[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 2 (Wednesday, January 26, 1994)]
[Daily Digest]
[Page D]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
MUTUAL BANK CONVERSION ACT
Committee on Banking, Finance, and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on 
Financial Institutions Supervision, Regulation and Deposit Insurance 
held a hearing on H.R. 3615, Mutual Bank Conversion Act. Testimony was 
heard from Jonathan L. Fiechter, Acting Director, Office of Thrift 
Supervision, Department of the Treasury; Andrew Hove, Jr., Acting 
Chairman, FDIC; Harold N. Lee, Commissioner, Savings and Loan, State of 
Wisconsin; William Drumm, Superintendent, Division of Savings and Loan 
Associations and Division of Savings Banks, State of Ohio; and public 
witnesses.
OVERSIGHT
Committee on Education and Labor: Subcommittee on Human Resources held 
an oversight hearing on Health Care Reform and the Existing Long-Term 
Health Care Network. Testimony was heard from Fernando Torres-Gil, 
Assistant Secretary, Aging, Department of Health and Human Services; 
and public witnesses.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES; OVERSIGHT
Committee on Education and Labor: Subcommittee on Select Education and 
Civil Rights approved for full Committee action the following bills: 
H.R. 3453, amended, Drug-Free Schools and Communities Act Amendments of 
1993; and H.R. 2721, Federal Employee Fairness Act of 1993.
  The Subcommittee also held an oversight hearing on Health Care 
Reform. Testimony was heard from Jocelyn Elders, M.D., Surgeon General, 
Department of Health and Human Services; Tom Payzant, Assistant 
Secretary, Elementary and Secondary Education, Department of Education; 
and public witnesses.
ADMINISTRATION'S HEALTH CARE REFORM PLAN
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Health and the 
Environment continued hearings on the Administration's Health Care 
Reform Plan, with emphasis on women's health issues. Testimony was 
heard from Representatives Schroeder, Slaughter, Lowey, Snowe, Hyde, 
Vucanovich, and Smith of New Jersey; the following officials of the 
Department of Health and Human Services: Judith Feder, Principal Deputy 
Assistant Secretary, Planning and Evaluation; and Samuel Broder, M.D., 
Director, National Cancer Institute. NIH; and public witnesses.
  Hearings continue January 31.
U.S. PESTICIDE EXPORTS AND THE CIRCLE OF POISON
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on Economic Policy, Trade 
and Environment held a hearing on U.S. Pesticide Exports and the Circle 
of Poison. Testimony was heard from Representative Synar; Carol M. 
Browner, Administrator, EPA; Michael Taylor, Deputy Commissioner, 
Policy, FDA, Department of Health and Human Services; James Lyons, 
Assistant Secretary, Natural Resources and Environment, USDA; and 
public witnesses.
ANTITRUST COMMUNICATIONS REFORM ACT
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Economic and Commercial Law 
held a hearing on H.R. 3626, Antitrust and Communications Reform Act of 
1993. Testimony was heard from Anne K. Bingaman, Assistant Attorney 
General, Antitrust Division, Department of Justice; Larry Irving, 
Assistant Secretary, Communications and Information, Department of 
Commerce; and public witnesses.
STATUS OF PLANNING 2000 CENSUS
Committee on Post Office and Civil Service: Subcommittee on Census, 
Statistics and Postal Personnel held a hearing on the status of 
planning for the 2000 Census. Testimony was heard from Harry A. Scarr, 
Acting Director, Bureau of the Census, Department of Commerce; and 
William M. Hunt, Director, Federal Management Issues, General 
Government Division, GAO.
FUTURE--HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS
Committee on Science, Space, and Technology: Subcommittee on Science 
held a hearing on the Future of High Energy Physics. Testimony was 
heard from John Gibbons, Director, Office of Science and Technology 
Policy; John Peoples, Director, Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory; 
and public witnesses.
ADMINISTRATION'S HEALTH CARE REFORM PROPOSAL
Committee on Small Business: Held a hearing on the Administration's 
Health Care Reform proposal. Testimony was heard from Erskine Bowles, 
Administrator, SBA.
TRADE AGREEMENTS RESULTING FROM GATT
Committee on Ways and Means: Held a hearing on the trade agreements 
resulting from the Uruguay round of multilateral trade negotiations 
under the auspices of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade 
(GATT). Testimony was heard from Michael Kantor, U.S. Trade 
Representative.