103d Congress (1993 - 1994)

January 5, 1993 - November 26, 1993

Senate Committee Meetings by Date
Compiled from the Congressional Record's Daily Digests via Thomas at thomas.loc.gov

1993/01/05
Daily Digest - Tuesday, January 5, 1993;  pages D1-D36

Committee Meetings

No committee meetings were held. 

No Joint hearings noted.



1993/01/06
Daily Digest - Wednesday, January 6, 1993; p. D38 - D40

Committee Meetings 

(Committees not listed did not meet) 

NOMINATION

Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded
hearings on the nomination of Ronald H. Brown, of the District of
Columbia, to be Secretary of Commerce, after the nominee, who was
introduced by Senators Moynihan, D'Amato, Kennedy, and Bentsen,
Representative Rangel, and District of Columbia Delegate Eleanor Holmes
Norton, testified and answered questions in his own behalf. 

Joint Meetings 

ORGANIZATIONAL MEETING 

Joint Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies: Committee met and approved the
committee's rules of procedure for the first session of the 103d
Congress. 



1993/01/07
Daily Digest - Thursday, January 7, 1993; pages D41 - D44

Committee Meetings 

(Committees not listed did not meet) 

NOMINATION 

Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded hearings on the
prospective nomination of Les Aspin, of Wisconsin, to be Secretary of
Defense, after the nominee, who was introduced by Senators Kohl and
Feingold, Wisconsin Governor Tommy Thompson, and former Senator
Proxmire, testified and answered questions in his own behalf. 

NOMINATION 

Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded
hearings on the prospective nomination of Frederico Pena, of Colorado,
to be Secretary of Transportation, after the nominee, who was introduced
by Senators Brown and Campbell, and Representatives Schroeder, Mineta,
and Skaggs, testified and answered questions in his own behalf. 

NOMINATION 

Committee on Labor and Human Resources: Committee concluded hearings on
the prospective nomination of Robert Reich, of Massachusetts, to be
Secretary of Transportation, after the nominee, who was introduced by
Senator Kerry, testified and answered questions in his own behalf. 

NOMINATION 

Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Committee concluded hearings on the
prospective nomination of Jesse Brown, of the District of Columbia, to
be Secretary of Veterans Affairs, after the nominee, who was introduced
by Senators Warner and Robb, testified and answered questions in his own
behalf. Testimony was also received from Charles Joeckel and Joseph
Zengerle, both of the Disabled American Veterans, Washington, D.C. 

No Joint hearings noted.



1993/01/20
Daily Digest - Wednesday, January 20, 1993;  pages D45 - D50

Committee Meetings

(Committees not listed did not meet) 

NOMINATION

Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: On Tuesday, January
19, committee ordered favorably reported the prospective nomination of
Mike Espy, of Mississippi, to be Secretary of Agriculture. 

On Thursday, January 14, committee concluded hearings on the prospective
nomination of Mr. Espy, after the nominee, who was introduced by Senator
Cochran and Representative de la Garza, testified and answered questions
in his own behalf. 

NOMINATION

Committee on Armed Services: Committee ordered favorably reported the
nomination of Les Aspin, of Wisconsin, to be Secretary of Defense. 

NOMINATION

Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: On Tuesday, January
19, committee approved for reporting the prospective nomination of Henry
Cisneros, of Texas, to be Secretary of Housing and Urban Development. 

On Tuesday, January 12, committee concluded hearings on the prospective
nomination of Mr. Cisneros, after the nominee, who was introduced by
Senators Bentsen and Gramm, Representative Serrano, and Jack Kemp,
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, testified and answered
questions in his own behalf. 

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NOMINATIONS

Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: On Tuesday, January 19,
committee approved for reporting the prospective nomination of Hazel R.
O'Leary, of Minnesota, to be Secretary of Energy. Prior to this action
the committee concluded hearings on Ms. O'Leary, after the nominee, who
was introduced by Senators Durenberger and Wellstone, and
Representatives Vento, Scott, and Ramstad, testified and answered
questions in her own behalf. 

Also, on Tuesday, January 19, committee began hearings on the
prospective nomination of Bruce Babbitt, of Arizona, to be Secretary of
the Interior, where the nominee, who was introduced by Senator
DeConcini, testified and answered questions in his own behalf. 

Hearings continue on Thursday, January 21. 

NOMINATIONS

Committee on Environment and Public Works: On Tuesday, January 19,
committee ordered favorably reported the prospective nomination of Carol
M. Browner, of Florida, to be Administrator of the Environmental
Protection Agency. 

On Wednesday, January 13, committee concluded hearings on the
prospective nomination of Frederico PenAE6a, of Colorado, to be
Secretary of Transportation, after the nominee testified and answered
questions in his own behalf. 

On Monday, January 11, committee concluded hearings on the prospective
nomination of Ms. Browner, after the nominee, who was introduced by
Senator Mack and Florida Governor Lawton Chiles, testified and answered
questions in her own behalf. 

NOMINATIONS

Committee on Finance: On Tuesday, January 19, committee ordered
favorably reported the prospective nominations of Donna Shalala, of
Wisconsin, to be Secretary of Health and Human Services, Roger C.
Altman, of New York, to be Deputy Secretary of the Treasury, and Michael
Kantor, of Tennessee, to be United States Trade Representative. 

Also, on Tuesday, January 19, committee concluded hearings on the
prospective nomination of Mr. Kantor, after the nominee, who was
introduced by Senators Sasser, Bond, Feinstein, Boxer, and Mathews,
testified and answered questions in his own behalf. 

On Thursday, January 14, committee concluded hearings on the prospective
nomination of Donna Shalala, after the nominee, who was introduced by
Senators Kohl and Feingold, Representative Klug, and Wisconsin Governor
Tommy Thompson, testified and answered questions in her own behalf. 

On Wednesday, January 13, committee concluded hearings on the
prospective nomination of Mr. Altman, after the nominee, who was
introduced by Senators Bradley and D'Amato, testified and answered
questions in his own behalf. 

On Tuesday, January 12, committee ordered favorably reported the
nomination of Lloyd Bentsen, of Texas, to be Secretary of the Treasury.
Also, committee concluded hearings on the nomination of Mr. Bentsen,
after the nominee, who was introduced by Senators Baucus and Gramm,
testified and answered questions in his own behalf. 

NOMINATION

Committee on Foreign Relations: On Tuesday, January 19, committee
ordered favorably reported the prospective nomination of Warren M.
Christopher, of California, to be Secretary of State. 

On Thursday, January 14, committee concluded hearings on the prospective
nomination of Mr. Christopher, after the nominee further testified and
answered questions in his own behalf. 

On Wednesday, January 13, committee began hearings on the aforementioned
prospective nomination, where the nominee, who was introduced by
Senators Boxer and Feinstein, testified and answered questions in his
own behalf. 

NOMINATIONS

Committee on Governmental Affairs: On Wednesday, January 13, committee
ordered favorably reported the prospective nomination of Leon E.
Panetta, of California, to be Director, Office of Management and Budget. 

Also, on Wednesday, January 13, committee concluded hearings on the
prospective nomination of Alice M. Rivlin, to be Deputy Director, Office
of Management and Budget, after the nominee, who was introduced by
Senator Levin, testified and answered questions in her own behalf. 

On Monday, January 11, committee concluded hearings on the prospective
nomination of Mr. Panetta, after the nominee, who was introduced by
Senators Boxer and Feinstein, and Representative Don Edwards, testified
and answered questions in his own behalf. 

MANAGEMENT IN THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT

Committee on Governmental Affairs: On Friday, January 8, committee held
hearings to examine certain problems and issues, facing the new
Administration, relating to waste, fraud, abuse, and mismanagement in
the Federal Government, receiving testimony from Charles A. Bowsher,
Comptroller General of the United States, General Accounting Office. 

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Hearings were recessed subject to call. 

NOMINATION

Committee on the Judiciary: On Tuesday, January 19, committee began
hearings on the prospective nomination of Zoe Baird, of Connecticut, to
be Attorney General, Department of Justice, where the nominee, who was
introduced by Senators Dodd, Lieberman, and Murray, and Representative
DeLauro, testified and answered questions in her own behalf. 

Hearings continue on Thursday, January 21. 

NOMINATIONS

Committee on Labor and Human Resources: On Tuesday, January 19,
committee ordered favorably reported the prospective nominations of
Robert Reich, of Massachusetts, to be Secretary of Transportation, and
Richard Riley, of South Carolina, to be Secretary of Education, and
routine lists of Public Health Service Corps promotions. 

On Friday, January 15, committee concluded hearings on the prospective
nomination of Donna Shalala, of Wisconsin, to be Secretary of Health and
Human Services, after the nominee, who was introduced by District of
Columbia Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton, testified and answered
questions in her own behalf. 

On Tuesday, January 12, committee concluded hearings on the prospective
nomination of Mr. Riley, after the nominee, who was introduced by
Senators Thurmond and Hollings, testified and answered questions in his
own behalf.  

INDIAN HOUSING

Select Committee on Indian Affairs: On Tuesday, January 12, committee
concluded oversight hearings to examine housing and related needs of
American Indians, Alaskan Natives and Native Hawaiians, after receiving
testimony from Dominic Nessi, Director, Office of Indian Housing,
Department of Housing and Urban Development; La Verne Ausman,
Administrator, Farmers Home Administration, Department of Agriculture;
Carol A. Bacon, Director, Office of Tribal Services, Bureau of Indian
Affairs, Department of the Interior; Bill Pearson, Associate Director,
Gary J. Hartz, Director, Division of Environmental Health, and Larry
Gaynor, Chief, Sanitation Facilities Construction Branch, all of the
Office of Environmental Health and Engineering, Indian Health Service,
Department of Health and Human Services; and Robert Gauthier, National
Commission on American Indian, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian
Housing, and Virginia E. Spencer, National American Indian Housing
Council, both of Washington, D.C. 

Joint Meetings

EMPLOYMENT SITUATION

Joint Economic Committee: On Friday, January 8, committee held hearings
on the employment-unemployment situation for December 1992, receiving
testimony from William Barron, Acting Commissioner, Bureau of Labor
Statistics, Department of Labor. 

Committee recessed subject to call. 



1993/01/21
Daily Digest - Thursday, January 21, 1993;  pages D51 - D56

Committee Meetings 

(Committees not listed did not meet) 

ORGANIZATIONAL MEETING/NOMINATION 

Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee met and
ordered favorably reported an original resolution requesting $3,386,083
for operating expenses for the period from March 1, 1993, through
February 28, 1994, and $3,458,110 for operating expenses for the period
from March 1, 1994, through February 28, 1995; and adopted its rules of
procedure for the 103rd Congress. 

Also, committee concluded hearings on the nomination of Laura D'Andrea
Tyson, of California, to be a Member of the Council of Economic
Advisers, after the nominee, who was introduced by Senator Feinstein,
testified and answered questions in her own behalf. 

NOMINATION 

Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee ordered
favorably reported the nominations of Ronald H. Brown, of the District
of Columbia, to be Secretary of Commerce, and Federico PenAE6a, of
Colorado, to be Secretary of Transportation. 

NOMINATION 

Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee ordered favorably
reported the nomination of Bruce Babbitt, of Arizona, to be Secretary of
the Interior. 

Prior to this action, committee concluded hearings on the nomination of
Mr. Babbitt, after the nominee further testified and answered questions
in his own behalf. 

NOMINATION 

Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded hearings on the
nomination of Madeleine K. Albright, of the District of Columbia, to be
the United States Representative to the United Nations with rank and
status of Ambassador, and the United States Representative in the
Security Council of the United Nations, after the nominee, who was
introduced by Senator Mikulski, District of Columbia Delegate Eleanor
Holmes Norton, and former Senator Muskie, testified and answered
questions in her own behalf. 

NOMINATION 

Committee on the Judiciary: Committee resumed hearings on the nomination
of Zoe Baird, of Connecticut, to be Attorney General, Department of
Justice, where the nominee further testified and answered questions in
her own behalf. 

Hearings continue tomorrow. 

No Joint hearings noted.



1993/01/22
Daily Digest - Friday, January 22, 1993;  pages D57 - D58

Committee Meetings

(Committees not listed did not meet) 

NOMINATION

Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded hearings on the
nomination of Clifton R. Wharton, Jr., of New York, to be Deputy
Secretary of State, after the nominee, who was introduced by Senator
Moynihan, Representative Rangel, and District of Columbia Delegate
Eleanor Holmes Norton, testified and answered questions in his own
behalf. 

FAMILY AND MEDICAL LEAVE ACT

Committee on Labor and Human Resources: Subcommittee on Children,
Family, Drugs and Alcoholism concluded hearings on S. 5, to grant family
and temporary medical leave under certain circumstances, after receiving
testimony from Senator Bond; Robert B. Reich, Secretary of Labor; Howard
Pearson, American Academy of Pediatrics, New Haven, Connecticut; Judith
Lichtman, Women's Legal Defense Fund, Washington, D.C.; Diane Duvall,
Lotus Development Corporation, Cambridge, Massachusetts, representing
Businesses for Social Responsibility; Michael Losey, Society for Human
Resource Management, Alexandria, Virginia; Linda and Rudy Fernandez,
Lynn, Massachusetts; and Eva Skubel, Moodus, Connecticut. 

NOMINATION

Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Committee concluded hearings on the
nomination of Hershel W. Gober, of Arkansas, to be Deputy Secretary of
Veterans Affairs, after the nominee, who was introduced by Senators
Bumpers and Pryor, testified and answered questions in his own behalf. 

No Joint hearings noted.



1993/01/25
Daily Digest - Monday, January 25, 1993;  pages D60 - D62

Committee Meetings 

(Committees not listed did not meet) 

NOMINATION 

Select Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee concluded hearings to
review the nomination of Bruce Babbitt, of Arizona, to be Secretary of
the Interior (confirmed by the Senate on Thursday, January 21, 1993),
after the nominee testified and answered questions in his own behalf. 

No Joint hearings noted.



1993/01/26
Daily Digest - Tuesday, January 26, 1993;  pages D63 - D68

Committee Meetings 

(Committees not listed did not meet) 

ECONOMIC OUTLOOK 

Committee on the Budget: Committee held hearings to review the state of
the national economy and the Federal budget outlook, focusing on the
economic consequences of reducing the budget deficit and the role of the
budget process in enforcing a deficit reduction plan, receiving
testimony from Robert D. Reischauer, Director, Congressional Budget
Office. 

Hearings continue on Thursday, January 28. 

NOMINATION 

Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded
hearings on the nomination of John H. Gibbons, of Virginia, to be
Director, Office of Science and Technology Policy, after the nominee,
who was introduced by Senators Warner, Robb, and Kennedy, testified and
answered questions in his own behalf. 

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NOMINATIONS/ORGANIZATIONAL MEETING 

Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee ordered favorably reported the
following business items: 

The nominations of Madeleine K. Albright, of the District of Columbia,
to be United States Representative to the United Nations with rank and
status of Ambassador, and the United States Representative in the
Security Council of the United Nations, and Clifton R. Wharton Jr., of
New York, to be Deputy Secretary of State; and 

An original resolution requesting $3,085,530 for operating expenses for
the period from March 1, 1993, through February 28, 1994, and $3,152,524
for operating expenses for the period from March 1, 1994, through
February 28, 1995. 

Also, committee adopted its rules of procedure for the 103rd Congress,
and approved the following subcommittee assignments: 

Subcommittee on European Affairs: Senators Biden (Chairman), Sarbanes,
Simon, Feingold, Lugar, Kassebaum, and Brown. 

Subcommittee on International Economic Policy, Trade, Oceans and
Environment: Senators Sarbanes (Chairman), Biden, Dodd, Kerry, Wofford,
Feingold, Kassebaum, Helms, Murkowski, Brown, and Jeffords.  

Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere and Peace Corps Affairs: Senators
Dodd (Chairman), Robb, Wofford, Mathews, Coverdell, Helms, and Lugar. 

Subcommittee on Terrorism, Narcotics and International Operations:
Senators Kerry (Chairman), Pell, Dodd, Simon, Moynihan, Pressler, Helms,
Murkowski, and Coverdell. 

Subcommittee on African Affairs: Senators Simon (Chairman), Moynihan,
Feingold, Jeffords, and Kassebaum. 

Subcommittee on Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs: Senators Moynihan
(Chairman), Sarbanes, Robb, Wofford, Mathews, Brown, Pressler, Jeffords,
and Coverdell. 

Subcommittee on East Asian and Pacific Affairs: Senators Robb
(Chairman), Biden, Kerry, Mathews, Murkowski, Lugar, and Pressler. 

SUBCOMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS 

Committee on Governmental Affairs: Committee met and approved the
following subcommittee assignments: 

Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations: Senators Nunn (Chairman),
Glenn (Vice Chairman), Levin, Sasser, Pryor, Lieberman, Dorgan, Roth,
Stevens, Cohen, Cochran, and McCain. 

Subcommittee on Federal Services, Post Office, and Civil Service:
Senators Pryor (Chairman), Sasser, Akaka, Stevens, and Cochran. 

Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management: Senators Levin
(Chairman), Pryor, Lieberman, Akaka, Nunn, Dorgan, Cohen, Stevens,
Cochran, and McCain. 

Subcommittee on General Services, Federalism, and the District of
Columbia: Senators Sasser (Chairman), Lieberman, Akaka, McCain, and
Stevens. 

Subcommittee on Regulation and Government Information: Senators
Lieberman (Chairman), Nunn, Levin, Dorgan, Cochran, Cohen, and McCain. 

INSURANCE INDUSTRY FRAUD 

Committee on Governmental Affairs: Permanent Subcommittee on
Investigations held oversight hearings to examine Federal and State
efforts to combat fraud and abuse in the insurance industry, focusing on
the operations of Group Hospitalization & Medical Services, Inc. (Blue
Cross and Blue Shield of the National Capital Area), receiving testimony
from District of Columbia Superintendent of Insurance Robert M. Willis,
Washington, D.C.; and Virginia State Commissioner of Insurance Steven T.
Foster, Richmond, on behalf of the National Association of Insurance
Commissioners. 

Hearings continue tomorrow. 

NIH AUTHORIZATION/FAMILY AND MEDICAL LEAVE ACT/SUBCOMMITTEE
ASSIGNMENTS 

Committee on Labor and Human Resources: Committee ordered favorably
reported the following bills: 

S. 1, authorizing funds for programs of the National Institutes of
Health; and 

S. 5, to grant family and temporary medical leave under certain
circumstances. 

Also, committee approved the following subcommittee assignments: 
Subcommittee on Labor: Senators Metzenbaum (Chairman), Harkin, Dodd,
Kennedy, Wellstone, Hatch, Kassebaum, Jeffords, and Thurmond. 

Subcommittee on Education, Arts and Humanities: Senators Pell
(Chairman), Metzenbaum, Dodd, Simon, Mikulski, Bingaman, Kennedy,
Wellstone, Wofford, Harkin, Jeffords, Kassebaum, Coats, Gregg, Thurmond,
Hatch, and Durenberger. 

Subcommittee on Employment and Productivity: Senators Simon (Chairman),
Harkin, Mikulski, Bingaman, Wofford, Thurmond, Coats, Gregg, and Hatch. 

Subcommittee on Disability Policy: Senators Harkin (Chairman),
Metzenbaum, Simon, Bingaman, Durenberger, Jeffords, and Hatch. 

Subcommittee on Children, Family, Drugs and Alcoholism: Senators Dodd
(Chairman), Pell, Mikulski, Bingaman, Kennedy, Wellstone, Wofford,
Coats, Kassebaum, Jeffords, Gregg, Thurmond, and Durenberger. 

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Subcommittee on Aging: Senators Mikulski (Chairman), Pell, Metzenbaum,
Dodd, Wofford, Gregg, Coats, and Durenberger. 

ORGANIZATIONAL MEETING 

Select Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee met and ordered favorably
reported an original resolution requesting $1,197,940 for operating
expenses for the period from March 1, 1993, through February 28, 1994,
and $1,221,872 for operating expenses for the period from March 1, 1994,
through February 28, 1995. 

Also, committee approved Senator Inouye as Chairman, and Senator McCain
as Vice Chairman, and adopted its rules of procedure for the 103rd
Congress. 

Joint Meetings

CONGRESSIONAL REFORM 

Joint Committee on the Organization of Congress: Committee held hearings
to examine United States Senate and U.S. House of Representatives
leadership recommendations to reorganize congressional procedure,
receiving testimony from Senators Mitchell and Dole; and Representatives
Foley, Gephardt, and Michel. 

Hearings continue on Thursday, January 28. 



1993/01/27
Daily Digest - Wednesday, January 27, 1993;  pages D70 - D74

Committee Meetings 

(Committees not listed did not meet) 

ORGANIZATIONAL MEETING 

Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: Committee met and
ordered favorably reported an original resolution requesting $2,027,632
for operating expenses for the period from March 1, 1993, through
February 28, 1994, and $1,973,136 for operating expenses for the period
from March 1, 1994, through February 28, 1995. 

Also, committee adopted its rules of procedure for the 103d Congress. 

TRANSPORTATION INVESTMENT 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Transportation and Related
Agencies concluded hearings on proposed legislation appropriating
supplemental funds to promote investment in transportation, and to
promote the development of new industries and technologies, after
receiving testimony from Thomas M. Downs, New Jersey Department of
Transportation, Trenton; Robert Georgine, AFL-CIO, Pete Wert, Associated
General Contractors of America, Charles W. Simpson, Morrison-Knudsen
Company, Inc., and Lester P. Lamm, Highway Users Federation, all of
Washington, D.C.; Bob Gregg, Hughes Traffic Management Systems, and
Thomas Murphy, AAI Corporation, both of Arlington, Virginia; Pete
Skarszynski, AT&T, Bridgewater, New Jersey; and Ed Silcott, Westinghouse
Electric Corporation, Baltimore, Maryland. 

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FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on VA-HUD and Independent
Agencies concluded hearings to review the Federal Government's disaster
policy and the future of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, after
receiving testimony from Senator Graham; Representative Weldon; J.
Dexter Peach, Assistant Comptroller General, Resources, Community, and
Economic Development Division, General Accounting Office; Deborah Hart,
Assistant Inspector General, Federal Emergency Management Agency; Linda
Loomis-Shelley, Florida State Community Affairs, Tallahassee; Joe Myers,
North Carolina Emergency Management, Raleigh; William Reno, American Red
Cross, and R. Scott Fosler, National Academy of Public Administration,
both of Washington, D.C.; and Alex Muxo, Homestead, Florida. 

FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE SYSTEM 

Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee held
hearings to examine the safety and soundness provisions of the Federal
Deposit Insurance Corporation Improvement Act of 1991, the condition of
the banking and thrift industries, and the state of the deposit
insurance system, receiving testimony from Charles A. Bowsher,
Comptroller General of the United States, General Accounting Office; and
Robert D. Reischauer, Director, Congressional Budget Office. 

Hearings were recessed subject to call. 

ORGANIZATIONAL MEETING 

Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee met and ordered
favorably reported an original resolution (S. Res. 39) requesting
$2,938,002 for operating expenses for the period from March 1, 1993,
through February 28, 1994, and $3,000,982 for operating expenses for the
period from March 1, 1994, through February 28, 1995. 

INSURANCE INDUSTRY FRAUD 

Committee on Governmental Affairs: Permanent Subcommittee on
Investigations continued oversight hearings to examine Federal and State
efforts to combat fraud and abuse in the insurance industry, focusing on
the operations of Group Hospitalization & Medical Services, Inc. (Blue
Cross and Blue Shield of the National Capital Area), receiving testimony
from Joseph P. Gamble, Charles P. Duvall, Benjamin W. Giuliani, Peter F.
O'Malley, and David Ward, all on behalf of the Group Hospitalization and
Medical Services, Inc., all of Washington, D.C. 

Hearings were recessed subject to call. 

Joint Meetings 

ECONOMIC OUTLOOK 

Joint Economic Committee: Committee held hearings to examine the United
States economic outlook for 1993, receiving testimony from Alan
Greenspan, Chairman, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System. 

Hearings were recessed subject to call. 



1993/01/28
Daily Digest - Thursday, January 28, 1993;  pages D75 - D80

Committee Meetings

(Committees not listed did not meet) 

SUBCOMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS

Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: Committee approved
the following subcommittee assignments: 

Subcommittee on Agricultural Production and Stabilization of Prices:
Senators Pryor (Chairman), Baucus, Kerrey, Feingold, Boren, Heflin,
Harkin, Helms, Dole, Cochran, McConnell, Craig, and Grassley. 

Subcommittee on Domestic and Foreign Marketing and Product Promotion:
Senators Boren (Chairman), Pryor, Conrad, Baucus, Feingold, Heflin,
Cochran, Helms, Coverdell, McConnell, and Grassley. 

Subcommittee on Agricultural Credit: Senators Conrad (Chairman),
Daschle, Boren, Baucus, Grassley, Craig, and Coverdell. 

Subcommittee on Rural Development and Rural Electrification: Senators
Heflin (Chairman), Conrad, Daschle, Coverdell, and Dole. 

Subcommittee on Nutrition and Investigations: Senators Harkin
(Chairman), Pryor, Kerrey, Feingold, McConnell, Dole, and Helms. 

Subcommittee on Agricultural Research, Conservation, Forestry and
General Legislation: Senators Daschle (Chairman), Kerrey, Harkin, Craig,
and Cochran. 

FORMER YUGOSLAVIA

Committee on Armed Services: Committee met in closed session to receive
a briefing on the situation in former Yugoslavia from Roger Z. George,
National Intelligence Officer for Europe, National Intelligence Council;
Col. James W. Pardew, USA, Directorate of Current Intelligence, Defense
Intelligence Agency; William H. Hill, Chief Eastern European Division,
Bureau of Intelligence and Research, Department of State; and Robert
Blackwell, Director, European Analysis, Intelligence Directorate,
Central Intelligence Agency. 

Committee recessed subject to call. 

ECONOMIC OUTLOOK

Committee on the Budget: Committee held hearings on the United States
economic outlook for 1993, receiving testimony from Alan Greenspan,
Chairman, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System. 

Hearings were recessed subject to call. 

BUSINESS MEETING

Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee ordered
favorably reported the following business items: 

The nomination of John H. Gibbons, of Virginia, to be Director, Office
of Science and Technology Policy, and routine Coast Guard nominations;
and 

An original resolution requesting $3,809,967 for operating expenses for
the period from March 1, 1993, through February 28, 1994, and $3,890,947
for operating expenses for the period from March 1, 1994, through
February 28, 1995. 

Also, committee adopted its rules of procedure for the 103rd Congress,
and approved the following subcommittee assignments: 

Subcommittee on Aviation: Senators Ford (Chairman), Exon, Inouye, Kerry,
Bryan, Pressler, McCain, Stevens, and Gorton. 

Subcommittee on Communications: Senators Inouye (Chairman), Hollings,
Ford, Exon, Kerry, Breaux, Rockefeller, Robb, Packwood, Pressler,
Stevens, McCain, Burns, and Gorton. 

Consumer Subcommittee: Senators Bryan (Chairman), Ford, Dorgan, Krueger,
Gorton, McCain, and Burns. 

Subcommittee on Foreign Commerce and Tourism: Senators Kerry (Chairman),
Hollings, Rockefeller, Bryan, Dorgan, Gregg, Packwood, and Pressler. 

Subcommittee on Merchant Marine: Senators Breaux (Chairman), Inouye,
Krueger, Lott, and Stevens. 

Subcommittee on Science, Technology, and Space: Senators Rockefeller
(Chairman), Hollings, Kerry, Bryan, Robb, Krueger, Burns, Pressler,
Lott, and Gregg. 

Subcommittee on Surface Transportation: Senators Exon (Chairman),
Rockefeller, Inouye, Breaux, Robb, Dorgan, Krueger, McCain, Packwood,
Burns, Lott, and Gregg. 

National Ocean Policy Study: Senators Hollings (Chairman), Kerry (Vice
Chairman), Inouye, Ford, Breaux, Robb, Krueger, Stevens, Danforth,
Packwood, Pressler, Gorton, Lott, and Gregg. 

SUBCOMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS

Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee approved the
following subcommittee assignments: 

Subcommittee on Renewable Energy, Energy Efficiency, and
Competitiveness: Senators Bingaman (Chairman), Wellstone (Vice
Chairman), Bradley, Akaka, Shelby, Mathews, Krueger, Nickles, Specter,
Lott, Hatfield, Domenici, and Murkowski. 

Subcommittee on Energy Research and Development: Senators Ford
(Chairman), Shelby (Vice Chairman), Bumpers, Bingaman, Wellstone,
Mathews, Krueger, Domenici, Specter, Nickles, Craig, and Lott. 

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Subcommittee on Mineral Resources Development and Production: Senators
Akaka (Chairman), Mathews (Vice Chairman), Bumpers, Ford, Campbell,
Craig, Murkowski, Nickles, and Bennett.  

Subcommittee on Public Lands, National Parks and Forests: Senators
Bumpers (Chairman), Campbell (Vice Chairman), Bradley, Bingaman, Akaka,
Shelby, Wellstone, Krueger, Murkowski, Hatfield, Lott, Domenici,
Bennett, Craig, and Specter. 

Subcommittee on Water and Power: Senators Bradley (Chairman), Ford,
Campbell, Bennett, and Hatfield. 

ORGANIZATIONAL MEETING

Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee met and ordered
favorably reported an original resolution requesting $2,875,000 for
operating expenses for the period from March 1, 1993, through February
28, 1994, and $2,875,000 for operating expenses for the period from
March 1, 1994, through February 28, 1995. 

Also, committee adopted its rules of procedure for the 103rd Congress. 

ORGANIZATIONAL MEETING

Committee on the Judiciary: Committee met and ordered favorably reported
an original resolution requesting $5,397,100 for operating expenses for
the period from March 1, 1993, through February 28, 1994, and $5,515,215
for operating expenses for the period from March 1, 1994, through
February 28, 1995. 

Also, committee adopted its rules of procedure for the 103rd Congress,
and approved the following subcommittee assignments: 

Subcommittee on Immigration and Refugee Affairs: Senators Kennedy
(Chairman), Simon, and Simpson. 

Subcommittee on Antitrust, Monopolies and Business Rights: Senators
Metzenbaum (Chairman), DeConcini, Heflin, Simon, Thurmond, Specter, and
Hatch. 

Subcommittee on Patents, Copyrights and Trademarks: Senators DeConcini
(Chairman), Kennedy, Leahy, Heflin, Feinstein, Hatch, Simpson, Grassley,
and Brown. 

Subcommittee on Technology and the Law: Senators Leahy (Chairman), Kohl,
Feinstein, Specter, and Pressler. 

Subcommittee on Courts and Administrative Practice: Senators Heflin
(Chairman), Metzenbaum, Kohl, Moseley-Braun, Grassley, Thurmond, and
Cohen. 

Subcommittee on the Constitution: Senators Simon (Chairman), Metzenbaum,
DeConcini, Kennedy, Brown, and Hatch. 

Subcommittee on Juvenile Justice: Senators Kohl (Chairman), Biden,
Moseley-Braun, Cohen, and Pressler. 

ORGANIZATIONAL MEETING

Committee on Rules and Administration: Committee ordered favorably
reported the following measures: 

An original resolution (S. Res. 42) providing for members on the part of
the Senate of the Joint Committee on Printing and the Joint Committee of
Congress on the Library as follows: 

Joint Committee on Printing: Senators Ford (Chairman), DeConcini,
Mathews, Stevens, and Hatfield; and 

Joint Committee of Congress on the Library: Senators Pell (Vice
Chairman), DeConcini, Moynihan, Hatfield, and Stevens. 

An original concurrent resolution (S. Con. Res. 8) to allow another
member of the Committee on Rules and Administration of the Senate to
serve on the Joint Committee of Congress on the Library in place of the
Chairman of the Committee; and 

An original resolution requesting $1,478,578 for operating expenses for
the period from March 1, 1993, through February 28, 1994, and $1,511,163
in operating expenses for the period from March 1, 1994, through
February 28, 1995. 

Also, committee adopted its rules of procedure for the 103d Congress. 

COMMITTEE BUDGET

Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee ordered favorably reported
an original resolution (S. Res. 43) requesting $2,938,578 for operating
expenses for the period from March 1, 1993, through February 28, 1994,
and $3,003,123 for operating expenses for the period from March 1, 1994,
through February 28, 1995. 

ORGANIZATIONAL MEETING

Special Committee on Aging: Committee met and approved a resolution
requesting $1,184,439 for operating expenses for the period from March
1, 1993, through February 28, 1994, and $1,209,141 for operating
expenses for the period from March 1, 1994, through February 28, 1995. 

Also, committee adopted its rules of procedure for the 103d Congress. 

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Joint Meetings

CONGRESSIONAL REFORM

Joint Committee on the Organization of Congress: Committee held hearings
to examine certain recommendations to reorganize congressional
procedure, receiving testimony from former Senator Rudman, and former
Representatives Frenzel and Jim Jones. 

Hearings continue on Tuesday, February 2. 



1993/01/29
Daily Digest - Friday, January 29, 1993;  pages D81 - D82

Committee Meetings 

(Committees not listed did not meet) 

U.S. MILITARY OPERATIONS IN FOREIGN LANDS 

Committee on Armed Services: Committee met to receive a briefing on
current United States military operations in Somalia, Iraq and
Yugoslavia from Lt. Gen. Martin L. Brandtner, USMC, Director for
Operations (J-3), Office of the Joint Chiefs of Staff; and Rear Adm.
Mike W. Cramer, USN, Director of Current Intelligence (J-2), Office of
the Joint Chiefs of Staff. 

Committee recessed subject to call. 

No Joint hearings noted.



1993/02/02
Daily Digest - Tuesday, February 2, 1993;  pages D83 - D90

Committee Meetings 

(Committees not listed did not meet) 

ORGANIZATIONAL MEETING 

Committee on Appropriations: On Monday, February 1, committee met and
ordered favorably reported an original resolution (S. Res. 48)
requesting $5,830,035 for operating expenses for the period from March
1, 1993, through February 28, 1994, and $5,972,449 for operating
expenses for the period from March 1, 1994, through February 28, 1995. 

Also, committee adopted its rules of procedure for the 103d Congress,
and approved the following subcommittee assignments: 

Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, and Related Agencies:
Senators Bumpers (Chairman), Harkin, Kerrey, Johnston, Kohl, Feinstein,
Cochran, Specter, Bond, Gramm, and Gorton.

Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State, and Judiciary: Senators
Hollings (Chairman), Inouye, Bumpers, Lautenberg, Sasser, Kerrey,
Domenici, Stevens, Hatfield, Gramm, and McConnell. 

Subcommittee on Defense: Senators Inouye (Chairman), Hollings, Johnston,
Byrd, Leahy, Sasser, DeConcini, Bumpers, Lautenberg, Harkin, Stevens,
D'Amato, Cochran, Specter, Domenici, Nickles, Gramm, and Bond. 

Subcommittee on the District of Columbia: Senators Kohl (Chairman),
Murray, Feinstein, Burns, and Mack. 

Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development: Senators Johnston
(Chairman), Byrd, Hollings, Sasser, DeConcini, Reid, Kerrey, Hatfield,
Cochran, Domenici, Nickles, Gorton, and McConnell. 

Subcommittee on Foreign Operations: Senators Leahy (Chairman), Inouye,
DeConcini, Lautenberg, Harkin, Mikulski, Feinstein, McConnell, D'Amato,
Specter, Nickles, Mack, and Gramm. 

Subcommittee on the Interior: Senators Byrd (Chairman), Johnston, Leahy,
DeConcini, Bumpers, Hollings, Reid, Murray, Nickles, Stevens, Cochran,
Domenici, Gorton, Hatfield, and Burns. 

Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education:
Senators Harkin (Chairman), Byrd, Hollings, Inouye, Bumpers, Reid, Kohl,
Murray, Specter, Hatfield, Stevens, Cochran, Gorton, Mack, and Bond. 

Subcommittee on Legislative Branch: Senators Reid (Chairman), Mikulski,
Murray, Mack, and Burns. 

Subcommittee on Military Construction: Senators Sasser (Chairman),
Inouye, Reid, Kohl, Gorton, Stevens, and McConnell. 

Subcommittee on Transportation: Senators Lautenberg (Chairman), Byrd,
Harkin, Sasser, Mikulski, D'Amato, Domenici, Hatfield, and Specter. 

Subcommittee on Treasury, Postal Service, and General Government:
Senators DeConcini (Chairman), Mikulski, Kerrey, Bond, and D'Amato. 

Subcommittee on VA-HUD, and Independent Agencies: Senators Mikulski
(Chairman), Leahy, Johnston, Lautenberg, Kerrey, Feinstein, Gramm,
D'Amato, Nickles, Bond, and Burns. 

COMMITTEE BUDGET 

Committee on Armed Services: On Monday, February 1, committee approved
for reporting an original resolution (S. Res. 51) requesting $3,132,733
for operating expenses for the period from March 1, 1993, through
February 28, 1994, and $3,200,710 for operating expenses for the period
from March 1, 1994, through February 28, 1995. 

COMMITTEE BUDGET 

Committee on the Budget: On Friday, January 29, committee approved for
reporting an original resolution (S. Res. 57) requesting $3,424,833 for
operating expenses for the period from March 1, 1993, through February
28, 1994, and $3,499,838 for operating expenses for the period from
March 1, 1994, through February 28, 1995. 

Also, committee adopted its rules of procedure for the 103d Congress. 

ORGANIZATIONAL MEETING 

Committee on Finance: On Monday, February 1, committee met and ordered
favorably reported an original resolution (S. Res. 56) requesting
$4,184,586 for operating expenses for the period from March 1, 1993,
through February 28, 1994, and $4,289,738 for operating expenses for the
period from March 1, 1994, through February 28, 1995. 

Also, committee adopted its rule of procedure for the 103d Congress. 

ORGANIZATIONAL MEETING 

Committee on Governmental Affairs: On Friday, January 29, committee met
and ordered favorably reported an original resolution (S. Res. 55)
requesting $5,603,819 for operating expenses for the period from March
1, 1993, through February 28, 1994, and $5,213,729 for operating
expenses for the period from March 1, 1994, through February 28, 1995. 

ORGANIZATIONAL MEETING 

Committee on Labor and Human Resources: On Monday, February 1, committee
met and ordered favorably reported an original resolution (S. Res. 49)
requesting $5,412,714 for operating expenses for the period from March
1, 1993, through February 28, 1994, and $5,530,058 for operating
expenses for the period from March 1, 1994, through February 28, 1995. 

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ORGANIZATIONAL MEETING 

Committee on Small Business: Committee met and ordered favorably
reported an original resolution (S. Res. 58) requesting $1,137,330 for
operating expenses for the period from March 1, 1993, through February
28, 1994, and $1,161,856 for operating expenses for the period from
March 1, 1994, through February 28, 1995. 

Also, committee adopted its rules of procedure for the 103d Congress,
and approved the following subcommittee assignments: 

Subcommittee on Competitiveness, Credit Availability, and Economic
Opportunity: Senators Lieberman (Chairman), Harkin, Lautenberg, Mack,
and Bond. 

Subcommittee on Export Expansion and Agricultural Development: Senators
Wofford (Chairman), Harkin, Bumpers, Lautenberg, Moseley-Braun,
Coverdell, Pressler, Bennett, and Chafee. 

Subcommittee on Government Contracting and Paperwork Reduction: Senators
Nunn (Chairman), Lieberman, Harkin, Kohl, Bond, and Wallop. 

Subcommittee on Innovation, Manufacturing and Technology: Senators Levin
(Chairman), Kerry, Bumpers, Heflin, Burns, Kempthorne, and Bennett. 

Subcommittee on Rural Economy and Family Farming: Senators Wellstone
(Chairman), Nunn, Levin, Bumpers, Heflin, Kohl, Pressler, Wallop, Burns,
Coverdell, and Kempthorne. 

Subcommittee on Urban and Minority-owned Business Development: Senators
Kerry (Chairman), Nunn, Wellstone, Wofford, Moseley-Braun, Chafee, Mack,
and Pressler. 

COMMITTEE BUDGET 

Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Committee approved for reporting an
original resolution (S. Res. 59) requesting $1,253,028 for operating
expenses for the period from March 1, 1993, through February 28, 1994,
and $1,253,028 for operating expenses for the period from March 1, 1994,
through February 28, 1995. 

NOMINATION 

Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee held open and closed
hearings on the nomination of R. James Woolsey, of Maryland, to be
Director of Central Intelligence, where the nominee, who was introduced
by Senators Sarbanes and Boren, and Representative Hoagland, testified
and answered questions in his own behalf. 

Hearings continue tomorrow. 

Joint Meetings 

CONGRESSIONAL REFORM 

Joint Committee on the Organization of Congress: Committee resumed
hearings to examine certain recommendations to reorganize congressional
procedure, receiving testimony from Senators Byrd, Bond, Brown, and
Grassley. 

Hearings continue on Thursday, February 4. 



1993/02/03
Daily Digest - Wednesday, February 3, 1993;  pages D92 - D98

Committee Meetings 

(Committees not listed did not meet) 

FORMER SOVIET UNION 

Committee on Armed Services: Committee met to receive a briefing on
developments in the former Soviet Union from George Kolt, National
Intelligence Officer for Russia and Eurasia, Lawrence K. Gershwin,
National Intelligence Officer for Strategic Programs, and Brig. Gen.
David A. Armstrong, USA (Ret.), National Intelligence Officer for
General Purpose Forces, all of the National Intelligence Council. 

Committee will meet again tomorrow. 

COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BANKS 

Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee held
hearings on the Administration's proposal to expand community
development financial institution activity to help promote job-creating
initiatives, receiving testimony from Milton O. Davis, South Shore Bank,
Chicago, Illinois; Lyndon Comstock, Community Capital Bank, Brooklyn,
New York; Steven W. Lopez, The Fund to Organize The Southside Bank,
Grand Rapids, Michigan; Edward H. McNamara, Wayne County Government,
Detroit, Michigan; Robert Jackson, Quitman County Federal Credit Union,
Marks, Mississippi; Ronald L. Phillips, Coastal Enterprises, Inc.,
Wiscasset, Maine; Pauline Nunez-Morales, Albuquerque, New Mexico, on
behalf of the New Mexico Community Development Loan Fund and the
National Association of Community Development Loan Funds; and Michael
Swack, Institute for Cooperative Community Development, Manchester, New
Hampshire. 

Hearings were recessed subject to call. 

TAX EXPENDITURES 

Committee on the Budget: Committee held hearings to examine the role of
tax expenditures in the Federal budget process, receiving testimony from
Jane G. Gravelle, Senior Specialist in Economic Policy, Congressional
Research Service, Library of Congress; C. Eugene Steuerle, The Urban
Institute, Washington, D.C.; and Paul R. McDaniel, University of Florida
College of Law,
Gainesville. 

Committee recessed subject to call. 

COMMITTEE BUDGET REQUESTS 

Committee on Rules and Administration: Committee held hearings to
receive testimony from Senators, as indicated, in support of resolutions
requesting funds for operating expenses of their respective committees
for periods from March 1, 1993, through February 28, 1994, and from
March 1, 1994, through February 28, 1995, as follows: 

Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs : (S. Res. 50),
Senators Riegle and D'Amato; 
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources : (S. Res. 39), Senators
Johnston and Wallop; 
Special Committee on Aging : (S. Res. 44), Senators Pryor and Cohen; 
Joint Committee on the Organization of Congress : (S. Res. 46), Senators
Boren and Domenici; 
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry : (S. Res. 47),
Senators Leahy and Lugar; 
Committee on Armed Services : (S. Res. 51), Senators Nunn and Thurmond; 
Select Committee on Intelligence : (S. Res. 43), Senators DeConcini and
Warner; 
Committee on Governmental Affairs : (S. Res. 55), Senators Glenn and
Roth; and 
Committee on Veterans' Affairs : (S. Res. 59), Senators Rockefeller and
Murkowski. 

Committee will meet again tomorrow. 

NOMINATION 

Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Committee ordered favorably reported the
nomination of Hershel Wayne Gober, of Arkansas, to be Deputy Secretary
of Veterans Affairs. 

NOMINATION 

Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee ordered favorably reported
the nomination of R. James Woolsey, of Maryland, to be Director of
Central Intelligence. 

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No Joint hearings noted.



1993/02/04
Daily Digest - Thursday, February 4, 1993;  pages D99 - D104

Committee Meetings 

(Committees not listed did not meet) 

COMMITTEE BUDGET REQUESTS 

Committee on Rules and Administration: Committee concluded hearings
after receiving testimony from Senators, as indicated, in support of
resolutions requesting funds for operating expenses of their respective
committees for periods from March 1, 1993, through February 28, 1994,
and from March
1, 1994, through February 28, 1995, as follows: 

Committee on the Judiciary : (S. Res. 65), Senators Biden and Hatch; 
Committee on Finance : (S. Res. 56), Senators Moynihan and Packwood; 
Committee on Appropriations : (S. Res. 48), Senators Byrd and Hatfield; 
Select Committee on Indian Affairs : (S. Res. 52), Senators Inouye and
McCain; 
Committee on Labor and Human Resources : (S. Res. 49), Senators Kennedy
and Kassebaum; 
Committee on the Budget : (S. Res. 57), Senators Sasser and Domenici; 
Committee on Small Business : (S. Res. 58), Senators Bumpers and
Pressler; 
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation : (S. Res. 45),
Senator Hollings; 
Committee on Environment and Public Works : (S. Res. 53), Senators
Baucus and Chafee; and 
Committee on Foreign Relations : (S. Res. 40), Senators Pell and Helms.

Joint Meetings 

CONGRESSIONAL REFORM 

Joint Committee on the Organization of Congress: Committee resumed
hearings to examine certain recommendations to reorganize congressional
procedure, receiving testimony from numerous members of the House of
Representatives. 

Committee recessed subject to call. 

BOSNIA SITUATION 

Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe (Helsinki Commission):
Commission held hearings to discuss the current status of peace
negotiations and the humanitarian situation in Bosnia and Herzegovina,
receiving testimony from Bosnian Foreign Minister Haris Silajdzic. 

Commission will meet again tomorrow. 



1993/02/16
Daily Digest - Tuesday, February 16, 1993;  pages D105 - D110

Committee Meetings

(Committees not listed did not meet) 

NOMINATIONS

Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded hearings on the
nominations of Peter B. Bowman, of Maine; Beverly Butcher Byron, of
Maryland; Rebecca Gernhardt Cox, of the District of Columbia; Hansford
T. Johnson, of Texas; Arthur Levitt, Jr., of New York; Harry C.
McPherson, Jr., of Maryland; and Robert D. Stuart, Jr., of Illinois,
each to be a Member; and James A. Courter, of New Jersey, to be a Member
and Chairman, all of the Defense Base Closure and Realignment
Commission, after the nominees testified and answered questions in their
own behalf. 

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SUBCOMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS

Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee approved its
subcommittee
assignments for the 103d Congress as follows: 

Subcommittee on Water Resources, Transportation, Public Buildings and
Economic
Development: Senators Moynihan (Chairman), Mitchell, Reid, Metzenbaum,
Boxer, Warner, Durenberger, Smith, and Kempthorne. 

Subcommittee on Superfund, Recycling and Solid Waste Management:
Senators Lautenberg (Chairman), Moynihan, Graham, Metzenbaum, Wofford,
Boxer, Durenberger, Simpson, Smith, and Warner. 

Subcommittee on Toxic Substances, Research and Development: Senators
Reid (Chairman), Lautenberg, Lieberman, Wofford, Boxer, Smith, Warner,
Simpson, and Faircloth.  

Subcommittee on Clean Water, Fisheries and Wildlife: Senators Graham
(Chairman), Mitchell, Lautenberg, Reid, Lieberman, Wofford, Chafee,
Durenberger, Faircloth, and Kempthorne. 

Subcommittee on Clean Air and Nuclear Regulation: Senators Lieberman
(Chairman), Moynihan, Graham, Metzenbaum, Simpson, Faircloth, and
Kempthorne. 

SUBCOMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS

Committee on Finance: Committee approved its subcommittee assignments
for the 103d Congress as follows: 

Subcommittee on International Trade: Senators Baucus (Chairman),
Moynihan, Boren, Bradley, Mitchell, Riegle, Rockefeller, Daschle,
Breaux, Conrad, Danforth, Packwood, Roth, Chafee, Grassley, Hatch, and
Wallop. 

Subcommittee on Taxation: Senators Boren (Chairman), Baucus, Pryor,
Conrad, Roth, Packwood, and Danforth. 

Subcommittee on Deficits, Debt Management and Long-Term Economic Growth:
Senators Bradley (Chairman), Riegle, and Wallop. 

Subcommittee on Private Retirement Plans and Oversight of the Internal
Revenue Service: Senators Pryor (Chairman), Moynihan, and Grassley. 

Subcommittee on Health for Families and the Uninsured: Senators Riegle
(Chairman), Bradley, Mitchell, Rockefeller, Chafee, Roth, Durenberger,
and Danforth. 

Subcommittee on Medicare and Long-Term Care: Senators Rockefeller
(Chairman), Baucus, Mitchell, Pryor, Daschle, Conrad, Durenberger,
Packwood, Dole, Chafee, Grassley, and Hatch. 

Subcommittee on Energy and Agricultural Taxation: Senators Daschle
(Chairman), Boren, Breaux, Hatch, Dole, and Wallop. 

Subcommittee on Social Security and Family Policy: Senators Breaux
(Chairman), Moynihan, Dole, and Durenberger. 

Joint Meetings

CONGRESSIONAL REFORM

Joint Committee on the Organization of Congress: Committee resumed
hearings to examine certain recommendations to reorganize congressional
procedure, receiving testimony from former Senators Baker and Ribicoff;
and Thomas E. Mann, Brookings Institution, Norman J. Ornstein, American
Enterprise Institute, and David Mason, Heritage Foundation, all of
Washington, DC. 

Committee will meet again on Tuesday, February 23. 



1993/02/17
Daily Digest - Wednesday, February 17, 1993;  pages D111 - D116

Committee Meetings 

(Committees not listed did not meet) 

FORMER SOVIET UNION 

Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded hearings to examine
economic reform in the former Soviet Union, focusing on the current
situation and United States policy options, after receiving testimony
from John P. Hardt, Associate Director and Senior Specialist in Soviet
Economics, Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress; James R.
Millar, George Washington University, Washington, D.C.; and Jeffrey D.
Sachs, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts. 

HOME EQUITY LENDING 

Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded
hearings to examine the lending practices of certain brokers, lenders
and home improvement contractors, focusing on the terms and conditions
of home improvement and second mortgage loans, and the effect of reverse
redlining mortgages on minority home ownership, after receiving
testimony from Massachusetts Attorney General Scott Harshbarger,
Kathleen Keest, National Consumer Law Center, John P. Hamill, Fleet Bank
of Massachusetts, on behalf of the Fleet Financial Group, Inc., and
Bruce Marks, Union Neighborhood Assistance Corp., all of Boston,
Massachusetts; Terry Drent, Ann Arbor Community Development Department,
Ann Arbor, Michigan; John B. Long, Dye, Tucker, Everitt, Wheale & Long,
and Annie Diggs, both of Augusta, Georgia; and Eva L. Davis, San
Francisco, California. 

BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA 

Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee met in closed session to
receive a briefing on the administration's policy toward Bosnia and
Herzegovina from Reginald Bartholomew, Under Secretary of State for
International Security Affairs. 

Committee recessed subject to call. 

No Joint hearings noted.



1993/02/18
Daily Digest - Thursday, February 18, 1993;  pages D117 - D126

Committee Meetings 

(Committees not listed did not meet) 

PRESIDENT'S ECONOMIC PLAN 

Committee on the Budget: Committee held hearings to examine the
administration's program to revitalize the American economy, receiving
testimony from Lloyd Bentsen, Secretary of the Treasury; and Alice M.
Rivlin, Deputy Director, Office of Management and Budget. 

Hearings continue tomorrow. 

UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION 

Committee on Finance: Committee held hearings on proposed legislation to
extend unemployment compensation benefits for jobless Americans,
receiving testimony from Senator Sarbanes; Robert B. Reich, Secretary of
Labor; Carolyn Golding, Acting Assistant Secretary of Labor for
Employment; Warren G. Blue, R.E. Harrington, Inc., Columbus, Ohio, on
behalf of the Council of State Chambers of Commerce; William J.
Cunningham, AFL-CIO, Washington, D.C.; and Andrew Richardson, West
Virginia Bureau of Employment Programs, Charleston, on behalf of the
Interstate Conference of Employment Security Agencies. 

Hearings were recessed subject to call. 

BOSNIA 

Committee on Foreign Relations: Subcommittee on European Affairs held
hearings to examine American policy in Bosnia, receiving testimony from
Haris Silajdzic, Foreign Minister of Bosnia; William E. Colby, former
Director of Central Intelligence, Maj. Gen. William Odom (USA-Ret.),
Hudson Institute, former Director, National Security Agency, David
Gompert, RAND, former Senior Director for European Affairs, National
Security Agency, George Kenney, Carnegie Endowment for International
Peace, former Yugoslav Desk Officer, Department of State, Jeane
Kirkpatrick, American Enterprise Institute, and Paul Nitze, Johns
Hopkins University, all of Washington, D.C.; and Gen. Michael J. Duggan,
USAF (Ret.), former Air Force Chief of Staff, and Aryeh Neier, Human
Rights Watch, both of New York, New York. 

Hearings were recessed subject to call. 

ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY 

Committee on Governmental Affairs: Committee held hearings on S. 171, to
establish the Department of the Environment, provide for a Bureau of
Environmental Statistics, and a Presidential Commission on Improving
Environmental Protection, receiving testimony from Senators Baucus,
Chafee, Durenberger, Jeffords, and Lautenberg; Carol M. Browner,
Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency; Douglas M. Costle,
former Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency; Jay D. Hair,
National Wildlife Federation, Washington, D.C.; and Stephen J. Gage,
Cleveland Advanced Manufacturing Program, Cleveland, Ohio. 

                               [Page: D119]

Hearings were recessed subject to call. 

NOMINATION 

Committee on Labor and Human Resources: Committee ordered favorably
reported the nomination of Madeleine Kunin, of Vermont, to be Deputy
Secretary of Education. 

BUSINESS MEETING 


Committee on Rules and Administration: Committee ordered favorably
reported the following measures: 

An original resolution (S. Res. 71) authorizing biennial expenditures by
certain committees of the Senate, in lieu of S. Res. 39, S. Res. 40, S.
Res. 41, S. Res. 43, S. Res. 44, S. Res. 45, S. Res. 46, S. Res. 47, S.
Res. 48, S. Res. 49, S. Res. 50, S. Res. 51, S. Res. 52, S. Res. 53, S.
Res. 55, S. Res. 56, S. Res. 57, S. Res. 58, S. Res. 59, and S. Res. 65; 

An original bill to establish national voter registration procedures for
Federal elections; and 

An original resolution (S. Res. 72) authorizing the printing of a
collection of the rules of the committees of the Senate. 

No Joint hearings noted.



1993/02/22
Daily Digest - Monday, February 22, 1993;  pages D127 - D130

Committee Meetings

(Committees not listed did not meet) 

MONETARY POLICY

Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: On Friday, February
19, Committee concluded hearings to examine the Federal Reserve's
semi-annual monetary policy report, after receiving testimony from Alan
Greenspan, Chairman, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System. 

PRESIDENT'S ECONOMIC PLAN

Committee on the Budget: On Friday, February 19, Committee continued
hearings to examine the Administration's program to revitalize the
American economy, receiving testimony from Leon E. Panetta, Director,
Office of Management and Budget. 

Committee will meet again on Wednesday, February 24. 

RTC CONTRACTING

Committee on Governmental Affairs: On Friday, February 19, Subcommittee
on Regulation and Governmental Information concluded hearings to examine
contracting practices of the Resolution Trust Corporation, after
receiving testimony from Albert Casey, President and Chief Executive
Officer, and John Adair, Inspector General, both of the Resolution Trust
Corporation. 

Joint Meetings

PRESIDENT'S ECONOMIC PLAN

Joint Economic Committee: Committee held hearings to examine the
Administration's program to revitalize the American economy, receiving
testimony from Laura D'Andrea Tyson, Chairman, Council of Economic
Advisers. 

Committee recessed subject to call. 

MIGRANT FARMWORKERS

Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe (Helsinki Commission):
On Friday, February 19, Commission met to receive a briefing on issues
related to migrant children and their families, including child labor
and access to education from Frank Corrigan, Director, Office of Migrant
Education, Office of Elementary and Secondary Education, Department of
Education; William Gross, Acting Assistant Administrator for Program
Operations, Wage and Hour Division, Department of Labor; former New York
State Senator John Perry, Rochester, on behalf of the Interstate Migrant
Education Council; Hazel Filoxsian, Migrant and Immigrant Assistance
Center, Fort Pierce, Florida; Diane Mull, Association of Farmworker
Opportunity Programs, Washington, D.C.; and Wendell Rollason, Redlands
Christian Migrant Association, Immokalee, Florida. 

Commission recessed subject to call. 



1993/02/23
Daily Digest - Tuesday, February 23, 1993;  pages D132 - D138

Committee Meetings

(Committees not listed did not meet) 

APPROPRIATIONS--FOREIGN ASSISTANCE

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Foreign Operations held
hearings to examine issues and solutions for reforming foreign aid
programs, receiving testimony from John Sewell, Overseas Development
Council, and Peter Davies, Interaction, both of Washington, D.C.; and
Steven Sinding, Rockefeller Foundation, New York, New York. 

Subcommittee will meet again on Tuesday,March 2. 

APPROPRIATIONS--LEGISLATIVE BRANCH

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on the Legislative Branch held
hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1994, receiving
testimony in behalf of funds for their respective activities from Walter
J. Stewart, Secretary of the Senate; Martha S. Pope, Senate Sergeant at
Arms; Senators Kennedy and Hatch, and Roger Herdman, Acting Director,
all on behalf of the Office of Technology Assessment; and Robert D.
Reischauer, Director, Congressional Budget Office. 

Subcommittee will meet again tomorrow. 

APPROPRIATIONS--TRANSPORTATION

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Transportation held
hearings on the Administration's transportation supplemental funding
stimulus for fiscal year 1993, receiving testimony from Federico
PenAE6a, Secretary of Transportation. 

Subcommittee will meet again on Thursday, March 4. 

HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Development: Committee
concluded oversight hearings to examine the housing and urban
development provisions of the Administration's economic stimulus plan,
after receiving testimony from Henry G. Cisneros, Secretary of Housing
and Urban Development; Mayor Sandra Freedman, Tampa, Florida; Mayor Paul
Helmke, Fort Wayne, Indiana; Mayor Woodrow Stanley, Flint, Michigan; and
Mayor Michael White, Cleveland, Ohio. 

ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY

Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee held hearings to
examine environmental technology issues, focusing on the relationship
between business and the environment, receiving testimony from Jonathan
Lash, World Resources Institute, Washington, D.C.; Frank Popoff, Dow
Chemical Company, Midland, Michigan; David Chittick, AT&T, Basking
Ridge, New Jersey; Daniel S. Greenbaum, Massachusetts Department of
Environmental Protection, Boston; Donald A. Deieso, Air and Water
Technology Corporation, Somerville, New Jersey; and Kay V. Adams, Los
Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico. 

Hearings were recessed subject to call. 

WARN ACT

Committee on Labor and Human Resources: Subcommittee on Labor held
hearings to examine the coverage, compliance and enforcement of the Warn
Act, receiving testimony from Linda G. Morra, Director, Education and
Employment Issues, General Accounting Office; Julie H. Hurwitz, Maurice
and Jane Sugar Law Center for Economic and Social Justice, and Rick
McHugh, United Auto Workers of America, both of Detroit, Michigan;
Barbara Cigainero, Texas Department of Commerce, Austin, on behalf of
the National Association of State JTPA Liaisons; Tamala Thackston,
Higginsport, Ohio; Gary and Evelyn Allen, Harford Mills, New York; and
William Tomko, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. 

Hearings were recessed subject to call. 

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Joint Meetings

DISABLED AMERICAN VETERANS

Joint Hearing: Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs concluded joint
hearings with the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs to review the
legislative recommendations of the Disabled American Veterans, after
receiving testimony from Joseph C. Zengerle, Disabled American Veterans,
Washington, D.C. 

CONGRESSIONAL REFORM

Joint Committee on the Organization of Congress: Committee resumed
hearings to examine certain congressional reform recommendations,
focusing on procedures for enforcing ethical standards, receiving
testimony from Senators Heflin and Lott; and Representatives Hyde,
Weldon, and Robert Andrews. 

Hearings continue on Thursday, February 25. 

BOARD MEETING

Office of Technology Assessment: The Board met and approved the
following project proposals: 

(1) Regulatory and Health Assessment of Dietary Supplements; and (2)
Setting the Stage for Studying Persian Gulf Veterans' Health. 



1993/02/24
Daily Digest - Wednesday, February 24, 1993;  pages D139 - D146

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 1994 for the
Legislative Branch, receiving testimony in behalf of funds for their
respective activities from George M. White, Architect of the Capitol;
and Martha S. Pope, Senate Sergeant at Arms, Werner W. Brandt, House of
Representatives Sergeant at Arms, Mr. White (listed above), and Gary L.
Abrecht, Chief, U.S. Capitol Police, all on behalf of the Capitol Police
Board. 

Subcommittee will meet again tomorrow. 

U.S. BORDER DRUG-INTERDICTION SYSTEM

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on the Treasury, Postal
Service, and General Government held oversight hearings to examine the
effectiveness of the United States' border drug-interdiction system,
receiving testimony from Michael H. Lane, Acting Commissioner, John E.
Hensley, Assistant Commissioner for Enforcement, Harvey Pothier,
Director, Air and Marine Interdiction Program, Ray Mintz, Director,
Office of Enforcement Support, Don Shruhan, Special Agent in Charge
(Tucson, Arizona), and William Rosenblatt, Special Agent in Charge
(Miami, Florida), all of the United States Customs Service, Department
of the Treasury; Mike Williams, Chief, United States Border Patrol, and
Robert C. Bonner, Administrator, Drug Enforcement Administration, both
of the Department of Justice; Donna Hrinak, Deputy Assistant Secretary
of State for Inter-American Affairs; and John Walters, former Assistant
Director for Supply Reduction, Office of National Drug Control Policy,
Jack Blum, former Consultant, Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, and
Frank Ault, USN (Ret.), all of Washington, D.C. 

Hearings continue tomorrow. 

FORMER SOVIET UNION

Committee on Armed Services: Committee held hearings to examine the
status of United States Government assistance to the former Soviet
Union, receiving testimony from Richard L. Armitage, Deputy to the
Coordinator for U.S. Assistance to the Newly Independent States, and
Maj. Gen. William F. Burns, USA (Ret.), Head, U.S. Delegation on Safe
and Secure Dismantlement of Nuclear Weapons, both of the Department of
State. 

Committee recessed subject to call. 

MORTGAGE LENDING DISCRIMINATION

Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee held
hearings to examine the inadequate flow of capital into certain
distressed communities, focusing on discrimination in lending,
particularly in the home mortgage market, receiving testimony from James
P. Turner, Acting Assistant Attorney General, Civil Rights Division,
Department of Justice; John P. LaWare, Member, Board of Governors of the
Federal Reserve System, on behalf of the Federal Financial Institutions
Examination Council; Richard Syron, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston,
Boston, Massachusetts; Retha Wilson, Michigan ACORN, Detroit; John
Gamboa, Latino Issues Forum, San Francisco, California; Allen J.
Fishbein, Center for Community Change, Washington, D.C.; and Gale
Cincotta, National Training and Information Center, Chicago, Illinois. 

                               [Page: D141]

Committee recessed subject to call. 

PRESIDENT'S ECONOMIC PLAN

Committee on the Budget: Committee resumed hearings to examine the
Administration's program to revitalize the American economy, focusing on
health care costs, receiving testimony from Donna E. Shalala, Secretary
of Health and Human Services. 

Committee recessed subject to call. 

U.S. COMPETITIVENESS

Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee held
hearings on S. 4, to promote the industrial competitiveness and economic
growth of the United States by strengthening and expanding the civilian
technology programs of the Department of Commerce, receiving testimony
from Ronald H. Brown, Secretary of Commerce. 

Hearings were recessed subject to call. 

ENERGY TAX OPTIONS

Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee held hearings to
examine the economic and environmental effects of value-added and
broad-based energy taxes, focusing on the President's proposal for a new
tax on the heat content of energy, receiving testimony from Robert D.
Reischauer, Director, Congressional Budget Office; and Philip K.
Verleger, Jr., Institute for International Economics, Robert C. Repetto,
World Resources Institute, and Jerry J. Jasinowski, National Association
of Manufacturers, all of Washington, D.C. 

Hearings were recessed subject to call. 

UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION EXTENSION/PRESIDENT'S ECONOMIC PLAN


Committee on Finance: Committee ordered favorably reported, with an
amendment in the nature of a substitute, S. 382, to extend the emergency
unemployment compensation program. 

Prior to this action, the committee held hearings to examine the
Administration's program to revitalize the American economy, receiving
testimony from Lloyd Bentsen, Secretary of the Treasury. 

Committee recessed subject to call. 

WEAPONS PROLIFERATION

Committee on Governmental Affairs: Committee held hearings to examine
worldwide proliferation of weapons of mass destruction and its
implications for global and regional security and stability, receiving
testimony from R. James Woolsey, Director of Central Intelligence. 

Hearings were recessed subject to call. 

EDUCATION REFORM

Committee on Labor and Human Resources: Committee held hearings to
examine the need to improve national education standards and job
training opportunities, receiving testimony from Richard W. Riley,
Secretary of Education; and Robert B. Reich, Secretary of Labor. 

Hearings were recessed subject to call. 

PRESCRIPTION DRUG RESEARCH

Special Committee on Aging: Committee held hearings to examine the
Federal Government's role in the research and development of new
pharmaceutical products in the United States, focusing on AIDS and
cancer drug treatments, receiving testimony from Representative Wyden;
Judith Wagner, Senior Associate, and Michael Gluck, Senior Analyst, both
of the Health Program, Office of Technology Assessment; Bernadine P.
Healy, Director, National Institutes of Health, and Bruce Chabner,
Director, Division of Cancer Treatment, National Cancer Institute,
National Institutes of Health, both of the Department of Health and
Human Services; Caroline Decker, Arkansas AIDS Foundation, Little Rock;
Derek Hodel, AIDS Action Council, Ralph Nader, Center for the Study of
Responsive Law, and Gerald J. Mossinghoff, Pharmaceutical Manufacturers
Association, all of Washington, D.C.; Peter Arno, Montefiore Medical
Center, Bronx, New York; and George B. Rathmann, ICOS Corporation,
Seattle, Washington, on behalf of the Industrial Biotechnology
Association and the Association of Biotechnology Companies. 

Hearings were recessed subject to call. 

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No Joint hearings noted.



1993/02/25
Daily Digest - Thursday, February 25, 1993;  pages D147 - D154

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 1994 for the
Legislative Branch, receiving testimony in behalf of funds for their
respective activities from James H. Billington, Librarian of Congress;
and Michael F. DiMario, Acting Public Printer, Government Printing
Office. 

                               [Page: D148]

Subcommittee will meet again tomorrow. 

U.S. BORDER DRUG-INTERDICTION SYSTEM

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on the Treasury, Postal
Service, and General Government continued oversight hearings to examine
the effectiveness of the United States' border drug-interdiction system,
receiving testimony from Michael A. Wermuth, Deputy Assistant Secretary
for Drug Enforcement Policy, Lt. Gen. Martin L. Brandtner, Director for
Operations, the Joint Staff, Robert Lieberman, Assistant Inspector
General for Auditing, and Maj. Gen. Marvin S. Ervin, Director of Forces,
Deputy Chief of Air Force Staff for Plans and Operation, all of the
Department of Defense; Drew Valentine, Associate Director,
Administration of Justice Issues, and Lou Rodriguez, Director of Systems
Development and Production Issues, both of the General Accounting
Office; Clarence Dupnik, Pima County, Arizona, and Jack Childress, Eddy
County, New Mexico, both on behalf of the Joint Command Group, Operation
Alliance; Ray Vinsik, Arizona Alliance Planning Committee, Tucson; Mike
Scott, Texas Department of Public Safety, Austin; and William Ray
Storment, Dona Ana County, New Mexico. 

NOMINATIONS/BOSNIA

Committee on Armed Services: Committee approved for reporting its rules
of procedure for the 103d Congress, and the nominations of Peter B.
Bowman, of Maine, Beverly Butcher Byron, of Maryland, Rebecca Gernhardt
Cox, of the District of Columbia, Hansford T. Johnson, of Texas, Arthur
Levitt, Jr., of New York, Harry C. McPherson, Jr., of Maryland, and
Robert D. Stuart, Jr., of Illinois, each to be a Member, and James A.
Courter, of New Jersey, to be a Member and Chairman, all of the Defense
Base Closure and Realignment Commission.  

Committee concluded hearings on the nomination of William J. Perry, of
California, to be Deputy Secretary of Defense, after the nominee
testified and answered questions in his own behalf. 

Also, committee met in closed session to receive a briefing on the
situation in Bosnia from officials of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. 

SUBCOMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS

Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee approved its
subcommittee assignments for the 103d Congress, as follows: 

Subcommittee on Housing and Urban Affair: Senators Sarbanes (Chairman),
Kerry, Bryan, Boxer, Moseley-Braun, Dodd, Bond, Domenici, Mack,
Faircloth, and Roth. 

Subcommittee on International Finance and Monetary Policy: Senators
Sasser (Chairman), Murray, Sarbanes, Kerry, Boxer, Campbell, Mack,
Gramm, Bennett, Roth, and Bond. 

Subcommittee on Securities: Senators Dodd (Chairman), Sasser, Shelby,
Bryan, Moseley-Braun, Murray, Gramm, Roth, Bond, Faircloth, and
Domenici. 

Subcommittee on Economic Stabilization and Rural Development: Senators
Shelby (Chairman), Campbell, Dodd, Kerry, Bryan, Faircloth, Bennett,
Gramm, and Mack. 

PETROLEUM STANDARDS REFORM

Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee held hearings on S.
338, to clarify the Federal standards governing the termination and
nonrenewal of franchises and franchise relationships for the sale of
motor fuel, receiving testimony from James N. Sullivan, Chevron
Corporation, San Francisco, California; Stephen D. Pryor, Mobil Oil
Corporation, Fairfax, Virginia; Dewey Mark, Independent
Refiner/Marketers Association, San Antonio, Texas; Wayne Konitshek,
PRO-USA, Dana Point, California; and Dimitri G. Daskal, Service Station
Dealers of America, Inc., Alexandria, Virginia. 

Hearings were recessed subject to call. 

COLORADO PUBLIC LANDS

Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Subcommittee on Public Lands,
National Parks and Forests concluded hearings on S. 206, to designate
certain lands in the State of Colorado as components of the National
Wilderness Preservation System, and S. 341, to provide for a land
exchange between the Secretary of Agriculture and Eagle and Pitkin
Counties in Colorado, after receiving testimony from Senator Brown;
Representative Skaggs; Mark A. Reimers, Deputy Chief for Programs and
Legislation, Forest Service, Department of Agriculture; Larry Simpson,
Northern Colorado Water Conservancy District, Loveland; and Debbie
Sease, Sierra Club, Washington, D.C. 

BUSINESS MEETING

Committee on Governmental Affairs: Committee ordered favorably reported,
with amendments, S. 349, to provide for the disclosure of lobbying
activities to influence the Federal Government. 

Also, committee adopted its rules of procedure for the 103d Congress. 

SBA MICROLOAN PROGRAM

Committee on Small Business: Committee concluded oversight hearings on
the implementation of the Small Business Administration's microloan
demonstration program, designed to make long-term direct loans to
nonprofit entities for relending to small business, after receiving
testimony from Charles Hertzberg, Assistant Administrator for Financial
Assistance, John Cox, Director, Office of Financing, and Joe Foglia,
District Director (Little Rock, Arkansas), all of the Small Business
Administration; Julia Vindasius, Good Faith Fund, Pine Bluff, Arkansas;
Curt Storly, Northeast South Dakota Energy Conservation Corp., Sisseton,
South Dakota; Lidia Paz-Beckett, Women's Business Initiative
Corporation, Milwaukee, Wisconsin; Mary Mathews, Northeast Entrepreneur
Fund, Inc., Virginia, Minnesota; and John F. Else, Institute for Social
and Economic Development, Iowa City, Iowa. 

                               [Page: D149]

Joint Meetings

VETERANS ORGANIZATIONS

Joint Hearing: Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs concluded joint
hearings with the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs to review the
legislative recommendations of certain veterans organizations, after
receiving testimony from Richard F. Johnson, Paralyzed Veterans of
America, Gerard M. McDonnell, Blinded Veterans Association, and Warren
S. Dolny, Jewish War Veterans of USA, all of Washington, D.C.; Robert C.
Padgett, Jr., Military Order of the Purple Heart, Springfield, Virginia;
Col. William R. Hart, USMC (Ret.), The Retired Officers Association,
Alexandria, Virginia; and Col. Erik G. Johnson, USA (Ret.), Association
of the United States Army, Arlington, Virginia. 

CONGRESSIONAL REFORM

Joint Committee on the Organization of Congress: Committee resumed
hearings to examine congressional reform proposals, focusing on
procedures for enforcing ethical standards, receiving testimony from
Representatives Stokes and Hansen; Harold Bruff, George Washington
University, Washington, D.C.; Alan Rosenthal, Rutgers University,
Rutgers, New Jersey; John Saxon, Birmingham, Alabama, on behalf of the
Hastings Institute Legislative Ethics Project; and Dennis Thompson,
Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts. 

Committee will meet again on Tuesday, March 2. 

WAR CRIMES IN FORMER YUGOSLAVIA

Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe (Helsinki Commission):
Commission held hearings to examine the extent of human rights
violations, including rape and torture, and other war crimes taking
place in the former Yugoslavia, receiving testimony from Feryal Gharahi,
Washington, D.C., on behalf of the Board of Directors of Equality NOW;
and Bianca Jagger, New York, New York. 

Commission recessed subject to call. 



1993/03/01
Daily Digest - Monday, March 1, 1993;  pages D156 - D160

Committee Meetings

(Committees not listed did not meet) 

APPROPRIATIONS--LEGISLATIVE BRANCH

Committee on Appropriations: On Friday, February 26, Subcommittee on the
Legislative Branch held hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal
year 1994, receiving testimony in behalf of funds for the Joint
Committee on Printing from Senator Ford; and in behalf of funds for the
General Accounting Office from Charles A. Bowsher, Comptroller General
of the United States, GAO. 

Subcommittee recessed subject to call. 

No Joint hearings noted.



1993/03/02
Daily Digest - Tuesday, March 2, 1993;  pages D162 - D168

Committee Meetings 

(Committees not listed did not meet) 

FOREIGN AID REFORM 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Foreign Operations resumed
hearings to examine issues and solutions for reforming foreign aid
programs, receiving testimony from John Hardy, Brown & Root, Inc., and
Thomas Carothers, Arnold & Porter, both of Washington, D.C.; and William
Schneider, International Planning Services, Inc., Arlington, Virginia. 

Hearings were recessed subject to call. 

RETIREE HEALTH BENEFITS 

Committee on Labor and Human Resources: Subcommittee on Labor concluded
joint hearings with the Committee on Finance Subcommittee on Health for
Families and the Uninsured to examine why businesses are having to
reduce or eliminate health benefits for retirees, and the impact of
retiree health benefit reductions on workers and businesses, after
receiving testimony from Owen Bieber, United Automobile, Aerospace,
Agricultural Implement Workers of America, Lynn R. Williams, United
Steelworkers of America, William H. Bywater, International Union of
Electrical, Salaried, Machine and Furniture Workers, AFL-CIO, Harry J.
Conaway, William M. Mercer, Inc., and Walter B. Maher, Chrysler
Corporation, on behalf of the American Automobile Manufacturers
Association, all of Washington, D.C.; Alan Peres, Ameritech, Chicago,
Illinois, on behalf of the Washington Business Group on Health; Casey
Patelski, Costa Mesa, California; and Herman Fasching, Minneapolis,
Minnesota. 

Joint Meetings 

VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS 

Joint Hearing: Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs concluded joint
hearings with the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs to review the
legislative recommendations of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, after
receiving testimony from John M. Carney, Veterans of Foreign Wars,
Washington, D.C. 

CONGRESSIONAL REFORM 

Joint Committee on the Organization of Congress: Committee resumed
hearings to examine congressional reform proposals, focusing on the
Federal spending process, receiving testimony from Ross Perot, Dallas,
Texas. 

Committee will meet again on Thursday, March 4. 



1993/03/03
Daily Digest - Wednesday, March 3, 1993;  pages D170 - D176

Committee Meetings 

(Committees not listed did not meet) 

PRIVATE BUSINESS INVESTMENT 

Committee on Armed Services: Committee held hearings to examine U.S.
Government facilitation of private business investment in the former
Soviet Union, receiving testimony from James D. Berg, Acting President,
Overseas Private Investment Corporation; Thomas E. Moran, Vice President
for Europe and Canada, Export-Import Bank of the United States; Daniel
D. Stein, Regional Director, Trade and Development Program, U.S.
International Development Cooperation Agency; and Franklin J. Vargo,
Acting Assistant Secretary of Commerce for International Economic
Policy, International Trade Administration. 

Hearings were recessed subject to call. 

PRESIDENT'S ECONOMIC PLAN 

Committee on the Budget: Committee resumed hearings to examine the
Administration's program to revitalize the American economy, focusing on
transportation issues, receiving testimony from Federico Pena, Secretary
of Transportation. 

Committee recessed subject to call. 

BUSINESS MEETING 

Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee ordered favorably
reported the following bills: 

S. 80, to increase the size of the Big Thicket National Preserve in the
State of Texas; 

S. 433, to authorize and direct the Secretary of the Interior to convey
certain lands in Cameron Parish, Louisiana; 

S. 164, to authorize the adjustment of the boundaries of the South
Dakota portion of the Sioux Ranger District of Custer National Forest; 

S. 252, to adjust the boundaries of the Targhee National Forest, and to
authorize a land exchange involving the Kaniksu National Forest; 

S. 326, to revise the boundaries of the George Washington Birthplace
National Monument, with an amendment; 

S. 328, to provide for the rehabilitation of historic structures within
the Sandy Hook Unit of Gateway National Recreation Area in the State of
New Jersey; 

S. 375, to designate a segment of the Rio Grande in New Mexico as a
component of the Wild and Scenic Rivers System; 

S. 214, to authorize the construction of a memorial on Federal land in
the District of Columbia or its environs to honor members of the Armed
Forces who served in World War II and to commemorate the United States
participation in that conflict;  

S. 344, to direct the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a study to
determine the suitability and feasibility of designating the Fox and
Lower Wisconsin River corridors in the State of Wisconsin as a National
Heritage Corridor; 

S. 336, to amend the Stock Raising Homestead Act to resolve certain
problems regarding subsurface estates; and 

S. 275, to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to convey certain lands
in the town of Taos, New Mexico. 

Also, committee began consideration of S. 338, to amend the Petroleum
Marketing Practices Act to clarify the Federal standards governing the
termination and nonrenewal of franchises and franchise relationships for
the sale of motor fuel, but did not complete action thereon, and
recessed subject to call. 

CAREER PATHWAYS PROGRAM 

Committee on Labor and Human Resources: Subcommittee on Employment and
Productivity concluded hearings on S. 456, to establish school-to-work
transition programs for all students, after receiving testimony from
Harvey Link, North Dakota State College of Science, Wahpeton, on behalf
of the American Vocational Association; Carol Skornicka, Wisconsin
Department of Industry, Labor and Human Resources, Madison; Robert J.
Ivry, Manpower Demonstration Research Corporation, New York, New York;
Mary Gonzales Koenig, Mayor's Office of Employment and Training,
Chicago, Illinois; Hilary Pennington, Jobs For The Future, Cambridge,
Massachusetts; Gordon M. Ambach, Council of Chief State School Officers,
Dennis Scott, United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America,
Ray Robertson, AFL-CIO, and Leo Reddy, National Coalition For Advanced
Manufacturing, all of Washington, D.C.; Jean Wolfe, Pennsylvania Youth
Apprenticeship Program, Harrisburg; and Torry Tag, Eastern High School,
York County, Pennsylvania. 

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CAMPAIGN FINANCE REFORM 

Committee on Rules and Administration: Committee concluded hearings on
the following Congressional election campaign finance reform proposals: 

S. 3, the "Congressional Spending Limit and Election Reform Act of
1993," after receiving testimony from Senators Mitchell and Boren; 

S. 7, to amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to reduce
special interest influence on elections, to increase competition in
politics, and to reduce campaign costs, after receiving testimony from
Senators Domenici and Nickles; 

S. 62, to amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to provide for
a voluntary system of spending limits and partial public financing of
Senate general election campaigns, and to limit contributions by
multicandidate political committees, after receiving testimony from
Senator DeConcini; 

S. 87, to amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to provide for
a voluntary system of spending limits and partial public financing of
Senate primary and general election campaigns, and to limit
contributions by multicandidate political committees, after receiving
testimony from Senators Kerry, Biden, and Bradley; 

S. 94, to provide a comprehensive congressional campaign financing
reform to encourage grassroots campaign giving, lessen the role of
special economic interests, prohibit the use of soft money, discourage
candidate expenditures of personal wealth, and otherwise restore greater
competitive balance to the congressional electoral process, after
receiving testimony from Senator Domenici; and

S. Amdt. No. 65, to amend the Communications Act of 1934 and the Federal
Election Campaign Act of 1971 to better inform the electorate in Senate
elections, after receiving testimony from Senator Pell. 

Testimony was also received on Congressional election campaign finance
reform proposals from Senator Dorgan. 

No Joint hearings noted.



1993/03/04
Daily Digest - Thursday, March 4, 1993;  pages D177 - D182

Committee Meetings 

(Committees not listed did not meet) 

HIGH-SPEED RAIL TRANSPORTATION 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Transportation concluded
hearings to examine issues relating to United States investment in
high-speed rail transportation, focusing on the status of the Northeast
Corridor rail service, how Federal investment can best leverage the
maximum level of private sector funds for high speed rail, private
sector incentives to increase investment in rail projects, and the role
of States and freight railroads, after receiving testimony from W.
Graham Claytor, Jr., President and Chairman, National Railroad Passenger
Corporation (Amtrak); Kenneth M. Mead, Director, Transportation Issues,
Resources, Community and Economic Development Division, General
Accounting Office; Robert W. Blanchette, Association of American
Railroads, and Micah S. Green, Public Securities Association, both of
Washington, D.C.; Joseph Vranich, High-Speed Rail Association,
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; Roger A. Faulkner, Ohio Railway Organization,
Inc., Columbus; Charles H. Smith, Florida Department of Transportation,
Tallahassee; Robert C. Brown, Lehman Brothers, Kathy Evers, Moody's
Investment Services, and Marc Fasteau, Dillon Read & Co., Inc., all of
New York, New York; Harriet Stanley, The Hadley Group, Boston,
Massachusetts; and Larry E. Salci, Arlington, Virginia, on behalf of the
Texas TGV Corporation. 

NOMINATION 

Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded hearings on the
nomination of Frank G. Wisner, of the District of Columbia, to be Under
Secretary of Defense for Policy, after the nominee testified and
answered questions in his own behalf. 

SMALL BUSINESS ACCESS TO CAPITAL 

Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on
Securities held hearings on S. 384, to increase the availability of
credit to small businesses by eliminating impediments to securitization
and facilitating the development of a secondary market in small business
loans, S. 478, to establish the Small Business Capital Enhancement
Program to enhance the availability of financing for small business
concerns, and S. 479, to promote capital formation for small businesses
and others through exempted offerings under the Securities Act and
through investment pools that are excepted or exempted from regulation
under the Investment Company Act of 1940 and through business
development companies, receiving testimony from Marianne K. Smythe,
Director, Division of Investment Management, Securities and Exchange
Commission; John C. Rennie, Pacer Systems, Inc., Billerica,
Massachusetts, on behalf of the National Small Business United; Gary E.
Baker, Baker Investment Group, Ann Arbor, Michigan, on behalf of the
National Small Business United; Jeffrey C. Widen, Total Foam, Inc.,
Bridgeport, Connecticut; David Gladstone, Allied Capital Corp.,
Washington, D.C., on behalf of the National Association of Business
Development Companies and the National Association of Small Business
Investment Companies; Patricia M. Cloherty, Patricof & Co. Ventures,
Inc., on behalf of the National Venture Capital Association, and
Patricia A. Jehle, Bear, Stearns and Co., Inc., both of New York, New
York; Thomas N. Richmond, Jr., McDonald & Company Securities, Inc.,
Cleveland, Ohio; and Barry C. Guthary, Massachusetts Secretary of
State's Division of Securities, Boston, on behalf of the North American
Securities Administrators Association. 

Hearings were recessed subject to call. 

AUTO REPAIR FRAUD 

Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Consumer
Subcommittee held hearings to examine the issue of fraud in the
auto-repair industry, focusing on the auto-repair industry's response to
the problem of fraud, and progress reports by the Federal Trade
Commission on an auto-repair fraud investigation, receiving testimony
from Mary L. Azcuenaga, Commissioner, Federal Trade Commission; New
Jersey Attorney General Robert J. Del Tufo, Trenton; New York Attorney
General Robert Abrams, New York; Evan Johnson, Montgomery County Office
of Consumer Affairs, Rockville, Maryland; and Alyson McCarthy, Channel
KTNV-TV, Las Vegas, Nevada. 

Hearings were recessed subject to call. 

NOMINATION 

Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded hearings on the
nomination of Peter Tarnoff, of New York, to be Under Secretary of State
for Political Affairs, after the nominee testified and answered
questions in his own behalf. 

SMALL BUSINESS CREDIT AVAILABILITY 

Committee on Small Business: Committee concluded hearings to examine the
issue of credit availability for small businesses and on S. 512, to
create a government sponsored enterprise which would use government
sponsored credit-enhancement to package small business industrial loans
into mortgage backed-securities, after receiving testimony from David W.
Mullins, Jr., Vice Chairman, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve
System; William H. Brandon, First National Bank of Phillips County,
Helena, Arkansas, on behalf of the American Bankers Association; James
Lauffer, First National Bank of Herminie, Irwin, Pennsylvania, on behalf
of the Independent Bankers Association of America; William J. Rossman,
Mid-state Bank and Trust, Altoona, Pennsylvania, on behalf of Robert
Morris Associates; and George Burnell, Icon Corporation, Woburn,
Massachusetts.

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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 recessed subject to call. 

Joint Meetings 

CONGRESSIONAL REFORM 

Joint Committee on the Organization of Congress: Committee resumed
hearings to examine congressional reform proposals, focusing on the
Federal budget process, receiving testimony from Robert D. Reischauer,
Director, Congressional Budget Office. 

Committee will meet again on Tuesday, March 9. 



1993/03/05
Daily Digest - Friday, March 5, 1993;  pages D183 - D188

Committee Meetings

(Committees not listed did not meet) 

NOMINATION

Committee on Armed Services: Committee ordered favorably reported the
nomination of William J. Perry, of California, to be Deputy Secretary of
Defense. 

POST-EMPLOYMENT RULES FOR FEDERAL EMPLOYEES

Committee on Governmental Affairs: Subcommittee on Oversight of
Government Management held hearings on S. 420 and S. 79, bills to
tighten Federal restrictions relating to lobbying activities of former
Executive and Legislative Branch officials and employees, receiving
testimony from Senators Boren, McCain, and DeConcini; F. Gary Davis,
General Counsel, and Jane S. Ley, Deputy General Counsel, both of the
Office of Government Ethics; and Alexander B. Trowbridge, Trowbridge
Partners, Inc., and Simon Lazarus III, Powell, Goldstein, Frazer and
Murphy, both on behalf of the Council for Excellence in Government,
Charles Lewis, Center for Public Integrity, Fred Wertheimer, Common
Cause, William N. Eskridge, Jr., Georgetown University Law School, and
Robert S. Peck, American Civil Liberties Union, all of Washington, D.C. 

Hearings were recessed subject to call. 

VA HEALTH CARE SYSTEM

Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Committee held oversight hearings on the
present and future role of the Department of Veterans Affairs health
care system in America, receiving testimony from Kenneth I. Shine,
President, Institute of Medicine, National Academy of Sciences; Bruce
Behringer, National Rural Health Association, Kansas City, Missouri;
Donald E. Wilson, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore,
representing the Association of American Medical Colleges; and Jonathan
T. Lord, Arnold, Maryland. 

Hearings were recessed subject to call. 

Joint Meetings

EMPLOYMENT-UNEMPLOYMENT

Joint Economic Committee: Committee held hearings on the
employment-unemployment situation for February, receiving testimony from
William G. Barron, Jr., Acting Commissioner, Bureau of Labor Statistics,
Department of Labor. 

Committee recessed subject to call. 



1993/03/08
Daily Digest - Monday, March 8, 1993;  pages D190 - D192

Committee Meetings 

No committee meetings were held. 

No Joint hearings noted.



1993/03/09
Daily Digest - Tuesday, March 9, 1993;  pages D194 - D200

Committee Meetings 

(Committees not listed did not meet) 

BUSINESS MEETING 

Committee on Armed Services: Committee ordered favorably reported 2,847
military nominations in the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, and Air Force. 

Also, committee met in closed session to discuss the committee's action
on how to proceed on the issue of gays in the military, but made no
announcements, and recessed subject to call. 

BUDGET RESOLUTION 

Committee on the Budget: Committee began markup of a proposed concurrent
resolution on the fiscal year 1994 budget for the Federal Government,
but did not complete action thereon, and will meet again tomorrow. 

U.S. TRADE POLICY 

Committee on Finance: Committee held hearings to examine the approach
and direction of the Administration's trade policy in the global market,
receiving testimony from Michael Kantor, United States Trade
Representative. 

Hearings were recessed subject to call. 

BUSINESS MEETING 

Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee ordered favorably reported the
nominations of Lloyd Bentsen, of Texas, to be U.S. Governor of the
International Monetary Fund, the International Bank for Reconstruction
and Development, the Inter-American Development Bank, and the African
Development Bank for five-year terms; and U.S. Governor of the Asian
Development Bank, the African Development Fund, and the European Bank
for Reconstruction and Development, and Peter Tarnoff, of New York, to
be Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs. 

Also, committee began consideration of an original resolution expressing
the sense of the Senate concerning United States policy toward the
former Yugoslavia, but did not complete action thereon, and recessed
subject to call. 

RUSSIAN NUCLEAR WEAPONS DISMANTLEMENT 

Committee on Governmental Affairs: Committee held oversight hearings on
United States efforts to implement the Soviet Nuclear Threat Reduction
Act (P.L. 102-228), focusing on provisions relating to the use of
Department of Defense resources to assist in the dismantlement of Soviet
nuclear weapons, receiving testimony from Senator Brown; Maj. Gen.
William F. Burns, USA (Ret.), Special Envoy on the Safety, Security, and
Dismantlement of Nuclear Weapons, Department of State; and Joseph E.
Kelley, Director-in-Charge, International Affairs Issues, National
Security and International Affairs Division, General Accounting Office. 

Hearings were recessed subject to call. 

NOMINATION 

Committee on the Judiciary: Committee held hearings on the nomination of
Janet Reno, of Florida, to be Attorney General, Department of Justice,
where the nominee, who was introduced by Senators Graham and Mack and
Representative Meek, testified and answered questions in her own behalf. 

Hearings continue tomorrow. 

No Joint hearings noted.



1993/03/10
Daily Digest - Wednesday, March 10, 1993;  pages D201 - D208

Committee Meetings 

(Committees not listed did not meet) 

TOXIC SUBSTANCE EXPOSURE 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human
Services, and Education, and Related Agencies concluded hearings to
review an investigation involving several health complaints related to
exposure to oxygenated fuels containing methyl tertiary butyl ether
[MTBE] in Fairbanks, Alaska, after receiving testimony from William L.
Roper, Director, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and
Administrator, Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry,
Department of Health and Human Services. 

DOD ACQUISITION LAWS 

Committee on Armed Services: Committee held hearings to review the
report of the Defense Systems Management College Advisory Panel on
streamlining and codifying the acquisition laws of the Department of
Defense, receiving testimony from Rear Adm. W.L. Vincent, Commandant,
Defense Systems Management College, Department of Defense, Maj. Gen.
John D. Slinkard, USAF, Deputy Chief of Staff for Contracting, Air Force
Materiel Command, and F. Whitten Peters, Williams & Connolly, LeRoy J.
Haugh, Aerospace Industries Association of America, Robert D. Wallick,
Steptoe & Johnson, and Thomas J. Madden, Venable, Baetjer, Howard &
Civiletti, all of Washington, D.C., all on behalf of the Advisory Panel. 

Hearings were recessed subject to call. 

FEDERAL RESERVES 

Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded
hearings to examine the state of the economy in the Federal Reserve Bank
Districts, and to review the twelve district presidents' views on
monetary policy, after receiving testimony from Richard F. Syron,
President, Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, Massachusetts; E. Gerald
Corrigan, President, Federal Reserve Bank of New York, New York; Edward
G. Boehne, President, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania; Jerry L. Jordan, President, Federal Reserve Bank of
Cleveland, Ohio; J. Alfred Broaddus, Jr., President, Federal Reserve
Bank of Richmond, Virginia; Robert P. Forrestal, President and Chief
Executive Officer, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, Georgia; Silas
Keehn, President, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, Illinois; Thomas C.
Melzer, President, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, Missouri; Gary H.
Stern, President, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, Minnesota; Thomas
M. Hoenig, Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City, Kansas; Robert D.
McTeer, Jr., President, Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, Texas; and
Robert T. Parry, President, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco,
California. 

BUDGET RESOLUTION 

Committee on the Budget: Committee continued markup of a proposed
concurrent resolution on the fiscal year 1994 budget for the Federal
Government, but did not complete action thereon, and will meet again
tomorrow. 

AUTO INDUSTRY COMPETITIVENESS 

Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded
hearings to examine the state of the American automobile industry,
focusing on its global competitive position and ways to enhance the
competitiveness of the industry, after receiving testimony from Robert
A. Lutz, Chrysler Corporation, Park, Michigan; William E. Hoglund,
General Motors Corporation, Washington, D.C.; and Peter J. Pestillo,
Ford Motor Company, Dearborn, Michigan. 

CLEAN AIR 

Committee on Environment and Public Works: Subcommittee on Clean Air and
Nuclear Regulation concluded hearings to review the Environmental
Protection Agency's implementation of section 507 of the Clean Air Act
Amendments of 1990, the small business stationary source technical and
environmental compliance assistance program, and other approaches to
providing compliance and technical assistance to small businesses on air
pollution issues, after receiving testimony from John S. Seitz,
Director, Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards, Office of Air
and Radiation, and Karen Brown, Small Business Ombudsman, Office of
Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization, both of the Environmental
Protection Agency; Philip Nanzetta, Acting Director, Manager, Office of
Manufacturing Programs and Director of Manufacturing Technology Centers
Program, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Department of
Commerce; Kirk Watson, Texas Air Control Board, Austin; John D. Dunlap,
California Department of Toxic Substances Control, Sacramento; Benjamin
Y. Cooper, Printing Industries of America, Inc., Alexandria, Virginia;
Scott Backus, Har-Conn Chrome Company, Hartford, Connecticut, on behalf
of the National Association of Metal Finishers; Manik Roy, Environmental
Defense Fund, Washington, D.C.; and Thomas W. Carvalho, Chem-Tech
Rubber, Inc., West Haven, Connecticut. 

CORRUPTION IN PROFESSIONAL BOXING 

Committee on Governmental Affairs: Permanent Subcommittee on
Investigations resumed hearings to examine corruption in the
professional boxing industry, focusing on State regulation of
professional boxing and on proposals to develop uniform minimum health
and safety standards for professional boxing, receiving testimony from
Representative Bill Richardson; Stephen Levin, Minority Staff Counsel,
and W. Leighton Lord III, Minority Staff Counsel, both of the Permanent
Subcommittee on Investigations; Barry Jordan, Cornell University Medical
College, Ithaca, on behalf of the New York State Athletic Commission;
Jack E. Battalia, Oregon Boxing Commission, Portland, on behalf of the
International Boxing Federation Medical Commission; W. Timothy Ward,
University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; and Seth G. Abraham,
Time Warner Sports, and Michael Aresco, ESPN, Inc., both of New York,
New York. 

                               [Page: D203]

Hearings continue on Wednesday, March 17. 

NOMINATION 

Committee on the Judiciary: Committee ordered favorably reported the
nomination of Janet Reno, of Florida, to be Attorney General, Department
of Justice. 

Prior to this action, the committee concluded hearings on the nomination
of Ms. Reno, after the nominee further testified and answered questions
in her own behalf. 

Joint Meetings

VIOLENCE AND CHILDREN

Joint Hearing: Senate Committee on Labor and Human Services'
Subcommittee on Children, Family, Drugs, and Alcoholism concluded joint
hearings with the House Select Committee on Children, Youth, and
Families to examine the impact of violence on children, and on proposed
legislation to provide children exposed to violence with immediate
assessment and intervention by child mental health professionals, and to
provide training for law enforcement in child, family and cultural
issues, after receiving testimony from Deborah Prothrow-Stith, Harvard
University School of Public Health, Cambridge, Massachusetts; Joseph E.
Marshall, Jr. and Ron Fox, both of the Omega Boys Club, San Francisco,
California; John S. Pritchard III, New York Police Department, New York,
New York, on behalf of the National Organization of Black Law
Enforcement Executives; David E.A. Carson, People's Bank, Bridgeport,
Connecticut; Marian Wright Edelman, Children's Defense Fund, and Brandon
M. Green, both of Washington, D.C.; Liany Elba Arroyo and Carmen
Siberon, both of the Bridgeport Futures Initiative, Bridgeport,
Connecticut; Wayne Meyers, P.O.W.E.R. Group, Roosevelt, New York; Byrl
Phillips-Taylor, Charles City County, Virginia; and Megan Tara
McGillicuddy and Tiffany Crystal Cruz, both of Brooklyn, New York. 



1993/03/11
Daily Digest - Thursday, March 11, 1993;  pages D210 - D220

Committee Meetings 

(Committees not listed did not meet) 

MASS TRANSIT FUNDING 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Transportation concluded
hearings to examine the state of the Nation's transit systems, focusing
on projected funding levels to meet individual States' transit needs,
after receiving testimony from Kenneth M. Mead, Director, Transportation
Issues, Resources, Community and Economic Development, General
Accounting Office; Robert McManus, Acting Administrator, Federal Transit
Administration, Department of Transportation; Lou Gambaccini,
Southeastern Pennsylvania Transit Authority, Philadelphia; Tom Walsh,
Portland Tri-Met, and Earl Blumenauer, Portland Transportation Bureau
Commission, both of Portland, Oregon; Patrick Judge, Regional Transit
Authority, New Orleans, Louisiana, on behalf of the South West Transit
Association; Jack R. Gilstrap, American Public Transit Association,
Frank Francois, American Association of State Highway Transportation
Officials, and Rev. William L. George, Georgetown University, all of
Washington, D.C.; Art Kaufman, H-Power Corporation, Belleville, New
Jersey; and Eugene Tunila, Transportation Manufacturing Corporation,
Roswell, New Mexico. 

                               [Page: D212]

NOMINATIONS 

Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded hearings on the
nominations of Gen. Dennis J. Reimer, USA, for reappointment to the
grade of general, and assignment as Commander in Chief, Forces Command,
Rear Adm. David B. Robinson, USN, for appointment to the grade of vice
admiral, and assignment as Commander, Naval Surface Force, U.S. Pacific
Fleet, Maj. Gen. Albert J. Edmonds, USAF, for appointment to the grade
of lieutenant general, and assignment as Director for Command, Control
Communications and Computer Systems (J-6), Office of the Joint Chiefs of
Staff, Brig. Gen. Paul K. Van Riper, USMC, for appointment to the grade
of major general, and assignment as Director, Command, Control and
Intelligence, Headquarters, Marine Corps, and Col. Charles R. Holland,
USAF, for appointment to the grade of brigadier general and assignment
as Commander, 1st Special Operations Wing, after the nominees testified
and answered questions in their own behalf. 

BUDGET RESOLUTION 

Committee on the Budget: Committee continued in evening session to mark
up an original concurrent resolution on the fiscal year 1994 budget for
the Federal Government. 

INTER-CITY BUS INDUSTRY 

Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on
surface Transportation concluded oversight hearings on the state of the
inter-city bus industry, after receiving testimony from Gail C.
McDonald, Acting Chairman, Interstate Commerce Commission; Carl W. Vogt,
Chairman, National Transportation Safety Board; Joseph F. Canny, Deputy
Assistant Secretary of Transportation for Policy and Regulatory Affairs;
John H. Anderson, Jr., Associate Director, and Frank Mulvey, Assistant
Director, both of Transportation Issues, General Accounting Office;
Nebraska Lt. Governor Maxine B. Moul, and Allan L. Abbott, Nebraska
Department of Roads, both of Lincoln; Elliot G. Sander, New York State
Department of Transportation, Albany; Randall K. Halvorson, Minnesota
Department of Transportation, St. Paul; Thomas W. Evans, American
Buslines, Inc.; Indianapolis, Indiana, representing the Independent Bus
Companies Creditors Committee; Robert G. Farris, Valley Transit Company,
Inc., Harlingen, Texas; Frank J. Schmieder, Greyhound Lines Inc.,
Dallas, Texas; and Harry W. Blunt, Jr., Concord Coach Lines, Inc.,
Concord, New Hampshire, representing the American Bus Association. 

CHINA'S ENERGY NEEDS 

Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded oversight
hearings to examine the energy needs of the People's Republic of China,
and related business opportunities for American industry, after
receiving testimony from David M. Lampton, National Committee on United
States-China Relations, New York, New York; William U. Chandler,
Battelle, Pacific Northwest Laboratories, Washington, D.C.; John B.
Yasinsky, Westinghouse Electric Corporation, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania;
and Steve Johnson, Mitor Industries, Inc.; Mankato, Minnesota. 

MONEY'S WORTH UNDER SOCIAL SECURITY 

Committee on Finance: Committee held oversight hearings on the value of
the Social Security program, focusing on whether workers will receive a
fair return on their contributions in terms of Social Security benefits,
receiving testimony from Louis D. Enoff, Acting Commissioner of Social
Security, and Harry C. Ballantyne, Chief Actuary, both of the Social
Security Administration, Department of Health and Human Services; Robert
J. Myers, Silver Spring, Maryland, former Chief Actuary, Social Security
Administration; Bruce D. Schobel, New York Life Insurance Company, New
York, New York; Henry J. Aaron, Brookings Institution, and Robert M.
Ball, former Commissioner of Social Security, both of Washington, D.C.;
Laurence J. Kotlikoff, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts, on
behalf of the National Bureau of Economic Research; and John B. Shoven,
Stanford University, Stanford, California. 

Hearings were recessed subject to call. 

TREATY ON OPEN SKIES 

Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded hearings on the
Treaty on Open Skies with twelve Annexes, signed at Helsinki on March
24, 1992 (Treaty Doc. 102-37), after receiving testimony from Robert L.
Gallucci, Assistant Secretary for Politico-Military Affairs, and John
Hawes, U.S. Representative to the Open Skies Conference, both of the
Department of State; Thomas Graham, Jr., Acting Director and General
Counsel, U.S. Arms Control and Disarmament Agency; William Ingle, Acting
Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Policy;
and Brig. Gen. Teddy E. Rinebarger, USAF, Assistant Deputy Director for
International Negotiations, Joint Chiefs of Staff. 

                               [Page: D213]

GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION AND PERFORMANCE 

Committee on Governmental Affairs: Committee held hearings on S. 15, S.
20, S. 101, S. 255, S. 432, S. 436, bills to improve the performance and
organization of the Federal government, receiving testimony from Senator
Reid; Leon E. Panetta, Director, Office of Management and Budget;
Charles A. Bowsher, Comptroller General of the United States, William M.
Hunt, Director of Federal Management Issues, and David G. Mathiasen,
Special Assistant to the Assistant Comptroller General, all of the
General Accounting Office; Peri E. Arnold, University of Notre Dame,
Notre Dame, Indiana; David Osborne, Essex, Massachusetts; and Martin L.
Gross, Greenwich, Connecticut. 

Hearings were recessed subject to call. 

Joint Meetings

CONGRESSIONAL REFORM

Joint Committee on the Organization of Congress: Committee resumed
hearings to examine congressional reform proposals, focusing on the role
of the appropriation committees and the Federal budget process,
receiving testimony from Representative Natcher. 

                               [Page: D216]

Committee will meet again on Tuesday, March 16. 



1993/03/15
Daily Digest - Monday, March 15, 1993;  pages D222- D226

Committee Meetings

(Committees not listed did not meet) 

BUDGET RESOLUTION

Committee on the Budget: On Thursday, March 11, Committee ordered
favorably reported an original concurrent resolution (S. Con. Res. 18),
setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government
for fiscal years 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997 and 1998. 

No Joint hearings noted.



1993/03/16
Daily Digest - Tuesday, March 16, 1993;  pages D228 - D234

Committee Meetings

Committees not listed did not meet) 

U.S. COMPETITIVENESS

Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded
joint hearings with the Joint Economic Committee to review the
Competitiveness Policy Council's Second Report to the President and
Congress, A Competitiveness Strategy for America, which examines the
role the new administration can play in building a stronger and more
competitive American economy, after receiving testimony from New York
State Comptroller Edward Regan, and Rand V. Araskog, ITT Corporation,
both of New York, New York, C. Fred Bergsten, Institute for
International Economics, Washington, D.C., and Lynn Williams, United
Steelworkers of America, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, all on behalf of the
Competitiveness Policy Council. 

MINING LAW REFORM

Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Subcommittee on Mineral
Resources Development and Production concluded hearings on S. 257, to
modify provisions of the 1872 Mining Law with regard to the requirements
applicable to locatable minerals on public domain lands, consistent with
the principles of self-initiation of mining claims, and other related
proposals, after receiving testimony from Senator Burns; Bruce Babbitt,
Secretary of the Interior; Jan Paul Acton, Assistant Director, Natural
Resources and Commerce Division, Congressional Budget Office; Michael K.
Evans, Evans Economics, Inc., David Alberswerth, National Wildlife
Federation, and Philip M. Hocker, Mineral Policy Center, all of
Washington, D.C.; Nevada Governor Bob Miller, Carson City; and Patrick
Garver, Parsons Behle & Latimer, Salt Lake City, Utah, on behalf of the
Precious Metals Producers. 

NAFTA

Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee held hearings to
examine the environmental aspects of the North American Free-Trade
Agreement (NAFTA), and the President's plan to strengthen NAFTA through
supplemental agreements to enhance environmental quality and worker
safety and standards throughout North America, receiving testimony from
Michael Kantor, United States Trade Representative; Jay D. Hair,
National Wildlife Federation, Larry Williams, Sierra Club, Justin R.
Ward, Natural Resources Defense Council, and Calman J. Cohen, Emergency
Committee for American Trade, on behalf of USA-NAFTA, Inc., all of
Washington, D.C.; Lester B. Lave, Carnegie Mellon University, and Edgar
Berkey, University of Pittsburgh Applied Research Center, on behalf of
the Center for Hazardous Materials Research and the National
Environmental Technology Applications Corporation, both of Pittsburgh,
Pennsylvania; and Richard J. Heckmann, United States Filter Corp., Palm
Desert, California. 

Hearings were recessed subject to call. 

BALANCED BUDGET AMENDMENT

Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on the Constitution concluded
hearings on S.J. Res. 41, proposing an amendment to the Constitution of
the United States to require a balanced budget, after receiving
testimony from Senators Graham, Thurmond, Danforth, and Craig; David P.
Calleo, Johns Hopkins University Nitze School of Advanced International
Studies, James D. Davidson, National Taxpayers Union, Kent Colton,
National Association of Home Builders of the United States, Max B.
Sawicky, Economic Policy Institute, Rudolph Oswald, AFL-CIO, and Robert
Greenstein, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, all of Washington,
D.C.; and Kenneth Ashby, Utah Farm Bureau Federation, Delta, on behalf
of the American Farm Bureau Federation. 

Joint Meetings

U.S. COMPETITIVENESS

Joint Economic Committee: Committee concluded joint hearings with the
Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs to review the
Competitiveness Policy Council's Second Report to the President and
Congress, "A Competitiveness Strategy for America," which examines the
role the new administration can play in building a stronger and more
competitive American economy, after receiving testimony from New York
State Comptroller Edward Regan, and Rand V. Araskog, ITT Corporation,
both of New York, New York, C. Fred Bergsten, Institute for
International Economics, Washington, D.C., and Lynn Williams, United
Steelworkers of America, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, all on behalf of the
Competitiveness Policy Council. 

CONGRESSIONAL REFORM

Joint Committee on the Organization of Congress: Committee resumed
hearings to examine congressional reform proposals, focusing on the
Federal budget process, receiving testimony from Senators Kassebaum and
Roth; and Representative George Brown. 

Hearings continue on Thursday, March 18. 



1993/03/17
Daily Digest - Wednesday, March 17, 1993;  pages D236 - D244

Committee Meetings

(Committees not listed did not meet) 

APPROPRIATIONS--NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Transportation concluded
hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1994 for the
National Transportation Safety Board, focusing on certain transportation
safety recommendations after receiving testimony from Carl W. Vogt,
Chairman, Timothy P. Forte, Director, Office of Aviation Safety, and
Barry M. Sweedler, Director, Office of Safety Recommendations, all of
the National Transportation Safety Board. 

RTC

Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee held
hearings to review the Thrift Depositor Protection Oversight Board's
semiannual report of the Resolution Trust Corporation (RTC) objectives
for the savings and loan cleanup, and on proposed legislation
authorizing funds for the Resolution Trust Corporation and the Savings
Association Insurance Fund, receiving testimony from Lloyd Bentsen,
Secretary of the Treasury and Chairman, RTC Oversight Board, Roger
Altman, Deputy Secretary of the Treasury and Interim CEO, RTC, Peter H.
Monroe, President, RTC Oversight Board, and Alan Greenspan, Chairman,
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, Andrew C. Hove, Jr.,
Acting Chairman, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, Jonathan
Fiechter, Acting Director, Office of Thrift Supervision, Robert C.
Larson, Taubman Realty Group, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, and Philip C.
Jackson, Birmingham-Southern College, Birmingham, Alabama, each a
Member, RTC Oversight Board. 

Hearings were recessed subject to call. 

TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on
Communications concluded hearings on S. 335, to require the Secretary of
Commerce to make additional frequencies available for commercial
assignment in order to promote the development and use of new
telecommunications technologies, after receiving testimony from Thomas
P. Stanley, Chief Engineer, Office of Engineering and Technology,
Federal Communications Commission; Wayne Perry, McCaw Cellular
Communications, Kirkland, Washington; Edward O. Fritts, National
Association of Broadcasters, and Robert S. Foosaner, Fleet Call, Inc.,
both of Washington, D.C.; Phillip C. Nelson, Hamilton Telephone Company,
Aurora, Nebraska, on behalf of the Rural Telephone Coalition; and Jay
Kitchen, National Association of Business and Educational Radio,
Alexandria, Virginia. 

NOMINATIONS

Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded hearings on the
nominations of Lynn E. Davis, of Virginia, to be Under Secretary of
State for International Security Affairs, and J. Brian Atwood, of the
District of Columbia, to be Under Secretary of State for Management,
after the nominees testified and answered questions in their own behalf.
Ms. Davis was introduced by Senator Robb, and Mr. Atwood was introduced
by former Senator Eagleton. 

BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA

Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee met in closed session to
receive a briefing on United States policy in Bosnia and Herzegovina
from Peter Tarnoff, Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs; Gene
Wickland, Chief, Interagency Balkan Task Force, Central Intelligence
Agency; and Lt. Gen. Martin L. Brandtner, Director for Operations, Joint
Staff. 

Committee recessed subject to call. 

ANTI-STALKING

Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded hearings on S. 470, to
make a pattern of threats, harassment, and unwarranted attention a
Federally punishable offense, after receiving testimony from Delaware
Family Court Chief Judge Vincent J. Poppiti, Wilmington; Ruth Jones, NOW
Legal Defense and Education Fund, and Helen M. Lardner, both of
Washington, D.C.; and Kathleen Krueger, New Braunfels, Texas. 

                               [Page: D239]

No Joint hearings noted.



1993/03/18
Daily Digest - Thursday, March 18, 1993;  pages D245 - D252

Committee Meetings 

(Committees not listed did not meet) 

SUBCOMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS

Committee on Armed Services: Committee announced their subcommittee
assignments for the 103d Congress, as follows: 

Subcommittee on Nuclear Deterrence, Arms Control and Defense
Intelligence: Senators Exon (Chairman), Levin, Bingaman, Glenn, Lott,
Warner, and Kempthorne. 

Subcommittee on Coalition Defense and Reinforcing Forces: Senators Levin
(Chairman), Exon, Glenn, Shelby, Byrd, Graham, Warner, Cohen, Coats,
Smith, and Kempthorne. 

Subcommittee on Regional Defense and Contingency Forces: Senators
Kennedy (Chairman), Exon, Graham, Robb, Lieberman, Cohen, Warner,
McCain, and Lott. 

Subcommittee on Defense Technology, Acquisition, and Industrial Base:
Senators Bingaman (Chairman), Levin, Kennedy, Byrd, Graham, Robb,
Lieberman, Smith, Cohen, Lott, Coats, Kempthorne, and Faircloth. 

Subcommittee on Military Readiness and Defense Infrastructure: Senators
Glenn (Chairman), Bingaman, Shelby, Robb, McCain, Smith, and Faircloth. 

Subcommittee on Force Requirements and Personnel: Senators Shelby
(Chairman), Kennedy, Byrd, Lieberman, Coats, McCain, and Faircloth. 

TELEMARKETING FRAUD

Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Consumer
Subcommittee concluded hearings on S. 568, to strengthen the authority
of the Federal Trade Commission regarding fraud commit