[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 30 (Thursday, March 17, 1994)]
[Daily Digest]
[Page D]
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Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
APPROPRIATIONS--AIR FORCE
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense held hearings on 
proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1995 for the Department of 
the Air Force, receiving testimony from Sheila E. Widnall, Secretary of 
the Air Force; and Gen. Merrill A. McPeak, Chief of Staff, United 
States Air Force.
  Subcommittee will meet again on Tuesday, March 22.
APPROPRIATIONS--NIH
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 National Institutes of 
Health, receiving testimony in behalf of funds for their respective 
activities from Harold Varmus, Director, National Institutes of Health, 
Samuel Broder, Director, National Cancer Institute, Claude Lenfant, 
Director, National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, Harold Loe, 
Director, National Institute of Dental Research, Phillip Gorden, 
Director, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney 
Diseases, Patricia A. Grady, Director, National Institute of 
Neurological Disorders and Stroke, Anthony S. Fauci, Director, National 
Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Marvin Cassman, Acting 
Director, National Institute of General Medical Sciences, Duane F. 
Alexander, Director, National Institute of Child Health and Human 
Development, Carl Kupfer, Director, National Eye Institute, Kenneth 
Olden, Director, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, 
Richard J. Hodes, Director, National Institute on Aging, Lawrence E. 
Shulman, Director, National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal 
and Skin Diseases, James R. Snow, Jr., Director, National Institute of 
Deafness and Other Communication Disorders, Rex W. Cowdry, Acting 
Director, National Institute on Mental Health, Alan I. Leshner, 
Director, National Institute on Drug Abuse, Enoch Gordis, Director, 
National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, Ada Sue Hinshaw, 
Director, National Institute for Nursing Research, Judith Vaitukaitis, 
Director, National Center for Research Resources, Francis Collins, 
Director, National Center for Human Genome Research, Phillip Schambra, 
Director, John E. Fogarty International Center for Advanced Study in 
the Health Sciences, Donald Lindberg, Director, National Library of 
Medicine, and Dennis P. Williams, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Budget, 
all of the Department of Health and Human Services.
  Subcommittee will meet again on Tuesday, March 22.
APPROPRIATIONS--TRANSPORTATION/ICC
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Transportation and Related 
Agencies held hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 
1995, receiving testimony in behalf of funds for their respective 
activities from Mary Schiavo, Inspector General, Department of 
Transportation; and Gail McDonald, Chairman, Interstate Commerce 
Commission.
  Subcommittee will meet again on Thursday, March 24.
APPROPRIATIONS--NSF/SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY POLICY
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on VA, HUD, and Independent 
Agencies held hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 
1995, receiving testimony in behalf of funds for their respective 
activities from Neal F. Lane, Director, and James J. Duderstadt, 
Chairman, National Science Board, both of the National Science 
Foundation; and John H. Gibbons, Director, Office of Science and 
Technology Policy.
  Subcommittee will meet again on Thursday, March 24.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Armed Services: Committee ordered favorably reported 7,082 
military nominations in the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, and Air Force. 
Prior to this action, the committee concluded hearings on the 
nominations of Vice Adm. Leighton W. Smith, Jr., USN, for appointment 
to the grade of Admiral and to be Commander in Chief, Allied Forces 
Southern Europe/Commander in Chief, United States Naval Forces Europe, 
Maj. Gen. Wesley K. Clark, USA, for appointment to the grade of 
Lieutenant General and to be Director for Strategic Plans and Policy of 
The Joint Staff, and Rear Adm. John B. LaPlante, USN, for appointment 
to the grade of Vice Admiral and to be Director for Logistics of The 
Joint Staff, after the nominees testified and answered questions in 
their own behalf.
BUDGET RESOLUTION
Committee on the Budget: Committee ordered favorably reported an 
original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget 
for the United States Government for fiscal years 1995, 1996, 1997, 
1998, and 1999.
TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee resumed 
hearings on S. 1822, to safeguard and protect the public interest while 
permitting the growth and development of new communications 
technologies, focusing on the manufacturing and broadcasting 
provisions, receiving testimony from Richard D. McCormick, U.S. WEST, 
Inc., Thomas A. Stroup, Personal Communications Industry Association, 
and Andrew Jay Schwartzman, Media Access Project, all of Washington, 
D.C.; Jack McKinnon, AT&T, North Andover, Massachusetts; Salim A.L. 
Bhatia, BroadBand Technologies, Inc., Triangle Park, North Carolina; 
John Major, Motorola, Inc., Schaumburg, Illinois; Ron Loewen, WIS-TV, 
Columbia, South Carolina; John Siegel, Chris-Craft/United Television, 
San Francisco, California; and Robert M. Rast, General Instrument 
Corporation, San Diego, California.
  Hearings were recessed subject to call.
HEALTH CARE REFORM
Committee on Finance: Committee resumed hearings to examine health care 
reform issues, focusing on health care premiums and subsidies, 
receiving testimony from Ann Blakeley, Earth Resources Corporation, 
Orlando, Florida, on behalf of the National Federation of Independent 
Business; Bernard F. Brennan, Montgomery Ward and Company, Chicago, 
Illinois, on behalf of the National Retail Federation; Christopher W. 
O'Flinn, Mobil Corporation, Fairfax, Virginia, on behalf of the ERISA 
Industry Committee; and Ron Pollack, Families USA, and John J. Sweeney, 
Service Employees International Union, AFL-CIO, both of Washington, 
D.C.
  Hearings were recessed subject to call.
DOE MANAGEMENT
Committee on Governmental Affairs: Committee held hearings to examine 
Department of Energy efforts to monitor its management and operating 
contractors' acquisition of supplies and services from affiliates, 
receiving testimony from Victor S. Rezendes, Director, Energy and 
Science Issues, Resources, Community, and Economic Development 
Division, General Accounting Office; and William H. White, Deputy 
Secretary, and John C. Layton, Inspector General, both of the 
Department of Energy.
  Hearings were recessed subject to call.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee ordered favorably reported the 
nominations of Jamie S. Gorelick, of Maryland, to be Deputy Attorney 
General, Deval L. Patrick, of Massachusetts, to be Assistant Attorney 
General for Civil Rights, and Rosemary Barkett, of Florida, to be 
United States Circuit Judge for the Eleventh Circuit.
LEGISLATIVE REORGANIZATION ACT
Committee on Rules and Administration: Committee resumed hearings on S. 
1824, to improve the operations of the legislative branch of the 
Federal Government, focusing on Title I, relating to the Standing Rules 
of the Senate, receiving testimony from Senator Mitchell; and Thomas E. 
Mann, The Brookings Institution, Norman J. Ornstein, American 
Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research, David Mason, The 
Heritage Foundation, and H. Guyford Stever, Carnegie Commission on 
Science, Technology and Government, all of Washington, D.C.
  Hearings continue on Tuesday, April 19.
SBA MICROLOAN DEMONSTRATION/BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT
Committee on Small Business: Committee concluded hearings to examine 
the status of the Small Business Administration's pilot microloan 
demonstration program and business development programs, after 
receiving testimony from Cassandra Pulley, Deputy Administrator, John 
Cox, Assistant Administrator for Financial Assistance, Johnnie 
Albertson, Associate Administrator for Small Business Development 
Centers, and Monika Harrison, Associate Administrator for Business 
Initiatives, Education and Training, all of the Small Business 
Administration; Connie Evans, Women's Self-Employment Project, Chicago, 
Illinois; Ellen Golden, Coastal Enterprises, Inc., Wiscasset, Maine; 
Phillip Singerman and Beverly Harper, both of the Ben Franklin 
Technology Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Kay Gudmestad, Women 
Venture, St. Paul, Minnesota; Robert Kemp, Small Business Institutes 
Directors' Association, Des Moines, Iowa; Don Bradley, Small Business 
Advancement National Center, Conway, Arkansas; Gregory Higgins, Jr., 
Association of Small Business Development Centers, Philadelphia, 
Pennsylvania; and W. Kenneth Yancey, Service Corps of Retired 
Executives, Washington, D.C.