[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 54 (Friday, May 6, 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--OTA/LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on the Legislative Branch 
held hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1995, 
receiving testimony in behalf of funds for the Office of Technology 
Assessment (OTA) from Senator Kennedy; and Roger C. Herdman, Director, 
OTA; and in behalf of funds for the Library of Congress from James H. 
Billington, Librarian of Congress.
  Subcommittee will meet again on Tuesday, May 10.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded 
hearings on the nominations of Alan S. Blinder, of New Jersey, to be a 
Member of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System; Steven 
M. Wallman, of Virginia, to be a Member of the Securities and Exchange 
Commission; and Philip N. Diehl, of Texas, to be Director of the Mint, 
Department of the Treasury, after the nominees testified answered 
questions in their own behalf. Mr. Blinder was introduced by Senators 
Bradley and Lautenberg; and Mr. Diehl was introduced by Representative 
Pickle.
HEALTH CARE INFORMATION MANAGEMENT
Committee on Governmental Affairs: Committee held hearings to examine 
the Health Care Financing Administration's efforts to develop the 
recently enacted Medicare and Medicaid data bank, which would contain 
information on all workers, spouses, and dependents that are covered by 
employer-provided health insurance, receiving testimony from Sally 
Katzen, Administrator, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, 
Office of Management and Budget; Nan Hunter, Deputy General Counsel, 
Department of Health and Human Services; Leslie G. Aronovitz, Associate 
Director, Health Financing Issues, Health, Education, and Human 
Services Division, General Accounting Office; Joel E. Gimpel, Chicago, 
Illinois, on behalf of the Workgroup on Electronic Data Interchange; 
Lois Gargotto, Humana Inc., Louisville, Kentucky; Carolyn Kelley, 
American Payroll Association, New York, New York; Donald T. Lewers, 
Easton, Maryland, on behalf of the American Medical Association; and 
Janlori Goldman, American Civil Liberties Union, Washington, D.C.
  Hearings were recessed subject to call.
VETERANS HEALTH
Committee on Veterans Affairs: Committee concluded hearings to examine 
how to protect the interests and welfare of military personnel who 
serve as test subjects in war-related research, and VA efforts to 
assist veterans who were exposed to hazardous substances while in the 
military, after receiving testimony from Edward Martin, Acting 
Principal Assistant Secretary for Health Affairs, and Jeanne B. Fites, 
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Defense, Personnel and Readiness, both 
of the Department of Defense; Raymond J. Vogel, Under Secretary for 
Benefits, and Susan H. Mather, Assistant Chief Medical Director for 
Environmental Medicine and Public Health, both of the Department of 
Veterans Affairs; Robert J. Temple, Director, Office of Drug 
Evaluation, and Russell G. Katz, Deputy Director, Division of 
Neuropharmacological Drug Products, both of the Center for Drug 
Evaluation and Research, Karen L. Goldenthal, Director, Division of 
Vaccines and Related Product Applications, Center for Biologics 
Evaluation and Research, and Catherine C. Lorraine, General Counsel, 
all of the Food and Drug Administration, Department of Health and Human 
Services; James Moss, Researcher, Agricultural Research Service, 
Department of Agriculture; Leonard A. Cole, Rutgers University, 
Ridgewood, New Jersey; Arthur L. Caplan, University of Pennsylvania, 
Philadelphia; Thomas J. Callender, Lafayette, Louisiana; Rudolph R. 
Mills, Fredericksburg, Virginia; Earl P. Davenport, Tooele, Utah; Neil 
R. Tetzlaff, Reed City, Michigan; and Barry M. Walker, East Palestine, 
Ohio.