102d Congress (1991 - 1992)
January 3, 1992 - October 29, 1992
Senate Committee Meetings by Date
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1992/01/03
Daily Digest - Friday, January 3, 1992, pages D1 - D2 (Bound vol. D3)
Committee Meetings
No committee meetings were held.
No Joint hearings noted.
1992/01/21
Daily Digest - Tuesday, January 21, 1992; pages D3 - D7 (Bd vol. D3 - D5)
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
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ORPHAN DRUG ACT
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Antitrust, Monopolies and Business
Rights concluded oversight hearings on the implementation of the Orphan Drug
Act (P.L. 97-414), focusing on prices charged for certain orphan drugs, after
receiving testimony from Derek Hodel, People With AIDS Health Group, New York,
New York; Robert K. Dresing, Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, Bethesda, Maryland;
Abbey Meyers, National Organization for Rare Disorders, New Fairfield,
Connecticut; John P. McLaughlin, Genentech, Inc., San Francisco, California;
Henri A. Termeer, Genzyme Corp., Cambridge, Massachusetts; John L. Castello,
Ares-Serono, Inc., Boston, Massachusetts; Bruce Simpson, Fisons Corporation,
Rochester, New York; Tom and Pam Hire, Paola, Kansas; Herb Jacobson, Denver,
Colorado; Mary Nathan, Silver Spring, Maryland; and Cindy Smith, Salt Lake
City, Utah.
AMERICAN POW'S
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Select Committee on POW/MIA Affairs: Committee held hearings to examine the
possibility of whether certain Soviet officials interrogated American POW's
several years after the Vietnam war had ended, receiving testimony from KGB
Gen. Oleg Kalugin, Moscow.
Hearings continue tomorrow.
No Joint hearing noted.
1992/01/22
Daily Digest - Wednesday, January 22, 1992; pages D9 - D12 (Bd vol. D5 - D7)
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
INTERNATIONAL SECURITY
Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded open and closed hearings to
examine the international security environment over the next decade, after
receiving testimony from Robert M. Gates, Director of Central Intelligence,
Robert E. Blackwell, National Intelligence Officer for Russian and Eurasian
Programs, Lawrence K. Gershwin, National Intelligence Officer for Strategic
Programs, and David Armstrong, National Intelligence Officer for Conventional
Forces, all of the Central Intelligence Agency; and Lt. Gen. James R. Clapper,
Jr., USAF, Director, Defense Intelligence Agency, Department of Defense.
NOMINATION
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded hearings
on the nomination of Albert V. Casey, of Texas, to be Chief Executive Officer,
Resolution Trust Corporation, after the nominee, who was introduced by
Senators Bentsen and Stevens, testified and answered questions in his own
behalf.
ECONOMIC OUTLOOK
Committee on the Budget: Committee held hearings to examine the U.S. economic
and budget outlook, focusing on the current state of the economy, economic
assumptions and budget projections for the next 5 years, and the effects of
alternative fiscal and monetary policies, receiving testimony from Robert D.
Reischauer, Director, Congressional Budget Office.
Hearings were recessed subject to call.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Labor and Human Resources: Committee ordered favorably reported
the following business items:
An original bill to provide health insurance to America's uninsured through a
public-private program, and establish procedures to contain health care costs;
and
The nomination of Kenny Jackson Williams, of North Carolina, to be a member of
the National Council on the Humanities.
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No Joint hearings noted.
1992/01/23
Daily Digest - Thursday, January 23, 1992; pages D14 - D17 (Bd vol. D7 - D9)
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
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FUTURE OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS
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Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded hearings to examine future
requirements for U.S. nuclear weapons, after receiving testimony from Thomas
C. Reed, former Secretary of the Air Force and former Special Assistant to
President Reagan for National Security Policy; Gen. David C. Jones, USAF
(Ret.), former Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff; Paul H. Nitze, former Special
Adviser to President Reagan on Arms Control; Michael O. Wheeler, System
Planning Corporation, Arlington, Virginia; and Keith B. Payne, National
Institute for Public Policy, Fairfax, Virginia.
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GOVERNMENT SECURITIES MARKET
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Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on Securities
concluded hearings to examine the recommendations and conclusions of the joint
report of the Department of the Treasury, Federal Reserve System, and the
Securities and Exchange Commission on certain regulatory activities in the
government securities market and proposals for reform, after receiving
testimony from Richard C. Breeden, Chairman, Securities and Exchange
Commission; David W. Mullins, Jr., Vice Chairman, Board of Governors of the
Federal Reserve System; Jerome H. Powell, Assistant Secretary of the Treasury
for Domestic Finance; and E. Gerald Corrigan, President, Federal Reserve Bank
of New York.
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NUCLEAR LICENSING REFORM
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Committee on Environment and Public Works: Subcommittee on Nuclear Regulation
held hearings on the nuclear licensing reform provisions of S. 1220, to reduce
the nation's dependence on imported oil and to provide for the energy security
of the nation (pending on Senate calendar), receiving testimony from Ivan
Selin, Chairman, and Kenneth C. Rogers, James R. Curtiss, and E. Gail de
Planque, each a Member, all of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission; and Eric R.
Glitzenstein, Harmon, Curran, Gallagher & Spielberg, on behalf of the Counsel
to the Union of Concerned Scientists, and Marcus A. Rowden, Fried, Frank,
Harris, Shriver & Jacobson, on behalf of the American Nuclear Energy Council,
both of Washington, DC.
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Hearings were recessed subject to call.
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JAPAN TRADE CONCESSIONS
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Committee on Finance: Committee held hearings to examine United States-Japan
trade relations, focusing on certain trade concessions made by Japan during
the President's recent trip, and future trade negotiations with Japan,
receiving testimony from Carla A. Hills, United States Trade Representative;
J. Michael Farren, Under Secretary of Commerce for International Trade; Robert
W. Galvin, Motorola, Inc., Schaumburg, Illinois; and Owen F. Bieber, United
Auto Workers, Detroit, Michigan.
Hearings were recessed subject to call.
No Joint hearings noted.
1992/01/24
Daily Digest - Friday, January 24, 1992; pages D18 - D22 (Bd vol. D9 - D10)
Committee Meetings
No committee meetings were held.
No Joint hearings noted.
1992/011/27
Daily Digest - Monday, January 27, 1992; pages D23 - D26 (Bd vol. D11 - D12)
Committee Meetings
No committee meetings were held.
No Joint hearings noted.
1992/01/28
Daily Digest - Tuesday, January 28, 1992; pages D28 - D34 (Bd vol. D12 - D16)
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded hearings
on the nominations of Lawrence U. Costiglio, of New York, Daniel F. Evans,
Jr., of Indiana, William C. Perkins, of Wisconsin, and Marilyn R. Seymann, of
Arizona, each to be a Director of the Federal Housing Finance Board, after the
nominees testified and answered questions in their own behalf. Mr. Evans was
introduced by Senator Lugar, Mr. Perkins was introduced by Senator Kohl, and
Ms. Seymann was introduced by Senator McCain.
MULTIPARTY, MULTIFORUM JURISDICTION ACT
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Courts and Administrative Practice
held hearings on H.R. 2450, to grant Federal district courts jurisdiction over
certain multiparty, multiforum civil actions, receiving testimony from Stephen
Bransdorfer, Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Civil Division, Department of
Justice; Thomas M. Reavley, Senior Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth
Circuit, on behalf of the Judicial Conference of the United States; Douglas P.
Beighle, the Boeing Company, Seattle, Washington; Maurice Rosenberg, Columbia
University School of Law, and Lee S. Kreindler, Kreindler & Kreindler, both of
New York, New York; Robert A. Sedler, Wayne State University, Detroit,
Michigan; and Michael S. Olin, Podhurst, Orseck, Josefsberg, Eaton, Meadow,
Olin & Perwin, Miami, Florida.
Hearings were recessed subject to call.
No Joint hearings noted.
1992/01/29
Daily Digest - Wednesday, January 29, 1992; pages D35 - D40 (Bd vol. D16 -
D20)
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
NOMINATION
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded hearings
on the nomination of Alan Greenspan, of New York, to be Chairman of the Board
of Directors of the Federal Reserve System, after the nominee testified and
answered questions in his own behalf.
ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION RULEMAKINGS
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee held oversight hearings
on two Federal Energy Regulatory Commission proposed rulemakings regarding
pipeline service obligations (Docket No. RM91-11-000), and revision to
regulations governing authorizations for the construction of natural gas
pipeline facilities (Order No. 555), receiving testimony from Ronald L. Kuehn,
Jr., SONAT, Inc., Birmingham, Alabama, representing the Interstate Natural Gas
Association of America; Michael Baly III, American Gas Association, Arlington,
Virginia; Ronald D. Jones, United Distribution Companies, New York, New York,
representing the Associated Gas Distributors; Denise Goulet, Pennsylvania
Office of Consumer Advocates, Harrisburg, representing the National
Association of State Utility Consumer Advocates; Nicholas J. Bush, Natural Gas
Supply Association, Denise A. Bode, Independent Petroleum Association of
America, and Edward J. Grenier, Jr., Sutherland, Asbill and Brennan,
representing the Process Gas Consumers Group, all of Washington, D.C.; and
Michael Dugger, Riviera Utilities, Foley, Alabama, representing the American
Public Gas Association and United Municipal Distribution Group.
Hearings resume on Wednesday, February 5.
JOBLESS BENEFITS
Committee on Finance: Committee concluded hearings on proposed legislation to
further extend unemployment compensation benefits for jobless Americans, after
receiving testimony from Lynn M. Martin, Secretary of Labor; David A. Wyss,
DRI/McGraw-Hill, Lexington, Massachusetts; Michael O. Roush, National
Federation of Independent Business, and Owen F. Bieber and Alan Reuther, both
of the United Automobile, Aerospace and Agricultural Implement Workers of
America (UAW), representing the AFL-CIO and the UAW, all of Washington, D.C.;
William D. Grossenbacher, Texas Employment Security Commission, Austin,
representing the Interstate Conference of Employment Security Agencies; and
Keith M. Brooks, Charles Chappel, and David Robinson, all of the New York
Unemployed Committee, Brooklyn.
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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, February 5.
No Joint hearings noted.
1992/01/30
Daily Digest - Thursday, January 30, 1992; pages D42 - D46 (Bd vol. D20 - D22)
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
EUROPEAN SECURITY
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Conventional Forces and Alliance
Defense met in closed session and in conjunction with the North Atlantic
Assembly's Subcommittee on Defense Cooperation to discuss European security
issues.
LOCAL ECONOMIC NEEDS
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded hearings
to examine the economic condition of America's cities, focusing on proposals
outlined in the President's State of the Union Address to meet communities'
economic needs, after receiving testimony from Mayor Kurt Schmoke, Baltimore,
Maryland, representing the U.S. Conference of Mayors; Mayor Joseph P. Ganim,
Bridgeport, Connecticut; Mayor Peggy Rubach, Mesa, Arizona; and John E. Jacob,
National Urban League, Inc., New York, New York.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Finance: Committee ordered favorably reported the following
business items:
An original bill to further extend unemployment compensation benefits for
jobless Americans; and
The nominations of Fred T. Goldberg, Jr., of Missouri, to be an Assistant
Secretary of the Treasury for Tax Policy, and Shirley D. Peterson, of
Maryland, to be Commissioner of Internal Revenue, Department of the Treasury.
Prior to this action, committee concluded hearings on the nominees, after they
testified and answered questions in their own behalf. Mr. Goldberg was
introduced by Senator Danforth and Ms. Peterson was introduced by
Representative Morella.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded hearings on the nominations of
Ronald M. Whyte, to be U.S. District Judge for the Northern District of
California, Jon P. McCalla, to be U.S. District Judge for the Western District
of Tennessee, Julie E. Carnes, to be U.S. District Judge for the Northern
District of Georgia, Nancy G. Edmunds, to be U.S. District Judge for the
Eastern District of Michigan, David W. McKeague, to be U.S. District Judge for
the Western District of Michigan, Philip G. Reinhard, to be U.S. District
Judge for the Northern District of Illinois, Sandra S. Beckwith, to be U.S.
District Judge for the Southern District of Ohio, Steven D. Merryday, to be
U.S. District Judge for the Middle District of Florida, Frederick J. Scullin,
Jr., to be U.S. District Judge for the Northern District of New York, and K.
Michael Moore, to be U.S. District Judge for the Southern District of Florida,
after the nominees testified and answered questions in their own behalf. Mr.
Whyte was introduced by Senator Seymour and Representative McCollum, Mr.
McCalla was introduced by Senator Sasser and Representative Sundquist, Ms.
Carnes was introduced by Senators Nunn and Fowler, Ms. Edmunds and Mr.
McKeague were introduced by Senators Riegle and Levin and Representatives
Broomfield and Carr, Mr. Reinhard was introduced by Senator Dixon and
Representative Michel, Ms. Beckwith was introduced by Senator Glenn and
Representative Gradison, Mr. Merryday and Mr. Moore were introduced by
Senators Graham and Mack, and Mr. Scullin was introduced by Senator D'Amato.
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Joint Meetings
GPO
Joint Committee on Printing: Committee held oversight hearings to review
management activities of the Government Printing Office (GPO), including
general management practices and Inspector General audits, and the GPO
strategic plan--GPO 2001/Vision for a New Millenium, receiving testimony from
Robert W. Houk, Public Printer, Government Printing Office, who was
accompanied by several of his associates.
Committee recessed subject to call.
1992/01/31
Daily Digest - Friday, January 31, 1992; pages D48 - D54 (Bd vol. D22 - D24)
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
AUTHORIZATION--DEFENSE
Committee on Armed Services: Committee held hearings on proposed legislation
authorizing funds for fiscal year 1993 for the Department of Defense, and to
review the fiscal years 1993-97 future year defense plan, 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.
1993 BUDGET
Committee on the Budget: Committee held hearings in preparation for reporting
the first concurrent resolution on the fiscal year 1993 budget for the Federal
Government, receiving testimony from Richard G. Darman, Director, Office of
Management and Budget.
Hearings continue on Monday, February 3.
RUNAWAY EXECUTIVE PAY
Committee on Governmental Affairs: Subcommittee on Oversight of Government
Management resumed hearings on the role of the Federal government in
facilitating runaway executive pay in corporate America, focusing on executive
stock options, receiving testimony from Walter P. Schuetze, Chief Accountant,
Securities and Exchange Commission; Michael A. Thrasher, Assistant Chief
Counsel, Employee Benefits and Exempt Organizations, Internal Revenue Service,
Department of the Treasury; James J. Leisenring and Wayne S. Upton, Jr., both
of the Financial Accounting Standards Board, Norwalk, Connecticut; Graef S.
Crystal, University of California, Berkeley; Ira T. Kay, The Hay Group, New
York, New York; and David Norr, David Norr, Inc., White Plains, New York.
Hearings were recessed subject to call.
Joint Meetings
ECONOMIC OUTLOOK
Joint Economic Committee: Committee held hearings to examine the outlook for
the national economy in 1992, the President's budget, and the forecast on
which the budget is based, receiving testimony from Lawrence Chimerine, Data
Resources/McGraw-Hill, Inc., Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania; Donald Ratajczak,
Georgia State University, Atlanta; and John E. Silvia, Kemper Financial
Services, and Donald H. Straszheim, Merrill Lynch & Co., both of New York, New
York.
Committee will meet again on Thursday, February 6.
1992/02/03
Daily Digest - Monday, February 3, 1992; pages D56 - D60 (Bd vol. D24 - D26)
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
1993 BUDGET
Committee on the Budget: Committee resumed hearings in preparation for
reporting the first concurrent resolution for the fiscal year 1993 budget,
focusing on defense programs, receiving testimony from Richard B. Cheney,
Secretary of Defense; and Gen. Colin L. Powell, Chairman, Joint Chiefs of
Staff.
Committee will meet again on Wednesday, February 5.
STATE WELFARE REFORM
Committee on Finance: Subcommittee on Social Security and Family Policy held
hearings to examine recent State efforts to revise and cut their public
welfare programs, and whether these changes call for new policies at the
Federal level, receiving testimony from Senators Kasten, Nickles, and Kohl;
New Jersey Governor James Florio, Trenton; New Jersey State Assemblyman Wayne
R. Bryant, Camden; Douglas Besharov and Charles Murray, both of the American
Enterprise Institute, Robert Greenstein, Center on Budget and Policy
Priorities, and Sidney Johnson, American Public Welfare Association, all of
Washington, D.C.; Lawrence Meade, New York University, New York, New York; and
Richard Nathan, Nelson A. Rockefeller Institute of Government, Albany, New
York.
Hearings were recessed subject to call.
No Joint hearings noted.
1992/02/04
Daily Digest - Tuesday, February 4, 1992; pages D62 - D68 (Bd vol. D27 - D30)
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
APPROPRIATIONS--LEGISLATIVE BRANCH
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on the Legislative Branch held
hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1993, receiving
testimony in behalf of funds for their respective activities from Walter J.
Stewart, Secretary of the Senate; Robert D. Reischauer, Director,
Congressional Budget Office; and John H. Gibbons, Director, Office of
Technology Assessment. Testimony was also received from Senator Kennedy on
behalf of the Office of Technology Assessment.
Subcommittee will meet again Thursday, February 6.
NOMINATION
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded hearings on the nomination
of Scott M. Spangler, of Arizona, to be Associate Administrator of the Agency
for International Development (Operations), after the nominee, who was
introduced by Senator McCain, testified and answered questions in his own
behalf.
TERRORIST DEFECTORS
Committee on Governmental Affairs: Committee held hearings to examine U.S.
counterterrorism activities, focusing on U.S. efforts to attract and protect
terrorist defectors and informants, receiving testimony from Neil J.
Gallagher, Chief, Counterterrorism Section, Federal Bureau of Investigation,
Department of Justice; Victoria Toensing, Manatt, Phelps, Phillips & Kantor,
Washington, D.C., former U.S. Deputy Assistant Attorney General; and Howard
Safir, Safir Associates Ltd., Fairfax, Virginia, former Associate Director for
Operations, U.S. Marshals Service.
Hearings were recessed subject to call.
NATIONAL DRUG CONTROL POLICY
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee held hearings to review the progress and
initiatives of the national drug control policy of the United States,
receiving testimony from Bob Martinez, Director, Office of National Drug
Control Policy.
Hearings were recessed subject to call.
No Joint hearings noted.
1992/02/05
Daily Digest - Wednesday, February 5, 1992; pages D69 - D78 (Bd vol. D30 -
D37)
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
SOVIET NUCLEAR WEAPONS
Committee on Armed Services: Committee held hearings to examine United States
efforts to assist the former Soviet Republics in dismantling their nuclear and
chemical weapons and preventing their proliferation, receiving testimony from
Reginald Bartholomew, Under Secretary of State for International Security
Affairs; and Stephen J. Hadley, Assistant Secretary of Defense for
International Security Policy.
Hearings were recessed subject to call.
AMERICA'S DOMESTIC NEEDS/1993 BUDGET
Committee on the Budget: Committee held hearings to examine current U.S.
economic policy and its impact on America's domestic needs, focusing on
productivity growth incentives, receiving testimony from Senators Byrd and
Simon.
Also, committee resumed hearings in preparation for reporting the first
concurrent resolution for the fiscal year 1993 budget, focusing on defense
programs, receiving testimony from John D. Steinbruner and Lawrence J. Korb,
both of the Brookings Institution, and William J. Beeman, Committee for
Economic Development, all of Washington, D.C.
Committee will meet again tomorrow.
FOREIGN POLICY
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded hearings on the
President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 1993 for foreign
assistance, and to review U.S. foreign policy, after receiving testimony from
James A. Baker III, Secretary of State.
NOMINATION
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded hearings on the nomination
of Parker W. Borg, of Minnesota, to be Ambassador to the Union of Burma
(Myanmar), after the nominee, who was introduced by Representative Hoagland,
testified and answered questions in his own behalf.
BURMA
Committee on Foreign Relations: Subcommittee on East Asian and Pacific Affairs
concluded hearings on United States policy toward Burma, focusing on human
rights violations in Burma, after receiving testimony from Mike Jendrzejczyk,
Asia Watch, W. Courtland Robinson, United States Committee for Refugees, and
David I. Steinberg, Georgetown University, all of Washington, D.C.; Bilal M.
Raschid, National Coalition Government of the Union of Burma, Alexandria,
Virginia; and Tin Maung Win, Committee for the Restoration of Democracy in
Burma, Falls Church, Virginia.
ZAIRE AND SOMALIA
Committee on Foreign Relations: Subcommittee on African Affairs concluded
hearings to examine the emergency situation in Zaire and Somalia and the
United States response, after receiving testimony from Herman J. Cohen,
Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs; Ali Khalis Galaydh, Syracuse
University, Syracuse, New York; and William T. Close, Big Piney, Wyoming.
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FEDERAL MANAGEMENT PRACTICES
Committee on Governmental Affairs: Committee held hearings to examine the
effectiveness and efficiency of Federal management practices, focusing on the
President's fiscal year 1993 budget and its impact on Federal management and
the Nation's economy, receiving testimony from Richard G. Darman, Director,
and Francis Hodsell, Deputy Director, both of the Office of Management and
Budget.
Hearings continue tomorrow.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Labor and Human Resources: Committee ordered favorably reported
the following business items:
S. 1729, to require drug manufacturers to provide affordable prices for drugs
purchased by certain entities funded under the Public Health Service Act, with
an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
H.R. 2507, to authorize funds through fiscal year 1993 for the National
Institutes of Health and to revise and extend the programs of the National
Institutes of Health, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute; and
The nomination of G.O. Griffith Jr., of Mississippi, to be Assistant Secretary
of Education for Intergovernmental and Interagency Affairs.
COMMITTEE ORGANIZATION/INDIAN GAMING REGULATION
Select Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee held an organizational meeting
and adopted its rules of procedure and agenda for the second session of the
102d Congress.
Also, committee held oversight hearings on the implementation of the Indian
Gaming Regulatory Act (P.L. 100-497), focusing on the regulation and
enforcement of gaming activities on Indian lands, receiving testimony from
Senator Bryan; Eddie F. Brown, Assistant Secretary of the Interior for Indian
Affairs; Paul L. Maloney, Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Criminal
Division, and Linda Akers, U.S. Attorney (Phoenix, Arizona), on behalf of the
Subcommittee of Attorney General's Committee of U.S. Attorneys, both of the
Department of Justice; Anthony J. Hope, Jana McKeag and Joel M. Frank, Sr.,
all of Washington, D.C., and Billy Cypress, Miccosukee Indian Tribe, Miami,
Florida, all on behalf of the National Indian Gaming Commission, Washington,
D.C.; Frank Miller, Washington State Gambling Commission, Olympia; Anthony R.
Pico, Viejas Band of the Kumeyaay Indians, Alpine, California, and Jerome
Levine, Los Angeles, California, both on behalf of the California Nevada
Indian Gaming Association; Myron Ellis, Minnesota Indian Gaming Association,
Cass Lake; and David J. Qualls, Oklahoma Indian Gaming Association, Shawnee.
Hearings were recessed subject to call.
Joint Meetings
ORGANIZATIONAL MEETING
Joint Committee on Taxation: Committee held an organizational meeting and
elected Senator Bentsen as Chairman and Representative Rostenkowski as Vice
Chairman for the second session of the 102d Congress.
Committee recessed subject to call.
PEACE IN YUGOSLAVIA
Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe (Helsinki Commission):
Commission held hearings to examine the prospects for peace and human rights
developments in the Yugoslav republics, receiving testimony from Dirk Jan van
Houten, Brussels, Belgium, former head of the European Community Monitoring
Mission to Yugoslavia; and Jeri Laber, Helsinki Watch, New York, New York.
Commission recessed subject to call.
1992/02/06
Daily Digest - Thursday, February 6, 1992; pages D79 - D86 (Bd vol. D37 - D42)
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
APPROPRIATIONS--LEGISLATIVE BRANCH
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on the Legislative Branch held
hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1993 for the Legislative
Branch, receiving testimony in behalf of funds for their respective activities
from George M. White, Architect of the Capitol; Robert W. Houk, Public
Printer, Government Printing Office; and Robert K. Langley, Acting Chief of
Capitol Police, Martha S. Pope, Senate Sergeant at Arms, Jack Russ, House
Sergeant at Arms, and George M. White (listed above), all on behalf of the
Capitol Police Board.
Subcommittee will meet again tomorrow
RUSSIAN FEDERATION
Committee on Armed Services: Committee held hearings on military conversion in
the Russian Federation, receiving testimony from Anatoly N. Fomichev, General
Director, Red October Machine-Building Corporation, Oleg I. Gapanovich,
Chairman, St. Petersburg Committee on Military Conversion, Vitaly G. Kuzmin,
Member of Russian Parliament, Member of Industry and Economics Committee of
Russian Parliament, Vladimir V. Silonov, Deputy Chief Engineer, "Temp"
Construction Bureau (Moscow), Vladimir Uskov, Chairman, Scientific-Technical
Council, "Lemma" Mathematics and Mechanics Center, St. Petersburg; and
Aleksandr V. Zakharov, General Director, Kalinin Production Association, all
of Moscow.
Hearings were recessed subject to call.
FINANCIAL INSTITUTION FRAUD
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on Consumer and
Regulatory Affairs held hearings to examine the Federal Government's efforts
to combat fraud and abuse in financial institutions, receiving testimony from
Harold A. Valentine, Associate Director, General Government Programs, and
Edward Stephenson, Assistant Director, both of the General Accounting Office;
Ira Raphaelson, Special Counsel for Financial Institution Fraud, Office of the
Deputy Attorney General, Department of Justice; and Kitty Calavita and Henry
N. Pontell, both of the University of California, Irvine.
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Hearings were recessed subject to call.
1993 BUDGET
Committee on the Budget: Committee continued hearings in preparation for
reporting the first concurrent resolution for the fiscal year 1993 budget,
focusing on the President's economic proposals, receiving testimony from
Nicholas F. Brady, Secretary of the Treasury.
Hearings were recessed subject to call.
NOMINATION
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded
hearings on the nomination of Barbara Hackman Franklin, of Pennsylvania, to be
Secretary of Commerce, after the nominee, who was introduced by Senators
Specter, Dodd, Lieberman, and Lautenberg, testified and answered questions in
her own behalf.
HAWAIIAN HOMES COMMISSION ACT
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded oversight
hearings to examine the nature and intent of the Federal Government and the
State of Hawaii responsibility under the Hawaiian Homes Commission Act, 1920,
as amended, after receiving testimony from Representatives Mink and
Abercrombie; Timothy W. Glidden, Counselor to the Secretary of the Interior;
Roger B. Clegg, Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Environment and Natural
Resources Division, Department of Justice; Hawaii Governor John Waihee, Hawaii
Attorney General Warren Price, III, Hoaliku L. Drake, Hawaii Department of
Hawaiian Home Lands, and Alan T. Murakami, Native Hawaiian Legal Corporation,
all of Honolulu; Kamaki Kanahele, Hawaii State Council of Hawaiian Homestead
Associations, Waianae, Hawaii; Ann Kukakina Nathaniel, Federal State Task
Force on the Hawaiian Homes Commission Act, Hilo, Hawaii; and Charles K.
Maxwell, Sr., Hawaii Advisory Committee to the U.S. Commission on Civil
Rights, Pukalani.
NOMINATION
Committee on Finance: Committee ordered favorably reported the nomination of
Kevin E. Moley, of Louisiana, to be Deputy Secretary of Health and Human
Services.
Prior to this action, the committee concluded hearings on the nomination of
Mr. Moley, after the nominee testified and answered questions in his own
behalf.
COMPETITIVENESS AND LONG-TERM TAX POLICY
Committee on Finance: Subcommittee on Taxation held hearings to examine the
United States tax system's long-term effect on the cost of capital and the
international competitiveness of U.S. business, receiving testimony from
Martin Feldstein, National Bureau of Economic Research, Cambridge,
Massachusetts; John B. Shoven, Stanford University, Stanford, California;
Charles A. Corry, USX Corporation, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; George N.
Hatsopoulos, Thermo Electron Corporation, Waltham, Massachusetts; Winston H.
Chen, Solectron Corporation, San Jose, California; and Edward R. McCracken,
Silicon Graphics, Inc., Mountain View, California.
Hearings were recessed subject to call.
SOVIET NUCLEAR WEAPONS
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded hearings to examine United
States efforts to assist certain former Soviet Republics in dismantling their
nuclear and chemical weapons and preventing their proliferation, after
receiving testimony from Reginald Bartholomew, Under Secretary of State for
International Security Affairs.
NORTH KOREAN NUCLEAR PROLIFERATION
Committee on Foreign Relations: Subcommittee on East Asian and Pacific Affairs
concluded hearings to examine certain reports of North Korean development of
weapons of mass destruction and United States efforts to end the threat of
nuclear proliferation on the Korean Peninsula, after receiving testimony from
Arnold Kanter, Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs.
FEDERAL MANAGEMENT PRACTICES
Committee on Governmental Affairs: Committee continued hearings to examine the
effectiveness and efficiency of Federal management practices, focusing on the
President's fiscal year 1993 budget and its impact on Federal management and
the Nation's economy, receiving testimony from Charles A. Bowsher, Comptroller
General, Lawrence H. Thompson, Assistant Comptroller General, Human Resources
Division, and Frank Conahan, Assistant Comptroller General for National
Security and International Affairs, all of the General Accounting Office.
Hearings were recessed subject to call.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee ordered favorably reported the following
business items:
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Ronald M. Whyte, to be United States District Judge for the Northern District
of California, Jon P. McCalla, to be United States District Judge for the
Western District of Tennessee, Julie E. Carnes, to be United States District
Judge for the Northern District of Georgia, Nancy G. Edmunds, to be United
States District Judge for the Eastern District of Michigan, David W. McKeague,
to be United States District Judge for the Western District of Michigan,
Philip G. Reinhard, to be United States District Judge for the Northern
District of Illinois, Sandra S. Beckwith, to be United States District Judge
for the Southern District of Ohio, Steven D. Merryday, to be United States
District Judge for the Middle District of Florida, Frederick J. Scullin, Jr.,
to be United States District Judge for the Northern District of New York, and
K. Michael Moore, to be United States District Judge for the Southern District
of Florida;
S. 826, to establish a specialized corps of judges necessary for certain
Federal proceedings required to be conducted;
S. 758, to clarify that States, instrumentalities of States, and officers and
employees of States acting in their official capacity, are subject to suit in
Federal court by any person for infringement of patents and plant variety
protections, and that all the remedies can be obtained in such suit that can
be obtained in a suit against a private entity;
S. 759, to amend certain trademark laws to clarify that States,
instrumentalities of States, and officers and employees of States acting in
their official capacity, are subject to suit in Federal court by any person
for infringement of trademarks, and that all the remedies can be obtained in
such suit that can be obtained in a suit against a private entity; and
S. 580, to amend title 11 of the United States Code to exclude from the estate
of the debtor certain interests in liquid and gaseous hydrocarbons.
Joint Meetings
PRESIDENT'S ECONOMIC REPORT
Joint Economic Committee: Committee held hearings to examine the 1992 economic
report of the President, receiving testimony from Michael Boskin, Chairman,
Council of Economic Advisers.
Hearings continue on Wednesday, February 12.
1992/02/07
Daily Digest - Friday, February 7, 1992; pages D87 - D90 (Bd vol. D42 - D44)
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
APPROPRIATIONS--LEGISLATIVE BRANCH
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on the Legislative Branch concluded
hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1993 for the Legislative
Branch, after receiving testimony in behalf of funds for their respective
activities from Martha Pope, Senate Sergeant at Arms; James H. Billington,
Librarian of Congress; and Charles A. Bowsher, Comptroller General of the
United States, General Accounting Office.
NOMINATION
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded
hearings on the nomination of Andrew H. Card, Jr., of Massachusetts, to be
Secretary of Transportation, after the nominee, who was introduced by Senators
Kennedy and Kerry, testified and answered questions in his own behalf.
Joint Meetings
EMPLOYMENT/UNEMPLOYMENT
Joint Economic Committee: Committee held hearings on the
employment-unemployment situation for January, receiving testimony from
William Barron, Acting Commissioner, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Department of
Labor.
Committee recessed subject to call.
1992/02/11
Daily Digest - Tuesday, February 11, 1992; pages D92 - D94 (Bd vol. D44 - D45)
Committee Meetings
No committee meetings were held.
No Joint hearings noted.
1992/02/14
Daily Digest - Friday, February 14, 1992; pages D96 - D102 (Bd vol. D45 -
D46)
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
ECONOMIC GROWTH
Committee on Finance: On Thursday, February 13, committee continued hearings
to examine the President's budget proposals and their impact on the economy,
receiving testimony from Francis M. Bator, Ford Foundation, Cambridge,
Massachusetts; Larry Chimerine, DRI/McGraw-Hill, Wayne, Pennsylvania; Lawrence
A. Kudlow, Bear Stearns, New York, New York; John J. Motley, III, National
Federation of Independent Business, Eugene L. Ames, Jr., Independent Petroleum
Association of America, Dorcas T. Helfant, National Association of Realtors,
and Steven A. Wechsler, National Realty Committee, all of Washington, D.C.;
Robert G. Gilbertson, American Electronics Association, Shelton, Connecticut;
Robert Cizik, Cooper Industries, Inc., Houston, Texas, on behalf of the
National Association of Manufacturers; William L. Fisher, University of Texas,
Austin; and Thomas M. Bloch, H&R Bloch, Inc., Kansas City, Missouri.
Also, on Wednesday, February 12, committee began hearings to examine the
President's budget proposals and their impact on the economy, receiving
testimony from Nicholas F. Brady, Secretary of the Treasury; Richard G.
Darman, Director, Office of Management and Budget; and Michael J. Boskin,
Chairman, Council of Economic Advisers.
Hearings continue on Tuesday, February 18.
Joint Meetings
PRESIDENT'S ECONOMIC REPORT
Joint Economic Committee: On Wednesday, February 12, committee resumed
hearings to examine the 1992 economic report of the President and the Nation's
economic outlook, receiving testimony from Robert Gordon, Northwestern
University, Evanston, Illinois; Lawrence Hunter, U.S. Chamber of Commerce,
Washington, D.C.; and Paul Krugman, Massachusetts Institute of Technology,
Cambridge.
Committee recessed subject to call.
1992/02/18
Daily Digest - Tuesday, February 18, 1992; pages D104 - D112 (Bd vol. D46 -
D51)
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
1993 BUDGET
Committee on Appropriations: Committee began hearings on proposed budget
estimates for fiscal year 1993 for the Federal Government, focusing on the
state of the nation's economy, receiving testimony from Richard G. Darman,
Director, Office of Management and Budget; Michael J. Boskin, Chairman,
Council of Economic Advisors; and Robert D. Reischauer, Director,
Congressional Budget Office.
Hearings continue tomorrow.
INSURANCE COMPANY FAILURES
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee held hearings on
the causes and implications of insurance company failures, focusing on the
financial characteristics and regulation of four large insurance companies
recently taken over by State regulators, receiving testimony from Richard L.
Fogel, Assistant Comptroller General, General Government Programs, General
Accounting Office; John Garamendi, California Department of Insurance,
Sacramento; Martin D. Weiss, Weiss Research, Inc., West Palm Beach, Florida;
and Meredith Miller, AFL-CIO, and George K. Bernstein, both of Washington,
D.C.
Hearings were recessed subject to call.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee ordered
favorably reported the nominations of Barbara Hackman Franklin, of
Pennsylvania, to be Secretary of Commerce, Andrew H. Card Jr., of
Massachusetts, to be Secretary of Transportation, and routine lists of U.S.
Coast Guard nominations received in the Senate on January 22, 1992.
U.S. ECONOMIC GROWTH
Committee on Finance: Committee resumed hearings to examine the President's
budget proposals and their impact on the nation's economy, focusing on health
care, receiving testimony from Louis W. Sullivan, Secretary of Health and
Human Resources; Gary Stangler, Missouri Department of Social Services,
Jefferson City, on behalf of the American Public Welfare Association; Dennis
Crites, Norman, Oklahoma, on behalf of the American Association of Retired
Persons; Larry Mathis, The Methodist Hospital System, Houston, Texas, on
behalf of the American Hospital Association; Joe Liu, Children's Defense Fund,
and Hope S. Foster, American Clinical Laboratory Association, both of
Washington, D.C.; G.W.N. Eggers, Jr., American Society of Anesthesiology,
Columbia, Missouri; Scott Gray, American Association of Nurse Anesthetists,
Hoquiam, Washington; and Corrine Parver, Alexandria, Virginia, and Rick
Doherty, Comprehensive Home Health Company, Avon, Massachusetts, both on
behalf of the National Association of Medical Equipment Suppliers.
Hearings continue tomorrow.
ENERGY CONSERVATION DEVELOPMENT
Committee on Governmental Affairs: Committee held hearings to examine certain
"state of the art" technologies to improve the nation's energy efficiency and
conservation, and how the Federal Government can promote these products,
receiving testimony from Steven E. Plotkin, Senior Associate, Energy and
Materials Program, Office of Technology Assessment; Arthur H. Rosenfeld,
Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, Berkeley, California; Bill W. Marshall, Sandia
National Laboratory, Albuquerque, New Mexico; S. David Freeman, Sacramento
Municipal Utility District, Sacramento, California; Peter F. Gerhardinger,
Libbey-Owens-Ford Co, Toledo, Ohio; Douglas A. Decker, Johnson Controls, Inc.,
Milwaukee, Wisconsin; Donald R. Glenn, Energy Research Corporation, Danbury,
Connecticut; J. William Currie, Battelle, Pacific Northwest Laboratories,
Richland, Washington; Roberta Nichols, Advanced Battery Consortium, Detroit,
Michigan; and Thomas H. McGuinness, Los Angeles Department of Water and Power,
Los Angeles, California.
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Hearings were recessed subject to call.
ASBESTOS LITIGATION
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Courts and Administrative Practice
held oversight hearings to examine certain problems involving the management
of asbestos-related products liability suits pending in the Federal district
courts, receiving testimony from Chief Judge Robert M. Parker, United States
District Court for the Eastern District of Texas; Judge Joseph F. Anderson,
Jr., United States District Court for the District of South Carolina; Judge
Charles R. Wolle, United States District Court for the Southern District of
Iowa; Judge Sandra Moss, Court of Common Pleas for the City of Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania; and Deborah R. Hensler, Santa Monica, California.
Hearings were recessed subject to call.
INTELLIGENCE
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee held closed hearings on
intelligence matters, receiving testimony from officials of the intelligence
community.
Committee will meet again on Thursday, February 20.
No Joint hearings noted.
1992/02/19
Daily Digest- Wednesday, February 19, 1992; pages D113 - D122 (Bd vol. D51 -
D57)
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
1993 BUDGET
Committee on Appropriations: Committee continued hearings on proposed budget
estimates for fiscal year 1993 for the Federal Government, focusing on defense
programs, receiving testimony from Senators Levin and Glenn; Frank C. Conahan,
Assistant Comptroller General, General Accounting Office; William E. Colby,
former Director of Central Intelligence; and John D. Steinbruner, William W.
Kaufmann, and Lawrence J. Korb, all of the Brookings Institution, Washington,
D.C.
Hearings continue tomorrow.
DEFENSE BUDGET
Committee on Armed Services: Committee on Armed Services concluded hearings on
U.S. defense spending practices and their implications for the economic and
budget outlook, focusing on defense spending cuts, after receiving testimony
from Robert D. Reischauer, Director, Congressional Budget Office.
MILITARY INSTALLATION SCHOOL DISTRICTS
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Readiness, Sustainability and
Support held hearings on S. 2066, to provide financial assistance to local
educational agencies administering public school districts where military
installations are located, receiving testimony from John L. Stremple,
Director, Department of Defense Schools, and Hector Nevarez, Superintendent,
Stateside Dependent Schools, both of the Department of Defense; John
Forkenbrock, National Association of Federally Impacted Schools, Washington,
D.C.; John F. Deegan, Military Impacted Schools Association, Bellevue,
Nebraska; Joe D. Reich, Highwood-Highland Parks School District Board of
Education, Highland Park, Illinois; John O. Simpson, North Chicago Public
Schools, Chicago, Illinois; and Tom Burnham, Biloxi Public Schools, Biloxi,
Mississippi.
Hearings were recessed subject to call.
NOMINATION
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded hearings
on the nomination of J. Carter Beese, Jr., of Maryland, to be a Member of the
Securities and Exchange Commission, after the nominee, who was introduced by
Senator Mikulski, testified and answered questions in his own behalf.
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PUBLIC LANDS AND NATIONAL PARKS
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Subcommittee on Public Lands,
National Parks and Forests concluded hearings on S. 780, S. 1105, and H.R.
1592, bills to increase the size of the Big Thicket National Preserve in the
State of Texas, S. 801 and H.R. 479, bills to designate the California
National Historic Trail and Pony Express National Historic Trail as components
of the National Trails System, S. 1064, to establish the Dayton Aviation
Heritage National Historical Park in Dayton, Ohio, S. 1360 and H.R. 1642,
bills to establish the Palo Alto Battlefield National Historic Site in the
State of Texas, S. 1811, to authorize the additional use of land for a fire
station in the City of Pittsburg, California, S. 1919 and H.R. 1216, bills to
modify the boundaries of the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore in the State of
Indiana, S.J. Res. 219, to authorize the location of a proposed memorial to
George Mason in Area I of the District of Columbia or its environs, and H.R.
2896, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to revise the boundaries of
the Minute Man National Historical Park in the State of Massachusetts, after
receiving testimony from Denis P. Galvin, Associate Director for Planning and
Development, National Park Service, Department of the Interior. Testimony was
also received on S. 1064 (listed above) from Judge Walter H. Rice, U.S.
District Court, Dayton, Ohio, on behalf of The 2003 Fund Committee; and on S.
1360 (listed above) from Ygnacio D. Garza, Texas Parks and Wildlife
Commission, Brownsville.
TRANSPORTATION VIEWS
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee concluded hearings to
discuss the committee's jurisdiction of certain transportation related issues,
after receiving testimony from Andrew H. Card, Jr., Secretary of
Transportation-designate.
U.S. ECONOMIC GROWTH
Committee on Finance: Committee concluded hearings to examine the President's
budget proposals, focusing on proposed tax incentives to promote economic
development, including S. 267, to prohibit a State from imposing an income tax
on the pension or retirement income of individuals who are not residents or
domiciliaries of that State, S. 693, to allow individuals who are
involuntarily unemployed to withdraw funds from individual retirement accounts
and other qualified retirement plans without incurring a tax penalty, S. 1398,
to provide for certain exceptions from certain rules for determining
contributions in aid of construction, S. 1932, to provide a capital gains tax
differential for individual and corporate taxpayers who make high-risk,
long-term, growth-oriented venture and seed capital investments in start-up
and other small enterprises, and S. 2220, to make the targeted jobs tax credit
available for a 1-year period to employers who hire long-term unemployed
individuals, after receiving testimony from Senators Nickles, Boren, Reid,
Lautenberg, Bumpers, and Robb; Richard A. Zartler, Grace Drilling Company,
Dallas, Texas; and Marshall Plummer, Navajo Nation, Window Rock, Arizona.
ALTERNATIVE MINIMUM TAX
Committee on Finance: Subcommittee on Taxation held hearings to examine the
economic effects of the corporate alternative minimum tax provisions of the
Tax Reform Act of 1986 which were designed to assure that all profitable
corporations pay a reasonable amount in Federal income tax, receiving
testimony from Senator Nickles; Craig G. Goodman, The Woodlands, Texas, former
Director of the Office of Energy Tax Policy; Andrew B. Lyon, University of
Maryland, College Park; Robert S. McIntyre, Citizens for Tax Justice,
Washington, D.C.; Michael J. Durham, American Airlines, Inc., Fort Worth,
Texas; Joseph W. O'Toole, Phillips Petroleum Company, Bartlesville, Oklahoma;
David H. Hoag, The LTV Corporation, Cleveland, Ohio; and L.C. Heist, Champion
International Corporation, Stamford, Connecticut.
Hearings were recessed subject to call.
STRATEGIC NUCLEAR REDUCTION
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee held hearings on issues relating to
strategic nuclear reduction in a post-cold war world, focusing on changes in
Eastern Europe, receiving testimony from James H. Billington, Librarian, and
John Hardt, Associate Director, Senior Specialist in Soviet Economics,
Congressional Research Service, both of the Library of Congress; and Murray
Feshbach, Georgetown University, Washington, D.C.
Hearings continue on Tuesday, February 25.
REGULATORY RESPONSE TO BCCI
Committee on Foreign Relations: Subcommittee on Terrorism, Narcotics and
International Operations concluded hearings to review the Federal regulatory
response to the Bank of Credit and Commerce International (BCCI) situation,
after receiving testimony from Joseph Vaez, Senior Examiner, Office of the
Comptroller of the Currency, Department of the Treasury; Douglas P.
Mulholland, Assistant Secretary of State for Intelligence and Research, and
former Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Intelligence; and Robert Bench,
Price Waterhouse, Washington, D.C., former Deputy Comptroller for
International Banking and Finance.
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AIR FORCE FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
Committee on Governmental Affairs: Committee held hearings to examine
financial management practices at the Air Force and the Department of Defense,
focusing on a General Accounting Office financial audit of the Air Force,
receiving testimony from Charles A. Bowsher, Comptroller General of the United
States, Donald Chapin, Assistant Comptroller General, Accounting and Financial
Management Division, David Connor, Director, Defense Financial Audits, and
Donna Helvilin, Director, Logistics Issues, all of the General Accounting
Office; and Michael B. Donley, Assistant Secretary of the Air Force (Financial
Management and Comptroller), Clyde E. Jeffcoat, Director, Defense Finance and
Accounting Service (Denver Center), Sean O'Keefe, Comptroller and Chief
Financial Officer, and Alvin Tucker, Deputy Comptroller for Management
Systems, all of the Department of Defense.
Hearings were recessed subject to call.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded hearings on the nominations of
Karen J. Williams, of South Carolina, to be United States Circuit Judge for
the Fourth Circuit, Mary Little Parell, to be United States District Judge for
the District of New Jersey, Garland E. Burrell Jr., to be United States
District Judge for the Eastern District of California, Roderick R. McKelvie,
to be United States District Judge for the District of Delaware, and William
B. Traxler Jr., to be United States District Judge for the District of South
Carolina, after the nominees testified and answered questions in their own
behalf. Ms. Williams was introduced by Senators Thurmond and Hollings, Ms.
Parell was introduced by Senators Bradley and Lautenberg, Mr. Burrell was
introduced by Senator Seymour, Mr. McKelvie was introduced by Senators Biden
and Roth, and Mr. Traxler was introduced by Senators Thurmond and Hollings and
Representative Patterson.
No Joint hearings noted.
1992/02/20
Daily Digest - Thursday, February 20, 1992; pages D124 - D132 (Bd vol. D57 -
D63)
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
1993 BUDGET
Committee on Appropriations: Committee continued hearings on proposed budget
estimates for fiscal year 1993 for the Federal Government, focusing on the
state of the Nation's economy, receiving testimony from Robert Reich, Harvard
University, Cambridge, Massachusetts; Robert Hormats, Goldman, Sachs and Co.,
New York, New York; and Jeff Faux, Economic Policy Institute, Herbert Stein,
American Enterprise Institute, and Charles L. Schultze, Brookings Institution,
all of Washington, D.C.
Committee recessed subject to call.
NOMINATION
Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded hearings on the nomination of
Adm. David E. Jeremiah, U.S. Navy, to be Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of
Staff, after the nominee testified and answered questions in his own behalf.
INVESTMENT ADVISERS
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on Securities
concluded hearings on proposals to strengthen the Securities and Exchange
Commission's oversight of the investment advisory industry to insure investor
protection and efficient securities markets, after receiving testimony from
Richard C. Breeden, Chairman, Securities and Exchange Commission; Lewis W.
Brothers, Jr., North American Securities Administrators Association, Inc., and
Matthew P. Fink, Investment Company Institute, both of Washington, D.C.; David
S. Lee, Scudder, Stevens & Clark, Inc., Boston, Massachusetts, on behalf of
the Investment Counsel Association of America; Elizabeth Faitella, Unionville,
Connecticut; Tom Rush, Columbia, Maryland; and Arthur Shapiro, Miami Beach,
Florida.
HEALTH INSURANCE REFORM
Committee on Finance: Committee held hearings on S. 1872, to improve the
availability and affordability of health insurance to small businesses, and to
establish a Health Care Cost Commission to design strategies to reduce health
care costs, receiving testimony from Senator Bond; North Dakota Commissioner
of Insurance Earl R. Pomeroy, Bismarck, and Gary Claxton, Washington, D.C.,
both on behalf of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners; Kay
Johnson, March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation, Judith Waxman, Families USA,
Bryant L. Welch, American Psychological Association, John J. Motley III,
National Federation of Independent Business, Mark Gorman, National Restaurant
Association, on behalf of the Healthcare Equity Action League, all of
Washington, D.C.; Mildred McCauley, Myrtle Creek, Oregon, on behalf of the
American Association of Retired Persons; Robert LeMond, Texas Society of
Architects Insurance Trust, Fort Worth, on behalf of the American Institute of
Architects; Ree Sailors, Florida Health Access Corporation, Tallahassee; Bruce
Butler, The Travelers Companies, Hartford, Connecticut; and Richard M.
Niemiec, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota, St. Paul, on behalf of the
Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association.
Hearings were recessed subject to call.
CHINESE PROLIFERATION
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee met in closed session to receive a
briefing on Chinese proliferation activities from officials of the
intelligence community.
Committee recessed subject to call.
ANDEAN DRUG INITIATIVE
Committee on Foreign Relations: Subcommittee on Terrorism, Narcotics and
International Operations concluded hearings to examine Federal efforts to
counter the threat to United States interests and U.S. allies from the illegal
trade in narcotics, focusing on the Administration's counterdrug operation
strategy within the Andean Ridge, which includes U.S. military, law
enforcement, and economic aid in Bolivia, Colombia, and Peru, after receiving
testimony from Bernard W. Aronson, Assistant Secretary for Inter-American
Affairs, Melvyn Levitsky, Assistant Secretary for International Narcotics
Matters, and Sherman L. Funk, Inspector General, all of the Department of
State; Gen. George A. Joulwan, USA, Commander-in-Chief, United States Southern
Command; and Joseph E. Kelley, Director for Security and International
Relations Issues, National Security and International Affairs Division,
General Accounting Office.
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IMPACT OF DOD BASE CLOSINGS
Committee on Governmental Affairs: Subcommittee on Federal Services, Post
Office, and Civil Service held hearings to examine the adequacy of Department
of Defense (DOD) programs for civilian employees and local communities
affected by the DOD base closing and realignment program, receiving testimony
from Senators Mitchell, Bumpers, Cohen, Levin, Pryor, and Stevens; Constance
Berry Newman, Director, and Leonard R. Klein, Associate Director, Career Entry
Group, both of the Office of Personnel Management; Christopher Jehn, Assistant
Secretary for Force Management and Personnel, and Robert M. Rauner, Director,
Office of Economic Adjustment, both of the Department of Defense; James Van
Erden, Administrator, Office of Work-Based Learning, Employment and Training
Administration, Department of Labor; Steven R. Brennen, Acting Deputy
Assistant Secretary for Program Operations, Economic Development
Administration, Department of Commerce; Mary Brennan Lukens, Associate Deputy
Administrator for Business Development, Small Business Administration; Paul W.
Johnson, Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army for Installations and Housing;
Paul Galis, Director, Office of Airport Planning and Programming, Federal
Aviation Administration, Department of Transportation; Bruce L. Moyer,
Washington, D.C., and Frank McClafferty, Philadelphia Naval Shipyard,
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, both on behalf of the Federal Managers
Association; Julia Akins Clark, Silver Spring, Maryland, and Kathy Levesque,
Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Portsmouth, New Hampshire, both on behalf of the
International Federation of Professional and Technical Engineers; and Jimmy R.
Whitman, American Federation of Government Employees, AFL-CIO, and Sheilah
Velazco, National Federation of Federal Employees, both of Washington, D.C.
Hearings were recessed subject to call.
MALNUTRITION IN THE ELDERLY
Committee on Labor and Human Resources: Subcommittee on Aging concluded
hearings to examine the nutritional status of older Americans, focusing on
nutrition screening services, after receiving testimony from Nancy Wellman,
Florida International University, Miami, on behalf of the American Dietetic
Association; Gerald Keller, Mandeville, Louisiana, on behalf of the American
Academy of Family Physicians; Barbara Millen Posner, Boston University Schools
of Public Health and Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts; Paul Kerschner, National
Council on the Aging, Inc., Washington, D.C.; Bill Moyer, Senior Services of
Seattle/King County, Seattle, Washington; John Wren, Mahoning County Nutrition
Programs for the Elderly, Inc., Youngstown, Ohio, on behalf of the National
Association of Nutrition and Aging Services Programs; Kathleen Cope, Sacred
Heart Medical Center, Spokane, Washington, on behalf of the American
Association of Critical Care Nurses; and Elaine White, Lutheran Social Service
of Minnesota, Moorehead.
INTELLIGENCE REORGANIZATION
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee held hearings on S. 2198, to
reorganize the United States intelligence community to provide for the
improved management and execution of United States intelligence activities,
receiving testimony from James R. Schlesinger, Washington, D.C., former
Director of Central Intelligence, former Secretary of Defense, and former
Secretary of Energy; and Lt. Gen. William E. Odom, USA (Ret.), Hudson
Institute, Alexandria, Virginia, former Director, National Security Agency.
Hearings were recessed subject to call.
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No Joint hearings noted.
1992/02/21
Daily Digest - Friday, February 21, 1992; pages D133 - D140 (Bd vol. D63 -
D65)
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
SOVIET SPACE ASSETS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on VA, HUD, and Independent Agencies
concluded hearings to examine the acquisition of civilian space hardware and
technology from the former Soviet Union and prospects for increased civil
space cooperation between the United States and the Commonwealth of
Independent States, after receiving testimony from Richard H. Truly,
Administrator, National Aeronautics and Space Administration; John P. Boright,
Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Oceans and International Environmental
and Scientific Affairs; Roald Z. Sagdeev, University of Maryland, College
Park; and Yuri P. Semenov, General Director, General Designer, Valery V.
Rumin, Deputy General Designer, Alexander G. Derechin, Head of Department for
Economic Relations, and Boris P. Artemov, Head of Department for International
Experiments, all of NPO Energia, Republic of Russia.
APPROPRIATIONS--ALCOHOL, TOBACCO, FIREARMS/LAW ENFORCEMENT
TRAINING CENTER
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Treasury, Postal Service and
General Government held hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year
1993 for the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms and the Federal Law
Enforcement Training Center of the Department of the Treasury, receiving
testimony from Nancy L. Worthington, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Law
Enforcement, David M. Nummy, Assistant Secretary for Management, Stephen E.
Higgins, Director, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, and R.J. Miller,
Deputy Director, Federal Law Enforcement Training Center, all of the
Department of the Treasury.
Subcommittee will meet again on Monday, February 24.
TAXPAYER RIGHTS
Committee on Finance: Subcommittee on Private Retirement Plans and Oversight
of the Internal Revenue Service held hearings on S. 2239, to provide
additional safeguards to protect taxpayer rights, focusing on the fairness in
the collection of taxes provisions of the Taxpayer Bill of Rights of 1987,
receiving testimony from Senators Reid and Fowler; Representative Livingston;
Fred T. Goldberg, Jr., Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Tax Policy;
Shirley D. Peterson, Commissioner, David Blattner, Chief Operations Officer,
and Michael Dolan, Deputy Commissioner, all of the Internal Revenue Service,
Department of the Treasury; Larry Coble, Trophy Arts, Fort Worth, Texas, and
Jeff Trinca, Washington, D.C., both on behalf of the National Association of
Private Enterprise; Charlie Jones and Laurie Conner, both of TAX 1, Atlanta,
Georgia; and Harvey J. Shulman, National Association of Computer Consultant
Businesses, Washington, D.C.
Hearings were recessed subject to call.
AIRLINE COMPETITION
Committee on Governmental Affairs: Ad Hoc Subcommittee on Consumer and
Environmental Affairs held hearings to examine closings and mergers in the
airline industry, and their impact on prices for air travel, receiving
testimony from Patrick V. Murphy, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Transportation
for Policy and International Affairs; Mark C. Schechter, Section Chief,
Transportation, Energy and Agriculture Section, Antitrust Division, Department
of Justice; John H. Anderson, Jr., Associate Director, Resources, Community,
and Economic Development Division, and John V. Wells and Frank P. Mulvey, both
Assistant Directors, all of Transportation Issues, General Accounting Office;
Edward R. Beauvais, America West Airlines, Inc., Phoenix, Arizona; and Cornish
F. Hitchcock, Aviation Consumer Action Project, Richard D. Mathias, Zuckert,
Scoutt & Rasenberger, and Paul Schoellhamer, all of Washington, D.C.
Hearings were recessed subject to call.
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No Joint hearings noted.
1992/02/24
Daily Digest - Monday, February 24, 1992; pages D141 - D144 (Bd vol. D65)
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
BANK OF AMERICA AND SECURITY PACIFIC MERGER
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Treasury, Postal Service, General
Government held hearings on issues relating to the proposed merger between the
Bank of America and Security Pacific, receiving testimony from Senator Adams;
Stephen R. Steinbrink, Senior Deputy Comptroller, Bank Supervisory Operations,
Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, Department of the Treasury; Edward
C. Ettin, Deputy Director, Research and Statistics Division, Board of
Governors of the Federal Reserve System; Constance Dunham, Urban Institute,
Chris Lewis, Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN),
and Beth Schulman, United Food and Commercial Workers Union, all of
Washington, DC; Tom Schlessinger, Southern Finance Project, Charlotte, North
Carolina; Phyliss Rowe, Arizona Consumers Council, Phoenix; and John O.
Wilson, Bank of America, and Joseph M. Alioto, both of San Francisco,
California.
Subcommittee recessed subject to call.
No Joint hearings noted.
1992/02/25
Daily Digest - Tuesday, February 25, 1992; pages D146 - D154 (Bd vol. D65 -
D71)
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
APPROPRIATIONS--AGRICULTURE
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Agriculture and Related Agencies
held hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1993 for the
Department of Agriculture, receiving testimony from Edward R. Madigan,
Secretary of Agriculture.
Subcommittee will meet again Tuesday, March 3.
APPROPRIATIONS--THE JUDICIARY
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State, and the
Judiciary held hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1993 for
the Judiciary, receiving testimony from Judge Richard S. Arnold, Eighth
Circuit, Court of Appeals; and Judge John M. Roper, Magistrate, U.S. District
Court of the Southern District of Mississippi.
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Subcommittee will meet again on Thursday, March 5.
APPROPRIATIONS--DEFENSE
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense held hearings on proposed
budget estimates for fiscal year 1993 for the Department of Defense, receiving
testimony from Donald J. Atwood, Deputy Secretary of Defense; and Sean
O'Keefe, Comptroller and Chief Financial Officer, Department of Defense.
Subcommittee will meet again on Thursday, February 27.
APPROPRIATIONS--FOREIGN ASSISTANCE
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Foreign Operations held hearings
on proposed supplemental funds for fiscal year 1992 and proposed budget
estimates for fiscal year 1993 for foreign assistance programs, receiving
testimony from James A. Baker III, Secretary of State.
Subcommittee will meet again on Tuesday, March 3.
MONETARY POLICY
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded hearings
on the Federal Reserve's monetary policy report for 1992, after receiving
testimony from Alan Greenspan, Chairman, Board of Governors of the Federal
Reserve System.
GEOTHERMAL DEVELOPMENT MORATORIUM
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Subcommittee on Public Lands,
National Parks and Forests concluded joint hearings with the Subcommittee on
Mineral Resources Development and Production on H.R. 3359, to impose a
moratorium on subsurface geothermal development within a 15-mile radius of
Yellowstone National Park, including the Corwin Springs Known Geothermal
Resource Area in Montana and certain lands and waters not owned by the United
States until after the preparation of a study by the National Park Service on
the potential impact of such development, after receiving testimony from
Senator Baucus; Representative Williams; John M. Sayre, Assistant Secretary
for Water and Science, and Irving Friedman, Research Chemist, United States
Geological Survey (Denver, Colorado), both of the Department of the Interior;
Louisa L. Willcox, Greater Yellowstone Coalition, and Michael D. Scott,
Wilderness Society, both of Bozeman, Montana; Edward L. Francis, Church
Universal and Triumphant, Inc., Corwin Springs, Montana; and Thomas C.
Hinrichs, Magma Power Company, San Diego, California, on behalf of the
Geothermal Resources Association.
STRATEGIC NUCLEAR REDUCTION
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee resumed hearings to examine the
future of United States policy toward strategic nuclear weapons in the
post-cold war era, focusing on the role of the proposed Treaty with the Union
of Soviet Socialist Republics on the Reduction and Limitation of Strategic
Offensive Arms (The Start Treaty) (Treaty Doc. 102-20), receiving testimony
from Paul H. Nitze, Johns Hopkins University, Washington, D.C.; and Hans A.
Bethe, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York.
Hearings continue on Thursday, February 27.
NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT
Committee on Governmental Affairs: Committee held hearings on the impact of
nuclear disarmament on the Department of Energy (DOE), focusing on the DOE's
progress and plans for resolving safety issues, cleaning up environmental
contamination, and reconfiguring the nuclear weapons complex, receiving
testimony from Representative Tony Hall; Richard A. Claytor, Assistant
Secretary for Defense Programs, and William H. Young, Assistant Secretary for
Nuclear Energy, both of the Department of Energy; and John Ahearne, Sigma Xi,
Washington, D.C., and Harold W. Lewis, University of California, Santa
Barbara, both on behalf of the Department of Energy Advisory Committee on
Nuclear Facility Safety.
Hearings were recessed subject to call.
DIRECT STUDENT LOANS
Committee on Labor and Human Resources: Committee held hearings on S. 2255, to
establish a Federal direct student loan program to allow schools to borrow
money from the Federal Government to make loans to students to be repaid
through the Internal Revenue Service by increased withholding, and other
related proposals, receiving testimony from Senators Bradley, Simon, and
Durenberger; Michael S. Bigelow, Deputy Assistant Commissioner (Returns
Processing), Internal Revenue Service, Department of the Treasury; John
Silber, Boston University, and Barry Bluestone, University of Massachusetts,
both of Boston, Massachusetts; William J. Byron, The Catholic University of
America, Washington, D.C.; Phyllis K. Hooyman, Hope College, Holland,
Michigan; Roxie LaFever, University of Phoenix, Phoenix, Arizona; and Jerry S.
Davis, Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance Agency, Harrisburg.
Hearings were recessed subject to call.
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Joint Meetings
DISABLED AMERICAN VETERANS
Joint Hearings: Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs concluded joint hearings
with the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs on the legislative
recommendations of the Disabled American Veterans, after receiving testimony
from Cleveland Jordan, Disabled American Veterans, Washington, D.C.
1992/02/26
Daily Digest - Wednesday, February 26, 1992; pages D155 - D164 (Bd vol. D71 -
D77)
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
SUPPLEMENTAL TRANSPORTATION APPROPRIATIONS REINVESTMENT TO
UPGRADE
PRODUCTIVITY (START-UP) ACT
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Transportation concluded hearings
on S. 2169, making supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending
September 30, 1992 for programs that will provide near-term improvements in
the Nation's transportation infrastructure and long-term benefits to those
systems and to the productivity of the United States economy, after receiving
testimony from Mayor Thomas V. Barnes, Gary, Indiana, and Judith Burrell,
Washington, D.C., both on behalf of the United States Conference of Mayors;
Roger Brinner, DRI/McGraw-Hill, Lexington, Kentucky; Richard R. Mudge, Apogee
Research, Inc., Bethesda, Maryland; J. Bruce Putnam, Billings-Logan
International Airport, Billings, Montana, on behalf of the American
Association of Airport Executives; Robert Broadbent, McCarran International
Airport, Las Vegas, Nevada, on behalf of the Airports Association Council
International; and Robert A. Georgine, Building and Construction Trades
Department, AFL-CIO, Jack R. Gilstrap, American Public Transit, T. Peter
Ruane, American Road and Transportation Builders Association, and William W.
Hoover, Air Transport Association of America, all of Washington, D.C.
DEFENSE BUILDDOWN
Committee on Armed Services: Committee held hearings to examine the impact of
the defense builddown (decrease in defense spending) on the United States
industrial base, receiving testimony from Lt. Gen. Lawrence Skibbie
(USA-Ret.), American Defense Preparedness Association, Arlington, Virginia;
and Adm. James Hogg (USN-Ret.), National Security Industrial Association, and
Peter F. McCloskey, Electronic Industries Association, both of Washington,
D.C.
Committee will meet again tomorrow.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee ordered favorably
reported the nominations of Alan Greenspan, of New York, to be Chairman of the
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, Lawrence U. Costiglio, of
New York, Daniel F. Evans Jr., of Indiana, Marilyn R. Seymann, of Arizona, and
William C. Perkins, of Wisconsin, each to be a Director of the Federal Housing
Finance Board, J. Carter Beese Jr., of Maryland, to be a Member of the
Securities and Exchange Commission, and Frank G. Zarb, of New York, to be a
Director of the Securities Investor Protection Corporation.
THRIFT DEPOSITOR PROTECTION OVERSIGHT BOARD
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee held hearings on
the semi-annual review of the Thrift Depositor Protection Oversight Board,
which was established in November 1991 to review and modify the Resolution
Trust Corporation's major decisions, approve its budgets, and monitor its
overall performance, receiving testimony from Nicholas F. Brady, Secretary of
the Treasury and Chairman, Thrift Depositor Protection Oversight Board; Peter
Monroe, President, Thrift Depositor Protection Oversight Board; and Alan
Greenspan, Chairman, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, Albert
V. Casey, Chief Executive Officer, Resolution Trust Corporation, William
Taylor, Chairman, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, T. Timothy Ryan,
Director, Office of Thrift Supervision, Department of the Treasury, and Philip
Jackson, Birmingham-Southern College, Birmingham, Alabama, all Members, Thrift
Depositor Protection Oversight Board.
Committee recessed subject to call.
NASA's EARTH OBSERVING SYSTEM
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on Science,
Technology, and Space held hearings to examine the current status of NASA's
Earth Observing System program designed to conduct comprehensive long-term
measurements of the Earth's environmental systems, receiving testimony from
Lennard A. Fisk, Associate Administrator, Office of Space Science and
Applications, National Aeronautics and Space Administration; Samuel W. Bowlin,
Director, Defense and Security Information Systems Division, General
Accounting Office; Edward Frieman, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La
Jolla, California; Berrien Moore III, University of New Hampshire, Durham; and
D. James Baker, Joint Oceanographic Institutions, Inc., Washington, D.C.
Subcommittee will meet again on Tuesday, March 17.
AUTHORIZATION--AMTRAK
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on Surface
Transportation concluded hearings on proposed legislation authorizing funds
for the National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak), after receiving
testimony from Senator Nickles; Gilbert E. Carmichael, Administrator, Federal
Railroad Administration, Department of Transportation; W. Graham Claytor, Jr.,
President and Chairman, William F. Norman, Executive Vice President, and
Dennis F. Sullivan, Executive Vice President, Chief Operating Officer, all of
the National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak); and Robert J. Irvin,
American Train Dispatchers Association, Berwyn, Illinois, on behalf of the
Railway Labor Executives Association; and Ross Capon, National Association of
Railroad Passengers, Washington, D.C.
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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 1993, and agreed on
recommendations it will make thereon to the Committee on the Budget.
PROSPECTIVE ARMS SALE
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee met in closed session to receive a
briefing on the annual estimate and justification for possible arms sales for
1992 (Javits Report), from Richard A. Clarke, Assistant Secretary of State for
Politico-Military Affairs; and Glenn A. Rudd, Deputy Director, Defense
Security Assistance Agency, Department of Defense.
Committee recessed subject to call.
VOTING RIGHTS ACT LANGUAGE ASSISTANCE AMENDMENTS
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Constitution concluded hearings on
S. 2236, to revise the Voting Rights Act of 1965 to modify and extend the
bilingual language voting provisions of the Act for 15 years and to clarify
the coverage of American Indians living on Indian lands, after receiving
testimony from Representative Serrano; John R. Dunne, Assistant Attorney
General for Civil Rights, Department of Justice; Idaho Attorney General Larry
EchoHawk, Boise; Los Angeles County Supervisor Gloria Molina, Los Angeles,
California; Charles Pei Wang, Vice-Chairperson (New York, New York), U.S.
Commission on Civil Rights; Marshall Plummer, Navajo Nation, Window Rock,
Arizona; Henry Der, Chinese for Affirmative Action, San Francisco, California;
and George Tryfiates, English First, Springfield, Virginia.
SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION/ADMINISTRATIVE BUSINESS
Committee on Rules and Administration: Committee held hearings on S. 1598, to
authorize the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution to acquire land
for watershed protection at the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center, and
S. 1682, to authorize the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution to
acquire an Administrative Service Center, receiving testimony from Carmen
Turner, Under Secretary, Smithsonian Institution.
Also, committee met and approved certain pending administrative business.
BUSINESS MEETING
Select Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee ordered favorably reported the
following bills:
S. 1602, to ratify a compact between the Assinibone and Sioux Indian Tribes of
the Fort Peck Reservation and the State of Montana, with an amendment in the
nature of a substitute; and
S. 2245, to authorize funds for the implementation of the settlement agreement
reached between the Pueblo de Cochiti and the United States Army Corps of
Engineers under the authority of Public Law 100-202.
INDIAN PROGRAMS
Select Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee held oversight hearings on the
President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 1993 for Indian programs,
receiving testimony from Eddie F. Brown, Assistant Secretary for Indian
Affairs, Dave Matheson, Deputy Commissioner, Office of Indian Affairs, and
Ronal Eden, Director, Office of Tribal Services, and Linda Richardson,
Assistant Director of Financial Management, both of the Bureau of Indian
Affairs, all of the Department of the Interior; Joseph G. Schiff, Assistant
Secretary for Public and Indian Housing, and Dominic Nessi, Director, Indian
Housing, both of the Department of Housing and Urban Development; Francis
Harjo, National Commission on American Indian, Alaska Native and Native
Hawaiian Housing, George Nolan, National American Indian Housing Council, and
Ed Thomas, National Congress of American Indians, all of Washington, D.C.; and
Thomas N. Tremaine, Spokane Legal Services Center, Spokane, Washington.
Hearings continue tomorrow.
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No Joint hearings noted.
1992/02/27
Daily Digest - Thursday, February 27, 1992; pages D166 - D181 (Bd vol. D77 -
D85)
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
APPROPRIATIONS--DEFENSE
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense held closed hearings on
proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1993 for global defense programs,
receiving testimony from Gen. Colin Powell, Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff.
Subcommittee will meet again on Tuesday, March 3.
APPROPRIATIONS--INDEPENDENT AGENCIES
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on VA, HUD, and Independent Agencies
held hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1993, receiving
testimony in behalf of funds for their respective activities from Steve Dola,
Deputy for Management and Budget, Cemeterial Expenses, United States Army;
Robert W. Gambino, Director, Selective Service System; and Gen. Paul X.
Kelley, USMC (Ret.), Chairman, American Battle Monuments Commission.
Subcommittee will meet again on Thursday, March 5.
DEFENSE BUILDDOWN
Committee on Armed Services: Committee held hearings to examine the Department
of Defense management of the defense builddown (decrease in defense spending),
receiving testimony from Gen. Gordon R. Sullivan, USA, Chief of Army Staff;
Adm. Frank B. Kelso II, USN, Chief of Naval Operations; Gen. Carl E. Mundy,
Jr., USMC, Commandant of the Marine Corps; and Gen. Merrill A. McPeak, USAF,
Chief of Air Force Staff.
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Hearings were recessed subject to call.
GLOBAL WARMING
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee held hearings to
examine recent indicators of global warming over the last 10 to 100 years of
climate history, including climate variability and long-term global climate
change, receiving testimony from Jerry D. Mahlman, Director, Geophysical Fluid
Dynamics Laboratory (Princeton, New Jersey), National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration, Department of Commerce; Judith Lean, Naval Research
Laboratory, Department of the Navy; David Rind, NASA Goddard Institute for
Space Studies, New York, New York; Paul E. Damon, University of Arizona,
Tucson; Roseanne D'Arrigo and Gordon Jacoby, both of the Lamont-Doherty
Geological Observatory, Palisades, New York; Henry N. Pollack, University of
Michigan, Ann Arbor; and Lonnie Thompson, Ohio State University, Columbus.
Hearings were recessed subject to call.
CLEAN VESSEL ACT
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee held hearings in
conjunction with the National Ocean Policy Study on H.R. 1297, to direct
coastal States to survey the adequacy and availability of pumpout stations for
marine sanitation devices and facilities to receive waste from portable
toilets of recreation vessels, receiving testimony from Representative Walter
Jones; Conley Moffett, Deputy Assistant Director, Fish and Wildlife
Enhancement, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of the Interior; Craig
Vogt, Deputy Director for Oceans and Coastal Protection, Environmental
Protection Agency; Dennis Luttrell, Buzzards Bay Action Committee, Marion,
Massachusetts; Max Peterson, International Association of Fish and Wildlife
Agencies, Norville Prosser, Sport Fishing Institute, and Margaret Podlich,
Center for Marine Conservation, all of Washington, D.C.
Hearings were recessed subject to call.
STRATEGIC NUCLEAR REDUCTION
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee resumed hearings to examine the
future of United States policy toward strategic nuclear reduction in the
post-cold war era, focusing on national security, arms control, and
verification implications of the proposed Treaty with the Union of Soviet
Socialist Republics on the Reduction and Limitation of Strategic Offensive
Arms (START Treaty) (Treaty Doc. 102-20), receiving testimony from Albert
Carnesale, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University,
Cambridge, Massachusetts; Richard L. Garwin, Thomas J. Watson Research Center
(IBM Research Division), Yorktown Heights, New York; Sidney N. Graybeal,
Science Applications International Corporation, McLean, Virginia; and William
R. Harris, Rand Corporation, Santa Monica, California.
Hearings continue tomorrow.
INDONESIA
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded hearings to examine United
States policy toward Indonesia, focusing on human rights violations in East
Timor as a result of Indonesia's occupation, after receiving testimony from
Geoffrey Robinson, Amnesty International USA, Washington, D.C.; and Allan
Nairn, The New Yorker, Sidney R. Jones, Asia Watch, and The Right Rev. Paul
Moore, Jr., all of New York, New York.
MONEY LAUNDERING TRENDS
Committee on Governmental Affairs: Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations
held hearings to examine current trends in money laundering, focusing on the
role of businesses that, while not "banks," perform many services of
traditional banking institutions, and are therefore the target of illegal drug
money laundering, receiving testimony from Kim L. Wherry, Staff Counsel, and
Harold B. Lippman, Staff Investigator, both of the Permanent Subcommittee on
Investigations; Ronald G. Woods, United States Attorney, and Charles E. Lewis,
Assistant United States Attorney, both of the Southern District of Texas,
Houston; Ronald J. Eatinger, Chief (Houston, Texas), and Dennis E. Crawford,
Chief (Los Angeles, California), both of the Criminal Investigations Division,
Internal Revenue Service, Department of the Treasury; and California Deputy
Attorney General James D. Dutton, Sacramento.
Hearings were recessed subject to call.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee ordered favorably reported the following
business items:
The nominations of Karen J. Williams, of South Carolina, to be United States
Circuit Judge for the Fourth Circuit, Mary Little Parell, to be United States
District Judge for the District of New Jersey, Garland E. Burrell, Jr., to be
United States District Judge for the Eastern District of California, Roderick
R. McKelvie, to be United States District Judge for the District of Delaware,
William B. Traxler, Jr., to be United States District Judge for the District
of South Carolina, David James Jordan, to be United States Attorney for the
District of Utah, and Jack W. Selden, to be United States Attorney for the
Northern District of Alabama;
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S.J. Res. 139, to designate October 1992, as "National Lock-In-Safety Month,"
with an amendment;
S.J. Res. 210, to designate March 12, 1992, as "Girl Scouts of the United
States of America 80th Anniversary Day";
H.J. Res. 343, to designate March 12, 1992, as "Girl Scouts of the United
States of America 80th Anniversary Day";
S.J. Res. 214, to designate May 16-22, 1992, as "National Awareness Week for
Life-Saving Techniques";
S.J. Res. 218, to designate the calendar year, 1993, as the "Year of American
Craft: A Celebration of the Creative Works of the Hand";
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S.J. Res. 224, to designate March 1992, as "Irish-American Heritage Month";
H.J. Res. 350, to designate March 1992, as "Irish-American Heritage Month";
S.J. Res. 233, to designate the week of April 12, 1992, as "National Public
Safety Telecommunicators Week";
S.J. Res. 239, to designate February 6, 1992, as "National Women and Girls in
Sports Day";
H.J. Res. 395, to designate February 6, 1992, as "National Women and Girls in
Sports Day";
S.J. Res. 240, to designate March 25, 1992, as "Greek Independence Day";
S.J. Res. 244, to commemorate the centennial of the founding of the National
Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws;
S.J. Res. 246, to designate April 15, 1992, as "National Recycling Day";
S.J. Res. 254, to commend the New York Stock Exchange on the occasion of its
bicentennial which is May 17, 1992; and
S.J. Res. 35, proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States
relative to contributions and expenditures intended to affect Congressional
and Presidential elections.
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VETERANS PROGRAMS
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Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Committee concluded hearings on the
President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 1993 for veterans
programs, after receiving testimony from Anthony J. Principi, Deputy Secretary
of Veterans Affairs; David S. Ritterspuch, Acting Assistant Secretary of Labor
for Veterans Employment and Training; Andrew R. Hoffman, Chief of Medicine, VA
Medical Center (Palo Alto, California), representing the American Federation
for Clinical Research; Michael F. Brinck, AMVETS, Fred Cowell, Paralyzed
Veterans of America, James N. Magill, Veterans of Foreign Wars, and Richard F.
Schultz, Disabled American Veterans, all of Washington, D.C.; Dodd Wilson,
University of Arkansas College of Medicine, Fayetteville, representing the
Association of American Medical Colleges; and Harold J. Fallon, Medical
College of Virginia, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, representing
the Association of Professors of Medicine.
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INDIAN PROGRAMS
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Select Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee concluded hearings on the
President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 1993 for Indian programs,
after receiving testimony from Eddie F. Brown, Assistant Secretary of Indian
Affairs, Department of the Interior; John T. MacDonald, Assistant Secretary of
Education for Elementary and Secondary Education; Everett R. Rhoades,
Director, Indian Health Service, Department of Health and Human Services;
Norine Smith, Minneapolis Indian Health Board, Minneapolis, on behalf of the
American Indian Health Care Association; David Gipp, American Indian Higher
Education Consortium, and Karen J. Funk and Carol Barbero, both of Hobbs,
Straus, Dean and Wilder, both on behalf of the National Indian Education
Association, all of Washington, D.C.; Andrew Lorentine, National Indian Health
Board, Denver, Colorado; and Terrence Hunter, Oklahoma City Urban Indian
Clinic, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, on behalf of the Association of American
Indian Physicians.
Joint Meetings
AIRCRAFT INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION
Joint Economic Committee: Subcommittee on Technology and National Security
resumed hearings to examine international competition in the commercial
aircraft industry, focusing on the impact of the proposed sale of 40 percent
of McDonnell Douglas' commercial aircraft business to Taiwan Aerospace,
receiving testimony from J. Michael Farren, Under Secretary of Commerce; James
M. Beggs, former Administrator, National Aeronautics and Space Administration;
Lawrence W. Clarkson, Boeing Company, Arlington, Virginia; John D. Wolf,
Douglas Aircraft Company, Long Beach, California; Daniel B. Hartley, Seattle
Professional Engineering Employees Association, Seattle, Washington; and Laura
D'Andrea Tyson, University of California, Berkeley.
Hearings were recessed subject to call.
1992/02/28
Daily Digest - Friday, February 28, 1992; pages D182 - D188 (Bd vol. D85 -
D86)
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
DOD INVENTORY MANAGEMENT
Committee on Armed Services: Committee held hearings on inventory management
activities of the Department of Defense, receiving testimony from Sean
O'Keefe, Comptroller and Chief Financial Officer, Department of Defense; and
Frank C. Conahan, Assistant Comptroller General, General Accounting Office.
Hearings were recessed subject to call.
BROADBAND COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on
Communications concluded hearings on S. 1200, to establish a goal for the
development of a nationwide broadband communications system by the year 2015,
to promote the efficient deployment of technologies capable of supporting
multiple communications uses, and to permit local telephone companies to
provide video programming, subject to specified anti-monopoly safeguards,
after receiving testimony from Senator Dole; Alfred C. Sikes, Chairman,
Federal Communications Commission; Thomas Sugrue, Acting Assistant Secretary
of Commerce for Communications and Information; Michael Dertouzos,
Massachusetts Institute of Technology Laboratory for Computer Science,
Cambridge; Alfred Sonnenstrahl, Telecommunications for the Deaf, Inc., Silver
Spring, Maryland; Thomas Gillett, Gillett, Lehman & Associates, St. Louis,
Missouri; Clyde V. Prestowitz, Jr., Economic Strategy Institute, Phil Verveer,
National Cable Television Association, and Harry M. Shooshan, National
Economic Research Associates, all of Washington, D.C.; Robert G. Harris,
University of California at Berkeley; Dennis J. Nagel, Iowa Utilities Board,
Des Moines, on behalf of the National Association of Regulatory Utility
Commissioners; William F. Squadron, New York City Department of
Telecommunications and Energy, New York, New York; and Irwin Popowsky,
Pennsylvania State Office of the Consumer Advocate, Harrisburg.
Also, committee concluded hearings on issues relating to cable-instructional
television, after receiving testimony from Senator Bingaman; David Brugger,
America's Public Television Stations, Washington, D.C.; Harry Miller, United
States Distance Learning Association, South Burlington, Vermont; John
Hendricks, Discovery Communications, Inc., Bethesda, Maryland; and Howard
Miller, Public Broadcasting System, Alexandria, Virginia.
Hearings were recessed subject to call.
PRIVACY OF SOCIAL SECURITY RECORDS
Committee on Finance: Subcommittee on Social Security and Family Policy
concluded hearings to examine alleged illegal intrusions into personal Social
Security records, and on whether statutory controls are needed on the use of
the Social Security number in the private sector, after receiving testimony
from Larry D. Morey, Deputy Inspector General for Investigations, and Louis D.
Enoff, Principal Deputy Commissioner of Social Security, Social Security
Administration, both of the Department of Health and Human Services; and
Morton H. Halperin, American Civil Liberties Union, Evan D. Hendricks, United
States Privacy Council, and Marc Rotenberg, Computer Professionals for Social
Responsibility, all of Washington, D.C.
STRATEGIC NUCLEAR REDUCTION
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee continued hearings to examine the
future of United States policy toward strategic nuclear reduction in the
post-cold war era, focusing on national security, arms control, and
verification implications of the proposed Treaty with the Union of Soviet
Socialist Republics on the Reduction and Limitation of Strategic Offensive
Arms (START Treaty) (Treaty Doc. 102-20), receiving testimony from Henry A.
Kissinger, Kissinger and Associates, New York, New York, former Secretary of
State and former Assistant to President for National Security Affairs.
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Hearings continue on Tuesday, March 3.
No Joint hearings noted.
1992/03/02
Daily Digest - Monday, March 2, 1992; pages D190 - D194 (Bd vol. D86 - D87)
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded hearings on the
nominations of Robert C. Frasure, of West Virginia, to be Ambassador to
Estonia, Darryl Norman Johnson, of Washington, to be Ambassador to Lithuania,
and Ints M. Silins, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to Latvia, after the
nominees testified and answered questions in their own behalf.
No Joint hearings noted.
1992/03/03
Daily Digest - Tuesday, March 3, 1992; pages D196 - D206 (Bd vol. D88 - D93)
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
SCHOOL LUNCH PROGRAM
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: Committee held oversight
hearings on the implementation of the national school lunch program, receiving
testimony from Dale Conoscenti, Barre Town Elementary School, Barre, Vermont;
Sue Greig, Manhattan, Kansas, Elizabeth McPherson, Yanceyville, North
Carolina, Annette Bomar, Atlanta, Georgia, and Marshall Matz, Washington,
D.C., all on behalf of the American School Food Service Association; Jo Busha,
Vermont Department of Education, Montpelier; and Charles Hughes, Local 372,
Board of Education Employees, District Council 37, New York, New York, on
behalf of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees,
AFL-CIO.
Hearings were recessed subject to call.
APPROPRIATIONS--AGRICULTURE
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Agriculture and Related Agencies
held hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1993 for the
Department of Agriculture, receiving testimony in behalf of funds for their
respective activities from Harry C. Mussman, Acting 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 Robert
Sherman, Budget Officer, all of the Department of Agriculture.
Subcommittee will meet again on Tuesday, March 17.
APPROPRIATIONS--NAVY/MARINE CORPS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense held hearings on proposed
budget estimates for fiscal year 1993, receiving testimony in behalf of funds
for their respective activities from H. Lawrence Garrett III, Secretary of the
Navy; Adm. Frank B. Kelso II, Chief of Naval Operations; and Gen. Carl E.
Mundy, Jr., Commandant of the Marine Corps.
Subcommittee will meet again on Thursday, March 5.
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U.S. MILITARY STRATEGY FOR EUROPE
Committee on Armed Services: Committee held hearings to examine United States
military strategy, roles and missions, and force levels for Europe, receiving
testimony from Gen. John R. Galvin, USA, Commander in Chief, U.S. European
Command; Gen. Crosbie E. Saint, USA, Commander in Chief, U.S. Army Europe;
Gen. Robert C. Oaks, USAF, Commander in Chief, U.S. Air Force Europe; and Adm.
Jeremy M. Boorda, USN, Commander, Allied Forces Southern Europe.
Committee will meet again tomorrow.
NATIONAL PARK SERVICE
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Subcommittee on Public Lands,
National Parks and Forests held hearings on S. 1755, to reform the concessions
policies of the National Park Service, receiving testimony from Manuel Lujan,
Jr., Secretary of the Interior; and James M. Ridenour, Director, National Park
Service, Department of the Interior.
Hearings continue on Thursday, March 5.
ECONOMIC GROWTH REFORM
Committee on Finance: Committee ordered favorably reported H.R. 4210, to
provide incentives for increased economic growth and to provide tax relief for
American families, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. (As
approved by the committee, the bill includes provisions of S. 1872 and S.
1364.)
STRATEGIC NUCLEAR REDUCTION
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee resumed hearings to examine the
future of United States policy toward strategic nuclear reduction in the
post-cold war era, focusing on national security, arms control, and
verification implications of the proposed Treaty with the Union of Soviet
Socialist Republics on the Reduction and Limitation of Strategic Offensive
Arms (START Treaty) (Treaty Doc. 102-20), receiving testimony from Richard N.
Perle, American Enterprise Institute, former Assistant Secretary of Defense
for International Security Affairs, and Edward L. Warner III, RAND, both of
Washington, D.C.; and Sidney D. Drell, Stanford Linear Accelerator Center,
Stanford, California.
Hearings continue on Thursday, March 5.
FEDERAL CONTRACTING PROCESS
Committee on Governmental Affairs: Committee continued hearings to examine
contracting and procurement activities of certain executive branch programs,
focusing on Resolution Trust Corporation efforts to account for certain
ledgers at several financial institutions in their Western Region (Operation
Western Storm), receiving testimony from Richard C. Stiener, Director, and
Donald G. Fulwider, Assistant Director, both of the Office of Special
Investigations, and J. William Gadsby, Director, Federal Management Issues,
and Leon H. Green, Senior Evaluator, both of the General Government Division,
all of the General Accounting Office; Charles Randall Collins, Financial
Information Analyst, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation; John Tierney,
Director, Office of Contracts, William H. Roelle, Senior Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer, David C. Cooke, Sr., Vice President, Lamar C. Kelly,
Jr., Senior Vice President, Sherwin R. Koopmans, Western Regional Vice
President, David J. Pyland, Western Region, Conservatorship Specialist,
Russell W. Brown, Asset Operations Specialist, Western Region, Keith Carson,
Director, Intermountain Consolidated Office, John J. Adair, Inspector General,
and Sharon Vander Vennet, Assistant Inspector General for Audit, all of the
Resolution Trust Corporation; and John R. Block and Michael E. Cunningham,
both of Baird, Kurtz & Dobson, Kansas City, Missouri.
Also, on Monday, March 2, committee held hearings to examine contracting and
procurement activities of the Environmental Protection Agency, receiving
testimony from John C. Martin, Inspector General, Kenneth A. Konz, Assistant
Inspector General for Audit, John Price, Audit Manager for the Computer
Science Corporation Report, and Christian R. Holmes, Acting Administrator for
Administration and Resource Management, all of the Environmental Protection
Agency.
Hearings were recessed subject to call.
ORPHAN DRUG AMENDMENTS
Committee on Labor and Human Resources: Committee concluded hearings on S.
2060, to revise and authorize funds through fiscal year 1994 for the orphan
drug provisions of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, the Public Health
Service Act, and the Orphan Drug Act, receiving testimony from Representative
Studds; David A. Kessler, Commissioner, Food and Drug Administration,
Department of Health and Human Services; Abbey S. Meyers, National
Organization for Rare Disorders, Inc., New Fairfield, Connecticut; Catherine
V. Hayes, Huntington's Disease Society of America, Derek Hodel, People with
AIDS Health Group, and Harry H. Penner, Jr., Novo Nordisk of North America,
all of New York, New York; Robert K. Dresing, Cystic Fibrosis Foundation,
Bethesda, Maryland; Stephen A. Duzan, Immunex Corporation, Seattle,
Washington, representing the Industrial Biotechnology Association; Forrest
Anthony, Association of Biotechnology Companies, and Gerald J. Mossinghoff,
Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association, both of Washington, D.C.; Mitchel
Sayare, ImmunoGen, Inc., Cambridge, Massachusetts; Dixie Gasparini,
Springfield, Illinois; and Philip M. Stinson, Sr., Fairfax, Virginia.
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HOUSING AND FUEL ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS FOR THE ELDERLY
Special Committee on Aging: Committee held hearings to examine the impact of
the Administration's proposed fiscal year 1993 reductions in fuel assistance
and housing programs for the elderly, receiving testimony from Donna Neal
Givens, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Health and Human Services for
Children and Families; LaVerne Ausman, Administrator, Farmers Home
Administration, Department of Agriculture; Arthur J. Hill, Assistant Secretary
of Housing and Urban Development for Housing-Federal Housing Commissioner;
Robert Odom, Social Development Commission, Milwaukee, Wisconsin; Diana L.
Huot, York-Cumberland Housing Development Corporation, Gorham, Maine; Margaret
Dixon, American Association of Retired Persons, Diane DeVaul,
Northeast-Midwest Institute, Michael Rogers, American Association of Homes for
the Aging, and Moises Loza, Housing Assistance Council, Inc., all of
Washington, D.C.; Lois Day, Blanchard, Maine; and Mary Moore, Des Moines,
Iowa.
Hearings were recessed subject to call.
Joint Meetings
PRESIDENT'S ECONOMIC REPORT
Joint Economic Committee: Committee resumed hearings to examine the 1992
economic report of the President and the Nation's economic outlook, receiving
testimony from Alan Greenspan, Chairman, Board of Governors of the Federal
Reserve System.
Hearings were recessed subject to call.
VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS
Joint Hearings: Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs concluded joint hearings
with the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs on the legislative
recommendations of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, after receiving testimony
from Representative Gallo; and Robert Wallace, Veterans of Foreign Wars of the
United States, Washington, D.C.
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Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
APPROPRIATIONS--GSA/CUSTOMS/FINANCIAL CRIMES ENFORCEMENT NETWORK
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Treasury, Postal Service, and
General Government held hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year
1993, receiving testimony in behalf of funds for their respective activities
from Richard G. Austin, Administrator, General Services Administration; and
Carol B. Hallett, Commissioner, U.S. Customs Service, and Brian M. Bruh,
Director, Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, both of the Department of the
Treasury.
Subcommittee will meet again on Wednesday, March 18.
AUTHORIZATIONS--DEFENSE
Committee on Armed Services: Committee resumed hearings on proposed
legislation authorizing funds for fiscal year 1993 for the Department of
Defense, and the future year defense plan, focusing on military strategy and
operational requirements of the unified commands, receiving testimony from
Adm. Leon A. Edney, USN, Commander in Chief, U.S. Atlantic Command; Adm.
Charles R. Larson, USN, Commander in Chief, U.S. Pacific Command; and Gen.
Robert W. RisCassi, USA, Commander, U.S. Forces, Korea.
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Hearings continue tomorrow.
WATER RESOURCES INFRASTRUCTURE
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Subcommittee on Water Resources,
Transportation, and Infrastructure held hearings to examine water resources
infrastructure needs and impacts, receiving testimony from Anne D. Aylward,
American Association of Port Authorities, Alexandria, Virginia; Joseph E.
Lema, National Coal Association, Washington, D.C.; J. Stephen Lucas, Louis
Dreyfus Corporation, Wilton, Connecticut, on behalf of the National Grain and
Feed Association; Frank G. Martin, Jr., Indiana Port Commission, Indianapolis;
Lillian C. Liburdi, Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, New York, New
York; and M. John Vickerman, Vickerman-Zachery-Miller, Oakland, California.
Hearings were recessed subject to call.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee ordered reported the following
business items:
S. Con. Res. 70, to express U.S. support for the protection of the African
elephant;
S. Con. Res. 80, to express the sense of the Congress regarding democratic
change, human rights violations, and peacekeeping arrangements in Zaire, with
amendments;
S. Con. Res. 89, concerning the United Nations Conference on Environment and
Development;
The International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights signed on behalf of
the United States on October 5, 1977 (Ex. E, 95th Congress, 2d Session), with
reservations, understandings, declarations;
S.J. Res. 234, expressing the sense of Congress regarding the Government of
Kenya's November 14 through 16, 1991, suppression of the democratic opposition
and suspending economic and military assistance for Kenya; and
The nominations of Scott M. Spangler, of Arizona, to be Associate
Administrator of the Agency for International Development (Operations), Herman
Jay Cohen, of New York, for the personal rank of Career Ambassador, and to be
a Member of the Board of Directors of the African Development Foundation,
Salvador Lew, of Florida, to be a Member of the Advisory Board for Cuba
Broadcasting, Eugene C. Johnson, of Maryland, and Tahlman Krumm, Jr., of Ohio,
each to be a Member of the Peace Corps National Advisory Council, and routine
Foreign Service Officers' appointments and promotion lists.
HATCH ACT REFORM AMENDMENTS
Committee on Governmental Affairs: Committee began markup of S. 914, to revise
certain provisions of the Hatch Act governing the participation of Federal
employees in political activities, but did not complete action thereon, and
recessed subject to call.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded hearings on the nominations of
Robert L. Echols, to be United States District Judge for the Middle District
of Tennessee, Jimm L. Hendren, to be United States District Judge for the
Western District of Arkansas, John R. Padova, to be United States District
Judge for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, and Ira DeMent, to be United
States District Judge for the Middle District of Alabama, after the nominees
testified and answered questions in their own behalf. Mr. Echols was
introduced by Senators Sasser and Gore, and Representatives Sundquist,
Clement, and Tanner, Mr. Hendren was introduced by Senators Bumpers and Pryor
and Representative Hammerschmidt, Mr. Padova was introduced by Senators
Specter and Wofford, and Mr. DeMent was introduced by Senator Shelby and
Representative Dickinson.
JUVENILE COURTS
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Juvenile Justice resumed oversight
hearings on juvenile justice in America, focusing on the status of the
juvenile court system, receiving testimony from David A. Reiser, Public
Defender Service for the District of Columbia, Washington, D.C.; Frank
Orlando, Nova University, Fort Lauderdale, Florida; Michael Malmstadt,
Milwaukee County Children's Court, Milwaukee, Wisconsin; David Mitchell,
Circuit Court for Baltimore City, Baltimore, Maryland; Barry C. Feld,
University of Minnesota Law School, Minneapolis; Gary Melton, University of
Nebraska, Lincoln; Robert G. Schwartz, Juvenile Law Center, Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania, representing the American Bar Association; and Christopher
Baird, National Council on Crime and Delinquency, Madison, Wisconsin.
Subcommittee recessed subject to call.
NATIONAL HEALTH CARE REFORM
Committee on Labor and Human Resources: Committee held hearings to examine
proposals to reform America's health care system, receiving testimony from
Louis W. Sullivan, Secretary of Health and Human Services; Stuart H. Altman,
Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachusetts, and Chairman, Prospective Payment
Assessment Commission; and Judith Feder, Georgetown University School of
Medicine, and Stuart M. Butler, Heritage Foundation, both of Washington, D.C.
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Hearings were recessed subject to call.
INTELLIGENCE REORGANIZATION
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee resumed hearings on S. 2198, to
reorganize the United States intelligence community to provide for the
improved management and execution of United States intelligence activities,
receiving testimony from Adm. Bobby Inman, Chairman, President's Foreign
Intelligence Advisory Board; Morton Abramowitz, Carnegie Endowment for
International Peace, Washington, D.C., former Assistant Secretary of State for
Intelligence and Research; and Ernest R. May, Harvard University, Cambridge,
Massachusetts.
Hearings continue on Thursday, March 12.
Joint Meetings
U.S. AGRICULTURAL COMPETITIVENESS
Joint Economic Committee: Subcommittee on Economic Goals and Intergovernmental
Policy concluded hearings to examine United States agricultural
competitiveness policy and how current trade talks on Europe's farm subsidies
and the North American Free Trade Agreement will affect the farm industry,
after receiving testimony from Robert Thompson, Purdue University, Lafayette,
Indiana, former Assistant Secretary of Agriculture for Economics; Dale
Hathaway, National Center for Food and Agriculture Policy, Washington, D.C.,
former Under Secretary of Agriculture for International Affairs and Commodity
Programs; Robert Paarlberg, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts; and
Dennis Avery, Hudson Institute, Indianapolis, Indiana.
U.S. COMPETITIVENESS POLICY
Joint Hearing: Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
concluded joint hearings with the Joint Economic Committee's Subcommittee on
Technology and National Security to examine the Competitiveness Policy Council
report on United States competitiveness, focusing on the need to establish a
new national strategy to promote economic recovery and safeguards, after
receiving testimony from New York State Comptroller Edward Regan, Albany, Rand
Araskog, ITT Corporation, New York, New York, and C. Fred Bergsten, Institute
for International Economics, and Albert Shanker, American Federation of
Teachers, both of Washington, D.C., all representing the Competitiveness
Policy Council.
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Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
APPROPRIATIONS--DEPARTMENT OF STATE
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State, and the
Judiciary held hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1993 for
the Department of State, receiving testimony from James A. Baker III,
Secretary of State.
Subcommittee will meet again on Thursday, March 19.
APPROPRIATIONS--ARMY
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense held hearings on proposed
budget estimates for fiscal year 1993 for the United States Army, receiving
testimony from Michael P.W. Stone, Secretary of the Army; and Gen. Gordon R.
Sullivan, Army Chief of Staff.
Subcommittee will meet again on Tuesday, March 17.
APPROPRIATIONS--TRANSPORTATION
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Transportation and Related
Agencies held hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1993,
receiving testimony in behalf of funds for their respective activities from
Raymond DeCarli, Assistant Inspector General, Department of Transportation;
and Edward J. Philbin, Chairman, Gail C. McDonald, Vice Chairman, and J.J.
Simmons III, Karen B. Phillips, and Edward M. Emmett, each a Commissioner, all
of the Interstate Commerce Commission.
Subcommittee will meet again on Wednesday, March 18.
APPROPRIATIONS--CONSUMER AFFAIRS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on VA, HUD, and Independent Agencies
held hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1993, receiving
testimony in behalf of funds for their respective activities from Jacqueline
Jones-Smith, Chairman, Consumer Products Safety Commission; Ann Windham
Wallace, Director, U.S. Office of Consumer Affairs, Department of Health and
Human Services; and Teresa N. Nasif, Director, Consumer Information Center,
General Services Administration.
Subcommittee will meet again on Thursday, March 19.
AUTHORIZATIONS--DEFENSE
Committee on Armed Services: Committee continued hearings on proposed budget
estimates for fiscal year 1993 for the Department of Defense, focusing on the
unified commands regional military strategy and operational requirements, and
to review the future year defense plan, receiving testimony from Gen. Joseph
P. Hoar, USMC, Commander in Chief, U.S. Central Command; Gen. George A.
Joulwan, USA, Commander in Chief, U.S. Southern Command; and Gen. Carl W.
Stiner, USA, Commander in Chief, U.S. Special Operations Command.
Committee recessed subject to call.
RTC/AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROGRAM
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded hearings
to review the Resolution Trust Corporation's (RTC) operations and its current
funding needs, and to examine the progress of its Affordable Housing Program,
after receiving testimony from Charles A. Bowsher, Comptroller General of the
United States, General Accounting Office; Alfred A. DelliBovi, Deputy
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development; Conrad E. Egan, National
Corporation for Housing Partnerships, Washington, D.C.; and Bart Harvey, The
Enterprise Foundation, Columbia, Maryland.
NATIONAL PARK SERVICE CONCESSIONS POLICY
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Subcommittee on Public Lands,
National Parks and Forests concluded hearings on S. 1755, to reform the
concessions policies of the National Park Service, after receiving testimony
from William J. Chandler, National Parks and Conservation Association, James
D. Santini, Conference of National Park Concessioners, and Roger Mann,
Marriott Corporation, all of Washington, D.C.; George E. Campsen, Jr., Fort
Sumter Tours, Inc., Charleston, South Carolina; Donald S. Green, Yosemite
Restoration Trust, San Francisco, California; Tom Mace, Forever Resorts,
Phoenix, Arizona; Stanley Selengut, Maho Bay Camps, Inc., New York, New York;
and Gaylord Staveley, Canyoneers, Inc., Flagstaff, Arizona, on behalf of
America Outdoors.
AUTHORIZATIONS--SOLID WASTE DISPOSAL (RECYCLING)
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Subcommittee on Environmental
Protection concluded hearings on S. 976, authorizing funds through fiscal year
1996 for programs of the Solid Waste Disposal Act, focusing on the need to
create a national recycling program, after receiving testimony from Mayor
Patricia Ticer, Alexandria, Virginia, on behalf of the U.S. Conference of
Mayors; Steve Cramer, Minneapolis, Minnesota, on behalf of the National League
of Cities, the National Association of Counties and the Solid Waste
Association of North America; Emily Lloyd, New York City Department of
Sanitation, and Allen Hershkowitz, Natural Resources Defense Council, both of
New York, New York; Dennis M. Sabourin, Wellman, Inc., Shrewsbury, New Jersey;
Deborah D. Anderson, Proctor and Gamble Company, Cincinnati, Ohio; Mason
Sizemore, The Seattle Times, Seattle, Washington; and Frank J. Consoli, Scott
Paper Company, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
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STRATEGIC NUCLEAR REDUCTION
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee resumed hearings to examine the
future of United States policy toward strategic nuclear reduction in the
post-cold war era, focusing on national security, arms control, and
verification implications of the proposed Treaty with the Union of Soviet
Socialist Republics on the Reduction and Limitation of Strategic Offensive
Arms (START Treaty) (Treaty Doc. 102-20), receiving testimony from Jonathan
Dean, Union of Concerned Scientists, former Ambassador to the Mutual and
Balanced Force Reduction Talks, Spurgeon M. Keeny, Jr., The Arms Control
Association, former Deputy Director, United States Arms Control and
Disarmament Agency, and Jay P. Kosminsky, The Heritage Foundation, all of
Washington, D.C.; and Frank von Hippel, Princeton University, Princeton, New
Jersey.
Hearings continue on Tuesday, March 10.
GARNISHMENT EQUALIZATION ACT
Committee on Governmental Affairs: Subcommittee on Federal Services, Post
Office, and Civil Service concluded hearings on S. 316, to provide that the
pay of Federal employees be treated in the same manner as that of other
employees for purposes of garnishment and similar legal procedures, after
receiving testimony from Senator Craig; Representative Jacobs; Jean M. Barber,
Deputy Associate Director for Personnel Systems and Oversight, Office of
Personnel Management; William P. Tayman, Jr., Director, Office of Strategic
Finance, and John Kinevich, Program Manager, Office of Payroll Systems, both
of the United States Postal Service; Lt. Gen. R. Minter Alexander, USAF,
Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense (Military Manpower and Personnel
Policy); John W. Johnson, American Collectors Association, Inc., Minneapolis,
Minnesota; Charlene Sullivan, Purdue University, Lafayette, Indiana; and
Warren W. Rosenfeld, McNeily and Rosenfeld, Washington, D.C., on behalf of the
Commercial Law League of America.
JOBS AND FAMILIES
Committee on Labor and Human Resources: Subcommittee on Children, Family,
Drugs, and Alcoholism held hearings to examine the economic and demographic
changes that will affect the work force of the 21st century, focusing on the
impact of changing economic patterns on businesses, families and the work
force, and possible solutions for creating a more productive future economy,
receiving testimony from Suzanne Bianchi, Statistician/Demographer, Bureau of
the Census, Department of Commerce; Frank P. Doyle, General Electric, and The
Committee for Economic Development, Fairfield, Connecticut; Ira Magaziner,
SJS, Inc., Providence, Rhode Island; Steven Rockwell, Peru-Miami County
Economic Development Corporation, Peru, Indiana; John Rathgeber, Connecticut
Business and Industry Association, Hartford, Connecticut; Faith Wohl, Du Pont
Company, Wilmington, Delaware; Ronald Blue, Ronald Blue and Company, Atlanta,
Georgia; Betty Williams, United Charities, Chicago, Illinois; and Rose Anna
Schurk, Guilford, Connecticut.
Hearings continue on Tuesday, March 10.
Joint Meetings
REINVENTING GOVERNMENT
Joint Economic Committee: Committee concluded hearings to examine Federal,
State, and local efforts to restructure government through greater reliance on
competition, decentralization, and leveraging of community and private
resources, focusing on ideas contained in the book, "Reinventing Government:
How the Entrepreneurial Spirit is Transforming the Public Sector," after
receiving testimony from Massachusetts Governor William F. Weld, Boston; Texas
Comptroller John Sharp, Austin; Ted Gaebler, Visalia, California; and David
Osborne, Dedham, Massachusetts.
VETERANS ORGANIZATIONS
Joint Hearing: Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs concluded joint hearings
with the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs on the legislative
recommendations of certain veterans organizations, after receiving testimony
from H. Louis Brooks, Veterans of World War I of the USA, Victor S. McCoy,
Sr., Paralyzed Veterans of America, and Gerard M. McDonnell, Blinded Veterans
Association, all of Washington, D.C.; Joseph R. Hems, Military Order of the
Purple Heart, Springfield, Virginia; Col. Erik G. Johnson, USA (Ret.),
Association of the United States Army, Arlington, Virginia; and Col. William
Hart, USMC (Ret.), The Retired Officers Association, Alexandria, Virginia.
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