Nonproliferation-Related Hearings in the 107th Congress
by Subject Area

To facilitate access to Congressional materials on weapons-of-mass-destruction proliferation, the Center for Nonproliferation Studies maintains a list of relevant committee hearings. The list provides links to hearing notifications, opening statements, and witness testimony. Full hearing transcripts are not available electronically (except through subscription services such as Lexis-Nexis) unless issued by the Government Printing Office, usually four to six months after the hearing takes place. In cases where the relevant committee has not provided hearing materials in electronic form, the committee telephone number has been provided.

Biological Weapons
Budget
Chemical Weapons
Defense Policy
Emergency Response and Homeland Security
Exports and Economic Sanctions
Intelligence
Middle East and South Asia
Missile Defense
Nominations
Nuclear Weapons and Fissile Material
Terrorism
Weapons of Mass Destruction- General

Biological Weapons

• June 5, 2002 - SENATE FOREIGN RELATIONS COMMITTEE - Full Committee - To hear testimony on Cuba's pursuit of biological weapons technology. Electronic testimony not yet available. For further information, please contact the Senate Foreign Relations Committee at (202) 224-4651.

• March 19, 2002 - SENATE FOREIGN RELATIONS COMMITTEE - Full Committee - To hear testimony on reducing the threat of chemical and biological weapons. Electronic testimony not yet available. For further information, please contact the Senate Foreign Relations Committee at (202) 224-4651.

• January 24, 2002 - HOUSE GOVERNMENTAL REFORM COMMITTEE - A hearing to examine the anthrax vaccination and Gulf War Veterans' Illnesses: Health of Coalition Forces.

• December 5, 2001 - HOUSE INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS COMMITTEE - Full Committee - To consider bioterrorism and the potential sources of anthrax. Opening statement of Chairman Hyde, testimony of Dr. Richard Spertzel, Consultant, testimony of Dr. Kenneth Alibek, President, Advanced Biosystems, Inc., Elisa D. Harris, Research Fellow, Center for International and Security Studies at Maryland University.

• December 5, 2001 - HOUSE SCIENCE COMMITTEE - Full Committee - To consider the Science of Bioterrorism: Is the Government Prepared? Opening statement of Chairman Boehlert, testimony of John H. Marburger, III Director, Office of Science and Technology Policy, testimony of Linda Fisher, Deputy Administrator, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, testimony of Dr. Anna Johnson-Winegar, Deputy Assistant to the Secretary of Defense for Chemical and Biological Defense, testimony of Dr. D.A. Henderson, Director, Office of Public Health Preparedness, Department of Health and Human Services.

• November 29, 2001 - SENATE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE - Labor, HHS, Education Subcommittee - A hearing to discuss "Funding for Bioterrorism Prepardeness." Opening statement of Chairman Tom Harkin, testimony of Mr. Joseph LaValley, Mercy Medical Center, testimony of Joseph A. Barbera, M.D. Co-Director, The Institute for Crisis, Disaster, and Risk Management, George Washington University, testimony of Dr. Kenneth Alibek, President, Advanced Biosystems, Inc., testimony of Anthony Fauci, M.D., Director, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, testimony of Jeffrey P. Koplan, M.D., M.P.H., Director, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Department of Health and Human Services.

• November 7, 2001 - HOUSE GOVERNMENTAL REFORM COMMITTEE - National Security Subcommittee - To consider Chemical and Biological Defense: Department of Defense Medical Readiness.

• November 6, 2001 - SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE - Technology, Terrorism and Government Information Subcommittee - Germs, Toxins and Terror: The New Threat to America.

• November 2, 2001 - SENATE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE - Labor, HHS, Education Subcommittee - To receive testimony regarding smallpox issues. Please contact (202) 224-7230 for further information.

• October 25, 2001 - SENATE ARMED SERVICES COMMITTEE - Emerging Threats and Capabilities Subcommittee - To receive testimony on the Dark Winter scenario and bioterrorism. OPEN/ CLOSED. For further information, please contact the Senate Armed Services Committee at (202) 224-3871.

• October 23, 2001 - HOUSE GOVERNMENTAL REFORM COMMITTEE - National Security Subcommittee - Biological Warfare Defense Vaccine Research & Development Programs.

• October 17, 2001 - SENATE GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE - International Security, Proliferation, and Federal Services Subcommittee - To consider federal efforts to coordinate and prepare the United States for bioterrorism: Are they ready?

• October 12, 2001 - HOUSE GOVERNMENTAL REFORM COMMITTEE - National Security Subcommittee - Assessing the threat of a biological weapons attack.

• October 9, 2001 - SENATE HEALTH, EDUCATION, LABOR AND PENSIONS COMMITTEE - Full Committee - To consider the most effective responses to threats of bioterrorism.

• October 3, 2001 - SENATE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE - Labor, HHS, Education Subcommittee - To receive testimony regarding the threat of bioterrorism. Part one of testimony from Dr. Jonathan Tucker, Ph D, Director, Chemical & Biological Weapons Nonproliferation Program Center for Nonproliferation Studies Monterey Institute of International Studies. Part two of testimony from Dr. Jonathan Tucker.

• September 5, 2001 - SENATE FOREIGN RELATIONS COMMITTEE - Full Committee - To consider the threat of bioterrorism and the spread of infectious diseases. For further information, please contact the Senate Foreign Relations Committee at (202) 224-4651.

• July 23, 2001 - HOUSE GOVERNMENTAL REFORM COMMITTEE - National Security Subcommittee - July 23, 2001 - A hearing on combating terrorism and federal response to a biological weapons attack.

• July 10, 2001 - HOUSE GOVERNMENTAL REFORM COMMITTEE - National Security Subcommittee - A hearing on the Biological Weapons Convention Protocol: Status and Implications.

• June 5, 2001 - HOUSE GOVERNMENTAL REFORM COMMITTEE - National Security Subcommittee - A hearing to discuss the status and implications of the Biological and Chemical Convention Protocol.

Budget

• February 13, 2002 - SENATE BUDGET COMMITTEE - Full Committee - To examine the President's proposed budget request for FY 2003. Opening statement of Chairman Kent Conrad. Testimony of Deputy Secretary Paul Wolfowitz, U.S. Department of State.

• February 12, 2002 - SENATE BUDGET COMMITTEE - Full Committee - To examine the President's proposed budget request for FY 2003. Opening statement of Chairman Kent Conrad. Testimony of Secretary Colin L. Powell, U.S. Department of State.

• March 13, 2002 - HOUSE ARMED SERVICES COMMITTEE - Full Committee - To hear testimony on the Fiscal Year 2003 Department of Energy budget request. Opening statement by Chairman Stump. Testimony of Spencer Abraham, Secretary of Energy.

• March 7, 2002 - HOUSE BUDGET COMMITTEE - To hear testimony on the Department of State budget priorities for fiscal year 2003. Testimony of Colin L. Powell, Secretary of State.

• February 12, 2002 - SENATE ARMED SERVICES COMMITTEE - Full Committee - To consider the Defense Authorization Request for Fiscal Year 2003 and the Future Years Defense Program.

• February 7, 2002 - SENATE BUDGET COMMITTEE - To examine the President's proposed budget request for FY 2003. Opening statement of Chairman Kent Conrad. Testimony of Secretary Paul O'Neill, U.S. Department of Treasury.

• February 6, 2002 - SENATE BUDGET COMMITTEE - To examine the President's proposed budget request for FY 2003. Opening statement of Chairman Kent Conrad. Testimony of Robert Bixby, Executive Director, Concord Coalition. Testimony of Jacob Lew, Executive Vice President of Operations, New York University.

• February 6, 2002 - HOUSE ARMED SERVICES COMMITTEE - Full Committee - To examine the Fiscal Year 2003 National Defense Authorization Budget Request. Opening Statement of Chairman Stump. Testimony of Donald Rumsfeld, Secretary of Defense, U.S. Department of Defense. Testimony of General Richard B. Myers, USAF, Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff.

• February 6, 2002 - HOUSE BUDGET COMMITTEE - To hear testimony on the Department of Defense budget priorites for fiscal year 2003. Testimony of Paul Wolfowitz, Deputy Secretary of Defense.

• February 6, 2002 - -HOUSE INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS COMMITTEE - Full Committee - To hear testimony regarding the President's International Affairs budget request for FY 2003. Opening statement of Chariman Hyde. Testimony of Secretary Colin Powell, U.S. Department of State. Testimony of Congresswoman Barbara Lee, International Relations Committee. Testimony of Representative Shelley Berkley. Testimony of Representative Steve Chabot.

• February 5, 2002 - SENATE ARMED SERVICES COMMITTEE - Full Committee - To hold hearings on proposed legislation authorizing funds for fiscal year 2003 for the Department of Defense, and the Future Years Defense Program.

• February 5, 2002 - SENATE BUDGET COMMITTEE - To examine the President's proposed budget request for FY 2003. Opening statement of Chairman Kent Conrad. Testimony of OMB Director, Mitchell Daniels.

• November 29, 2001 - SENATE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE - Labor, HHS, Education Subcommittee - A hearing to discuss "Funding for Bioterrorism Prepardeness." Opening statement of Chairman Tom Harkin, testimony of Mr. Joseph LaValley, Mercy Medical Center, testimony of Joseph A. Barbera, M.D. Co-Director, The Institute for Crisis, Disaster, and Risk Management, George Washington University, testimony of Dr. Kenneth Alibek, President, Advanced Biosystems, Inc., testimony of Anthony Fauci, M.D., Director, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, testimony of Jeffrey P. Koplan, M.D., M.P.H., Director, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Department of Health and Human Services.

• September 6, 2001 -SENATE BUDGET COMMITTEE - OMB's Mid-session review and budget and economic outlook.

• August 1, 2001 - HOUSE ARMED SERVICES COMMITTEE - Full Committee - Committee Mark-up of H.R. 2586 funding FY 02 National Defense Authorization.

• July 18, 2001 - SENATE BUDGET COMMITTEE - To receive testimony regarding defense spending and budget outlook for FY 2002.

• July 11, 2001 - HOUSE BUDGET COMMITTEE - Full Committee - To receive testimony on the Department of Defense budget priorities for FY 2002. Testimony of Paul Wolfowitz, Deputy Secretary of the Department of Defense.

• June 28, 2001 - SENATE ARMED SERVICES - Full Committee - To receive testimony on the Fiscal Year 2002 Budget Amendment, in review of the Defense Authorization Request for Fiscal Year 2002 and the Future Years Defense Program.

• May 10, 2001 - FULL COMMITTEE - To consider the President's proposed FY 2002 budget for the Department of Energy.

• May 3, 2001 - SENATE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE - Commerce, Justice, State and Judiciary Subcommittee - To receive testimony from the Secretary of State, Colin Powell, on FY 2002 budget request for the Department of State.

• April 26, 2001 - SENATE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE - Energy and Water Subcommittee - To receive testimony from the Administrator of the National Nuclear Security Administration, General John Gordon, the Acting Deputy Administrator of Defense Programs, General Giaconda, the Acting Deputy Administrator for Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation, Ken Baker, and the Director of the Naval Nuclear Propulsion Program, Admiral Frank Bowman, on the Fiscal Year 2002 budget request for the Department of Energy's National Nuclear Security Administration.

• April 25, 2001 - SENATE ARMED SERVICES COMMITTEE - Strategic Subcommittee - To receive testimony on the Fiscal Year 2002 budget request for the National Nuclear Security Administration in review of the Defense Authorization request for Fiscal Year 2002 and the Future Years Defense Program.

• February 12, 2001 - SENATE BUDGET COMMITTEE - To receive testimony from the former Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Admiral William Owens (USN, ret.), the Director of the Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments, Andrew Krepinevich, and the Deputy Inspector General of the Department of Defense, Robert Lieberman on the state of the National Defense Budget in the Next Century. Opening statement of Chairman Domenici.

Chemical Weapons

• March 19, 2002 - SENATE FOREIGN RELATIONS COMMITTEE - Full Committee - To hear testimony on reducing the threat of chemical and biological weapons. Electronic testimony not yet available. For further information, please contact the Senate Foreign Relations Committee at (202) 224-4651.

• November 7, 2001 - HOUSE GOVERNMENTAL REFORM COMMITTEE - National Security Subcommittee - To consider Chemical and Biological Defense: Department of Defense Medical Readiness.

• June 5, 2001 - HOUSE GOVERNMENTAL REFORM COMMITTEE - National Security Subcommittee - A hearing to discuss the status and implications of the Biological and Chemical Convention Protocol.

• April 25, 2001 - SENATE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE - Defense Subcommittee - To receive testimony from the Acting Secretary of the Army, Joseph Westphal, the Program Manager for the Assembled Chemical Weapons Assessment, Michael Parker, the Director of the Chemical Weapons Working group, Craig Williams, the Spokesman for Families Concerned about Nerve Gas Incineration, Rufus Kinney, and Families Concerned about Nerve Gas Incineration Member, Brenda Lindell, on the demilitarization of chemical weapons.

Defense Policy

• May 16, 2002 - SENTATE FOREIGN RELATIONS COMMITTEE - Full Committee - To hear testimony on the Nuclear Posture Review. Electronic testimony not yet available. For further information, please contact the Senate Foreign Relations Committee at (202) 224-4651.

• March 12, 2002 - SENATE GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE - International Security, Proliferation, and Federal Services Subcommittee - To receive testimony on The Homeland Security Federal Workforce Act and the critical skills for national security.

• March 6, 2002 - SENATE ARMED SERVICES COMMITTEE - Emerging Threats and Capabilities Subcommittee - To receive testimony on the nonproliferation programs of the Department of Energy and the Cooperative Threat Reduction program of the Department of Defense in review of the Defense Authorization Request for Fiscal Year 2003.

• February 14, 2002 - SENATE ARMED SERVICES COMMITTEE -Full Committee - To receive testimony on the results of the Nuclear Posture Review, in review of the Defense Authorization Request for Fiscal Year 2003.

• February 12, 2002 - SENATE ARMED SERVICES COMMITTEE - Full Committee - To consider the Defense Authorization Request for Fiscal Year 2003 and the Future Years Defense Program.

• February 7, 2002 - SENATE ARMED SERVICES COMMITTEE - FULL COMMITTEE - To hold hearings to examine the conduct of Operation Enduring Freedom.

• February 6, 2002 - SENATE FOREIGN RELATIONS COMMITTEE - To examine a new strategic framework, focusing on implications for U.S. security. Electronic testimony not yet available. For further information, please contact the Senate Foreign Relations Committee at (202) 224-4651.

• February 6, 2002 - SENATE SELECT INTELLIGENCE COMMITTEE - Open hearing. To receive testimony on "Current and Projected National Security Threats to the United States."

• February 5, 2002 - SENATE FOREIGN RELATIONS COMMITTEE - Full Committee - Foreign Policy Overview and the President's Fiscal Year 2003 Foreign Affairs Budget Request.

• October 4, 2001 - SENATE ARMED SERVICES COMMITTEE - To receive testimony on the Department of Defense's Quadrennial Defense Review (QDR).

• June 20, 2001 - SENATE FOREIGN RELATIONS COMMITTEE - Full Committee - To receive testimony regarding U.S. security forces in Europe. Witness testimony not yet available electronically.

• March 22, 2001 - SENATE FOREIGN RELATIONS COMMITTEE - Full Committee - To receive testimony on the intelligence assessment of emerging national security threats. For further information, please contact the Senate Foreign Relations Committee at (202) 224-4651.

• March 21, 2001 - HOUSE ARMED SERVICES COMMITTEE - Full Committee - A hearing to address U.S. National Security. Opening statement of Chairman Bob Stump. Testimony of the Honorable Newt Gingrich, Member, U.S. Commission on National Security/ 21st Century. Testimony of the Honorable John Hamre, President and Chief Executive Officer, Center for Strategic and International Studies. Testimony of Mr. William Kristol, Chairman, Project for the New American Century.

• March 15, 2001 - HOUSE BUDGET COMMITTEE - Full Committee - To hear testimony on the U.S. Commission on National Security/ 21st Century.

• March 8, 2001- SENATE ARMED SERVICES COMMITTEE - Full Committee - To receive testimony from the Director of the Central Intelligence Agency, George Tenet, and the Director of the Defense Intelligence Agency, Vice Admiral Thomas Wilson, on current and future worldwide threats to the national security of the United States.

• February 8, 2001 - SENATE ARMED SERVICES COMMITTEE - Full Committee - To receive testimony on Secretary of Energy Spencer Abraham's plans for Department of Energy national security programs.

Emergency Response and Homeland Security

• July 10, 2002 - SENATE ENERGY COMMITTEE - Full Committee - To explore the present and future roles of the Department of Energy/National Nuclear Security Administration national laboratories in protecting our homeland security.

• July 9, 2002 - HOUSE ENERGY COMMITTEE - Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee - Creating the Department of Homeland Security: Consideration of the Administration's Proposal.
• June 28, 2002 - SENATE GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE - Full Committee - A hearing to examine how a Department of Homeland Security should address weapons of mass destruction and relevant science and technology, research and development, and public health issues.
• June 26, 2002 - HOUSE ARMED SERVICES COMMITTEE - Full Committee - To receive testimony on the President's proposal to create a new Department of Homeland Security and its impact on the Department of Defense and defense-related aspects of the Department of Energy. Opening statement of Chairman Stump. Testimony of Dr. Stephen A. Cambone, Principal Deputy Under Secretary of Defense (Policy), Department of Defense; and Gen. John Gordon, Administrator, National Nuclear Security Administration, Department of Energy.

• June 26, 2002 - SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE - Technology, Terrorism and Government Information Subcommittee - Protecting the Homeland: The President’s Proposal for Reorganizing Our Homeland Security Infrastructure.
• June 25, 2002 - SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE - Technology, Terrorism and Government Information Subcommittee - Protecting the Homeland: The President’s Proposal for Reorganizing Our Homeland Security Infrastructure.
• June 25, 2002 - HOUSE ENERGY COMMITTEE - Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee - Creating the Department of Homeland Security: Consideration of the Administration's Proposal.
• June 11, 2002 - HOUSE GOVERNMENTAL REFORM COMMITTEE - National Security Subcommittee - Combating Terrorism: Improving the Federal Response. A hearing to examine the bill, H.R. 4660, The National Homeland Security and Combating Terrorism Act of 2002, introduced to establish a Department of Homeland Security and the National Office for Combating Terrorism.

• May 7, 2002 - SENATE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE - Full Committee - A hearing to discuss homeland defense and the Fiscal Year 2002 Supplemental Appropriations Request. Opening statement of Chairman Robert C. Byrd; testimony of Donald Rumsfeld, Secretary of Defense.

• May 2, 2002 - SENATE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE - Full Committee - A hearing to discuss homeland defense and the Fiscal Year 2002 Supplemental Appropriations request. Opening statement of Chairman Robert C. Byrd; testimony of Tommy Thompson, Secretary of Health and Human Services; testimony of Norman Y. Mineta, Secretary of Transportation; testimony of John Ashcroft, Attorney General; testimony of Joe Allbaugh, FEMA Director.

• April 30, 2002 - SENATE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE - Full Committee - A hearing to discuss homeland defense and the Fiscal Year 2002 Supplemental Appropriations request. Opening statement of Chairman Robert C. Byrd; testimony of Paul H. O'Neill, Secretary of the Treasury; testimony of Colin Powell, Secretary of State; testimony of Ann Veneman, Secretary of Agriculture.

• April 17, 2002 - SENATE GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE - International Security, Proliferation, and Federal Services Subcommittee - A hearing regarding, The State of Public Health Preparedness for Terrorism Involving Weapons of Mass Destruction: A Six Month Report Card.

• December 5, 2001 - HOUSE BUDGET COMMITTEE - Re-Structuring Government for Homeland Security: Nuclear / Biological / Chemical Threats. Statement of Dr. Scott Lillibridge, Special Assistant to the Secretary for National Security and Emergency Management, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, statement of Joseph Mahley, Director, Office of Security for the U.S. Department of Energy, statement of Mr. Ken Baker, Principal Deputy Administrator for Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation, National Nuclear Security Administration, U.S. Department of Energy.

• November 29, 2001 - HOUSE GOVERNMENTAL REFORM COMMITTEE - National Security Subcommittee - To consider risk communication, national security and public health.

• November 7, 2001 - HOUSE BUDGET COMMITTEE - Ensuring Domestic Security: Issues and Potential Costs.

• October 25, 2001 - SENATE ARMED SERVICES COMMITTEE - Full Committee - To receive testimony on the role of the Department of Defense in homeland security.

• October 11, 2001 - SENATE GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE - Full Committee - To consider legislative options to strengthen homeland defense.

• September 25, 2001 - SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE - Full Committee - To receive testimony regarding homeland defense in the face of terrorism.

• September 21, 2001 - SENATE GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE - Full Committee - A hearing on responding to homeland threats: Is Our Government Organized for the Challenge?

• July 23, 2001 - SENATE GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE - International Security, Proliferation, and Federal Services Subcommittee - To consider FEMA's role in managing bioterrorist attacks and the impact of public health concerns on bioterrorism preparedness. Testimony not yet available electronically. Contact the Governmental Affairs Committee at (202) 224-4751 for further information.

• May 10, 2001 - SENATE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE - Commerce, Justice, State, Judiciary Subcommittee - To receive testimony from Sheriff Patrick J. Sullivan, Arapahoe County, Colorado Sheriff's Office, Chief John "Jack" Fanning, New York City Fire Department, Mr. Peter LaPorte, District of Columbia Emergency Management Agency, Dr. Stephen Cantrill, Denver Health Medical Center, General Bruce Lawlor, Commander, Joint Task Force-Civil Support, and Dr. Bernadine Healy, President and CEO, the American Red Cross, on the U.S. federal government capabilities in responding to terrorist attack.

• May 9, 2001 - SENATE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE - Commerce, Justice, State, Judiciary Subcommittee - To receive testimony from Attorney General, John Ashcroft, Secretary of Health and Human Services, Tommy Thompson, Secretary of Commerce, Donald Evans , Secretary of Agriculture, Ann Veneman, and Secretary of the Interior, Gail Norton, on terrorism and U.S. federal government capabilities.

• May 8, 2001 - SENATE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE - Commerce, Justice, State, Judiciary Subcommittee - To receive testimony from Secretary of Treasury, Paul O'Neill, Secretary of State, Colin Powell, Secretary of Transportation, Norm Mineta, the director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, Joe Allbaugh, the Administrator of the National Nuclear Security Agency, John Gordon, and the Chairman of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Richard Menserve, on terrorism and U.S. federal government capabilities.

• May 1, 2001 - HOUSE GOVERNMENTAL REFORM COMMITTEE - National Security Subcommittee - A hearing to discuss the management of medical supplies needed in the event of a terrorist attack.

• April 24, 2001 - HOUSE GOVERNMENTAL REFORM COMMITTEE - National Security Subcommittee - To receive testimony on options to improve the federal response to terrorism.

• April 3, 2001 - SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE - Technology Subcommittee - To review homeland defense and examine the Hart-Rudman Report.

• March 27, 2001 - SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE - Technology Subcommittee - To receive testimony on domestic response capabilities for terrorism involving weapons of mass destruction.

Exports and Economic Sanctions

• June 6, 2002 - HOUSE GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE - International Security, Proliferation, and Federal Services Subcommittee - "Russia and China: Non-proliferation Concerns and Export Controls." Opening statement of Chairman Daniel Akaka, testimony of John C. Wolf, Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Non-proliferation, Department of State; testimony of Matthew Borman, Deputy Administrator, Bureau of Industry and Security, Department of Commerce; testimony of Leonard Spector, Deputy Director, Center for Nonproliferation Studies; testimony of David Albright, President, Institute for Science and International Security; testimony of Gary Milholin, Executive Officer, Wisconsin Project for Nuclear Arms Control.

• March 6, 2002 - HOUSE ARMED SERVICES COMMITTEE - Full Committee - To mark-up the Export Administration Act of 2001 (H.R. 2581). Opening statement by Chairman Stump.

• February 28, 2002 - HOUSE ARMED SERVICES COMMITTEE - Full Committee - To hear testimony on the Export Administration Act of 2001 (H.R. 2581). Panel One testimony by J.D. Crouch, Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Policy; James J. Jochum, Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Export Administration; and Vann Van Diepen, Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Nonproliferation. Panel Two testimony by Joseph Christoff, Director, International Affairs and Trade Team, U.S. General Accounting Office; Edmund Rice, President, Coalition for Employment Through Exports; and Gary Milhollin, Director, Wisconsin Project on Nuclear Arms Control.

• October 4, 2001 - SENATE FOREIGN RELATIONS COMMITTEE - Full Committee - To consider S. 1465, a bill to authorize the President to provide assistance to Pakistan and India through September 30, 2003, and to waive restrictions on foreign aid to a state in which the elected government was overthrown by military coup. For further information, please contact the Senate Foreign Relations Committee at (202) 224-4651.

• July 25, 2001 - HOUSE INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS COMMITTEE - Full Committee - To mark-up H.R. 2602 to extend the Export Administration Act. For more information, contact (202) 225-5021.

• June 28, 2001 - HOUSE INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS COMMITTEE - Full Committee - To consider the reauthorization of the Iran and Libya Sanctions Act.

• June 20, 2001 - HOUSE INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS COMMITTEE - Full Committee - To continue to mark-up H.R. 1954, the ILSA (Iran/Libya Sanctions Act) Extension Act of 2001. Summary of mark-up.

• June 13, 2001 - HOUSE INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS COMMITTEE - Full Committee - To mark-up H.R. 1954, the ILSA (Iran/Libya Sanctions Act) Extension Act of 2001. Opening statement of Chairman Hyde, statement of Representative Ron Paul.

• June 12, 2001 - HOUSE INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS COMMITTEE - Full Committee - To consider the renewal of the Export Administration Act. Opening statement of Chairman Hyde, testimony of Dr. Richard T. Cupitt, Associate Director Center for International Trade and Security, University of Georgia, Dr. Paul Freedenberg, Government Relations Director for the Association for Manufacturing Technology, and Dan Hoydysh, Co-Chair of the Computer Coalition for Responsible Exports.

• May 9, 2001 - HOUSE INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS COMMITTEE - Middle East and South Asia Subcommittee - To hear testimony from the Director of Research at the Washington Institute of Near East Policy, Patrick Clawson, the Executive Director of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, Howard Kohr, and the President of the National Foreign Trade Council, William Reinsch, on the Iran- Libya Sanctions Extension Act of 2001. Opening statement of Chairman Benjamin Gilman. Testimony of Senator Alfonse D'Amato.

Intelligence

• October 1, 2002 - SENATE SELECT INTELLIGENCE COMMITTEE - Full Committee - Open hearing: Joint Investigation.

• September 19, 2002 - SENATE SELECT INTELLIGENCE COMMITTEE - Full Committee - Open hearing: Joint Investigation. (NOTE: For further information from the U.S. Senate Select Committee on Intelligence regarding open and closed hearings, click here.)
• March 19, 2002 - SENATE ARMED SERVICES COMMITTEE - Full Committee - To receive testimony on the worldwide threat to United States interests.

• March 11, 2002 - SENATE GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE - International Security, Proliferation, and Federal Services Subcommittee - Hearing regarding "CIA National Intelligence Estimate of Foreign Missile Development and the Ballistic Missile Threat through 2015." Opening statement of Senator Akaka . Testimony of Robert Walpole, National Intelligence Officer, Strategic and Nuclear Programs, National Intelligence Council, Central Intelligence Agency. Closing statement of Senator Akaka.

• March 8, 2001- SENATE ARMED SERVICES COMMITTEE - Full Committee - To receive testimony from the Director of the Central Intelligence Agency, George Tenet, and the Director of the Defense Intelligence Agency, Vice Admiral Thomas Wilson, on current and future worldwide threats to the national security of the United States.

• March 22, 2001 - SENATE FOREIGN RELATIONS COMMITTEE - Full Committee - To receive testimony on the intelligence assessment of emerging national security threats. For further information, please contact the Senate Foreign Relations Committee at (202) 224-4651.

Middle East and South Asia

• September 26, 2002 - HOUSE ARMED SERVICES COMMITTEE - Full Committee - To receive testimony on U.S. policy towards Iraq. Opening statement by Chairman Hunter. Testimony of Richard N. Perle, Resident Fellow, American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research; and Gen. Wesley K. Clark, USA (Ret.), Managing Director, Merchant Banking, Stephens Group, Inc.
• September 26, 2002 - SENATE FOREIGN RELATIONS COMMITTEE - Full Committee (second meeting) - To hear further testimony on issues related to the use of force against Iraq.
• September 26, 2002 - SENATE FOREIGN RELATIONS COMMITTEE - Full Committee - To hear further testimony on issues related to the use of force against Iraq.

• September 25, 2002 - SENATE FOREIGN RELATIONS COMMITTEE - Full Committee- To hear further testimony on issues related to the use of force against Iraq.

• September 25, 2002 - SENATE ARMED SERVICES COMMITTEE - Full Committee - To continue to receive testimony on U.S. policy on Iraq.

• September 24, 2002 - SENATE FOREIGN RELATIONS COMMITTEE - Full Committee (closed-classified) - To hear further testimony on issues related to the use of force against Iraq.

• September 23, 2002 - SENATE ARMED SERVICES COMMITTEE - Full Committee - To continue to receive testimony on U.S. policy on Iraq.

• September 19, 2002 - HOUSE ARMED SERVICES COMMITTEE - Full Committee - To receive testimony on Iraq's Weapons of Mass Destruction Program and Technology Exports. Opening statement by Chairman Hunter. Testimony of Mr. Gary Milhollin, Director, Wisconsin Project on Nuclear Arms Control; and Dr. Khidir Hamza, Former Iraqi Nuclear Engineer, Director, Council on Middle Eastern Affairs.

• September 19, 2002 - HOUSE INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS COMMITTEE - Full Committee - To hear testimony on "U.S. policy towards Iraq: Administration views." Opening statement of Chairman Henry Hyde. Testimony of Secretary Colin L. Powell, U.S. Department of Defense.

• September 19, 2002 - HOUSE INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS COMMITTEE - Full Committee - To hear testimony on U.S. policy towards Iraq. Opening statement of Chairman Henry Hyde. Testimony of Richard Perle, Resident Scholar, American Enterprises Institute; R. James Woolsey, Vice President, Booz Allen Hamilton; Jessica Tuchman Mathews, President, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace; and General Charles G. Boyd, U.S. Air Force (Ret.) President and Chief Executive Officer, Business Executives for National Security. Electronic testimony not yet available. For further information, please contact the House International Relations Committee at 202-225-3184.

• September 19, 2002 - SENATE ARMED SERVICES COMMITTEE - Full Committee - To receive testimony on U.S. policy on Iraq.

• September 18, 2002 - HOUSE ARMED SERVICES COMMITTEE - Full Committee- To receive testimony on U.S. policy towards Iraq. Opening statement by Chairman Hunter. Testimony of Donald H. Rumsfeld, Secretary of Defense; and Gen. Richard B. Myers, USAF, Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff.

• September 18, 2002 - HOUSE INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS COMMITTEE - Middle East and South Asia Subcommittee - U.S. Policy Toward Syria and H.R. 4483, the Syria Accountability Act. Testimony of Benjamin A. Gilman, Richard K. Armey, David Satterfield, Edward M. Gabriel, Matthew A. Levitt, William A. Reinsch, Elias Saadi, M.D.

• September 17, 2002 - SENATE ARMED SERVICES COMMITTEE - Full Committee - To receive testimony on Iraq.

• September 10, 2002 - HOUSE ARMED SERVICES COMMITTEE - Full Committee - To receive testimony on the state of the Iraqi weapons of mass destruction program and the history of the United Nations inspection efforts in Iraq.  Opening statement by Chairman Hunter. Testimony of Dr. David A. Kay, Former United Nations Chief Nuclear Weapons Inspector in Iraq, UN Special Commission on Iraq and International Atomic Energy Association; and Dr. Richard O. Spertzel, Former Head of Biology Section, UN Special Commission on Iraq.

• August 1, 2002 - SENATE FOREIGN RELATIONS COMMITTEE - Full Committee - To hear further testimony on issues related to the use of force against Iraq, specifically post-conflict involvement of the U.S. and summary of the national security perspectives.
• July 31, 2002 - SENATE FOREIGN RELATIONS COMMITTEE - Full Committee - To hear testimony on issues related to the use of force against Iraq, specifically the threat posed by Iraq, possible U.S. responses, and critical regional considerations.
• June 6, 2002 - HOUSE INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS COMMITTEE - Middle East and South Asia Subcommittee - "The Current Crisis in South Asia." Opening statement of Chairman Benjamin A. Gilman; testimony of Michael Krepon, Founding President, The Henry L. Stimson Center; testimony of Amit A. Pandya, Senior Fellow, Institute for Global Democracy.

• April 18, 2002 - HOUSE INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS COMMITTEE - Middle East and South Asia Subcommittee - Words Have Consequences: The Impact of Incitement, Anti-American and Anti-Semitic Propaganda on American Interests in the Middle East. Testimony of Abraham H. Foxman, National Director, Anti-Defamation League. Testimony of Yigal Carmon, President, The Middle East Media Research Institute.

• February 27, 2002 - SENATE ARMED SERVICES COMMITTEE - Emerging Threats and Capabilities Subcommittee - To receive testimony regarding the weapons of mass destruction capabilities of Iraq.

• February 14, 2002 - HOUSE INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS COMMITTEE - Full Committee - Members only meeting with the President of Pakistan, General Pervez Musharraf.

• December 13, 2001 - HOUSE INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS COMMITTEE - Full Committee - Committe mark-up of H. J. Res. 75, Regarding the monitoring of weapons development in Iraq, as required by United Nations Security Council Resolution 687 (April 3, 1991). Opening statement of Chairman Hyde.

• October 4, 2001 - SENATE FOREIGN RELATIONS COMMITTEE - Full Committee - To consider S. 1465, a bill to authorize the President to provide assistance to Pakistan and India through September 30, 2003, and to waive restrictions on foreign aid to a state in which the elected government was overthrown by military coup. For further information, please contact the Senate Foreign Relations Committee at (202) 224-4651.

• September 25, 2001 - HOUSE INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS COMMITTEE - Full Committee - CLOSED Members Only Briefing: U.S. Policy in the Fight Against International Terrorism Originating in South Asia. Testimony of Francis X. Taylor, Coordinator of Counterterrorism, U.S. Department of State. Testimony of Assistant Secretary of State for South Asia, Christina Rocca.

• July 26, 2001 - HOUSE INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS COMMITTEE - East Asia and the Pacific Subcommittee - To consider U.S.-North Korea relations after the policy review. Opening statement of Chairman Leach. Testimony of Special Envoy Charles Pritchard.

• June 28, 2001 - SENATE BANKING COMMITTEE - Full Committee - To consider the reauthorization of the Iran and Libya Sanctions Act.

• June 20, 2001 - HOUSE INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS COMMITTEE - Full Committee - To continue to mark-up H.R. 1954, the ILSA (Iran/Libya Sanctions Act) Extension Act of 2001. Summary of mark-up.

• June 13, 2001 - HOUSE INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS COMMITTEE - Full Committee - To mark-up H.R. 1954, the ILSA (Iran/Libya Sanctions Act) Extension Act of 2001. Opening statement of Chairman Hyde, statement of Representative Ron Paul.

• June 12, 2001 - HOUSE INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS COMMITTEE - East Asia and Pacific Affairs Subcommittee - To receive testimony from James Andrew Kelly, Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs, regarding challenges the Bush administration faces as it determines U.S. foreign policy in East Asia. Statement of Chairman Leach.

• June 6, 2001 - HOUSE INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS COMMITTEE - Middle East and South Asia Committee - To hear testimony regarding U.S. policy in Central Asia from Clifford G. Bond, Acting Principal Deputy Special Adviser to the Secretary of State for the New Independent States.

• May 23, 2001- SENATE FOREIGN RELATIONS COMMITTEE - East Asia and Pacific Affairs Subcommittee - To receive testimony on U.S. policy toward North Korea. Witness testimony not yet available electronically. For further information, please contact the Senate Foreign Relations Committee at (202) 224-4651.

• May 9, 2001 - HOUSE INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS COMMITTEE - Middle East and South Asia Committee - To hear testimony from the Director of Research at the Washington Institute of Near East Policy, Patrick Clawson, the Executive Director of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, Howard Kohr, and the President of the National Foreign Trade Council, William Reinsch, on the Iran- Libya Sanctions Extension Act of 2001. Opening statement of Chairman Benjamin Gilman. Testimony of Senator Alfonse D'Amato.

• May 1, 2001 - SENATE FOREIGN RELATIONS COMMITTEE - East Asia and Pacific Affairs Subcommittee - To receive testimony on the direction of U.S. China relations. Witness testimony not yet available electronically. For further information, please contact the Senate Foreign Relations Committee at (202) 224-4651.

• April 25, 2001 - HOUSE INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS COMMITTEE - East Asia and Pacific Affairs Subcommittee - A hearing to discuss the implication of the Hainan incident and the next step in U.S. China relations. Opening statement of Congressman Leach. Testimony of Professor David Shambaugh, Director of the China Policy Program at George Washington University. Testimony of Nicholas Lardy, Senior Fellow and Interim Director, Foreign Policy Studies, Brookings Institution. Statement of Professor Joseph Fewsmith, Boston University.

• March 29, 2001 - HOUSE INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS COMMITTEE - Middle East and South Asia Committee - A hearing to address developments in the Middle East. Opening statement of Chairman Gilman. Testimony of Edward Walker, Jr., Assistant Secretary for Near Eastern Affairs, U.S. Department of State.

• March 28, 2001 - SENATE FOREIGN RELATIONS COMMITTEE - Full Committee - To receive testimony regarding the importance of Department of Energy nonproliferation programs with Russia.

• March 1, 2001 - SENATE FOREIGN RELATIONS COMMITTEE - Subcommittee on Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs - To receive testimony on U.S. policy towards Iraq.

Missile Defense

• July 16, 2002 - HOUSE GOVERNMENT REFORM COMMITTEE - National Security Subcommittee - "Missile Defense: A New Organization, Evolutionary Technologies and Unrestricted Testing." To receive testimony from the following officials of the Department of Defense: Lt. Gen. Ronald T. Kadish, USAF, Director, Missile Defense Agency; Thomas Cristie, Director, Office of Test and Evaluation; and Kent G. Stansberry, Deputy Director, Missile Warfare, Office of the Secretary; Robert E. Levin, Director, Acquisition and Sourcing Management, GAO; and public witnesses.

• June 27, 2002 - HOUSE ARMED SERVICES COMMITTEE - Joint Hearing: Military Procurement Subcommittee and Military Research & Development Subcommittee - To hear testimony on missile defense. Testimony of Paul Wolfowitz, Deputy Secretary of Defense; Lt. Gen. Ronald T. Kadish, USAF, Director, Missile Defense Agency; and Mr. Thomas P. Christie, Director of Operational Test and Evaluation, Department of Defense.

• April 17, 2002 - SENATE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE - Defense Subcommittee - To hold hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2003 for the missile defense budget.

• March 13, 2002 - SENATE ARMED SERVICES COMMITTEE - Strategic Subcommittee - To receive testimony on the Ballistic Missile Defense acquisition policy and oversight, in review of the Defense Authorization Request for Fiscal Year 2003.

• March 11, 2002 - SENATE GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE - International Security, Proliferation, and Federal Services Subcommittee - Hearing regarding "CIA National Intelligence Estimate of Foreign Missile Development and the Ballistic Missile Threat through 2015." Opening statement of Senator Akaka . Testimony of Robert Walpole, National Intelligence Officer, Strategic and Nuclear Programs, National Intelligence Council, Central Intelligence Agency. Closing statement of Senator Akaka.

• March 7, 2002 - SENATE ARMED SERVICES COMMITTEE - Strategic Subcommittee - To receive testimony on the Ballistic Missile Defense program and budget in review of the Defense Authorization Request for Fiscal Year 2003.

• February 27, 2002 - HOUSE ARMED SERVICES COMMITTEE - Joint Hearing: Military Procurement Subcommittee and Military Research & Development Subcommittee - To receive testimony on the Missile Defense Agency and the fiscal year 2003 National Defense Authorization budget request. Opening statement by Chairman Hunter. Testimony of Lt. Gen. Ronald T. Kadish, USAF, Director, Missile Defense Agency, Department of Defense.

• July 24, 2001 - SENATE FOREIGN RELATIONS COMMITTEE - Full Committee - To consider the Administration's missile defense program and the ABM Treaty. For further information, please contact the Senate Foreign Relations Committee at (202) 224-4651.

• July 19, 2001 - SENATE ARMED SERVICES COMMITTEE - Full Committee - To continue to receive testimony on ballistic missile defense policies and programs in review of the Defense Authorization Request for Fiscal Year 2002. For further information, please contact the Senate Armed Services Committee at (202) 224-3871.

• July 19, 2001 - HOUSE ARMED SERVICES COMMITTEE - Full Committee - A hearing regarding missile defense. Opening statement of Chairman Stump. Testimony of Deputy Secretary of Defense, Paul Wolfowitz. Testimony of the Director of the Ballistic Missile Defense Organization at the Department of Defense, Lt. General Ronald Kadish.

• July 17, 2001 - SENATE ARMED SERVICES COMMITTEE - Full Committee - To continue to receive testimony on ballistic missile defense policies and programs in review of the Defense Authorization Request for Fiscal Year 2002.

Nominations

• October 11, 2001 - SENATE ARMED SERVICES COMMITTEE - Full Committee - To consider the nominations of Linton F. Brooks to be Deputy Administrator for Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation, National Nuclear Security Administration, and Everet Beckner to be Deputy Administrator for Defense Programs, National Nuclear Security Administration. For further information, please contact the Senate Armed Services Committee at (202) 224-3871.

• September 25, 2001 - SENATE FOREIGN RELATIONS COMMITTEE - Full Committee - To consider the nomination of John Wolf to be to be an Assistant Secretary of State (Non-proliferation). For further information, please contact the Senate Foreign Relations Committee at (202) 224-4651.

• September 12, 2001 - SENATE FOREIGN RELATIONS COMMITTEE - Full Committee - To consider the nomination of John Negroponte to be Representative of the United States of America to the United Nations. For further information, please contact the Senate Foreign Relations Committee at (202) 224-4651.

• September 13, 2001 - SENATE ARMED SERVICES COMMITTEE - Full Committee - To consider the nomination of General Richard Myers to be the Chairman of the Joint Chief of Staff.

• July 31, 2001 - SENATE FOREIGN RELATIONS COMMITTEE - Full Committee - To consider the nomination of Theodore H. Kattouf to be Ambassador to the Syrian Arab Republic. For further information, please contact the Senate Foreign Relations Committee at (202) 224-4651.

• July 26, 2001 - SENATE BANKING COMMITTEE - To consider the nomination of Michael Garcia to be Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Export Administration.

• July 17, 2001 - SENATE COMMERCE, SCIENCE AND TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE - Full Committee - To examine the nomination of Samuel Bodman to be Deputy Secretary for the Department of Commerce. Testimony not available electronically. For further information, call (202) 224-5115.

• June 27, 2001 - SENATE ARMED SERVICES COMMITTEE - Full Committee - To consider the nomination of Steven Cambone to be Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Policy. Testimony not available electronically. For further information, please contact the Senate Armed Services Committee at (202) 224-3871.

• June 27, 2001 - SENATE ENERGY COMMITTEE - Full Committee - To consider the nomination of Vicky A. Bailey to be an Assistant Secretary of Energy for International Affairs and Domestic Policy.

• June 27, 2001 - SENATE FOREIGN RELATIONS COMMITTEE - Full Committee - To consider the nomination of Clark T. Randt, Jr. to be Ambassador to the People's Republic of China. For further information, please contact the Senate Foreign Relations Committee at (202) 224-4651.

• June 27, 2001- SENATE FOREIGN RELATIONS COMMITTEE - Full Committee - To consider the nomination of General Francis Xavier Taylor to be Coordinator for Counterterrorism, with the rank of Ambassador at Large. For further information, please contact the Senate Foreign Relations Committee at (202) 224-4651.

• June 26, 2001 - SENATE FOREIGN RELATIONS COMMITTEE - Full Committee - To consider the nominations of C. David Welch to be Ambassador to the Arab Republic of Egypt, Daniel C. Kurtzer to be Ambassador to Israel, Robert D. Blackwill to be Ambassador to India, and Wendy Jean Chamberlin to be Ambassador to the Islamic Republic of Pakistan. For further information, please contact the Senate Foreign Relations Committee at (202) 224-4651.

• June 21, 2001 - SENATE FOREIGN RELATIONS COMMITTEE - Full Committee - To consider the nominations of William Farish to be the Ambassador to Great Britain, Howard Leach to be the Ambassador to France, and Alexander Vershbow to be the Ambassador to the Russian Federation. For further information, please contact the Senate Foreign Relations Committee at (202) 224-4651.

• June 5, 2001 - SENATE ARMED SERVICES COMMITTEE - Full Committee - To consider the nominations of Douglas Jay Feith to be Under Secretary of Defense for Policy, Jack Dyer Crouch, II to be Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Policy, and Peter W. Rodman to be Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs. **Washington Post Assessment.

• May 17, 2001 - SENATE FOREIGN RELATIONS COMMITTEE - Full Committee - To consider the nominations of William J. Burns to be Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs and Christina B. Rocca to be Assistant Secretary of State for South Asian Affairs. Witness testimony not yet available electronically. For further information, please contact the Senate Foreign Relations Committee at (202) 224-4651.

• May 16, 2001 - SENATE FOREIGN RELATIONS COMMITTEE - Full Committee - To consider the nomination of Elizabeth Jones to be Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs. Witness testimony not yet available electronically. For further information, please contact the Senate Foreign Relations Committee at (202) 224-4651.

• May 10, 2001 - SENATE BANKING COMMITTEE - Full Committee - To consider the nomination of James Jochum to be Assistant Secretary for Export Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce.

• May 9, 2001 - SENATE ENERGY COMMITTEE - Full Committee - To consider the nomination of Francis Blake to be Deputy Secretary of Energy and Robert Gordon Card to be Under Secretary of Energy.

• April 26, 2001 - SENATE FOREIGN RELATIONS COMMITTEE - Full Committee - Business meeting regarding the nomination of John Robert Bolton to be Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security. For further information, please contact the Senate Foreign Relations Committee at (202) 224-4651.

• April 26, 2001 - SENATE FOREIGN RELATIONS COMMITTEE - Full Committee - To consider the nomination of James Andrew Kelly to be Under Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs. For further information, please contact the Senate Foreign Relations Committee at (202) 224-4651.

• April 25, 2001 - SENATE FOREIGN RELATIONS COMMITTEE - Full Committee - To consider the nomination of Paula Dobriansky to be Under Secretary of State for Global Affairs, and Lincoln Bloomfield to be Under Secretary of State for Political-Military Affairs. For further information, please contact the Senate Foreign Relations Committee at (202) 224-4651.

• April 24, 2001 - SENATE BANKING COMMITTEE - Full Committee - To consider the nomination of Kenneth Juster to be Under Secretary of Commerce for Export Administration.

• March 29, 2001 - SENATE FOREIGN RELATIONS COMMITTEE - Full Committee - To consider the nomination of John Robert Bolton to be Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security. For further information, please contact the Senate Foreign Relations Committee at (202) 224-4651.

• March 20, 2001 - SENATE FOREIGN RELATIONS COMMITTEE - Full Committee - To receive testimony on the nomination of Marc Isaiah Grossman for Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs. For further information, please contact the Senate Foreign Relations Committee at (202) 224-4651.

• February 27, 2001 - SENATE ARMED SERVICES COMMITTEE - Full Committee - To consider the nomination of Paul Wolfowitz to be the Deputy Secretary of Defense.

• February 27, 2001 - SENATE GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE - Full Committee - To consider the Nomination of Sean O' Keefe to be Deputy Director of the Office of Management and Budget.

• January 19, 2001 - SENATE GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE - Full Committee - To consider the nomination of Mitchell Daniels, Jr. to be Director of the White House Office of Management and Budget.

• January 18, 2001 - SENATE ENERGY COMMITTEE - Full Committee - To consider the nomination of the Honorable Spencer Abraham to be Secretary of Energy.

• January 17, 2001 - SENATE FOREIGN RELATIONS COMMITTEE - Full Committee - To consider the nomination of Colin Powell to be Secretary of State.

Nuclear Weapons and Fissile Material

• September 24, 2002 - HOUSE GOVERNMENT REFORM COMMITTEE - National Security Subcommittee - Combating Terrorism: Preventing Nuclear Terrorism.

• August 1, 2002 - SENATE ARMED SERVICES COMMITTEE - Full Committee - To continue to receive testimony on the national security implications of the Strategic Offensive Reductions Treaty.

• July 30, 2002 - SENATE ARMED SERVICES COMMITTEE - Emerging Threats and Capabilities Subcommittee - To receive testimony on the report of the General Accounting Office on nuclear nonproliferation and efforts to help other countries combat nuclear smuggling.

• July 25, 2002 - SENATE ARMED SERVICES COMMITTEE - Full Committee - To receive testimony on the national security implications of the Strategic Offensive Reductions Treaty.

• July 23, 2002 - SENATE FOREIGN RELATIONS COMMITTEE - Full Committee - To hear further testimony on the Treaty on Strategic Offensive Reductions. Electronic testimony not yet available. For further information, please contact the Senate Foreign Relations Committee at (202) 224-4651.
• July 17, 2002 - SENATE FOREIGN RELATIONS COMMITTEE - Full Committee - To hear further testimony on the Treaty on Strategic Offensive Reductions. Electronic testimony not yet available. For further information, please contact the Senate Foreign Relations Committee at (202) 224-4651.

• July 10, 2002 - SENATE ENERGY COMMITTEE - Full Committee - To explore the present and future roles of the Department of Energy/National Nuclear Security Administration national laboratories in protecting our homeland security.

• July 9, 2002 - SENATE FOREIGN RELATIONS COMMITTEE - Full Committee - To hear testimony on the Treaty on Strategic Offensive Reductions. Electronic testimony not yet available. For further information, please contact the Senate Foreign Relations Committee at (202) 224-4651.

• June 12, 2002 - HOUSE ARMED SERVICES COMMITTEE - Military Procurement Subcommittee - To receive testimony on the Safety, Security, Reliability, and Performance of the U.S. Nuclear Stockpile. Opening statement by Chairman Weldon. Testimony of Gen. John A. Gordon, USAF (Ret.), Administrator, National Nuclear Security Administration; RADM John T. Byrd, USN, Director, Plans and Policy, STRATCOM; Dr. Michael Anastasio, Dep. Director, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory; Dr. John C. Browne, Director, Los Alamos National Laboratory; Dr. C. Paul Robinson, Director, Sandia National Laboratory; Dr. Fredrick A. Tarantino, General Manager, Nevada Test Site; Mr. Dennis R. Ruddy, General Manager, Pantex Plant; Mr. John T. Mitchell, General Manager, K-12; Mr. David S. Douglass, General Manager, Kansas City Plant; and Mr. Robert E. Pedde, General Manager, Savannah River Site.

• May 23, 2002 - SENATE ENERGY COMMITTEE - Full Committee - To receive testimony on S.J.Res. 34, a joint resolution approving the site at Yucca Mountain, Nevada, for the development of a repository for the disposal of high-level radioactive waste and spent nuclear fuel, pursuant to the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982; to consider the President's recommendation of the Yucca Mountain site for development of a repository and the objections of the Governor of Nevada to the President's recommendation. This is the third of three hearings on this subject.

• May 22, 2002 - SENATE ENERGY COMMITTEE - Full Committee - To receive testimony on S.J.Res. 34, a joint resolution approving the site at Yucca Mountain, Nevada, for the development of a repository for the disposal of high-level radioactive waste and spent nuclear fuel, pursuant to the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982; to consider the President's recommendation of the Yucca Mountain site for development of a repository and the objections of the Governor of Nevada to the President's recommendation. This is the second of three hearings on this subject.

• May 16, 2002 - SENATE ENERGY COMMITTEE - Full Committee - To receive testimony on S.J.Res. 34, a joint resolution approving the site at Yucca Mountain, Nevada, for the development of a repository for the disposal of high-level radioactive waste and spent nuclear fuel, pursuant to the Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982; to consider the President's recommendation of the Yucca Mountain site for development of a repository and the objections of the Governor of Nevada to the President's recommendation. This is the first of three hearings on this subject.

• May 16, 2002 - SENATE FOREIGN RELATIONS COMMITTEE - Full Committee - To hear testimony on the Nuclear Posture Review. Electronic testimony not yet available. For further information, please contact the Senate Foreign Relations Committee at (202) 224-4651.

• April 23, 2002 - To hear testimony regarding increasing our nonproliferation efforts in the former Soviet Union.

• April 18, 2002 - SUBCOMMITTEE ON ENERGY AND AIR QUALITY - A Review of the President's Recommendation to Develop a Nuclear Waste Repository at Yucca Mountain, Nevada.

• April 10, 2002 - SENATE ARMED SERVICES COMMITTEE - Strategic Subcommittee - To receive testimony on the Department of Energy’s Environmental Management program and the National Nuclear Security Administration’s Defense Program and other weapons activities in review of the Defense Authorization Request for Fiscal Year 2003.

• March 21, 2002 - HOUSE ARMED SERVICES COMMITTEE - Special Oversight Panel on Department of Energy Reorganization - To receive testimony on the findings and recommendations of the report of the Panel to Assess the Reliability, Safety, and Security of the United States Nuclear Stockpile. Opening statement by Chairman Thornberry. Testimony of Dr. John S. Foster, Chairman, Panel to Assess the Reliability, Safety, and Security of the United States Nuclear Stockpile.

• March 14, 2002 - SENATE ARMED SERVICES COMMITTEE - Full Committee - To receive testimony on the atomic energy defense activities of the Department of Energy, in review of the Defense Authorization Request for Fiscal Year 2003.

• March 6, 2002 - SENATE FOREIGN RELATIONS COMMITTEE - To hear testimony on on the terrorist nuclear threat, focusing on "dirty" bombs and "basement" nukes. Electronic testimony not yet available. For further information, please contact the Senate Foreign Relations Committee at (202) 224-4651.

• February 26, 2002 - HOUSE ARMED SERVICES COMMITTEE - Special Oversight Panel on Department of Energy Reorganization - To receive testimony on the implementation by the National Nuclear Security Administration of the provisions contained in Title 32 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2000. Testimony of Gen. John A. Gordon, USAF (Ret.), Administrator, National Nuclear Security Administration, Department of Energy. Testimony of Gary Jones, Director, Natural Resources and Environment, U.S. General Accounting Office.

• February 14, 2002 - SENATE ARMED SERVICES COMMITTEE -Full Committee - To receive testimony on the results of the Nuclear Posture Review, in review of the Defense Authorization Request for Fiscal Year 2003.

• December 13, 2001 - SENATE ARMED SERVICES COMMITTEE - Strategic Forces Subcommittee - To receive testimony on the security of U.S. nuclear weapons and nuclear weapons facilities. * Open/ Closed.*

• December 5, 2001 - HOUSE BUDGET COMMITTEE - Re-Structuring Government for Homeland Security: Nuclear / Biological / Chemical Threats. Statement of Dr. Scott Lillibridge, Special Assistant to the Secretary for National Security and Emergency Management, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, statement of Joseph Mahley, Director, Office of Security for the U.S. Department of Energy, statement of Mr. Ken Baker, Principal Deputy Administrator for Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation, National Nuclear Security Administration, U.S. Department of Energy.

• June 27, 2001 - HOUSE ARMED SERVICES COMMITTEE - Military Procurement Subcommittee - A hearing on the budget for atomic energy defense activities of the Department of Energy. Opening statement of Chairman Spence, testimony of Gen. John A. Gordon, Administrator, National Nuclear Security Administration, Department of Energy.

• June 26, 2001 - HOUSE ARMED SERVICES COMMITTEE - Special Oversight Panel on DOE Reorganization - To receive testimony on management of the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA).

• May 15, 2001 - SENATE ARMED SERVICES COMMITTEE - Emerging Threats Subcommittee - To receive testimony on the Department of Energy's Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation Programs in review of the Defense Authorization Request for Fiscal Year 2002 and the Future Years Defense Program.

• May 1, 2001 - SENATE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE - Energy and Water Subcommittee - To receive testimony from the Acting Director of the Office of Science of the U.S. Department of Energy, Dr. James Decker, the Director of the Office of Nuclear Energy, Science and Technology, William Magwood, and the Deputy Assistant Secretary, Office of Power Technology of the U.S. Department of Energy, Dr. Robert Dixon, on science and nuclear energy. Opening Statement of Energy and Water Subcommittee Chairman Domenici.

• April 26, 2001 - SENATE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE - Energy and Water Subcommittee - To receive testimony from the Administrator of the National Nuclear Security Administration, General John Gordon, the Acting Deputy Administrator of Defense Programs, General Giaconda, the Acting Deputy Administrator for Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation, Ken Baker, and the Director of the Naval Nuclear Propulsion Program, , Admiral Frank Bowman, on the Fiscal Year 2002 budget request for the Department of Energy's National Nuclear Security Administration.

• April 25, 2001 - SENATE ARMED SERVICES COMMITTEE - Strategic Subcommittee - To receive testimony on the Fiscal Year 2002 budget request for the National Nuclear Security Administration in review of the Defense Authorization request for Fiscal Year 2002 and the Future Years Defense Program.

• April 4, 2001 - HOUSE ARMED SERVICES COMMITTEE - Full Committee - To hear testimony regarding the reorganization plan of the National Nuclear Security Administration.

• March 28, 2001 - SENATE FOREIGN RELATIONS COMMITTEE - Full Committee - To receive testimony regarding the importance of Department of Energy nonproliferation programs with Russia.

• March 19, 2001 - SENATE ARMED SERVICES COMMITTEE - Strategic Subcommittee - To receive testimony on the Fiscal Year 2000 report to Congress of the Panel to Assess the Reliability, Safety, and Security of the United States Nuclear Stockpile. Testimony not available electronically. For further information, please contact the Senate Armed Services Committee at (202) 224-3871.

• March 13, 2001- SENATE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE - Energy and Water Subcommittee - To receive testimony from the Administrator of the National Nuclear Security Administration, General John Gordon, and the former Secretary of Energy and member of the Panel to Assess the Reliability, Safety, and Security of the U.S. Nuclear Stockpile, Honorable James Schlesinger, on the condition of the facilities and infrastructure of the U.S. nuclear weapons complex.

• February 8, 2001 - SENATE ARMED SERVICES COMMITTEE - Full Committee - To receive testimony on Secretary of Energy Spencer Abraham's plans for Department of Energy national security programs.

Terrorism

• September 24, 2002 - HOUSE GOVERNMENT REFORM COMMITTEE - National Security Subcommittee - Combating Terrorism: Preventing Nuclear Terrorism.

• August 1, 2002 - SENATE BANKING COMMITTEE - Subcommittee on International Trade and Finance - Hearing on "The Role of Charities and NGOs in the Financing of Terrorist Activities."

• June 25, 2002 - SENATE COMMERCE COMMITTEE - Full Committee- To hear testimony on science and technology to combat terrorism. Opening statement Senator Wyden. Testimony of Dr. Lewis M. Branscomb, Co-Chair, National Academy of Sciences Committee on Science and Technology for Countering Terrorism, and Aetna Professor in Public Policy and Corporate Management (Emeritus), Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University; and Dr. Richard Klausner, Co-Chair, National Academy of Sciences Committee on Science and Technology for Countering Terrorism, and Executive Director, Global Health Programs, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.

• June 11, 2002 - HOUSE GOVERNMENTAL REFORM COMMITTEE - National Security Subcommittee - Combating Terrorism: Improving the Federal Response. A hearing to examine the bill, H.R. 4660, The National Homeland Security and Combating Terrorism Act of 2002, introduced to establish a Department of Homeland Security and the National Office for Combating Terrorism.

• April 18, 2002 - HOUSE INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS COMMITTEE - Middle East and South Asia Subcommittee - Words Have Consequences: The Impact of Incitement, Anti-American and Anti-Semitic Propaganda on American Interests in the Middle East. Testimony of Abraham H. Foxman, National Director, Anti-Defamation League. Testimony of Yigal Carmon, President, The Middle East Media Research Institute.

• April 18, 2002 - HOUSE GOVERNMENTAL REFORM COMMITTEE - National Security Subcommittee - Hearing on Combating Terrorism and the options of multilateral containment or unilateral confrontation.

• April 10, 2002 - SENATE ARMED SERVICES COMMITTEE - Emerging Threats Subcommittee - To receive testimony on technology for combating terrorism and weapons of mass destruction in review of the Defense Authorization Request for Fiscal Year 2003.

• March 21, 2002 - HOUSE GOVERNMENTAL REFORM COMMITTEE - National Security Subcommittee - To hear testimony on combating terrorism and protecting the United States, Part II.

• March 12, 2002 - HOUSE GOVERNMENTAL REFORM COMMITTEE - National Security Subcommittee - To hear testimony on combating terrorism and protecting the United States, Part I.

• March 6, 2002 - SENATE FOREIGN RELATIONS COMMITTEE - To hear testimony on on the terrorist nuclear threat, focusing on "dirty" bombs and "basement" nukes. Electronic testimony not yet available. For further information, please contact the Senate Foreign Relations Committee at (202) 224-4651.

• February 12, 2002 - SENATE GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE - International Security, Proliferation and Federal Services Subcommittee - Hearing to consider Multilateral Non-proliferation Regimes, Weapons of Mass Destruction Technologies, and the War on Terrorism.

• February 7, 2002 - SENATE FOREIGN RELATIONS COMMITTEE - To examine the future of the war on terrorism. Electronic testimony not yet available. For further information, please contact the Senate Foreign Relations Committee at (202) 224-4651.

• February 7, 2002 - SENATE GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE - Full Committee - A hearing regarding S. 1867, A Bill to Establish the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States.

• February 5, 2002 - SENATE COMMERCE COMMITTEE- Full Committee - To hear testimony on "Fighting Terrorism - Using America's Scientists and Entrepreneurs to find solutions. Panel 1: Testimony of Georges Benjamin, M.D., President, Association of State & Territorial Health Officers, and Secretary, Department of Health & Mental Hygiene, State of Maryland; John G. Edwards, President & CEO, Photonic Sensor; Dr. Richard Hatchett, Coordinator, The Civilian Medical Reserve Working Group; Dr. Richard Klausner, Special Advisor to the Presidents for Counterterrorism, National Academy of Sciences; Una Ryan, Ph.D., President & CEO of AVANT Immunotherapeutics, Inc.; and Dr. Bruno Sobral, Director, Virginia Bioinformatics Institute. Panel II: Testimony of Anna Johnson-Winegar, Ph.D., Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Chemical-Biological Defense Programs; and Dr. Lisa A. Simpson, Deputy Director, Agency for Health Care Research & Quality, Department of Health and Human Services.

• December 13, 2001 - SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE - Technology, Terrorism and Government Information Subcommittee -Protecting Our Homeland Against Terror: Building a New National Guard for the 21st Century.

• December 5, 2001 - HOUSE INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS COMMITTEE - Full Committee - To consider bioterrorism and the potential sources of anthrax. Opening statement of Chairman Hyde, testimony of Dr. Richard Spertzel, Consultant, testimony of Dr. Kenneth Alibek, President, Advanced Biosystems, Inc., Elisa D. Harris, Research Fellow, Center for International and Security Studies at Maryland University.

• December 5, 2001 - HOUSE SCIENCE COMMITTEE - Full Committee - To consider the Science of Bioterrorism: Is the Government Prepared? Opening statement of Chairman Boehlert, testimony of John H. Marburger, III Director, Office of Science and Technology Policy, testimony of Linda Fisher, Deputy Administrator, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, testimony of Dr. Anna Johnson-Winegar, Deputy Assistant to the Secretary of Defense for Chemical and Biological Defense, testimony of Dr. D.A. Henderson, Director, Office of Public Health Preparedness, Department of Health and Human Services.

• November 29, 2001 - SENATE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE - Labor, HHS, Education Subcommittee - A hearing to discuss "Funding for Bioterrorism Prepardeness." Opening statement of Chairman Tom Harkin, testimony of Mr. Joseph LaValley, Mercy Medical Center, testimony of Joseph A. Barbera, M.D. Co-Director, The Institute for Crisis, Disaster, and Risk Management, George Washington University, testimony of Dr. Kenneth Alibek, President, Advanced Biosystems, Inc., testimony of Anthony Fauci, M.D., Director, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, testimony of Jeffrey P. Koplan, M.D., M.P.H., Director, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Department of Health and Human Services.

• November 6, 2001 SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE - Technology, Terrorism and Government Information Subcommittee - Germs, Toxins and Terror: The New Threat to America.

• October 25, 2001 - SENATE ARMED SERVICES COMMITTEE - Emerging Threats and Capabilities Subcommittee - To receive testimony on the Dark Winter scenario and bioterrorism. OPEN/ CLOSED. For further information, please contact the Senate Armed Services Committee at (202) 224-3871.

• October 17, 2001 - SENATE GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE - International Security, Proliferation and Federal Services Subcommittee - To consider federal efforts to coordinate and prepare the United States for bioterrorism: Are they ready?

• October 11, 2001 - SENATE FOREIGN RELATIONS COMMITTEE -Full Committee - To consider the International Convention for the Suppression of Terrorist Bombings (Treaty Doc. 106-6) and the International Convention for the Suppression of the Financing of Terrorism (Treaty Doc. 106-49). For further information, please contact the Senate Foreign Relations Committee at (202) 224-4651.

• October 10, 2001 - HOUSE INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS COMMITTEE - Full Committee - To consider the role of public diplomacy in support of the antiterrorism campaign. Opening statement of Chairman Hyde. Testimony of the Honorable Charlotte Beers, Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs. Testimony of Marc B. Nathanson, Chairman, Broadcasting Board of Governors. Testimony of Ambassador Kenton Keith, Chair, Alliance for International Educational and Cultural Exchange, and Senior Vice President, Meridian International Center.

• October 9, 2001 - SENATE HEALTH, EDUCATION, LABOR AND PENSIONS COMMITTEE - Full Committee - To consider the most effective responses to threats of bioterrorism.

• October 3, 2001 - HOUSE INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS COMMITTEE - Full Committee - To consider the problem of Al Qaeda and the Global Reach of Terrorism. Opening statement of Chairman Hyde. Testimony of the Taliban by Charles Santos, SBS Associates. Statement of Oliver "Buck" Revell, President of the Law Enforcement Television Network (LETN), Former Associate Deputy Director for Investigations, Federal Bureau of Investigation. Testimony of Vincent Cannistraro, Former CIA Chief of Counterterrorism Operations and Analysis.

• September 25, 2001 - SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE - Full Committee - To receive testimony regarding homeland defense in the face of terrorism.

• September 25, 2001 - HOUSE INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS COMMITTEE - -Full Committee - CLOSED Members Only Briefing: U.S. Policy in the Fight Against International Terrorism Originating in South Asia. Testimony of Francis X. Taylor, Coordinator of Counterterrorism, U.S. Department of State. Testimony of Assistant Secretary of State for South Asia, Christina Rocca.

• September 24, 2001 - HOUSE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE - Full Committee - To consider the adoption of the Anit-Terrorism Act of 2001. Opening statement of Chairman F. James Sensenbrenner. Statement of Congressman John Conyers, Jr. Statement of Attorney General John Ashcroft.

• September 20, 2001 - HOUSE GOVERNMENTAL REFORM COMMITTEE - Full Committee - To consider preparations for the war on terrorism. For further information, contact the House Government Reform Committee at (202) 225-5074.

• September 5, 2001 - SENATE FOREIGN RELATIONS COMMITTEE -Full Committee - To consider the threat of bioterrorism and the spread of infectious diseases. For further information, please contact the Senate Foreign Relations Committee at (202) 224-4651.

• July 23, 2001 - SENATE GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE - International Security, Proliferation and Federal Services Subcommittee - To consider FEMA's role in managing bioterrorist attacks and the impact of public health concerns on bioterrorism preparedness. Testimony not yet available electronically. Contact the Governmental Affairs Committee at (202) 224-4751 for further information.

• July 23, 2001 - HOUSE GOVERNMENTAL REFORM COMMITTEE - National Security Subcommittee - July 23, 2001 - A hearing on combating terrorism and federal response to a biological weapons attack.

• May 22, 2001 - HOUSE ARMED SERVICES COMMITTEE - Special Oversight Panel on Terrorism - To examine the patterns of global terrorism and the threats to the homeland. Opening statement of Chairman Saxton. Testimony of Mark Wong, Acting Deputy Coordinator for Counterterrorism, U.S. Department of State, and Samual Brinkley, Sr. Advisor on Weapons of Mass Destruction, U.S. Department of State.

• May 10, 2001 - SENATE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE - Commerce, Justice, State, Judiciary Subcommittee - To receive testimony from Sheriff Patrick J. Sullivan, Arapahoe County, Colorado Sheriff's Office, Chief John "Jack" Fanning, New York City Fire Department, Mr. Peter LaPorte, District of Columbia Emergency Management Agency, Dr. Stephen Cantrill, Denver Health Medical Center, General Bruce Lawlor, Commander, Joint Task Force-Civil Support, and Dr. Bernadine Healy, President and CEO, the American Red Cross, on the U.S. federal government capabilities in responding to terrorist attack.

• May 9, 2001 - SENATE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE - Commerce, Justice, State, Judiciary Subcommittee - To receive testimony from Attorney General, John Ashcroft, Secretary of Health and Human Services, Tommy Thompson, Secretary of Commerce, Donald Evans , Secretary of Agriculture, Ann Veneman, and Secretary of the Interior, Gail Norton, on terrorism and U.S. federal government capabilities.

• May 8, 2001 - SENATE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE - Commerce, Justice, State, Judiciary Subcommittee - To receive testimony from Secretary of Treasury, Paul O'Neill, Secretary of State, Colin Powell, Secretary of Transportation, Norm Mineta, the director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, Joe Allbaugh, the Administrator of the National Nuclear Security Agency, John Gordon, and the Chairman of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Richard Menserve, on terrorism and U.S. federal government capabilities.

• May 3, 2001 - SENATE ARMED SERVICES COMMITTEE - Full Committee - To receive testimony on the lessons learned from the terrorist attack on USS COLE, on the report of the Crouch/Gehman Commission and on the Navy's Judge Advocate General Manual investigation into the attack, including a review of appropriate standards of accountability for U.S. military services.

• May 1, 2001 - SENATE ARMED SERVICES COMMITTEE- Emerging Threats and Capabilities Subcommittee - To receive testimony on the U.S. military's capabilities to respond to domestic terrorist attacks involving the use of weapons of mass destruction.

• May 1, 2001 - HOUSE GOVERNMENTAL REFORM COMMITTEE - National Security Subcommittee - A hearing to discuss the management of medical supplies needed in the event of a terrorist attack.

• April 24, 2001 - HOUSE GOVERNMENTAL REFORM COMMITTEE - National Security Subcommittee - To receive testimony on options to improve the federal response to terrorism.

• March 27, 2001 - SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE - Technology Subcommittee - To receive testimony on domestic response capabilities for terrorism involving weapons of mass destruction.

• March 27, 2001 - HOUSE GOVERNMENTAL REFORM COMMITTEE - National Security Subcommittee - To receive testimony on formatting a national strategy to combat terrorism.

Weapons of Mass Destruction - General

• September 12, 2002 - SENATE FOREIGN RELATIONS COMMITTEE - Full Comitttee - To hear further testimony on the Treaty on Strategic Offensive Reductions. Electronic testimony not yet available. For further information, please contact the Senate Foreign Relations Committee at (202) 224-4651.

• July 29, 2002 - SENATE GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE - International Security, Proliferation, and Federal Services Subcommittee - A hearing to examine multilateral arms control regimes within the context of global WMD terrorism from state and non-state actors. Opening statement of Chairman Akaka; testimony of Mr. Marshall Billingslea, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense; testimony of Mr. Vann Van Diepen, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State; closing statement of Chairman Akaka.

• July 25, 2002 - HOUSE INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS COMMITTEE - Full Committee - "Loose Nukes, Biological Terrorism and Chemical Warfare: Using Russian Debt to Enhance Security." Opening statement of Chairman Hyde; testimony of Rep. Ellen O. Tauscher; testimony of Mr. Alan P. Larson, Undersecretary of State for Economic, Business and Agricultural Affairs; testimony of  Dr. James D. Fuller, Director, Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation Programs; testimony of Mr. Charles B. Curtis, President, Nuclear Threat Initiative; and testimony of Dr. Constantine C. Menges, Senior Fellow, The Hudson Institute.

• June 11, 2002 - SENATE GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE - International Security, Proliferation, and Federal Services Subcommittee - "Cruise Missiles and UAV Threats to the United States." Opening statement of Chairman Akaka; testimony of Vann H. Van Diepen, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Non-proliferation, Department of State; testimony of Christopher Bolkcom, Analyst in National Defense, Foreign Affairs, Defense and Trade Division, Congressional Research Service; testimony of Dennis Gormley, President, Blue Ridge Consulting.

• April 10, 2002 - SENATE ARMED SERVICES COMMITTEE - Emerging Threats and Capabilities Subcommittee - To receive testimony on technology for combating terrorism and weapons of mass destruction in review of the Defense Authorization Request for Fiscal Year 2003.

• March 6, 2002 - SENATE ARMED SERVICES COMMITTEE - Emerging Threats and Capabilities Subcommittee - To receive testimony on the nonproliferation programs of the Department of Energy and the Cooperative Threat Reduction program of the Department of Defense in review of the Defense Authorization Request for Fiscal Year 2003.

• February 27, 2002 - SENATE ARMED SERVICES COMMITTEE - Emerging Threats and Capabilities Subcommittee - To receive testimony regarding the weapons of mass destruction capabilities of Iraq.

• February 12, 2002 - SENATE GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE - International Security, Proliferation and Federal Services Subcommittee - Hearing to consider Multilateral Non-proliferation Regimes, Weapons of Mass Destruction Technologies, and the War on Terrorism.

• December 5, 2001 - HOUSE BUDGET COMMITTEE - Re-Structuring Government for Homeland Security: Nuclear / Biological / Chemical Threats. Statement of Dr. Scott Lillibridge, Special Assistant to the Secretary for National Security and Emergency Management, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, statement of Joseph Mahley, Director, Office of Security for the U.S. Department of Energy, statement of Mr. Ken Baker, Principal Deputy Administrator for Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation, National Nuclear Security Administration, U.S. Department of Energy.

• November 29, 2001 - SENATE GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE - International Security, Proliferation and Federal Services Subcommittee - Combating Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction(WMD) with Non-Proliferation Programs: Non-Proliferation Assistance Coordination Act of 2001 (Part II). Opening statement of Senator Akaka, witness testimony.

• November 14, 2001 - SENATE GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE - International Security, Proliferation and Federal Services Subcommittee -Combating Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction(WMD) with Non-Proliferation Programs: Non-Proliferation Assistance Coordination Act of 2001 (Part I). Opening statement of Senator Akaka, witness list, testimony of Leonard Spector, Deputy Director, Center for Nonproliferation Studies.

• November 7, 2001 - SENATE GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE - International Security, Proliferation and Federal Services Subcommittee - Current and Future Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) Proliferation Threats. Witness list and testimony, closing statement of Senator Akaka.

• May 1, 2001 - SENATE ARMED SERVICES COMMITTEE - Emerging Threats and Capabilities Subcommittee - To receive testimony on the U.S. military's capabilities to respond to domestic terrorist attacks involving the use of weapons of mass destruction.

• March 27, 2001 - SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE - Technology Subcommittee - To receive testimony on domestic response capabilities for terrorism involving weapons of mass destruction.

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