[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 10 (Wednesday, January 18, 1995)]
[Daily Digest]
[Page D52]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
LINE-ITEM VETO
Committee on the Budget: Committee concluded hearings on S. 4, to grant 
the power to the President to reduce budget authority, and S. 14, to 
provide for the expedited consideration of certain proposed 
cancellations of budget items, after receiving testimony from Senators 
McCain, Coats, and Bradley; and Alice M. Rivlin, Director, Office of 
Management and Budget.
BALANCED BUDGET AMENDMENT
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee ordered favorably reported S.J. 
Res. 1, proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States 
to require a balanced budget.
ORGANIZATIONAL MEETING
Committee on Labor and Human Resources: Committee ordered favorably 
reported an original resolution (S. Res. 62), requesting $4,018,405 for 
operating expenses for the period from March 1, 1995 through February 
29, 1996, and $4,111,256 for operating expenses for the period from 
March 1, 1996 through February 28, 1997.
  Also, committee adopted its rules of procedure for the 104th 
Congress, and announced the following subcommittee assignments:
  Subcommittee on Aging: Senators Gregg (Chairman), Kassebaum, Coats, 
Ashcroft, Mikulski, Simon, Wellstone, and Kennedy (ex officio).
  Subcommittee on Children and Families: Senators Coats (Chairman), 
Jeffords, DeWine, Ashcroft, Abraham, Kassebaum (ex officio), Dodd, 
Pell, Harkin, Wellstone, and Kennedy (ex officio).
  Subcommittee on Disability Policy: Senators Frist (Chairman), 
Jeffords, DeWine, Gorton, Kassebaum (ex officio), Harkin, Kennedy, and 
Simon.
  Subcommittee on Education, Arts, and Humanities: Senators Jeffords 
(Chairman), Kassebaum, Coats, Gregg, Frist, DeWine, Ashcroft, Abraham, 
Gorton, Pell, Kennedy, Dodd, Simon, Harkin, Mikulski, and Wellstone.
JOB CORPS PROGRAM
Committee on Labor and Human Resources: Committee held oversight 
hearings to examine performance, accountability, and the incidence of 
violence at Job Corps sites, receiving testimony from Gerald W. 
Peterson, Millersville, Maryland, former Assistant Inspector General 
for Audit, Department of Labor; Ron Stallworth, Utah Department of 
Public Safety, Salt Lake City; Fred Freeman, Jr., Carlisle, 
Pennsylvania; Rhonda Wheeler, Ventura, California; Randall B. Godinet, 
San Diego, California; Shirley D. Sakos, Piscataway, New Jersey; Karen 
Anderson, St. Paul, Minnesota; and Luis Melendez, New York, New York.
  Hearings continue tomorrow.
COMMITTEE BUDGET REQUESTS
Committee on Rules and Administration: Committee held hearings to 
receive testimony from Senators, as indicated, in support of 
resolutions requesting funds for operating expenses of their respective 
committees for periods from March 1, 1995, through February 29, 1996, 
and from March 1, 1996, through February 28, 1997, as follows:
  Committee on the Budget: (S. Res. 50), Senators Domenici and Exon;
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: (S. Res. 39), Senators 
Murkowski and Johnston;
  Committee on Finance: (S. Res. 36), Senators Packwood and Moynihan;
  Special Committee on Aging: (S. Res. 55), Senators Cohen and Pryor;
  Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: (S. Res. 53), 
Senators Lugar and Leahy;
  Committee on the Judiciary: (S. Res. 54), Senators Hatch and Biden;
  Committee on Foreign Relations: (S. Res. 41), Senators Helms and 
Pell; and
  Committee on Small Business: (S. Res. 51), Senators Bond and Bumpers.
  Hearings continue tomorrow.
COMMITTEE BUDGET
Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Committee approved for reporting an 
original resolution (S. Res. 64), requesting $1,036,481 for operating 
expenses for the period from March 1, 1995 through February 29, 1996, 
and $1,060,341 for operating expenses for the period from March 1, 1996 
through February 28, 1997.
INTELLIGENCE
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee held closed hearings on 
intelligence matters, receiving testimony from officials of the 
intelligence community.
  Committee will meet again on Wednesday, January 25.