[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 67 (Wednesday, May 25, 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--DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on the District of Columbia held hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1995 for the government of the District of Columbia, receiving testimony from District of Columbia Mayor Sharon Pratt Kelly; and David A. Clarke, Chairman, Council of the District of Columbia. Subcommittee will meet again tomorrow. APPROPRIATIONS--INTERIOR Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on the Interior and Related Agencies held hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1995 for the Department of the Interior, receiving testimony from Bruce Babbitt, Secretary of the Interior. Subcommittee will meet again on Tuesday, June 7. TEENAGE PREGNANCY Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies held hearings to examine the causes and effects of the increase in teenage pregnancy, receiving testimony from M. Joycelyn Elders, Surgeon General, Public Health Service, Department of Health and Human Services; Marion Howard, Grady Memorial Hospital, and Karlethia Jones, Douglass High School, both of Atlanta, Georgia; Darrell Green, Washington, D.C., on behalf of Athletes for Abstinence; Lakita Garth, Green Youth Foundation, Los Angeles, California; and Carol Machael, Women's Health Services, Angela Renee McCoy, and Colleen Morgan, all of Clinton, Iowa. Hearings continue on Wednesday, June 8. APPROPRIATIONS--MILITARY CONSTRUCTION Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Military Construction held hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1995 for military construction programs, receiving testimony in behalf of funds for their respective activities from Robert M. Walker, Assistant Secretary of the Army (Installations, Logistics and Environment), Brig. Gen. Robert L. Herndon, Director of Facilities and Housing, and Col. William T. Harvey, Chief, Base Realignment and Closure Office, both of the Office of the Assistant Chief of Army Staff for Installation Management; Brig. Gen. William C. Bilo, Deputy Director, Army National Guard; Brig. Gen. Paul C. Bergson, Deputy Chief, Army Reserve; Maj. Gen. James C. McCombs, USSOCOM/J-8, Director of Resources, U.S. Special Operations Command; Patricia Watson, Principal Director, Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense (Health Services Operations); Brig. Gen. Robert P. McFarlin, USA, Executive Director of Distribution, Defense Logistics Agency; and Robert G. Kugler, Deputy Chief, Facilities Management, National Security Agency. Subcommittee recessed subject to call. UNITED STATES CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL WARFARE-RELATED EXPORTS TO IRAQ Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee held hearings to examine how materials contributing to Iraq's chemical and biological warfare program were exported to Iraq from the United States and its possible connection to Persian Gulf veterans who have developed certain health problems, receiving testimony from Edwin Dorn, Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness; Theodore Prociv, Deputy Assistant to the Secretary of Defense for Chemical/Biological Matters (Atomic Energy); John Kriese, Chief Officer for ground Forces, Defense Intelligence Agency; Mitchell Wallerstein, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Counterproliferation; and Gordon Oehler, Director, Nonproliferation Center, Central Intelligence Agency. Hearings were recessed subject to call. TELECOMMUNICATIONS Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded hearings on S. 1822, to safeguard and protect the public interest while permitting the growth and development of new communications technologies, focusing on education and telecommunications infrastructure, after receiving testimony from Senator Kerrey; Richard W. Riley, Secretary, and Linda Roberts, Technology Advisor to the Secretary, both of the Department of Education; Kenneth F. Melley, National Education Association, and Elaine Albright, American Library Association, both of Washington, D.C.; Carla Lane, U.S. Distance Learning Association, San Roman, California; Ervin S. Duggan and Mary Harley Kruter, both of the Public Broadcasting Service, Alexandria, Virginia; Cheryl Vedoe, Apple Computer, Campbell, California; Katherine Piller and Clay Ehlers, both of Lincoln High School, Lincoln, Nebraska; and Lee Bollman, Chapin Middle School, Chapin, South Carolina. BUSINESS MEETING Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee ordered favorably reported the following business items: International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (Ex. C. 95th Cong. 2d Sess.), with three reservations, one understanding, one declaration, and one proviso; S. Res. 148, expressing the sense of the Senate that the United Nations should be encouraged to permit representatives of Taiwan to participate fully in its activities; and The nominations of Joseph R. Paolino, Jr., of Rhode Island, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Malta, Frank G. Wisner, of the District of Columbia, to be Ambassador to India, Timothy A. Chorba, of the District of Columbia, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Singapore, Jan Piercy, of Illinois, to be United States Executive Director of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development, Sally A. Shelton, of Texas, to be Assistant Administrator for Global Programs, Field Support and Research, Agency for International Development, Carol Jones Carmody, of Louisiana, for the rank of Minister during her tenure of service as United States Representative on the Council of the International Civil Aviation Organization, David E. Birenbaum, of the District of Columbia, to be the United States Representative to the United Nations for U.N. Management and Reform, with the rank of Ambassador, Maria Elena Torano, of Florida, to be a Member of the United States Advisory Commission on Public Diplomacy, and Harriet C. Babbitt, of Arizona, to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the Inter-American Foundation. INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZED CRIME Committee on Governmental Affairs: Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations held hearings to examine the nature and scope of the threat to the United States and international security posed by the growth of organized crime groups in the countries of the former Soviet Union, receiving testimony from Louis J. Freeh, Director, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Department of Justice; Mikhail Yegorov, Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs, Moscow; and Hans-Ludwig Zachert, German Federal Criminal Police, Bonn. Hearings were recessed subject to call. BUSINESS MEETING Committee on the Judiciary: Committee ordered favorably reported the nominations of Theodore A. McKee, of Pennsylvania, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Third Circuit, Billy Michael Burrage, to be United States District Judge for the Northern, Eastern and Western Districts of Oklahoma, Vanessa D. Gilmore, to be United States District Judge for the Southern District of Texas, Terry C. Kern, to be United States District Judge for the Northern District of Oklahoma, Florence M. Cauthen, to be U.S. Marshal for the Middle District of Alabama, Joseph G. DiLeonardi, to be U.S. Marshal for the Northern District of Illinois, Robert B. Robertson, to be U.S. Marshal for the Eastern District of Oklahoma, John R. O'Connor, to be U.S. Marshall for the District of Connecticut, Michael A. Pizzi, to be United States Marshal for the Eastern District of New York, and Dallas S. Neville, to be United States Marshal for the Western District of Wisconsin. HEALTH CARE FRAUD Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded hearings to examine Federal, State, and local efforts to combat fraud and abuse in the health care industry and related provisions of the proposed Health Security Act, after receiving testimony from Gerald M. Stern, Special Counsel, Health Care Fraud, and Special Counsel, Financial Institution Fraud, Department of Justice; Michael Mangano, Principal Deputy Inspector General, Department of Health and Human Services; Indiana Attorney General Pamela Fanning Carter, Indianapolis, on behalf of the National Association of Attorneys General Health Care Task Force; David W. Waterbury, Washington State Medicaid Fraud Control Unit, Olympia, on behalf of the National Association of Medicaid Fraud Control Units; Kevin M. Mattessich, Morrison, Mahoney and Miller, New York, New York; William J. Mahon, National Health Care Anti-Fraud Association, Washington, D.C.; and Kirk B. Johnson, Chicago, Illinois, on behalf of the American Medical Association. NOMINATIONS Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded hearings on the nominations of Diana Gribbon Motz, of Maryland, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Fourth Circuit, Robert M. Parker, of Texas, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Fifth Circuit, William F. Downes, to be United States District Judge for the District of Wyoming, Paul L. Friedman, to be United States District Judge for the District of Columbia, Denise Page Hood, to be United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Michigan, Richard A. Paez, to be United States District Judge for the Central District of California, and Ricardo M. Urbina, to be United States District Judge for the District of Columbia, after the nominees testified and answered questions in their own behalf. Ms. Motz was introduced by Senators Sarbanes and Mikulski, Mr. Parker was introduced by Senator Hutchison and Representative Brooks, Mr. Downes was introduced by Senator Simpson and Representative Wise, Messrs. Friedman and Urbina were introduced by District of Columbia Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton, Ms. Hood was introduced by Senator Levin and Representatives Collins and Conyers, and Mr. Paez was introduced by Senator Boxer. HEALTH CARE REFORM Committee on Labor and Human Resources: Committee continued markup of proposed legislation to ensure individual and family security through health care coverage for all Americans in a manner that contains the rate of growth in health care costs and promotes responsible health insurance practices, but did not complete action thereon, and will meet again tomorrow.