[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 5 (Tuesday, January 10, 1995)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D27-D28]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
ORGANIZATIONAL MEETING
Committee on Armed Services: Committee met and approved its rules of 
procedure for the 104th Congress.
  Committee recessed subject to call.
ORGANIZATIONAL MEETING/NOMINATION
Committee on Finance: Committee ordered favorably reported the 
following business items:
  The nomination of Robert E. Rubin, of New York, to be Secretary of 
the Treasury; and
  An original resolution (S. Res. 36), requesting $3,248,413 for 
operating expenses for the period from March 1, 1995, through February 
28, 1996, and $3,333,157 for operating expenses for the period from 
March 1, 1996, through February 29, 1997, without recommendation.
  Committee also adopted its rules of procedure for the 104th Congress, 
and announced the following Senators as members of the Joint Committee 
on Taxation: Senators Packwood (Chairman), Dole, Roth, Moynihan, and 
Baucus.
  Also, committee concluded hearings on the nomination of Mr. Rubin, 
after the nominee, who was introduced by Senators Moynihan, D'Amato, 
and Graham, testified and answered questions in his own behalf.
BALANCED BUDGET AMENDMENT
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee began markup of S.J. Res. 1, 
proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to 
require a balanced budget, but did not complete action thereon, and 
recessed subject to call.
FEDERAL JOB TRAINING PROGRAMS
Committee on Labor and Human Resources: Committee held hearings to 
examine the effectiveness of the

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Federal employment training system in helping reduce long-term welfare 
dependence, receiving testimony from Clarence C. Crawford, Associate 
Director, Education and Employment Issues, and Jane L. Ross, Director, 
Income Security Issues, both of the Health, Education, and Human 
Services Division, General Accounting Office; Janet Schrader, City of 
Alexandria Office of Employment Training, Alexandria, Virginia; Carol 
D'Amico, Hudson Institute, Indianapolis, Indiana; Marion Pines, Johns 
Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland; Tony Young, American 
Rehabilitation Association, Washington, D.C.; Leonard Dean, Jersey 
City, New Jersey; and Ernestine Dunn, Seattle, Washington.
  Hearings continue tomorrow.
WORLD THREAT ASSESSMENT/ORGANIZATIONAL MEETING
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee held hearings to examine 
current and projected worldwide threats to United States' security and 
interests, receiving testimony from R. James Woolsey, Director of 
Central Intelligence; Toby T. Gati, Assistant Secretary of State for 
Intelligence and Research; and Lt. Gen. James R. Clapper, Jr., USAF, 
Director, Defense Intelligence Agency.
  Prior to this action, committee met in closed session to discuss 
pending organizational business, but made no announcements and recessed 
subject to call.