[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 10 (Monday, February 7, 1994)]
[Daily Digest]
[Page D]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
HEALTH CARE REFORM
Committee on Education and Labor: Held a hearing on Health Care Reform 
Alternatives: Single-Payor Plan. Testimony was heard from Senator 
Wellstone; Representatives McDermott and Stark; and public witnesses.
IMPACT OF SECONDHAND SMOKE AND SMOKE-FREE ENVIRONMENT ACT
Committee on Energy and Commerce: Subcommittee on Health and the 
Environment held a hearing on the impact of secondhand smoke and H.R. 
3434, Smoke-Free Environment Act of 1993. Testimony was heard from 
Carol Browner, Administrator, EPA; M. Jocelyn Elders, M.D., Surgeon 
General, U.S. Public Health Service, Department of Health and Human 
Services; and public witnesses.
EMPOWERMENT ZONES AND ENTERPRISE COMMUNITIES
Committee on Public Works and Transportation: Subcommittee on Economic 
Development held a hearing to review current efforts and plans of the 
Economic Development Administration and the Appalachian Regional 
Commission as well as other Agencies to support Empowerment Zones and 
Enterprise Communities with Infrastructure Development. Testimony was 
heard from Wilbur F. Hawkins, Acting Assistant Secretary, Economic 
Development, Department of Commerce; Peter B. Edelman, Counselor to the 
Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services; Michael T. Savage, 
Deputy Director, Economic Development, Department of Housing and Urban 
Development; Michael R. Wenger, States' Washington Representative, 
Appalachian Regional Commission; and Peter Necheles, Special Assistance 
to the Under Secretary, Small Community and Rural Development, USDA.
HEALTH CARE REFORM--INNER-CITY AND RURAL COMMUNITIES
Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Health continued hearings 
on Health Care Reform: Issues relating to inner-city and rural 
communities. Testimony was heard from Representatives Stenholm, 
Roberts, and Thomas of Wyoming; Philip Lee, M.D., Assistant Secretary 
for Health, Department of Health and Human Services; and public 
witnesses.
  Hearings continue February 9.