103d Congress (1993 - 1994

January 25, 1994 - November 20, 1994

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

1994/01/25
Daily Digest - Tuesday, January 25, 1994;  pages D1 - D24

Committee Meetings 


(Committees not listed did not meet) 

FOREIGN AID TO FORMER SOVIET UNION 

Committee on Appropriations: On Monday, January 24, Subcommittee on Foreign
Operations held hearings to examine proposed foreign assistance to the former
Soviet Union, receiving testimony from Strobe Talbott, Ambassador at Large and
Special Adviser to the Secretary of State on the New Independent States; J.
Brian Atwood, Administrator, Agency for International Development; and Stephen
Cohen, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey. 

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Subcommittee recessed subject to call. 

PRIVATE SECTOR IN EDUCATION REFORM 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services,
and Education, and Related Agencies held hearings to examine possible roles
for the private sector in developing comprehensive educational improvement in
public schools, receiving testimony from Thomas W. Payzant, Assistant
Secretary of Education for Elementary and Secondary Education; Baltimore City
Superintendent of Schools Walter G. Amprey, Baltimore, Maryland; Benno C.
Schmidt, Jr., and Deborah M. McGriff, both of the Edison Project, Knoxville,
Tennessee; John T. Golle, Education Alternatives, Inc., Minneapolis,
Minnesota; District of Columbia Superintendent of Schools Franklin L. Smith,
and Bella Rosenberg, American Federation of Teachers, both of Washington,
D.C.; Denis Doyle, Hudson Institute, Alexandria, Virginia; and Patricia
Parham, South Point Elementary School, Miami, Florida. 

Hearings were recessed subject to call. 

SCIENTIFIC EXPERIMENTS 

Committee on Governmental Affairs: Committee held hearings to examine the
Federal Government's role in radiation and other scientific experiments,
focusing on the guidelines and laws governing the use of human subjects in any
type of experiment, receiving testimony from Hazel R. O'Leary, Secretary of
Energy; Jesse Brown, Secretary, Mary Lou Keener, General Counsel, and Susan
Mather, Associate Chief Medical Director for Environmental Health, all of the
Department of Veterans Affairs; Harold Smith, Assistant to the Secretary of
Defense for Atomic Energy; Maj. Gen. Kenneth L. Hagemann, USAF, Director,
Defense Nuclear Agency; Col. John F. Glenn, USA, Acting Chairman, Army Surgeon
General's Human Subjects Research Review Board, United States Army Medical
Service Corporation; Donald A. Henderson, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Health
and Human Services for Health and Science; H. Jack Geiger, City University of
New York Medical School, New York, New York; Steven Piantadosi, Johns Hopkins
University School of Hygiene and Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland; Francis
X. Masse, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Boston; and Emma Craft, West
Nashville, Tennessee. 

Hearings were recessed subject to call. 

NATIONAL SECURITY 

Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee held hearings to examine threats
to United States national security and its interests abroad, receiving
testimony from R. James Woolsey, Director, and George Kolt, National
Intelligence Officer, both of the Central Intelligence Agency; and Lt. Gen.
James R. Clapper, Jr., USAF, Director, Defense Intelligence Agency and General
Defense Intelligence Program Manager. 

Hearings were recessed subject to call. 

No Joint hearings noted.



1994/01/26
Daily Digest - Wednesday, January 26, 1994;  pages D25 - D30

Committee Meetings 

(Committees not listed did not meet) 

NOMINATIONS 

Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded hearings on the
nominations of Alice Marie Dear, of New York, to be United States Director of
the African Development Bank, and Jill B. Buckley, of Washington, to be
Assistant Administrator for Legislation and Public Affairs and Thomas A. Dine,
of Ohio, to be Assistant Administrator for Europe and the New Independent
States, both of the Agency for International Development, after the nominees
testified and answered questions in their own behalf. Mr. Dine was introduced
by Senators Glenn and Metzenbaum. 

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HEALTH CARE REFORM 

Committee on Labor and Human Resources: Committee resumed hearings on the
Administration's proposed Health Security Act, to establish comprehensive
health care for every American, focusing on the training of health personnel,
receiving testimony from Philip R. Lee, Assistant Secretary of Health and
Human Services for Health; John Naughton, State University of New York,
Buffalo; H. Richard Nesson, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston,
Massachusetts; Stuart Bondurant, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, on
behalf of the Association of American Medical Colleges; Eli Ginzberg, Columbia
University, New York, New York; Jack M. Colwill, University of Missouri School
of Medicine, Columbia; Ann Elderkin, American Academy of Physician Assistants,
Washington, D.C.; Reed V. Tuckson, Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and
Science, Los Angeles, California, on behalf of the Association of Minority
Health Professions Schools; and Edward H. O'Neil, University of California,
San Francisco, on behalf of the Pew Health Professions Commission. 

Committee will meet again on Wednesday, February 2. 

NOMINATION

Committee on Veterans Affairs: Committee concluded hearings on the nomination
of Raymond John Vogel, of West Virginia, to be Under Secretary of Veterans
Affairs for Benefits, after the nominee testified and answered questions in
his own behalf. 

No Joint hearings noted.



1994/01/27
Daily Digest - Thursday, January 27, 1994;  pages D31 - D36

Committee Meetings 

(Committees not listed did not meet) 

SOIL AND WATER QUALITY 

Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: Subcommittee on
Agricultural Research, Conservation, Forestry and General Legislation held
hearings to examine the National Research Council's recent report on soil and
water quality, receiving testimony from Paul W. Johnson, Chief, and Richard W.
Arnold, Director, Soil Survey Division, both of the Soil Conservation Service,
Department of Agriculture; Robert H. Wayland III, Director, Office of
Wetlands, Oceans, and Watersheds, Office of Water, and Geoffrey Grub,
Director, Assessment and Watersheds Protection Division, both of the
Environmental Protection Agency; Craig A. Cox, Senior Staff Officer, Board on
Agriculture, National Research Council; and Sandra S. Batie, Michigan State
University, East Lansing. 

Hearings were recessed subject to call. 

ECONOMIC OUTLOOK 

Committee on the Budget: Committee concluded hearings to examine the state of
the national economy and the Federal budget outlook for fiscal years 1995
through 1999, after receiving testimony from Robert D. Reischauer, Director,
Congressional Budget Office. 

BUSINESS MEETING 

Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee ordered favorably
reported the following measures: 

H.R. 3693, to designate the United States courthouse under construction in
Denver, Colorado, as the "Byron White United States Courthouse," in lieu of S.
812; 

H.R. 2223, to designate the Federal building located at 525 Griffin Street in
Dallas, Texas, as the "A. Maceo Smith Federal Building," in lieu of S. 1050; 

H.R. 2318, to redesignate the Federal building located at 380 Trapelo Road in
Waltham, Massachusetts, as the "Frederick C. Murphy Federal Center," in lieu
of S. 1206; 

S. 1314, to designate the United States courthouse located in Bridgeport,
Connecticut, as the "Brien McMahon Federal Building"; 

H.R. 2868, to designate the Federal building located at 600 Camp Street in New
Orleans, Louisiana, as the "John Minor Wisdom United States Courthouse," in
lieu of S. 1582; 

H.R. 3186, to designate the United States courthouse located in Houma,
Louisiana, as the "George Arceneaux, Jr. United States Courthouse," in lieu of
S. 1584; 

S. 1650, to designate the United States courthouse for the Eastern District of
Virginia in Alexandria, Virginia, as the "Albert V. Bryan United States
Courthouse"; 

H.R. 3356, to designate the United States courthouse under construction at 611
Broad Street, in Lake Charles, Louisiana, as the "Edwin Ford Hunter, Jr.
United States Courthouse," in lieu of S. 1673; 

S. 1712, to designate the United States courthouse located at Ninth and Locust
Streets, Kansas City, Missouri, as the "Charles Evans Whittaker United States
Courthouse"; 

H.R. 1303, to designate the Federal building and United States courthouse
located at 402 East State Street in Trenton, New Jersey, as the "Clarkson S.
Fisher Federal Building and United States Courthouse"; 

H.R. 2555, to designate the Federal building located at 100 East Fifth Street
in Cincinnati, Ohio, as the "Potter Stewart United States Courthouse"; 

H.R. 2559, to designate the Federal building located at 601 East 12th Street
in Kansas City, Missouri, as the "Richard Bolling Federal Building"; 

S. 476, authorizing funds for programs of the National Fish and Wildlife
Foundation Establishment Act, in lieu of H.R. 2684. (As approved by the
committee, the bill includes provisions of related measures H.R. 2604 and H.R.
2495); and 

S. 1789, to permit the use of funds under the highway bridge replacement and
rehabilitation program for seismic retrofit of bridges. 

SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EARTHQUAKE 

Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee held oversight hearings
to examine the response of the Department of Transportation and related
agencies to the Southern California earthquake, receiving testimony from
Federico Pena, Secretary, and Rodney E. Slater, Administrator, Federal Highway
Administration, both of the Department of Transportation; and Richard Katz,
California Assembly Transportation Committee, Panorama City. 

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Hearings were recessed subject to call. 

MEXICO 

Committee on Foreign Relations: Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere and Peace
Corps Affairs met in closed session to receive a briefing on the situation in
Mexico from James R. Jones, United States Ambassador to Mexico. 

Subcommittee recessed subject to call. 

GOVERNMENT MANAGEMENT REFORM 

Committee on Governmental Affairs: Committee held hearings on proposals to
improve government management and accountability, receiving testimony from
Charles A. Bowsher, Comptroller General of the United States, Richard L.
Fogel, Assistant Comptroller General, and Gene Dodaro, Assistant Comptroller
General, Accounting and Information Management Division, all of the General
Accounting Office. 

Hearings continue on Wednesday, February 2. 

NOMINATIONS 

Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded hearings on the nominations of
Judith W. Rogers, to be United States Circuit Judge for the District of
Columbia Circuit; Lesley Brooks Wells, to be United States District Judge for
the Northern District of Ohio, Michael A. Ponsor, to be United States District
Judge for the District of Massachusetts, Thomas I. Vanaskie, to be United
States District Judge for the Middle District of Pennsylvania, Marjorie O.
Rendell, to be United States District Judge for the Eastern District of
Pennsylvania, Helen G. Berrigan, to be United States District Judge for the
Eastern District of Louisiana, and Tucker L. Melancon, to be United States
District Judge for the Western District of Louisiana, after the nominees
testified and answered questions in their own behalf. Ms. Rogers was
introduced by District of Columbia Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton, Ms. Wells
was introduced by Senators Glenn and Metzenbaum and Representative Stokes, Mr.
Ponsor was introduced by Senator Kennedy, Mr. Vanaskie and Ms. Rendell were
introduced by Senators Specter and Wofford, and Ms. Berrigan and Mr. Melancon
were introduced by Senator Breaux and Representative Jefferson. 

HIGH TECH HEALTH CARE 

Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Technology and the Law concluded
hearings to examine high technology privacy issues with regard to health care,
after receiving testimony from Representative Velazquez; Nan D. Hunter, Deputy
General Counsel, Department of Health and Human Services; Carolyn C. Roberts,
Copley Hospital and Copley Health Systems, Morrisville, Vermont, on behalf of
the American Hospital Association; and Janlori Goldman, American Civil
Liberties Union, Washington, D.C. 

WELFARE REFORM 

Committee on Labor and Human Resources: Subcommittee on Employment and
Productivity held hearings to examine proposals to reform the current welfare
system and the system of producing public sector employment, receiving
testimony from Senator Boren; Mayor Michael White, Cleveland, Ohio; Audrey
Rowe, Connecticut Department of Social Services, Hartford, on behalf of the
American Public Welfare Association; Leila Hardaway, Franklin County
Department of Human Services, Columbus, Ohio; Kathleen Selz, National
Association of Service and Conservation Corps, Washington, D.C.; and Thomas
Brock, Manpower Demonstration Research Corporation, New York, New York. 

Hearings were recessed subject to call. 

NOMINATION 

Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee concluded hearings on the nomination of
Michael H. Trujillo, of Oregon, to be Director of the Indian Health Service,
Department of Health and Human Services, after the nominee, who was introduced
by Senators Bingaman and Domenici and Representative Richardson, testified and
answered questions in his own behalf.  Testimony was also received from Anne
Walker, Alaska Native Health Board, Anchorage; Ralph Foquera, American Indian
Health Care Association, St. Paul, Minnesota; and Julia Davis, Portland,
Oregon, on behalf of the Northwest Portland Area Indian Health Board and the
National Indian Health Board. 

FEDERAL AID TO INDIANS 

Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee concluded hearings on H.R. 734, to
provide for the extension of certain Federal benefits, services, and
assistance to the Pascua Yaqui Indians of Arizona, after receiving testimony
from Ada Deer, Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs, and Richard Monette,
Director, Office of Congressional and Legislative Affairs, Bureau of Indian
Affairs, both of the Department of the Interior; and Octaviana Trujillo,
Anselmo Valencia, and Luis Gonzales, all of the Pascua-Yaqui Tribal Council,
Tucson, Arizona. 

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No Joint hearings noted.



1994/01/28
Daily Digest - Friday, January 28, 1994;  pages D38 - D44

Committee Meetings 

No committee meetings were held. 

No Joint hearings noted.



1994/01/31
Daily Digest - Monday, January 31, 1994;  pages D45 - D48

Committee Meetings 

(Committees not listed did not meet) 

INDIAN HEALTH CARE 

Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee held hearings to examine the impact of
the Administration's proposed Health Security Act on Indian health care
services and the financing of health care reform in Indian country, receiving
testimony from Judith Feder, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Planning
and Evaluation, and Michel Lincoln, Acting Director, Indian Health Service,
both of the Department of Health and Human Services; Julia A. Davis, National
Indian Health Board, Denver, Colorado; Gerald Hill, Association of American
Indian Physicians, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; Veronica Murdock, National
Congress of American Indians, and Pamela Iron, George Washington University,
both of Washington, D.C.; and Jo Ann Kauffman, American Indian Health Care
Association, St. Paul, Minnesota. 

Hearings were recessed subject to call. 

Joint Meetings

ECONOMIC OUTLOOK

Joint Economic Committee: Committee concluded hearings to examine the overall
economic outlook for 1994, after receiving testimony from Alan Greenspan,
Chairman, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System. 



1994/02/01
Daily Digest - Tuesday, February 1, 1994;  pages D49 - D58

Committee Meetings

(Committees not listed did not meet) 

FUTURE OF NATO

Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Coaliation Defense and
Reinforcing Forces held joint hearings with the Committee on Foreign
Relations' Subcommittee on European Affairs to examine the future of the North
Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), receiving testimony from Robert E.
Hunter, U.S. Ambassador to NATO; Stephen A. Oxman, Assistant Secretary of
State for European and Canadian Affairs; Frank G. Wisner, Under Secretary of
Defense for Policy; and Lt. Gen. Daniel W. Christman, USA, United States
Representative to the NATO Military Committee. 

Hearings were recessed subject to call. 

NOMINATIONS

Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded hearings
on the nominations of Ricki Rhodarmer Tigert, of Tennessee, to be Chairman and
a Member, Anne L. Hall, of Ohio, to be a Member, and Andrew C. Hove Jr., of
Nebraska, to be a Member, each of the Board of Directors of the Federal
Deposit Insurance Corporation, after the nominees testified and answered
questions in their own behalf. Ms. Tigert was introduced by Senator Sasser,
Ms. Hall was introduced by Senator Glenn, and Mr. Hove was introduced by
Senators Exon and Kerrey. 

NOMINATIONS

Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded hearings on the
nominations of Charles B. Curtis, of Maryland, to be Under Secretary of
Energy, and Robert Jay Uram, of California, to be Director of the Office of
Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement, Department of the Interior, after
the nominees testified and answered questions in their own behalf. 

HEALTH CARE REFORM

Committee on Finance: Committee held hearings to examine health care reform
issues, focusing on the need for insurance market reform to assure a workable
health care system, receiving testimony from Salvatore R. Curiale, New York
State Superintendent of Insurance, New York; William S. Custer, Employee
Benefit Research Institute, W. David Helms, Alpha Center, Willis D. Gradison,
Jr., Health Insurance Association of America, and Mary Nell Lehnhard, Blue
Cross and Blue Shield Association, all of Washington, D.C.; and William P.
Link, The Prudential Insurance Company of America, Newark, New Jersey, on
behalf of the Alliance for Managed Competition. 

Committee will meet again on Thursday, February 3. 

NOMINATIONS

Committee on Governmental Affairs: Committee concluded hearings on the
nominations of Henry Franklin Graff, of New York, Kermit L. Hall, of Oklahoma,
William L. Joyce, of New Jersey, Anna Kasten Nelson, of the District of
Columbia, and John Raymond Tunheim, of Minnesota, each to be a Member of the
Assassination Records Review Board, after the nominees testified and answered
questions in their own behalf. Mr. Hall was introduced by Senator Boren, and
Mr. Tunheim was introduced by Senator Wellstone. 

INTELLIGENCE

Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee held closed hearings on
intelligence matters, receiving testimony from officials of the intelligence
community. 

Committee will meet again on Tuesday, February 8. 

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No Joint hearings noted.



1994/02/02
Daily Digest - Wednesday, February 2, 1994;  pages D59 - D66

Committee Meetings 

(Committees not listed did not meet) 

FRAUD IN FEDERAL NUTRITION PROGRAMS 

Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: Committee held hearings to
examine instances of fraud in the Federal Food Stamp Program and the Special
Supplemental Food Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC), and the
proposed use of an electronic benefits transfer system as a means for reducing
fraud in the administration of Federal nutrition assistance programs,
receiving testimony from Illinois Attorney General Roland W. Burris, Chicago;
Ellen W. Haas, Assistant Secretary of Agriculture for Food and Consumer
Services; Emilio Gonzalez, Analyst, Telecommunications and Computing
Technologies Program, Office of Technology Assessment; Robert H. Rasor,
Special Agent, Financial Crimes Division, United States Secret Service,
Department of the Treasury; and Ricky D. Dodd, Group Manager,
External/Internal Crimes and Prevention, Postal Inspection Service, United
States Postal Service. 

Hearings were recessed subject to call. 

NOMINATION 

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

BUSINESS MEETING 

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

S. 208, to reform the concessions policies of the National Park Service, with
an amendment in the nature of a substitute; 

S. 455, to increase Federal payments to units of general local government for
entitlement land, with amendments; 

S. 313, to revise the San Juan Basin Wilderness Protection Act of 1984 to
designate additional lands as wilderness and to establish the Fossil Forest
Research Natural Area, with amendments; 

H.R. 1134, to provide for the transfer of certain public lands located in
Clear Creek County, Colorado, to the United States Forest Service, the State
of Colorado, and certain local governments in the State of Colorado, with
amendments; and 

H.R. 3617, to revise the Everglades National Park Protection and Expansion Act
of 1989 to authorize funds to assist the State of Florida in the acquisition
of certain lands adjacent to the park. 

CLEAN WATER 

Committee on Environment and Public Works: Subcommittee on Clean Water,
Fisheries and Wildlife approved for full committee consideration S. 1114,
authorizing funds for programs of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act. 

PRESIDENTIAL SUCCESSION 

Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Constitution concluded hearings on
constitutional issues relating to the death of a President-designate between
the general election and the inauguration, after receiving testimony from
former Senator Birch Bayh; Walter Dellinger, Assistant Attorney General,
Office of Legal Counsel, Department of Justice; Trevor Potter, Chairman,
Federal Election Commission; Akhil Reed Amar, Yale Law School, New Haven,
Connecticut; and Walter Berns, American Enterprise Institute, Washington, D.C. 

BUSINESS MEETING 

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

S. 1597, to authorize funds for 1994 and fiscal years 1995 and 1996 for organ
transplant and procurement programs of the Department of Health and Human
Services, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute; and  

The nominations of James A. Joseph, of Virginia, to be a Member of the Board
of Directors of the Corporation for National and Community Service, J. Davitt
McAteer, of West Virginia, to be Assistant Secretary of Labor for Mine Safety
and Health, Shirley Sachi Sagawa, of Virginia, to be a Managing Director of
the Corporation for National and Community Service, James A. Scheibel, of
Minnesota, to be Director of the ACTION Agency, and Stuart E. Weisberg, of
Maryland, to be a Member of the Occupational Safety and Health Review
Commission. 

HEALTH CARE REFORM 

Committee on Labor and Human Resources: Committee resumed hearings on the
Administration's proposed Health Security Act, to establish comprehensive
health care for every American, focusing on the role of the States in health
care reform, receiving testimony from Utah Governor Michael Leavitt, Salt Lake
City, and Hawaii Governor John Waihee, Honolulu, both on behalf of the
National Governors Association; Massachusetts Representative Carmen Buell,
Greenfield, on behalf of the National Conference of State Legislatures;
Kenneth Thorpe, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Health and Human Services for
Planning and Evaluation; Robert Waller, Mayo Foundation, Rochester, Minnesota;
Steve Wetzell, Business Health Care Action Group, Minneapolis, Minnesota;
Richard E. Curtis, Institute for Health Policy Solutions, Washington, D.C.;
and Glenn Pearson, Health Care Campaign of Minnesota, St. Paul. 

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Hearings were recessed subject to call. 

No Joint hearings noted.



1994/02/03
Daily Digest - Thursday, February 3, 1994;  pages D67 - D74

Committee Meetings 

(Committees not listed did not meet) 

ABUSE OF FMHA'S LOAN PROGRAMS 

Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: Subcommittee on
Agricultural Credit held hearings to examine ways of preventing delinquent
farm loans in the Farmers Home Administration (FmHA), receiving testimony from
Michael V. Dunn, Administrator, Farmers Home Administration, Department of
Agriculture. 

Hearings were recessed subject to call. 

CALIFORNIA EARTHQUAKE AID 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on VA, HUD, and Independent Agencies
concluded hearings to examine the Federal Emergency Management Agency's (FEMA)
response to the recent Southern California earthquake, after receiving
testimony from James Lee Witt, Director, Richard W. Krimm, Associate Director,
and Gary Johnson, Acting Chief Financial Officer, all of the Federal Emergency
Management Agency; and Henry G. Cisneros, Secretary, and Joseph Shuldiner,
Assistant Secretary, both of the Department of Housing and Urban Development. 

NOMINATION

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

SERVICE ACADEMIES 

Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Force Requirements and Personnel
concluded hearings to examine honor systems and sexual harassment at the
various Service Academies, after receiving testimony from Vice Adm. David M.
Bennett, USN, Inspector General, Department of the Navy; Mark E. Gebicke,
Director, and William E. Beusse, Assistant Director, both of Military
Operations and Capability Issues, General Accounting Office; Rear Adm. Thomas
C. Lynch, USN, Superintendent, United States Naval Academy; Lt. Gen. Howard D.
Graves, USA, Superintendent, United States Military Academy; Lt. Gen. Bradley
C. Hosmer, USAF, Superintendent, United States Air Force Academy; and
Ambassador Richard L. Armitage, Chairman, Board of Visitors to the Naval
Academy.  

EXPORT ADMINISTRATION 

Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on
International Finance and Monetary Policy held hearings on the reauthorization
of the Export Administration Act, receiving testimony from Senator Gregg;
Gerald Epstein and Thomas H. Karas, both of the International Security and
Commerce Program, Office of Technology Assessment; Christopher A. Padilla,
AT&T, on behalf of the National Association of Manufacturers, Boyd J.
McKelvain, General Electric Company, on behalf of the National Foreign Trade
Council, and Paul Freedenberg, Baker and Botts, all of Washington, D.C.;
Timothy Dwyer, Sun Microsystems, Inc., Moutainview, California, on behalf of
the Emergency Committee for American Trade; Henry D. Sokolski, National
Institute for Public Policy, Fairfax, Virginia; and Derrel De Passe, Varian
Associates, Inc., Palo Alto, California, on behalf of the American Electronics
Association. 

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Hearings continue on Wednesday, February 9. 

TRADE AND THE ENVIRONMENT 

Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on Foreign
Commerce and Tourism concluded hearings to examine proposals to establish
trade policy that will help combat environmental problems, focusing on
discussions of GATT member nations and a possible environmental framework to
accompany the Uruguay Round, after receiving testimony from Timothy E. Wirth,
Counselor, and David A. Colson, Deputy Secretary for Oceans, both of the
Department of State; and Stewart J. Hudson, National Wildlife Federation,
David K. Schorr, World Wildlife Fund, Kenneth Berlin, Winthrop, Stimson,
Putnam and Roberts, and Robert F. Housman, Center for International
Environmental Law, on behalf of the Sierra Club, all of Washington, D.C. 

GUAM EXCESS LANDS ACT 

Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Subcommittee on Mineral Resources
Development and Production concluded hearings on H.R. 2144, to provide for the
transfer of excess land to the Government of Guam, after receiving testimony
from Representative Underwood; Guam Governor Joseph F. Ada, Agana; Guam
Senator Pilar Lujan, Agana; Leslie M. Turner, Assistant Secretary of the
Interior for Territorial and International Affairs; and Philip E. Barringer,
Director, Foreign Military Rights Affairs, Office of Assistant Secretary of
Defense (Regional Security Affairs). 

HEALTH CARE REFORM 

Committee on Finance: Committee resumed hearings to examine health care reform
issues, focusing on how the States will be affected by health care reform,
receiving testimony from South Carolina Governor Carroll A. Campbell, Jr.,
Columbia, and Vermont Governor Howard Dean, Montpelier, both on behalf of the
National Governors' Association; Florida Governor Lawton Chiles, Tallahassee;
and Utah Governor Michael O. Leavitt, Salt Lake City. 

Hearings were recessed subject to call. 

NOMINATION 

Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded hearings on the nomination
of James H. Scheuer, of New York, to be U.S. Director of the European Bank for
Reconstruction and Development, after the nominee, who was introduced by
Senator Moynihan, testified and answered questions in his own behalf. 

MILITARY INTERVENTION IN BOSNIA 

Committee on Foreign Relations: Subcommittee on European Affairs met in closed
session to receive a briefing on military intervention in Bosnia by Croatia
and Serbia from officials of the intelligence community. 

Subcommittee recessed subject to call. 

GOVERNMENT MANAGEMENT REFORM 

Committee on Governmental Affairs: Committee resumed hearings on proposals to
improve government management and accountability, receiving testimony from
Leon E. Panetta, Director, and Alice M. Rivlin, Deputy Director, both of the
Office of Management and Budget. 

Hearings were recessed subject to call. 

UNITED STATES-JAPAN AUTO PARTS NEGOTIATIONS 

Committee on Governmental Affairs: Subcommittee on Oversight of Government
Management held oversight hearings to review the ongoing auto parts
negotiations being conducted under the United States-Japan Framework for a New
Economic Partnership agreement that was signed in Tokyo in July 1993,
receiving testimony from Jeffrey E. Garten, Under Secretary of Commerce for
International Trade Administration; Robert E. Cole, Kaiser Aluminum and
Chemical Corporation, on behalf of the Auto Parts Advisory Committee, and
Andrew H. Card, Jr., American Automobile Manufacturers Association, both of
Washington, D.C.; and Michael S. Flynn, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. 

Hearings were recessed subject to call. 

NOMINATION 

Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded hearings on the nomination of
Rosemary Barkett, of Florida, to be U.S. Circuit Judge for the Eleventh
Circuit, after the nominee, who was introduced by Senators Graham and Mack and
Florida Governor Lawton Chiles, testified and answered questions in her own
behalf. 

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HEALTH CARE REFORM 

Committee on Labor and Human Resources: Subcommittee on Labor concluded
hearings to examine the quality of health care that would be provided to
consumers under a proposed managed health care system, after receiving
testimony from William J. Rand, Rand Eye Institute, Pompano Beach, Florida;
Sara S. Nichols, Congress Watch, and Gail Shearer, Consumers Union, both of
Washington, D.C.; Geraldine Dallek, Center for Health Care Rights, Los
Angeles, California, on behalf of the Coalition for Consumer Protection and
Quality in Health Care Reform; David J. Lyons, Des Moines, Iowa, on behalf of
the National Association of Insurance Commissioners; John Tooker, Portland,
Maine, on behalf of the American College of Physicians; Penny Puhl, Chicago,
Illinois; Karin Smith, Nashoteh, Wisconsin; and Steven Bosworth, Simi Valley,
California. 

GOVERNMENT PRINTING PRACTICES 

Committee on Rules and Administration: Committee held hearings on improving
the effectiveness and efficiency of Government printing practices, focusing on
provisions contained in title XIV of H.R. 3400, the Government Reform and
Savings Act, title XIV of the National Performance Review Report, and the
Organization of Congress Report of the Senate members of the Joint Committee
on the Organization of Congress, receiving testimony from Alice M. Rivlin,
Deputy Director, Office of Management and Budget; and Michael F. DiMario,
Public Printer, Government Printing Office. 

Hearings will continue on Thursday, February 10. 

No Joint hearings noted.



1994/02/04
Daily Digest - Friday, February 4, 1994;  pages D75 - D84

Committee Meetings

(Committees not listed did not meet) 

NOMINATIONS

Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee concluded hearings on the
nominations of William W. Ginsberg, of Connecticut, to be an Assistant
Secretary of Commerce, Richard Thomas Moore, of Massachusetts, to be Associate
Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, Jesse L. White, Jr., of
North Carolina, to be Federal Co-Chairman of the Appalachian Regional
Commission, and Brig. Gen. Eugene S. Witherspoon, USA, to be a Member and
President of the Mississippi River Commission, after the nominees testified
and answered questions in their own behalf.  Mr. Moore was introduced by
Senator Kerry.  

NOMINATIONS

Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded hearings on the
nominations of David N. Merrill, of Maryland, to be Ambassador to the People's
Republic of Bangladesh, and Sandra L. Vogelgesang, of Ohio, to be Ambassador
to the Kingdom of Nepal, after the nominees testified and answered questions
in their own behalf. 

SOUTH ASIA

Committee on Foreign Relations: Subcommittee on Near Eastern and South Asian
Affairs concluded hearings to examine current developments in South Asia,
after receiving testimony from Robin L. Raphel, Assistant Secretary of State
for South Asian Affairs.  

HEALTH CARE REFORM

Committee on Labor and Human Resources: Committee resumed hearings on the
Administration's proposed Health Security Act, to establish comprehensive
health care for every American, focusing on guaranteed preventive and primary
care benefits, receiving testimony from Edwin C. Hustead, Hay/Huggins Company,
Inc., and Gail Shearer, Consumers Union, both of Washington, D.C.; Margaret H.
Jordan, Southern California Edison Company, Rosemead, California; Cindy Mann,
Massachusetts Law Reform Institute, Boston, Massachusetts; Ronald Burd, The
Deveraux Foundation, Devon, Pennsylvania; and William H. Straub, Westport,
Connecticut, on behalf of the Jackson Hole Group. 

Hearings continue on Tuesday, February 8. 

Joint Meetings

EMPLOYMENT--UNEMPLOYMENT

Joint Economic Committee: Committee held hearings on the
employment-unemployment situation for January, receiving testimony from
Katharine G. Abraham, Commissioner, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Department of
Labor. 

                                [Page: D79]

Committee recessed subject to call. 



1994/02/07
Daily Digest - Monday, February 7, 1994;  pages D85 - D90

Committee Meetings 

(Committees not listed did not meet) 

NOMINATIONS 

Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded hearings on the
nominations of Wesley W. Egan, Jr., of North Carolina, to be Ambassador to the
Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, and Robert H. Pelletreau, Jr., of Connecticut, to
be Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs, after the nominees
testified and answered questions in their own behalf. 

No Joint hearings noted.



1994/02/08
Daily Digest - Tuesday, February 8, 1994;  pages D92 - D100

Committee Meetings

(Committees not listed did not meet.) 

NOMINATION

Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: Committee concluded
hearings on the nomination of Frederick Gilbert Slabach, of Mississippi, to be
Assistant Secretary of Agriculture for Congressional Relations, after the
nominee, who was introduced by Senator Cochran, testified and answered
questions in his own behalf. 

BUSINESS MEETING

Committee on Appropriations: Committee ordered favorably reported the
following bills: 

H.R. 3759, making emergency supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year
ending September 30, 1994, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute.
(As approved by the committee, the bill incorporates provisions of S. 1608 and
S. 1832.);  

S. 1608, to rescind certain budget authority proposed to be rescinded in
special messages transmitted to the Congress by the President on November 1,
1993, in accordance with title X of the Congressional Budget and Impoundment
Control Act of 1974, as amended, with an amendment in the nature of a
substitute; and 

S. 1832, to rescind certain budget authority proposed to be rescinded in a
special message transmitted to the Congress by the President on February 7,
1994, in accordance with title X of the Congressional Budget and Impoundment
Control Act of 1974, as amended, with an amendment in the nature of a
substitute. 

HUBBLE SPACE TELESCOPE

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on VA, HUD, and Independent Agencies
concluded hearings to examine National Aeronautics and Space Administration
(NASA) efforts to repair the Hubble Space Telescope, after receiving testimony
from Jeremiah W. Pearson III, Associate Administrator, Office of Space Flight,
Wesley T. Huntress, Jr., Associate Administrator, and Edward Weiler, Program
Scientist, Hubble Telescope, both of the Office of Space Science, and Richard
C. Covey, Commander, Kenneth Bowersox, Pilot, and Story Musgrave, Tom Akers,
Jeffrey A. Hoffman, Kathryn C. Thornton, and Claude Nicollier, all Mission
Specialists, all Members of the STS-61 Crew, all of NASA. 

AUTHORIZATION--DEFENSE

Committee on Armed Services: Committee held hearings on proposed legislation
authorizing funds for fiscal year 1995 for the Department of Defense and the
future years defense program, receiving testimony from William J. Perry,
Secretary of Defense; and John M. Shalikashvili, Chairman, Joint Chiefs of
Staff. 

                                [Page: D95]

Hearings were recessed subject to call. 

RUSSIAN ECONOMIC REFORM

Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded hearings
to examine the condition of the Russian economy, focusing on the impact of
International Monetary Fund and World Bank policies on Russia's economic
health and political future and the implications for the United States, after
receiving testimony from Lawrence H. Summers, Under Secretary of the Treasury
for International Affairs; Thomas W. Simons, Jr., Coordinator of United States
Assistance to the Newly Independent States, Department of State; Jeffrey Sachs
and Marshall Goldman, both of Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts;
Jude Wanniski, Polyconomics, Morristown, New Jersey; and Peter Reddaway,
George Washington University, Washington, D.C. 

1995 BUDGET

Committee on the Budget: Committee held hearings in preparation for reporting
the first concurrent resolution on the fiscal year 1995 budget for the Federal
Government, receiving testimony from Leon E. Panetta, Director, Office of
Management and Budget. 

Hearings continue tomorrow. 

NOMINATIONS

Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded hearings on the
nominations of Greta Joy Dicus, of Arkansas, Margaret Hornbeck Greene, of
Kentucky, Frank G. Zarb, of New York, William J. Rainer, of Connecticut, and
Kneeland C. Youngblood, of Texas, each to be a Member of the Board of
Directors of the United States Enrichment Corporation, after the nominees
testified and answered questions in their own behalf. Mr. Rainer was
introduced by Senators Dodd and Lieberman, and Mr. Youngblood was introduced
by Senator Bradley. 

URUGUAY ROUND

Committee on Finance: Committee held hearings to examine the results of the
Uruguay Round trade negotiations and what more needs to be accomplished before
the trade agreements are to be signed on April 15, 1994, as well as the timing
and process for implementation of the agreements, receiving testimony from
Michael Kantor, United States Trade Representative. 

Hearings were recessed subject to call. 

NOMINATION

Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded hearings on the nomination
of Strobe Talbott, of Ohio, to be Deputy Secretary of State, after the
nominee, who was introduced by Senators Glenn and Metzenbaum, testified and
answered questions in his own behalf. 

NOMINATION

Committee on Governmental Affairs: Committee concluded hearings on the
nomination of Edward Jay Gleiman, of Maryland, to be a Commissioner of the
Postal Rate Commission, after the nominee, who was introduced by Senator
Sarbanes, testified and answered questions in his own behalf. 

Joint Meetings

BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA 

Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe (Helsinki Commission):  
Commission held hearings to examine the current situation in Bosnia and
Herzegovina, focusing on the prospects of a negotiated settlement, receiving
testimony from Leonard Sullivan, System Planning Corporation, and Lionel
Rosenblatt, Refugees International, both of Washington, D.C.; and Kemal
Kurspahic, Oslobodenje, Saravejo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. 

Commission recessed subject to call. 



1994/02/09
Daily Digest - Wednesday, February 9, 1994;  pages D102 - D112

Committee Meetings 

(Committees not listed did not meet) 

RUSSIA AND UKRAINE 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Foreign Operations held closed
hearings to examine current conditions in Russia and Ukraine, receiving
testimony from Strobe Talbott, Ambassador at Large and Special Adviser to the
Secretary of State on the New Independent States; and Thomas R. Pickering,
Ambassador to the Russian Federation. 

Subcommittee recessed subject to call. 

NOMINATIONS 

Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded hearings on the nominations
of Lt. Gen. Barry R. McCaffrey, USA, to be Commander in Chief, United States
Southern Command, Vice Adm. William A. Owens, USN, to be Vice Chairman of the
Joint Chiefs of Staff, and Vice Adm. Henry G. Chiles, Jr., USN, to be
Commander in Chief, United States Strategic Command, after the nominees
testified and answered questions in their own behalf. 

Also, committee ordered favorably reported 9,185 military nominations in the
Army, Navy, Marine Corps, and Air Force. 

1995 BUDGET 

Committee on the Budget: Committee continued hearings in preparation for
reporting the first concurrent resolution on the fiscal year 1995 budget for
the Federal Government, receiving testimony from Lloyd Bentsen, Secretary of
the Treasury; and Alice M. Rivlin, Deputy Director, Office of Management and
Budget. 

Hearings continue tomorrow. 

NOMINATION 

Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded
hearings on the nomination of Ann Winkelman Brown, of Florida, to be
Commissioner and Chairman of the Consumer Product Safety Commission, after the
nominee, who was introduced by Representative Matsui and District of Columbia
Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton, testified and answered questions in her own
behalf. 

BUSINESS MEETING 

Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee ordered favorably
reported the nominations of William W. Ginsberg, of Connecticut, to be an
Assistant Secretary of Commerce, Richard Thomas Moore, of Massachusetts, to be
Associate Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, Jesse L. White,
Jr., of North Carolina, to be Federal Co-Chairman of the Appalachian Regional
Commission, and Brig. Gen. Eugene S. Witherspoon, USA, to be a Member and
President of the Mississippi River Commission. 

CBO ANALYSIS OF HEALTH SECURITY ACT 

Committee on Finance: Committee concluded hearings to review the Congressional
Budget Office's (CBO) analysis of the Administration's health care reform
proposal, after receiving testimony from Robert D. Reischauer, Director,
Congressional Budget Office. 

NOMINATION 

Committee on Finance: Committee ordered favorably reported the nomination of
Mary Ellen Withrow, of Ohio, to be Treasurer of the United States, Department
of the Treasury. 

Prior to this action, committee concluded hearings on the nomination of Ms.
Withrow, after the nominee, who was introduced by Senators Glenn and
Metzenbaum, testified and answered questions in her own behalf. 

NOMINATIONS 

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

S. Res. 94, expressing the sense of the Senate with respect to the tragic
humanitarian crisis in Sudan; and 

The nominations of Strobe Talbott, of Ohio, to be Deputy Secretary of State,
Jill B. Buckley, of Washington, to be Assistant Administrator for Legislative
and Public Affairs, and Thomas A. Dine, of Ohio, to be Assistant Administrator
for Europe and the New Independent States, both of the Agency for
International Development, Alice M. Dear, of New York, to be United States
Director of the African Development Bank, Wesley W. Egan, Jr., of North
Carolina, to be Ambassador to the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, David N.
Merrill, of Maryland, to be Ambassador to the People's Republic of Bangladesh,
Robert H. Pelletreau, Jr., of Connecticut, to be Assistant Secretary of State
for Near Eastern Affairs, Esther Peterson, of the District of Columbia, to be
United States Representative to the Forty-eighth Session of the General
Assembly of the United Nations, James H. Scheuer, of New York, to be United
States Director of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development,
Sandra L. Vogelgesang, of Ohio, to be Ambassador to the Kingdom of Nepal, and
Foreign Service Officers' promotion lists, received by the Senate on January
26, 1994, with an exception. 

U.S.-VIETNAM RELATIONS 

Committee on Foreign Relations: Subcommittee on East Asian and Pacific Affairs
held hearings to examine certain implications for the United States from the
lifting of the trade embargo against North Vietnam, receiving testimony from
Winston Lord, Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs;
R. Richard Newcomb, Director, Office of Foreign Assets Control, Department of
the Treasury; and Edward W. Ross, Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense
for POW/MIA Affairs. 

                               [Page: D105]

Hearings were recessed subject to call. 

FOREIGN AID REFORM 

Committee on Foreign Relations: Subcommittee on International Economic Policy,
Trade, Oceans and Environment held hearings on proposed legislation to
reorganize United States foreign assistance programs, receiving testimony from
J. Brian Atwood, Administrator, Agency for International Development; and
Richard M. Moose, Under Secretary of State for Management.  

Hearings were recessed subject to call. 

NOMINATIONS 

Committee on the Judiciary: Committee ordered favorably reported the
nominations of Michael A. Ponsor, to be United States District Judge for the
District of Massachusetts, Lesley Brooks Wells, to be United States District
Judge for the Northern District of Ohio, Marjorie O. Rendell, to be United
States District Judge for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, Thomas I.
Vanaskie, to be United States District Judge for the Middle District of
Pennsylvania, Tucker L. Melancon, to be United States District Judge for the
Western District of Louisiana, Rebecca Aline Betts, to be United States
Attorney for the Southern District of West Virginia, Robert Charles Bundy, to
be United States Attorney for the District of Alaska, Mark Timothy Calloway,
to be United States Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina,
Janice McKenzie Cole, to be United States Attorney for the Eastern District of
North Carolina, Larry Herbert Colleton, to be United States Attorney for the
Middle District of Florida, Michael Hayes Dettmer, to be United States
Attorney for the Western District of Michigan, Stephen Lawrence Hill, to be
United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, David Lee
Lillehaug, to be United States Attorney for the District of Minnesota, Don
Carlos Nickerson, to be United States Attorney for the Southern District of
Iowa, Stephen John Rapp, to be United States Attorney for the Northern
District of Iowa, Michael David Skinner, to be United States Attorney for the
Western District of Louisiana, James Lamar Wiggins, to be United States
Attorney for the Middle District of Georgia, Harry Donival Dixon Jr., to be
United States Attorney for the Southern District of Georgia, Charles M.
Adkins, to be United States Marshal for the Southern District of West
Virginia, Brian C. Berg, to be United States Marshal for the District of North
Dakota, Hugh Dinsmore Black Jr., to be United States Marshal for the Western
District of Arkansas, G. Ronald Dashiell, to be United States Marshal for the
Eastern District of Washington, Phylliss Jeanette Henry, to be United States
Marshal for the Southern District of Iowa, Alan D. Lewis, to be United States
Marshal for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, Charles William Logsdon, to
be United States Marshal for the Western District of Kentucky, John Patrick
McCaffrey, to be United States Marshal for the Western District of New York,
James J. Molinari, to be United States Marshal for the Northern District of
California, Robert James Moore, to be United States Marshal for the Southern
District of Alabama, Joe Russell Mullins, to be United States Marshal for the
Eastern District of Kentucky, Nancy J. McGillivray Shaffer, to be United
States Marshal for the District of Massachusetts, James Robert Oakes, to be
United States Marshal for the Western District of Louisiana, Conrad S.
Patillo, to be United States Marshal for the Eastern District of Arkansas,
Floyd A. Kimbrough, to be United States Marshal for the Eastern District of
Missouri, James Marion Hughes Jr., to be United States Marshal for the
Northern District of Oklahoma, John Steven Sanchez, to be United States
Marshal for the District of New Mexico, James V. Serio Jr., to be United
States Marshal for the Eastern District of Louisiana, Wesley Joe Wood, to be
United States Marshal for the Western District of Tennessee, Cleveland Vaughn,
to be United States Marshal for the District of Nebraska, James Douglas Jr.,
to be United States Marshal for the Eastern District of Michigan, Donald R.
Moreland, to be United States Marshal for the Middle District of Florida,
Richard Rand Rock II, to be United States Marshal for the District of Kansas,
Patrick J. Wilkerson, to be United States Marshal for the Western District of
Oklahoma, James Howard Benham, to be United States Marshal for the District of
Idaho, Rosa Maria Melendez, to be United States Marshal for the Western
District of Washington, Stephen Simpson Gregg, to be United States Marshal for
the Southern District of California, William Stephen Strizich, to be United
States Marshal for the District of Montana, Terrence Edward Delaney, to be
United States Marshal for the Southern District of Illinois, and Daniel J.
Horgan, to be United States Marshal for the Southern District of Florida. 

YOUTH VIOLENCE 

Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Juvenile Justice concluded
hearings to examine how the Federal Government can establish effective
programs to deter youth violence in America, after receiving testimony from
Senators Hatch, Dodd, and Campbell; James C. Frier, Deputy Assistant Director,
Federal Bureau of Investigation, Department of Justice; Michael Nichols, St.
Louis Metropolitan Police Department, St. Louis, Missouri; Sam Ferraniola,
Glen Mills Schools, Concordville, Pennsylvania; Jim Brown, Amer-I-Can Program,
Inc., and James J. Galipeau, Los Angeles County Probation Department, both of
Los Angeles, California; Gary E. Graika, Social Development Commission's Youth
Diversion Program, Milwaukee, Wisconsin; and Irving A. Spergel, University of
Chicago, Chicago, Illinois. 

                               [Page: D106]

OSHA REFORM 

Committee on Labor and Human Resources: Committee concluded hearings on S.
575, to improve the employee safety and health programs of the Occupational
Safety and Health Act, after receiving testimony from Robert B. Reich,
Secretary of Labor. 

VA HEALTH CARE REFORM 

Committee on Veterans Affairs: Committee concluded hearings to examine certain
restrictions against VA facilities from participating fully in statewide
health care reform efforts, after receiving testimony from Elwood Headley,
Acting Deputy Under Secretary for Health and Director, VA National Health Care
Reform Program Office, Department of Veterans Affairs; Robert A. Petzel, Chief
of Staff, VA Medical Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota; Joseph M. Manley,
Director, VA Medical Center, Seattle, Washington; Howard H. Green, Chief of
Staff, VA Medical and Regional Office Center, White River Junction, Vermont;
Malcom Randall, VA Medical Center, Gainesville, Florida; Larry E. Deters,
Director, VA Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee; Thomas L. Garthwaite, Chief
of Staff, VA Medical Center, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on behalf of the National
Association of VA Chiefs of Staff; and John Bollinger, Paralyzed Veterans of
America, Washington, D.C. 

No Joint hearings noted.



1994/02/10
Daily Digest - Thursday, February 10, 1994;  pages D114 - D124

Committee Meetings 

(Committees not listed did not meet) 

BUSINESS MEETING 

Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: On Wednesday, February 9,
Committee ordered favorably reported the nomination of Frederick G. Slabach,
of Mississippi, to be an Assistant Secretary of Agriculture for Congressional
Relations. 

FEDERAL MEAT INSPECTION PROGRAM 

Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: Subcommittee on
Agricultural Research, Conservation, Forestry and General Legislation held
hearings to examine the status of the Federal meat inspection program,
focusing on the Department of Agriculture's response to the outbreak of the E.
coli infection last year, receiving testimony from Patricia Jensen, Acting
Assistant Secretary of Agriculture for Marketing and Inspection Services;
Carol Tucker Foreman, Foreman and Heidepriem, Inc., Washington, D.C., on
behalf of the Safe Food Coalition; J. Patrick Boyle, American Meat Institute,
Arlington, Virginia; J. Glenn Morris, Jr., University of Maryland School of
Medicine, Baltimore; and Ed Johnson, Parma, Idaho, on behalf of the National
Cattlemen's Association. 

Hearings were recessed subject to call. 

KOREAN PENINSULA 

Committee on Armed Services: Committee met in closed session to receive a
briefing on the situation on the Korean peninsula from Robert L. Gallucci,
Assistant Secretary of State for Political-Military Affairs; Stanley O. Roth,
Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for East Asian and Pacific Affairs; Rear
Adm. Charles S. Abbot, Deputy Director for Current Operations, Joint Chiefs of
Staff; and Joseph Nye, Chairman, Dale W. Walter, Deputy National Intelligence
Officer for Strategic Programs, Charles E. Allen, National Intelligence
Officer for Warning, and Robert L. Suettinger, Deputy National Intelligence
Officer for East Asia, all of the National Intelligence Council. 

                               [Page: D118]

Committee recessed subject to call. 

BUSINESS MEETING 

Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee ordered favorably
reported the following business items: 

S. 1527, to provide for fair trade in financial services, with an amendment in
the nature of a substitute; and 

The nominations of Ricki Rhodarmer Tigert, of Tennessee, to be a Member and
Chairperson, Andrew C. Hove Jr., of Nebraska, to be a Member and Vice
Chairperson, and Anne L. Hall, of Ohio, to be a Member, all of the Board of
Directors of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. 

1995 BUDGET 

Committee on the Budget: Committee continued hearings in preparation for
reporting the first concurrent resolution on the fiscal year 1995 budget for
the Federal Government, receiving testimony from Laura D'Andrea Tyson, Chair,
Council of Economic Advisers. 

Hearings were recessed subject to call. 

NOMINATIONS 

Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded
hearings on the nominations of Greg Farmer, of Florida, to be Under Secretary
for Travel and Tourism, Ginger Ehn Lew, of California, to be General Counsel,
Graham R. Mitchell, of Massachusetts, to be Assistant Secretary for Technology
Policy, Lauri Fitz Pegado, of Maryland, to be Assistant Secretary and Director
General of the United States and Foreign Commercial Service, and Thomas R.
Bloom, of Michigan, to be an Assistant Secretary and Chief Financial Officer,
all of the Department of Commerce, after the nominees testified and answered
questions in their own behalf. Testimony was also received on the nomination
of Ms. Fitz-Pegado from John R. MacArthur, Harpers Magazine, New York, New
York; and Toby Moffett, Strategic Policy Inc., Washington, D.C. Mr. Farmer was
introduced by Senators Graham and Mack, and Ms. Lew was introduced by
Representative Mineta. 

MEMORIALS 

Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Subcommittee on Public Lands,
National Parks and Forests concluded hearings on the following bills: 

S. 1552 and H.R. 2947, bills to extend for an additional 2 years the
authorization of the Black Revolutionary War Patriots Foundation to establish
a memorial, after receiving testimony from Maj. Gen. Jerry Ralph Curry, Black
Revolutionary War Patriots Foundation, Washington, D.C.; 

S. 1612, to extend the authority of the Women in Military Service for America
Foundation to establish a memorial in the District of Columbia, after
receiving testimony from Brig. Gen. Wilma L. Vaught, USAF (Ret.), Women In
Military Service For America Foundation, Inc., Washington, D.C.; and 

S. 1790, to extend the authority of the National Peace Garden, after receiving
testimony from Elizabeth Ratcliffe, National Peace Garden, Washington, D.C. 

Testimony was also received on all aforementioned bills from Robert Stanton,
Regional Director, National Capitol Region, National Park Service, Department
of the Interior. 

SUPERFUND 

Committee on Environment and Public Works: Subcommittee on Superfund,
Recycling, and Solid Waste Management held hearings on S. 1834, to improve and
to authorize funds for fiscal years 1995 through 1999 for programs of the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act
(Superfund), receiving testimony from Carol M. Browner, Administrator,
Environmental Protection Agency. 

Hearings were recessed subject to call. 

HEALTH CARE REFORM 

Committee on Finance: Committee resumed hearings on health care reform issues,
focusing on health care coverage for the uninsured, receiving testimony from
Barbara Lyons, Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation, Anne Marie O'Keefe,
Washington Business Group on Health, Raymond Scalettar, American Medical
Association, Gerry Shea, AFL-CIO, and Phyllis Torda, Families USA, all of
Washington, D.C.; and Gail A. Jensen, Wayne State University, Detroit,
Michigan. 

Hearings were recessed subject to call. 

ARMED FORCES AFTER COLD WAR 

Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee held hearings to examine the role of
United States Armed Forces in the post-cold-war world, receiving testimony
from Senator Byrd; and Jane E. Stromseth and Anthony Clark Arend, both of
Georgetown University, and Michael R. Beschloss, all of Washington, D.C. 

Hearings were recessed subject to call. 

RUSSIA 

Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee met in closed session to receive a
briefing on the situation in Russia from Thomas R. Pickering, Ambassador to
the Russian Federation, Department of State. 

Committee recessed subject to call. 

                               [Page: D119]

NATIONAL DRUG CONTROL POLICY 

Committee on the Judiciary: Committee held hearings to review strategies for
controlling national drug problems, receiving testimony from Lee Patrick
Brown, Director, National Drug Control Policy.

Committee recessed subject to call. 

GOVERNMENT REFORM 

Committee on Rules and Administration: Committee held hearings on certain
provisions relating to the Government Printing Office as contained in Title
XIV of H.R. 3400, to provide a more effective, efficient, and responsive
Government, Title XIV of the National Performance Review, and S. 1824, to
improve the operations of the legislative branch of the Federal Government,
receiving testimony from Senator Sarbanes; George Lord, Chairman, Joint
Bargaining Council, Government Printing Office; Katherine F. Mawdsley,
University of California, Davis; Steve Metalitz, Information Industry
Association, and Bill Boarman, Communications Workers of America, both of
Washington, D.C.; William Gindlesperger, ABC Advisors, Inc., Chambersburg,
Pennsylvania; Benjamin Cooper, Printing Industries of America, Alexandria,
Virginia; and Norman Horne, Harrington Business Forms, Inc., Rocky Mount,
North Carolina. 

Hearings were recessed subject to call. 

NOMINATION 

Committee on Veterans Affairs: Committee ordered favorably reported the
nomination of Raymond John Vogel, of West Virginia, to be Under Secretary of
Veterans Affairs for Benefits. 

MICHIGAN INDIAN TRIBES 

Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee held hearings on S. 1066, to restore
Federal services to the Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians of Michigan, and S.
1357, to reaffirm and clarify the Federal relationships of the Little Traverse
Bay Bands of Odawa Indians and the Little River Band of Ottawa Indians of
Michigan as distinct federally recognized Indian tribes, receiving testimony
from Senators Riegle and Levin; Representatives Kildee and Upton; Debra
Maddox, Acting Director, Branch of Tribal Services, Bureau of Indian Affairs,
Department of the Interior; Joseph R. Winchester, Rachel Daugherty, and
Richard Daugherty, all of the Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians, Dowagiac,
Michigan; William Brooks, Michigan Indian Legal Services, Traverse City; Frank
Ettawageshik and Shirley Oldman, both of the Little Traverse Bay Bands of
Odawa Indians, Petoskey, Michigan; Daniel Bailey and Katherine Glocheski, both
of the Little River Band of Ottawa Indians, Manistee, Michigan; and James
McClurken, East Lansing, Michigan. 

Hearings were recessed subject to call. 

Joint Meetings 

AUTHORIZATION--HEAD START

Joint Hearing: Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources' Subcommittee on
Children, Family, Drugs and Alcoholism concluded joint hearings with the House
Committee on Education and Labor's Subcommittee on Human Resources on proposed
legislation authorizing funds for the Head Start Program, after receiving
testimony from Mary Jo Bane, Assistant Secretary of Health and Human Services
for the Administration of Children and Families; Sandra Kessler Hamburg,
Committee for Economic Development, New York, New York; Valora Washington,
W.K. Kellogg Foundation, Battle Creek, Michigan; Donna Hogle, South Central
Community Action Program, Bloomington, Iowa; Michael Hunter, New Haven,
Connecticut; Jill Ryan, Worchester, Massachusetts; and Jeannie Kendall, Paris,
Kentucky.  



1994/02/11
Daily Digest - Friday, February 11, 1994;  pages D125 - D128

Committee Meetings 

No committee meetings were held. 

                               [Page: D126]

Joint Meetings 

EMERGENCY SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS 

Conferees agreed to file a conference report on the differences between the
Senate- and House-passed versions of H.R. 3759, making emergency supplemental
appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1994. 



1994/02/22
Daily Digest - Tuesday, February 22, 1994;  pages D130 - D138

Committee Meetings 

(Committees not listed did not meet) 

BALANCED BUDGET AMENDMENT 

Committee on Appropriations: On February 15, 16, 17, and 18, Committee held
hearings on a proposed constitutional amendment to balance the Federal budget,
receiving testimony from Senator Simon; former Senator Eagleton; Leon E.
Panetta, Director, Office of Management and Budget; Janet Reno, Attorney
General, and Walter Dellinger, Assistant Attorney General, both of the
Department of Justice; Donna E. Shalala, Secretary of Health and Human
Services; Jesse Brown, Secretary of Veterans Affairs; William J. Perry,
Secretary of Defense; Louis Fisher, Senior Specialist, American National
Government, Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress; James R.
Schlesinger, former Secretary of Defense; Nicholas Katzenbach, former United
States Attorney General; Robert Ball, former Commissioner, and Robert J.
Myers, former Deputy Commissioner and Chief Actuary, both of the Social
Security Administration; Charles Fried and Archibald Cox, both of Harvard
University, Cambridge, Massachusetts; Kathleen Sullivan, Stanford University,
Stanford, California; Burke Marshall, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut;
and Henry Aaron, Brookings Institution, Max B. Sawicky, Economic Policy
Institute, Herbert Stein and Norman Ornstein, both of the American Enterprise
Institute, Stanley E. Collender, Price Waterhouse, Edward Regan, Jerome Levy
Economics Institute, Paul R. Huard, National Association of Manufacturers,
James D. Davidson, National Taxpayers Union, and Martha H. Phillips, Concord
Coalition, all of Washington, DC. 

Committee recessed subject to call. 

1995 BUDGET 

Committee on the Budget: Committee resumed hearings in preparation for
reporting the first concurrent resolution on the fiscal year 1995 budget for
the Federal Government, focusing on the Department of Labor initiatives to
employ America's workforce, receiving testimony from Robert B. Reich,
Secretary of Labor. 

Committee will meet again on Wednesday, March 9. 

NOMINATION 

Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded hearings on the
nomination of Gordon P. Eaton, of Ohio, to be Director of the United States
Geological Survey, Department of the Interior, after the nominee, who was
introduced by Senator Grassley, testified and answered questions in his own
behalf. 

NOMINATIONS 

Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded hearings on the
nominations of Josiah Horton Beeman, of the District of Columbia, to be
Ambassador to New Zealand, and to serve concurrently and without additional
compensation as Ambassador to Western Samoa, and March Fong Eu, of California,
to be Ambassador to the Federated States of Micronesia, after the nominees
testified and answered questions in their own behalf. Mr. Beeman was
introduced by Representative Berman. 

FOREIGN AID REFORM 

Committee on Foreign Relations: Subcommittee on International Economic Policy,
Trade, Oceans and Environment resumed hearings on proposed legislation to
reorganize United States foreign assistance programs, and S. 1096, authorizing
funds for fiscal years 1994 and 1995 to establish and strengthen policies and
programs for the early stabilization of world population through the global
expansion of reproductive choice, receiving testimony from Senators Bingaman
and Simpson; former Representative Donald M. Fraser, on behalf of the
Washington Coalition of Human Rights; Joel Barkan, University of Iowa, Iowa
City; William B. Inglee, Executive Director, House of Representatives
Wednesday Group; Frank C. Conahan, Assistant Comptroller General, National
Security and International Affairs Division, General Accounting Office; Judith
Bruce, Population Council, New York, New York; and Carol Capps, Church World
Service/Lutheran World Relief, on behalf of InterAction, John W. Sewell and
Richard E. Bissell, both on behalf of the Overseas Development Council, Andrew
Natsios, World Vision, Barbara J. Bramble, National Wildlife Federation, and
Caleb S. Rossiter, Project on Demilitarization and Democracy, all of
Washington, D.C. 

Hearings were recessed subject to call. 

BALANCED BUDGET AMENDMENT 

Committee on the Judiciary: On February 15, 16, and 17, Subcommittee on the
Constitution held hearings on proposals to amend the Constitution of the
United States to require a balanced Federal budget, receiving testimony from
Senator Thurmond; Representative Penny; former Senator Tsongas, on behalf of
the Concord Coalition; Griffin Bell, former United States Attorney General;
Delaware Governor Thomas Carper, Dover; Colorado Governor Richard Lamm,
Denver; Paul Volcker, former Chairman, Federal Reserve Board; Robert J. Myers,
former Deputy Commissioner and Chief Actuary, Social Security Administration;
C. Fred Bergsten, Institute for International Economics, Martin A. Regalia,
United States Chamber of Commerce, David Stanley, National Taxpayers Union,
John Snow, Business Roundtable, Paul R. Huard, National Association of
Manufacturers, Jim Irvine, National Association of Home Builders of the United
States, Daniel J. Murphy, Citizens for a Sound Economy, Max Richtman, National
Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare, and John Armor, all of
Washington, D.C.; William Sprague, Sturgis, Kentucky, on behalf of the
American Farm Bureau Federation; Stewart Sterk, Benjamin Cardozo School of
Law, Brooklyn, New York; James N. Clark, Cincinnati, Ohio, on behalf of the
Financial Executives Institute; and Jake Hansen, Seniors Coalition, Fairfax,
Virginia. 

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Subcommittee recessed subject to call. 

HEALTH CARE REFORM 

Committee on Labor and Human Resources: Committee resumed hearings on the
Administration's proposed Health Security Act, to establish comprehensive
health care for every American, focusing on the needs of Americans with
disabilities, receiving testimony from Judith Feder, Principal Deputy
Assistant Secretary of Health and Human Services for Planning and Evaluation;
Gina McDonald, Kansas Association of Centers for Independent Living, Topeka,
on behalf of the National Council on Independent Living; Linda M. Long,
Massachusetts Ad Hoc Committee on Health Care Reform and Disability, Boston;
Janet O'Keeffe, American Psychological Association, Washington, D.C., on
behalf of the Consortium for Citizens with Disabilities; Julianne Beckett,
Family Voices, Cedar Rapids, Iowa; Harry Johnson, Jr., Baltimore, Maryland;
Sandra Sulfaro, Marlboro, Massachusetts; and Marilyn Hogan Weisner, Aurora,
Illinois. 

Hearings were recessed subject to call. 

SBA BUDGET 

Committee on Small Business: Committee concluded hearings on the President's
proposed budget request for fiscal year 1995 for the Small Business
Administration, after receiving testimony from Erskine Bowles, Administrator,
Small Business Administration. 

INTELLIGENCE 

Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee held closed hearings on
intelligence matters, receiving testimony from officials of the intelligence
community. 

Committee will meet again on Thursday, February 24. 

No Joint hearings noted.



1994/02/23
Daily Digest - Wednesday, February 23, 1994;  pages D139 - D148

Committee Meetings

(Committees not listed did not meet) 

APPROPRIATIONS--OFFICE OF NATIONAL DRUG CONTROL POLICY

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Treasury, Postal Service, General
Government held hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1995 for
the Office of National Drug Control Policy, receiving testimony from Lee
Patrick Brown, Director, Office of National Drug Control Policy. 

Subcommittee will meet again on Wednesday, March 2. 

WORLD FOOD PRODUCTION

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development,
and Related Agencies held hearings to examine the state of world food
production, receiving testimony from Edward Knipling, Deputy Administrator,
National Program Staff, Agricultural Research Service, and Robert Robinson,
Director, Agricultural Trade Analysis Division, Economic Research Service,
both of the Department of Agriculture; and Lester R. Brown, Worldwatch
Institute, and Katy Moran, Healing Forest Conservancy, both of Washington,
D.C. 

Subcommittee will meet again on Friday, March 4. 

BOSNIA

Committee on Armed Services: Committee met in closed session to receive a
briefing on Bosnia and other current military operations from William J.
Perry, Secretary of Defense; and Gen. John M. Shalikashvili, USA, Chairman,
Lt. Gen. John J. Sheehan, USMC, Director for Operations (J-3), and Rear Adm.
Michael W. Cramer, USN, Director for Intelligence (J-2), all of the Office of
the Joint Chiefs of Staff. 

                               [Page: D140]

Committee recessed subject to call. 

FUTURE OF NATO

Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Coalition Defense and Reinforcing
Forces resumed joint hearings with the Committee on Foreign Relations'
Subcommittee on European Affairs to examine the future of the North Atlantic
Treaty Organization (NATO), receiving testimony from Gen. John R. Galvin, USA
(Ret.), former Commander of Supreme Headquarters, Allied Powers, Europe; James
R. Schlesinger, former Secretary of Defense; and Max M. Kampelman, former
United States Ambassador to the Conference on Security and Cooperation in
Europe. 

Hearings were recessed subject to call. 

INTERSTATE BANKING AND BRANCHING

Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee ordered favorably
reported an original bill to permit bank holding companies to acquire existing
banks in any State, and to allow bank holding companies to consolidate their
operations into branches of a single bank. 

TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on
Communications held hearings on S. 1822, to safeguard and protect the public
interest while permitting the growth and development of new communications
technologies, receiving testimony from Ronald H. Brown, Secretary of Commerce;
Reed E. Hundt, Chairman, Federal Communications Commission; Dean J. Miller,
Idaho Public Utilities Commission, Boise; and William F. Squadron, National
Association of Telecommunications Officers and Advisors, Washington, D.C. 

Hearings were recessed subject to call. 

NOMINATIONS

Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee ordered favorably
reported the nominations of Robert Jay Uram, of California, to be Director,
Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement, and Gordon P. Eaton, of
Ohio, to be Director, United States Geological Survey, both of the Department
of the Interior, and Frank G. Zarb, of New York, Kneeland C. Youngblood, of
Texas, William J. Rainer, of Connecticut, Margaret Hornbeck Greene, of
Kentucky, and Greta Joy Dicus, of Arkansas, each to be a Member of the Board
of Directors of the United States Enrichment Corporation. 

DOE BUDGET

Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded hearings on the
President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 1995 for the Department of
Energy, after receiving testimony from Hazel R. O'Leary, Secretary of Energy. 

CLEAN WATER

Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee began markup of S. 1114,
authorizing funds for programs of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, but
did not complete action thereon, and will meet again tomorrow. 

1995 BUDGET

Committee on Finance: Committee held hearings on the President's proposed
budget request for fiscal year 1995 for the Federal Government, focusing on
the impact of the proposed budget on those programs which come under the
jurisdiction of the committee, the progress of last year's Budget
Reconciliation Act, and the proposed balanced budget amendment, receiving
testimony from Leon E. Panetta, Director, Office of Management and Budget. 

Hearings were recessed subject to call. 

STATE DEPARTMENT BUDGET/FOREIGN POLICY

Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded hearings on the
President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 1995 for the Department of
State, and to discuss general foreign policy issues, after receiving testimony
from Warren Christopher, Secretary of State. 

GOVERNMENT REFORM

Committee on Governmental Affairs: Committee held hearings on H.R. 3400, to
provide a more effective, efficient, and responsive Federal government,
focusing on financial, general, and human resource management, receiving
testimony from Charles A. Bowsher, Comptroller General of the United States,
General Accounting Office; and Alice Rivlin, Deputy Director, Office of
Management and Budget. 

Hearings were recessed subject to call. 

NOMINATION

Committee on Governmental Affairs: Committee concluded hearings on the
nomination of Rafael Diaz, of the District of Columbia, to be an Associate
Judge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia, after the nominee,
who was introduced by District of Columbia Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton,
testified and answered questions in his own behalf. 

                               [Page: D141]

POPULAR MUSIC AND YOUTH CRIME

Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Juvenile Justice concluded
hearings to examine the effects of violent and demeaning imagery in popular
music on American youth, after receiving testimony from Representative Waters;
C. Delores Tucker, National Political Congress of Black Women, Inc., Robert
T.M. Phillips, American Psychiatric Association, Hillary Rosen, Recording
Industry Association of America, Laura Murphy Lee, ACLU, and Keith A. Ridley,
IV, Ridley Funeral Establishment, Inc., all of Washington, D.C.; Michael Eric
Dyson, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island; Ron Stallworth, Utah
Department of Public Safety, Salt Lake City; Darryl James, Rap Sheet, Santa
Monica, California; Steve McKeever, Motown Records, Nicholas Butterworth, Rock
The Vote Action Project, and Dionne Warwick, all of Los Angeles, California;
Wallace R. Bradley, United In Peace Organization, Chicago, Illinois; and David
W. Harleston, Rush Associated Labels, and Erroll Kenya James, Black Student
Leadership Network, both of New York, New York. 

BUSINESS MEETING

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

S. 1040, to support systemic improvement of education and the development of a
technologically literate citizenry and internationally competitive work force
by establishing a comprehensive system through which appropriate
technology-enhanced curriculum, instruction, and administrative support
resources and services, that support the National Education Goals and any
national education standards that may be developed, are provided to schools
throughout the United States, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute; 

S. 1020, to promote economic growth and job creation in the United States by
facilitating worker involvement in the development and implementation of
advanced workplace practices and by identifying and disseminating information
on best workplace practices, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
and 

The nominations of Bernard E. Anderson, of Pennsylvania, to be Assistant
Secretary of Labor for Employment Standards, Margaret A. Browning, of
Pennsylvania, and Charles I. Cohen, of Maryland, each to be a Member of the
National Labor Relations Board, and Frederick L. Feinstein, of Maryland, to be
General Counsel of the National Labor Relations Board. 

HOMELESS VETERANS

Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Committee concluded hearings to examine the
needs of homeless veterans, after receiving testimony from Jesse Brown,
Secretary of Veterans' Affairs; Andrew M. Cuomo, Assistant Secretary of
Housing and Urban Development for Community Planning and Development;
Henrietta Fishman, VA Comprehensive Homeless Center, Brooklyn, New York;
Robert Rosenheck, VA Northeast Program Evaluation Center, West Haven,
Connecticut; Maureen Shafer, VA Medical Center, Huntington, West Virginia;
Ralph Cooper, Veterans Benefits Clearinghouse, Inc., Roxbury, Massachusetts;
Richard Fitzpatrick, National Coalition for Homeless Veterans, and Joseph
Randall Barnes and Paul S. Egan, both on behalf of the Vietnam Veterans of
America, all of Washington, D.C.; Wayne A. Thompson, Tooley Hall, Denver,
Colorado; John Annis, Minneapolis, Minnesota; and John Johnson, Nashville,
Tennessee. 

No Joint hearings noted.



1994/02/24
Daily Digest - Thursday, February 24, 1994;  pages D149 - D156

Committee Meetings

(Committees not listed did not meet) 

APPROPRIATIONS--TRANSPORTATION

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Transportation held hearings on
proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1995 for the Department of
Transportation, receiving testimony from Federico PenAE6a, Secretary of
Transportation. 

Subcommittee will meet again on Thursday, March 10. 

NOMINATIONS

Committee on Armed Services: Committee approved for reporting the nomination
of Maj. Gen. Marc A. Cisneros, United States Army, to be Lieutenant General. 

Also, Committee concluded hearings on the nominations of Edwin Dorn, of Texas,
to be Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness, Stephen C.
Joseph, of Minnesota, to be Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs,
Helen T. McCoy, of Maryland, to be Assistant Secretary of the Army for
Financial Management, Deborah P. Christie, of Virginia, to be Assistant
Secretary of the Navy for Financial Management, Robert F. Hale, of Virginia,
to be Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Financial Management and
Comptroller, Robert M. Walker, of West Virginia, to be Assistant Secretary of
the Army for Installations, Logistics, and Environment, Robert B. Pirie, Jr.,
of Maryland, to be Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Installations and
Environment, and Rodney A. Coleman, of Michigan, to be Assistant Secretary of
the Air Force for Manpower, Reserve Affairs, Installations, and Environment,
after the nominees testified and answered questions in their own behalf. Mr.
Hale was introduced by Senator Warner, Mr. Walker was introduced by Senator
Sasser, and Mr. Coleman was introduced by Senators Riegle and Levin. 

RTC ANNUAL REPORT

Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded hearings
on the semi-annual report of the Resolution Trust Corporation (RTC), after
receiving testimony from Lloyd Bentsen, Secretary of the Treasury, Alan
Greenspan, Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System,
Roger C. Altman, Deputy Secretary of the Treasury, Jonathan Fiechter, Acting
Director, Office of Thrift Supervision, Andrew C. Hove, Acting Chairman,
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, and Dietra Ford, Executive Director,
Resolution Trust Corporation, all on behalf of the RTC Thrift Depositor
Protection Oversight Board. 

AUTHORIZATION--EXPORT ADMINISTRATION

Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on
International Finance and Monetary Policy resumed hearings on proposed
legislation authorizing funds for programs of the Export Administration Act,
receiving testimony from Barry E. Carter, Acting Under Secretary of Commerce
for Export Administration; Lynn E. Davis, Under Secretary of State for
International Security Affairs; Frank G. Wisner, Under Secretary of Defense
for Policy; Norman A. Wulf, Acting Assistant Director, Bureau of
Nonproliferation and Regional Arms Control, United States Arms Control and
Disarmament Agency; and John G. Keliher, Director, Office of Nonproliferation
and National Security, Department of Energy. 

Hearings were recessed subject to call. 

NOMINATIONS

Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee ordered
favorably reported the nominations of Ginger Ehn Lew, of California, to be
General Counsel, Greg Farmer, of Florida, to be Under Secretary for Travel and
Tourism, Graham R. Mitchell, of Massachusetts, to be Assistant Secretary for
Technology Policy, and Thomas R. Bloom, of Michigan, to be Assistant Secretary
and Chief Financial Officer, all of the Department of Commerce; Ann Brown, of
Florida, to be Chairman and Member of the Consumer Product Safety Commission;
Linda Joan Morgan, of Maryland, to be a Member of the Interstate Commerce
Commission; Rear Admiral Robert E. Kramek, USCG, to be Chief of Staff, United
States Coast Guard with the grade of Vice Admiral while so serving, and
routine Coast Guard nominations. 

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

INTERIOR BUDGET

Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded hearings on the
President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 1995 for the Department of
the Interior, after receiving testimony from Bruce Babbitt, Secretary of the
Interior; and Jack Ward Thomas, Chief, Forest Service, Department of
Agriculture. 

CLEAN WATER

Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee continued markup of S.
1114, authorizing funds for programs of the Federal Water Pollution Control
Act, but did not complete action thereon, and will meet again tomorrow. 

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HEALTH CARE ALLIANCES

Committee on Finance: Committee resumed hearings on proposed health care
reform issues, focusing on the role of health care alliances and the
implications of geographic boundaries for proposed alliances, receiving
testimony from Sarah F. Jaggar, Director, Health Financing and Policy Issues,
Health, Education, and Human Services Division, General Accounting Office;
Puerto Rico Governor Pedro Rossello, San Juan; Richard E. Curtis, Institute
for Health Policy Solutions, and Cathy L. Hurwit, Citizen Action, both of
Washington, D.C.; Lisa M. Carroll, Small Business Service Bureau, Inc.,
Worcester, Massachusetts; Lesley Cummings, California Managed Risk Medical
Insurance Board, Sacramento; and Kevin P. Flatley, American Express Company,
New York, New York, on behalf of the Association of Private Pension and
Welfare Plans. 

Hearings were recessed subject to call. 

ACQUISITION REFORM

Committee on Governmental Affairs: Committee held joint hearings with the
Committee on Armed Services on S. 1587, to revise and streamline the
acquisition laws of the Federal Government, receiving testimony from John M.
Deutch, Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Technology; Roger W.
Johnson, Administrator, General Services Administration; and Steven J. Kelman,
Administrator, Office of Federal Procurement Policy, Office of Management and
Budget. 

Hearings were recessed subject to call. 

NOMINATIONS

Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded hearings on the nominations of
Samuel Frederick Biery, Jr., to be United States District Judge for the
Western District of Texas, William Royal Furgeson, Jr., to be United States
District Judge for the Western District of Texas, Orlando Luis Garcia, to be
United States District Judge for the Western District of Texas, John Henry
Hannah, Jr., to be United States District Judge for the Eastern District of
Texas, and Janis Ann Graham Jack, to be United States District Judge for the
Southern District of Texas, after the nominees testified and answered
questions in their own behalf. Mr. Biery was introduced by Representatives
Brooks and Tejeda, Mr. Furgeson was introduced by Senator Hutchison and
Representatives Brooks and Coleman, Mr. Garcia was introduced by
Representatives Brooks and Tejeda, Mr. Hannah was introduced by Senator
Hutchison and Representatives Brooks and Bryant, and Ms. Jack was introduced
by Senator Hutchison and Representative Brooks. 

WELFARE REFORM/CHILD CARE

Committee on Labor and Human Resources: Subcommittee on Children, Family,
Drugs and Alcoholism held hearings on welfare reform issues, focusing on child
care for working families, receiving testimony from Richard B. Stolley, Time,
Inc., New York, New York, on behalf of the Child Care Action Campaign; Helen
Blank, Children's Defense Fund, Washington, D.C.; Bruce Liggett, Arizona
Department of Economic Security, Phoenix; Jerlean Daniel, University of
Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; and Patty Siegel, National Association
of Child Care Resource and Referral Agencies, San Francisco, California. 

Hearings were recessed subject to call. 

LEGISLATIVE REORGANIZATION ACT

Committee on Rules and Administration: Committee held hearings on S. 1824, to
improve the operations of the legislative branch of the Federal Government,
receiving testimony from Senators Boren, Domenici, McCain, and Grassley. 

Hearings continue on Thursday, March 10. 

INTELLIGENCE

Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee held closed hearings on
intelligence matters, receiving testimony from officials of the intelligence
community. 

Committee will meet again on Tuesday, March 1. 

No Joint hearings noted.



1994/02/25
Daily Digest - Friday, February 25, 1994;  pages D158 - D164

Committee Meetings

(Committees not listed did not meet) 

MUTUAL-TO-STOCK CONVERSIONS

Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee held hearings on
S. 1801, to apply certain minimum standards to the conversions of savings
associations and savings banks from the mutual form to the stock form,
receiving testimony from Jonathan L. Fiechter, Acting Director, Office of
Thrift Supervision, Department of the Treasury; Andrew C. Hove, Acting
Chairman, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation; New York State Superintendent
of Banks Derick Cephas, New York; Ohio State Superintendent for Savings & Loan
Associations and Savings Banks William J. Drumm, Columbus; David E.A. Carson,
People's Bank, Bridgeport, Connecticut, on behalf of the Savings and Community
Bankers of America; and Chris Lewis, Consumer Federation of America,
Washington, D.C. 

Hearings were recessed subject to call. 

CLEAN WATER

Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee ordered favorably
reported, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute, S. 1114,
authorizing funds for programs of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act. 

WELFARE REFORM

Committee on Finance: Subcommittee on Social Security and Family Policy
resumed hearings on welfare reform issues, focusing on State and local
perspectives, receiving testimony from Delaware Governor Thomas R. Carper,
Dover, on behalf of the National Governors' Association; New York State
Senator James J. Lack, Albany, and Tennessee State Representative Bill
Purcell, Nashville, both on behalf of the National Conference of State
Legislatures; Mayor Emanuel Cleaver II, Kansas City, Missouri, on behalf of
the United States Conference of Mayors; Mayor Stephen Goldsmith, Indianapolis,
Indiana, on behalf of the National League of Cities; and Audrey Rowe,
Commissioner, Connecticut Department of Social Services, Hartford, on behalf
of the American Public Welfare Association. 

Hearings were recessed subject to call. 

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NOMINATIONS

Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded hearings on the
nominations of Thomas L. Baldini, of Michigan, to be United States
Commissioner on the International Joint Commission, United States and Canada,
Charles R. Baquet III, of Maryland, to be Deputy Director of the Peace Corps,
and Jeanette W. Hyde, of North Carolina, to be Ambassador to Barbados, and to
serve concurrently and without compensation as Ambassador to the Commonwealth
of Dominica, St. Lucia, and to St. Vincent and the Grenadines, after the
nominees testified and answered questions in their own behalf. Mr. Baldini was
introduced by Senator Levin, Mr. Baquet was introduced by Senator Wofford, and
Ms. Hyde was introduced by Senators Helms and Faircloth and Representative
Price. 

No Joint hearings noted.



1994/02/28
Daily Digest -  Monday, February 28, 1994;  pages D165 - D168

Committee Meetings 

(Committees not listed did not meet) 

NOMINATIONS 

Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded hearings
on the nominations of Maria Luisa Mabilangan Haley, of Arkansas, to be a
Member of the Board of Directors of the Export-Import Bank of the United
States; Elaine A. McReynolds, of Tennessee, to be Federal Insurance
Administrator, Federal Emergency Management Agency; William Alan Reinsch, of
Maryland, to be Under Secretary of Commerce for Export Administration; and
Raymond E. Vickery, Jr., of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary of
Commerce, after the nominees testified and answered questions in their own
behalf. Ms. Haley was introduced by Senators Bumpers and Pryor; Ms. McReynolds
was introduced by Senator Mathews; Mr. Reinsch was introduced by Senator
Rockefeller; and Mr. Vickery was introduced by Senator Robb. 

No Joint hearings noted.



1994/03/01
Daily Digest - Tuesday, March 1, 1994;  pages D170 - D178

Committee Meetings

(Committees not listed did not meet) 

CHILD NUTRITION

Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: Committee held hearings on
S. 1614, authorizing funds through fiscal year 1998 for programs of the Child
Nutrition Act and the National School Lunch Act, receiving testimony from
Cardinal Anthony J. Bevilacqua and Patrick Temple-West, both on behalf of the
Archdiocese of Philadelphia Nutritional Development Services, Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania; Shirley Grant, Johns Hopkins University Hospital, Baltimore,
Maryland; Joseph F. Hagan, Jr., South Burlington, Vermont, on behalf of the
American Academy of Pediatrics; Dorothy Caldwell, Little Rock, Arkansas,
Marshall Matz, Washington, D.C., Jo Busha, Montpelier, Vermont, and Charles
Hughes, New York, New York, all on behalf of the American School Food Service
Association; and Edward M. Cooney, on behalf of the Food Research and Action
Center and the Campaign to End Childhood Hunger, and Angela Holland, both of
Washington, D.C. 

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Hearings were recessed subject to call. 

APPROPRIATIONS--LABOR/HHS

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services,
and Education held hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1995
for the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and
related agencies, receiving testimony from numerous public witnesses. 

Subcommittee will meet again tomorrow. 

APPROPRIATIONS--TRADE REPRESENTATIVE/SBA

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State, and
Judiciary held hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1995,
receiving testimony in behalf of funds for their respective activities from
Michael Kantor, United States Trade Representative; and Erskine B. Bowles,
Administrator, Small Business Administration. 

Subcommittee will meet again on Thursday, March 3. 

APPROPRIATIONS--DEFENSE

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense held hearings on proposed
budget estimates for fiscal year 1995 for the Department of Defense resource
requirements, receiving testimony from William J. Perry, Secretary of Defense. 

Subcommittee will meet again on Tuesday, March 8. 

BANK REGULATORY CONSOLIDATION

Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee held hearings on
proposed legislation to consolidate certain Federal agencies which regulate
and supervise depository institutions insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance
Corporation, receiving testimony from Lloyd Bentsen, Secretary of the
Treasury. 

Hearings continue tomorrow. 

NOMINATION 

Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded
hearings on the nomination of Peter S. Knight, of the District of Columbia, to
be a Member of the Board of Directors of the Communications Satellite
Corporation, after the nominee, who was introduced by Senator Mathews,
testified and answered questions in his own behalf. 

AUTHORIZATION--NATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS INFORMATION
ADMINISTRATION

Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on
Communications concluded hearings on proposed legislation authorizing funds
for fiscal years 1994 and 1995 for the National Telecommunications Information
Administration, Department of Commerce, after receiving testimony from
Clarence L. Irving, Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications and
Information. 

NUCLEAR WASTE PROGRAM

Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded hearings on the
President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 1995 for the nuclear waste
program of the Department of Energy, after receiving testimony from Daniel A.
Dreyfus, Director, Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management, Department
of Energy. 

HEALTH CARE REFORM

Committee on Finance: Committee resumed hearings on health care reform issues,
focusing on quality assurance within health care delivery systems, receiving
testimony from Paul M. Ellwood, Jackson Hole Group, Teton Village, Wyoming;
Thomas O. Pyle, MetLife Healthcare Management Corporation, Westport,
Connecticut; Gordon M. Sprenger, HealthSpan Health Systems Corporation,
Minneapolis, Minnesota, on behalf of the American Hospital Association;
Christy W. Bell, Fallon Community Health Plan, West Boylston, Massachusetts,
on behalf of the Group Health Association of America; Brent C. James,
Intermountain Health Care Institute for Health Care Delivery Research, Salt
Lake City, Utah; and Allan W. Tull, Madison, Connecticut, on behalf of the
American Association of Retired Persons. 

Committee will meet again on Thursday, March 3. 

INTELLIGENCE

Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee held closed hearings on
intelligence matters, receiving testimony from officials of the intelligence
community. 

Committee will meet again on Thursday, March 3. 

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Joint Meetings

VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS

Joint Hearing: Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs concluded joint hearings
with the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs to examine the legislative
recommendations of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, after receiving testimony
from George R. Cramer, Woodridge, Illinois, on behalf of the Veterans of
Foreign Wars. 



1994/03/02
Daily Digest - Wednesday, March 2, 1994;  pages D179 - D188

Committee Meetings

(Committees not listed did not meet) 

APPROPRIATIONS--FOREIGN AID

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Foreign Operations held hearings
on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1995 for foreign assistance
programs, receiving testimony from Warren Christopher, Secretary of State. 

Subcommittee will meet again on Tuesday, March 8. 

APPROPRIATIONS--LABOR--HHS--EDUCATION

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services,
and Education, and Related Agencies held hearings on proposed budget estimates
for fiscal year 1995 for the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services,
and Education, and related agencies, receiving testimony from numerous public
witnesses. 

Subcommittee will meet again tomorrow. 

APPROPRIATIONS--TREASURY

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Treasury, Postal Service, and
General Government held hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year
1995, receiving testimony in behalf of funds for their respective activities
from Ronald K. Noble, Assistant Secretary for Enforcement, John W. Magaw,
Director, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, and George J. Weise,
Commissioner, United States Customs Service, all of the Department of the
Treasury. 

Subcommittee will meet again on Friday, March 11. 

AUTHORIZATION--DEFENSE

Committee on Armed Services: Committee resumed hearings on proposed
legislation authorizing funds for fiscal year 1995 for the Department of
Defense, and the future years defense plan, focusing on military strategy and
operational requirements of the unified commands, receiving testimony from
Adm. Charles R. Larson, USN, Commander in Chief, United States Pacific
Command; Gen. Barry R. McCaffrey, USA, Commander in Chief, United States
Southern Command; Gen. Gary E. Luck, USA, Commander, United States Forces,
Korea; and Rear Adm. Irve C. LeMoyne, USN, Deputy Commander in Chief, United
States Special Operations Command. 

Hearings continue tomorrow. 

UNIFORMED SERVICES

Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Force Requirements and Personnel
concluded hearings on activities of the Uniformed Services University of the
Health Sciences of the Department of Defense, after receiving testimony from
Senators Inouye and Sarbanes; Rear Adm. James A. Zimble, USN (Ret.),
President, and Edward Alvarez, Jr., Chairman, Board of Regents, both of the
Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences; William J. Lynn,
Director, Program Analysis and Evaluation, Office of the Secretary of Defense;
Lt. Gen. Alcide M. LaNoue, USA, Surgeon General, United States Army; Vice Adm.
Donald F. Hagen, USN, Surgeon General, United States Navy; Lt. Gen. Alexander
M. Sloan, USAF, Surgeon General, United States Air Force; W. Douglas Skelton,
Mercer University, Macon, Georgia; and Arthur M. Smith, Medical College of
Georgia, Augusta. 

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BANK REGULATORY CONSOLIDATION

Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee continued hearings
on proposed legislation to consolidate certain Federal agencies which regulate
and supervise depository institutions insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance
Corporation, receiving testimony from Alan Greenspan, Chairman of the Board of
Governors of the Federal Reserve System; Eugene A. Ludwig, Comptroller of the
Currency, and Jonathan L. Fiechter, Acting Director, Office of Thrift
Supervision, both of the Department of the Treasury; and Andrew C. Hove, Jr.,
Acting Chairman, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. 

Hearings continue tomorrow. 

TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee held hearings on
S. 1822, to safeguard and protect the public interest while permitting the
growth and development of new communications technologies, focusing on the
regulation of alarm services, electronic publishing, and other information
services by the Regional Bell Operating Companies, receiving testimony from
James G. Cullen, Bell Atlantic Corporation, and John B. Lynn, EDS Corporation,
both of Washington, D.C.; Frank Bennack, Jr., Hearst Corporation, New York,
New York; David Carter, Central Station Alarm Association, Raleigh, North
Carolina; Sandra Weis, Prodigy Services Company, White Plains, New York; and
R. Jack Fishman, Lakeway Publishers, Inc., Morristown, Tennessee. 

Hearings were recessed subject to call. 

NASA BUDGET

Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on Science,
Technology, and Space concluded hearings on the President's proposed budget
request for fiscal year 1995 and proposed legislation authorizing funds for
the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), after receiving
testimony from Daniel S. Goldin, Administrator, France Cordova, Chief
Scientist, Mal Peterson, Acting Deputy Comptroller, and Harry Holloway,
Associate Administrator for Life and Microgravity Sciences, all of NASA. 

BUSINESS MEETING

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

H.R. 2144, to provide for the transfer of excess land to the Government of
Guam; and 

S. 318, to provide for the energy security of the Nation through encouraging
the production of domestic oil and gas resources in deep water on the Outer
Continental Shelf in the Gulf of Mexico, with amendments. 

SUPERFUND REFORM

Committee on Environment and Public Works: Subcommittee on Superfund,
Recycling, and Solid Waste Management resumed hearings on S. 1834, to improve
and to authorize funds for fiscal years 1995 through 1999 for programs of the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act
(Superfund), focusing on State and community participation, receiving
testimony from Michael A. Pierle, Monsanto Company, St. Louis, Missouri;
Michael S. Parr, DuPont Company, Wilmington, Delaware, on behalf of the
Chemical Manufacturers Association; Linda Greer, National Resource Defense
Council, Blake Early, Sierra Club, and Philip S. Angell, Browning-Ferris
Industries, all of Washington, D.C.; Robert W. Varney, New Hampshire
Department of Environmental Services, Concord, on behalf of the National
Governors' Association; J. Winston Porter, Waste Policy Center, Sterling,
Virginia; and Helen Cusic, Grand Calumet Task Force, Whiting, Indiana. 

Hearings were recessed subject to call. 

NOMINATIONS

Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded hearings on the
nominations of Donald M. Blinken, of New York, to be Ambassador to the
Republic of Hungary, Richard Dale Kauzlarich, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to
the Republic of Azerbaijan, and Derek Shearer, of California, to be Ambassador
to the Republic of Finland, after the nominees testified and answered
questions in their own behalf. Mr. Blinken was introduced by Senator Moynihan. 

NOMINATION

Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded hearings on the nomination of
Thomas A. Constantine, of New York, to be Administrator of Drug Enforcement,
Department of Justice, after the nominee, who was introduced by Senators
Moynihan and D'Amato and Representatives McNulty and Quinn, testified and
answered questions in his own behalf. 

EDUCATION REFORM

Committee on Labor and Human Resources: Committee held hearings on S. 1513, to
revise and authorize funds for programs of the Elementary and Secondary
Education Act of 1965, receiving testimony from Richard W. Riley, Secretary of
Education. 

Hearings were recessed subject to call. 

HEALTH CARE REFORM

Committee on Labor and Human Resources: Committee resumed hearings on the
Administration's proposed Health Security Act, to establish comprehensive
health care for every American, receiving testimony from Joseph Perkins,
Danvers, Massachusetts, on behalf of the American Association of Retired
Persons; William H. Bywater, International Union of Electronic, Electrical,
Salaried, Machine and Furniture Workers, AFL-CIO, Mel Bass, American
Automobile Manufacturers Association, and Sylvester J. Schieber, Wyatt
Company, all of Washington, D.C.; Anna M. Rappaport, William M. Mercer, Inc.,
Chicago, Illinois; Georgia Fitzwilliams, Germantown, Wisconsin; Gerald E.
Pickering, Warrington, Pennsylvania; and Elizabeth de Vries, Manchester, New
Hampshire. 

                               [Page: D182]

Hearings were recessed subject to call. 

SBA ASSISTANCE LOAN PROGRAMS

Committee on Small Business: Committee concluded oversight hearings on the
Small Business Administration's implementation and current state of the 7(a)
Guaranteed Business Loan Program and the Disaster Loan Program, after
receiving testimony from Cassandra Pulley, Deputy Administrator, Bernard
Kulik, Assistant Administrator for Disaster Assistance, and John Cox,
Assistant Administrator for Financial Assistance, all of the Small Business
Administration; and Anthony R. Wilkinson, National Association of Government
Guaranteed Lenders, Inc., Stillwater, Oklahoma. 

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 Richard E. Marbes, Green Bay, Wisconsin, on behalf of the Disabled
American Veterans. 



1994/03/03
Daily Digest - Thursday, March 3, 1994;  pages D189 - D200

Committee Meetings 

(Committees not listed did not meet) 

APPROPRIATIONS--LABOR/HHS/EDUCATION 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services,
and Education and Related Agencies held hearings on proposed budget estimates
for fiscal year 1995 for the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services,
and Education, and related agencies on proposed budget estimates for fiscal
year 1995 for the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and
Education, and related agencies, receiving testimony from Louis W. Sullivan,
former Secretary of Health and Human Services; and numerous public witnesses. 

Subcommittee will meet again tomorrow. 

APPROPRIATIONS--SUPREME COURT/JUDICIARY 

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State, and the
Judiciary held hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1995,
receiving testimony in behalf of funds for their respective activities from
Anthony M. Kennedy and David Hackett Souter, each an Associate Justice of the
Supreme Court of the United States; Richard S. Arnold, Chief Judge, and John
M. Walker, Jr., Circuit Judge, both of the United States Courts of Appeals;
and L. Ralph Mecham, Director, Administrative Office of the United States
Courts. 

                               [Page: D190]

Subcommittee will meet again on Tuesday, March 15. 

AUTHORIZATION--DEFENSE 

Committee on Armed Services: Committee continued hearings on proposed
legislation authorizing funds for fiscal year 1995 for the Department of
Defense, and the future years defense program, focusing on military strategy
and operational requirements of the unified commands, receiving testimony from
Gen. Joseph P. Hoar, USMC, Commander in Chief, United States Central Command;
Gen. George A. Joulwan, USA, Commander in Chief, United States European
Command; and Adm. Paul D. Miller, USN, Commander in Chief, United States
Atlantic Command. 

Committee will meet again on Tuesday, March 8. 

BANK REGULATORY CONSOLIDATION 

Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee continued hearings
on proposed legislation to consolidate certain Federal agencies which regulate
and supervise depository institutions insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance
Corporation, receiving testimony from Howard L. McMillan, Jr., Deposit
Guaranty National Bank, Jackson, Mississippi, on behalf of the American
Bankers Association; Richard L. Thomas, First Chicago Corporation, Chicago,
Illinois, on behalf of the Banker's Roundtable; James E. Gilleran, California
Superintendent of Banks, San Francisco, on behalf of the Conference of State
Bank Supervision; John Shivers, Southwest Bank, Fort Worth, Texas, on behalf
of the Independent Bankers Association of America; and Alfred Pollard,
Washington, D.C., on behalf of the Savings and Community Bankers of America. 

Hearings continue tomorrow. 

1995 BUDGET 

Committee on the Budget: Committee resumed hearings in preparation for
reporting the first concurrent resolution on the fiscal year 1995 budget for
the Federal Government, focusing on defense contractor abuses, receiving
testimony from Charles W. Thompson, Assistant Director, National Security and
International Affairs, General Accounting Office; and Michael J. Thibault,
Assistant Director, Policy and Plans, Defense Contract Audit Agency,
Department of Defense. 

Committee will meet again tomorrow. 

PUBLIC LANDS 

Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Subcommittee on Public Lands,
National Parks and Forests concluded hearings on S. 218, to convey certain
lands in the State of Arizona, S. 859, to reduce the restrictions on certain
land conveyances, S. 1233, to resolve the status of certain lands in Arizona
that are subject to a claim as a grant of public lands for railroad purposes,
S. 1586, to establish the New Orleans Jazz National Historical Park in the
State of Louisiana, and H.R. 1183, to validate conveyances of certain lands in
the State of California that form part of the right-of-way granted by the
United States to the Central Pacific Railway Company, after receiving
testimony from Representative Doolittle; Robert Anderson, Acting Assistant
Director, Energy and Mineral Resources, Bureau of Land Management, and Roger
Kennedy, Director, National Park Service, both of the Department of the
Interior; and Bill McCleese, Acting Associate Deputy Chief, Forest Service,
Department of Agriculture. 

HEALTH CARE REFORM 

Committee on Finance: Committee resumed hearings to examine health care reform
issues, focusing on health care benefits packages, receiving testimony from
Judith Feder, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Health and Human
Services for Planning and Evaluation; Roger C. Herdman, Director, Office of
Technology Assessment; Susan Gleeson, Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association,
Chicago, Illinois; Rhoda H. Karpatkin, Consumers Union of the United States,
Inc., Yonkers, New York; Frank B. McArdle, Hewitt Associates, Washington,
D.C.; Paige R. Sipes-Metzler, Oregon Department of Human Resources, Portland;
and William H. Straub, Jackson Hole Group, Westport, Connecticut. 

Hearings were recessed subject to call. 

NORTH KOREA 

Committee on Foreign Relations: Subcommittee on East Asian and Pacific Affairs
held hearings to examine United States policy toward North Korea, receiving
testimony from Lynn E. Davis, Under Secretary of State for International
Security Affairs. 

Hearings were recessed subject to call. 

GLOBAL ECONOMIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY 

Committee on Foreign Relations: Subcommittee on International Economic Policy,
Trade, Oceans and Environment held hearings to examine global economic and
environmental policy, receiving testimony from Senators Boren and Lieberman;
Joan E. Spero, Under Secretary of State for Economic and Agricultural Affairs;
Lawrence H. Summers, Under Secretary of the Treasury for International
Affairs; Margee Ensign, Institute for International Research, Arlington,
Virginia; Phillip Fishman, AFL-CIO, John Hardy, Jr., Coalition for Employment
Through Exports, Inc., Bruce Rich, Environmental Defense Fund, and David Reed,
WWF International, all of Washington, D.C.; Richard O'Leary, United States
Chamber of Commerce, Naples, Florida; and Thomas C. Dawson, Merrill Lynch, New
York, New York. 

                               [Page: D191]

Hearings were recessed subject to call. 

NOMINATIONS 

Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded hearings on the nominations of
Franklin D. Burgess, to be United States District Judge for the Western
District of Washington, Ancer L. Haggerty, to be United States District Judge
for the District of Oregon, Michael J. Davis, to be United States District
Judge for the District of Minnesota, Cameron M. Currie, to be United States
District Judge for the District of South Carolina, and Daniel T.K. Hurley, to
be United States District Judge for the Southern District of Florida, after
the nominees testified and answered questions in their own behalf. Mr. Burgess
was introduced by Senator Murray, Mr. Haggerty was introduced by Senator
Hatfield and Representative Wyden, Mr. Davis was introduced by Senator
Wellstone, Ms. Currie was introduced by Senators Thurmond and Hollings, and
Mr. Hurley was introduced by Senator Graham and Representative Johnston. 

STATE-OF-THE-ART TECHNOLOGY 

Committee on Rules and Administration: Committee concluded hearings to examine
emerging and current state-of-the-art technology which may have an impact on
the future operations of the Senate, receiving testimony from Martha S. Pope,
Sergeant at Arms, Michael E. Bartell, Director, Computer Center, and Jim
Grahne, Director, Recording Studio, all of the United States Senate; James H.
Billington, Librarian of Congress, Cheryl Graunke, Specialist in Automated
Information Resources, Congressional Research Service, John Jackson, National
Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped, and Nat Gadson, Don
Hiller, and Fred Pickering, all Members of the Technology Assessment Staff,
all of the Library of Congress; Chris Mortenson, Gallaudet University,
Washington, D.C.; Tom Graviss, Star Network, Lexington, Kentucky; Robert
Pratt, Monticello High School, Monticello, Kentucky; Brooks Wells, Bath County
High School, Owingsville, Kentucky; and Ben Wilson, Carroll County High
School, Carrollton, Kentucky. 

INDIAN HEALTH SERVICE BUDGET 

Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee concluded hearings on the President's
proposed budget request for fiscal year 1995 for the Indian Health Service,
after receiving testimony from Phillip Lee, Assistant Secretary for Health,
and Michel E. Lincoln, Acting Director, Indian Health Service, both of the
Department of Health and Human Services. 

SECURITY SYSTEMS 

Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee held hearings to examine certain
recommendations relating to the current security system policies and
procedures of the defense and intelligence community, receiving testimony from
Jeffrey Smith, Chairman, Joint Security Commission. 

Hearings were recessed subject to call. 

No Joint hearings noted.



1994/03/07
Daily Digest - Monday, March 7, 1994;  pages D202 - D206

Committee Meetings 

(Committees not listed did not meet) 

APPROPRIATIONS--AGRICULTURE 

Committee on Appropriations: On Friday, March 4, Subcommittee on Agriculture,
Rural Development, and Related Agencies held hearings on proposed budget
estimates for fiscal year 1995 for the Department of Agriculture, receiving
testimony from Mike Espy, Secretary; Richard E. Rominger, Deputy Secretary;
and Stephen B. Dewhurst, Director, Office of Budget and Program Analysis, all
of the Department of Agriculture. 

                               [Page: D203]

Committee will meet again on Wednesday, March 16. 

APPROPRIATIONS--LABOR/HHS/EDUCATION 

Committee on Appropriations: On Friday, March 4, Subcommittee on Labor, Health
and Human Services, and Education held hearings on proposed budget estimates
for fiscal year 1995 for the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services,
and Education, and related agencies, receiving testimony from numerous public
witnesses. 

Subcommittee will meet again on Wednesday, March 16. 

APPROPRIATIONS--INDEPENDENT AGENCIES 

Committee on Appropriations: On Friday, March 4, Subcommittee on VA, HUD, and
Independent Agencies held hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal
year 1995, receiving testimony in behalf of funds for their respective
activities from Gen. P.X. Kelley, USMC (Ret.), Chairman, American Battle
Monuments Commission; Steven Dola, Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army for
Management and Budget (on behalf of Army cemeterial expenses); Norman E.
D'Amours, Chairman, National Credit Union Administration; John J. Adair,
Inspector General, Resolution Trust Corporation; Andrew C. Hove, Jr., Acting
Chairman, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation; Jacqueline Jones-Smith,
Chairman, Consumer Product Safety Commission; Teresa Nasif, Director, Consumer
Information Center; Polly Baca, Special Assistant to the President, and
Director, United States Office of Consumer Affairs; George Knight, Executive
Director, Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation; and Frank Q. Nebeker, Chief
Judge, United States Court of Veterans Appeals. 

Subcommittee will meet again on Thursday, March 17. 

BANK REGULATORY CONSOLIDATION 

Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: On Friday, March 4,
Committee continued hearings on proposed legislation to consolidate certain
Federal agencies which regulate and supervise depository institutions insured
by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, receiving testimony from Charles
A. Bowsher, Comptroller General of the United States, General Accounting
Office; District of Columbia Councilwoman Charlene Drew Jarvis; Thomas Schatz,
Citizens Against Government Waste; and Wolfgang Reinicke, Brookings
Institution, all of Washington, D.C.; James R. Barth, Auburn University,
Auburn, Alabama; and R. Dan Brumbaugh, San Francisco, California. 

Hearings continue on Wednesday, March 9. 

1995 BUDGET 

Committee on the Budget: On Friday, March 4, Committee continued hearings in
preparation for reporting the first concurrent resolution on the fiscal year
1995 budget for the Federal Government, focusing on 21st Century goals for
American schools, receiving testimony from Senator Jeffords; Marshall S.
Smith, Under Secretary of Education; Jacqueline Hess, National Demonstration
Laboratory for Interactive Information Technologies; Michael Casserly, Council
for Great City Schools; Robert McIntyre, Citizens for Tax Justice; Emily
Feistritzer, National Center for Education Information; and Lewis Perelman,
Discovery Institute, all of Washington, D.C.; and Mary Fulton, Education
Commission of the States; and John Myers, New Directions in Education Policy,
both of Denver, Colorado. 

Committee will meet again on Wednesday, March 9. 

VIDEO GAME RATING SYSTEM 

Committee on Governmental Affairs: On Friday, March 4, Subcommittee on
Regulation and Government Information concluded joint hearings with the
Committee on the Judiciary's Subcommittee on Juvenile Justice to examine the
system of rating video games, focusing on the effects of violence in video
games, after receiving testimony from Representative Lantos; Jack Heistand,
Electronic Arts, San Mateo, California; Howard C. Lincoln, Nintendo of
America, Inc., Redmond, Washington; Edward A. Volkwein, SEGA of America, Inc.,
Redwood City, California; Chuck Kerby, Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., Bentonville,
Arkansas; John Sullivan, Toys "R" Us, Inc., Paramus, New Jersey; Mary P.
Evans, Babbage's, Inc., Dallas, Texas; R.A. Green III, Myrtle Beach, South
Carolina, on behalf of the Amusement and Music Operators Association; and
Steve Koenigsberg, Baltimore, Maryland, on behalf of the American Amusement
Machine Association. 

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Joint Meetings 

EMPLOYMENT SITUATION 

Joint Economic Committee: On Friday, March 4, Committee held hearings to
examine the national employment-unemployment statistics from February,
receiving testimony from Katharine G. Abraham, Commissioner, Bureau of Labor
Statistics, Department of Labor. 

Committee recessed subject to call. 



1994/03/08
Daily Digest - Tuesday, March 8, 1994;  pages D208 - D216

Committee Meetings

(Committees not listed did not meet) 

APPROPRIATIONS--DEFENSE

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense held closed hearings on
proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1995 for the Department of Defense,
focusing on manpower and equipment requirements, Guard and Reserve total force
structure, and the restructuring of the Guard, receiving testimony from Gen.
John M. Shalikashvili, Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff. 

Subcommittee will meet again on Thursday, March 10. 

APPROPRIATIONS--FOREIGN AID

Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Foreign Operations held hearings
on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1995 for foreign assistance and
global development, receiving testimony from Timothy E. Wirth, Counselor,
Department of State. 

Subcommittee will meet again on Tuesday, March 15. 

AUTHORIZATION--DEFENSE

Committee on Armed Services: Committee resumed hearings on proposed
legislation authorizing funds for fiscal year 1995 for the Department of
Defense and the future years defense program, receiving testimony from Togo D.
West, Jr., Secretary of the Army; John H. Dalton, Secretary of the Navy; and
Sheila E. Widnall, Secretary of the Air Force. 

Committee will meet again tomorrow. 

AUTHORIZATION--DEFENSE

Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Defense Technology, Acquisition,
and Industrial Base held hearings on proposed legislation authorizing funds
for fiscal year 1995 for the Department of Defense and the future years
defense program, focusing on military services technology base programs,
receiving testimony from Anita K. Jones, Director of Defense Research and
Engineering, and V. Larry Lynn, Deputy Under Secretary for Advanced
Technology, both of the Department of Defense; Victor H. Reis, Assistant
Secretary of Energy for Defense Programs; George T. Singley III, Deputy
Assistant Secretary of the Army for Research and Technology; Rear Adm. Marc
Y.E. Pelaez, USN, Chief of Naval Research; and James J. Mattice, Deputy
Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Research and Engineering. 

Subcommittee recessed subject to call. 

DOE BUDGET

Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded hearings on the
President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 1995 for the Department of
Energy, focusing on renewable energy research, development, and
commercialization programs, after receiving testimony from William H. White,
Deputy Secretary, and Christine A. Ervin, Assistant Secretary for Energy
Efficiency and Renewable Energy, both of the Depa