[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 37 (Monday, April 11, 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--AGRICULTURE
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural 
Development, and Related Agencies held hearings on proposed budget 
estimates for fiscal year 1994 for the Department of Agriculture, 
receiving testimony in behalf of funds for their respective activities, 
receiving testimony from Patricia Jensen, Acting Assistant Secretary 
for Marketing and Inspection Services, Lonnie J. King, Acting 
Administrator, Animal and Plant Inspection Service, Lon Hatamiya, 
Administrator, Agricultural Marketing Service, Terry Medley, Acting 
Administrator, Food Safety and Inspection Service, and Stephen B. 
Dewhurst, Director, Budget and Program Analysis, all of the Department 
of Agriculture.
   Subcommittee will meet again on Monday, April 18.
WELFARE REFORM
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human 
Services, and Education, and Related Agencies concluded hearings on the 
need to reform the American welfare system, focusing on administrative 
costs, after receiving testimony from Mary Jo Bane, Assistant Secretary 
for Children and Families, and George Grob, Deputy Inspector General 
for Evaluation and Inspections, both of the Department of Health and 
Human Services; Janet A. Hansen, Utah Department of Human Services, 
Salt Lake City; Carmen Schulze, Missouri Division of Family Services, 
Jefferson City; and Marilyn Rowe, Altoona, Iowa, and Monica Crumb, Des 
Moines, Iowa, both on behalf of the Iowa Family Investment Program.
HEALTH CARE REFORM
Committee on Labor and Human Resources: Subcommittee on Aging held 
hearings to examine long term health care reform issues, receiving 
testimony from Fernando Torres-Gil, Assistant Secretary for Aging, and 
Robyn Stone, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Disability, Aging, and Long 
Term Care Policy, both of the Department of Health and Human Services; 
Paul McCarty, Alzheimer's Association, Methuen, Massachusetts; and 
Anthony Young, American Rehabilitation Association, and Joan Kuriansky, 
Older Women's League, both of Washington, D.C.
  Subcommittee will meet again on Thursday, April 14.