[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 24 (Tuesday, March 8, 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)
APPROPRIATIONS--DEFENSE
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense held closed 
hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1995 for the 
Department of Defense, focusing on manpower and equipment requirements, 
Guard and Reserve total force structure, and the restructuring of the 
Guard, receiving testimony from Gen. John M. Shalikashvili, Chairman, 
Joint Chiefs of Staff.
  Subcommittee will meet again on Thursday, March 10.
APPROPRIATIONS--FOREIGN AID
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Foreign Operations held 
hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1995 for foreign 
assistance and global development, receiving testimony from Timothy E. 
Wirth, Counselor, Department of State.
  Subcommittee will meet again on Tuesday, March 15.
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 program, receiving testimony 
from Togo D. West, Jr., Secretary of the Army; John H. Dalton, 
Secretary of the Navy; and Sheila E. Widnall, Secretary of the Air 
Force.
  Committee will meet again tomorrow.
AUTHORIZATION--DEFENSE
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Defense Technology, 
Acquisition, and Industrial Base held hearings on proposed legislation 
authorizing funds for fiscal year 1995 for the Department of Defense 
and the future years defense program, focusing on military services 
technology base programs, receiving testimony from Anita K. Jones, 
Director of Defense Research and Engineering, and V. Larry Lynn, Deputy 
Under Secretary for Advanced Technology, both of the Department of 
Defense; Victor H. Reis, Assistant Secretary of Energy for Defense 
Programs; George T. Singley III, Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army 
for Research and Technology; Rear Adm. Marc Y.E. Pelaez, USN, Chief of 
Naval Research; and James J. Mattice, Deputy Assistant Secretary of the 
Air Force for Research and Engineering.
  Subcommittee recessed subject to call.
DOE BUDGET
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded hearings 
on the President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 1995 for the 
Department of Energy, focusing on renewable energy research, 
development, and commercialization programs, after receiving testimony 
from William H. White, Deputy Secretary, and Christine A. Ervin, 
Assistant Secretary for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, both of 
the Department of Energy; Robert Lynette, Advanced Wind Turbines, Inc., 
Redmond, Washington; Dave Goeser, Westinghouse Electric Corporation, 
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; John Triebe, Amoco Technology Company, 
Naperville, Illinois; George T. Preston, Electric Power Research 
Institute, Palo Alto, California; and Darcel L. Hulse, Unocal 
Corporation, Los Angeles, California.
OCEAN'S ROLE IN GLOBAL CHANGE
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee held hearings to 
examine a National Academy of Sciences report on the importance of the 
oceans in understanding and predicting changes in the global 
environment, receiving testimony from Robert M. White, President, 
National Academy of Engineering, and Vice Chairman, National Research 
Council; James D. Watkins, Joint Oceanographic Institutions, Inc., 
Washington, D.C.; Robert S. Carney, Louisiana State University, Baton 
Rouge; C. Barry Raleigh, University of Hawaii, Honolulu; Richard A. 
Anthes, University Corporation for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, 
Colorado; Richard C.J. Somerville, University of California, San Diego; 
John Delaney, University of Washington, Seattle; and Richard A. Lutz, 
Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey.
  Hearings were recessed subject to call.
EPA BUDGET
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee concluded hearings 
on the President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 1995 for the 
Environmental Protection Agency, after receiving testimony from Carol 
M. Browner, Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency.
HEALTH CARE REFORM
Committee on Finance: Committee resumed hearings to examine health care 
reform issues, focusing on graduate medical education and the supply of 
various types of health professionals, receiving testimony from Peter 
P. Budetti, The George Washington University, Washington, D.C.; Jack M. 
Colwill, University of Missouri School of Medicine, Columbia, on behalf 
of the Council on Graduate Medical Education; Clayton E. Jensen, The 
University of North Dakota School of Medicine, Grand Forks; and Debra 
J. Folkerts, Manhattan, Kansas, on behalf of the American Nurses 
Association.
  Committee will meet again on Thursday, March 10.
HAITI
Committee on Foreign Relations: Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere and 
Peace Corps Affairs concluded hearings to examine the current political 
and human rights situation in Haiti and current international efforts 
to bring about a return of democracy to Haiti, after receiving 
testimony from Senator Harkin; Representatives Rangel, Kennedy, and 
Meek; Lawrence Pezzullo, Special Adviser to the Secretary of State on 
Haiti; Mark L. Schneider, Assistant Administrator for Latin America and 
the Caribbean, Agency for International Development; Walter Slocombe, 
Principal Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Policy; John C. 
Hammock, Oxfam America, Boston, Massachusetts; David Rogers, CARE, 
Atlanta, Georgia; Rev. Richard Ryscavage, United States Catholic 
Conference's Office of Migration and Refugee Services, Michael D. 
Barnes, Hogan & Hartson, on behalf of the Government of the Republic of 
Haiti, and Holly J. Burkhalter, Human Rights Watch, all of Washington, 
D.C.; and Harold Hongju Koh, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut.
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 mental health 
and substance abuse issues, receiving testimony from former Senator 
Harold E. Hughes, Des Moines, Iowa, on behalf of the Society of 
Americans for Recovery; former First Lady Betty Ford, Rancho Mirage, 
California, on behalf of the Betty Ford Center; former First Lady 
Rosalynn Carter, Atlanta, Georgia, on behalf of the Carter Center 
Mental Health Task Force; Ronald Geraty, Massachusetts Medco Behavioral 
Care, Inc., Burlington; Cynthia Turnure, Minnesota Department of Human 
Services, St. Paul; Henrick J. Harwood, Lewin-VHI, Inc., Fairfax, 
Virginia; Lenore Behar, North Carolina Department of Human Resources, 
Raleigh; and Edwin C. Hustead, Hay/Huggins Company, Inc., Washington, 
D.C.
  Hearings were recessed subject to call.
INTELLIGENCE
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee held closed hearings on 
intelligence matters, receiving testimony from officials of the 
intelligence community.
  Committee will meet again on Thursday, March 10.