[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 77 (Friday, June 17, 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)
CHILD NUTRITION
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: Subcommittee on 
Nutrition and Investigations resumed hearings on S. 1614, authorizing 
funds through fiscal year 1998 for programs of the Child Nutrition Act 
and the National School Lunch Act, receiving testimony from Ellen W. 
Haas, Assistant Secretary of Agriculture for Food and Consumer 
Services; Elizabeth Hanna, West Des Moines Community School District, 
West Des Moines, Iowa; M. Dorothy Wood, Anamosa Community Schools, 
Anamosa, Iowa; and Elizabeth Johnson, National Cattlemen's Association, 
representing the Commodity Distribution Coalition, Allen Rosenfeld, 
Public Voice for Food and Health Policy, Nancy Chapman, American Heart 
Association, and Michael Jacobson, Center for Science in the Public 
Interest, all of Washington, D.C.
  Hearings were recessed subject to call.
KOREAN PENINSULA
Committee on Armed Services: Committee met in closed session to receive 
a briefing on the situation in the Korean peninsula from William J. 
Perry, Secretary of Defense; General John M. Shalikashvili, Chair, 
Joint Chiefs of Staff; and Edward. L. Warner, Assistant Secretary of 
Defense Strategy and Requirements.
  Committee recessed subject to call.
DOE ALTERNATIVE FUEL PROGRAMS
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded 
oversight hearings on the implementation of the Department of Energy's 
alternative fuel vehicle and fleet programs, after receiving testimony 
from Christine A. Ervin, Assistant Secretary of Energy for Energy 
Efficiency and Renewable Energy; Mary Lowe Good, Under Secretary of 
Commerce for Technology; Karl Hausker, Deputy Assistant Administrator, 
Office of Policy, Planning and Evaluation, Environmental Protection 
Agency; Allen Beres, Assistant Commissioner, Office of Transportation 
and Property Management, General Services Administration; Theresa 
Donahue, Office of the Mayor of Denver, Colorado; and Frank Murray, New 
York State Energy Office, Albany.
ECONOMIC GROWTH
Committee on Finance: Subcommittee on Deficits, Debt Management, and 
Long-Term Economic Growth held hearings to examine the United States 
savings crisis and its implications for long-term economic growth, 
receiving testimony from Robert D. Reischauer, Director, Congressional 
Budget Office; Alan Auerbach, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia; 
and Dallas Salisbury, Employee Benefit Research Institute, and C. 
Eugene Steuerle, Urban Institute, both of Washington, D.C.
  Hearings were recessed subject to call.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded hearings on the 
nominations of Raymond Edwin Mabus, Jr., of Mississippi, to be 
Ambassador to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia; Mary Ann Casey, of Colorado, 
to be Ambassador to the Republic of Tunisia; Ronald E. Neumann, of 
Virginia, to be Ambassador to the Democratic and Popular Republic of 
Algeria; and David M. Ransom, of the District of Columbia, to be 
Ambassador to the State of Bahrain, after the nominees testified and 
answered questions in their own behalf. Mr. Mabus was introduced by 
Senators Cochran and Lott.