DEPARTMENTS OF LABOR, HEALTH AND HUMAN NOTE: Under Committee Rules, Mr. Young, as Chairman of the Full Committee, and Mr. Obey, as Ranking Minority Member of the Full Committee, are authorized to sit as Members of all Subcommittees. CRAIG HIGGINS, SUSAN QUANTIUS, SUSAN ROSS FIRTH, MEG SNYDER, DEPARTMENTS OF LABOR, HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, EDUCATION, AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS FOR 2003 HEARINGS BEFORE A SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE ONE HUNDRED SEVENTH CONGRESS SUBCOMMITTEE ON THE DEPARTMENTS OF LABOR, HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, EDUCATION, AND RELATED AGENCIES NOTE: Under Committee Rules, Mr. Young, as Chairman of the Full Committee, and Mr. Obey, as Ranking CRAIG HIGGINS, SUSAN QUANTIUS, SUSAN ROSS FIRTH, MEG SNYDER, Administration for Children and Families Administration on Aging Special Tables 1101 1951 197 80-949 Printed for the use of the Committee on Appropriations U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE WASHINGTON: 2002 KFQ7 A653 2002 pt. 2, no.) Copy) COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS C. W. BILL YOUNG, Florida, Chairman RALPH REGULA, Ohio JIM KOLBE, Arizona SONNY CALLAHAN, Alabama JAMES T. WALSH, New York CHARLES H. TAYLOR, North Carolina DAVID L. HOBSON, Ohio ERNEST J. ISTOOK, JR., Oklahoma HENRY BONILLA, Texas JOE KNOLLENBERG, Michigan JACK KINGSTON, Georgia RODNEY P. FRELINGHUYSEN, New Jersey ROGER F. WICKER, Mississippi GEORGE R. NETHERCUTT, JR., Washington RANDY "DUKE" CUNNINGHAM, California TODD TIAHRT, Kansas ZACH WAMP, Tennessee TOM LATHAM, Iowa ANNE M. NORTHUP, Kentucky JOHN E. SUNUNU, New Hampshire JOHN E. PETERSON, Pennsylvania VIRGIL H. GOODE, JR., Virginia DAVID R. OBEY, Wisconsin ALAN B. MOLLOHAN, West Virginia NANCY PELOSI, California PETER J. VISCLOSKY, Indiana NITA M. LOWEY, New York CARRIE P. MEEK, Florida DAVID E. PRICE, North Carolina ROBERT E. “BUD" CRAMER, JR., Alabama JESSE L. JACKSON, JR., Illinois CHAKA FATTAH, Pennsylvania JAMES W. DYER, Clerk and Staff Director (II) 2002475326 LC Control Number 2003 373120 DEPARTMENTS LIBRARY OF CONGRESS NOV 12.2002 TRANICER OF LABOR, HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, EDUCATION, AND REAGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS FOR LATED 2003 WEDNESDAY, MARCH 6, 2002. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES WITNESS HON. TOMMY G. THOMPSON, SECRETARY, UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES CHAIRMAN'S STATEMENT Mr. REGULA. I think we will get started. I hear there may be a series of votes this morning and it will be disruptive to the Committee hearing, but we will do as well as we can. We are happy to welcome you, Mr. Secretary, and look forward to your testimony. You have a lot of challenges, and we are anxious to hear the solutions. One question I can discard is, what are we doing about an NIH director. Overnight took care of that one. But just in the interest of time, I am not going to do any opening statement. Mr. Obey? Mr. OBEY. Go right ahead. Mr. REGULA. Okay, well, Mr. Secretary, we will look forward to your testimony, and I know we will have some questions. SECRETARY'S STATEMENT Secretary THOMPSON. Thank you, Mr. Chairman, members of the Subcommittee. It is an honor to come before you to discuss the President's fiscal year 2003 budget for the Department of Health and Human Services. Mr. Chairman, your support over the past year has been tremendous. On behalf of the President and myself, let me thank you for all your help. Congressman Obey, it is good to see you, and thank you for your good work over the many years, and thank you for your friendship. Mr. Chairman, the past 13 months have witnessed some significant achievements at the Department of Health and Human Services. I will detail some of these accomplishments in my testimony. But at the outset, let me note that we are making good on our promise to bring greater efficiencies to the way that we run the Department. The President's budget will reduce the number of HHS personnel offices from 46 to 4. We are realigning and consolidating throughout the Department, bringing better stewardship to our use |