[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 7 (Wednesday, February 2, 1994)]
[Daily Digest]
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From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
LABOR--HHS--EDUCATION APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor, HHS, and Education 
continued appropriation hearings. Testimony was heard from public 
witnesses.
  Hearings continue tomorrow.
LEGISLATIVE APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Legislative held a hearing 
on the Joint Committee on Printing, the OTA, the Capitol Police Board, 
and the Library of Congress. Testimony was heard from Senator Ford; 
Representatives Brown of California, Dingell and Houghton; the 
following officials of the Capitol Police Board: Werner S. Brandt, 
House Sergeant at Arms, Chairman; Martha S. Pope, Senate Sergeant at 
Arms; George M. White, Architect of the Capitol; and Gary L. Abrecht, 
Chief of Police, U.S. Capitol Police; and James H. Billington, 
Librarian of Congress.
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION
Committee on Armed Services: Began hearings on the fiscal year 1995 
national defense authorization, with emphasis on the Department of 
Defense's Bottom-Up Review. Testimony was heard from Edward L. Warner 
III, Assistant Secretary, Strategy Requirements and Resources, 
Department of Defense.
REGULATORY COMMUNITY REINVESTMENT ACT REFORM
Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on 
General Oversight, Investigations, and the Resolution of Failed 
Financial Institutions continued hearings on proposed regulatory 
Community Reinvestment Act reform. Testimony was heard from public 
witnesses.
  Hearings continue February 8.
ECONOMIC AND BUDGET OUTLOOK
Committee on the Budget: Held a hearing on the Economic and Budget 
Outlook: Fiscal Years 1995-1999. Testimony was heard from Robert D. 
Reischauer, Director, CBO.
COMMITTEE BUDGET
Committee on Education and Labor: Approved the Committee budget for the 
2d session of the 103d Congress.
SAFE SCHOOLS ACT; ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION AMENDMENTS
Committee on Education and Labor: Subcommittee on Elementary, 
Secondary, and Vocational Education approved for full Committee action 
as amended H.R. 2455, Safe Schools Act of 1993.
  On February 1, the Subcommittee approved for full Committee action as 
amended H.R. 6, Elementary and Secondary Education Amendments of 1993.
HEALTH CARE REFORM
Committee on Education and Labor: Subcommittee on Labor-Management 
Relations held a hearing on Health Care Reform, with emphasis on the 
effect of reform on workers and retirees. Testimony was heard from 
public witnesses.
  Hearings continue February 10.
FAIRNESS IN PRODUCT LIABILITY ACT
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Commerce, Consumer 
Protection, and Competitiveness held a hearing on H.R. 1910, Fairness 
in Product Liability Act of 1993. Testimony was heard from public 
witnesses.
HEALTH CARE REFORM PROPOSALS
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Health and the 
Environment continued hearings on health reform proposals, including 
H.R. 3222, to contain health care costs and improve access to health 
care through accountable health plans and managed competition. 
Testimony was heard from Representatives Cooper, Grandy, Rowland, 
Bilirakis, Stearns, Regula, Coleman, Traficant and DeLauro; and public 
witnesses.
  Hearings continue tomorrow.
COMMUNICATIONS INFRASTRUCTURE
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Telecommunications 
and Finance continued hearings on the Communications Infrastructure, 
with emphasis on H.R. 3626, National Competition and Information 
Infrastructure Act of 1993, specifically focusing on cable-telco 
provisions. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
  Hearings continue tomorrow.
NATO SUMMIT AND OTHER DEVELOPMENTS IN EUROPE
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on Europe and the Middle 
East held a hearing on the NATO Summit and Other Developments in 
Europe. Testimony was heard from Stephen A. Oxman, Assistant Secretary, 
Europe and Canadian Affairs, Department of State; and Walter B. 
Slocumbe, Principal Deputy Under Secretary, Policy, Department of 
Defense.
MEXICO: THE UPRISING IN CHIAPAS AND DEMOCRATIZATION
Committee on Foreign Affairs: Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere 
Affairs held a hearing on Mexico: The uprising in Chiapas and 
Democratization in Mexico, Part 1. Testimony was heard from 
Representative Kennedy; the following officials of the Department of 
State: Ambassador Alexander F. Watson, Assistant Secretary, Inter-
American Affairs; and John Shattuck, Assistant Secretary, Human Rights 
and Humanitarian Affairs; and public witnesses.
STRATEGIC SATELLITE SYSTEMS--POST-COLD-WAR ENVIRONMENT
Committee on Government Operations: Subcommittee on Legislation and 
National Security held a hearing on Strategic Satellite Systems in a 
Post-Cold-War Environment. Testimony was heard from Louis J. Rodrigues, 
Director, Systems Development and Production Issues, National Security 
and International Affairs Division, GAO; Thomas P. Quinn, Deputy 
Assistant Secretary, Command, Communications and Computer Systems 
Directorate, Department of Defense; and public witnesses.
GOVERNMENT-SPONSORED TESTS ON HUMANS--POSSIBLE COMPENSATION FOR PEOPLE 
HARMED
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Administrative Law and 
Governmental Relations held a hearing on Government-sponsored tests on 
humans and possible compensation for people harmed in the tests. 
Testimony was heard from Representatives Markey, Frost, Goss and Byrne; 
Robert Nordhaus, General Counsel, Department of Energy; Frank Hunger, 
Assistant Attorney General, Civil Division, Department of Justice; 
Donald A. Henderson, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Health (Science), 
Department of Health and Human Services; Harold Smith, Assistant to the 
Secretary, Atomic Energy, Department of Defense; David Gries, Director, 
Center for the Study of Intelligence, CIA; Mary Lou Keener, General 
Counsel, Department of Veterans Affairs; Gregg Herken, Space History 
Department, National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution; and 
public witnesses.
ANTITRUST AND COMMUNICATIONS REFORM ACT
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Economic and Commercial Law 
continued hearings on H.R. 3626, Antitrust and Communications Reform 
Act of 1993. Testimony was heard from Reed E. Hundt, Chairman, FCC; and 
public witnesses.
COMMITTEE BUDGET
Committee on Rules: Approved the Committee budget for the 2d session of 
the 103d Congress.
EMERGENCY SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Rules: Granted a rule providing 1 hour of general debate 
on H.R. 3759, making emergency supplemental appropriations for the 
fiscal year ending September 30, 1994. All points of order against the 
bill and against its consideration are waived. The bill shall be 
considered as read. The rule makes in order only those amendments 
printed in the report to accompany the rule, to be considered in the 
order and manner specified, with debate also specified in the report. 
The amendments are not subject to amendment except as specified in the 
report, are considered as read, and are not subject to a demand for a 
division of the question. All points of order against the amendments 
printed in the report are waived. The rule provides that Representative 
Hoyer may make germane modifications to his amendment only with the 
concurrence of the Minority Leader. The rule provides that the 
amendments printed in part 2 of the report shall be considered under 
the king-of-the-hill procedure. Finally, the rule provides one motion 
to recommit. Testimony was heard from Representatives Dixon, Clay, 
Hoyer, Penny, Condit, Fazio, Frank of Massachusetts, Traficant, 
Deutsch, Furse, Klein, Myers of Indiana, DeLay, Kasich, Nussle, Burton 
of Indiana, Rohrabacher, and Sam Johnson of Texas.
HEALTH CARE REFORM
Committee on Science, Space, and Technology: Subcommittee on 
Technology, Environment and Aviation began hearings on Health Care 
Reform, with emphasis on Possible Effects on Innovative Therapies--
Cancer as a Case Study. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
  Hearing continue March 3.
PROCUREMENT REFORM PROPOSALS
Committee on Small Business: Subcommittee on Procurement, Taxation, and 
Tourism concluded hearings on procurement reform proposals (H.R. 3586, 
H.R. 2238, and S. 1587). Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
HEALTH CARE REFORM--THE ADMINISTRATION PROPOSALS
Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Health continued hearings 
on Health Care Reform: The Administration's Health Care Reform 
Proposals, with emphasis on issues relating to Managed Care. Testimony 
was heard from the following officials of the Department of Health and 
Human Services: Philip R. Lee, M.D., Assistant Secretary, Health; and 
Bruce C. Vladeck, Administrator, Health Care Financing Administration; 
Mark Nadel, Associate Director, National and Public Health Issues, 
Division of Health, Education and Human Services, GAO; and public 
witnesses.
  Hearings continue February 4.
TRADE AGREEMENTS RESULTING FROM GATT
Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Trade continued hearings 
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 
Representative Kolbe; and public witnesses.
  Hearings continue February 8.
INTELLIGENCE ACTIVITIES
Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence: Held a hearing on Has the 
End of the Cold War Affected Industry's Ability to Support the 
Intelligence Community and How, If At All Should Government Respond? 
Testimony was heard from Representatives Harmon and Eshoo.
  The Committee also met in executive session to continue hearings on 
this subject. Testimony was heard from Ed Nowinski, Director, Office of 
Development and Engineering, CIA; Jack Devine, Deputy Director, 
Technology and Systems, NSA, Department of Defense; and public 
witnesses.
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