E2075, E2075, E2076, E2076, E2077, E2078, E2078

Menendez, Robert, N.J., E2075

Musgrave, Marilyn N., Colo., E2082

Pallone, Frank, Jr., N.J., E2069, E2070, E2070, E2071

Pastor, Ed, Ariz., E2071

Portman, Rob, Ohio, E2082

Rodriguez, Ciro D., Tex., E2074

Ryan, Paul, Wisc., E2071

Saxton, Jim, N.J., E2076

Skelton, Ike, Mo., E2071, E2081

Towns, Edolphus, N.Y., E2079

Turner, Jim, Tex., E2081

Walsh, James T., N.Y., E2076

Watt, Melvin L., N.C., E2085

Woolsey, Lynn C., Calif., E2086 

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