[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 139 (Thursday, September 29, 1994)]
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Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
NOMINATION
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: Committee concluded 
hearings on the nomination of Marsha P. Martin, of Texas, to be a 
Member of the Farm Credit Administration Board, after the nominee, who 
was introduced by Senator Hutchison and Representative de la Garza, 
testified and answered questions in her own behalf.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded hearings on the 
nominations of Gen. Ronald R. Fogleman, USAF, for reappointment to the 
grade of general and to be Chief of Staff, United States Air Force; Lt. 
Gen. John J. Sheehan, USMC, for appointment to the grade of general and 
to be Commander in Chief, United States Atlantic Command; Gen. Robert 
L. Rutherford, USAF, for reappointment to the grade of general and to 
be Commander in Chief, United States Transportation Command and 
Commander, Air Mobility Command; and Lt. Gen. Daniel W. Christman, USA, 
for reappointment to the grade of lieutenant general and to be 
Assistant to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, after the 
nominees testified and answered questions in their own behalf.
DOD RESPONSE TO VETERANS HEALTH PROBLEMS
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Force Requirements and 
Personnel held hearings to examine the Department of Defense response 
to the health problems of Persian Gulf veterans, receiving testimony 
from Maj. Gen. Ronald R. Blanck, USA, Commanding General, Walter Reed 
Army Medical Center; Rear Adm. Noel K. Dysart, Jr., USN, Director, 
Medical Resources, Plans, and Policy, Office of the Chief of Naval 
Operations; Capt. Stephen O. Cunnion, USN, Director, Preventative 
Medicine for the Navy, and Director, Comprehensive Clinical Evaluation 
Program; Maj. Gen. Robert A. Beuthe, Jr., USAF, Acting Surgeon General, 
United States Air Force; Sue Bailey, Deputy Assistant Secretary of 
Defense for Clinical Services; and Kimo S. Hollingsworth, American 
Legion, Washington, D.C.
  Subcommittee recessed subject to call.
EURATOM AGREEMENT
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded hearings 
to examine the status of the negotiations to renew the Agreement for 
Cooperation on Peaceful Uses of Atomic Energy between the United States 
and the European Atomic Energy Community (Eurotom), after receiving 
testimony from Charles B. Curtis, Under Secretary of Energy; Fred 
McGoldrick, Deputy Director, Office of Nuclear Energy Affairs, Bureau 
of Political-Military Affairs, Department of State; and William H. 
Timbers, Jr., United States Enrichment Corporation, Bethesda, Maryland.
AUTHORIZATION--ENDANGERED SPECIES
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Subcommittee on Clean Water, 
Fisheries and Wildlife concluded hearings on S. 1521 to authorize funds 
for and improve programs of the Endangered Species Act, focusing on 
conservation of public lands, after receiving testimony from Senators 
Packwood and Murray; Robert P. Davison, Deputy Assistant Secretary for 
Fish and Wildlife and Parks, Daniel P. Beard, Principal Commissioner, 
Bureau of Reclamation, Dennis P. Fenn, Acting Associate Director, 
Natural Resources, National Park Service, and Denise Meridith, Deputy 
Director, Bureau of Land Management, all of the Department of the 
Interior; Nancy Foster, Deputy Assistant Administrator for Fisheries, 
National Marine Fisheries Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
Administration, Department of Commerce; Peter Walsh, Assistant Deputy 
Under Secretary of Defense for Environmental Quality; David G. Unger, 
Associate Chief, Forest Service, Department of Agriculture; John H. 
Zirschky, Acting Assistant Secretary of the Army (Civil Works); Dana 
Minerva, Counsel to the Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency; 
Marc Brinkmeyer, Riley Creek Lumber Company, Laclede, Idaho; Chips 
Barry, Denver Water Department, Denver, Colorado, on behalf of the West 
Urban Water Coalition; Judy Noritake, Pacific Rivers Council, Eugene, 
Oregon; Jim Little, Emmett, Idaho, on behalf of the National 
Cattlemen's Association; and Jeffrey T. Olson, Wilderness Society, 
Washington, D.C.
GATT
Committee on Finance: Committee ordered favorably reported S. 2467, to 
approve and implement the trade agreements concluded in the Uruguay 
Round of multilateral trade negotiations.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee ordered favorably reported 
the following business items:
  Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination Against 
Women (Ex. R., 96th Cong., 2nd Sess.), with 4 reservations, 4 
understandings, and 2 declarations;
  Convention on the Conservation and Management of Pollock Resources in 
the Central Bering Sea (Treaty Doc. 103-27);
  Two Treaties with the United Kingdom Establishing Caribbean Maritime 
Boundaries (Treaty Doc. 103-23);
  Headquarters Agreement Between the United States and the Organization 
of American States (Treaty Doc. 102-40);
  An original bill (S. 2475) to authorize assistance to promote the 
peaceful resolution of conflicts in Africa;
  S. Res. 265, to express the sense of the Senate concerning District 
Council elections in Hong Kong on September 18, 1994;
  S. Res. 270, to express the sense of the Senate concerning United 
States relations with Taiwan; and
  The nominations of Robert E. Service, of California, to be Ambassador 
to the Public of Paraguay; Peter Jon de Vos, of Florida, to be 
Ambassador to the Republic of Costa Rica; Jerome G. Cooper, of Alabama, 
to be Ambassador to Jamaica; Garbriel Guerra-Mondragon, of the District 
of Columbia, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Chile: David G. 
Newton, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Yemen; 
Geraldine A. Ferraro, of New York, for the rank of Ambassador during 
her tenure of service as United States Representative on the Human 
Rights Commission of the Economic and Social Council of the United 
Nations; Robert B. Fulton, of Pennsylvania, to be Associate Director 
for Information of the United States Information Agency; Vonya B. 
McCann, of Maryland, for the rank of Ambassador during her tenure of 
service as Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for International 
Communications and Information Policy; Cecil J. Banks, of New Jersey, 
to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the African Development 
Foundation; Patricia Hill Williams, of New York, to be a Member of the 
Board of Directors of the Inter-American Foundation; William Hybl, of 
Colorado, and Walter R. Roberts, of the District of Columbia, both to 
be Members of the United States Advisory Commission on Public 
Diplomacy; Madeliene K. Albright, of the District of Columbia, Edward 
W. Gnehm, Jr., of Georgia, Patrick J. Leahy, of Vermont, and Frank H. 
Murkowski, of Alaska, each to be a United States Representative, and 
David E. Birenbaum, of the District of Columbia, Karl Frederick 
Inderfurth, of North Carolina, and Victor Marrero, of New York, each to 
be an Alternate United States Representative, all to the 49th Session 
of the General Assembly of the United Nations; and four Foreign Service 
Officers' Appointments and Promotions lists dated September 22, 1994.
  Also, committee began consideration of Robert A. Pastor, of Georgia, 
to be Ambassador to the Republic of Panama, but did not take final 
action thereon, and recessed subject to call.
VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee held hearings on the 
implementation of the Violence Against Women Act provisions of the 
Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act (P.L. 103-322), receiving 
testimony from Judge Albert Kramer, Quincy District Court, Quincy, 
Massachusetts; Mimi Rose, Philadelphia District Attorney's Office, 
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Sam Baca, Lakeland Police Department, 
Lakeland, Florida; Louise Kindley, St. Lukes/Roosevelt Hospital Center 
Rape Intervention Program, Crime Victims' Assistance Project, New York, 
New York; and Sarah P. Casey, Schuylkill Women in Crisis, Mary Beth 
Semerod, Schuylkill Rape Crisis Center, and Judith E. Stauffer, all of 
Pottsville, Pennsylvania.
  Hearings were recessed subject to call.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee approved for reporting the 
nominations of Barbara Blum, of the District of Columbia, Loren Kieve, 
of New Mexico, and LaDonna Harris, of New Mexico, each to be a Member 
of the Board of Trustees of the Institute of American Indian and Alaska 
Native Culture and Arts Development.
INTELLIGENCE
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee held closed hearings on 
intelligence matters, receiving testimony from officials of the 
intelligence community.
  Committee recessed subject to call.
BANK SALES OF UNINSURED PRODUCTS TO OLDER AMERICANS
Special Committee on Aging: Committee held hearings to examine 
allegations involving the sales practices of certain banks and their 
brokerage subsidiaries to encourage older Americans to take their money 
out of insured investments (savings accounts and certificates of 
deposits) and put it into the securities markets, which are not 
Federally insured, without disclosing the risks associated with these 
investments, receiving testimony from Texas Securities Commissioner 
Denise Voigt Crawford, Austin, on behalf of the North American 
Securities Administrators Association; Alfred M. Pollard, The Bankers 
Roundtable, New York, New York; Scott Galloway, Prophet Market Research 
and Consulting, San Francisco, California; Leilani J. DeMint and Max L. 
Wells, both of St. Petersburg, Florida; Laura Anderson Park, Palm 
Harbor, Florida; and Catherine B. Hovis, Tampa, Florida.
  Hearings were recessed subject to call.