[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 21 (Thursday, February 2, 1995)]
[Senate]
[Pages S2069-S2070]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                          NOTICES OF HEARINGS


                   committee on governmental affairs

  Mr. ROTH. Mr. President, I would like to announce that the Senate 
Committee on Governmental Affairs will hold a series of hearings on 
regulatory 
[[Page S2070]] reform. The first hearing, on Tuesday, February 7, will 
provide a forum for various Senators to speak on the regulatory 
moratorium and regulatory reform proposals. The second hearing, on 
Wednesday, February 8, will provide a forum for various witnesses to 
discuss the problem of irrational regulations and the problems of the 
rising costs of regulation, the cumulative regulatory burden, and 
systematic problems with the regulatory process. Subsequent hearings 
will cover the principles for reforming the regulatory process, 
including cost/benefit analysis, risk analysis, market incentives, 
periodic review of existing regulations, regulatory accounting, 
property rights, administrative process costs, and centralized review 
of regulations.
  The hearings will be held in SD-342, from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
  For further information, please call Paul Noe at (202) 224-4751.


               committee on energy and natural resources

  Mr. MURKOWSKI. Mr. President, I would like to announce for the public 
that a hearing has been scheduled before the full Committee on Energy 
and Natural Resources to consider the President's 1996 proposed budget.
  The committee will hear testimony from the Department of Energy and 
the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission on Thursday, February 9, 1995.
  The hearing will begin at 9:30 a.m., and will take place in room SD-
366 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building in Washington, DC.
  For further information, please call Betty Nevitt or Jim Beirne at 
(202) 224-0765.


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