101st Congress (1989 - 1990)
January 3, 1989 - January 23,
1990
House Committee Meetings by Date
Compiled from the Congressional Record's Daily Digests via Thomas at thomas.loc.gov
You may search all Digest meeting records, from 1985 to the present, using
NCSU's U.S. Congressional Committee Meetings Index.
This database of committee hearings from the "Daily Digest" is not exhaustive, particularly so for field hearings.
PLEASE NOTE: Comparison of the two sources of this document, LC's Thomas
web site and the bound Congressional Record's Daily Digest, has revealed
instances where the record of Congressional meetings is incomplete - both in
Thomas and in the bound Daily Digest. (For the latter see the entry for July
11.)
The 1989 files on the Congressional Bibliographies site are the first ones
in which significant errors were found to be present in the official sources.
Files for more recent years are more accurate, and I suspect this situation is
evidence of the learning curve associated with application of a new technology
rather than of some sinister distopian attempt to alter history. Nonetheless
the inaccuracies noted below that were found in the official records are
unsettling. jam 12/00
1989/01/03
Daily Digest - Tuesday, January 3, 1989; pages D1 - D10 (Bound vol. D1-D7)
Committee Meetings
No Committee meetings were held.
1989/01/04
Daily Digest - [Wednesday, January 4, 1989]; pages D12 - D14 (Bound vol. D7-
D8)
Committee Meetings
INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC ISSUES
Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs: Held a hearing on
international economic issues, lesser developed countries debt crisis and
their impact on U.S. financial system. Testimony was heard from Allan
Mendelowitz, Senior Associate Director, GAO; and public witnesses.
Hearings continue tomorrow.
COMMITTEE ORGANIZATION
Committee on Standards of Official Conduct: Met in executive session for
organizational purposes.
COMMITTEE ORGANIZATION
Committee on Ways and Means: Met for organizational purposes.
1989/01/19
Daily Digest - Thursday, January 19, 1989; pages D16 - D18 (Bound vol. D8-D9)
THIS ENTRY IS FROM LEXIS-NEXIS CONGRESSIONAL UNIVERSE.
Committee Meetings
SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSISTANCE
Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs: On January 10, the Committee
met on FSLIC assistance programs. Testimony was heard from the following
officials of the Federal Home Loan Bank Board: M. Danny Wall, Chairman;
Lawrence J. White and Rodger F. Martin, both members of the Board.
INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC ISSUES
Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs: On January 5, the Committee
concluded meetings on international economic issues, the LDC debt crisis and
their impact on U.S. financial system. Testimony was heard from L. William
Seidman, Chairman, FDIC; Manuel H. Johnson, Vice Chairman, Board of Governors,
Federal Reserve System; Robert L. Clarke, Comptroller of the Currency,
Department of the Treasury; and public witnesses.
1989/01/20
Daily Digest - Friday, January 20, 1989; pages D19 - D22 (Bound vol. D10-D11)
Committee Meetings
No Committee meetings were held.
1989/01/24
Daily Digest - Tuesday, January 24, 1989; pages D23 - D26 (Bound vol. D11-
D12)
Committee Meetings
INTERIOR APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Interior held a hearing on the
National Endowment for the Arts. Testimony was heard from Frank S.M. Hodsoll,
Chairman, National Endowment for the Arts.
DOMESTIC ECONOMY
Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs: Held a hearing on domestic
economy. Testimony was heard from Alan Greenspan, Chairman, Board of
Governors, Federal Reserve System; and public witnesses.
Hearings continue tomorrow.
CBO ECONOMIC FORECAST AND BUDGET PROJECTIONS; COMMITTEE ORGANIZATION
Committee on the Budget: Held a hearing on CBO Economic Forecast and Budget
Projections. Testimony was heard from James L. Blum, Acting Director, CBO.
Prior to this action, the Committee met for organizational purposes.
IMPACT OF NEW EMPLOYEE BENEFIT RULES ON SMALL BUSINESS
Committee on Small Business: Held a hearing on the impact of new employee
benefit rules on small business. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
Hearings continue tomorrow.
COMMITTEE ORGANIZATION
Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Trade met for organizational
purposes.
1989/01/25
Daily Digest - Wednesday, January 25, 1989; pages D27 - D30 (Bound vol.
D12-D14)
Committee Meetings
INTERIOR APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Interior held a hearing on the
National Endowment for the Humanities. Testimony was heard from Lynne V.
Cheney, Chairperson, National Endowment for the Humanities.
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DOMESTIC ECONOMY
Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs: Concluded hearings on the
domestic economy. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
FEDERAL BUDGET DEFICITS
Committee on the Budget: Held a hearing on the Consequences for the Economy of
Large Federal Budget Deficits. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
IMPACT OF NEW EMPLOYEE BENEFIT RULES ON SMALL BUSINESS
Committee on Small Business: Concluded hearings on the impact of new employee
benefit rules on small business. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
U.S. GATT OBLIGATIONS
Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Trade held a hearing on proposals
to conform customs user fees and the superfund tax differential to U.S. GATT
obligations. Testimony was heard from Judith H. Bello, General Counsel, Office
of the U.S. Trade Representative; Harry W. Carnes, Director, User Fee Task
Force, Office of Inspection and Control, U.S. Customs Service, Department of
the Treasury; and public witnesses.
1989/01/27
Daily Digest - Friday, January 27, 1989; pages D31 - D36 (Bound vol. D14-D16)
Committee Meetings
INTERIOR APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: On January 26, the Subcommittee on Interior held
a hearing on the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation and the Woodrow
Wilson International Center for Scholars. Testimony was heard from Robert O.
Johns, Vice Chairman, Advisory Council on Historic Preservation; and Charles
Biltzer, Director, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars.
THRIFT INSTITUTION CRISIS
Committee on the Budget: On January 26, the Committee held a hearing on The
Thrift Institution Crisis and Its Potential Impact on the Federal Budget.
Testimony was heard from the following officials of the Federal Home Loan Bank
Board: M. Danny Wall, Chairman; Roger F. Martin and Lawrence J. White, both
members of the Board; L. William Seidman, Chairman, FDIC; Charles A. Bowsher,
Comptroller General of the United States, GAO; and public witnesses.
COMMITTEE ORGANIZATION
Committee on Veterans' Affairs: On January 26, the Committee met for
organizational purposes.
1989/01/31
Daily Digest - [Tuesday, January 31, 1989]; pages D37 - D42 (Bound vol. D17-
D20)
Committee Meetings
LEGISLATIVE APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Legislative held a hearing on
Joint Economic Committee, Joint Committee on Taxation, and on the GAO.
Testimony was heard from Senator Roth; Representatives Rostenkowski and
Hamilton; and Charles A. Bowsher, Comptroller General of the United States.
On January 30, the Subcommittee held a hearing on the House of Representatives
and Joint Items (including Joint Committees). Testimony was heard from the
following officers and officials of the House of Representatives: Donnald K.
Anderson, Clerk; Jack Russ, Sergeant at Arms; James T. Molloy, Doorkeeper;
Robert V. Rota, Postmaster; Ray Smock, Office of the Historian; Edward F.
Willett, Law Revision Counsel; Ward M. Hussey; Legislative Counsel; and Dr.
William M. Narva, Attending Physician.
DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense met in executive session
to hold a hearing on Commander-in-Chief, Transportation Command, and
Commander-in-Chief, European Command. Testimony was heard from the following
officials of the Department of Defense: Gen. Duane H. Cassidy, USAF,
Commander-in-Chief, U.S. Transportation Command; and Gen. John Galvin, USA,
Commander-in-Chief, U.S. European Command.
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ENERGY AND WATER DEVELOPMENT APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development held
a hearing on Assistant Secretary of the Army (Civil Works) and the Chief of
Engineers. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the Department
of the Army: Robert W. Page, Assistant Secretary (Civil Works); and Lt. Gen.
Henry J. Hatch, Chief, Corps of Engineers.
INTERIOR APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Interior held a hearing on the
Commission on Fine Arts and the National Gallery of Art. Testimony was heard
from J. Carter Brown, Chairman, Commission of Fine Arts and Director, National
Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution.
OVERSIGHT--WESTERN FOREST FIRE SEASON
Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Subcommittee on National Parks and
Public Lands and the Subcommittee on Forests, Family Farms and Energy of the
Committee on Agriculture held a joint hearing on the 1988 western forest fire
season. Testimony was heard from George Dunlop, Assistant Secretary, USDA;
from the following officials of the Department of the Interior: Dean Stepanek,
Assistant Director, Bureau of Land Management; and William Penn Mott,
Director, National Park Service; and public witnesses.
COMMITTEE ORGANIZATION
Committee on Rules: Met for organizational purposes.
TAX POLICY ASPECTS OF MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS
Committee on Ways and Means: Held a hearing on the tax policy aspects of
mergers and acquisitions. Testimony was heard from the following officials of
the Department of the Treasury: Nicholas F. Brady, Secretary; and Robert L.
Clarke, Comptroller of the Currency; David S. Ruder, Chairman, SEC; L. William
Seidman, Chairman, FDIC; Kathleen P. Utgoff, Executive Director, Pension
Benefit Guaranty Corporation; and public witnesses.
Hearings continue tomorrow.
1989/02/02
Daily Digest - Thursday, February 2, 1989; pages D44 - D52 (Bound vol. D20-
D27)
Committee Meetings
COMMITTEE ORGANIZATION
Committee on Agriculture: On February 1, the Committee met for organizational
purposes.
DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense met in executive session
to hold a hearing on Commander-in-Chief, Pacific Command. Testimony was heard
from Adm. Huntington Hardisty, USN, Commander-in-Chief, Pacific Command.
On February 1, the Subcommittee met in executive session to hold a hearing on
the Commander-in-Chief, Southern Command, and on the Commander-in-Chief,
Special Operations Command. Testimony was heard from the following officials
of the Department of the Army: Gen. Frederick Woerner, Jr., USA,
Commander-in-Chief, U.S. Southern Command, and Gen. James Lindsay, USA,
Commander-in-Chief, U.S. Special Operations Command.
ENERGY AND WATER DEVELOPMENT APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development held
a hearing on Corps of Engineers: Lower Mississippi Valley Division; New
England Division; and Pacific Ocean Division. Testimony was heard from the
following Division Engineers, Corps of Engineers, Department of the Army: Maj.
Gen. Thomas A. Sands, Lower Mississippi Valley Division and President,
Mississippi River Commission; Col. Daniel M. Wilson, New England Division; and
Brig. Gen. Arthur E. Williams, Pacific Division.
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On February 1, the Subcommittee held a hearing on the Corps of Engineers: Ohio
River Division; Missouri River Division; and on Southwestern Division.
Testimony was heard from the following Division Engineers, Corps of Engineers,
Department of the Army: Col. Paul Y. Chinen, Ohio River Division; Brig. Gen.
Robert H. Ryan, Missouri River Division; and Brig. Gen. Robert C. Lee,
Southwestern Division.
INTERIOR APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: On February 1, the Subcommittee on Interior
continued appropriation hearings. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
LEGISLATIVE APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Legislative held a hearing on the
following: Biomedical Ethics Board; GPO; Architect of the Capitol; and Botanic
Garden. Testimony was heard from Senator Gore; Representative Gradison; Joseph
E. Jenifer, Acting Public Printer, GPO; and George M. White, Architect of the
Capitol.
On February 1, the Subcommittee held a hearing on the Library of Congress and
on the CBO. Testimony was heard from James H. Billington, Librarian of
Congress; and James H. Blum, Acting Director, CBO.
TREASURY-POSTAL SERVICE-GENERAL GOVERNMENT APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee of Treasury-Postal Service-General
Government held a hearing on the Postal Service. Testimony was heard from the
following officials of the U.S. Postal Service: Anthony M. Frank, Postmaster
General; Michael S. Coughlin, Deputy Postmaster General; Louis A. Cox, General
Counsel; and Comer S. Coppie, Senior Assistant Postmaster General, Finance
Group.
EDUCATION AND TRAINING FOR A COMPETITIVE AMERICA ACT CORRECTION; COMMITTEE
ORGANIZATION
Committee on Education and Labor: Ordered reported H.R. 678, to make a
correction in the Education and Training for a Competitive America Act of
1988.
Prior to this action, the Committee met for organizational purposes.
COMMITTEE ORGANIZATION
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Met for organizational purposes.
COMMITTEE ORGANIZATION
Committee on Foreign Affairs: On February 1, the Committee met for
organizational purposes.
OVERSIGHT
Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Subcommittee on Mining and Natural
Resources held an oversight hearing on fiscal year 1990 budget requests of the
Bureau of Mines, the U.S. Geological Survey, Energy and Minerals Management
Activity of the Bureau of Land Management, and Minerals Management Service.
Testimony was heard from the following officials of the Department of the
Interior: T.S. Ary, Director, Bureau of Mines; Dallas L. Peck, Director,
Geological Survey; Roland G. Robinson, Deputy Director, Bureau of Land
Management; and Robert E. Kallman, Director, Minerals Management Service.
OVERSIGHT
Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Subcommittee on National Parks and
Public Lands held an oversight hearing on proposed fiscal year 1990 budget for
the Bureau of Land Management. Testimony was heard from Robert F. Burford,
Director, Bureau of Land Management, Department of the Interior; and public
witnesses.
COMMITTEE ORGANIZATION
Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries: Met for organizational purposes.
NASA BUDGET REQUEST
Committee on Science, Space, and Technology: Subcommittee on Space and Science
and Applications held a hearing on fiscal year 1990 budget request for NASA.
Testimony was heard from James C. Fletcher, Administrator, NASA.
On February 1, the Subcommittee met for organizational purposes.
VA CONSTRUCTION BUDGET
Committee on Veterans' Affairs: On February 1, the Subcommittee on Hospitals
and Health Care held a hearing on the proposed fiscal year 1990 construction
budget for the Veterans Administration. Testimony was heard from
Representatives Bennett, Kanjorski and Bilbray; Susan Livingstone, Associate
Deputy Administrator, Logistics, VA; representatives of veterans'
organizations; and a public witness.
TAX POLICY ASPECTS OF MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS
Committee on Ways and Means: Continued hearings on the tax policy aspects of
mergers and acquisitions. Testimony was heard from Alan Greenspan, Chairman,
Board of Governors, Federal Reserve System; David M. Walker, Assistant
Secretary, Pension and Welfare Benefits, Department of Labor; and public
witnesses.
On February 1, the Committee continued hearings on the tax policy aspects of
mergers and acquisitions. Testimony was heard from Representative Bennett; and
public witnesses.
COMMITTEE ORGANIZATION
Committee on Ways and Means: On February 1, the Subcommittee on Social
Security met for organizational purposes.
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COMMITTEE ORGANIZATION
Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence: On February 1, the Committee met
for organizational purposes.
1989/02/03
Daily Digest - Friday, February 3, 1989; pages D53 - D58 (Bound vol. D28-D30)
Committee Meetings
No Committee meetings were held.
1989/02/06
Daily Digest - Monday, February 6, 1989; pages D59 - D62 (Bound vol. D30-D31)
Committee Meetings
COMMERCE, JUSTICE, STATE AND JUDICIARY APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State and
Judiciary held a hearing on the following: Commission for the Study of
International Migration; State Justice Institute; and Marine Mammal
Commission. Testimony was heard from Diego C. Asencio, Chairman, Commission
for the Study of International Migration; C.C. Torbert, Jr., Chairman, Board
of Directors, State Justice Institute; and William W. Fox, Jr., Chairman,
Marine Mammal Commission.
ENERGY AND WATER DEVELOPMENT APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development held
a hearing on the Corps of Engineers: South Pacific Division; North Pacific
Division; and North Atlantic Division. Testimony was heard from the following
Division Engineers, Corps of Engineers, Department of the Army: Gen. John F.
Sobke, South Pacific Division; Brig. Gen. Pat M. Stevens, IV, North Pacific
Division; and Maj. Gen. James W. van Loben Sels, North Atlantic Division.
1989/02/07
Daily Digest - Tuesday, February 7, 1989; pages D63 - D68 (Bound vol. D31-
D34)
Committee Meetings
COMMERCE, JUSTICE, STATE AND JUDICIARY APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State and
Judiciary held a hearing on the following: Courts of Appeals, District Courts
and Other Judicial Services; the Administrative Office of U.S. Courts; Court
of Appeals for the Federal Circuit; Court of International Trade; and the
Federal Judicial Center. Testimony was heard from Richard S. Arnold, Judge,
U.S. Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit; Owen M. Panner, Chief Judge, U.S.
District Court, Oregon; from the following officials of the Administrative
Office of the United States Courts: L. Ralph Mecham, Director; and Raymond A.
Karam, Assistant Director for Administration; Howard T. Markey, Chief Judge,
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit; Edward D. Re, Chief Judge, U.S.
Court of International Trade; and John C. Godbold, Director, Federal Judicial
Center.
DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense met in executive session
to hold a hearing on the Commander-in-Chief, U.S. Central Command and the
Commander-in-Chief, U.S. Atlantic Command. Testimony was heard from the
following officials of the Department of Defense: Gen. H. Norman Schwarzkopf,
USA, Commander-in-Chief, U.S. Central Command; and Adm. Frank B. Kelso II,
USN, Commander-in-Chief, U.S. Atlantic Command.
ENERGY AND WATER DEVELOPMENT APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development held
a hearing on the Corps of Engineers: South Atlantic Division; and North
Central Division. Testimony was heard from the following Division Engineers,
Corps of Engineers, Department of the Army: Maj. Gen. Robert M. Bunker, South
Atlantic Division; and Brig. Gen. Theodore Vander Els, North Central Division.
FOREIGN ASSISTANCE APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Foreign Operations, Export
Financing and Related Programs held a hearing on the Middle East Human Rights
Overview. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the Department
of State: Robert W. Farrand, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Human
Rights and Humanitarian Affairs; and Paul J. Hare, Acting Assistant Secretary,
Bureau of Near East and South Asian Affairs.
INTERIOR APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Interior held a hearing on the
Department of Energy: Energy Information Administration; Economic Regulatory
Administration; Office of Hearings and Appeals; and Emergency Preparedness.
Testimony was heard from the following officials of the Department of Energy:
Helmut A. Merklein, Administrator, Energy Information Administration; Chandler
L. van Orman, Administrator, Economic Regulatory Administration; George B.
Breznay, Director, Office of Hearings and Appeals; and David B. Waller,
Assistant Secretary, International Affairs and Energy Emergency.
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LEGISLATIVE APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Legislative held a hearing on the
following: Joint Committee on Printing; Copyright Royalty Tribunal; Capitol
Police Board; and the OTA. Testimony was heard from Senators Ford and Kennedy;
Edward W. Ray, Commissioner, Copyright Royalty Tribunal; and from the
following officials of the Capitol Police Board; Henry K. Giugni, Senate
Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper; Chairman; Jack Russ, House Sergeant at Arms;
and George M. White, Architect of the Capitol, both members; and public
witnesses.
LEVERAGED BUYOUT TRANSACTIONS AND CORPORATE TAKEOVERS
Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs: Held a hearing on leveraged
buyout transactions and corporate takeovers and the implications of such
transactions for the domestic economy. Testimony was heard from public
witnesses.
Hearings continue tomorrow.
FAMILY MEDICAL LEAVE ACT
Committee on Education and Labor: Subcommittee on Labor-Management Relations
held a hearing on H.R. 770, Family Medical Leave Act of 1989. Testimony was
heard from Representative Schroeder; William J. Gainer, Director, Education
and Employment Programs, Human Resources Division, GAO; and public witnesses.
COMMITTEE BUSINESS
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Met to consider Committee business.
OVERSIGHT
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Energy and Power held an
oversight hearing on U.S. Energy: Making Less and Using More. Testimony was
heard from public witnesses.
OVERSIGHT
Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Subcommittee on National Parks and
Public Lands held an oversight hearing on proposed fiscal year 1990 budget for
the National Park Service, the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation, the
Pennsylvania Avenue Development Corporation and the U.S. International Council
on Monuments and Sites. Testimony was heard from William Penn Mott, Director,
National Park Service, Department of the Interior; Robert D. Bush, Executive
Director, Advisory Council on Historic Preservation; Richard A. Hauser,
Chairman, Pennsylvania Avenue Development Corporation; and public witnesses.
COMMITTEE ORGANIZATION
Committee on the Judiciary: Met for organizational purposes.
VA BUDGET PROPOSALS
Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Held a hearing on the proposed fiscal year
1990 VA budget. Testimony was heard from Representative Marlenee; Thomas E.
Harvey, Acting Administrator, Veterans' Affairs, Veterans' Administration; and
representatives of veterans' organizations.
Hearings continue February 9.
BUDGET DEFICIT
Committee on Ways and Means: Held a hearing on the budget deficit, the state
of the economy and Federal budget policy for fiscal year 1990 and beyond.
Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
Hearings continue tomorrow.
1989/02/08
Daily Digest - [Wednesday, February 8, 1989]; pages D70 - D76 (Bound vol.
D34-D38)
Committee Meetings
COMMERCE, JUSTICE, STATE AND JUDICIARY APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State and
Judiciary held a hearing on the following: Commission on the Bicentennial of
the Constitution; Department of State--oversight hearing on household goods
storage contract; Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe; and the
Federal Trade Commission. Testimony was heard from Representative Hoyer;
Sheldon Krys, Assistant Secretary for Administration, Department of State;
Daniel Oliver, Chairman, FTC; and former Chief Justice Warren E. Burger,
chairman, Commission on the Bicentennial of the United States Constitution.
ENERGY AND WATER DEVELOPMENT APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development held
a hearing on the Corps of Engineers: Remaining Items. Testimony was heard from
Brig. Gen. Patrick Kelly, USA, Director, Civil Works, Corps of Engineers,
Department of the Army.
FOREIGN ASSISTANCE APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Foreign Operations, Export
Financing and Related Programs held a hearing on the following: Central
America, Caribbean; Latin America Human Rights; Africa Human Rights Overview;
and on Asia Human Rights Overview. Testimony was heard from the following
officials of the Department of State: Paula J. Dobriansky; and Robert W.
Farrand, both Deputy Assistant Secretaries, Bureau of Human Rights and
Humanitarian Affairs; Michael G. Kozak, Acting Assistant Secretary, Bureau of
Inter-American Affairs; Kenneth L. Brown, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau
of African Affairs; and David Lambertson, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau
of East Asia and Pacific Affairs; and public witnesses.
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INTERIOR APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Interior held a hearing on the
following: National Capitol Planning Commission; Institute of Museum Services;
Institute of American Indian and Alaskan Native Culture and Arts Development.
Testimony was heard from Glen T. Urquhart, Chairman, National Capitol Planning
Commission; Lois Burke Shepard, Director, Institute of Museum Services,
National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities; and William Stewart
Johnson, Chairman, Board of Trustees; Institute of American Indian and Alaska
Native Culture and Arts Development.
TREASURY-POSTAL SERVICE-GENERAL GOVERNMENT APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Treassury-Postal Service-General
Government held a hearing on the GSA. Testimony was heard from the following
officials of the GSA; Richard G. Austin, Acting Administrator; Raymond A.
Fontaine, Comptroller; and William B. Early, Jr., Budget Officer.
Hearings continue tomorrow.
COMMITTEE ORGANIZATION
Committee on Armed Services: Met for organizational purposes.
LEVERAGED BUYOUT TRANSACTIONS AND CORPORATE TAKEOVERS
Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs: Continued hearings on
leveraged buyout transactions and corporate takeovers and the implications of
such transactions for the domestic economy. Testimony was heard from Donald L.
Plusquellic, Mayor, Akron, Ohio; and public witnesses.
NUCLEAR FACILITIES CLEAN-UP
Committee on the Budget: Held a hearing on the Department of Energy defense
nuclear facilities clean-up and modernization. Testimony was heard from
Charles A Bowsher, Comptroller General, GAO; John Ahearne, Chairman, Advisory
Committee on Nuclear Facilities Safety, Department of Energy; and public
witnesses.
CHILD NUTRITION ACT AND NATIONAL SCHOOL LUNCH ACT AMENDMENTS
Committee on Education and Labor: Subcommittee on Elementary, Secondary and
Vocational Education held a hearing on H.R. 24, to amend the Child Nutrition
Act of 1966 and the National School Lunch Act to extend certain authorities
contained in such acts through the fiscal year 1995. Testimony was heard from
public witnesses.
AFFORDABILITY AND AVAILABILITY OF AUTO INSURANCE
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Commerce, Consumer
Protection and Competitiveness held a hearing on the affordability and
availability of auto insurance, focusing on methods used by insurers to
determine rate classifications and premium charges. Testimony was heard from
the following officials of the Insurance Department, State of Michigan: Dhiraj
N. Shah, Acting Insurance Commissioner; and Jean Carlson, Deputy Commissioner;
and public witnesses.
OVERSIGHT
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Health and the Environment
held an oversight hearing on Medicaid infant mortality initiatives. Testimony
was heard from Representative Hyde; former Senator Lawton M. Chiles of
Florida, Chairman National Commission on Infant Mortality; and public
witnesses.
INDOCHINESE REFUGEES AT RISK; COMMITTEE ORGANIZATION
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on Asian and Pacific Affairs
hearing on Indochinese Refugees at Risk: The Boat People, Cambodians Under
Khmer Rouge Control, and Re-education Camp Detainees. Testimony was heard from
Representative Pelosi; from the following officials of the Department of
State: David Lamberston, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of East Asian and
Pacific Affairs; and Jonathan Moore, Ambassador at Large for Refugees; and
public witnesses.
U.S. HUMAN RIGHTS POLICY
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on Human Rights and International
Organizations held a hearing on U.S. Human Rights Policy (Part I). Testimony
was heard from Richard Schifter, Assistant Secretary, Human Rights and
Humanitarian Affairs, Department of State.
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COMMITTEE ORGANIZATION
Committee on House Administration: Met for organizational purposes.
COMMITTEE ORGANIZATION
Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Met for organizational purposes.
COMMITTEE ORGANIZATION
Committee on Post Office and Civil Service: Met for organizational purposes.
COMMITTEE ORGANIZATION
Committee on Science, Space, and Technology: Met for organizational purposes.
OVERSIGHT
Committee on Science, Space, and Technology: Subcommittee on Space Science and
Applications held an oversight hearing to review major space program studies
and recommendations. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
Hearings continue tomorrow.
COMMITTEE ORGANIZATION
Committee on Science, Space, and Technology: Subcommittee on Transportation,
Aviation and Materials met for organizational purposes.
BUDGET DEFICIT
Committee on Ways and Means: Continued hearings on the budget deficit, the
state of the economy and federal budget policy for fiscal year 1990 and
beyond. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
Hearings continue tomorrow.
COMMITTEE BUSINESS
Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence: Met in executive session to
consider pending business.
1989/02/09
Daily Digest - [Thursday, February 9, 1989]; pages D78 - D84 (Bound vol. D38-
D43)
Committee meetings
COMMITTEE ORGANIZATION
Committee on Agriculture: Subcommittee on Conservation, Credit and Rural
Development met for organizational purposes.
COMMITTEE BUSINESS
Committee on Appropriations: Met to consider pending committee business.
DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense met in executive session
to hold a hearing on Commander-in-Chief, U.S. Space Command. Testimony was
heard from Gen. John L Piotrowski, USAF, Commander-in-Chief, North American
Aerospace Defense Command and U.S. Space Command.
INTERIOR APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Interior continued appropriation
hearings. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
TREASURY--POSTAL SERVICE--GENERAL GOVERNMENT APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Treasury--Postal Service--General
Government concluded hearings on GSA. Testimony was heard from the following
officials of the GSA: William R. Barton, Inspector General; Raymond A.
Fontaine, Comptroller; and William B. Early, Deputy Comptroller for Budget.
COMMITTEE ORGANIZATION
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Investigations met for
organizational purposes.
SAVINGS AND LOAN INDUSTRY
Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on Financial
Institutions Supervision, Regulation and Insurance held a hearing on the other
side of the S&L Industry. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
CHILD CARE PROPOSALS
Committee on Education and Labor: Held a hearing on the following: H.R. 3,
Child Development and Education Act of 1989; H.R. 30, Act for Better Child
Care Services of 1989; and related child care proposals. Testimony was heard
from public witnesses.
CORPORATE TAKEOVERS, LEVERAGED BUYOUTS AND PENSION PLANS
Committee on Education and Labor: Subcommittee on Labor-Management Relations
held a hearing on corporate takeovers, leveraged buyouts and pension plans.
Testimony was heard from Joseph DelFicio, Director, Income and Security
Programs, GAO; and public witnesses.
FAIRNESS IN BROADCASTING ACT
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Telecommunications and
Finance held a hearing on H.R. 315, to clarify the congressional intent
concerning, and to codify, certain requirements of the Communications Act of
1934 that ensure that broadcasters afford reasonable opportunity for the
discussion of conflicting views on issues of public importance. Testimony was
heard from public witnesses.
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FOREIGN AIRPORT SECURITY ACT
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Held a hearing on Foreign Airport Security Act.
Testimony was heard from Representative Walsh; L. Paul Bremer, Ambassador at
Large for Counter-Terrorism, Department of State; Ray Salazar, Director, Civil
Aviation Security, FAA, Department of Transportation; Ed Stohr, U.S.
Ambassador to the International Civil Aviation Organization; and public
witnesses.
COMMITTEE ORGANIZATION
Committee on Government Operations: Met for organizational purposes.
COMMITTEE BUSINESS
Committee on House Administration: Subcommittee on Personnel and Police met to
consider pending business.
OVERSIGHT
Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Subcommittee on Energy and the
Environment held an oversight hearing on fiscal year 1990 budget request for
the Department of Energy. Testimony was heard from Donna R. Fitzpatrick,
Acting Secretary, Department of Energy.
OVERSIGHT
Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Subcommittee on Mining and Natural
Resources held an oversight hearing on fiscal year 1990 budget request for the
Office of Surface Mining. Testimony was heard from Robert H. Gentile,
Director, Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement, Department of
the Interior.
OVERSIGHT
Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Subcommittee on National Parks and
Public Lands held an oversight hearing on the proposed fiscal year 1990 budget
for the Forest Service. Testimony was heard from the following officials of
the USDA: George S. Dunlop, Assistant Secretary; and F. Dale Robertson, Chief,
Forest Service; and public witnesses.
FEDERAL MARITIME COMMISSION AUTHORIZATION; AUTOMATED TARIFF FILING AND
INFORMATION SYSTEM
Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries: Subcommittee on Merchant Marine
held a hearing on the fiscal year 1990 authorization for the Federal Maritime
Commission; and to review the Automated Tariff Filing and Information System.
Testimony was heard from Elaine L. Chao, Chairman, Federal Maritime
Commission.
COMMITTEE ORGANIZATION
Committee on Public Works and Transportation: Met for organizational purposes.
COMMITTEE ORGANIZATION
Committee on Public Works and Transportation: Subcommittee on Water Resources
met for organizational purposes.
OVERSIGHT
Committee on Science, Space, and Technololgy: Subcommittee on Space Science
and Applications concluded oversight hearings to review major space program
studies and recommendations. Testimony was heard from public witneses.
AIRPORT SECURITY
Committee on Science, Space, and Technology: Subcommittee on Transportation,
Aviation and Materials held a hearing on Airport Security. Testimony was heard
from T. Allan McArtor, Administrator, FAA, Department of Transportation; L.
Paul Bremer III, Ambassador-at-Large for Counter-Terrorism, Department of
State; and public witnesses.
IMPLICATIONS OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY PLAN FOR AMERICAN TRADE AND
COMPETITIVENESS
Committee on Small Business: Held a hearing on the implications of the
European Community 1992 plan for American trade and competitiveness. Testimony
was heard from Frank J. Vargo, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Department of
Commerce; Frank Swain, Chief Counsel, Office of Advocacy, SBA; and public
witnesses.
BUDGET PROPOSALS
Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Concluded hearings on the proposed fiscal year
1990 VA budget. Testimony was heard from Representative Watkins; Dr. L.
Thompson Bowles, Special Medical Advisory Group, VA; Dr. Kenneth I. Shine,
Association of American Medical Colleges, Friends of VA Medical Care and
Health Research, Dean, University of California, Los Angeles, School of
Medicine; representatives of veterans' organizations and other public
witnesses.
BUDGET PROPOSALS
Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Subcommittee on Housing and Memorial Affairs
held a hearing on fiscal year 1990 VA budget proposals. Testimony was heard
from the following officials of the VA: R.J. Vogel, Chief Benefits Director;
and Arthur S. Hamerschlag, Deputy Director, National Cemetery System;
representatives of veterans' organizations; and public witnesses.
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BUDGET DEFICIT
Committee on Ways and Means: Continued hearings on the budget deficit, the
state of the economy and federal budget policy for fiscal year 1990 and
beyond. Testimony was heard from James L. Blum, Acting Director, CBO; and
public witnesses.
1989/02/21
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D46)
Committee Meetings
COMMERCE, JUSTICE, STATE, AND JUDICIARY APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State and
Judiciary and Related Agencies held a hearing on the Federal Maritime
Commission; and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. Testimony was
heard from Elaine L. Chao, Chairman, Federal Maritime Commission; and Clarence
Thomas, Chairman, EEOC.
ENERGY AND WATER DEVELOPMENT APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development held
a hearing on the TVA. Testimony was heard from the following members of the
Board of Directors, TVA: Marvin T. Runyon, Chairman; Charles H. Dean, Jr., and
John B. Waters.
FOREIGN ASSISTANCE APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Foreign Operations, Export
Financing, and Related Programs held a hearing on Environmental Issues.
Testimony was heard from Frederick M. Bernthal, Assistant Secretary, Oceans
and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs, Department of State;
Frank G. Vukmanic, Director, Office of Multilateral Development Banks,
Department of the Treasury; Richard E. Bissell, Assistant Administrator,
Program and Policy Coordination, AID, U.S. International Development
Cooperation Agency; Robert Wayland, Deputy Assistant Administrator, Policy,
Planning and Evaluation, EPA; Mostafa K. Tolba, Under Secretary General,
Executive Director, Environment Programs, United Nations; and public
witnesses.
INTERIOR APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Interior and Related Agencies
held a hearing on Minerals Management Service. Testimony was heard from Robert
E. Kallman, Director, Minerals Management Service, Department of the Interior.
LABOR-HHS-EDUCATION APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor, HHS, and Education and
Related Agencies held a hearing on the Secretary of Education. Testimony was
heard from Lauro F. Cavazos, Secretary of Education.
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Procurement and Military Nuclear
Systems held a hearing on the fiscal years 1990/1991 Department of Energy
defense programs authorization. Testimony was heard from Troy E. Wade II,
Acting Assistant Secretary, Defense Programs, Department of Energy; and J.
Dexter Peach, Assistant Comptroller General, GAO.
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Hearings continue February 24.
QUALITY OF FINANCIAL AUDITS
Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs: Held a hearing on the Quality
of Financial Audits Performed by Certified Public Accounting Profession.
Testimony was heard from Frederick D. Wolf, Assistant Comptroller General,
GAO; and public witnesses.
CONDUCT OF MONETARY POLICY
Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on Domestic
Monetary Policy held a hearing on the Conduct of Monetary Policy. Testimony
was heard from public witnesses.
Hearings continue tomorrow.
BUDGET PROPOSALS
Committee on the Budget: Began hearings on the Administration's fiscal year
1990 budget proposals. Testimony was heard from Michael J. Boskin, Chairman,
Council of Economic Advisers; and Harold Brown, former Secretary of Defense.
Hearings continue tomorrow.
OVERSIGHT
Committee on Education and Labor: On February 14, the Subcommittee on
Elementary, Secondary and Vocational Education held an oversight hearing on
the implementation of the Hawkins-Stafford Elementary and Secondary School
Improvement Act. Testimony was heard from Lauro F. Cavazos, Secretary of
Education.
OVERSIGHT: GLOBAL WARMING
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Energy and Power held an
oversight hearing on Global Warming: Is It Time For Action? Testimony was
heard from Daniel L. Albritton, Director, Aeronomy Laboratory, NOAA,
Department of Commerce; and public witnesses.
FOREIGN AFFAIRS AUTHORIZATION
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Held a hearing on the President's fiscal year
1990 request for Foreign Affairs authorization. Testimony was heard from James
A. Baker III Secretary of State.
AFGHANISTAN
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on Asian and Pacific Affairs held a
hearing on Afghanistan. Testimony was heard from Howard Shaffer, Deputy
Assistant Secretary, Near East and South Asian Affairs, Department of State;
and Edward W. Gnehm, Jr., Deputy Assistant Secretary, Near Eastern and South
Asian Affairs, Department of Defense.
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY BUDGET
Committee on Science, Space, and Technology: Subcommittee on Energy Research
and Development held a hearing on Department of Energy fiscal year 1990 budet
request, with emphasis on Magnetic Fusion Energy. Testimony was heard from
Robert O. Hunter, Jr., Office of Fusion Energy, Department of Energy; Lee A.
Berry, Associate Director, Fusion Energy Division, Oak Ridge National
Laboratory; Rufon K. Linford, Program Director, Magnetic Fusion Energy, Los
Alamos National Laboratory; Eric Storm, Program Leader, Inertial Confinement
Fusion, Lawrence Livermore Laboratory; and public witnesses.
Hearings continue tomorrow.
COMMITTEE ORGANIZATION
Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Human Resources met for
organizational purposes.
CIVIL PENALTY PROVISIONS; COMMITTEE ORGANIZATION
Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Oversight held a hearing to
review the civil penalty provisions contained in the Internal Revenue Code.
Testimony was heard from Lawrence B. Gibbs, Jr., Commissioner, IRS, Department
of the Treasury; Arthur L. Nims III Chief Judge, United States Tax Court; and
a public witness.
Prior to this action, the Subcommittee met for organizational purposes.
1989/02/22
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D46-D50)
Committee Meetings
BUDGET REPORT
Committee on Agriculture: Approved budget recommendations for the report to
the Committee on the Budget.
UPLAND COTTON PROGRAM
Committee on Agriculture: Subcommittee on Cotton, Rice and Sugar held a
hearing to review Title V of the Food Security Act of 1985, the Upland Cotton
Program. Testimony was heard from Ewen M. Wilson, Assistant Secretary for
Economics, USDA; and public witnesses.
COMMERCE, JUSTICE, STATE, JUDICIARY APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State and
Judiciary held a hearing on the following: U.S. Information Agency;
Christopher Columbus Quincentenary Jubilee Commission; Japan-U.S. Friendship
Commission; and the U.S. Sentencing Commission. Testimony was heard from
Marvin Stone, Acting Director, U.S. Information Agency; John G. Goudie,
Chairman, Christopher Columbus Quincentenary Jubilee Commission; W. Glenn
Campbell, Chairman, Japan-U.S. Friendship Commission; and Judge William W.
Wilkens, Chairman, U.S. Sentencing Commission.
ENERGY AND WATER DEVELOPMENT APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development held
a hearing on the following: the Secretary of the Interior; Bureau of
Reclamation; and River Basin Commissions. Testimony was heard from the
following officials of the Department of the Interior: Manuel Lujan, Jr.,
Secretary; Doyle Frederick, Acting Assistant Secretary, Water and Science; and
C. Dale Duvall, Commissioner, Bureau of Reclamation; Gerald M. Hansler,
Executive Director, Delaware River Basin Commission; Warner M. Depuy, U.S.
Commissioner, Susquehanna River Basin Commission; and James J. Corbaslis, Jr.,
Chairman, Interstate Commission on the Potomac River Basin.
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INTERIOR APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Interior held a hearing on Indian
Health Service. Testimony was heard from Dr. Everett R. Rhoades, Director,
Indian Health Service, Department of Health and Human Services.
TRANSPORTATION APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Transportation held a hearing on
the Secretary of Transportation. Testimony was heard from Samuel K. Skinner,
Secretary of Transportation.
MILITARY'S ROLE IN DRUG INTERDICTION
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Investigations held a hearing on
the military's role in drug interdiction. Testimony was heard from the
following officials of the Department of Defense: Lt. Gen. Stephen G.
Olmstead, USMC, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Drug Policy and Enforcement; and
Lt. Gen. Thomas W. Kelly, USA, Director, J-3 (Operations), Office of the Joint
Chiefs of Staff.
REPORT OF THE COMMISSION ON BASE REALIGNMENT AND CLOSURE
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Military Installations and
Facilities held a hearing relating to the report of the Commission on Base
Realignment and Closure. Testimony was heard from Senators Bradley and
Lautenberg; Representatives Hopkins, Boxer, Brooks, Madigan, Lewis of
California, Matsui, Smith of New Jersey, Saxton, Campbell of Colorado, Porter,
Brown of California, Pelosi, Courter, Florio, Torricelli, Pallone, McCloskey,
Kasich and Bruce.
Hearings continue March 1.
STARS AND STRIPES NEWSPAPERS
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Readiness held a hearing to
review funding, management and censorship of the Stars and Stripes newspapers.
Testimony was heard from the following officials of the Department of Defense:
William E. Hart, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Public Affairs; Jordan E. Rizer,
Director, Armed Forces Information Service; Col. Jeffrey M. Cook, USA, Europe;
and Col. Edwin J. Montgomery, USAF, Pacific, both Editors-in-chief, Stars and
Stripes; Martin M. Ferber, Director, Manpower and Logistics Issues; GAO; and
public witnesses.
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Seapower and Strategic and
Critical Materials met in executive session to begin consideration of the
seapower portion of the fiscal years 1990/1991 national defense authorization.
The Subcommittee was briefed by RAdm. Thomas Brooks, USN, Director of Naval
Intelligence.
Will continue tomorrow.
CONDUCT OF MONETARY POLICY
Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on Domestic
Monetary Policy continued hearings on the Conduct of Monetary Policy.
Testimony was heard from Alan Greenspan, Chairman, Board of Governors, Federal
Reserve System.
Hearings continue March 1.
BUDGET PROPOSALS
Committee on the Budget: Continued hearings on the Administration's fiscal
year 1990 budget proposals. Testimony was heard from Richard G. Darman,
Director, OMB.
Hearings continue tomorrow.
COMMITTEE ORGANIZATION
Committee on the District of Columbia: Met for organizational purposes.
OVERSIGHT
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Energy and Power held an
oversight hearing on the Department of Energy Nuclear Facilities. Testimony
was heard from Keith Fultz, Senior Associate Director, Resources, Community
and Economic Development Division, GAO; and a public witness.
SECURITY CLEARANCES AT CLASSIFIED FACILITIES
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations
met in executive session to hold a hearing on security clearances of
Department of Energy contractor personnel and breaches of security at
classified facilities. Testimony was heard from departmental witnesses.
MANAGEMENT BUYOUTS AND LEVERAGED BUYOUTS
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Telecommunications and
Finance held a hearing concerning management buyouts and leveraged buyouts
(LBO's). Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
Hearings continue February 28.
BUDGET REPORT; BILATERAL DEVELOPMENT AND ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS
AUTHORIZATION
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Approved budget recommendations for the report
to the Committee on the Budget.
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The Committee also held a hearing on the Administration's fiscal year 1990
authorization request for Bilateral Development and Economic Assistance
Programs. Testimony was heard from Alan Woods, Administrator, AID, U.S.
International Development Cooperation Agency.
COMMITTEE ORGANIZATION
Committee on Government Operations: Subcommittee on Commerce, Consumer, and
Monetary Affairs met for organizational purposes.
IMPACT OF CONSTRUCTION BONDING CHANGES ON MINORITY BUSINESS
Committee on Government Operations: Subcommittee on Government Activities and
Transportation held a hearing on proposed changes to Construction Bonding
Requirements: A Threat to Small and Minority Businesses. Testimony was heard
from Richard Hopf, Associate Administrator for Acquisition Policy, GSA; and
public witnesses.
CHILDREN AND HIV INFECTION
Committee on Government Operations: Subcommittee Human Resources and
Intergovernmental Relations held a hearing on Children and HIV infection.
Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
Hearings continue tomorrow.
COMMITTEE FUNDING
Committee on House Administration: Subcommittee on Accounts met and considered
committee funding requests for the Committee on House Administration, House
Information Systems, and Committees on: Standards of Official Conduct;
Agriculture; Judiciary; Education and Labor; and Veterans' Affairs.
Will continue tomorrow.
BUDGET REQUEST
Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries: Subcommittee on Fisheries and
Wildlife Conservation and the Environment held a hearing to review the
Administration's fiscal year 1990 budget request for the U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service and the National Marine Fisheries Service. Testimony was
heard from Frank M. Dunkle, Director, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service,
Department of the Interior; and James Brennan, Assistant Administrator for
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service, NOAA, Department of Commerce.
SELECT COMMITTEES
Committee on Rules: Ordered reported H. Res. 84, to establish the Select
Committee on Hunger, the Select Committee on Narcotics Abuse and Control, and
the Select Committee on Children, Youth, and Families. Testimony was heard
from Representatives Leland, Rangel, Miller of California, Boggs, Emerson,
Gilman, Coughlin and Bliley.
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY BUDGET
Committee on Science, Space, and Technology: Subcommittee on Energy Research
and Development continued hearings on Department of Energy fiscal year 1990
budget request, with emphasis on fossil energy and uranium enrichment program.
Testimony was heard from the following officials of the Department of Energy:
J. Allen Wampler, Assistant Secretary, Fossil R&D; and Philip G. Sewell,
Deputy Assistant Secretary, Uranium Enrichment; James I. Davis, Associate
Director for Lasers, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory; J. Robert
Merriman, Vice President for Enrichment, Oak Ridge National Laboratory; and
public witnesses.
Hearings continue tomorrow.
SBA BUDGET
Committee on Small Business: Held a hearing on the SBA fiscal year 1990
budget. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
BUDGET REPORT
Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Approved budget recommendations for the report
to the Committee on the Budget.
TROUBLED SAVINGS AND LOAN INSTITUTIONS
Committee on Ways and Means: Held a hearing on the budget implications and
current tax rules relating to troubled savings and loans institutions.
Testimony was heard from Charles A. Bowsher, Comptroller General of the United
States, GAO; L. William Seidman, Chairman, FDIC; M. Danny Wall, Chairman,
Federal Home Loan Bank Board; James L. Blum, Acting Director, CBO; and public
witnesses.
Hearings continue March 9.
CIA ACTIVITIES
Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence: Met in executive session to hold a
hearing on CIA activities. Testimony was heard from departmental witnesses.
1989/02/23
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D51-D58)
Committee Meetings
DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense met in executive session
to hold a hearing on DOD Drug Program. Testimony was heard from Lt. Gen.
Stephen G. Olmstead, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Drug Policy and Enforcement,
Department of Defense.
ENERGY AND WATER DEVELOPMENT APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Energy and Water held a hearing
on DOE: Departmental Administration. Testimony was heard from the following
officials of the Department of Energy: Lawrence F. Davenport, Assistant
Secretary, Management and Administration; C. Anson Franklin, Assistant
Secretary, Congressional, Intergovernmental and Public Affairs; John C.
Layton, Inspector General; Raymond G. Massie, Director, Office of Minority
Economic Impact; Frank S. Ruddy, General Counsel; David B. Waller, Assistant
Secretary, International Affairs and Energy Emergencies; and Barry A.
Williamson, Acting Director, Policy, Planning and Analysis.
INTERIOR APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Interior held a hearing on the
National Park Service. Testimony was heard from William Penn Mott, Jr.,
Director, National Park Service, Department of the Interior.
MILITARY CONSTRUCTION APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Military Construction held a
hearing on the Overview of fiscal year 1990 budget. Testimony was heard from
Robert A. Stone, Deputy Assistant Secretary (Installations) Department of
Defense.
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Readiness held a hearing on the
operation and maintenance portion of the fiscal years 1990/1991 defense
authorization request, with emphasis on Army Guard and Reserve readiness.
Testimony was heard from Richard A. Davis, Director, Army Issues, GAO; and
from the following officials of the Department of Defense: Grant S. Green,
Jr., Assistant Secretary, Force-Management and Personnel; Stephen M. Duncan,
Assistant Secretary, Reserve Affairs; Maj. Gen. J.D. Smith, USA, Director,
Operations, Readiness and Mobilization; Maj. Gen. William F. Ward, USA, Chief,
USA Reserve; and Maj. Gen. Donald Burdick, USA, Director, Army National Guard.
Hearings continue February 28.
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Reserach and Development held a
hearing on the RDT&E portion of the fiscal years 1990/1991 national defense
authorization, with emphasis on long-term research and development strategy.
Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
Hearings continue February 28.
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Seapower and Strategic and
Critical Materials continued consideration of the seapower portion of the
fiscal years 1990/1991 national defense authorization. The Subcommittee was
briefed by the following officials of the Department of the Navy: VAdm. John
Nyquist, Assistant Chief, Naval Operations for Surface Warfare; RAdm. G.N.
Gee, Director, Surface Combat Systems Division; and Capt. Clark Graham,
Commander, David Taylor Research Center.
Hearings continue February 28.
FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS RECOVERY AND ENFORCEMENT ACT
Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs: Held a hearing on the
Financial Institutions Recovery and Enforcement Act as proposed by the
Administration. Testimony was heard from Nicholas F. Brady, Secretary of the
Treasury.
BUDGET PROPOSALS
Committee on the Budget: Continued hearings on the Administration's fiscal
year 1990 budget proposals. Testimony was heard from Lauro F. Cavazos,
Secretary of Education.
Hearings continue February 28.
OVERSIGHT
Committee on Education and Labor: Subcommittee on Select Education held an
oversight hearing on reauthorization of the Domestic Volunteer Service Act.
Testimony was heard from Senator Rockefeller; Donna Alvarado, Director,
ACTION; James Rosenbaum, Judge, U.S. District Court, Minneapolis, Minnesota;
and public witnesses.
FSX PROTOTYPE
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Commerce, Consumer
Protection, and Competitiveness held a hearing on the proposed agreement
between General Dynamics and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries for the codevelopment
of the FSX prototype, and the competitiveness of the U.S. aerospace industry.
Testimony was heard from Representative Levine of California; and public
witnesses.
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CLEANUP PROPOSALS AT DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY'S NUCLEAR WEAPONS PRODUCTION COMPLEX
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Transportation and Hazardous
Materials held a hearing on H.R. 765, to establish a commission to make
recommendations to the President and Congress to assure a comprehensive
national environmental approach to effective, efficient, and expeditious
environmental cleanup of contamination resulting from releases of hazardous
substances at Department of Energy facilities, and to examine environmental
problems and cleanup proposals at the Department of Energy's nuclear weapons
production complex. Testimony was heard from Representatives Stark and
Unsoeld; Charles A. Bowsher, Comptroller General of the United States, GAO;
Jonathon Cannon, Acting Assistant Administrator, Solid Waste and Environmental
Response, EPA; Troy E. Wade, II, Acting Assistant Secretary, Defense Programs,
Department of Energy; and public witnesses.
PEACE CORPS AUTHORIZATIONS
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Held a hearing on the Administration's fiscal
year 1990 authorization request for the Peace Corps. Testimony was heard from
Loret Miller Ruppe, Director, Peace Corps; and a public witness.
CHILDREN AND HIV INFECTION
Committee on Government Operations: Subcommittee Human Resources and
Intergovernmental Relations concluded hearings on Children and HIV infection.
Testimony was heard from the following officials of the Public Health Service,
Department of Health and Human Services: Dr. Antonia C. Novello, Deputy
Director, National Institute of Child Health and Development; Dr. Anthony S.
Fauci, Associate Director, AIDS Research, National Institutes of Health;
Walter R. Dowdle, Acting Director, Centers for Disease Control; Dr. Samuel C.
Matheny, Associate Administrator for AIDS, Health Resources and Services
Administration; and Charles R. Schuster, Director, National Institute on Drug
Abuse, Alcohol, Drug Abuse, and Mental Health Administration; and Carolyn
Dopplet Gray, Commissioner, Administration on Developmental Disabilities,
Office of Human Development Services.
COMMITTEE FUNDING
Committee on House Administration: Subcommittee on Accounts met and considered
committee funding requests for the Committees on: Ways and Means; Foreign
Affairs; Post Office and Civil Service; Small Business; Rules; District of
Columbia; and Public Works and Transportation.
Will continue February 28.
LAND SETTLEMENT CLAIMS OF THE PUYALLUP TRIBE OF INDIANS
Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Held a hearing on H.R. 932, to
provide for the settlement of land claims of the Puyallup Tribe of Indians in
the State of Washington. Testimony was heard from Representative Dicks; and
public witnesses.
OVERSIGHT--NRC
Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Subcommittee on Energy and The
Environment held an oversight hearing on fiscal year 1990 and 1991 for the
NRC. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the NRC: Lando W.
Zech, Jr., Chairman; Thomas M. Roberts; Kenneth R. Carr; Kenneth C. Rogers;
and James R. Curtiss, all Commissioners.
PRIVATE CLAIMS BILLS; COMMITTEE ORGANIZATION
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Administrative Law and
Governmental Relations approved for full Committee action private claims
bills.
Prior to this action, the Subcommittee met for organizational purposes.
CONTRACTING OUT OF FEDERAL EMPLOYEE JOBS AT EPA
Committee on Post Office and Civil Service: Subcommittee on Civil Service held
a hearing on the contracting out of Federal employee jobs at the EPA.
Testimony was heard from the following officials of the EPA: Henry L. Longest
II, Director, Office of Emergency and Remedial Response; David J. O'Connor,
Director, Procurement and Contractual Management Division, Office of
Administration; and John C. Martin, Inspector General; Richard L. Hembra,
Associate Director, Environmental Protection Issues, Resources, Community and
Economic Development Division, GAO; and public witnesses.
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY BUDGET
Committee on Science, Space, and Technology: Subcommittee on Energy Research
and Development continued hearings on Department of Energy fiscal year 1990
budget request, with emphasis on basic energy science and general science.
Testimony was heard from Representatives Barton of Texas, Mineta, Campbell of
California, and Chapman; Robert O. Hunter, Jr., Department of Energy; Burton
Richter, Director, Stanford Linear Accelerator Center; Leon M. Lederman,
Director, Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory; Roy F. Schwitters, Director,
Superconducting Super Collider Laboratory; Herman A. Grunder, Director,
Continuous Electron Beam Accelerator Facility; Nicholas P. Samios, Director,
Brookhaven National Laboratory; Siegfried Hecker, Director, Los Alamos
National Laboratory; David A. Shirley, Director, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory;
William R. Wiley, Director, Battelle Pacific Northwest Laboratories, Alvin W.
Trivelpiece, Director, Oak Ridge National Laboratory; Alan Schriesheim,
Director, Argonne National Laboratory; and public witnesses.
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Hearings continue February 28.
FOOD-POPULATION EQUATION
Committee on Science, Space, and Technology: Subcommittee on Natural
Resources, Agriculture Research and Environment held a hearing on
Food-Population Equation. Testimony was heard from Ronald Trostle, Chief,
Commodity and Trade Analysis Branch, Commodity and Economic Research, USDA;
Luther ValGiddings, Biotechnology Consultant, Agriculture and Rural
Development, World Bank; and public witnesses.
Hearings continue February 28.
COMMITTEE BUSINESS
Committee on Standards of Official Conduct: Met in executive session to
consider pending business.
BUDGET REPORT
Committee on Ways and Means: Approved budget recommendations for the report to
the Committee on the Budget.
INTELLIGENCE BUDGET
Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence: Subcommittee on Program and Budget
Authorization met in executive session to hold a hearing on fiscal years
1990/1991 Intelligence budget. Testimony was heard from departmental
witnesses.
Hearings continue February 28.
1989/02/27
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D58-D60)
Committee Meetings
ENERGY AND WATER DEVELOPMENT APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development held
a hearing on DOE: Solar and Renewables, Fusion, and Environment. Testimony was
heard from the following officials of the Department of Energy: John R. Berg,
Assistant Secretary, Conservation and Renewable Energy; Robert O. Hunter, Jr.,
Director, Office of Energy Research; and Peter N. Brush, Acting Assistant
Secretary, Environment, Safety and Health.
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LABOR-HHS-EDUCATION APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor-HHS-Education held a
hearing on Compensatory Education for the Disadvantaged. Testimony was heard
from Beryl Dorsett, Assistant Secretary, Elementary and Secondary Education,
Department of Education.
RURAL DEVELOPMENT, AGRICULTURE AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Rural Development, Agriculture
and Related Agencies held a hearing on Budget Overview, and Inspector General
Overview. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the USDA:
Stephen Dewhurst, Budget Officer; and Leon Snead, Acting Inspector General.
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION
Committee on Armed Services: On February 24, the Subcommittee on Procurement
and Military Nuclear Systems continued hearings on the fiscal years 1990/1991
DOE defense programs authorization, with emphasis on environmental issues.
Testimony was heard from the following officials of the Department of Energy:
Raymond P. Berube, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Environment; and Troy E. Wade,
II, Acting Assistant Secretary, Defense Programs; J. Dexter Peach, Assistant
Comptroller General, GAO; and a public witness.
OLDER AMERICAN VOLUNTEER PROGRAMS REAUTHORIZATION
Committee on Education and Labor: On February 24, the Subcommittee on Human
Resources held a hearing on the reauthorization of the Older American
Volunteer Programs. Testimony was heard from Donna Alvarado, Director, ACTION;
and public witnesses.
OVERSIGHT--FOREIGN AID REQUESTS
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on Asian and Pacific Affairs held
an oversight hearing on U.S. Foreign Aid requests for Asian and Pacific
regions. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the Department of
State: Howard Schaffer, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Near Eastern and South
Asian Affairs; and William Clark, Jr., Acting Assistant Secretary, East Asian
and Pacific Affairs; Tom Reese, Deputy Assistant Administrator, Asia/Near East
Bureau, AID; and RAdm. Timothy W. Wright, Director, East Asian and Pacific
Region, OSD/ISA, Department of Defense.
INSULAR AREAS BUDGET
Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: On February 24, the Subcommittee on
Insular and International Affairs held a hearing on fiscal year 1990 budget
request for the insular areas. Testimony was heard from the following
officials of Guam: Joseph F. Ada, Governor; Ted S. Nelson, Vice Speaker;
Marilyn Manibusan, Senator; and Herminia D. Dierking, Senator, both with the
Legislature; from the following officials of American Samoa: Tuana'itau F.
Tuia, Speaker, House of Representatives; Letuli Toloa, President, Senate; and
Ace Aga'ese Tago, Director of Budget and Finance; Jose George, Director,
Office of Management and Budget, Virgin Islands; from the following officials
of the Northern Mariana Islands: Benjamin T. Manglona, President, Senate;
Pedro R. Guerrero, Speaker of the House; and Eloy S. Inos, Director of
Finance; Jesse Marehalau, Federated States of Micronesia Representative to the
United States; and Wilfred I. Kendall, Republic of the Marshall Islands
Representative to the United States.
OVERSIGHT
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Civil and Constitutional Rights
held an oversight hearing on FBI Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity
Practices. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
Hearings continue tomorrow.
JOINT MANUFACTURING OPPORTUNITIES ACT
Committee on Small Business: Subcommittee on Regulation and Business
Opportunities and the Subcommittee on Antitrust, Impact of Deregulation and
Privatization held a joint hearing on H.R. 423, to modify the application of
the antitrust laws to increase competition in trade by encouraging small
businesses to jointly manufacture and distribute products. Testimony was heard
from Charles F. Rule, Assistant Attorney General, Antitrust Division,
Department of Justice; Frank Swain, Chief Counsel for Advocacy Programs, SBA;
and public witnesses.
COMMITTEE BUSINESS
Committee on Standards of Official Conduct: Met in executive session to
consider pending business.
1989/02/28
Daily Digest - Tuesday, February 28, 1989; pages D121 - D130 (Bound vol.
D60-D67)
Committee Meetings
COMMERCE, JUSTICE, STATE AND JUDICIARY APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State and
Judiciary held a hearing on the following: Attorney General; General
Administration; Office of Inspector General; Fees and Expenses of Witnesses;
and U.S. Trustees. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the
Department of Justice: Dick Thornburg, Attorney General; Michael J. Roper,
Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Controller; Harry H. Flickinger, Assistant
Attorney General, Administration; and Thomas J. Stanton, Director and Counsel,
United States Trustees.
DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense held a hearing on fiscal
years 1990/1991 Air Force Posture. Testimony was heard from the following
officials of the Department of the Air Force: James F. McGovern, Acting
Secretary; and Gen. Larry D. Welch, USAF, Chief of Staff.
ENERGY AND WATER DEVELOPMENT APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development held
a hearing on the following: DOE: General Science; Basic Energy Sciences; and
Supporting Technology. Testimony was heard from Robert O. Hunter, Jr.,
Director, Office of Energy Research, Department of Energy.
FOREIGN ASSISTANCE APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Foreign Operations, Export
Financing and Related Programs held a hearing on International Economic
Overview. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
INTERIOR APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Interior held a hearing on the
Secretary of Interior. Testimony was heard from Manuel Lujan, Secretary of the
Interior.
LABOR-HHS-EDUCATION APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor-HHS-Education held a
hearing on Impact Aid, Bilingual and Immigrant Education, and School
Improvement Programs. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the
Department of Education: Beryl Dorsett, Assistant Secretary, Elementary and
Secondary Education; and Alicia Coro, Acting Director, Office of Bilingual
Education and Minority Languages Affairs.
RURAL DEVELOPMENT, AGRICULTURE AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Rural Development, Agriculture
and Related Agencies held a hearing on General Agricultural Outlook. Testimony
was heard from Ewen Wilson, Assistant Secretary, Economics, USDA.
TRANSPORTATION APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Transportation held a hearing on
ICC. Testimony was heard from Heather J. Gradison, Chairman, ICC.
TREASURY-POSTAL SERVICE-GENERAL GOVERNMENT APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Treasury-Postal Service-General
Government held a hearing on Administrative Conference of the U.S., and the
Advisory Committee on Intergovernmental Relations. Testimony was heard from
Marshall J. Breger, Chairman, Administrative Conference of the United States;
and Robert Hawkins, Director, Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental
Relations.
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Readiness continued hearings on
operation and maintenance portion of the fiscal years 1990/1991 defense
authorization, with emphasis on the DOD O&M budget and on the Unified and
Specified Command manpower savings. Testimony was heard from the following
officials of the Department of Defense: John A. Flinn, Director of Operations,
Office of the Comptroller; Lt. Gen. Charles McCausland, Director, Defense
Logistics Agency; Carolyn Duke, Budget Analyst for Section 6 Schools; and
Bartley Lagamarsino, both with the Dependent Schools; Derek Vander Schaaf,
Deputy Inspector General; David J. Berteau, Deputy Assistant Secretary
(Resource Management and Support); and Maj. Gen. George L. Butler, Vice
Director for Strategic Plans and Policy, Joint Chiefs of Staff.
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Hearings continue tomorrow.
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Research and Development
continued hearings on the RDT&E portion of the fiscal years 1990/1991 defense
authorization, with emphasis on the defense industrial and technology base and
the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency. Testimony was heard from
Raymond S. Colladay, Director, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency,
Department of Defense; and public witnesses.
Hearings continue March 2.
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Seapower and Strategic and
Critical Materials continued hearings on the seapower portion of the fiscal
years 1990/1991 defense authorization, with emphasis on the shipbuilding
request. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the Department of
the Navy: Everett Pyatt, Assistant Secretary, Shipbuilding and Logistics;
VAdm. John W. Nyquist, Assistant Chief of Naval Operations (Surface Warfare);
and VAdm. Peter M. Hekman, Jr., Commander, Naval Sea Systems Command.
Hearings continue March 2.
BUDGET PROPOSALS
Committee on the Budget: Continued hearings on the Administration's fiscal
year 1990 budget proposals. Testimony was heard from Nicholas F. Brady,
Secretary of the Treasury; and Clayton K. Yeutter, Secretary of Agriculture.
Hearings continue March 2.
CHILD NUTRITION ACT AND NATIONAL SCHOOL LUNCH AMENDMENTS
Committee on Education and Labor: Subcommittee on Elementary, Secondary and
Vocational Education held a hearing on H.R. 24, to amend the Child Nutrition
Act of 1966 and the National School Lunch Act to extend certain authorities
contained in such acts through the fiscal year 1995. Testimony was heard from
public witnesses.
Hearings continue March 2.
FAMILY AND MEDICAL LEAVE ACT
Committee on Education and Labor: Subcommittee on Labor-Management Relations
approved for full Committee action H.R. 770, Family and Medical Leave Act of
1989.
OVERSIGHT--NRC
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Energy and Power held an
oversight hearing on the NRC and its fiscal year 1990 budget. Testimony was
heard from the following officials of the NRC: Lando Zach, Chairman; Kenneth
M. Carr; James R. Curtiss; Thomas R. Roberts; and Kenneth Rogers, all
Commissioners.
OVERSIGHT
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Health and the Environment
held an oversight hearing on health effects of nonattainment of Clean Air Act
standards for ozone and carbon monoxide in the nation's cities. Testimony was
heard from Don Clay, Acting Assistant Administrator, Air and Radiation, EPA;
Don Theiler, Director, Bureau of Air Management, State of Wisconsin; John
Elston, Assistant Director, Air Quality Management and Surveillance,
Department of Environmental Protection, State of New Jersey; and public
witnesses.
FCC PRICE GAP PROPOSAL
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Telecommunications and
Finance held a hearing on FCC price gap proposal. Testimony was heard from
Dennis R. Patrick, Chairman, FCC; and a public witness.
TASK FORCE ON FOREIGN ASSISTANCE
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Held a hearing to review the Task Force on
Foreign Assistance. Testimony was heard from Senator Kassebaum; and public
witnesses.
INM BUDGET REQUEST
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Task Force on International Narcotics Control
held a hearing to review the fiscal year 1990 INM budget request. Testimony
was heard from Ann Wrobleski, Assistant Secretary, Bureau of International
Narcotics Matters, Department of State.
COMMITTEE FUNDING
Committee on House Administration: Subcommittee on Accounts met and considered
committee funding requests for the following Committees: Banking, Finance and
Urban Affairs; Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence; Merchant Marine and
Fisheries; Energy and Commerce; Interior and Insular Affairs; Science, Space,
and Technology; and Government Operations.
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OIL SHALE CLAIMS
Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Subcommittee on Mining and Natural
Resources held a hearing on H.R. 643, to amend section 37 of the Mineral
Leasing Act relating to oil shale claims. Testimony was heard from James E.
Cason, Acting Assistant Secretary, Land and Minerals Management, Department of
the Interior; and public witnesses.
LAND CONVEYANCE
Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Subcommittee on National Parks and
Public Lands held a hearing on H.R. 310, to remove a restriction from a parcel
of land in Roanoke, VA, in order for that land to be conveyed to the State of
Virginia for use as a veterans nursing home. Testimony was heard from
Representatives Olin, and Payne of Virginia; Robert F. Burford, Director,
Bureau of Land Management, Department of the Interior; and a public witness.
OVERSIGHT
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Civil and Constitutional Rights
concluded oversight hearings on FBI Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity
Practices. Testimony was heard from William S. Sessions, Director, FBI,
Department of Justice.
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY BUDGET
Committee on Science, Space, and Technology: Subcommittee on Energy Research
and Development continued hearings on Department of Energy's fiscal year 1990
budget request, with emphasis on Solar/Conservation. Testimony was heard from
John R. Berg, Assistant Secretary, Conservation and Renewable Energy,
Department of Energy; and public witnesses.
Hearings continue tomorrow.
FOOD-POPULATION EQUATION
Committee on Science, Space, and Technology: Subcommittee on Natural
Resources, Agriculture Research and Environment continued hearings on
Food-Population Equation. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
Hearings continue March 2.
ADEQUACY AND PRIORITIES FOR AMERICAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
Committee on Science, Space, and Technology: Subcommittee on Science, Research
and Technology held a hearing on the adequacy, direction and priorities for
the American Science and Technology effort. Testimony was heard from Richard
Muller, Professor and Faculty Senior Scientist, Department of Physics,
Lawrence Bergeley Laboratory, University of California; and public witnesses.
Hearings continue tomorrow.
NASA AUTHORIZATION
Committee on Science, Space, and Technology: Subcommittee on Space Science and
Applications held a hearing on NASA fiscal years 1990/1991 authorization.
Testimony was heard from James Odom, Associate Administrator for Space
Station, NASA; and a public witness.
Hearings continue tomorrow.
COMMITTEE BUSINESS
Committee on Standards of Official Conduct: Met in executive session to
consider pending business.
THE WORKING POOR
Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Human Resources held a hearing on
how to help the working poor. Testimony was heard from Senator Gore;
Representatives Miller of California, Tauke, Petri and Henry; and public
witnesses.
Hearings continue March 21.
COMMITTEE ORGANIZATION
Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Select Revenue Measures met for
organizational purposes.
NATIONAL TRADE POLICY AGENDA
Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Trade held a hearing on the
national trade policy agenda for 1989. Testimony was heard from Carla A.
Hills, U.S. Trade Representative.
INTELLIGENCE BUDGET
Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence: Subcommittee on Program and Budget
Authorization met in executive session to continue hearings on fiscal years
1990/1991 Intelligence budget. Testimony was heard from departmental
witnesses.
Hearings continue March 2.
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D67-D73)
Committee Meetings
WILDLIFE SUPPRESSION ASSISTANCE ACT; FOREST SERVICE BUDGET
Committee on Agriculture: Subcommittee on Forests, Family Farms and Energy
approved for full Committee action H.R. 829, Wildlife Suppression Assistance
Act.
Prior to this action, the Subcommittee held a hearing on this legislation.
Testimony was heard from the following officials of the Forest Service, USDA:
George Dunlop, Assistant Secretary, Natural Resources and Environment; S. Dale
Robertson, Chief; and George Leonard, Associate Chief.
The Subcommittee also held a hearing to review fiscal year 1990 budget
proposal for the Forest Service. Testimony was heard from the following
officials of the Forest Service, USDA: George Dunlop, Assistant Secretary,
Natural Resources and Environment; S. Dale Robertson, Chief; and George
Leonard, Associate Chief.
USDA'S EXPORT CREDIT GUARANTEE PROGRAM
Committee on Agriculture: Subcommittee on Tobacco and Peanuts held a hearing
to review the USDA's export credit guarantee program, particularly as it
relates to tobacco. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the
Office of Inspector General, USDA: James R. Ebbitt, Assistant Inspector
General, Audit; Craig Beauchamp, Assistant Inspector General, Investigations;
and Richard Long, Deputy Assistant Inspector General, Audit; from the
following officials of GAO: Allan I. Mendelowitz, Director, International
Trade, Energy, and Finance Issues: and Phillip J. Thomas, Assistant Director,
Agricultural Trade.
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BUDGET REPORT
Committee on Appropriations: Approved budget recommendations for the report to
the Committee on the Budget.
COMMERCE, JUSTICE, STATE AND JUDICIARY APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State and
Judiciary met in executive session to hold a hearing on the FBI. Testimony was
heard from William S. Sessions, Director, FBI, Department of Justice.
The Subcommittee also held a hearing on U.S. Parole Commission and Federal
Prison System. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the
Department of Justice: Benjamin F. Baer, Chairman, U.S. Parole Commission; and
J. Michael Quinlan, Director, Federal Prison System.
DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense held a hearing on fiscal
years 1990/1991 Navy Posture. Testimony was heard from the following officials
of the Department of the Navy: William L. Ball III, Secretary; Adm. C.A.H.
Trost, USN, Chief of Naval Operations; and Gen. Alfred M. Gray, Jr.,
Commandant, Marine Corps.
FOREIGN ASSISTANCE APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Foreign Operations, Export
Financing and Related Programs met in executive session to receive a briefing
on Middle East Intelligence; Philippines Intelligence; and Central and South
America Intelligence. The Subcommittee was briefed by the following officials
of the CIA: John O'Donnell, National Intelligence Officer for Near East and
South Asia; Carl Ford, Jr., National Intelligence Officer for East Asia; and
Martin Roeber, National Intelligence Officer for Latin America.
MILITARY CONSTRUCTION APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Military Construction held a
hearing on Defense Agencies/Guard and Reserve Components. Testimony was heard
from the following officials of the Department of Defense: Dr. William Mayer,
Assistant Secretary, Health Affairs; and John B. Rosamond, Deputy Assistant
Secretary, Material and Facilities.
RURAL DEVELOPMENT, AGRICULTURE AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Rural Development, Agriculture
and Related Agencies held a hearing on Secretary of Agriculture. Testimony was
heard from Clayton Yeutter, Secretary of Agriculture.
TRANSPORTATION APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Transportation held a hearing on
Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation. Testimony was heard from James
L. Emery, Administrator, Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation,
Department of Transportation.
TREASURY-POSTAL SERVICE-GENERAL GOVERNMENT APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Treasury-Postal Service-General
Government held a hearing on the Merit System Protection Board; Special
Counsel; and the Committee for Purchase from the Blind. Testimony was heard
from Daniel R. Levinson, Chairman, Merit Systems Protection Board; Mary F.
Wieseman, Special Counsel, Office of the Special Counsel; and Frank Gearde,
Jr., Chairman, Committee for Purchase from the Blind and Other Severely
Handicapped.
VA, HUD AND INDEPENDENT AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Veterans Administration, HUD, and
Independent Agencies held a hearing on VA supplemental. Testimony was heard
from Thomas E. Harvey, Acting Administrator, VA.
REPORT OF THE COMMISSION ON BASE REALIGNMENT AND CLOSURE
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Military Installations and
Facilities continued hearings on the report of the Commission on Base
Realignment and Closure. Testimony was heard from Frank Conahan, Assistant
Comptroller General, National Security and International Affairs, GAO; Robert
A. Stone, Deputy Assistant Secretary (Installations), Department of Defense;
Robert F. Hale, Assistant Director, National Security, CBO; from the following
Co-Chairmen, Commission on Base Realignment and Closure: Abraham Ribicoff; and
Jack Edwards; and a public witness.
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Military Personnel and
Compensation continued hearings on the manpower portion of the fiscal years
1990/1991 defense authorization, with emphasis on manpower budget review.
Testimony was heard from the following officials of the Department of Defense:
Grant S. Green, Jr., Assistant Secretary, Force Management and Personnel; Lt.
Gen. Thomas J. Hickey, USAF, Deputy Chief of Staff, Personnel; Lt. Gen. Allen
K. Ono, USA, Deputy Chief of Staff, Personnel; Lt. Gen. John I. Hudson, USMC,
Deputy Chief of Staff, Manpower; VAdm. Jeremey Michael Boorda, USN, Deputy
Chief of Naval Operations (Manpower, Personnel and Training) and Chief of
Naval Personnel; Stephen M. Duncan, Assistant Secretary, Reserve Affairs; Maj.
Gen. John B. Conaway, Vice Chief, National Guard Bureau; Maj. Gen. Donald
Burdick, Director, Army National Guard; Brig. Gen. Philip G. Killey, Director,
Air National Guard; Maj. Gen. Roger P. Scheer, Chief, Air Force Reserve; Maj.
Gen. William F. Ward, Chief, Army Reserve; RAdm. Francis Neale Smith,
Director, Naval Reserve; and Maj. Gen. Edmund P. Looney, Assistant Deputy
Chief of Staff, Manpower and Reserve Affairs; and RAdm. Paul A. Welling, USCG,
Chief, Office of Readiness and Reserve, Department of Transportation.
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Hearings continue March 8.
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Readiness continued hearings on
operation and maintenance portion of the fiscal years 1990/1991 defense
authorization, with emphasis on Defense Personnel Support Center procurement
irregularities and budget review. Testimony was heard from Edward S.G. Dennis,
Jr., Assistant Attorney General, Criminal Division, Department of Justice; and
Maj. Gen. John H. Voorhees, Commander, Defense Personnel Support Center,
Department of Defense.
Hearings continue tomorrow.
ATA/ATF PROGRAMS
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Research and Development and the
Subcommittee on Procurement and Military Nuclear Systems met in executive
session to receive a joint briefing on the ATA/ATF programs. The Subcommittee
was briefed by officials of the Department of Defense.
CONDUCT OF MONETARY POLICY
Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on Domestic
Monetary Policy concluded hearings on the Conduct of Monetary Policy.
Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
HOMELESS IN AMERICA--THE NEED FOR PERMANENT HOUSING
Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on Housing and
Community Development held a hearing on "Homeless in America--the Need for
Permanent Housing". Testimony was heard from Robert Chappell, Chairman,
Emergency Food and Shelter Program, Federal Emergency Management Agency;
Raymond L. Flynn, Mayor, Boston, Massachusetts; Abraham Biderman,
Commissioner, Department of Housing, Preservation and Development, New York
City; and public witnesses.
Hearings continue March 15.
IMPACT OF ILLEGAL AND UNFAIR FOREIGN TRADE PRACTICES ON INTERSTATE COMMERCE
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations
held a hearing into the impact of illegal and unfair foreign trade practices
on interstate commerce. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
Hearings continue tomorrow.
ARMS CONTROL AND DISARMAMENT AGENCY AUTHORIZATION
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on Arms Control, International
Security and Science held a hearing on Arms Control and Disarmament Agency
authorization for fiscal years 1990/1991, and overall Arms Control Policy.
Testimony was heard from Gen. William F. Burns, USA, (Rtd.), Director, U.S.
Arms Control and Disarmament Agency.
OVERSIGHT
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on Asian and Pacific Affairs held
an oversight hearing on Foreign Aid for Cambodia. Testimony was heard from
David Lambertson, Deputy Assistant Secretary, East Asian and Pacific Affairs,
Department of State; RAdm. Timothy W. Wright, Director, East Asian and Pacific
Region, Department of Defense; and public witnesses.
FOREIGN ASSISTANCE REQUESTS
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on Europe and the Middle East held
a hearing on fiscal year 1990 Foreign Assistance requests: Israel and West
Bank and Gaza. Testimony was heard from Edward S. Walker, Jr., Deputy
Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs,
Department of State; Edward W. Gnehm, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of
Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs, Department of Defense; and William P.
Fuller, Deputy Assistant Administrator, Bureau of Asia and Near East, AID.
BUDGET REQUESTS
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on International Operations held a
hearing on fiscal year 1990 budget requests for the Board for International
Broadcasting and the Asia Foundation. Testimony was heard from the following
officials of the Board for International Broadcasting: Malcomb S. Forbes, Jr.,
Chairman; Ben. J. Wattenberg, Vice-Chairman; and E. Eugene Pell, President,
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty; and Haydn Williams, President, The Asia
Foundation.
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LATIN AMERICA AND THE U.S. IN THE 1990's
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere Affairs held
a hearing on Latin America and the U.S. in the 1990's. Testimony was heard
from public witnesses.
EXPLOSION IN KANSAS CITY: NEED TO BETTER PROTECT FIREFIGHTERS
Committee on Government Operations: Subcommittee on Employment and Housing
held a hearing on Explosion in Kansas City: Need to Better Protect
Firefighters. Testimony was heard from Representatives Wheat, Meyers of
Kansas, and Weldon; John Pendergrass, Assistant Secretary, OSHA, Department of
Labor; James Makris, Director, Preparedness Staff, EPA; Clyde A. Bragdon,
Administrator, U.S. Fire Administration, Federal Emergency Management Agency;
and a public witness.
BUDGET REPORT
Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Approved budget recommendations for
the report to the Committee on the Budget.
COMMITTEE ORGANIZATION
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Crime met for organizational
purposes.
COMMITTEE ORGANIZATION
Committee on Public Works and Transportation: Subcommittee on Economic
Development met for organizational purposes.
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY BUDGET
Committee on Science, Space, and Technology: Subcommittee on Energy Research
and Development continued hearings on Department of Energy's fiscal year 1990
budget request, with emphasis on nuclear fission. Testimony was heard from
Mary Ann Novak, Acting Assistant Secretary, Nuclear Energy, Department of
Energy; Victor Stello, Executive Director, Operations, NRC; and public
witnesses.
Hearings continue tomorrow.
ADEQUACY AND PRIORITIES FOR AMERICAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
Committee on Science, Space, and Technology: Subcommittee on Science, Research
and Technology concluded hearings on the adequacy, direction and priorities
for the American Science and Technology effort. Testimony was heard from
public witnesses.
NASA AUTHORIZATION
Committee on Science, Space, and Technology: Subcommittee on Space Science and
Applications continued hearings on NASA fiscal years 1990/1991 authorization.
Testimony was heard from the following officials of NASA: Lennard A. Fisk,
Associate Administrator, Office of Space Science and Applications; and Adm.
Richard H. Truly, Associate Administrator, Office of Space Flight.
COMMITTEE BUSINESS
Committee on Standards of Official Conduct: Met in executive session to
consider pending business.
MEDICARE'S HOSPITAL INSURANCE PROGRAM
Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Health held a hearing on fiscal
year 1990 budget issues relating to Medicare's hospital insurance program.
Testimony was heard from Representatives Dorgan of North Dakota and Michel;
Stuart Altman, Chairman, Prospective Payment Assessment Commission; and public
witnesses.
SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATIVE REFORM ACT
Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Social Security held a hearing on
H.R. 791, Social Security Administrative Reform Act of 1989. Testimony was
heard from Representatives Pickle and Pepper; Dorcas Hardy, Commissioner of
Social Security, SSA, Department of Health and Human Services; Joseph F.
Delfico, Senior Associate Director, Human Resources Division, GAO; and public
witnesses.
COMMITTEE ORGANIZATION
Select Committee on Hunger: Met for organizational purposes.
1989/03/02
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D79)
Committee Meetings
EPA'S PESTICIDES REGULATORY PROGRAM
Committee on Agriculture: Subcommittee on Department Operations, Research, and
Foreign Agriculture held a hearing to review the EPA's pesticides regulatory
program. Testimony was heard from Representative Stallings; and John Moore,
Acting Deputy Administrator, EPA.
COMMENCE, JUSTICE, STATE AND JUDICIARY APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State and
Judiciary held a hearing on the following: DEA; Organized Crime Drug
Enforcement; General Legal Activities; Civil Liberties Public Education Fund;
U.S. Attorneys; and Antitrust Division. Testimony was heard from the following
officials of the Department of Justice: John C. Lawn, Administrator, DEA:
Joseph D. Whitley, Acting Associate Attorney General; Harold G. Christensen,
Deputy Attorney General; James P. Turner, Acting Assistant Attorney General,
Civil Rights Division; Robert G. Ulrich, U.S. Attorney, Western District
Missouri, and Kenneth G. Starling, Deputy Assistant Attorney General.
DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense held a hearing on fiscal
years 1990/1991 Army Posture. Testimony was heard from the following officials
of the Department of the Army: John O. Marsh, Jr., Secretary; and Gen. Carl E.
Vuono, USA, Chief of Staff.
FOREIGN ASSISTANCE APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Foreign Operations, Export
Financing and Related Programs held a hearing on the Administrator, AID.
Testimony was heard from Alan Woods, Administrator, AID.
The Subcommittee also met in executive session to receive a briefing on
Anti-Terrorism. The Subcommittee was briefed by Ambassador Clayton E.
McManaway, Deputy Coordinator, Office of the Ambassador at Large for
Counter-Terrorism, Department of State.
INTERIOR APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Interior held a hearing on the
Bureau of Mines. Testimony was heard from T.S. Ary, Director, Bureau of Mines,
Department of the Interior.
LABOR-HHS-EDUCATION APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor-HHS-Education held a
hearing on Vocational and Adult Education. Testimony was heard from Bonnie
Guiton, Assistant Secretary, Vocational and Adult Education, Department of
Education.
MILITARY CONSTRUCTION APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Military Construction held a
hearing on Quality of Life in the Military, and Base Realignment and Closure
Commission. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the Department
of Defense: Sgt. Maj. Julius Gates, USA; M. Chief PO. D.R. Bushey, USN; Sgt.
Maj. David W. Sommers, USMC; and Chief M. Sgt. James R. Craig, USAF; and the
following Co-Chairmen, Commission on Base Realignment and Closure: Abraham
Ribicoff; and Jack Edwards.
TRANSPORTATION APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Transportation held a hearing on
the Inspector General. Testimony was heard from John W. Melchner, Inspector
General, Department of Transportation.
TREASURY-POSTAL SERVICE-GENERAL GOVERMENT APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Treasury-Postal Service-General
Government held a hearing on FEC. Testimony was heard from Daniel L. McDonald,
Chairman, FEC.
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Procurement and Military Nuclear
Systems held a hearing on procurement portion of the fiscal years 1990/1991
defense authorization, with emphasis on the U.S. policy of competitive
strategies and its impact on the defense budget. Testimony was heard from the
following officials of the Department of Defense: Andrew Marshall, Director of
Net Assessment, Office of Under Secretary for Policy; and Dennis Kloske,
Deputy Under Secretary (Planning and Resources); and a public witness.
Hearings continue tomorrow.
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Readiness continued hearings on
operation and maintenance portion of the fiscal years 1990/1991 defense
authorization, with emphasis on the Unified Commands--Europe and Pacific and
Special Operations and Transportation. Testimony was heard from the following
officials of the Department of Defense: Maj. Gen. Royal N. Moore, Jr., USMC,
J-3, Pacific Command; Lt. Gen. Edwin S. Leland, Chief of Staff, Army, European
Command; Maj. Gen. Hugh L. Cox III, USAF, Deputy Commander in Chief, Special
Operations Command; and Maj. Gen. John R. Piatak, Army, J-5, Transportation
Command.
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Hearings continue March 7.
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Research and Development
continued hearings on the RDT&E portion of the fiscal years 1990/1991 defense
authorization, with emphasis on the Navy budget request. Testimony was heard
from the following officials of the Department of the Navy: Thomas F. Faught,
Jr., Assistant Secretary, Research, Engineering and Systems; VAdm. Paul
McCarthy, USN, Director, Research and Development Requirement, Test and
Evaluation; and Maj. Gen. Raymond M. Franklin, USMC, Deputy Chief of Staff,
Research, Development and Studies, U.S. Marine Corps.
Hearings continue March 7.
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Seapower and Strategic and
Critical Materials continued hearings on the seapower portion of the fiscal
years 1990/1991 defense authorization, with emphasis on the Seawolf and other
submarine programs. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the
Department of the Navy: VAdm. Daniel Cooper, Assistant Chief, Naval Operations
(Undersea Warfare); and Adm. Bruce DeMars, Director, Naval Nuclear Propulsion.
Hearings continue March 7.
INVESTING IN HIGH YIELD BONDS BY FSLIC INSURED DEPOSITORY INSTITUTIONS
Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on General
Oversight and Investigations held a hearing on issues concerning investing in
high-yield bonds by FSLIC Insured Depository Institutions. Testimony was heard
from the following officials of the GAO: Richard Fogel, Assistant Comptroller
General; Michael A. Burnett, Assistant Director, General Government Division;
and Frank J. Philippi, Evaluator in Charge.
COMMITTEE ORGANIZATION
Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on International
Development, Finance, Trade and Monetary Policy met for organizational
purposes.
BUDGET PROPOSALS
Committee on the Budget: Continued hearings on the Administration's fiscal
year 1990 budget proposals. Testimony was heard from Alan Greenspan, Chairman,
Board of Governors, Federal Reserve System; and Jack Kemp, Secretary of
Housing and Urban Development.
CHILD NUTRITION ACT AND NATIONAL SCHOOL LUNCH ACT
Committee on Education and Labor: Subcommittee on Elementary, Secondary and
Vocational Education continued hearings on H.R. 24, to amend the Child
Nutrition Act of 1966 and the National School Lunch Act to extend certain
authorities contained in such acts through the fiscal year 1995. Testimony was
heard from public witnesses.
Hearings continue March 23.
CORPORATE TAKEOVERS, LEVERAGED BUYOUTS AND PENSION PLANS
Committee on Education and Labor: Subcommittee on Labor-Management Relations
continued oversight hearings on corporate takeovers, leveraged buyouts and
pension plans. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
Hearings continue March 7.
IMPACT ON ILLEGAL AND UNFAIR FOREIGN TRADE PRACTICES ON INTERSTATE COMMERCE
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations
concluded hearings into the impact of illegal and unfair foreign trade
practices on interstate commerce. Testimony was heard from Robert A.
Mosbacker, Secretary of Commerce; and Carla A. Hills, U.S. Trade
Representative.
PEACE AND FAMINE RELIEF IN SUDAN
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on Africa approved for full
Committee action H. Con. Res. 58, concerning peace and famine relief in Sudan.
ON-SITE INSPECTION AGENCY
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on Arms Control, International
Security and Science held a hearing on On-Site Inspection Agency. Testimony
was heard from Brig. Gen. Roland Lajoie, USA, Director, On-Site Inspection
Agency.
OVERSIGHT
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on Asian and Pacific Affairs held
an oversight hearing on Foreign Aid for Democracy and Development in
Bangladesh and Burma. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the
Department of State: David Lambertson, Deputy Assistant Secretary, East Asian
and Pacific Affairs; and Howard Schaffer, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Near
Eastern and South Asian Affairs; and Tom Reese, Deputy Assistant
Administrator, Asia/Near East Bureau, AID.
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FOREIGN ASSISTANCE REQUESTS
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on Europe and the Middle East held
a hearing on fiscal year 1990 Foreign Assistance requests: Egypt, MFO, and
Middle East Regional Cooperation Program. Testimony was heard from Edward S.
Walker, Jr., Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Near Eastern and South
Asian Affairs, Department of State; Edward W. Gnehm, Deputy Assistant
Secretary, Bureau of Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs, Department of
Defense; and William P. Fuller, Deputy Administrator, Bureau of Asia and Near
East, AID.
FOREIGN ASSISTANCE REQUEST
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on Human Rights and International
Organizations held a hearing on Foreign Assistance legislation for fiscal
years 1990/1991: U.S. Voluntary Contributions to International Organizations.
Testimony was heard from Sandy Vogelgesang, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau
of International Organization Affairs, Department of State; and public
witnesses.
ECONOMIC AND MILITARY ASSISTANCE REQUESTS LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere Affairs held
a hearing to review fiscal year 1990 Economic and Military Assistance requests
for Latin America and the Caribbean. Testimony was heard from Michael Kozak,
Acting Assistant Secretary, Inter-American Affairs, Department of State;
Frederick Schieck, Acting Assistant Administrator, Latin America and the
Caribbean, AID; and Richard Brown, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Inter-American
Affairs, Department of Defense.
INQUIRY INTO THE CONDUCT OF U.S. DISTRICT COURT JUDGE WALTER L. NIXON, JR.
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Civil and Constitutional Rights
held a hearing on H. Res. 87, impeaching Walter L. Nixon, Jr., judge of the
U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi for high crimes
and misdemeanors. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
VESSEL MODIFICATION ACT
Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries: Subcommittee on Merchant Marine
held a hearing on the Vessel Modification Act of 1989. Testimony was heard
from Capt. James M. MacDonald, Chief, Merchant Vessel Inspection and
Documentation Division, Headquarters, USCG, Department of Transportation; and
public witnesses.
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY BUDGET
Committee on Science, Space, and Technology: Subcommittee on Energy Research
and Development concluded hearings on Department of Energy's fiscal year 1990
budget request, with emphasis on solar energy. Testimony was heard from public
witnesses.
FOOD-POPULATION EQUATION
Committee on Science, Space, and Technology: Subcommittee on Natural
Resources, Agriculture Research and Environment continued hearings on
Food-Population Equation. Testimony was heard from Fred Sai, Senior Population
Adviser, World Bank; and public witnesses.
HOTEL AND MOTEL FIRE SAFETY ACT
Committee on Science, Space, and Technology: Subcommittee on Science Research
and Technology held a hearing on H.R. 94, Hotel and Motel Fire Safety Act of
1989. Testimony was heard from William McDade, Acting Assistant Commissioner,
Office of Transportation and Property Management, Federal Supply Service, GSA;
Edward M. Wall, Deputy Administrator, U.S. Fire Administration, Federal
Emergency Management Agency; and public witnesses.
COMMITTEE BUSINESS
Committee on Standards of Official Conduct: Met in executive session to
consider pending business.
PHYSICIAN SELF-REFERRALS
Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Health and the Subcommittee on
Oversight held a joint hearing on issues related to physician
"Self-Referrals", including H.R. 939, to amend title XVIII of the Social
Security Act to provide civil money penalties and other remedies for certain
improper referral arrangements for items and services provided under the
Medicare Programs. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
SSI PROGRAM
Select Committee on Aging and the Subcommittee on Human Resources of the
Committee on Ways and Means held a joint hearing on the Supplemental Security
Income (SSI) program. Testimony was heard from Michael Carozza, Deputy
Commissioner, Policy and External Affairs, SSA, Department of Health and Human
Services; and public witnesses.
INSPECTORS GENERAL
Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence: Subcommittee on Oversight and
Evaluation met in executive session to hold a hearing on Inspectors General.
Testimony was heard from departmental witnesses.
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INTELLIGENCE BUDGET
Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence: Subcommittee on Program and Budget
Authorization met in executive session to continue hearings on fiscal years
1990/1991 Intelligence budget. Testimony was heard from departmental
witnesses.
Hearings continue March 7.
POLITICS OF HUNGER IN SUDAN
Select Committee on Hunger and the Subcommittee on Africa of the Committee on
Foreign Affairs held a joint hearing on the politics of hunger in the Sudan.
Testimony was heard from Representative Wolf; Kenneth Brown, Deputy Assistant
Secretary, Bureau of African Affairs, Department of State; from the following
officials of AID: Edward L. Saiers, Deputy Assistant Administrator, Africa;
Julia Taft, Director, Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance; and public
witnesses.
1989/03/03
Daily Digest - [Friday, March, 3, 1989]; pages D150 - D158 (Bound vol. D79-
D81)
Committee Meetings
COMMERCE, JUSTICE, STATE, AND JUDICIARY APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State and
Judiciary held a hearing on the Office of Justice Programs and U.S. Marshals
Service. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the Department of
Justice: Richard B. Abell, Assistant Attorney General, Office of Justice
Programs; and Stanley E. Morris, Director, U.S. Marshals Service.
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RURAL DEVELOPMENT, AGRICULTURE AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Rural Development, Agriculture
and Related Agencies held a hearing on the Office of General Counsel, and the
Office of Governmental and Public Affairs. Testimony was heard from the
following officials of the USDA: Christopher Hicks, General Counsel, Office of
the General Counsel; and Wilmer D. Mizell, Assistant Secretary, Office of
Governmental and Public Affairs.
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Procurement and Military Nuclear
Systems held a hearing on procurement portion of the fiscal years 1990/1991
defense authorization, with emphasis on the U.S. competitive strategies and
their impact on the defense budget. Testimony was heard from the following
officials of the Department of Defense: Gen. Robert T. Herres, USAF, Vice
Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff; and Dennis Kloske, Deputy Under Secretary
(Planning and Resources).
Hearings continue March 8.
OVERSIGHT
Committee on Education and Labor: Subcommittee on Human Resources held an
oversight hearing on the reauthorization of the Demonstration Partnership
Program under the Community Services Block Grant Act. Testimony was heard from
public witnesses.
1989/03/06
Daily Digest - [Monday,] March 6, 1989; pages D159 - D164 (Bound vol. D81-
D84)
Committee Meetings
ENERGY AND WATER DEVELOPMENT APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development met
in executive session to hold a hearing on DOE: Atomic Energy Activities.
Testimony was heard from the Department of Energy: Troy E. Wade II, Assistant
Secretary, Defense Programs; and Brig. Gen. Paul F. Kavanaugh, USA, Deputy
Assistant Secretary, Military Application; and Robert B. Barker, Assistant to
the Secretary (Atomic Energy), Department of Defense.
Hearings continue tomorrow.
LABOR-HHS-EDUCATION APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor-HHS Education held a
hearing on Education for Handicapped, Rehabilitation Services and on
Handicapped Research. Testimony was heard from Madeleine C. Will, Assistant
Secretary, Special Education and Rehabilitative Services, Department of
Education.
RURAL DEVELOPMENT, AGRICULTURE AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Rural Development, Agriculture
and Related Agencies held a hearing on the following: Economic Research
Service; National Agricultural Statistics Service; and on the World
Agricultural Outlook Board. Testimony was heard from the following officials
of the USDA: Ewen M. Wilson, Assistant Secretary, Economics; John E. Lee, Jr.,
Administrator, Economic Research Service; Charles E. Caudill, Administrator,
National Agricultural Statistics Service; and James R. Donald, Chairperson,
World Agricultural Outlook Board;
CHILD CARE PROPOSALS
Committee on Education and Labor: Held a hearing on the following: H.R. 3,
Child Development and Education Act of 1989; H.R. 30, Act for Better Child
Care Services of 1989; and related child care proposals. Testimony was heard
from Representative Edwards of California; and public witnesses.
FOREIGN ASSISTANCE REQUESTS
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on Europe and the Middle East held
a hearing on fiscal year 1990 Foreign Assistance Requests: Greece, Turkey and
Cyprus. Testimony was heard from James M. Wilkinson, Deputy Assistant
Secretary, Bureau for European and Canadian Affairs, Department of State; John
A. Woodworth, Deputy Assistant Secretary, European and NATO Policy, Department
of Defense; and Richard Brown, Director, Office of Egyptian and European
Affairs, AID.
COVERAGE OF PSYCHOLOGISTS' SERVICES UNDER THE MEDICARE PROGRAM
Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Health held a hearing on issues
related to coverage of psychologists' services under the Medicare Program,
including H.R. 774, to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act with
respect to coverage of, and payment for, services of psychologists under part
B of the Medicare Program. Testimony was heard from Senator Rockefeller;
Representative McDermott; and public witnesses.
1989/03/07
Daily Digest - Tuesday, March 7, 1989; pages D165 - D174 (Bound vol. D84-D90)
Committee Meetings
COMMERCE, JUSTICE, STATE, AND JUDICIARY APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State and
Judiciary held a hearing on the following: SEC; FCC; Supreme Court; Maritime
Administration; and Office of U.S. Trade Representative. Testimony was heard
from David S. Ruder, Chairman, SEC; Dennis R. Patrick, Chairman, FCC; Sandra
Day O'Connor, Associate Justice, Supreme Court of the United States; William
A. Creelman, Deputy Administrator, Maritime Administration, Department of
Transportation; and Carla A. Hills, U.S. Trade Representative.
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DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense held a hearing on
Military Personnel, Army, and Military Personnel, Marine Corps. Testimony was
heard from the following officials of the Department of Defense: Lt. Gen.
Allen K. Ono, USA, Deputy Chief of Staff (personnel); and Lt. Gen. John I.
Hudson, USMC, Deputy Chief of Staff (Manpower and Reserve Affairs).
ENERGY AND WATER DEVELOPMENT APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development met
in executive session to continue hearings on DOE: Atomic Energy Activities.
Testimony was heard from the following officials of the Department of Energy:
Troy E. Wade II, Assistant Secretary, Defense Programs; Jill E. Lytle, Deputy
Assistant Secretary, Nuclear Materials Production; and Ronald W. Cochran,
Acting Director, Office of New Production Reactors.
Hearings continue tomorrow.
INTERIOR APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Interior held a hearing on the
following: DOE: Fossil Energy Research and Development; Naval Petroleum and
Oil Shale Reserves; Strategic Petroleum Reserves; Clean Coal Technology; and
Outside Witnesses (Indian Programs). Testimony was heard from J. Allen
Wampler, Assistant Secretary, Fossil Energy, Department of Energy; and public
witnesses.
LABOR-HHS-EDUCATION APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor-HHS-Education held a
hearing on the following: Special Institutions for Handicapped; American
Printing House for the Blind; Gallaudet College; National Technical Institute
for the Deaf, and Student Financial Assistance and Guaranteed Student Loans.
Testimony was heard from the following officials of the Department of
Education: Madeleine C. Will, Assistant Secretary Office of Special Education
and Rehabilitative Services; Tuck Tinsley III, President, American Printing
House for the Blind; I. King Jordan, President, Gallaudet University; William
E. Castle, Director, National Technical Institute for the Deaf; and Kenneth D.
Whitehead, Assistant Secretary, Postsecondary Education.
RURAL DEVELOPMENT, AGRICULTURE AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Rural Development, Agriculture
and Related Agencies held a hearing on Agricultural Research Services.
Testimony was heard from the following officials of the USDA: Orville, G.
Bentley, Assistant Secretary, Science and Education; and R. Dean Plowman,
Administrator, Agricultural Research Service.
TRANSPORTATION APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Transportation held a hearing on
the Coast Guard. Testimony was heard from Adm. Paul A. Yost, Jr., Commandant,
U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Transportation.
TREASURY-POSTAL SERVICE-GENERAL GOVERNMENT APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Treasury-Postal Service-General
Government held a hearing on the following: National Security Council;
Advisory Committee on Federal Pay; Office of Government Ethics; and on Federal
Labor Relations Authority. Testimony was heard from G. Phillip Hughes,
Executive Secretary, National Security Council; Lucretia Dewey, Executive
Director, Advisory Committee on Federal Pay; Frank Q. Nebeker, Director,
Office of Government Ethics; and Jean McKee, Acting Chairman, Federal Labor
Relations Authority.
VA-HUD-INDEPENDENT AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on VA-HUD-Independent Agencies held
a hearing on Consumer Product Safety Commission, and on National Credit Union
Administration. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the
Consumer Product Safety Commission: Anne Graham, Acting Chairman; and Carol G.
Dawson, Commissioner; and Roger Jepsen, Chairman, National Credit Union
Administration.
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Military Installations and
Facilities held a hearing on the military construction portion of the fiscal
years 1990/1991 defense authorization, with emphasis on an overview of the
request and on service construction. Testimony was heard from the following
officials of the Department of Defense: Robert A. Stone, Deputy Assistant
Secretary (Installations); Maj. Gen. Peter J. Offringa, Assistant Chief of
Engineers, Department of the Army; RAdm. Benjamin F. Montoya, Commander, Naval
Facilities Engineering Command, Department of the Navy; Brig. Gen. Michael P.
Downs, Director, Facilities and Services Division, Office of the Deputy Chief
of Staff, Installations and Logistics Department, Headquarters, U.S. Marine
Corps; and Maj. Gen. Joseph A. Ahearn, Director, Engineering and Services,
Department of the Air Force.
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Hearings continue March 9.
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Readiness continued hearings on
the operation and maintenance portion of the fiscal year 1990/1991 defense
authorization, with emphasis on Navy and Marine Corps O&M and missions.
Testimony was heard from the following officials of the Department of the
Navy: VAdm. Stanley R. Arthur, Deputy Chief of Naval Operations (Logistics);
RAdm. Raymond M. Walsh, Director, Operations Division, Office of Budget and
Reports; and Lt. Gen. W.G. Carson, Jr., USMC., Deputy Chief of Staff
(Installations and Logistics).
Hearings continue tomorrow.
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Research and Development
continued hearings on the RDT&E portion of the fiscal years 1990/1991 defense
authorization, with emphasis on Air Force programs. Testimony was heard from
the following officials of the Department of the Air Force: John J. Welch,
Jr., Assistant Secretary, Acquisition; and Maj. Gen. Ronald W. Yates,
Principal Deputy, Acquisition.
Hearings continue March 9.
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Seapower and Strategic and
Critical Materials continued hearings on the seapower portion of the fiscal
years 1990/1991 defense authorization, with emphasis on the adequacy of
torpedo testing plus other weapons and other procurement programs. Testimony
was heard from the following officials of the Department of Defense: RAdm.
Stephen F. Loftus, Director, Fiscal Management Division; and RAdm. G.N. Gee,
Director, Surface Combat Division, both with the Department of the Navy;
Robert C. Duncan, Director, Defense Research and Engineering; John E. Krings,
Director, Operational Test and Evaluation; James F. O'Bryon, Assistant Deputy
Director, Live Fire Testing, Office of Director of Defense Research and
Engineering; and Frank Kendall III, Acting Deputy Under Secretary, Tactical
Warfare Programs; and Harold Johnson, Associate Director, Navy Issues,
National Security and International Affairs Division, GAO.
Hearings continue March 9.
HUD PROGRAMS AND POLICIES
Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs: Held a hearing on HUD
programs and policies. Testimony was heard from Jack Kemp, Secretary of
Housing and Urban Development.
MEDICARE, AIDS AND CHILD HEALTH
Committee on the Budget: Task Force on Human Resources held a hearing on
Medicare, AIDS and Child Health, with emphasis on The Changing Face of AIDS
and the Impact of Medicare Reimbursement Cuts on Hospitals. Testimony was
heard from Representatives Weiss, Pelosi and Waxman; and public witnesses.
Hearings continue tomorrow.
CARL D. PERKINS VOCATIONAL EDUCATION ACT AMENDMENTS
Committee on Education and Labor: Subcommittee on Elementary, Secondary and
Vocational Education held a hearing on H.R. 7, to amend the Carl D. Perkins
Vocational Education Act to extend the authorities contained in such Act
through the fiscal year 1995. Testimony was heard from John Wirt, Director,
National Assessment of Vocational Education, Department of Education; from the
following officials of the GAO: Eleanor Chelimsky, Director, Program
Evaluation and Methodology Division; and William Gainer, Associate Director,
Human Resources Division; and public witnesses.
Hearings continue March 9.
OVERSIGHT
Committee on Education and Labor: Subcommittee on Labor-Management Relations
continued oversight hearings on corporate takeovers, leveraged buyouts and
pension plans. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
EDUCATION OF THE HANDICAPPED ACT
Committee on Education and Labor: Subcommittee on Select Education held an
oversight and reauthorization hearing on Discretionary Programs under the
Education of the Handicapped Act. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
OVERSIGHT
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on Asian and Pacific Affairs held
an oversight hearing on Foreign Aid Requests for the Philippines. Testimony
was heard from Senator Dole; Speaker Wright; Carol Adelmen, Assistant
Administrator, AID; from the following officials of the Department of State:
David Lambertson, Deputy Assistant Secretary, East Asian and Pacific Affairs;
and Paula J. Dobriansky, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Human Rights and
Humanitarian Affairs; RAdm. Timothy W. Wright, Director, East Asian and
Pacific Region, OSD/ISA; Department of Defense; Jim Fall, Acting Deputy
Assistant Secretary for Developing Nations, Department of the Treasury; and a
public witness.
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FOREIGN ASSISTANCE REQUESTS
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on Europe and the Middle East held
a hearing on fiscal year 1990 Foreign Assistance requests: Portugal, Northern
Ireland, Ireland and other European countries. Testimony was heard from the
following officials of the Department of State: William Bodde, Jr., Deputy
Assistant Secretary; and James M. Wilkinson, Deputy Assistant Secretary, both
with the Bureau for European and Canadian Affairs; John A. Woodworth, Deputy
Assistant Secretary, European and NATO Policy, Department of Defense; and
Richard Brown, Director, Office of Egyptian and European Affairs, AID.
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