[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 12 (Wednesday, February 9, 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) RUSSIA AND UKRAINE Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Foreign Operations held closed hearings to examine current conditions in Russia and Ukraine, receiving testimony from Strobe Talbott, Ambassador at Large and Special Adviser to the Secretary of State on the New Independent States; and Thomas R. Pickering, Ambassador to the Russian Federation. Subcommittee recessed subject to call. NOMINATIONS Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded hearings on the nominations of Lt. Gen. Barry R. McCaffrey, USA, to be Commander in Chief, United States Southern Command, Vice Adm. William A. Owens, USN, to be Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and Vice Adm. Henry G. Chiles, Jr., USN, to be Commander in Chief, United States Strategic Command, after the nominees testified and answered questions in their own behalf. Also, committee ordered favorably reported 9,185 military nominations in the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, and Air Force. 1995 BUDGET Committee on the Budget: Committee continued hearings in preparation for reporting the first concurrent resolution on the fiscal year 1995 budget for the Federal Government, receiving testimony from Lloyd Bentsen, Secretary of the Treasury; and Alice M. Rivlin, Deputy Director, Office of Management and Budget. Hearings continue tomorrow. NOMINATION Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded hearings on the nomination of Ann Winkelman Brown, of Florida, to be Commissioner and Chairman of the Consumer Product Safety Commission, after the nominee, who was introduced by Representative Matsui and District of Columbia Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton, testified and answered questions in her own behalf. BUSINESS MEETING Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee ordered favorably reported 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. CBO ANALYSIS OF HEALTH SECURITY ACT Committee on Finance: Committee concluded hearings to review the Congressional Budget Office's (CBO) analysis of the Administration's health care reform proposal, after receiving testimony from Robert D. Reischauer, Director, Congressional Budget Office. NOMINATION Committee on Finance: Committee ordered favorably reported the nomination of Mary Ellen Withrow, of Ohio, to be Treasurer of the United States, Department of the Treasury. Prior to this action, committee concluded hearings on the nomination of Ms. Withrow, after the nominee, who was introduced by Senators Glenn and Metzenbaum, testified and answered questions in her own behalf. NOMINATIONS Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee ordered favorably reported the following business items: S. Res. 94, expressing the sense of the Senate with respect to the tragic humanitarian crisis in Sudan; and The nominations of Strobe Talbott, of Ohio, to be Deputy Secretary of State, Jill B. Buckley, of Washington, to be Assistant Administrator for Legislative and Public Affairs, and Thomas A. Dine, of Ohio, to be Assistant Administrator for Europe and the New Independent States, both of the Agency for International Development, Alice M. Dear, of New York, to be United States Director of the African Development Bank, Wesley W. Egan, Jr., of North Carolina, to be Ambassador to the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, David N. Merrill, of Maryland, to be Ambassador to the People's Republic of Bangladesh, Robert H. Pelletreau, Jr., of Connecticut, to be Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs, Esther Peterson, of the District of Columbia, to be United States Representative to the Forty-eighth Session of the General Assembly of the United Nations, James H. Scheuer, of New York, to be United States Director of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, Sandra L. Vogelgesang, of Ohio, to be Ambassador to the Kingdom of Nepal, and Foreign Service Officers' promotion lists, received by the Senate on January 26, 1994, with an exception. U.S.-VIETNAM RELATIONS Committee on Foreign Relations: Subcommittee on East Asian and Pacific Affairs held hearings to examine certain implications for the United States from the lifting of the trade embargo against North Vietnam, receiving testimony from Winston Lord, Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs; R. Richard Newcomb, Director, Office of Foreign Assets Control, Department of the Treasury; and Edward W. Ross, Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for POW/MIA Affairs. Hearings were recessed subject to call. FOREIGN AID REFORM Committee on Foreign Relations: Subcommittee on International Economic Policy, Trade, Oceans and Environment held hearings on proposed legislation to reorganize United States foreign assistance programs, receiving testimony from J. Brian Atwood, Administrator, Agency for International Development; and Richard M. Moose, Under Secretary of State for Management. Hearings were recessed subject to call. NOMINATIONS Committee on the Judiciary: Committee ordered favorably reported the nominations of Michael A. Ponsor, to be United States District Judge for the District of Massachusetts, Lesley Brooks Wells, to be United States District Judge for the Northern District of Ohio, Marjorie O. Rendell, to be United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, Thomas I. Vanaskie, to be United States District Judge for the Middle District of Pennsylvania, Tucker L. Melancon, to be United States District Judge for the Western District of Louisiana, Rebecca Aline Betts, to be United States Attorney for the Southern District of West Virginia, Robert Charles Bundy, to be United States Attorney for the District of Alaska, Mark Timothy Calloway, to be United States Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina, Janice McKenzie Cole, to be United States Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina, Larry Herbert Colleton, to be United States Attorney for the Middle District of Florida, Michael Hayes Dettmer, to be United States Attorney for the Western District of Michigan, Stephen Lawrence Hill, to be United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, David Lee Lillehaug, to be United States Attorney for the District of Minnesota, Don Carlos Nickerson, to be United States Attorney for the Southern District of Iowa, Stephen John Rapp, to be United States Attorney for the Northern District of Iowa, Michael David Skinner, to be United States Attorney for the Western District of Louisiana, James Lamar Wiggins, to be United States Attorney for the Middle District of Georgia, Harry Donival Dixon Jr., to be United States Attorney for the Southern District of Georgia, Charles M. Adkins, to be United States Marshal for the Southern District of West Virginia, Brian C. Berg, to be United States Marshal for the District of North Dakota, Hugh Dinsmore Black Jr., to be United States Marshal for the Western District of Arkansas, G. Ronald Dashiell, to be United States Marshal for the Eastern District of Washington, Phylliss Jeanette Henry, to be United States Marshal for the Southern District of Iowa, Alan D. Lewis, to be United States Marshal for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, Charles William Logsdon, to be United States Marshal for the Western District of Kentucky, John Patrick McCaffrey, to be United States Marshal for the Western District of New York, James J. Molinari, to be United States Marshal for the Northern District of California, Robert James Moore, to be United States Marshal for the Southern District of Alabama, Joe Russell Mullins, to be United States Marshal for the Eastern District of Kentucky, Nancy J. McGillivray Shaffer, to be United States Marshal for the District of Massachusetts, James Robert Oakes, to be United States Marshal for the Western District of Louisiana, Conrad S. Patillo, to be United States Marshal for the Eastern District of Arkansas, Floyd A. Kimbrough, to be United States Marshal for the Eastern District of Missouri, James Marion Hughes Jr., to be United States Marshal for the Northern District of Oklahoma, John Steven Sanchez, to be United States Marshal for the District of New Mexico, James V. Serio Jr., to be United States Marshal for the Eastern District of Louisiana, Wesley Joe Wood, to be United States Marshal for the Western District of Tennessee, Cleveland Vaughn, to be United States Marshal for the District of Nebraska, James Douglas Jr., to be United States Marshal for the Eastern District of Michigan, Donald R. Moreland, to be United States Marshal for the Middle District of Florida, Richard Rand Rock II, to be United States Marshal for the District of Kansas, Patrick J. Wilkerson, to be United States Marshal for the Western District of Oklahoma, James Howard Benham, to be United States Marshal for the District of Idaho, Rosa Maria Melendez, to be United States Marshal for the Western District of Washington, Stephen Simpson Gregg, to be United States Marshal for the Southern District of California, William Stephen Strizich, to be United States Marshal for the District of Montana, Terrence Edward Delaney, to be United States Marshal for the Southern District of Illinois, and Daniel J. Horgan, to be United States Marshal for the Southern District of Florida. YOUTH VIOLENCE Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Juvenile Justice concluded hearings to examine how the Federal Government can establish effective programs to deter youth violence in America, after receiving testimony from Senators Hatch, Dodd, and Campbell; James C. Frier, Deputy Assistant Director, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Department of Justice; Michael Nichols, St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department, St. Louis, Missouri; Sam Ferraniola, Glen Mills Schools, Concordville, Pennsylvania; Jim Brown, Amer-I-Can Program, Inc., and James J. Galipeau, Los Angeles County Probation Department, both of Los Angeles, California; Gary E. Graika, Social Development Commission's Youth Diversion Program, Milwaukee, Wisconsin; and Irving A. Spergel, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois. OSHA REFORM Committee on Labor and Human Resources: Committee concluded hearings on S. 575, to improve the employee safety and health programs of the Occupational Safety and Health Act, after receiving testimony from Robert B. Reich, Secretary of Labor. VA HEALTH CARE REFORM Committee on Veterans Affairs: Committee concluded hearings to examine certain restrictions against VA facilities from participating fully in statewide health care reform efforts, after receiving testimony from Elwood Headley, Acting Deputy Under Secretary for Health and Director, VA National Health Care Reform Program Office, Department of Veterans Affairs; Robert A. Petzel, Chief of Staff, VA Medical Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota; Joseph M. Manley, Director, VA Medical Center, Seattle, Washington; Howard H. Green, Chief of Staff, VA Medical and Regional Office Center, White River Junction, Vermont; Malcom Randall, VA Medical Center, Gainesville, Florida; Larry E. Deters, Director, VA Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee; Thomas L. Garthwaite, Chief of Staff, VA Medical Center, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on behalf of the National Association of VA Chiefs of Staff; and John Bollinger, Paralyzed Veterans of America, Washington, D.C.