[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 11 (Thursday, January 19, 1995)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D58-D59]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
EDUCATION REFORM/CHARTER SCHOOLS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human 
Services, and Education concluded hearings on issues relating to the 
restructuring and improving public education in America, focusing on 
the Federal charter school program, after receiving testimony from 
Linda G. Morra, Director of Education and Employment Issues, Health, 
Education, and Human Services Division, General Accounting Office; 
Louann A. Bierlein, Arizona State University, Tempe; and Linda Powell, 
Minnesota Commissioner of Education, and Milo J. Cutter, City Academy, 
both of St. Paul.
FUTURE OF HUD
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on VA, HUD, and Independent 
Agencies concluded hearings to examine the management and budgetary 
situation at the Department of Housing and Urban Development, after 
receiving testimony from Henry G. Cisneros, Secretary, and Susan 
Gaffney, Inspector General, both of the Department of Housing and Urban 
Development; Judy A. England-Joseph, Director, Housing and Community 
Development Issues, Resources, Community, and Economic Development 
Division, General Accounting Office; and R. Scott Fosler and Feather 
O'Connor Houstoun, both of the National Academy of Public 
Administration, Washington, D.C.
ARMED FORCES
Committee on Armed Services: Committee held hearings to examine the 
condition of the United States Armed Forces and its future trends, 
receiving testimony from Maj. Gen. Douglas D. Buchholz, USA, Commanding 
General, U.S. Army Signal Center and Fort Gordon; Commander James G. 
Stavridis, USN, Commanding Officer, USS John Barry (DDG 52); Col. 
Jennings B. Beavers II, USMC, Commanding Officer, 8th Marine Infantry 
Regiment, 2nd Marine Division; Lt. Col. Mark G. Beesley, USAF, 
Commanding Officer, 494th Fighter Squadron, United States Air Force 
Europe; Edwin Dorn, Under Secretary (Personnel and Readiness), and John 
J. Hamre, Comptroller, both of the Department of Defense; and Adm. 
William A. Owens, USN, Vice Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff.
  Hearings were recessed subject to call.
NOMINATION
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded 
hearings on the nomination of Robert Pitofsky, of Maryland, to be a 
Federal Trade Commissioner, after the nominee, who was introduced by 
Senator Sarbanes, testified and answered questions in his own behalf.
NUCLEAR SAFETY: U.S.-NORTH KOREAN NUCLEAR ACCORD
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded hearings 
to examine the impact of the agreement between the United States and 
the Democratic People's Republic of Korea regarding the North Korea 
nuclear program on the Department of Energy and U.S. energy policy, 
after receiving testimony from Senator McCain; Charles B. Curtis, Under 
Secretary of Energy; Ashton B. Carter, Assistant Secretary of Defense 
for International Security Policy; Gary Samore, Deputy to the 
Ambassador at Large, Department of State; Ivan Selin, Chairman, 
[[Page D59]] Nuclear Regulatory Commission; Morris Rosen, Assistant 
Secretary General and Director of Nuclear Safety, International Atomic 
Energy Agency (United Nations); Caspar W. Weinberger, former Secretary 
of Defense; Gary Milhollin, University of Wisconsin Law School, 
Madison, on behalf of the Wisconsin Project on Nuclear Arms Control; 
and Nicholas N. Eberstadt, American Enterprise Institute, Washington, 
D.C.
JOB CORPS PROGRAM
Committee on Labor and Human Resources: Committee concluded hearings to 
examine performance, accountability, and the incidence of violence at 
Job Corps sites, after receiving testimony from Doug Ross, Assistant 
Secretary for Employment and Training Administration, and Peter E. 
Rell, Director, and John Deering, Admissions Counselor (Region Five), 
both of the Job Corps, all of the Department of Labor; Larry King, Pine 
Knot, Kentucky, on behalf of the National Federation of Federal 
Employees/Forest Service Council; Mary S. Young, David L. Carrasco Job 
Corps Center, El Paso, Texas; Jamison Gorby, Red Rock Job Corps Center, 
Lopez, Pennsylvania; Curtis Gadsden, Mahwah, New Jersey; Robert Belfon, 
Piscataway, New Jersey; and John C. McCay, Irving, Texas.
COMMITTEE BUDGET REQUESTS
Committee on Rules and Administration: Committee concluded hearings 
after receiving 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:
  Select Committee on Intelligence: (S. Res. 43), Senators Specter and 
Kerrey;
  Committee on Appropriations: (S. Res. 38), Senator Hatfield;
  Committee on Labor and Human Resources: (S. Res. 62), Senators 
Kassebaum and Kennedy;
  Committee on Indian Affairs: (S. Res. 40), Senators McCain and 
Inouye;
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: (S. Res. 56), 
Senators Pressler and Hollings;
  Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: (S. Res. 52), 
Senators D'Amato and Sarbanes;
  Committee on Governmental Affairs: (S. Res. 45), Senators Roth and 
Glenn;
  Committee on Veterans Affairs: (S. Res. 64), Senators Simpson and 
Rockefeller;
  Committee on Armed Services: (S. Res.   ), Senators Thurmond and 
Nunn; and
  Committee on Environment and Public Works: (S. Res. 48), Senators 
Chafee and Baucus.
  Committee will begin consideration of the committee budget requests 
on Wednesday, January 25.