[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 16 (Thursday, January 26, 1995)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D94-D95]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING COMMISSION
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: Committee concluded 
hearings on S. 178, authorizing funds for fiscal years 1995-2000 for 
the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, after receiving testimony 
from Mary L. Schapiro, Chairman, Commodity Futures Trading Commission; 
John F. Sandner and William Brodsky, both of the Chicago Mercantile 
Exchange, Patrick H. Arbor, Chicago Board of Trade, and Robert K. 
Wilmouth, National Futures Association, all of Chicago, Illinois; and 
Daniel Rappaport, New York Mercantile Exchange, Bennett J. Corn, 
Coffee, Sugar, and Cocoa Exchange, Inc., Peter F. Karpen, Futures 
Industry Association, and John R. Frawley, Jr., Managed Futures 
Association, all of New York, New York.
HUD MANAGEMENT
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 Nancy M. Gordon, Assistant Director for Health 
and Human Resources, Congressional Budget Office; and Michael A. 
Stegman, Assistant Secretary of Housing and Urban Development for 
Policy Development and Research.
NORTH KOREA NUCLEAR AGREEMENT
Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded hearings to examine 
the security implications of the United States Nuclear Non-
Proliferation Agreement with North Korea, after receiving testimony 
from William J. Perry, Secretary of Defense; Ashton B. Carter, Under 
Secretary of Defense for International Security Policy; Gen. Gary E. 
Luck, USA, Commander-in-Chief, United National Command, Republic of 
Korea and the United States Forces, Korea; Gary Milhollin, University 
of Wisconsin Law School, Madison, on behalf of the Wisconsin Project on 
Nuclear Arms Control; and Leonard S. Spector, Carnegie Endowment for 
International Peace, and Richard V. Allen, Richard V. Allen Company, 
both of Washington, D.C.
ECONOMIC OUTLOOK
Committee on the Budget: Committee continued hearings to examine the 
state of the United States economy and the budget outlook for fiscal 
years 1996-2000, receiving testimony from Alan Greenspan, Chairman, 
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System; Allan Meltzer, 
Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; Mickey D. Levy, 
NationsBanc Capital Markets, Inc., New York, New York; and David Wyss, 
DRI/McGraw-Hill, Lexington, Massachusetts.
  Committee will meet again tomorrow.
AMTRAK
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee held 
oversight hearings on activities of the National Railroad Passenger 
Corporation (Amtrak), receiving testimony from Senators Jeffords and 
Cochran; Jolene M. Molitoris, Administrator, Federal 
[[Page D95]] Railroad Administration, Department of Transportation; 
Kenneth M. Mead, Director, Transportation Issues, Resources, Community, 
and Economic Development Division, General Accounting Office; Thomas 
Downs, President and Chairman, National Railroad Passenger Corporation 
(Amtrak); former New Jersey Governor James Florio, Trenton, on behalf 
of the Safe Transit and Rail Transportation (START); Mayor John Robert 
Smith, Meridian, Mississippi; Jack Hynes, Missouri Highway and 
Transportation Department, Jefferson City; and Ross Capon, National 
Association of Railroad Passengers, Washington, D.C.
  Hearings were recessed subject to call.
FEDERAL BUDGET OUTLOOK
Committee on Finance: Committee held hearings to examine the current 
budget situation for the Federal Government, focusing on the impact of 
a constitutional balanced budget amendment on those programs which fall 
under the committee's jurisdiction, receiving testimony from Robert D. 
Reischauer, Director, Congressional Budget Office.
  Hearings were recessed subject to call.
MEXICO ECONOMY
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded hearings to examine 
the economic situation in Mexico and United States efforts to stabilize 
the peso, after receiving testimony from Senator Hollings; Warren M. 
Christopher, Secretary of State; Robert E. Rubin, Secretary of the 
Treasury; Alan Greenspan, Chairman, Board of Governors of the Federal 
Reserve System; Malcolm S. Forbes, Jr., Forbes Inc., and Lawrence 
Kudlow, National Review Magazine, both of New York, New York; and L. 
William Seidman, Commercial Mortgage Asset Corp., and Sidney Weintraub, 
Center for Strategic and International Studies, both of Washington, 
D.C.
CONGRESSIONAL TERM LIMITS
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee considered S.J. Res. 19 and S.J. 
Res. 21, measures proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the 
United States relative to limiting congressional terms, but did not 
take action thereon, and recessed subject to call.
NEA
Committee on Labor and Human Resources: Committee concluded oversight 
hearings on activities of the National Endowment for the Arts, after 
receiving testimony from Jane Alexander, Chairperson, National 
Endowment for the Arts.