Week of May 29

No business
Memorial Day district work period

San Francisco Chronicle
House Votes Major Changes to Endangered Species Act

Endangered Species Act
Implementation of the 1973 ESA

ANWR Energy Exploration:
Putting it in Perspective

Dow Jones:
Lawmaker Eyes Energy Bill To Halt CNOOC-Unocal

Legislative Hearing on:

H.R. 1442, to authorize the design and construction of a visitor center for the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

Witnesses

Panel 1:

Robert Duvall, Actor, Middleburg, Virginia

Stanley Karnow, Pulitzer Prize Journalist, Potomac, Maryland

James Kimsey, Founding CEO and Chairman Emeritus, America Online, Inc.,Washington, DC

Peter Prichard, President, The Freedom Forum, Arlington, Virginia

Panel 2:

Dennis Cullinan, Legislative Director, Veterans of Foreign Wars, Washington, DC

Rick Jones, Legislative Director, AMVETS, Lanham, Maryland

Dorothy Oxendine, National President, American Gold Star Mothers, Inc., Washington, DC

Jan Scruggs, Founder and President, Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund, Washington, DC

Panel 3:

Dan Smith, Special Assistant to the Director, National Park Service, Washington, DC