[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 85 (Wednesday, June 29, 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)
PESTICIDE REFORM
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: Committee held 
hearings on S. 985, S. 1478, and S. 2050, bills to improve existing 
legislative authority regulating the use of pesticides and to insure 
public health and environmental benefits, receiving testimony from 
Carol M. Browner, Administrator, Lynn Goldman, Assistant Administrator, 
Office of Prevention, Pesticide, and Toxic Substances, both of the 
Environmental Protection Agency; Richard Rominger, Deputy Secretary of 
Agriculture; and David A. Kessler, Commissioner, and Michael R. Taylor, 
Deputy Commissioner for Policy, both of the Food and Drug 
Administration, Department of Health and Human Services.
  Hearings were recessed subject to call.
AUTHORIZATION--PUBLIC BROADCASTING
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on 
Communications concluded hearings on S. 2120, authorizing funds for 
fiscal years 1997 through 1999 for the Corporation for Public 
Broadcasting, after receiving testimony from Richard W. Carlson, 
President and Chief Executive Officer, Corporation for Public 
Broadcasting; Ervin S. Duggan, Public Broadcasting Service, Alexandria, 
Virginia; Delano E. Lewis, National Public Radio, David J. Brugger, 
Association of America's Public Television Stations, and Laurence 
Jarvik, Center for the Study of Popular Culture, all of Washington, 
D.C.; Hugo Morales, Radio Bilingue, Fresno, California; David Ochoa, 
Independent Television Service, St. Paul, Minnesota; Kimberly Haas, 
Pennsylvania Public Radio Associates, Eagle; Deann Borshay, National 
Asian American Telecommunications Association, San Francisco, 
California; Edgar Blatchford, Alaska Department of Community and 
Regional Affairs, Juneau; and Janine Jackson, Fairness and Accuracy in 
Reporting, New York, New York.
HEALTH CARE REFORM/NOMINATIONS
Committee on Finance: Committee began markup of proposed legislation to 
provide national comprehensive health care, but did not complete action 
thereon, and will meet again tomorrow.
  Also, committee ordered favorably reported the nominations of Valerie 
Lau, of California, to be Inspector General, and Ronald K. Noble, of 
New York, to be Under Secretary for Enforcement, both of the Department 
of the Treasury.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee ordered favorably reported 
the following business items:
  S. Res. 234, expressing the sense of the Senate concerning the fifth 
year of imprisonment of Daw Aung San Suu Kyi by Burma's military 
dictatorship;
  S.J. Res. 204, recognizing the American Academy in Rome, an American 
overseas center for independent study and advanced research, on the 
occasion of the 100th anniversary of its founding;
  An original resolution relating to the Convention on Biological 
Diversity (Treaty Doc. 103-20);
  The Convention on Biological Diversity with Annexes, done at Rio de 
Janeiro June 5, 1992, and signed by the United States in New York on 
June 4, 1993 (Treaty Doc. 103-20), with 7 understandings; and
  The nominations of Maria Otero, of the District of Columbia, to be a 
Member of the Board of Directors of the Inter-American Foundation; Mary 
Ann Casey, of Colorado, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Tunisia; 
Raymond Edwin Mabus, Jr., of Mississippi, to be Ambassador to the 
Kingdom of Saudi Arabia; Ronald E. Neumann, of Virginia, to be 
Ambassador to the Democratic and Popular Republic of Algeria; David M. 
Ransom, of the District of Columbia, to be Ambassador to the State of 
Bahrain; Jeffrey Rush, Jr., of Virginia, to be Inspector General, 
Agency for International Development; Thomas W. Graham, Jr., of 
Maryland, and James Sweeney, of New Mexico, each to be a Special 
Representative of the President for Arms Control, Nonproliferation, and 
Disarmament Matters, with the rank of Ambassador; Michael Nacht, of 
Maryland, to be an Assistant Director for Strategic and Eurasian 
Affairs; Amy Sands, of California, to be an Assistant Director for 
Intelligence, Verification and Information Support; and Lawrence 
Scheinman, of New York, to be an Assistant Director for 
Nonproliferation Policy and Regional Arms Control, all of the U.S. Arms 
Control and Disarmament Agency; Elizabeth Frawley Bagley, of the 
District of Columbia, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Portugal; 
Clay Constantinou, of New Jersey, to be Ambassador to Luxembourg; 
Joseph Edward Lake, of Texas, to be Ambassador to the Republic of 
Albania; Brian J. Donnelly, of Massachusetts, to be Ambassador to 
Trinidad and Tobago; George Charles Bruno, of New Hampshire, to be 
Ambassador to Belize; Michael Marek, of Illinois, to be U.S. Alternate 
Executive Director of the International Bank for Reconstruction and 
Development; Ernest G. Green, of the District of Columbia, to be a 
Member of the Board of Directors of the African Development Foundation, 
and a foreign service officers appointments and promotions list dated 
May 24, 1994.
  Prior to this action, committee concluded hearings on the nominations 
of Messrs. Bruno and Donnelly (listed above), after the nominees 
testified and answered questions in their own behalf. Mr. Bruno was 
introduced by Senators Smith and Gregg, and Mr. Donnelly was introduced 
by Senators Kennedy and Kerry.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Governmental Affairs: Committee concluded hearings on the 
nominations of Zoe Bush, Rhonda Reid Winston, and Judith Bartnoff, each 
to be an Associate Judge of the Superior Court of the District of 
Columbia, after the nominees testified and answered questions in their 
own behalf. Ms. Winston was introduced by Representative Spratt, and 
Ms. Bartnoff was introduced by Senator Lieberman.
CONGRESSIONAL COVERAGE
Committee on Governmental Affairs: Committee held hearings on S. 29, S. 
103, S. 579, and S. 2071, bills to provide for the application of 
certain employment protection and information laws to the United States 
Congress, and S. 2194, to require the Architect of the Capitol to 
establish and maintain a comprehensive personnel management system, 
receiving testimony from Senators Grassley, Nickles, and Smith; 
Representatives Shays and Swett; Harriett G. Jenkins, Director, Office 
of Fair Employment Practices, and Michael Davidson, Legal Counsel, both 
of the United States Senate; Ben C. Wimberly, General Counsel, 
Architect of the Capitol; Robert P. Murphy, Acting General Counsel, 
General Accounting Office; John J. Kiminski, General Counsel, Library 
of Congress; Anthony J. Zagami, General Counsel, and Francis W. Biden, 
Director of Congressional, Legislative, and Public Affairs, both of the 
Government Printing Office; Joseph Swerdzewski, General Counsel, 
Federal Labor Relations Authority; Berrien Zettler, Acting Director of 
Compliance Programs, Occupational Safety and Health Administration; 
William W. Gross, Acting Assistant Administrator, Wage and Hour 
Division, Employment Standards Administration, Department of Labor; 
Norman Ornstein, American Enterprise Institute, and Thomas E. Mann, 
Brookings Institution, both of Washington, D.C.; and Nelson Lund, 
George Mason University School of Law, Fairfax, Virginia.
  Hearings were recessed subject to call.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded hearings on the 
nominations of Guido Calabresi, of Connecticut, to be United States 
Circuit Judge for the Second Circuit, and John R. Schmidt, of Illinois, 
to be Associate Attorney General, Department of Justice, after the 
nominees testified and answered questions in their own behalf. Mr. 
Calabresi was introduced by Senators Dodd, Lieberman, and Danforth, and 
Representative DeLauro; and Mr. Schmidt was introduced by Senator 
Moseley-Braun.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Rules and Administration: Committee ordered favorably 
reported the nominations of Lee Ann Elliott, of Virginia, and Danny Lee 
McDonald, of Oklahoma, each to be a Member of the Federal Election 
Commission.