[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 21 (Thursday, February 2, 1995)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D129-D130]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
HUD MANAGEMENT
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on VA, HUD, and Independent 
Agencies resumed hearings to examine the management and budgetary 
situation at the Department of Housing and Urban Development, receiving 
testimony from Nicholas P. Retsinas, Assistant Secretary of Housing and 
Urban Development and Federal Housing Commissioner; Mayor Steve 
Bartlett, Dallas, Texas, on behalf of the Conference of Mayors; Richard 
G. Grose, Missouri Housing Development Commission, on behalf of the 
National Council of State Housing Agencies, and Kenneth Bacchus, on 
behalf of the National League of Cities, both of Kansas City, Missouri; 
Gregory Byrne, Dade County Department of Housing and Urban Development, 
Miami, Florida, on behalf of the Council of Large Public Housing 
Authorities; Richard C. Gentry, Richmond Redevelopment and Housing 
Authority, Richmond, Virginia, on behalf of the National Association of 
Housing and Redevelopment Officials; Johrita Solari and David Smith, 
both on behalf of the National Assisted Housing Management Association, 
Alexandria, Virginia; and Charles S. Wilkens, Jr., National Housing 
Partnership, and Michael Bodaken, National Housing Trust, both of 
Washington, D.C.
  Hearings were recessed subject to call.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Armed Services: Committee ordered favorably reported the 
nomination of Eleanor Hill, of Virginia, to be Inspector General, 
Department of Defense, and 10,759 military nominations in the Army, 
Navy, Marine Corps, and Air Force.
NATIONAL STRATEGY
Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded hearings to examine 
the foundations of United States national strategy, after receiving 
testimony from Henry A. Kissinger, former Secretary of State. 
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BLOCK GRANTS
Committee on the Budget: Committee continued hearings to examine issues 
relative to restructuring the Federal budget process, focusing on the 
Federal, State, and local block grant system, receiving testimony from 
Michigan Governor John Engler, Lansing; Mayor Stephen Goldsmith, 
Indianapolis, Indiana; and Clint Bolick, Institute for Justice, 
Washington, D.C.
  Hearings were recessed subject to call.
U.S. SAVINGS
Committee on Finance: Committee held hearings to examine the potential 
for targeted incentives to increase domestic savings, receiving 
testimony from William G. Gale, Brookings Institution, Washington, 
D.C.; and Laurence J. Kotlikoff, Boston University, Boston, 
Massachusetts, Jonathan Skinner, University of Virginia, 
Charlottesville, and David A. Wise, Harvard University, Cambridge, 
Massachusetts, all on behalf of the National Bureau of Economic 
Research.
  Hearings were recessed subject to call.
NOMINATION
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded hearings on the 
nomination of Martin S. Indyk, of the District of Columbia, to be 
Ambassador to Israel, after the nominee, who was introduced by Senators 
Lieberman and Moynihan, testified and answered questions in his own 
behalf.
GOVERNMENT REFORM: INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Committee on Governmental Affairs: Committee held hearings to examine 
how the performance of new information technology by Federal agencies 
can reduce costs and improve the quality of Government services, 
receiving testimony from Charles A. Bowsher, Comptroller General of the 
United States; Cynthia Kendall, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense 
for Information Management; Gary Kavanagh, Deputy Director, Bureau of 
Program Operations, Health Care Financing Administration, Department of 
Health and Human Services; and George Newstrom, EDS Corporation, 
Washington, D.C.
  Hearings were recessed subject to call.
EDUCATION
Committee on Labor and Human Resources: Subcommittee on Education, Arts 
and Humanities concluded hearings to examine education's impact on 
economic competitiveness, after receiving testimony from Robert 
Kominski, Assistant Division Chief for Social and Demographic 
Statistics, Bureau of the Census, Department of Commerce; former New 
Jersey Governor Thomas H. Kean, Drew University, Madison, New Jersey; 
Joseph T. Gorman, TRW Inc., Cleveland, Ohio; Alan L. Wurtzel, Circuit 
City Stores Inc., Washington, D.C.; Joseph L. Dionne, McGraw-Hill, 
Inc., New York, New York; Morton Owen Schapiro, University of Southern 
California, Los Angeles; John H. Bishop, Cornell University, Ithaca; 
and Kent Lloyd, Knowledge Network for All Americans, Arlington, 
Virginia.