[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 21 (Wednesday, March 2, 1994)]
[Daily Digest]
[Page D]
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Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
APPROPRIATIONS--FOREIGN AID
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Foreign Operations held 
hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1995 for foreign 
assistance programs, receiving testimony from Warren Christopher, 
Secretary of State.
  Subcommittee will meet again on Tuesday, March 8.
APPROPRIATIONS--LABOR--HHS--EDUCATION
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human 
Services, and Education, and Related Agencies held hearings on proposed 
budget estimates for fiscal year 1995 for the Departments of Labor, 
Health and Human Services, and Education, and related agencies, 
receiving testimony from numerous public witnesses.
  Subcommittee will meet again tomorrow.
APPROPRIATIONS--TREASURY
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Treasury, Postal Service, 
and General Government held hearings on proposed budget estimates for 
fiscal year 1995, receiving testimony in behalf of funds for their 
respective activities from Ronald K. Noble, Assistant Secretary for 
Enforcement, John W. Magaw, Director, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and 
Firearms, and George J. Weise, Commissioner, United States Customs 
Service, all of the Department of the Treasury.
  Subcommittee will meet again on Friday, March 11.
AUTHORIZATION--DEFENSE
Committee on Armed Services: Committee resumed hearings on proposed 
legislation authorizing funds for fiscal year 1995 for the Department 
of Defense, and the future years defense plan, focusing on military 
strategy and operational requirements of the unified commands, 
receiving testimony from Adm. Charles R. Larson, USN, Commander in 
Chief, United States Pacific Command; Gen. Barry R. McCaffrey, USA, 
Commander in Chief, United States Southern Command; Gen. Gary E. Luck, 
USA, Commander, United States Forces, Korea; and Rear Adm. Irve C. 
LeMoyne, USN, Deputy Commander in Chief, United States Special 
Operations Command.
  Hearings continue tomorrow.
UNIFORMED SERVICES
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Force Requirements and 
Personnel concluded hearings on activities of the Uniformed Services 
University of the Health Sciences of the Department of Defense, after 
receiving testimony from Senators Inouye and Sarbanes; Rear Adm. James 
A. Zimble, USN (Ret.), President, and Edward Alvarez, Jr., Chairman, 
Board of Regents, both of the Uniformed Services University of the 
Health Sciences; William J. Lynn, Director, Program Analysis and 
Evaluation, Office of the Secretary of Defense; Lt. Gen. Alcide M. 
LaNoue, USA, Surgeon General, United States Army; Vice Adm. Donald F. 
Hagen, USN, Surgeon General, United States Navy; Lt. Gen. Alexander M. 
Sloan, USAF, Surgeon General, United States Air Force; W. Douglas 
Skelton, Mercer University, Macon, Georgia; and Arthur M. Smith, 
Medical College of Georgia, Augusta.
BANK REGULATORY CONSOLIDATION
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee continued 
hearings on proposed legislation to consolidate certain Federal 
agencies which regulate and supervise depository institutions insured 
by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, receiving testimony from 
Alan Greenspan, Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Federal 
Reserve System; Eugene A. Ludwig, Comptroller of the Currency, and 
Jonathan L. Fiechter, Acting Director, Office of Thrift Supervision, 
both of the Department of the Treasury; and Andrew C. Hove, Jr., Acting 
Chairman, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.
  Hearings continue tomorrow.
TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation:Committee held 
hearings on S. 1822, to safeguard and protect the public interest while 
permitting the growth and development of new communications 
technologies, focusing on the regulation of alarm services, electronic 
publishing, and other information services by the Regional Bell 
Operating Companies, receiving testimony from James G. Cullen, Bell 
Atlantic Corporation, and John B. Lynn, EDS Corporation, both of 
Washington, D.C.; Frank Bennack, Jr., Hearst Corporation, New York, New 
York; David Carter, Central Station Alarm Association, Raleigh, North 
Carolina; Sandra Weis, Prodigy Services Company, White Plains, New 
York; and R. Jack Fishman, Lakeway Publishers, Inc., Morristown, 
Tennessee.
  Hearings were recessed subject to call.
NASA BUDGET
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation:Subcommittee on 
Science, Technology, and Space concluded hearings on the President's 
proposed budget request for fiscal year 1995 and proposed legislation 
authorizing funds for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration 
(NASA), after receiving testimony from Daniel S. Goldin, Administrator, 
France Cordova, Chief Scientist, Mal Peterson, Acting Deputy 
Comptroller, and Harry Holloway, Associate Administrator for Life and 
Microgravity Sciences, all of NASA.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee ordered favorably 
reported the following bills:
  H.R. 2144, to provide for the transfer of excess land to the 
Government of Guam; and
  S. 318, to provide for the energy security of the Nation through 
encouraging the production of domestic oil and gas resources in deep 
water on the Outer Continental Shelf in the Gulf of Mexico, with 
amendments.
SUPERFUND REFORM
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Subcommittee on Superfund, 
Recycling, and Solid Waste Management resumed hearings on S. 1834, to 
improve and to authorize funds for fiscal years 1995 through 1999 for 
programs of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and 
Liability Act (Superfund), focusing on State and community 
participation, receiving testimony from Michael A. Pierle, Monsanto 
Company, St. Louis, Missouri; Michael S. Parr, DuPont Company, 
Wilmington, Delaware, on behalf of the Chemical Manufacturers 
Association; Linda Greer, National Resource Defense Council, Blake 
Early, Sierra Club, and Philip S. Angell, Browning-Ferris Industries, 
all of Washington, D.C.; Robert W. Varney, New Hampshire Department of 
Environmental Services, Concord, on behalf of the National Governors' 
Association; J. Winston Porter, Waste Policy Center, Sterling, 
Virginia; and Helen Cusic, Grand Calumet Task Force, Whiting, Indiana.
  Hearings were recessed subject to call.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded hearings on the 
nominations of Donald M. Blinken, of New York, to be Ambassador to the 
Republic of Hungary, Richard Dale Kauzlarich, of Virginia, to be 
Ambassador to the Republic of Azerbaijan, and Derek Shearer, of 
California, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Finland, after the 
nominees testified and answered questions in their own behalf. Mr. 
Blinken was introduced by Senator Moynihan.
NOMINATION
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded hearings on the 
nomination of Thomas A. Constantine, of New York, to be Administrator 
of Drug Enforcement, Department of Justice, after the nominee, who was 
introduced by Senators Moynihan and D'Amato and Representatives McNulty 
and Quinn, testified and answered questions in his own behalf.
EDUCATION REFORM
Committee on Labor and Human Resources: Committee held hearings on S. 
1513, to revise and authorize funds for programs of the Elementary and 
Secondary Education Act of 1965, receiving testimony from Richard W. 
Riley, Secretary of Education.
  Hearings were recessed subject to call.
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, receiving testimony from 
Joseph Perkins, Danvers, Massachusetts, on behalf of the American 
Association of Retired Persons; William H. Bywater, International Union 
of Electronic, Electrical, Salaried, Machine and Furniture Workers, 
AFL-CIO, Mel Bass, American Automobile Manufacturers Association, and 
Sylvester J. Schieber, Wyatt Company, all of Washington, D.C.; Anna M. 
Rappaport, William M. Mercer, Inc., Chicago, Illinois; Georgia 
Fitzwilliams, Germantown, Wisconsin; Gerald E. Pickering, Warrington, 
Pennsylvania; and Elizabeth de Vries, Manchester, New Hampshire.
  Hearings were recessed subject to call.
SBA ASSISTANCE LOAN PROGRAMS
Committee on Small Business: Committee concluded oversight hearings on 
the Small Business Administration's implementation and current state of 
the 7(a) Guaranteed Business Loan Program and the Disaster Loan 
Program, after receiving testimony from Cassandra Pulley, Deputy 
Administrator, Bernard Kulik, Assistant Administrator for Disaster 
Assistance, and John Cox, Assistant Administrator for Financial 
Assistance, all of the Small Business Administration; and Anthony R. 
Wilkinson, National Association of Government Guaranteed Lenders, Inc., 
Stillwater, Oklahoma.