102d Congress (1991 - 1992)
January 3, 1991 - January 3, 1992
Senate Committee Meetings by Date
Compiled from the Congressional Record's Daily Digests via Thomas at thomas.loc.gov
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1991/01/03
Daily Digest - Thursday, January 3, 1991; pages D1 - D36 (Bound vol. D1-D6)
Committee Meetings
No committee meetings were held.
No Joint hearings noted.
1991/01/04
Daily Digest - Friday, January 4, 1991; pages D37 - D40 (Bd vol. D6-D7)
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
ETHICS INVESTIGATION
Select Committee on Ethics: Committee resumed hearings to examine various
allegations made against certain Senators.
Hearings continue on Monday, January 7.
Joint Meetings
EMPLOYMENT/UNEMPLOYMENT
Joint Economic Committee: Committee held hearings on the
employment-unemployment statistics for December, receiving testimony from
Janet L. Norwood, Commissioner, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Department of
Labor.
Hearings were recessed subject to call.
UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE
Joint Economic Committee: Committee held hearings to examine the ability of
the unemployment insurance system to provide an adequate safety net for
jobless workers during the current economic downturn, receiving testimony from
Michael V. Deisz, North Dakota State Job Service, Pierre, on behalf of the
Interstate Conference of Employment Security Agencies; and Gary Burtless,
Brookings Institution, and Wayne Vroman, The Urban Institute, both of
Washington, D.C.
[Page: D39]
Hearings were recessed subject to call.
1991/01/07
Daily Digest - Monday, January 7, 1991; pages D42 - D44 (Bd vol. D7-D8)
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
THE RECESSION AND THE WORKFORCE
Committee on Labor and Human Resources: Committee held hearings to examine
America's recession and its effects on the workforce, focusing on the lack of
unemployment insurance, improving the skills of American workers, and training
and compensation programs designed to help those who are laid off during the
recession, receiving testimony from John K. Galbraith, Harvard University,
Cambridge, Massachusetts; Robert Eisner, Northwestern University, Chicago,
Illinois; Lynn Williams, United Steelworkers of America, Pittsburgh,
Pennsylvania; Ray Marshall, University of Texas at Austin; Heidi Hartmann,
Institute for Women's Policy Research; Victoria Ferguson, Fort Wayne, Indiana;
Thomas and Marjorie Maguire, Waltham, Massachusetts; and Leonard and Candace
Ciskowski, Kenosha, Wisconsin.
Hearings were recessed subject to call.
ETHICS INVESTIGATION
Select Committee on Ethics: Committee resumed hearings to examine various
allegations made against certain Senators.
Hearings continue on Tuesday, January 8.
No Joint hearings noted.
1991/01/08
Daily Digest - Tuesday, January 8, 1991; pages D46 - D48 (Bd vol. D8)
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
SECURITIES INDUSTRY
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on Securities
concluded oversight hearings on the condition of the securities industry,
after receiving testimony from Richard C. Breeden, Chairman, Securities and
Exchange Commission; Gedale Horowitz, Security Industry Association,
Washington, D.C.; and Michael Goldstein, Sanford Bernstein & Company, New
York, New York.
PERSIAN GULF
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee held hearings to examine current
U.S. policy in the Persian Gulf, receiving testimony from Cyrus R. Vance and
Alexander M. Haig, Jr., both former Secretaries of State.
Hearings were recessed subject to call.
WAR POWERS ACT
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded hearings on the implementation
of the War Powers Act, focusing on the constitutional roles of Congress and
the President in declaring and waging war, after receiving testimony from
Eugene Rostow, Professor, U.S. Institute of Peace; Nicholas deB. Katzenbach,
Riker, Danzig, Scherer, Hyland and Perretti, Morristown, New Jersey, former
U.S. Attorney General; Louis Henkin, Columbia University Law School, New York,
New York; Harold Koh, Yale University Law School, New Haven, Connecticut;
William Van Alstyne, Duke Law School, Durham, North Carolina; Robert Turner
and John Moore, both of the University of Virginia Law School,
Charlottesville; and Gary Born, Wilmer, Cutler and Pickering, Washington, D.C.
ETHICS INVESTIGATION
Select Committee on Ethics: Committee continued hearings to examine various
allegations made against certain Senators.
No Joint hearings noted.
1991/01/09
Daily Digest - Wednesday, January 9, 1991; pages D50 - D52 (Bd vol. D9-D10)
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
BANK OF NEW ENGLAND
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded hearings
to examine certain matters which led to the failure of the Bank of New
England, focusing on regulators' actions and the causes of the bank's failure,
after receiving testimony from Robert L. Clarke, Comptroller of the Currency,
Department of the Treasury; and L. William Seidman, Chairman, Federal Deposit
Insurance Corporation.
NATION'S EDUCATION GOALS
Committee on Labor and Human Resources: Committee held hearings to examine
whether the nation is meeting its education goals and to review proposals to
reauthorize the Higher Education Act, focusing on problems and reforms in
elementary and secondary education, strengths and weaknesses of higher
education, and access to student federal aid programs, receiving testimony
from Colorado Governor Roy Romer, Denver, on behalf of the Democratic
Governors Association, and the National Education Goals Panel; Floretta
McKenzie, former District of Columbia School Superintendent, Washington, D.C.,
on behalf of the McKenzie Group; Constance Clayton, Superintendent,
Philadelphia Public Schools, and Hameen Diggins, Shumacher Middle School, both
of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Michael Timpane, Teachers College at Columbia
University, New York, New York; Chester E. Finn, Vanderbilt University,
Nashville, Tennessee; James L. Bush, Mather School, Dorchester, Massachusetts;
Robert L. Albright, Johnson C. Smith University, Charlotte, North Carolina;
and Anikee Ajagunna, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey.
Hearings were recessed subject to call.
ETHICS INVESTIGATION
Select Committee on Ethics: Committee continued hearings to examine various
allegations made against certain Senators.
Hearings continue on Thursday, January 10.
No Joint hearings noted.
1991/01/10
Daily Digest - Thursday, January 10, 1991; pages D53 - D56 (Bd vol. D10-D11)
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
NATIONAL HEALTH CARE PROGRAM
Committee on Labor and Human Resources: Committee held hearings to examine
problems of the nation's health care system and recommendations for reform,
focusing on the need for universal access to health insurance and long term
care for the elderly, receiving testimony from Representative Gephardt; Martha
Thornton, Ameritech, Chicago, Illinois; Gail Shearer, Consumers Union,
Washington, D.C.; Alan Nelson, American Medical Association, Salt Lake City,
Utah; Lena Archuleta, American Association of Retired Persons, Denver,
Colorado; Steve and Chris Tilghman, Birmingham, Alabama; Sharon Burton,
Abingdon, Maryland; and Edith Parekh, Chelmsford, Massachusetts.
[Page: D54]
Committee will meet again on Tuesday, January 15.
ETHICS INVESTIGATION
Select Committee on Ethics: Committee continued hearings to examine various
allegations made against certain Senators.
Committee will meet again Tuesday, January 15.
No Joint hearings noted.
1991/01/11
Daily Digest - Friday, January 11, 1991; pages D58 - D60 (Bd vol. D11-D12)
Committee Meetings
No committee meetings were held.
No Joint hearings noted.
1991/01/12
Daily Digest - Saturday, January 12, 1991; pages D61 - D63 (Bd vol. D12-D13)
Committee Meetings
No committee meetings were held.
No Joint hearings noted.
1991/01/14
Daily Digest - Monday, January 14, 1991; pages D65 - D67 (Bd vol. D13-14)
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
BALTIC REPUBLIC
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee met to receive a briefing on the
situation in the Baltic Republics of the Soviet Union from Curtis Kamman,
Deputy Assistant Secretary of State.
Committee recessed subject to call.
No Joint hearings noted.
1991/01/15
Daily Digest - Tuesday, January 15, 1991; pages D68 - D70 (Bd vol. D14-D15)
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
CHILDREN AND POVERTY
Committee on Labor and Human Resources: Committee concluded hearings to
examine services available to children and youth from poverished families,
focusing on ways to ensure that they graduate from high school, prepare them
for the workforce, and/or help them get into college, after receiving
testimony from Florida Governor Lawton Chiles, Tallahassee; Mayor Sharon Pratt
Dixon, Washington, D.C.; James J. Renier, Honeywell Inc., Minneapolis,
Minnesota, on behalf of the Committee for Economic Development; Robin Britt,
Project Uplift, Greensboro, North Carolina; Kevin Tarpley and Emanuel Moore,
both of YouthBuild, Belmont, Massachusetts; Angela Soares, Roxbury,
Massachusetts; Carol Brooks, Boston, Massachusetts; and Jamie and Stacey
Goins, and Carolyn Cox, all of Jacksboro, Tennessee.
ETHICS INVESTIGATION
Select Committee on Ethics: Committee resumed hearings to examine various
allegations made against certain Senators.
Committee will meet again tomorrow.
No Joint hearings noted.
1991/01/16
Daily Digest - Wednesday, January 16, 1991; pages D71 - D73 (Bd vol. D15)
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
AMERICAN FAMILIES IN THE 1990's
Committee on Labor and Human Resources: Subcommittee on Children, Family,
Drugs and Alcoholism held hearings to examine the state of the American
family, focusing on children's health, child welfare reform, early childhood
development, and State and local programs designed to aid working parents,
receiving testimony from Paul Harrington, Northeastern University, Boston,
Massachusetts; Sara McLanahan, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey;
Nicholas Zill, Child Trends, and Sherry C. Deane, National Black Child
Development Institute, both of Washington, D.C.; Judith Wallerstein, Center
for the Family in Transition, Corte Madera, California; Valerie Harper, Los
Angeles, California; Regina and Jim Lones, Meriden, Connecticut; and Kathleen
Scofield, Baltimore, Maryland.
Subcommittee will meet again tomorrow.
ETHICS INVESTIGATION
Select Committee on Ethics: Committee concluded hearings to examine various
allegations made against certain Senators.
No Joint hearings noted.
1991/01/17
Daily Digest - Thursday, January 17, 1991; pages D74 - D76 (Bd vol. D15-D16)
Committee Meetings
No committee meetings were held.
Joint Meetings
BALTIC STATES
Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe: Commission held hearings to
examine U.S. administration policy toward the situation in the Baltic States,
receiving testimony from Raymond Seitz, Assistant Secretary of State for
European and Canadian Affairs.
Commission recessed subject to call.
1991/01/18
Daily Digest - Friday, January 18, 1991; pages D78 - D80 (Bd vol. D16)
Committee Meetings
No committee meetings were held.
No Joint hearings noted.
1991/01/22
Daily Digest - Tuesday, January 22, 1991; pages D82 - D84 (Bd vol. D17-D18)
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
READINESS OF U.S. VA HOSPITALS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on VA, HUD, and Independent Agencies
held hearings to examine the readiness of U.S. VA Medical Centers as they
prepare for the role of backup to military hospitals and field and hospital
ships overseas in response to Operation Desert Storm, focusing on the
Department of Veterans Affairs' contingency plan for casualty assistance and
services, receiving testimony from Edward J. Derwinski, Secretary of Veterans
Affairs, James Holsinger, Chief Medical Director, Raoul Carroll, General
Counsel, Stephen A. Trodden, Inspector General, Barbara Gallagher, Director,
Baltimore, Maryland VA Medical Center, and Jose Coronado, Director, San
Antonio, Texas VA Medical Center, all of the Department of Veterans Affairs.
Subcommittee recessed subject to call.
Joint Meetings
BALTIC STATES
Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe (Helsinki Commission):
Commission held hearings to examine the current situation in the Baltic States
of the Soviet Union, receiving testimony from Dainis Ivans, Supreme Council of
the Republic of Latvia, Riga; Bronius Kuzmickas, Supreme Council of the
Republic of Lithuania, Vilna; and William J.H. Hough, Walter, Constan,
Alexander and Green, New York, New York.
Commission recessed subject to call.
1991/01/23
Daily Digest - Wednesday, January 23, 1991; pages D86 - D90 (Bd vol. D18-D20)
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
RESOLUTION TRUST CORPORATION
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee held oversight
hearings on activities of the Resolution Trust Corporation (RTC), and on
proposed authorizations for RTC, receiving testimony from Nicholas F. Brady,
Secretary of the Treasury, Peter Monroe, President, Resolution Trust
Corporation, Department of the Treasury, Alan Greenspan, Chairman, Board of
Governors of the Federal Reserve System, Jack Kemp, Secretary of Housing and
Urban Development, Robert C. Larson, Taubman Company, Bloomfield Hills,
Michigan, and Philip C. Jackson, Birmingham-Southern College, Birmingham,
Alabama, all on behalf of the Oversight Board of the Resolution Trust
Corporation.
Hearings were recessed subject to call.
BUDGET OUTLOOK
Committee on the Budget: Committee concluded hearings to examine the state of
the U.S. economy and the budgetary outlook for 1991, after receiving testimony
from Robert Reischauer, Director, Congressional Budget Office; Benjamin
Friedman, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts; C. Fred Bergsten,
Institute for International Economics, Washington, D.C.; and Mickey Levy, CRT
Government Securities, LTD, New York, New York.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Finance: Committee ordered favorably reported an original bill
(S. 251) to extend the time for performing certain acts under the internal
revenue laws for individuals performing services as part of the Desert
Shield/Storm operation, in lieu of S. 8.
Also, committee announced the Senate membership of the Joint Committee on
Taxation as follows: Senators Bentsen (Vice Chairman), Moynihan, Baucus,
Packwood, and Dole; and adopted its committee rules of procedure for the 102d
Congress.
U.S. GOVERNMENT PROGRESS REPORT
Committee on Governmental Affairs: Committee held hearings to examine the
overall state of the U.S. economy and the Federal budget, and to examine the
impact of the Middle East crisis on the government's financial and management
systems, receiving testimony from Charles A. Bowsher, Comptroller General,
Frank Conahan, Assistant Comptroller General for National Security and
International Affairs, and Richard L. Fogel, Assistant Comptroller General for
Government Management Programs, all of the General Accounting Office.
Hearings were recessed subject to call.
No Joint hearings noted.
1991/01/24
Daily Digest - Thursday, January 24, 1991; pages D92 - D96 (Bd vol. D20-D22)
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
GRAMM-RUDMAN-HOLLINGS
Committee on the Budget: Committee ordered reported, unfavorably, S.J. Res.
44, suspending certain provisions of law pursuant to section 258(a)(2),
relating to the suspension of Gramm-Rudman-Hollings during periods of economic
recession, of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985.
TERRORISM
Committee on Foreign Relations: Subcommittee on Terrorism, Narcotics and
International Operations met in closed session to receive a briefing on Iraqi
support for terrorism from officials of the Department of State, Federal
Bureau of Intelligence, and the Central Intelligence Agency.
Subcommittee recessed subject to call.
FAMILY AND MEDICAL LEAVE ACT
Committee on Labor and Human Resources: Subcommittee on Children, Family,
Drugs and Alcoholism concluded hearings on S. 5, to grant employees family and
temporary medical leave under certain circumstances, after receiving testimony
from T. Berry Brazelton, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts; Most
Rev. James W. Malone, United States Catholic Conference, Youngstown, Ohio;
Lawrence Perlman, Control Data Corporation, Minneapolis, Minnesota; Barbara
Blum, Adams National Bank, and William R. Mattox, Jr., Family Research
Council, both of Washington, D.C.; Ellen Galinsky, Families and Work
Institute, New York, New York; Merle Alvis, Babcock and Wilcox Company,
Lynchburg, Virginia; Carmen Maya, Chicago, Illinois; and Sandra Seymour,
Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin.
Joint Meetings
GPO
Joint Committee on Printing: Committee held hearings to examine the operation
and management of the Government Printing Office (GPO), focusing on the
service GPO is providing Congress for the Congressional Record and key bills
during peak periods of Congressional activity, receiving testimony from Walter
J. Stewart, Secretary of the Senate; Donnald K. Anderson, Clerk of the House
of Representatives; Robert W. Houk, Public Printer, and Lewis L. Small,
Inspector General, and George Lord, Chairman, Joint Council of GPO Unions, all
of the Government Printing Office; and William J. Boarman, Communications
Workers of America, AFL-CIO, Washington, DC.
[Page: D94]
Committee recessed subject to call.
1991/01/25
Daily Digest - Friday, January 25, 1991; pages D97 - D98 (Bd vol. D22-D23)
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
EPA SCIENCE ADVISORY BOARD REPORT
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee concluded hearings on the
recent Environmental Protection Agency Science Advisory Board report,
"Reducing Risk: Setting Priorities and Strategies for Environmental
Protection," after receiving testimony from William K. Reilly, Administrator,
and Raymond C. Loehr, Chairman, EPA Science Advisory Board, both of the
Environmental Protection Agency.
No Joint hearings noted.
1991/01/28
Daily Digest - Monday, January 28, 1991; pages D100 - D102 (Bd vol. D23)
Committee Meetings
No committee meetings were held.
No Joint hearings noted.
1991/01/29
Daily Digest - Tuesday, January 29, 1991; pages D103 - D106 (Bd vol. D23-D25)
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
BANK INSURANCE FUND
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee held oversight
hearings on the condition of the Bank Insurance Fund of the Federal Deposit
Insurance Corporation, focusing on baseline projections of the fund's spending
and the Congressional Budget Office assessment of its financing needs,
receiving testimony from Robert D. Reischauer, Director, Congressional Budget
Office.
Hearings were recessed subject to call.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee ordered
favorably reported the following business items:
An original resolution requesting $3,930,949 in operating expenses for the
period from March 1, 1991, through February 29, 1992, and $4,076,709 in
operating expenses for the period from March 1, 1992, through February 28,
1993; and
A routine list of U.S. Coast Guard nominations received by the Senate on
January 3, 1991.
[Page: D104]
Also, committee adopted its rules of procedure for the 102d Congress, and
announced their subcommittee assignments.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee ordered favorably
reported the following measures:
An original resolution (S. Res. 19) requesting $2,844,527 in operating
expenses for the period from March 1, 1991, through February 29, 1992, and
$2,949,780 in operating expenses for the period from March 1, 1992, through
February 28, 1993; and
S. 258, to correct an error in the Solar, Wind, Waste, and Geothermal Power
Production Incentives Act of 1990.
Also, committee adopted its rules of procedure for the 102d Congress.
COMMITTEE BUDGET/MONTREAL AVIATION PROTOCOLS
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee ordered favorably reported the
following business items:
An original resolution requesting $3,183,489 in operating expenses for the
period from March 1, 1991, through February 29, 1992, and $3,302,578 in
operating expenses for the period from March 1, 1992, through February 28,
1993; and
Two Related Protocols done at Montreal on September 25, 1975 to the Convention
for the Unification of Certain Rules Relating to International Carriage by
Air, As Amended, (Ex. B, 95th Cong., 1st Sess.), with certain conditions.
COMMITTEE BUDGET
Select Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee ordered favorably reported an
original resolution requesting $1,394,043 in operating expenses for the period
from March 1, 1991, through February 29, 1992, and $1,270,664 in operating
expenses for the period from March 1, 1992, through February 28, 1993.
No Joint hearings noted.
1991/01/30
Daily Digest - Wednesday, January 30, 1991; pages D108 - D112 (Bd vol. D26-
D28)
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
COMMITTEE BUDGET
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: Committee ordered favorably
reported an original resolution requesting $1,996,599 in operating expenses
for the period from March 1, 1991, through February 29, 1992, and $2,069,273
in operating expenses for the period from March 1, 1992, through February 28,
1993.
Also, committee adopted its rules of procedure for the 102d Congress.
MILITARY SERVICE BENEFITS
Committee on Armed Services: Committee ordered favorably reported the
following bills:
An original bill to provide for certain benefits for military personnel
serving in Operation Desert Storm. (As approved by the committee, the bill
incorporates provisions of S. 160, S. 204, S. 221, S. 232, and S. 237);
S. 160, to make unemployment compensation for military personnel leaving the
service the same as that available to civilians who lose their jobs;
S. 204, to provide authority for retired military personnel who are recalled
to active duty to be recalled in the highest grade they held satisfactorily
while on active duty;
S. 221, to require Department of Defense to implement the savings plan
authorized last year for military personnel deployed to the Persian Gulf at an
interest rate of up to 10 percent, with an amendment;
S. 232, to increase the maximum level of Servicemen's Group Life Insurance and
Veterans' Group Life Insurance from $50,000 to $100,000;
S. 237, to increase imminent danger and hostile fire pay from the current $110
per month to $150 per month, effective August 1, 1990; and
An original bill to authorize the military services to make a payment for
unused accrued leave to survivors of military personnel.
PUERTO RICO
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee held hearings on S. 244,
to provide for a referendum on the political status of Puerto Rico, receiving
testimony from Commonwealth of Puerto Rico Governor Rafael Hernandez Colon,
Carlos Romero Barcelo, New Progressive Party, and Ruben Berrios-Martinez,
Puerto Rican Independence Party, all of San Juan, Puerto Rico.
Hearings continue Thursday, February 7.
COMMITTEE BUDGET
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee approved for reporting an
original resolution (S. Res. 21) requesting $2,771,485 in operating expenses
for the period from March 1, 1991, through February 29, 1992, and $2,874,714
in operating expenses for the period from March 1, 1992, through February 28,
1993.
NOMINATION
Committee on Labor and Human Resources: Committee held hearings on the
nomination of Lynn Martin, of Illinois, to be Secretary of Labor, where the
nominee, who was introduced by Senators Simon and Dixon and Representative
Michel, testified and answered questions in her own behalf. Testimony was also
received from Representative Levin.
Hearings were recessed subject to call.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Rules and Administration: Committee ordered favorably reported
the following measures:
An original resolution providing for membership on the part of the Senate of
the Joint Committee on Printing and the Joint Committee on the Library as
follows: Joint Committee on Printing: Senators Ford (Vice Chairman),
DeConcini, Gore, Stevens, and Hatfield; and Joint Committee on the Library:
Senators Pell (Chairman), DeConcini, Moynihan, Hatfield, and Stevens;
An original concurrent resolution to allow another member of the Committee on
Rules and Administration of the Senate to serve on the Joint Committee on the
Library in place of the Chairman of the Committee; and
An original resolution requesting $1,521,403 in operating expenses for the
period from March 1, 1991, through February 29, 1992, and $1,579,954 in
operating expenses for the period from March 1, 1992, through February 28,
1993.
[Page: D110]
Also, committee adopted its rules of procedure for the 102d Congress.
ETHICS INVESTIGATION
Select Committee on Ethics: Committee met in closed session to begin
deliberations in connection with its preliminary inquiry into various
allegations made against certain Senators.
INTELLIGENCE
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee held closed hearings on
intelligence matters, receiving testimony from officials of the intelligence
community.
Committee recessed subject to call.
No Joint hearings noted.
1991/01/31
Daily Digest - Thursday, January 31, 1991; pages D114 - D120 (Bd vol. D28-D31)
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
COMMITTEE BUDGET
Committee on the Budget: Committee approved for reporting an original
resolution (S. Res. 32) requesting $3,526,693 in operating expenses for the
period from March 1, 1991, through February 29, 1992, and $3,661,008 in
operating expenses for the period from March 1, 1992, through February 28,
1993.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Finance: Committee ordered favorably reported an original
resolution (S. Res. 24) requesting $3,526,076 in operating expenses for the
period from March 1, 1991, through February 29, 1992, and $3,620,095 in
operating expenses for the period from March 1, 1992, through February 28,
1993.
Also, committee adopted its rules of procedure for the 102d Congress, and
announced their subcommittee assignments.
TECHNOLOGY AGAINST TERRORISM
Committee on Foreign Relations: Subcommittee on Terrorism, Narcotics and
International Operations concluded closed hearings to review an Office of
Technology Assessment report on Federal efforts to promote the use of
technology against terrorism, after receiving testimony from Anthony Fainberg,
Senior Associate, Office of Technology Assessment, who was accompanied by
several of his associates.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee ordered favorably reported an original
resolution (S. Res. 29) requesting $5,051,907 in operating expenses for the
period from March 1, 1991, through February 29, 1992, and $5,243,785 in
operating expenses for the period from March 1, 1992, through February 28,
1993.
[Page: D116]
Also, committee adopted its rules of procedure for the 102d Congress, and
announced their subcommittee assignments.
OLDER AMERICANS ACT
Committee on Labor and Human Resources: Subcommittee on Aging held hearings on
S. 243, to authorize funds through fiscal year 1995 for programs of the Older
Americans Act, focusing on the protection of vulnerable older citizens and the
prevention of elderly abuse, receiving testimony from Arthur Flemming, Save
Our Security, Washington, D.C., former U.S. Commissioner on Aging; Billie J.
Marshall, Mississippi Department of Human Services, Jackson; Patricia K.
Lashway, Washington Department of Social and Health Services, Olympia;
Michelle P. Holzer, Maryland State Office on Aging, Baltimore; Patricia A.
Riley, National Academy for State Health Policy, Portland, Maine; D. Ty
Duhamel, Evergreen Legal Services, Wenatchee, Washington; Georgia J.
Anetzberger, Western Reserve Geriatric Education Center, Cleveland, Ohio; and
Betsy Follensbee, Lebanon, New Hampshire.
Hearings were recessed subject to call.
COMMITTEE BUDGET
Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Committee approved for reporting an original
resolution (S. Res. 33) requesting $1,202,644 in operating expenses for the
period from March 1, 1991, through February 29, 1992, and $1,252,411 in
operating expenses for the period from March 1, 1992, through February 28,
1993.
COMMITTEE BUDGET
Select Committee on Intelligence: On Wednesday, January 30, committee ordered
favorably reported an original resolution (S. Res. 26) requesting $2,453,497
in operating expenses for the period from March 1, 1991, through February 29,
1992, and $2,546,381 in operating expenses for the period from March 1, 1992,
through February 28, 1993.
COMMITTEE BUDGET
Special Committee on Aging: Committee ordered favorably reported an original
resolution (S. Res. 31) requesting $1,220,675 in operating expenses for the
period from March 1, 1991, through February 29, 1992, and $1,264,993 in
operating expenses for the period from March 1, 1992, through February 28,
1993.
Also, committee adopted its rules of procedure for the 102d Congress.
No Joint hearings noted.
1991/02/01
Daily Digest - Friday, February 1, 1991; pages D122 - D124 (Bd vol. D31-D32)
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
COMMITTEE BUDGET
Committee on Labor and Human Resources: On Thursday, January 31, Committee
approved for reporting an original resolution requesting $5,423,398 in
operating expenses for the period from March 1, 1991, through February 29,
1992, and $5,628,440 in operating expenses for the period from March 1, 1992,
through February 28, 1993.
Joint Meetings
EMPLOYMENT-UNEMPLOYMENT
Joint Economic Committee: Committee held hearings on the employment-
unemployment situation for January, receiving testimony from Janet L. Norwood,
Commissioner, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Department of Labor.
Committee recessed subject to call.
1991/02/04
Daily Digest - Monday, February 4, 1991; pages D126 - D128 (Bd vol. 34)
Committee Meetings
No committee meetings were held.
No Joint hearings noted.
1991/02/05
Daily Digest - Tuesday, February 5, 1991; pages D129 - D134 (Bd vol. D35-39)
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
COMMITTEE ORGANIZATION
Committee on Appropriations: On Monday, February 4, Committee approved for
reporting an original resolution (S. Res. 34) requesting $5,029,959 in
operating expenses for the period from March 1, 1991, through February 29,
1992, and $5,208,866 in operating expenses for the period from March 1, 1992,
through February 28, 1993.
Also, committee adopted its rules of procedure and announced their
subcommittee assignments.
COMMITTEE BUDGET/NOMINATIONS
Committee on Armed Services: Committee approved for reporting the following
business items:
An original resolution (S. Res. 42) requesting $3,180,965 in operating
expenses for the period from March 1, 1991, through February 29, 1992, and
$3,291,040 in operating expenses for the period from March 1, 1992, through
February 28, 1993; and
6,542 military nominations in the Army, Navy, and Air Force.
Also, committee adopted its rules of procedure for the 102d Congress.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee ordered favorably
reported the following measures:
An original bill authorizing funds for the Resolution Trust Corporation of the
Department of the Treasury; and
An original resolution requesting $3,647,497 for operating expenses for the
period from March 1, 1991, through February 29, 1992, and $3,777,700 for
operating expenses for the period from March 1, 1992, through February 28,
1993.
1992 BUDGET
Committee on the Budget: Committee began hearings in preparation for reporting
the first concurrent resolution on the fiscal year 1992 budget for the Federal
Government, receiving testimony from Richard G. Darman, Director, Office of
Management and Budget.
Committee will meet again tomorrow.
INFRASTRUCTURE, PRODUCTIVITY AND ECONOMIC GROWTH
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Subcommittee on Water Resources,
Transportation, and Infrastructure held hearings to examine the impact of
public infrastructure on the growth rate of economic productivity, receiving
testimony from Alicia H. Munnell, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, Boston,
Massachusetts; Randall W. Eberts, Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland,
Cleveland, Ohio; and Robert Peck, Washington, D.C.
Subcommittee will meet again Thursday, February 7.
COMMITTEE BUDGET
Committee on Governmental Affairs: On Thursday, January 31, Committee approved
for reporting an original resolution (S. Res. 39) requesting $5,267,105 in
operating expenses for the period from March 1, 1991, through February 29,
1992, and $5,462,040 in operating expenses for the period from March 1, 1992,
through February 28, 1993.
ALCOHOL ABUSE
Committee on Labor and Human Resources: Subcommittee on Children, Family,
Drugs, and Alcoholism held hearings to examine the effects of alcohol on
families, focusing on proposed legislation to establish and expand grant
programs for evaluation and treatment of parents who are substance abusers and
their children, receiving testimony from Senator Daschle; Suzanne Somers,
Suzanne Somers Institute for the Effects of Addiction on Families, Palm
Springs, California; Cathleen Brooks, Ronan, Montana, on behalf of the
National Association for Children of Alcoholics and NEXT STEP; Basil W.
Henderson, Jr., Children of Alcoholics Foundation, Inc., and Susan Galbraith,
Coalition on Alcohol and Drug Dependent Women and Their Children, both of
Washington, D.C.; Ann Streissguth, University of Washington, Seattle; Kent
Farr, Fairbanks Hospital, Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana; Douglas McDonald,
Oxford Institute, Oxford, Michigan; Allen Lamb, Robert W. Deutsch, West
Hartford, Connecticut; Allen Lamb, Tacoma, Washington; and other public
witnesses.
Hearings were recessed subject to call.
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No Joint hearings noted.
1991/02/06
Daily Digest - Wednesday, February 6, 1991; pages D135 - D142 (Bd vol. D39-
D46)
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
APPROPRIATIONS--CONSUMER AFFAIRS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on VA, HUD, and Independent Agencies
held hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1992, receiving
testimony in behalf of funds for their respective activities from Teresa
Nasif, Director, Consumer Information Center; Jacqueline Jones-Smith,
Chairman, Consumer Product Safety Commission; and Ann Windham Wallace,
Director, Office of Consumer Affairs, Department of Health and Human Services.
Subcommittee will meet again Wednesday, February 20.
SUBCOMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS
Committee on Appropriations: Committee's subcommittee assignments are as
follows:
Agriculture and Related Agencies: Senators Burdick (Chairman), Bumpers,
Harkin, Adams, Fowler, Kerrey, Cochran, Kasten, Specter, Nickles, and Bond.
Commerce, Justice, State, and Judiciary: Senators Hollings (Chairman), Inouye,
Bumpers, Lautenberg, Sasser, Adams, Rudman, Stevens, Hatfield, Kasten, and
Gramm.
Defense: Senators Inouye (Chairman), Hollings, Johnston, Byrd, Leahy, Sasser,
DeConcini, Bumpers, Lautenberg, Harkin, Stevens, Garn, Kasten, D'Amato,
Rudman, Cochran, Specter, and Domenici.
District of Columbia: Senators Adams (Chairman), Fowler, Kerrey, Bond, and
Gorton.
Energy and Water Development: Senators Johnston (Chairman), Byrd, Hollings,
Burdick, Sasser, DeConcini, Reid, Hatfield, Garn, Cochran, Domenici, Specter,
and Nickles.
Foreign Operations: Senators Leahy (Chairman), Inouye, Johnston, DeConcini,
Lautenberg, Harkin, Mikulski, Kasten, Hatfield, D'Amato, Rudman, Specter, and
Nickles.
Interior: Senators Byrd (Chairman), Johnston, Leahy, DeConcini, Burdick,
Bumpers, Hollings, Reid, Nickles, Stevens, Garn, Cochran, Rudman, Domenici,
and Gorton.
Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education: Senators Harkin (Chairman),
Byrd, Hollings, Burdick, Inouye, Bumpers, Reid, Adams, Specter, Hatfield,
Stevens, Rudman, Cochran, Gramm, and Gorton.
Legislative Branch: Senators Reid (Chairman), Mikulski, Adams, Gorton, and
Bond.
Military Construction: Senators Sasser (Chairman), Inouye, Reid, Fowler,
Gramm, Garn, and Stevens.
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Transportation: Senators Lautenberg (Chairman), Byrd, Harkin, Sasser,
Mikulski, D'Amato, Kasten, Domenici, and Hatfield.
Treasury, Postal Service, and General Government: Senators DeConcini
(Chairman), Mikulski, Kerrey, Domenici, and D'Amato.
VA, HUD, and Independent Agencies: Senators Mikulski (Chairman), Leahy,
Johnston, Lautenberg, Fowler, Kerrey, Garn, D'Amato, Nickles, Gramm, and Bond.
NOMINATION
Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded hearings on the nomination of
Robert W. Gambino, of Virginia, to be Director of the Selective Service
System, after the nominee testified and answered questions in his own behalf.
1992 BUDGET
Committee on the Budget: Committee continued hearings in preparation for
reporting the first concurrent resolution on the fiscal year 1992 budget for
the Federal Government, and to review the economic outlook, receiving
testimony from Nicholas F. Brady, Secretary of the Treasury; and Michael J.
Boskin, Chairman, Council of Economic Advisers.
Hearings were recessed subject to call.
SUBCOMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee's subcommittee
assignments are as follows:
Aviation: Senators Ford (Chairman), Exon, Inouye, Kerry, Bentsen, McCain,
Stevens, Kasten, and Gorton.
Communications: Senators Inouye (Chairman), Hollings, Ford, Gore, Exon, Kerry,
Bentsen, Breaux, Packwood, Pressler, Stevens, McCain, Burns, and Gorton.
Consumer: Senators Bryan (Chairman), Gore, Ford, Robb, Gorton, McCain, and
Kasten.
Foreign Commerce and Tourism: Senators Rockefeller (Chairman), Hollings,
Bryan, Burns, and Packwood.
Merchant Marine: Senators Breaux (Chairman), Inouye, Bentsen, Lott, and
Stevens.
Science, Technology and Space: Senators Gore (Chairman), Rockefeller, Bentsen,
Kerry, Bryan, Robb, Pressler, Stevens, Kasten, and Lott.
Surface Transportation: Senators Exon (Chairman), Rockefeller, Hollings,
Inouye, Gore, Breaux, Robb, Kasten, Packwood, Pressler, Burns, and Lott.
National Ocean Policy Study: Senators Hollings (Chairman), Kerry (Vice
Chairman), Inouye, Ford, Gore, Bentsen, Breaux, Robb, Stevens, Danforth,
Packwood, Kasten, Pressler, Gorton, and Lott.
UNITED STATES-MEXICO TRADE AGREEMENT
Committee on Finance: Committee held hearings on the prospect of free trade
negotiations with Mexico, focusing on the benefits and costs of a free trade
agreement, and what role Canada would have in these negotiations, receiving
testimony from Senators DeConcini and McCain; Carla A. Hills, United States
Trade Representative; Thomas R. Donahue, AFL-CIO, Washington, D.C.; Kay R.
Whitmore, Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, New York, on behalf of The
Business Roundtable; and James K. Baker, Arvin Industries, Inc., Columbus,
Indiana, on behalf of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.
Hearings continue Wednesday, February 20.
SUBCOMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS
Committee on Finance: Committee's subcommittee assignments are as follows:
Social Security and Family Policy: Senators Moynihan (Chairman), Breaux, Dole,
and Durenberger.
International Trade: Senators Baucus (Chairman), Bentsen, Moynihan, Boren,
Bradley, Mitchell, Riegle, Rockefeller, Daschle, Breaux, Danforth, Packwood,
Roth, Chafee, Heinz, Symms, and Grassley.
Energy and Agricultural Taxation: Senators Daschle (Chairman), Boren, Breaux,
Symms, and Dole.
Deficits, Debt Management and International Debt: Senators Bradley (Chairman),
Riegle, and Grassley.
Private Retirement Plans and Oversight of the Internal Revenue Service:
Senators Pryor (Chairman), Moynihan, Heinz, and Grassley.
Health for Families and the Uninsured: Senators Riegle (Chairman), Bradley,
Mitchell, Rockefeller, Chafee, Roth, and Durenberger.
Medicare and Long-Term Care: Senators Rockefeller (Chairman), Bentsen, Baucus,
Mitchell, Pryor, Daschle, Durenberger, Packwood, Dole, Heinz, Chafee, and
Danforth.
Taxation: Senators Boren (Chairman), Bentsen, Baucus, Pryor, Roth, Packwood,
Danforth, and Symms.
HONORARIA BAN
Committee on Governmental Affairs: Committee held hearings on S. 242, to
modify the absolute ban on receiving honoraria imposed by the Ethics Reform
Act of 1989, receiving testimony from Stephen D. Potts, Director, Office of
Government Ethics; and Robert M. Tobias, National Treasury Employees Union,
Mark D. Roth, American Federation of Government Employees, Sheila Velazco,
National Federation of Federal Employees, Leslie Harris, American Civil
Liberties Union, Fred Wertheimer, Common Cause, Ray Kline, National Academy of
Public Administration, and Peter Crane, all of Washington, D.C.
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Hearings were recessed subject to call.
DRUG CONTROL STRATEGY
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee held hearings to examine the national
drug control strategy, focusing on long-range goals and short-term objectives
for reducing drug use in the United States, and State and local drug control
activities, receiving testimony from John P. Walters, Acting Director, Office
of National Drug Control Policy.
Hearings were recessed subject to call.
SUBCOMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee's subcommittee assignments are as
follows:
Immigration and Refugee Affairs: Senators Kennedy (Chairman), Simon, and
Simpson.
Antitrust, Monopolies and Business Rights: Senators Metzenbaum (Chairman),
DeConcini, Heflin, Simon, Thurmond, Specter, and Hatch.
Patents, Copyrights and Trademarks: Senators DeConcini (Chairman), Kennedy,
Leahy, Heflin, Hatch, Simpson, and Grassley.
Juvenile Justice: Senators Kohl (Chairman), Biden, and Brown.
Technology and the Law: Senators Leahy (Chairman), Kohl, and Brown.
Courts and Administrative Practice: Senators Heflin (Chairman), Metzenbaum,
Kohl, Grassley, and Thurmond.
Constitution: Senators Simon (Chairman), Metzenbaum, DeConcini, Kennedy,
Specter, and Hatch.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Labor and Human Resources: Committee ordered favorably reported
the nomination of Lynn Martin, of Illinois, to be Secretary of Labor.
Also, committee concluded hearings on the nomination of Andrew L. Alexander,
of Tennessee, to be Secretary of Education, after the nominee, who was
introduced by Senators Sasser and Gore and Representative Quillen, testified
and answered questions in his own behalf.
COMMITTEE BUDGET REQUESTS
Committee on Rules and Administration: Committee held hearings to receive
testimony from Senators, as indicated, in support of resolutions requesting
funds for operating expenses of their respective committees for periods from
March 1, 1991, through February 29, 1992, and from March 1, 1992, through
February 28, 1993, as follows:
Armed Services: (S. Res. 42) Senators Nunn and Warner;
Energy and Natural Resources: (S. Res. 19) Senator Wallop;
Finance: (S. Res. 24) Senators Bentsen and Packwood;
Labor and Human Resources: (S. Res. 38) Senators Kennedy and Hatch;
Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: (S. Res. 36) Senators Leahy and Lugar;
Intelligence: (S. Res. 26) Senators Boren and Murkowski;
Aging: (S. Res. 31) Senators Pryor and Heinz;
Appropriations: (S. Res. 34) Senators Byrd and Hatfield;
Environment and Public Works: (S. Res. 21) Senators Burdick and Chafee; and
Foreign Relations: (S. Res. 20) Senators Pell and Helms.
Hearings continue tomorrow.
COMMITTEE BUDGET
Committee on Small Business: Committee approved for reporting an original
resolution S. Res. 52 requesting $1,094,447 in operating expenses for the
period from March 1, 1991, through February 29, 1992, and $1,134,791 in
operating expenses for the period from March 1, 1992, through February 28,
1993.
Joint Meetings
SOVIET UNION
Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe (Helsinki Commission):
Commission concluded hearings to examine recent events and trends in the
Soviet Union, focusing on the prospects of democratization, economic reform
and glasnost, after receiving testimony from Zbigniew Brzezinski, Center for
Strategic and International Studies, former National Security Adviser to
President Carter, Washington, D.C.; Marshall L. Goldman, Wellesley College,
Wellesley, Massachusetts; and Lt. Gen. William Odom, USA (Ret.), Hudson
Institute, former Director, National Security Agency, Indianapolis, Indiana.
1991/02/07
Daily Digest - Thursday, February 7, 1991; pages D144 - D148 (Bd vol. D46-D50)
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
FUTURES TRADING AUTHORIZATION
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: Committee held hearings on
S. 207, to authorize funds for and enhance the effectiveness of the Commodity
Futures Trading Commission, receiving testimony from Robert R. Glauber, Under
Secretary of the Treasury for Finance; Wendy Lee Gramm, Chairman, Commodity
Futures Trading Commission; Alan Greenspan, Chairman, Board of Governors of
the Federal Reserve System; Richard C. Breeden, Chairman, Securities and
Exchange Commission; Michael Dunn, National Farmers Union, and Jack Frick,
National Cattlemen's Association, both of Washington, D.C.; Paul L. Drug,
Continental Grain Company, Chicago, Illinois, representing the National Grain
Trade Council; and Diane Klemme, Grain Service Corporation, Atlanta, Georgia,
representing the National Feed and Grain Association.
Hearings continue Wednesday, February 20.
SUBCOMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee's subcommittee
assignments are as follows:
Energy Regulation and Conservation: Senators Wirth (Chairman), Akaka (Vice
Chairman), Bradley, Fowler, Shelby, Wellstone, Nickles, Domenici, Murkowski,
Seymour, and Hatfield.
Energy Research and Development: Senators Ford (Chairman), Shelby (Vice
Chairman), Bumpers, Bingaman, Akaka, Fowler, Wellstone, Domenici, Garn,
Nickles, Burns, and Craig.
Mineral Resources Development and Production: Senators Bingaman (Chairman),
Bumpers, Ford, Conrad, Shelby, Craig, Murkowski, Nickles, and Garn.
Public Lands, National Parks and Forests: Senators Bumpers (Chairman), Fowler
(Vice Chairman), Bradley, Bingaman, Wirth, Conrad, Akaka, Wellstone,
Murkowski, Garn, Hatfield, Domenici, Burns, Craig, and Seymour.
Water and Power: Senators Bradley (Chairman), Conrad (Vice Chairman), Ford,
Wirth, Burns, Hatfield, and Seymour.
PUERTO RICO
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded hearings on S.
244, to provide for a referendum on the political status of Puerto Rico, after
receiving testimony from Dick Thornburgh, Attorney General of the United
States, Department of Justice.
INFRASTRUCTURE, PRODUCTIVITY AND ECONOMIC GROWTH
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Subcommittee on Water Resources,
Transportation, and Infrastructure resumed hearings on infrastructure and the
growth rate of economic productivity, focusing on the impact of demographic
trends on the demand for transportation in the United States, receiving
testimony from John F. Kain, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts;
Elizabeth Deakin, University of California at Berkeley; William O'Hare, Urban
Research Institute, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky; William B.
Johnston, Hudson Institute, Alexandria, Virginia; and Alan E. Pisarski, Falls
Church, Virginia.
Subcommittee recessed subject to call.
FOREIGN ASSISTANCE
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee held hearings on the President's
proposed budget request for fiscal year 1992 for foreign assistance, and to
review U.S. foreign policy, receiving testimony from James A. Baker III,
Secretary of State.
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Hearings were recessed subject to call.
S&L INVESTIGATION
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Antitrust, Monopolies, and
Business Rights held hearings to examine the impact of restructuring the
savings and loan industry, focusing on certain allegations involving Federal
efforts to conduct a thorough probe into the financial liability of the
directors and officers at the Southwest Savings and Loan Association in
Phoenix, Arizona, receiving testimony from Anthony Scalzi, Acting Director,
Resolutions and Operations Division, David Noffsinger, Assistant Director for
Investigations, Central Western Consolidated Office (Phoenix, Arizona), and
Ronald Cohen, Assistant Director for Investigations, Coastal Consolidated
Office (Costa Mesa, California), all of the Resolution Trust Corporation,
Department of the Treasury; and Daniel Sirks and Jack Landers, both former
Examiners-in-Charge, Federal Home Loan Bank Board; Kenneth Webb, former
Liquidations Assistant, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, and Mark A.
Blanchietti Hollander, former Attorney, Professional Liability Section,
Resolution Trust Corporation, Department of the Treasury; and Fife Symington,
Phoenix, Arizona.
Hearings were recessed subject to call.
NOMINATION
Committee on Labor and Human Resources: Committee held hearings on the
nomination of Walter E. Massey, of Illinois, to be Director of the National
Science Foundation, where the nominee, who was introduced by Senators Simon,
Dixon, and Cochran, testified and answered questions in his own behalf.
Hearings were recessed subject to call.
COMMITTEE BUDGET REQUESTS
Committee on Rules and Administration: Committee concluded hearings to receive
testimony from Senators, as indicated, in support of resolutions requesting
funds for operating expenses of their respective committees for periods from
March 1, 1991, through February 29, 1992, and from March 1, 1992, through
February 28, 1993, as follows:
Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: (S. Res. 49) Senator Riegle;
Budget: (S. Res. 32) Senator Sasser;
Commerce, Science, and Transportation: (S. Res. 27) Senator Hollings;
Governmental Affairs: (S. Res. 39) Senator Glenn;
Veterans' Affairs: (S. Res. 33) Senator DeConcini;
Indian Affairs: (S. Res. 25) Senators Inouye and McCain;
Judiciary: (S. Res. 29) Senator Biden; and
Small Business: (S. Res. 52) Senators Bumpers and Kasten.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Committee ordered favorably reported the
following bills:
An original bill to define the period of the Persian Gulf War, to extend
eligibility for pension, medical, housing, reemployment, and other benefits
provided under the title to veterans of the War. (As approved by the
committee, the bill incorporates provisions of S. 386); and
S. 232, to increase the maximum amount of coverage under Servicemen's Group
Life Insurance and Veterans Group Life Insurance, and to direct the Secretary
of Veterans Affairs to pay a death gratuity to certain survivors of members of
the uniformed services who died after August 1, 1990, and before the effective
date of such increase.
Also, committee adopted its rules of procedure for the 102d Congress.
No Joint hearings noted.
1991/02/19
Daily Digest - Tuesday, February 19, 1991; pages D149 - D156 (Bd vol. D50-D54)
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
FEDERAL EMPLOYEE DRUG TESTING
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Treasury, Postal Service, and
General Government concluded oversight hearings on the implementation of the
Federal Employee Drug Testing program, focusing on certain agencies' testing
procedures, cost of drug tests, and whether the program should be placed under
the oversight of a single agency, after receiving testimony from Bernard L.
Ungar, Director, Federal Human Resource Management Issues, Jill Sayre,
Attorney Advisor, Robert Augenbaugh, Evaluator, and John Beauchamp, Evaluator,
all of the General Accounting Office; John Walters, Acting Director, Office of
National Drug Control Policy; William M. Diefenderfer III, Deputy Director,
Office of Management and Budget; Allan D. Heuerman, Assistant Director for
Employee and Labor Relations, Office of Personnel Management; Mark Barnes,
Counsel to the Secretary for Drug Abuse Policy, Department of Health and Human
Services; Leslie Southwick, Deputy Attorney General, Civil Division,
Department of Justice; Elaine Kaplan, Deputy Director of Litigation, National
Treasury Employees Union; Jeff Sumberg, Staff Attorney, National Federation of
Federal Employees; and Mark Roth, General Counsel, American Federation of
Government Employees.
FOREIGN INVESTMENT/AIRLINE ROUTE SALES
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on Aviation
held hearings to examine public policy implications of foreign investment in
the U.S. domestic airline industry and the transfer of international routes
between air carriers, focusing on how the Federal Aviation Act of 1958
pertains to citizenship and control of a domestic airline and the equity and
efficiency of the process for the transfer of international routes, receiving
testimony from Samuel K. Skinner, Secretary of Transportation; Capt. J.
Randolph Babbitt and Capt. Kent Scott, both on behalf of the Air Line Pilots
Association, and Alfred A. Checchi, Northwest Airlines, all of Washington,
D.C.; James W. Callison, Delta Airlines, Atlanta, Georgia; Edward Beauvais,
America West Airlines, Phoenix, Arizona; and J. Thomas Talbot, Hawaiian
Airlines, Honolulu, Hawaii.
Hearings were recessed subject to call.
NOMINATION
Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Committee concluded hearings on the nomination
of Charles L. Cragin, of Maine, to be Chairman of the Board of Veterans'
Appeals, Department of Veterans Affairs, after the nominee, who was introduced
by Senator Cohen, testified and answered questions in his own behalf.
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No Joint hearings noted.
1991/02/20
Daily Digest - Wednesday, February 20, 1991; pages D157 - D164 (Bd vol. D54-
D61)
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
FUTURES TRADING AUTHORIZATION
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: Committee resumed hearings
on S. 207, to authorize funds for and enhance the effectiveness of the
Commodity Futures Trading Commission, receiving testimony from Senators Bond
and Heinz; John F. Sandner and William J. Brodsky, both of the Chicago
Mercantile Exchange, and William F. O'Connor, Tom Donovan, and Dale Lorenzen,
all of the Chicago Board of Trade, all of Chicago, Illinois; Z. Lou Guttman
and Patrick Thompson, both of the New York Mercantile Exchange, New York, New
York; Robert L. Isaacson, San Francisco, California, on behalf of the National
Association of Futures Trading Advisors; and John M. Damgard, Futures Industry
Association, Wayne P. Luthringshausen, Options Clearing Corporation, Joseph R.
Hardiman, National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc., on behalf of the
Ad Hoc Coalition on Intermarket Coordination, and Marc E. Lackritz, Securities
Industry Association, all of Washington, D.C.
Hearings were recessed subject to call.
APPROPRIATIONS--GENERAL GOVERNMENT
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on VA, HUD, and Independent Agencies
held hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1992, receiving
testimony in behalf of funds for their respective activities from Samuel K.
Lessey, Jr., Director, and Hunt Banister, Controller, both of the Selective
Service System; Maj. Gen. A.J. Adams, USA, Secretary, and Col. William E.
Ryan, Jr., Director, Operations and Finance, both of the American Battle
Monuments Commission; Steven Dola, Deputy for Management and Budget, and Rory
Smith, Budget Officer, both of the Department of the Army (cemeterial
expenses); George Knight, Acting Executive Director, Neighborhood Reinvestment
Corporation; and William King, Chairman, Board of Directors, National
Institute of Building Sciences.
Subcommittee will meet again Wednesday, March 6.
MONETARY POLICY
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded
oversight hearings to review monetary policy and the current situation in the
economy, after receiving testimony from Alan Greenspan, Chairman, Board of
Governors of the Federal Reserve System.
1992 BUDGET
Committee on the Budget: Committee resumed hearings in preparation for
reporting the first concurrent resolution on the fiscal year 1992 budget for
the Federal Government, focusing on the President's block grant proposal,
receiving testimony from William M. Diefenderfer III, Deputy Director, Office
of Management and Budget; Missouri Governor John Ashcroft, Jefferson City;
Mayor David N. Dinkins, New York, New York; Mayor Raymond L. Flynn, Boston,
Massachusetts; and Mayor William Althaus, York, Pennsylvania, on behalf of the
United States Conference of Mayors.
Committee will meet again Friday, February 22.
NOMINATION
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded
hearings on the nomination of Carl W. Vogt, of Maryland, to be a Member of the
Board of Directors of the National Railroad Passenger Corporation, after the
nominee testified and answered questions in his own behalf. Testimony was also
received from W. Graham Claytor, Jr., Chairman and President, National
Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak)
PUERTO RICO
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee began markup of S. 244,
to provide for a referendum on the political status of Puerto Rico, but did
not complete action thereon, and will meet again Wednesday, February 27.
UNITED STATES-MEXICO TRADE AGREEMENT
Committee on Finance: Committee resumed hearings on the prospect of free trade
negotiations with Mexico, focusing on the benefits and costs of a free trade
agreement, receiving testimony from Representative Kolbe; James C. Piatt,
Regional Commissioner (Houston, Texas), U.S. Customs Service, Department of
the Treasury; Mayor Suzanne S. Azar, El Paso, Texas; Ed Pastor, Maricopa
County Board of Supervisors, Phoenix, Arizona; Rudiger Dornbusch,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge; Jeff Faux, Economic Policy
Institute, and Jason S. Berman, Recording Industry Association of America,
both of Washington, D.C.; Frank Bouis, Florida Fruit and Vegetable
Association, Leesburg, Florida; and Mary E. Kelly, Texas Center for Policy
Studies, Austin, on behalf of the Texas Center for Policy Studies and the
National Wildlife Federation.
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Hearings were recessed subject to call.
PRESS ROLE IN PERSIAN GULF
Committee on Governmental Affairs: Committee held hearings to examine Pentagon
rules governing press access to the Persian Gulf war, receiving testimony from
Pete Williams, Assistant Secretary of Defense for Public Affairs; Maj. Gen.
Winant Sidle, USA (Ret.); Col. Harry G. Summers, Jr., USA (Ret.); Barry
Zorthian, former Chief Public Affairs Officer, U.S. Embassy, Vietnam; Fred S.
Hoffman, former Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Public
Affairs; Walter Cronkite, CBS News, and Malcolm W. Browne, The New York Times,
Sydney H. Schanberg, Newsday, all of New York, New York; Frank A. Aukofer, The
Milwaukee Journal, and Cragg Hines, The Houston Chronicle, both of Washington,
D.C.; and Paul McMasters, USA Today, Arlington, Virginia, on behalf of the
Society of Professional Journalists.
Hearings were recessed subject to call.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Labor and Human Resources: Committee ordered favorably reported
the following business items:
S. 335, to provide relief for active duty military personnel serving in
connection with Operation Desert Storm on obligations under the Robert T.
Stafford Student Loan Program, and to alleviate health care provider shortages
resulting from hostilities, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
S. 367, to amend the Job Training Partnership Act to encourage a broader range
of training and job placement for women; and
The nominations of Walter E. Massey, of Illinois, to be Director of the
National Science Foundation, Susannah Simpson Kent, of Pennsylvania, to be
Director of the Institute of Museum Services and William E. Strickland, Jr.,
of Pennsylvania, to be a Member of the National Council on the Arts, both for
the National Foundation of the Arts and the Humanities, Mary Ann
Mobley-Collins, of California, and John Leopold, of Maryland, both to be
Members of the National Council on Disability, and a routine list in the
Public Health Service Corps.
Also, committee adopted its rules of procedure for the 102d Congress and
announced the following subcommittee assignments:
Labor: Senators Metzenbaum (Chairman), Harkin, Mikulski, Dodd, Kennedy,
Wellstone, Jeffords, Cochran, Thurmond, and Hatch;
Education, Arts and the Humanities: Senators Pell (Chairman), Metzenbaum,
Dodd, Simon, Mikulski, Bingaman, Kennedy, Wellstone, Kassebaum, Cochran,
Hatch, Jeffords, Thurmond, and Coats;
Employment and Productivity: Senators Simon (Chairman), Harkin, Adams,
Mikulski, Bingaman, Kennedy, Thurmond, Durenberger, Kassebaum, Coats, and
Hatch;
Disability Policy: Senators Harkin (Chairman), Metzenbaum, Simon, Adams,
Kennedy, Durenberger, Hatch, and Jeffords;
Children, Families, Drugs and Alcoholism: Senators Dodd (Chairman), Pell,
Harkin, Adams, Mikulski, Bingaman, Kennedy, Wellstone, Coats, Hatch,
Kassebaum, Jeffords, Thurmond, and Durenberger; and
Aging: Senators Adams (Chairman), Pell, Metzenbaum, Dodd, Kennedy, Cochran,
Durenberger, Coats, and Hatch.
AMERICAN FAMILIES IN THE 1990's
Committee on Labor and Human Resources: Subcommittee on Children, Family,
Drugs and Alcoholism resumed hearings to examine the state of the American
family, focusing on certain initiatives to strengthen public and private
sector programs relating to health issues, early childhood development, family
preservation, and child welfare reform, receiving testimony from Circuit Court
Judge Marianne E. Becker, Waukesha, Wisconsin; Edward Zigler, Yale University,
New Haven, Connecticut; William A. Galston, University of Maryland, College
Park, on behalf of the Progressive Policy Institute, Washington, D.C.;
Franklyn A. Caine, United Technologies Corporation, Hartford, Connecticut;
Richard J. Podell, Richard J. Podell and Associates, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on
behalf of the American Bar Association; Charles Bruner, Child and Family
Policy Center, Des Moines, Iowa; Velma Brown, Catholic Charities of Chicago,
Chicago, Illinois; and Peter W. Forsythe, Edna McConnell Clark Foundation, and
Joyce Brothers, both of New York, New York.
Hearings were recessed subject to call.
MILITARY RESERVISTS SMALL BUSINESS RELIEF
Committee on Small Business: Committee ordered favorably reported, with an
amendment in the nature of a substitute, S. 360, to authorize the Small
Business Administration to provide financial and business development
assistance to military reservists' small businesses.
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No Joint hearings noted.
1991/02/21
Daily Digest - Thursday, February 21, 1991; pages D166 - D175 (Bd vol. D61-
D70)
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
APPROPRIATIONS--TREASURY
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Treasury, Postal Service and
General Government held hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year
1992 for the Department of the Treasury, receiving testimony in behalf of
funds for their respective activities from David Nummy, Assistant Secretary
for Finance and Management, Stephen E. Higgins, Director, Bureau of Alcohol,
Tobacco and Firearms, and Charles F. Rinkevich, Director, Federal Law
Enforcement Training Center, all of the Department of the Treasury.
Subcommittee will meet again Wednesday, March 6.
AUTHORIZATION--DEFENSE
Committee on Armed Services: Committee held hearings on proposed legislation
authorizing funds for fiscal years 1992 and 1993 for the Department of
Defense, and to review the future year defense plan for fiscal years
1992-1997, receiving testimony from Richard B. Cheney, Secretary of Defense;
and Gen. Colin L. Powell, USA, Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff.
Hearings were recessed subject to call.
BANKING INDUSTRY
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded hearings
on the condition of the banking industry and its broader economic
implications, after receiving testimony from Carole S. Berger, C.J. Lawrence
Inc., and James Grant, Grant's Interest Rate Observer, both of New York, New
York; and William W. Weiant, The First Boston Corporation, Boston,
Massachusetts.
MOTOR VEHICLE FUEL EFFICIENCY
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Consumer Subcommittee held
hearings on S. 279, to require new standards for corporate average fuel
economy, receiving testimony from Jerry R. Curry, Administrator, National
Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Department of Transportation; Stephen
Schneider, National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, Colorado; Stuart
Eizenstat, Powell, Goldstein, Frazer and Murphy, George Eads, General Motors
Corporation, James Olson, Toyota Motor Sales U.S.A., Jerry Benefield, Nissan
Motor Manufacturing Corporation U.S.A., Jay D. Hair, National Wildlife
Federation, Dick Warden, United Auto Workers, Marc Ledbetter, American Council
for An Energy Efficient Economy, and Deborah Bleviss, International Institute
for Energy Conservation, all of Washington, D.C.; Vincent Breglio,
Research/Strategy/Management, Inc., Lanham, Maryland; Ronald R. Boltz,
Chrysler Corporation, Highland Park, Michigan; Thomas G. Elliott, American
Honda Motor Corporation, Torrance, California; and Peter J. Pestillo, Ford
Motor Corporation, Dearborn, Michigan.
Hearings were recessed subject to call.
NATIONAL ENERGY POLICY
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded oversight
hearings on the Administration's proposed national energy strategy, after
receiving testimony from James D. Watkins, Secretary, W. Henson Moore, Deputy
Secretary, Linda G. Stuntz, Deputy Under Secretary, and Stephen A. Wakefield,
General Counsel, all of the Department of Energy.
TRANSFER OF YOSEMITE PARK AND CURRY COMPANY
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Subcommittee on Public Lands,
National Parks and Forests concluded hearings to examine the agreement under
which ownership of the Yosemite Park and Curry Company would be transferred
from MCA, Inc. to the National Park Foundation, a non-profit organization,
after receiving testimony from Manuel Lujan, Jr., Secretary, and James M.
Ridenour, Director, National Park Service, both of the Department of the
Interior; Leonard L. Silverstein, National Park Foundation, Washington, D.C.;
and Robert D. Hadl, MCA, Inc., Universal City, California.
LEAD POISONING PREVENTION
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Subcommittee on Toxic Substances,
Environmental Oversight, Research and Development held hearings on the
Administration's proposals to prevent lead poisoning and contamination,
receiving testimony from William K. Reilly, Administrator, Environmental
Protection Agency; James O. Mason, Assistant Secretary of Health and Human
Services for Health, Public Health Service; John C. Weicher, Assistant
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development for Policy Development and
Research; and Gerard F. Scannell, Assistant Secretary of Labor for
Occupational Safety and Health Administration.
[Page: D169]
Hearings were recessed subject to call.
YUGOSLAVIA
Committee on Foreign Relations: Subcommittee on European Affairs held hearings
to examine the U.S. response to current developments in Yugoslavia, receiving
testimony from Senator Dole; Representatives Moody and Bentley; Richard
Schifter, Assistant Secretary of State for Human Rights and Humanitarian
Affairs; James F. Dobbins, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for
European and Canadian Affairs; Joseph DioGuardi, Albanian-American Civic
League, Scarsdale, New York; Rudy Perpich, Croatian-American Association,
Hibbing, Minnesota; Jeri Laber, Helsinki Watch, New York, New York; Karl
Bonutti, Slovenian-American Heritage Foundation, Pepper Pike, Ohio; and Robert
Rade Stone, Serb National Federation, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Hearings were recessed subject to call.
RETAIL COMPETITION
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Antitrust, Monopolies and Business
Rights concluded hearings on S. 429, to promote retail competition and assure
lower prices on products for the benefit of American consumers by codifying
that resale price fixing agreements are unlawful, by clarifying the
evidentiary standard for jury consideration of certain vertical price fixing
cases, and by making clear that an agreement between a manufacturer and a
retailer to terminate another retailer in order to eliminate price competition
is illegal, whether or not a specific price or price level is agreed upon,
after receiving testimony from Daniel J. Schulder, National Counsel of Senior
Citizens, Washington, D.C.; Jim Sinegal, Costco Wholesale Corporation,
Kirkland, Washington, on behalf of the Coalition Against Price-Fixing; Robert
D. Goldberg, Chicago, Illinois, on behalf of the National Office Machine
Dealers Association (NOMDA), and the National Association of Retail Dealers of
America (NARDA); and Casey Willson, The Willson Company, McLean, Virginia.
AUTHORIZATION--HIGHER EDUCATION
Committee on Labor and Human Resources: Subcommittee on Education, Arts and
Humanities held hearings on proposed legislation authorizing funds for
programs of the Higher Education Act, focusing on how postsecondary education
can prepare for the changes and needs in higher education, receiving testimony
from Arnold H. Packer, Executive Director, Commission on Achieving Necessary
Skills, Department of Labor; Reginald Wilson, American Council on Education,
and John H. Zimmerman, MCI Communications Corporation, both of Washington,
D.C.; Thomas P. Salmon, New England Council, Inc., Boston, Massachusetts;
Allan M. Norton, Martin Marietta Electronics, Information and Missiles Group,
Orlando, Florida; Bernard Z. Brown, Los Angeles, California, on behalf of the
Coalition of Apparel Industries; Thomas Ehrlich, Indiana University System,
Bloomington; Audrey C. Cohen, The College for Human Services, New York, New
York; and Kathryn Mohrman, University of Maryland, College Park.
Hearings were recessed subject to call.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Rules and Administration: Committee ordered favorably reported
the following business measures:
S. Con. Res. 11, to establish an Albert Einstein Congressional Fellowship
program;
An original resolution (S. Res. 58) authorizing the printing of a collection
of the rules of the committees of the Senate; and
An original resolution authorizing biennial expenditures by standing, select,
and special committees of the Senate, in lieu of S. Res. 36, S. Res. 34, S.
Res. 42, S. Res. 49, S. Res. 32, S. Res. 27, S. Res. 19, S. Res. 21, S. Res.
24, S. Res. 20, S. Res. 39, S. Res. 29, S. Res. 38, S. Res. 37, S. Res. 52, S.
Res. 33, S. Res. 26, S. Res. 31, and S. Res. 25.
INDIAN PROGRAMS
Select Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee concluded hearings on the
President's budget request for fiscal year 1992 for Indian programs, after
receiving testimony from Eddie Brown, Assistant Secretary of the Interior for
Indian Affairs; Everett Rhoades, Director, Indian Health Service, Public
Health Service, and S. Timothy Wapato, Commissioner, Administration for Native
Americans, Office of Human Development Services, both of the Department of
Health and Human Services; John T. MacDonald, Assistant Secretary for
Elementary and Secondary Education, John Tippeconnic, Director, Office of
Indian Education, and Tom Corwin, Director, Division of Elementary, Secondary
and Vocational Analysis, Office of Planning, Budget, and Evaluation, all of
the Department of Education; Joseph G. Schiff, Assistant Secretary of Housing
and Urban Development for Public and Indian Housing; and Paul Mayrand,
Director, Office of Special Targeted Programs, and Jack Rapport, Deputy
Controller, both of the Department of Labor.
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No Joint hearings noted.
1991/02/22
Daily Digest - Friday, February 22, 1991; pages D175 (sic) - D180 (Bd vol.
D70-D71)
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
APPROPRIATIONS--MARITIME COMMISSION/SEC
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State, and
Judiciary held hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1992,
receiving testimony in behalf of funds for their respective activities from
Capt. Warren G. Leback, Administrator, Maritime Commission, Department of
Transportation, and Richard C. Breeden, Chairman, Securities and Exchange
Commission.
Subcommittee will meet again Thursday, February 28.
GLOBAL THREAT
Committee on Armed Services: Committee held closed hearings on assessment of
the global threat, receiving testimony from William H. Webster, Director,
Lawrence K. Gershwin, National Intelligence Officer for Strategic Forces,
Robert E. Blackwell, National Intelligence Officer for USSR, and Brig. Gen.
David A. Armstrong, National Intelligence Officer for General Purpose Forces,
each of the Central Intelligence Agency; and Lt. Gen. Harry E. Soyster, USA,
Director, Daniel J. Spohn, Defense Intelligence Officer for Strategic Forces,
Walter P. Lang, Defense Intelligence Officer for Middle East and South Asia,
and Arthur A. Zuelhke, Jr., Defense Intelligence Officer for Soviet Union and
Eastern Europe, each of the Defense Intelligence Agency.
Hearings were recessed subject to call.
INCOME AND TAX TRENDS
Committee on the Budget: Committee resumed hearings in preparation for
reporting the first concurrent resolution on the fiscal year 1992 budget for
the Federal Government, focusing on income and tax trends during the 1980's,
receiving testimony from Robert S. McIntyre, Citizens for Tax Justice, Gary
Burtless, The Brookings Institution, and Marvin H. Kosters, American
Enterprise Institute, all of Washington, D.C.
Committee will meet again Thursday, February 28.
MEDICARE QUALITY ASSURANCE
Committee on Finance: Subcommittee on Medicare and Long-Term Care held
hearings on medicare quality assurance, focusing on a study by the Institute
of Medicine on methods of assessing and assuring the quality of health care
services provided under the Medicare program, and on recommendations to
improve the current system, receiving testimony from Gail R. Wilensky,
Administrator, Health Care Financing Administration, Department of Health and
Human Services; Paul F. Griner, Strong Memorial Hospital, Rochester, New York,
on behalf of the Institute of Medicine; Thomas G. Dehn, American Medical Peer
Review Association, Milwaukee, Wisconsin; G. Rodney Wolford, Alliant Health
System, Louisville, Kentucky, on behalf of the American Hospital Association;
Robert E. McAfee, Portland, Maine, on behalf of the American Medical
Association; and Robert L. Kane, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis.
Hearings were recessed subject to call.
[Page: D176]
No Joint hearings noted.
1991/02/25
Daily Digest - Monday, February 25, 1991; pages D181 - D184 (Bd vol. D71-D72)
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
HEALTH CARE REFORM
Committee on Finance: Subcommittee on Health for Families and the Uninsured
held hearings to examine the need for health care system reform, focusing on
access to health care and cost controls, receiving testimony from Delaware
Governor Michael N. Castle, Dover, on behalf of the National Governor's
Association; Robert S. Miller, Jr., Chrysler Corporation, Highland Park,
Michigan; Jeffrey H. Joseph, United States Chamber of Commerce, Stuart M.
Butler, Heritage Foundation, and Carl J. Schramm, Health Insurance Association
of America, all of Washington, D.C.; and Robert Graham, American Academy of
Family Physicians, Kansas City, Missouri, Colin C. Rorrie, Jr., American
College of Emergency Physicians, Dallas, Texas, both on behalf of the
Physician Organizations for Access to Care Coalition.
Hearings were recessed subject to call.
DOE NUCLEAR WEAPONS COMPLEX
Committee on Governmental Affairs: Committee held hearings on the Department
of Energy nuclear weapons complex reconfiguration study, receiving testimony
from Senators Thurmond, Wirth and Bryan; J. Dexter Peach, Assistant
Comptroller General, and Victor S. Rezendes, Director, Energy Issues, both of
the General Accounting Office; and John C. Tuck, Under Secretary, Rear Adm.
J.M. Barr, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Military Applications, and Richard
A. Claytor, Assistant Secretary for Defense Programs, all of the Department of
Energy.
Hearings were recessed subject to call.
No Joint hearings noted.
1991/02/26
Daily Digest - Tuesday, February 26, 1991; pages D185 - D192 (Bd vol. D72-D78)
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
SUBCOMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: Committee announced the
following subcommittee assignments:
Agricultural Production and Stabilization of Prices: Senators Pryor
(Chairman), Baucus, Kerrey, Boren, Heflin, Harkin, Conrad, Helms, Dole,
Seymour, Grassley, Cochran, and McConnell;
Domestic and Foreign Marketing and Product Promotion: Senators Boren
(Chairman), Pryor, Fowler, Baucus, Harkin, Conrad, Cochran, Helms, Seymour,
Grassley, and McConnell;
Agricultural Credit: Senators Conrad (Chairman), Boren, Daschle, Grassley, and
Craig;
Rural Development and Rural Electrification: Senators Heflin (Chairman),
Daschle, Pryor, Cochran, and Craig;
Nutrition and Investigations: Senators Harkin (Chairman), Fowler, Kerrey,
Pryor, McConnell, Dole, and Helms;
Agricultural Research and General Legislation: Senators Daschle (Chairman),
Kerrey, Seymour, and Dole; and
Conservation and Forestry: Senators Fowler (Chairman), Heflin, Baucus, Craig,
and Helms.
APPROPRIATIONS--DESERT STORM
Committee on Appropriations: Committee held hearings on the proposed
supplemental request for fiscal year 1991 for Operation Desert Storm,
receiving testimony from Richard G. Darman, Director, Office of Management and
Budget; Donald J. Atwood, Deputy Secretary of Defense; and Sean C. O'Keefe,
Comptroller, Department of Defense.
Hearings were recessed subject to call.
SOVIET UNION
Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded hearings to examine current
trends in the Soviet Union, after receiving testimony from Richard Pipes,
Harvard University, and Stephen Meyer, Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
both of Cambridge, Massachusetts; Gail Lapidus, University of California,
Berkeley; and Lt. Gen. William E. Odom (Ret.), The Hudson Institute,
Alexandria, Virginia.
BANKING REFORM
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee held hearings on
an Administration proposal to promote a safe and financially strong banking
system, receiving testimony from Nicholas F. Brady, Secretary of the Treasury.
Hearings were recessed subject to call.
NATIONAL ENERGY SECURITY
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee held hearings on S. 341,
to establish a national energy policy to reduce U.S. dependence on imported
oil, focusing on Title III and subtitles A and B of Title IV relating to
energy efficiency and renewable energy, receiving testimony from Michael
Davis, Assistant Secretary of Energy for Conservation and Renewable Energy;
Henry G. Williams, New York Public Service Commission, Albany, representing
the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners; Richard H.
Watson, Washington State Energy Office, Olympia, representing the National
Association of State Energy Officials; James Wolf, Alliance to Save Energy,
and Scott Sklar, Solar Energy Industries Association, both of Washington,
D.C.; and Gregory M. Reuger, Pacific Gas and Electric, San Francisco,
California.
Also, committee held hearings on subtitle C of Title IV relating to hydropower
licensing and efficiency and section 10003, relating to National Environmental
Policy Act compliance regarding construction or operation of facilities under
the Natural Gas Act or the Federal Power Act, of S. 341 (listed above),
receiving testimony from Kevin A. Kelly, Director of Electricity, Coal,
Nuclear, and Renewables Policy, Office of Policy, Planning and Analysis, Paul
Carrier, Senior Policy Analyst, and Cynthia A. Marlette, Associate General
Counsel for Hydroelectric and Electric, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission,
all of the Department of Energy; Dennis B. Underwood, Commissioner, Bureau of
Reclamation, Department of the Interior; G. Edward Dickey, Acting Principal
Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works, U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers; Rolland A. Schmitten, Regional Director, Northwest Region, National
Marine Fisheries Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration,
Department of Commerce; Gail Ann Greely, National Hydropower Association,
Alameda, California; Richard T. Hunt, Richard Hunt Associates, Annapolis,
Maryland; Richard H. Silkman, Maine State Planning Office, Augusta; David R.
Conrad, National Wildlife Federation, and John D. Echeverria, American Rivers,
Inc., both of Washington, D.C.
Committee will meet again Thursday, February 28.
COUNTER TERRORISM
Committee on Governmental Affairs: Committee held hearings to examine an
Office of Technology Assessment report on the use of technology to counter
terrorism, focusing on Federal research and development efforts aimed at
developing technical tools to combat terrorist attacks, receiving testimony
from Anthony Fainberg, Project Director, Energy, Materials, and International
Security Division, and Alan Shaw, Program Manager, Energy, Materials and
Security Division, both of the Office of Technology Assessment; Morris D.
Busby, Coordinator for Counter-Terrorism, Department of State; Lynne A. Osmus,
Acting Director, Office of Civil Aviation Security Policy and Planning, and
Lyle Malotky, Acting Manager, Scientific Advisory Staff, Office of Civil
Aviation Security, both of the Federal Aviation Administration, and Paul
Polski, Director, Aviation Security, Research and Development, Federal
Aviation Administration Technical Center (Atlantic City, New Jersey), all of
the Department of Transportation; Kenneth W. Nimmich, Section Chief for
Scientific Analysis, Federal Bureau of Investigation, and Dean Fetterolf,
Forensic Science Research and Training Center, Federal Bureau of Investigation
Academy (Quantico, Virginia), both of the Department of Justice; Antonio A.
Cantu, Senior Chemist, Technical Security Division, and John Piper, Special
Agent, both of the United States Secret Service, Department of the Treasury;
and Col. Stanley L. Wiener, University of Illinois, Chicago.
[Page: D187]
Hearings were recessed subject to call.
PROCUREMENT INTEGRITY
Committee on Governmental Affairs: Subcommittee on Oversight of Government
Management held oversight hearings on the implementation of the procurement
integrity provisions as contained in the Office of Federal Procurement Policy
Act, and proposed legislation to strengthen and clarify the protections for
procurement sensitive information, receiving testimony from Representative
Bennett; Allan V. Burman, Administrator, Office of Federal Procurement Policy,
Office of Management and Budget; Stephen D. Potts, Director, and Leslie
Wilcox, Counsel, both of the Office of Government Ethics; Lee J. Radek, Senior
Deputy Chief of Public Integrity Section, Criminal Division, Department of
Justice; and A.G.W. Biddle, Computer and Communications Industry Association,
David S. Cohen, Cohen and White, Mark Schultz, Professional Services Council,
Alan R. Yuspeh, Miller and Chevalier Chartered, and Richard J. Lombardi, AT&T
Federal Systems, all of Washington, D.C.
Hearings were recessed subject to call.
NOMINATION
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee held hearings on the nomination of Bob
Martinez, of Florida, to be Director of National Drug Control Policy, where
the nominee, who was introduced by Senators Graham and Mack, testified and
answered questions in his own behalf.
Hearings continue tomorrow.
Joint Meetings
DISABLED AMERICAN VETERANS
Joint Hearings: Senate Committee on Veterans Affairs concluded joint hearings
with the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs to review legislative
recommendations of the Disabled American Veterans, after receiving testimony
from Joseph Andry, Disabled American Veterans, Washington, D.C.
1991/02/27
Daily Digest - Wednesday, February 27, 1991; pages D194 - D202 (Bd vol. D78-
D85)
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
EASTERN EUROPE
Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded hearings to examine current
trends in Eastern Europe, after receiving testimony from Andre Korbonski,
University of California, Los Angeles; Charles Gati, Union College,
Schenectady, New York; and James Brown, The Rand Corporation, Washington, D.C.
LIMITED PARTNERSHIP REORGANIZATION
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on Securities
held oversight hearings to discuss issues relating to reorganizations of
public limited partnerships, referred to as "roll-ups", focusing on investor
losses in limited partnership roll ups, and certain abuses in publicly-held
limited partnerships, receiving testimony from Richard C. Breeden, Chairman,
Securities and Exchange Commission; Frank J. Wilson, National Association of
Securities Dealers, Washington, D.C.; Dee Harris, Arizona Division of
Securities, Phoenix, on behalf of the North American Securities Administrators
Association; Richard G. Wollack, Liquidity Fund Management Inc., Emeryville,
California; Lee Errickson, Robert A. Stanger & Company, Shrewsbury, New
Jersey; Margaret Hooker, New Canaan, Connecticut; and Ronald Rybicki, Detroit,
Michigan.
Hearings were recessed subject to call.
1992 BUDGET
Committee on the Budget: Committee resumed hearings in preparation for
reporting the first concurrent resolution on the fiscal year 1992 budget for
the Federal Government, focusing on labor and employment policies, receiving
testimony from Lynn Martin, Secretary of Labor; and Ray Marshall, former
Secretary of Labor.
Committee will meet again tomorrow.
[Page: D195]
INSURANCE COMPANY INSOLVENCY
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee held hearings to
examine the fiscal health and soundness of the insurance industry, focusing on
the effect of increased insurance company insolvencies in the 1980's and
future implications for the industry, receiving testimony from Linda Powers,
Deputy Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Services; Johnny C. Finch, Director
for Planning and Reporting, General Government Division, and Lawrence D.
Cluff, Assistant Director, Financial Institutions and Markets, both of the
General Accounting Office; Larry Mayewski and John H. Snyder, both of A.M.
Best Company, Oldwick, New Jersey; Roy Taub, Standard and Poor's Corporation,
Orin Kramer, Kramer Associates, Jim Barrese and Jack Nelson, both of the
College of Insurance of New York, all of New York, New York; Marty Leary,
Southern Finance Project, Durham, North Carolina; and William H. McCartney,
National Association of Insurance Commissioners, Washington, D.C.
Hearings were recessed subject to call.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee ordered favorably
reported S. 248, to designate certain segments of the Niobrara River in
Nebraska and a segment of the Missouri River in Nebraska and South Dakota as
components of the Wild and Scenic Rivers System.
Also, committee failed to approve S. 244, to provide for a referendum on the
political status of Puerto Rico.
BENEFITS FOR PERSIAN GULF TROOPS
Committee on Finance: Committee held hearings on proposed legislation to
provide certain tax benefits for U.S. military personnel serving in the
Persian Gulf, including S. 82, S. 199, S. 246, S. 252, S. 254, S. 342, S. 354,
S. 355, receiving testimony from Senators Glenn, Ford, Shelby, Craig, and
Kasten; Michael J. Graetz, Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Tax
Policy; Lt. Gen. Donald W. Jones, USA, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense
for Military Manpower and Personnel Policy; George G. Kundahl, Principal
Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Reserve Affairs; Sgt. Maj. C.A.
McKinney, USMC (Ret.), on behalf of the Non-Commissioned Officers Association
and The Military Coalition, and Col. Christopher Giaimo, USAF (Ret.), on
behalf of the Retired Officers Association and The Military Coalition, both of
Alexandria, Virginia; Carol Wignall, Grafton, Virginia; Sgt. Becky Gommel,
USAF, Fairfax, Virginia; and Fran Kraus, Colorado National Guard, Littleton,
on behalf of the National Guard Association of the United States.
Hearings were recessed subject to call.
PROSPECTIVE ARMS SALES
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee met in closed session to receive a
briefing on the annual estimate and justification for proposed arms sales for
1991 (Javits Report), from Richard A. Clarke, Assistant Secretary of State for
Politico-Military Affairs; and Lt. Gen. Teddy G. Allen, USA, Director, and H.
Diehl McKalip, Director of Operations, both of the Defense Security Assistance
Agency.
Committee recessed subject to call.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Governmental Affairs: Committee ordered favorably reported, with
amendments, S. 242, to revise the staff honoraria provision of the Ethics in
Government Act of 1989 which bans the receipt of money or anything of value
for work performed outside the Government.
Also, committee adopted its rules of procedure for the 102d Congress.
INTERNATIONAL ARMS TRAFFICKING
Committee on Governmental Affairs: Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations
held hearings to examine the activities of foreign mercenaries as related to
international drug trafficking and arms diversions, focusing on British and
Israeli mercenaries involved in training private drug cartel armies, receiving
testimony from Stephen H. Levin, Staff Counsel to the Minority, and Raymundo
Perez, Staff Investigator to the Minority, both of the Permanent Subcommittee
on Investigations; and David Tomkins and Peter MacAleese, both British
mercenaries.
Hearings continue tomorrow.
NOMINATION
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded hearings on the nomination of
Bob Martinez, of Florida, to be Director of the Office of National Drug
Control Policy, after the nominee, who was introduced by Representatives
Coughlin and Shaw and Missouri Governor John Ashcroft, further testified and
answered questions in his own behalf. Testimony was also received from Florida
Attorney General Robert A. Butterworth, Tallahassee; Edward T. Foote II, Miami
Coalition for a Drug-Free Community, and John W. Dow, The Crossings
Rehabilitation Centers, both of Miami, Florida; Ellen M. Weber, Legal Action
Center, Neal R. Sonnett, National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, and
Don Cahill, Fraternal Order of Police, all of Washington, D.C.; James Austin,
National Council on Crime and Delinquency, San Francisco, California; Johnny
L. Hughes, National Troopers Coalition, Pikesville, Maryland; Rev. Sean
O'Sullivan, Florida Drug-Free Communities Project, Miami Shores, Florida, and
Shirley D. Coletti, Operation PAR, Inc., St. Petersburg, Florida.
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VETERANS PROGRAMS
Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Committee concluded hearings on the
President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 1992 for veterans'
programs, after receiving testimony from Edward J. Derwinski, Secretary of
Veterans Affairs; Anthony J. Principi, Deputy Secretary of Veterans Affairs;
James W. Holsinger, Chief Medical Director, D'Wayne Gray, Chief Benefits
Director, Jo Ann K. Webb, Director of the National Cemetery System, Raoul L.
Carroll, General Counsel, S. Anthony McCann, Assistant Secretary for Finance
and Planning, and Mark Cattlet, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Budget, all of
the Department of Veterans Affairs; Thomas E. Collins, III, Assistant
Secretary for Veterans Employment and Training, and Jeffrey Randall, Director
of Field Operations, both of the Department of Labor; Frank Q. Nebeker, Chief
Judge, Robert F. Comeau, Clerk of the Court, James L. Caldwell, Jr., Chief
Deputy Clerk, and Deborah Creek, Budget Officer, all of the United States
Court of Veterans Appeals; and Larry W. Rivers, Veterans of Foreign Wars,
Robert L. Jones, AMVETS, Jesse Brown, Disabled American Veterans, John C.
Bollinger, Paralyzed Veterans of America, Frank Buxton, American Legion, and
Thomas Sherwood, Vietnam Veterans of America, all of Washington, D.C.
Hearings were recessed subject to call.
No Joint hearings noted.
1991/02/28
Daily Digest - Thursday, February 28, 1991; pages D204 - D217 (Bd vol. D85-
D93)
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
APPROPRIATIONS--SUPREME COURT/JUDICIARY/FTC
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State, and the
Judiciary held hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1992,
receiving testimony in behalf of funds for their respective activities from
Sandra Day O'Connor and Antonin Scalia, both Associate Justices of the Supreme
Court of the United States; Richard S. Arnold, Judge, United States Court of
Appeals for the Eighth Circuit, and Kenneth K. Hall, Judge, United States
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, both on behalf of the Judicial
Conference of the United States; L. Ralph Mecham, Director, Administrative
Office of the United States Courts; and Janet D. Steiger, Chairman, Federal
Trade Commission.
Subcommittee will meet again Tuesday, March 5.
APPROPRIATIONS--TRANSPORTATION
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Transportation held hearings on
proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1992 for the Department of
Transportation, receiving testimony from Samuel K. Skinner, Secretary of
Transportation; and on the supplemental request for fiscal year 1991 for the
U.S. Coast Guard, receiving testimony from Adm. J. William Kime, Commandant,
U.S. Coast Guard, Department of Transportation.
Subcommittee will meet again Wednesday, March 6.
OPERATION DESERT STORM
Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded hearings on the proposed
supplemental request for fiscal year 1991 for Operation Desert Storm, after
receiving testimony from Ronald A. Davidson, Assistant Deputy Comptroller,
Program/Budget, Department of Defense; Gen. Gordon R. Sullivan, USA, Vice
Chief of Army Staff; Adm. Jerome L. Johnson, USN, Vice Chief of Naval
Operations; Gen. John R. Dailey, USMC, Assistant Commandant of the Marine
Corps; and Gen. John M. Loh, USAF, Vice Chief of Air Force Staff.
SECONDARY MORTGAGE MARKET
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on Consumer and
Regulatory Affairs concluded oversight hearings on the impact of the secondary
market and private mortgage insurers on community reinvestment lending and on
mortgage discrimination, after receiving testimony from John M. Ols, Jr.,
Director, Housing and Community Development Issues, Resources, Community, and
Economic Development Division, General Accounting Office; Gordon H. Mansfield,
Assistant Secretary for Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity, and Arthur Hill,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Housing-Federal Housing Commissioner, both of
the Department of Housing and Urban Development; and Leland Brendsel, Federal
Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (Freddie Mac), Larry Dale, Federal National
Mortgage Association (Fannie Mae), and Gregory T. Barmore, Mortgage Insurance
Companies of America, all of Washington, D.C.
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1992 BUDGET
Committee on the Budget: Committee continued hearings in preparation for
reporting the first concurrent resolution on the fiscal year 1992 budget for
the Federal Government, focusing on child welfare issues, receiving testimony
from Marian Wright Edelman and James Weill, both of the Children's Defense
Fund, Robert Greenstein, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, and Douglas
J. Besharov, American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research, all of
Washington, D.C.
Committee will meet again Tuesday, March 5.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded
hearings on the nominations of Stanford E. Parris, of Virginia, to be
Administrator of the Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation, Department
of Transportation, and J.J. Simmons III, of Oklahoma, to be a Member of the
Interstate Commerce Commission, after the nominees testified and answered
questions in their own behalf. Mr. Parris was introduced by Senators Warner
and Robb, and Mr. Simmons was introduced by Senators Boren and Nickles.
TELECOMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on
Communications held hearings on S. 173, to permit the Bell Telephone Companies
to conduct research on, design, and manufacture telecommunications equipment,
receiving testimony from Representative Collins; Alfred C. Sikes, Chairman,
Federal Communications Commission; Janice Obuchowski, Assistant Secretary of
Commerce for Communications and Information; James Rill, Assistant Attorney
General, Antitrust Division, Department of Justice; Sam Ginn, Pacific Telesis
Group, San Francisco, California; Jim G. Kilpatric, American Telephone and
Telegraph, Basking Ridge, New Jersey; Barbara J. Easterling, Communications
Workers of America, Phillip L. Verveer, Wilkie, Farr and Gallagher, on behalf
of the Telecommunications Industry Association, and Ronald J. Binz, National
Association of State Utility Consumer Advocates, all of Washington, D.C.;
Stuart Gibson, Concept Communications, Inc., Dallas, Texas; and Michael S.
Weinstock, Morse Security Group, Sylmar, California.
Hearings were recessed subject to call.
NATIONAL ENERGY SECURITY
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee resumed hearings on S.
341, to establish a national energy policy to reduce U.S. dependence on
imported oil, focusing on Title XI relating to the transportation of oil, and
subtitle A relating to Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE), receiving
testimony from Jerry R. Curry, Administrator, National Highway Traffic Safety
Administration, and Joseph Canny, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy, both
of the Department of Transportation; Steven E. Plotkin, Senior Associate,
Office of Technology Assessment; Philip M. Smith, Executive Officer, National
Research Council, National Academy of Sciences; K. G. Duleep, Energy and
Environmental Analysis, Inc., and Daniel A. Lashof, Natural Resource Defense
Council, representing the Energy Conservation Coalition, both of Washington,
D.C.; Owen Bieber, Automobile, Aerospace and Agricultural Implement Workers of
America (UAW), and Marina Whitman, General Motors Corporation, both of
Detroit, Michigan; Ronald R. Boltz, Chrysler Corporation, Highland Park,
Michigan; Peter J. Pestillo, Ford Motor Company, Dearborn, Michigan; and John
E. Reilly, Association of International Automobile Manufacturers, Inc.,
Arlington, Virginia.
Committee will meet again Tuesday, March 5.
HUMAN RIGHTS
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded hearings on issues
relating to the promotion and protection of human rights, after receiving
testimony from Representatives Lantos and Porter; Richard Schifter, Assistant
Secretary of State for Human Rights and Humanitarian Affairs; Holly J.
Burkhalter, Human Rights Watch, Washington, D.C.; Michael Posner, Lawyers
Committee for Human Rights, New York, New York; and Winston P. Nagan, Amnesty
International USA, Gainesville, Florida.
SOVIET DISUNION
Committee on Foreign Relations: Subcommittee on European Affairs held hearings
on the U.S. response to Soviet disunity, receiving testimony from Robert
Zoellick, Counselor, Department of State; Richard Pipes, Harvard University,
Cambridge, Massachusetts; Stephen Cohen, Princeton University, Princeton, New
Jersey; and Uri Ra'anan, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts.
Hearings will continue Wednesday, March 6.
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INTERNATIONAL ARMS TRAFFICKING
Committee on Governmental Affairs: Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations
continued hearings to examine the activities of foreign mercenaries as related
to international drug trafficking and arms diversions, focusing on large
shipments of automatic weapons that have been diverted to Colombia and the
drug cartels, receiving testimony from Stephen H. Levin, Staff Counsel to the
Minority, and Raymundo Perez, Staff Investigator to the Minority, both of the
Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations; Geoffrey Robertson, London, England,
former Counsel, Antigua Judicial Inquiry Commission; and Lawrence Barcella,
representing the Government of Antigua, and Edward C. Ezell, Institute for
Research on Small Arms in International Security, both of Washington, D.C.
Hearings were recessed subject to call.
OSHA CRIMINAL PENALTY REFORM
Committee on Labor and Human Resources: Subcommittee on Labor concluded
hearings on S. 445, to revise the provisions of the Occupational Safety and
Health Act of 1970 to increase criminal penalties for, and to encourage the
prosecution of, employers who willfully violate safety and health standards in
the workplace, after receiving testimony from Julian De La Rosa, Inspector
General, and Gerard F. Scannell, Assistant Secretary for Occupational Safety
and Health, both of the Department of Labor; District Attorney E. Michael
McCann, Milwaukee, Wisconsin; John N. Erlenborn, Seyfarth, Shaw, Fairweather &
Geraldson, Washington, D.C., on behalf of the National Association of
Manufacturers; Mary Jo Lenert, Lenert Plumbing, Inc., Naperville, Illinois, on
behalf of the National Federation of Independent Businesses; Sidney A.
Shapiro, University of Kansas Law School, Lawrence; Virginia Durand, Detroit,
Michigan; and William Dirksing, Cincinnati, Ohio.
NOMINATION
Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Committee ordered favorably reported the
nomination of Charles L. Cragin, of Maine, to be Chairman of the Board of
Veterans' Appeals, Department of Veterans Affairs.
Joint Meetings
VETERANS PROGRAMS
Joint Hearings: Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs concluded joint hearings
with the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs to review legislative
recommendations of certain veterans organizations, after receiving testimony
in behalf of funds for their respective activities from Victor S. McCoy, Sr.,
Paralyzed Veterans of America, Henry J. Berube, Blinded Veterans Association,
Mary R. Stout, Vietnam Veterans of America, Leonard A. Carlton, Military Order
of the Purple Heart, and Walter W. Krueger, Non-Commissioned Officers
Association, all of Washington, D.C.
1991/03/01
Daily Digest - Friday, March 1, 1991; pages D218 - D220 (Bd vol. D93 - D94)
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
NOMINATION
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded hearings on the nomination
of Jon David Glassman, of the District of Columbia, to be Ambassador to the
Republic of Paraguay, after the nominee testified and answered questions in
his own behalf.
Joint Meetings
FEDERAL STATISTICS
Joint Economic Committee: Committee concluded hearings to review the
recommendations of the Administration's Working Group on Federal Statistics,
and the President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 1992 for Federal
statistical agencies, after receiving testimony from Michael J. Boskin,
Chairman, Council of Economic Advisers; Michael R. Darby, Under Secretary of
Commerce for Economic Affairs, Janet L. Norwood, Commissioner, Bureau of Labor
Statistics, Department of Labor; Martin Fleming, Cahners Publishing Company,
Washington, D.C., on behalf of the National Association of Business
Economists; and William Hawkes, A.C. Nielsen Company, New York, New York.
1991/03/04
Daily Digest - Monday, March 4, 1991; pages D222 - D226 (Bd vol. D96 - D98)
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
APPROPRIATIONS--AGRICULTURE
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development,
and Related Agencies held hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal
year 1992 for the Department of Agriculture, receiving testimony in behalf of
funds for their respective activities from Charles E. Hess, Assistant
Secretary for Science and Education, Harry C. Mussman, Deputy Assistant
Secretary for Science and Education, R. Dean Plowman, Administrator,
Agricultural Research Service, John Patrick Jordan, Administrator, Cooperative
State Research Service, Myron D. Johnsrud, Administrator, Extension Service,
and Dennis Kaplan, Budget Officer, all of the Department of Agriculture.
Subcommittee will meet again Friday, March 8.
APPROPRIATIONS--DEFENSE
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense held hearings on proposed
budget estimates for fiscal year 1992 for the Department of Defense, receiving
testimony from Donald J. Atwood, Deputy Secretary of Defense.
Subcommittee will meet again tomorrow.
WELFARE DEPENDENCY
Committee on Finance: Subcommittee on Social Security and Family Policy held
hearings on the effects of the Family Support Act of 1988 and the need for
indicators to measure increases or decreases in welfare dependency, receiving
testimony from Jo Anne B. Barnhart, Assistant Secretary for Family Support,
and Martin H. Gerry, Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, both of
the Department of Health and Human Services; William P. Butz, Associate
Director for Demographic Program, Bureau of the Census, Department of
Commerce; Janet L. Norwood, Commissioner, Bureau of Labor Statistics,
Department of Labor; Richard Schmalensee, Council of Economic Advisors,
Washington, D.C.; and Paul E. Barton, Educational Testing Service, Princeton,
New Jersey.
Hearings were recessed subject to call.
No Joint hearings noted.
1991/03/05
Daily Digest - Tuesday, March 5, 1991; pages D227 - D236 (Bd vol. D98 - D106)
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
NOMINATION
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: Committee held hearings on
the nomination of Edward R. Madigan, of Illinois, to be Secretary of
Agriculture, where the nominee, who was introduced by Senators Dixon, Simon,
and Symms, and Representatives de la Garza and E. Thomas Coleman, testified
and answered questions in his own behalf.
Hearings were recessed subject to call.
APPROPRIATIONS--FCC/LEGAL SERVICES CORPORATION
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State, the
Judiciary, and Related Agencies held hearings on proposed budget estimates for
fiscal year 1992, receiving testimony in behalf of funds for their respective
activities from Alfred C. Sikes, Chairman, Federal Communications Commission;
David H. Martin, President, and George Wittgraf, Chairman of the Board, both
of the Legal Services Corporation; and Edmund S. Muskie, Maine Commission on
Legal Needs, Augusta, and Kim Taylor, American Bar Association, Washington,
D.C., both on behalf of the Legal Services Corporation.
Subcommittee will meet again Thursday, March 7.
GLOBAL DEFENSE
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense concluded closed hearings
to review global defense programs, after receiving testimony from Gen. Colin
Powell, Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff.
APPROPRIATIONS--FOREIGN ASSISTANCE
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Foreign Operations held hearings
on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1992 for foreign assistance,
focusing on multilateral development banks, receiving testimony from Nicholas
F. Brady, Secretary of the Treasury.
Subcommittee will meet again Tuesday, March 12.
APPROPRIATIONS--LABOR/HHS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services,
and Education, and Related Agencies held hearings on proposed budget estimates
for fiscal year 1992, receiving testimony in behalf of funds for their
respective activities from Lynn Martin, Secretary of Labor, Roberts T. Jones,
Assistant Secretary for Employment and Training, Thomas C. Komarek, Assistant
Secretary for Administration and Management, Julian W. De La Rosa, Inspector
General, and James E. McMullen, Director, Office of Budget, all of the
Department of Labor; and Louis W. Sullivan, Secretary of Health and Human
Services.
Committee will meet again Thursday, March 7.
OPERATION DESERT STORM SUPPLEMENTAL/NOMINATIONS
Committee on Armed Services: Committee ordered favorably reported the
following business items:
An original bill authorizing supplemental funds for fiscal year 1991 for
certain activities of Operation Desert Storm; and
The nominations of Robert W. Gambino, of Virginia, to be Director of Selective
Service, and Edson G. Case, of Maryland, to be a Member of the Defense Nuclear
Facilities Safety Board.
BANKING REFORM
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee resumed hearings
on the Administration proposal to promote a safe and financially strong
banking system, focusing on the Congressional Budget Office analysis of the
Department of the Treasury's financial modernization recommendations,
receiving testimony from Robert D. Reischauer, Director, Congressional Budget
Office.
Committee will meet again Thursday, March 7.
1992 BUDGET
Committee on the Budget: Committee concluded hearings in preparation for
reporting the first concurrent resolution on the fiscal year 1992 budget for
the Federal Government, focusing on health care issues, after receiving
testimony from Louis W. Sullivan, Secretary of Health and Human Services;
Robert Maxwell, American Association of Retired Persons, and Jack Meyer, New
Directions for Policy, both of Washington, D.C.; and Robert J. Blendon,
Harvard University School of Public Health, Cambridge, Massachusetts.
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NOMINATION
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded
hearings on the nomination of Donald A. Henderson, of Maryland, to be an
Associate Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy, after the
nominee, who was introduced by Senator Sarbanes, testified and answered
questions in his own behalf.
HIGH-PERFORMANCE COMPUTING ACT
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on Science,
Technology, and Space held hearings on S. 272, to provide for a coordinated
Federal research program to ensure continued United States leadership in
high-performance computing, receiving testimony from D. Allan Bromley,
Assistant to the President for Science and Technology and Director, Office of
Science and Technology Policy; Donald N. Langenberg, University of Maryland,
College Park; Malvin Kalos, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York; Tracey Gray,
US Sprint, Herndon, Virginia; David Nagel, Apple Computer, Inc., Cupertino,
California; and John Wold and Riaz Abdulla, both of Eli Lilly and Company,
Indianapolis, Indiana.
Hearings were recessed subject to call.
NATIONAL ENERGY SECURITY
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee resumed hearings on S.
341, to establish a national energy policy to reduce U.S. dependence on
imported oil, focusing on Title XII, relating to two demonstration projects
aimed at commercializing advanced nuclear reactor technologies, and Title
XIII, relating to clarifying the licensing process for nuclear power plants,
receiving testimony from William Young, Assistant Secretary of Energy for
Nuclear Energy; Marcus A. Rowden, Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver, and Jacobson,
and Eric Glitzenstein, Harmon, Curran, Gallagher, and Spielberg, both of
Washington, D.C.; Bertram Wolfe, GE Nuclear Energy, San Jose, California;
Joseph M. Farley, Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Birmingham, Alabama;
Andrew Kadak, Yankee Atomic Electric Company, Bolton, Massachusetts; and
Frederick Buckman, Consumers Power Company, Jackson, Michigan.
Committee will meet again Thursday, March 7.
SUBCOMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee met and announced the
following subcommittee assignments:
Water Resources, Transportation, and Infrastructure: Senators Moynihan
(Chairman), Mitchell, Lautenberg, Reid, Graham, Lieberman, Metzenbaum, Symms,
Warner, Jeffords, Durenberger, Smith, and Chafee;
Environmental Protection: Senators Baucus (Chairman), Moynihan, Mitchell,
Lautenberg, Graham, Lieberman, Metzenbaum, Chafee, Simpson, Durenberger,
Warner, Jeffords, and Symms;
Superfund, Ocean, and Water Protection: Senators Lautenberg (Chairman),
Mitchell, Baucus, Metzenbaum, Durenberger, Simpson, and Smith;
Nuclear Regulation: Senators Graham (Chairman), Moynihan, Reid, Simpson, and
Symms;
Toxic Substances, Environmental Oversight, Research and Development: Senators
Reid (Chairman), Baucus, Lieberman, Warner, and Jeffords.
FHA
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee concluded hearings on the
President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 1992 for the Federal
Highway Administration, after receiving testimony from Samuel K. Skinner,
Secretary of Transportation; Eugene R. McCormick, Deputy Administrator,
Federal Highway Administration, Department of Transportation; James L. Blum,
Assistant Director, Budget Analysis, Congressional Budget Office; and Kenneth
M. Mead, Director, Transportation Issues, Resources, Community, and Economic
Development Division, and Jacquie Williams-Bridgers, Transportation Group
Director, both of the General Accounting Office.
MARKETING OF CLOZARIL
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Antitrust, Monopolies and Business
Rights concluded hearings on the marketing of the drug clozapine, used in the
treatment of schizophrenia, by Sandoz Pharmaceuticals Corporation, focusing on
antitrust and health policy issues created when drug companies restrict the
distribution of drugs, after receiving testimony from Kevin J. Arquit,
Director, Bureau of Competition, Federal Trade Commission; Laurent S. Lehmann,
Associate Director for Psychiatry, Mental Health and Behavioral Sciences
Service, Department of Veterans Affairs; Utah Attorney General Paul Van Dam,
Salt Lake City, on behalf of the National Association of Attorneys General;
Virginia Secretary of Health and Human Services Howard M. Cullum, Richmond;
and Mary Ellen Rehrman, Alliance for the Mentally Ill of Pennsylvania, Spring
City.
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Joint Meetings
VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS
Joint Hearings: Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs concluded joint hearings
with the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs to review legislative
recommendations of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, after receiving testimony
from James L. Kimery, Veterans of Foreign Wars, Washington, D.C.
1991/03/06
Daily Digest - Wednesday, March 6, 1991; pages D237 - D247 (Bd vol. D106-
D114)
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: Committee ordered favorably
reported the following business items:
The nomination of Edward R. Madigan, of Illinois, to be Secretary of
Agriculture;
S. 207, to authorize funds for and to enhance the effectiveness of the
Commodity Futures Trading Commission, with amendments;
S. 393, to provide for fair treatment for farmers and ranchers who are
participating in the Persian Gulf War as active reservists or in any other
military capacity; and
S. 483, to expand the public purchase and protection of the Taconic Mountains
forest land in Bennington County, Vermont.
APPROPRIATIONS--DEFENSE
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense held hearings on proposed
budget estimates for fiscal year 1992 for the Department of the Army,
receiving testimony from Michael P.W. Stone, Secretary of the Army; and Gen.
Carl E. Vuono, USA, Army Chief of Staff.
Subcommittee will meet again tomorrow.
APPROPRIATIONS--AMTRAK/FRA
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Transportation and Related
Agencies held hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1992,
receiving testimony in behalf of funds for their respective activities from W.
Graham Claytor, Jr., President and Chairman of the Board, National Railroad
Passenger Corporation (Amtrak); and Gilbert E. Carmichael, Administrator,
Kathy Murphy, Director of Budget, Philip Olekszyk, Acting Associate
Administrator for Safety, James T. McQueen, Associate Administrator for
Railroad Development, S. Mark Lindsey, Chief Counsel, and Robert L. Krick,
Deputy Associate Administrator for Railroad Research, all of the Federal
Railroad Administration, Department of Transportation.
Subcommittee will meet again Wednesday, March 13.
APPROPRIATIONS--SECRET SERVICE/CUSTOMS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Treasury, Postal Service and
General Government held hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year
1992, receiving testimony in behalf of funds for their respective activities
from John R. Simpson, Director, United States Secret Service, and Carol
Hallett, Commissioner, United States Customs Service, both of the Department
of the Treasury.
Subcommittee will meet again Thursday, March 14.
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APPROPRIATIONS--FEMA
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Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on VA, HUD, and Independent Agencies
held hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1992 for the
Federal Emergency Management Agency, receiving testimony from Wallace
Stickney, Director, Federal Emergency Management Agency.
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Subcommittee will meet again Wednesday, March 13.
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION--UNIFIED COMMANDS
Committee on Armed Services: Committee held hearings on proposed
authorizations for fiscal years 1992 and 1993 for the Department of Defense,
and the fiscal years 1992-1997 future year defense plan, focusing on the
contributions of the unified commands oriented to mobilization and
transportation of conventional forces to Operation Desert Shield/Storm,
receiving testimony from Gen. Edwin H. Burba, Jr., USA, Commander-in-Chief,
U.S. Forces Command; Gen. Carl Stinger, USA, Commander-in-Chief, U.S. Special
Operations Command; and Gen. Hansford T. Johnson, USAF, Commander-in-Chief,
U.S. Transportation Command.
Hearings continue Wednesday, March 13.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee completed its review of
those programs which fall within the committee's jurisdiction as contained in
the President's proposed budget for fiscal year 1992, and agreed on
recommendations it will make thereon to the Committee on the Budget.
SOVIET DISUNITY
Committee on Foreign Relations: Subcommittee on European Affairs resumed
hearings on the U.S. response to Soviet disunity, receiving testimony from
Jerry Hough, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina; Frederick Starr, Oberlin
College, Oberlin, Ohio; Roman Szporluk, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor; and
William J.H. Hough III, Walter, Conston, Alexander and Green, New York, New
York.
Hearings were recessed subject to call.
FEDERAL PROCUREMENT OF SPARE PARTS
Committee on Governmental Affairs: Committee held hearings to examine the
purchase and use of spare parts by the Federal Government which are either
counterfeit or substandard and do not meet specifications, focusing on recent
audits and investigations of the Department of Defense, the National
Aeronautics and Space Administration, and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission,
receiving testimony from Susan J. Crawford, Inspector General, Robert J.
Lieberman, Assistant Inspector General for Auditing, and James H. Reay,
Director, Supply Management Policy, Office of the Secretary, all of the
Department of Defense; Ernest Ellis, Deputy Director for Quality, Defense
Logistics Agency; Bill D. Colvin, Inspector General, National Aeronautics and
Space Administration; and Judy England-Joseph, Associate Director, Energy
Issues, General Accounting Office.
Hearings continue tomorrow.
ROLE OF COMMISSIONER OF FOOD AND DRUGS
Committee on Labor and Human Resources: Committee concluded hearings to
examine the role of the current Commissioner of the Food and Drug
Administration, after receiving testimony from David A. Kessler, Commissioner
of Food and Drugs, Department of Health and Human Services.
PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION CAMPAIGN FUND
Committee on Rules and Administration: Committee concluded hearings on the
projected shortfall in the Presidential Election Campaign Fund, after
receiving testimony from John Warren McGarry, Chairman, Joan D. Aikens, Vice
Chairman, John C. Surina, Staff Director, and Lawrence M. Noble, General
Counsel, all of the Federal Election Commission; and Fred Wertheimer, Common
Cause, Thomas A. Schatz, Citizens Against Government Waste, and Roy A.
Schotland, Georgetown University Law Center, all of Washington, D.C.
NOMINATION
Committee on Small Business: Committee concluded hearings on the nomination of
James F. Hoobler, of New York, to be Inspector General, Small Business
Administration, after the nominee testified and answered questions in his own
behalf.
INTELLIGENCE
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee held closed hearings on
intelligence matters, receiving testimony from officials of the intelligence
community.
Committee will meet again Wednesday, March 13.
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Joint Meetings
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UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE EMERGENCY
Joint Economic Committee: Committee held hearings to examine the unemployment
insurance emergency situation and the impact a shortfall in administrative
funds has on jobless workers during the recession, receiving testimony from
Thomas F. Harnett, New York State Department of Labor, Albany; Robert Wagner
and Byron Nugen, both of the Indiana Department of Employment and Training
Services, Bloomington; Jeannette Sancricca, Michigan Employment Security
Commission, Sterling Heights; Faye Mitchell, Connecticut Job Service,
Stanford; Frank Ortis, Florida State Council of Machinists, Miami Springs;
Nanine Meiklejohn, American Federation of State, County and Municipal
Employees, and Maria Cordone and Mike Flynn, both of the International
Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers, all of Washington, D.C.; and
Joseph Chichowitz, Georgia-Pacific Corp., Reading, Pennsylvania.
Hearings continue Friday, March 8.
1991/03/07
Daily Digest - Thursday, March 7, 1991; pages D247 (sic) - D262 (Bd vol. D114
- D124)
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
APPROPRIATIONS--COMMERCE
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