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 2003 Hearings:

Friday, November 7, 2003

Subject :   The Employment Situation: October 2003

Representative Stark's Opening Statement

Witness:    Dr. Kathleen P. Utgoff, Commissioner,  
                Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor

Location:   628 Dirksen Senate Office Building
Time:        9:30 a.m.

Wednesday, November 5, 2003

Subject :   Rethinking the Tax Code

Witnesses:     
      Panel I
                The Honorable Arlen Specter, U.S. Senator (R-PA)

                The Honorable Jim McDermott, U.S. Representative (D-WA)

      Panel II
                Dr. Michael Boskin, Senior Fellow, Hoover Institution,
                Stanford University

                Mr. Edward J. McCaffery, Maurice Jones, Jr. Professor of Law
                and Political Science, The Law School,
                University of Southern California

                Mr. Cliff Massa III, Partner, Patton Boggs LLP

                Mr. Robert S. McIntyre, Director, Citizens for Tax Justice

Location:   628 Dirksen Senate Office Building
Time:        9:30 a.m.

Wednesday, October 1, 2003

Subject :   Roundtable Discussion: Reshaping the Future of America's Health

Witness:    Vice Admiral Richard H. Carmona, M.D., M.P.H., F.A.C.S.,
                United States Surgeon General

                Diane Rowland, Sc.D., Executive Vice President,
                Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation

                James E. Oatman, Senior Vice President,
                Fortis Health

Location:   216 Hart Senate Office Building
Time:        10:45 a.m.

Friday, September 5, 2003

Subject :   The Employment Situation

Representative Stark's Opening Statement

Witness:    Dr. Kathleen P. Utgoff, Commissioner
                Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor

Location:   628 Dirksen Senate Office Building
Time:        9:30 a.m.

Wednesday, July 9, 2003

Subject :   Technology, Innovation and Health Care Costs

Representative Stark's Opening Statement

Witnesses:     
Panel I
                Commissioner Mark McClellan, M.D., Ph.D

                U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)

                Director Carolyn M. Clancy, M.D.,
                Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)      

Panel II
                Peter J. Neumann, Sc.D., Deputy Director
                Program on the Economic Evaluation of Medical Technology
                Harvard School of Public Health

                Neil R. Powe, M.D., MPH, MBA, Director
                Welch Center for Prevention,
                Epidemiology and Clinical Research
                The Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions

Location:   628 Dirksen Senate Office Building
Time:        9:30 a.m.

Wednesday, June 11, 2003

Subject :   Transforming Iraq's Economy

Representative Stark's Opening Statement

Witness:    Hernando de Soto, Ph.D.,
                President, Instituto de Democracia y Libertad

                Basil al-Rahim,
                Founder and Board Member, Iraq Foundation
                Managing Director of MerchantBridge

                David P. Ellerman, Ph.D.,
                Author and former economist at the World Bank

                Rachel Bronson, Ph.D.,
                Olin Senior Fellow and Director, Middle East Programs,
                Council on Foreign Relations

Location:   628 Dirksen Senate Office Building
Time:        9:30 a.m.

Wednesday, May 21, 2003

Subject :   The Economic Outlook

Representative Stark's Opening Statement

Witness:    The Honorable Alan Greenspan, Chairman,  
                Board of Governors, Federal Reserve System

Location:   216 Hart Senate Office Building
Time:        9:30 a.m.

Tuesday, May 6, 2003

Subject :   Financing Our Nation's Roads

Witnesses: Panel I
                The Honorable Mark R. Kennedy (R-Minn.)

                The Honorable Marilyn N. Musgrave (R-Colo.)

                Panel II
                Robert W. Poole, Jr., Director of Transportation Studies
                and Founder, Reason Foundation

                Robert D. Atkinson, Ph.D., Vice President,
                Progressive Policy Institute

                William R. Buechner, Ph.D., Vice President, Economics and
                Research, American Road & Transportation Builders Association

                Michael Replogle, M.S.E., Transportation Director
                Environmental Defense

Location:   628 Dirksen Senate Office Building
Time:        10:00 a.m.

Thursday, April 10, 2003

Subject :   Medicare's Financial Crisis

Representative Stark's Opening Statement

Witnesses: Panel I
                Douglas Holtz-Eakin, Ph.D., Director
                Congressional Budget Office

                David M. Walker, C.P.A., Comptroller General
                General Accounting Office

                Panel II
                Gail R. Wilensky, Ph.D., John M. Olin Senior Fellow
                Center for Health Affairs, Project HOPE

                John P. Martin, Director, Employment, Labor & Social Affairs
                Organisation for Economic Co-Operation & Development

                Marilyn Moon, Ph.D., Senior Fellow
                The Urban Institute

Location:   562 Dirksen Senate Office Building
Time:        10:30 a.m.

Friday, March 7, 2003

Subject :   The Employment Situation

Representative Stark's Opening Statement

Witnesses: Panel I: The Employment Situation Report for February 2003
                Dr. Kathleen P. Utgoff, Commissioner, Bureau of Labor Statistics,
                U.S. Department of Labor

                Panel II: Improving Assistance for the Unemployed
                Mr. Mason Bishop, Deputy Assistant Secretary
                Employment and Training Administration,
                U.S. Department of Labor

                Dr. Don Parsons, Professor of Economics
                George Washington University

                Dr. Harry Holzer, Professor of Public Policy
                Georgetown University and Urban Institute

Location:   628 Dirksen Senate Office Building
Time:        9:30 a.m.

Wednesday, February 26, 2003

Subject :   The Economic Report of the President

Representative Stark's Opening Statement

Witnesses: Panel I
                Dr. R. Glenn Hubbard, Chairman, Council of Economic Advisers

                Dr. Randall S. Kroszner, Member, Council of Economic Advisers

                Panel II
                Dr. Henry J. Aaron, Senior Fellow for Economic Studies
                The Brookings Institution

                Dr. Eric M. Engen, Resident Scholar
                American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research

                Dr. Daniel J. Mitchell, McKenna Senior Fellow in Political Economy
                The Heritage Foundation

Location:   628 Dirksen Senate Office Building
Time:        2:30 p.m.

Thursday, January 30, 2003

Subject :   The Administration's Growth and Jobs Plan

Representative Stark's Opening Statement

Witness:    Dr. R. Glenn Hubbard, Chairman,  
                Council of Economic Advisers

Location:   628 Dirksen Senate Office Building
Time:        10:00 a.m.