1.   Another subcommittee chairman, Rep. Steve Buyer, R-Ind., said the staggering numbers make members of Congress skeptical.

2.   Ashcroft had been under pressure from the subcommittee chairman, Sen. Russell Feingold, D-Wis., to order more comprehensive research.

3.   A California Democrat who preceded Walsh as the subcommittee chairman when Democrats controlled the House, Dixon was a strong booster of the district.

4.   A House subcommittee chairman said he will recommend that the Securities and Exchange Commission step in to delay adoption of a derivatives accounting rule for U.S. businesses.

5.   A more telling reason may be that neither served long enough to head a committee, though Bradley dealt impressively with Western water rights as a subcommittee chairman.

6.   A House subcommittee chairman said Wednesday his panel will investigate whether silicone breast implant makers kept the government adequately informed about the risks of the implants.

7.   A key House subcommittee chairman, Ralph Regula, R-Ohio, also wants to see a concrete Everglades restoration plan, a staff member said.

8.   A Senate subcommittee chairman said Thursday that he is reviving a proposal to assess a fee on people who enter the United States from Mexico and Canada.

9.   Brownback, under questioning by the subcommittee chairman, Senator Tom Harkin, Democrat of Iowa, acknowledged that a ban on cloning would be difficult to enforce.

10.   But the plan backfired when Republicans proved reluctant to challenge Gunderson and when the subcommittee chairman responded with fury.