[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 102 (Friday, July 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)
APPROPRIATIONS--DEFENSE
Committee on Appropriations: Committee continued in evening session to 
mark up H.R. 4650, making appropriations for the Department of Defense 
for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1995.
WHITEWATER MATTERS
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee held 
hearings to examine certain legal issues with regard to the Whitewater 
Development Company, Inc., and Madison Guaranty Savings and Loan, 
receiving testimony from William Colombell and Lawrence Monroe, both 
Special Agents, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Department of Justice; 
Cheryl Braun, Sergeant, and John Rolla, Investigator, both of the 
United States Park Police, National Park Service, Department of the 
Interior; New York City Chief Medical Examiner Charles Hirsch, New 
York, New York; and Northern Virginia Deputy Chief Medical Examiner 
James Beyer, Fairfax.
  Hearings continue on Monday, August 1.
AUTHORIZATION--FCC
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded 
hearings on S. 2336, authorizing funds for the Federal Communications 
Commission (FCC), after receiving testimony from Reed E. Hundt, 
Chairman, Federal Communications Commission.
URUGUAY ROUND
Committee on Finance: Committee continued consideration of proposed 
legislation to implement the Uruguay Round of Multilateral Trade 
Negotiations, but did not complete action thereon, and will meet again 
on Tuesday, August 2.
VIDEO GAME RATINGS
Committee on Governmental Affairs: Subcommittee on Regulation and 
Government Information held joint hearings with the Committee on the 
Judiciary's Subcommittee on Juvenile Justice to examine the need to 
establish rating standards for electronic video games and other media, 
receiving testimony from Jack Heistand, Electronic Arts, San Mateo, 
California, on behalf of the Interactive Digital Software Association; 
Mary Ellen Fise, Consumer Federation of America, Robert Chase, National 
Education Association, and Mark Traphagen, Software Publishers 
Association, all of Washington, D.C.; Chuck Kerby, Wal-Mart Stores, 
Inc., Bentonville, Arkansas; and Steve Koenigsberg, American Amusement 
Machine Association, Elk Grove, Illinois.
  Hearings were recessed subject to call.
EMPLOYMENT NON-DISCRIMINATION ACT
Committee on Labor and Human Resources: Committee concluded hearings on 
S. 2238, to prohibit employment discrimination on the basis of sexual 
orientation, after receiving testimony from Justin Dart, Jr., Chairman, 
Committee on Employment of People with Disabilities (Bush 
Administration), Richard Womack, AFL-CIO, Robert H. Knight, Family 
Research Council, and Chai R. Feldblum, Georgetown University Law 
Center, on behalf of the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights, all of 
Washington, D.C.; Joseph E. Broadus, George Mason University School of 
Law, Fairfax, Virginia; Steve Coulter, Pacific Bell, San Francisco, 
California; Cheryl Summerville, Bremen, Georgia; Ernest Dillon, 
Detroit, Michigan; and Warren Phillips, Long Island, New York.