[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 3 (Thursday, January 27, 1994)]
[Daily Digest]
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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.
  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.