[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 107 (Friday, August 5, 1994)]
[Daily Digest]
[Page D]
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Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: Committee concluded 
hearings on the nominations of Jose M. Amador, of Texas, to be 
Assistant Secretary for Science and Education, and Roger C. Viadero, of 
Virginia, to be Inspector General, both of the Department of 
Agriculture, after the nominees testified and answered questions in 
their own behalf. Mr. Amador was introduced by Representative de la 
Garza, and Mr. Viadero was introduced by Representative Menendez.
BEEF AND DAIRY CHECKOFF PROGRAMS
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: Subcommittee on 
Domestic and Foreign Marketing and Product Promotion concluded hearings 
on S. 1557, to require that members of the National Dairy Promotion and 
Research Board be elected by milk producers and to prohibit bloc voting 
by cooperative associations of milk producers in the election of the 
producers, and S. 1564, to ensure that all persons who benefit from the 
Dairy Promotion and Research Program contribute to the cost of the 
program, to terminate the program on December 31, 1996, and to prohibit 
bloc voting by cooperative associations of milk producers in connection 
with the program, and to examine the beef industry's long-range plan of 
the Cattlemen's Beef Promotion and Research Board, after receiving 
testimony from Senator Kohl; Kenneth C. Clayton, Deputy Administrator 
for Marketing Programs, Marketing and Inspection Services, Silvio 
Capponi, Deputy Director, Dairy Division, and Barry Carpenter, 
Director, Livestock and Seed Division, all of the Department of 
Agriculture; James M. Webb, Phoenix, Arizona, on behalf of the 
Cattlemen's Beef Promotion and Research Board; Stewart G. Huber, 
Farmers Union Milk Marketing Cooperative, Madison, Wisconsin; David 
Fugate, Tennessee Beef Industry Council, Franklin; Jim Newsome, 
Mississippi Cattlemen's Association, Jackson; Bob Drake, Davis, 
Oklahoma, on behalf of the National Cattlemen's Association; Herman M. 
Brubaker, Milk Marketing Inc., Strongsville, Ohio, on behalf of the 
National Milk Producers Federation; Tom Giessel, Kansas Farmers Union, 
Larned, on behalf of the National Farmers Union; Bob Giacomini, Point 
Reyes Station, California, on behalf of the National Dairy Promotion 
and Research Board; and David Call, Bardstown, Kentucky, on behalf of 
the Family Farm Defenders.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee ordered 
favorably reported the nominations of Janet L. Yellen, of California, 
to be a Member of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System; 
Julie D. Belaga, of Connecticut, to be a Member of the Board of 
Directors of the Export-Import Bank of the United States; and Susan R. 
Baron, of Maryland, and Danny K. Davis, of Illinois, each to be a 
Member of the National Corporation for Housing Partnerships.
WHITEWATER MATTERS
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded 
hearings to examine certain legal and ethical issues with regard to the 
Whitewater Development Company, Inc., and Madison Guaranty Savings and 
Loan, after receiving testimony from Lloyd Cutler, Counsel to the 
President.
BLUE CROSS/BLUE SHIELD--FEDERAL CONTRACTS
Committee on Governmental Affairs: Committee resumed hearings to 
examine the operations of the Blue Cross and Blue Shield system, 
focusing on the manner in which they contract directly with the Federal 
Government, receiving testimony from John F. Sopko, Deputy Chief 
Counsel, and Eleni P. Kalisch, Counsel, both of the Permanent 
Subcommittee on Investigations; Curtis J. Smith, Associate Director for 
Retirement and Insurance, Office of Personnel Management; and Carol J. 
Walton, Director, Bureau of Program Operations, Health Care Financing 
Administration, Department of Health and Human Services.
  Hearings continue on Monday, August 8.
MILITARY SERVICE HEALTH EFFECTS
Committee on Veterans Affairs: Committee concluded hearings to examine 
the potential risks of birth defects, infertility, and other 
reproductive hazards that may result from exposure to radiation and 
certain toxic chemicals while serving in the military, after receiving 
testimony from Kwai-Cheung Chan, Issue Area Director, Program 
Evaluation and Methodology Division, General Accounting Office; Susan 
H. Mather, Assistant Chief Medical Director for Environmental Medicine 
and Public Health, Department of Veterans Affairs; Sue Bailey, Deputy 
Assistant Secretary of Defense for Professional Affairs and Quality 
Assurance, Health Affairs; Mayor Albert G. Parrish, Hackensack, 
Minnesota; Maureen E. Paul, University of Massachusetts Medical Center, 
Worcester; Ellen K. Silbergeld, University of Maryland, Baltimore; 
Linda Spoonster Schwartz, Yale University School of Medicine, New 
Haven, Connecticut; Jackie C. Maxwell, Menlo Park, California, on 
behalf of the National Association of Radiation Survivors; Thomas M. 
Goonan, Utah State University, Logan; Kelli Albuck, Barrington, 
Illinois; and Stephen G. Miller, San Antonio, Texas.