May 14,2001

Grassley Announces Hearing to Consider Health, Treasury, Trade Nominees


Hearing: to consider nominees

Date/time: Wednesday, May 16, 2001, at 1:30 p.m.

Location: 215 Dirksen Senate Office Building

Description: Sen. Chuck Grassley, chairman of the Committee on Finance, will convene a hearingto hear testimony regarding the following nominees from President Bush:

< Claude Allen to be Deputy Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services;

< Thomas Scully to be Administrator of the Health Care Financing Administration,Department of Health and Human Services;

< Piyush Jindal to be Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, Department ofHealth and Human Services;

< Wade F. Horn to be Assistant Secretary for Family Support, Department of Healthand Human Services;

< Peter R. Fisher to be Under Secretary for Domestic Finance, U.S. Department ofTreasury;

< James Gurule to be Under Secretary of the Treasury for Enforcement, U.S.Department of Treasury;

< Linnet F. Deily to be Deputy U.S. Trade Representative, with the Rank ofAmbassador, Executive Office of the President;

< and Peter Allgeier to be Deputy U.S. Trade Representative, with the Rank ofAmbassador, Executive Office of the President.