[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 24 (Tuesday, February 7, 1995)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D152-D154]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
COMMITTEE BUSINESS
Committee on Agriculture: Met to consider pending Committee business.
REFORMING WELFARE SYSTEM
Committee on Agriculture: Subcommittee on Department Operations, 
Nutrition and Foreign Agriculture [[Page D153]] held a hearing on 
reforming the present welfare system. Testimony was heard from Jane L. 
Ross, Director, Income Security Issues, Health, Education, and Human 
Services Division, GAO.
  Hearings continue tomorrow.
TRANSPORTATION APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Transportation held a 
hearing on the Secretary of Transportation. Testimony was heard for 
Federico Pena, Secretary of Transportation.
ADMINISTRATION'S BUDGET
Committee on the Budget: Held a hearing on the Administration's Budget 
Submission for fiscal year 1996. Testimony was heard from Alice M. 
Rivlin, Director, OMB.
JOB CREATION AND WAGE ENHANCEMENT ACT; COMMITTEE BUSINESS
Committee on Commerce: Began consideration of Title III, Risk 
Assessment and Cost/Benefit Analysis for New Regulations, of H.R. 9, 
Job Creation and Wage Enhancement Act.
  Will continue tomorrow.
  The Committee also considered pending Committee business.
COMMITTEE OVERSIGHT PLANS; COMMITTEE BUDGET
Committee on Economic and Educational Opportunities: Approved the 
following: Oversight plans for the 104th Congress for submission to the 
Committee on Government Reform and Oversight and the Committee on House 
Oversight; and the Committee Budget.
TRAINING ISSUES
Committee on Economic and Educational Opportunities: Subcommittee on 
Postsecondary Education, Training and Life-Long Learning continued 
hearings on Training Issues. Testimony was heard from Doug Ross, 
Assistant Secretary, Employment and Training Administration, Department 
of Labor; Marshall Smith, Under Secretary, Department of Education; 
Argeo Paul Cellucci, Lieutenant Governor, State of Massachusetts; Peter 
Calderone, Commissioner of Labor, State of New Jersey; and a public 
witness.
OPM RESTRUCTURING
Committee on Government Reform and Oversight: Subcommittee on Civil 
Service held a hearing on restructuring the Office of Personnel 
Management. Testimony was heard from James B. King, Director, OPM; 
Diane M. Disney, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Civilian Personnel, 
Department of Defense; Fernando Alegria, Associate Executive Director, 
Office of Administration and Personnel Management, SEC; and from the 
following former Directors of OPM: Donald Devine and Constance Horner.
PAPERWORK REDUCTION ACT REAUTHORIZATION; JOB CREATION AND WAGE 
ENHANCEMENT ACT
Committee on Government Reform and Oversight: Subcommittee on National 
Economic Growth, Natural Resources and Regulatory Affairs held a 
hearing on the following: Reauthorization of the Paperwork Reduction 
Act; and Title III, Risk and Assessment and Cost/Benefit Analysis for 
New Regulations of H.R. 9, Job Creation and Wage Enhancement Act of 
1995. Testimony was heard from Sally Katzen, Administrator, Office of 
Information and Regulatory Affairs, OMB; Gene Dodaro, Assistant 
Comptroller General, GAO; and public witnesses.
BRIEFING--MILITARY OPERATIONS IN SOMALIA
Committee on International Relations: Subcommittee on Africa met in 
executive session to receive a closed briefing on U.S. Military 
Operations in Somalia. The Subcommittee was briefed by the following 
officials of the Department of State: George E. Moose, Assistant 
Secretary, Bureau of African Affairs; and David Shinn, Director, Office 
of East African Affairs, Bureau of African Affairs; and the following 
officials of the Department of Defense; Fred Smith, Principal Deputy 
Assistant Secretary, International Security Affairs; and Lt. Gen. 
Howard M. Estes III, USAF, Joint Chiefs of Staff.
FOREIGN RELATIONS AUTHORIZATION
Committee on International Relations: Subcommittee on International 
Operations and Human Rights held a hearing on 1996-97 Foreign Relations 
Authorization: Department of State Management Initiatives. Testimony 
was heard from Richard M. Moose, Under Secretary, Management, 
Department of State.
  Hearings continue tomorrow.
COMMITTEE OVERSIGHT PLANS
Committee on the Judiciary: Approved oversight plans for the 104th 
Congress for submission to the Committee on Government Reform and 
Oversight and the Committee on House Oversight.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on Resources: Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and 
Lands approved for full Committee action the following bills: H.R. 694, 
amended, Minor Boundary Adjustments and Miscellaneous Park Amendments 
Act of 1995; and H.R. 606, to [[Page D154]] amend the Dayton Aviation 
Heritage Preservation Act of 1992.
AMTRAK'S FISCAL CRISIS
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure: Subcommittee on 
Railroads held a hearing on Amtrak's Fiscal Crisis. Testimony was heard 
from Jolene Molitoris, Administrator, Federal Railroad Administration, 
Department of Transportation; Kenneth Mead, Director, Transportation 
Issues, GAO; and Thomas Downs, President, National Railroad Passenger 
Corporation (Amtrak).
WATER RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT ACT
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure: Subcommittee on Water 
Resources and Environment held a hearing on the Water Resources 
Development Act of 1995. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
ADMINISTRATION'S BUDGET PROPOSALS
Committee on Ways and Means: Held a hearing on the Administration's 
fiscal year 1996 budget proposals. Testimony was heard from Robert E. 
Rubin, Secretary of the Treasury.
  Hearings continue tomorrow.
MEDICARE RELATED ISSUES
Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Health continued hearings 
on Medicare related issues. Testimony was heard from Senators Kerrey 
and Gregg; and public witnesses.
  Hearings continue February 10.
ALDRICH AMES ESPIONAGE CASE
Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence: Met in executive session to 
hold a hearing on the Aldrich Ames Espionage Case. Testimony was heard 
from departmental witnesses.