[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 9 (Friday, February 4, 1994)]
[Daily Digest]
[Page D]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]

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.
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.