[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 25 (Wednesday, February 8, 1995)]
[Daily Digest]
[Page D159]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
PRESIDENT'S FY 1996 BUDGET
Committee on the Budget: Committee held hearings to examine the 
President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 1996 for the 
Federal Government, receiving testimony from Alice M. Rivlin, Director, 
Office of Management and Budget.
  Committee will meet again on Friday, February 10.
SUBCOMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP
Committee on Finance: Committee announced the following subcommittee 
assignments:
  Subcommittee on Long-Term Growth, Debt and Deficit Reduction: 
Senators Pressler (Chairman), Simpson, D'Amato, Murkowski, Pryor, and 
Bradley.
  Subcommittee on International Trade: Senators Grassley (Chairman), 
Packwood, Roth, Hatch, Pressler, D'Amato, Murkowski, Moynihan, Baucus, 
Bradley, Rockefeller, Breaux, Conrad, and Graham.
  Subcommittee on Medicaid and Health Care for Low-Income Families: 
Senators Chafee (Chairman), Roth, Nickles, Graham, Rockefeller, and 
Moseley-Braun.
  Subcommittee on Medicare, Long-Term Care and Health Insurance: 
Senators Dole (Chairman), Packwood, Chafee, Grassley, Hatch, Simpson, 
Rockefeller, Baucus, Pryor, Conrad, Graham, and Moseley-Braun.
  Subcommittee on Social Security and Family Policy: Senators Simpson 
(Chairman), Dole, Chafee, Nickles, Breaux, Moynihan, Baucus, and 
Moseley-Braun.
  Subcommittee on Taxation and IRS Oversight: Senators Hatch 
(Chairman), Packwood, Roth, Dole, Grassley, Pressler, D'Amato, 
Murkowski, Nickles, Bradley, Moynihan, Pryor, Breaux, and Conrad.
BUDGET TAX CUTS
Committee on Finance: Committee held hearings to examine certain tax 
cuts contained in the President's proposed budget request for fiscal 
year 1996 and as contained in the proposed Contract With America and 
their potential effect on the deficit, receiving testimony from Robert 
E. Rubin, Secretary of the Treasury.
  Hearings were recessed subject to call.
REGULATORY REFORM
Committee on Governmental Affairs: Committee continued hearings on 
proposed legislation to reform the Federal regulatory process, to make 
government more efficient and effective, receiving testimony from 
Senator Murkowski; former Senator George McGovern; John A. Georges, 
International Paper Company, Purchase, New York, on behalf of the 
Business Roundtable; Michael O. Roush, National Federation of 
Independent Business, Richard L. Lesher, Chamber of Commerce of the 
United States, Robert W. Hahn, American Enterprise Institute, and Paul 
R. Portney, Resources for the Future, all of Washington, D.C.; Thomas 
D. Hopkins, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, New York; and 
Carl Pope, Sierra Club, San Francisco, California.
  Hearings were recessed subject to call.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded hearings on the 
nominations of Sandra L. Lynch, of Massachusetts, to be United States 
Circuit Judge for the First Circuit; Lacy H. Thornburg, to be United 
States District Judge for the Western District of North Carolina; 
Sidney H. Stein, to be United States District Judge for the Southern 
District of New York; and Thadd Heartfield and David Folsom, each to be 
a United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Texas, after 
the nominees testified and answered questions in their own behalf. Ms. 
Lynch was introduced by Senators Kennedy and Kerry, Mr. Thornburg was 
introduced by Senators Helms and Faircloth, Mr. Stein was introduced by 
Senators D'Amato and Moynihan, and Messrs. Heartfield and Folsom were 
introduced by Senator Hutchison.
INTELLIGENCE
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee held closed hearings on 
intelligence matters, receiving testimony from officials of the 
intelligence community.
  Committee recessed subject to call.