[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 26 (Thursday, February 9, 1995)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D166-D167]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
APPROPRIATIONS--FOREIGN ASSISTANCE
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Foreign Operations held 
hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1996 for foreign 
assistance programs, focusing on political and economic reform in the 
New Independent States of the former Soviet Union, receiving testimony 
from Strobe Talbott, Deputy Secretary of State.
  Subcommittee will meet again on Thursday, February 16.
AUTHORIZATION--DEFENSE
Committee on Armed Services: Committee held hearings on proposed 
legislation authorizing funds for fiscal [[Page D167]] year 1996 for 
the Department of Defense and the future years defense program, 
receiving testimony from William J. Perry, Secretary of Defense; Gen. 
John M. Shalikashvili, USA, Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff; and John 
J. Hamre, Comptroller, Department of Defense.
  Committee will meet again on Tuesday, February 14.
ENERGY BUDGET
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded hearings 
on the President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 1996 for the 
Department of Energy and the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 
after receiving testimony from Hazel R. O'Leary, Secretary of Energy; 
and Elizabeth A. Moler, Chair, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.
RETIREMENT SAVINGS PLANS
Committee on Finance: Committee held hearings on S. 287, to expand 
individual retirement accounts (IRA's) for spouses, and on proposals to 
expand IRA's, 401(k) plans, and other savings arrangements, receiving 
testimony from Senator Hutchison; and Paul Yakoboski, Employee Benefit 
Research Institute, Daniel Halperin, Georgetown University Law Center, 
Matthew P. Fink, Investment Company Institute, and John J. Motley III, 
National Federation of Independent Business, all of Washington, D.C.
  Hearings were recessed subject to call.
CONGRESSIONAL TERM LIMITS
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee ordered favorably reported, with 
amendments, S.J. Res. 21, proposing a constitutional amendment to limit 
congressional terms.
EMPLOYEE INVOLVEMENT PROGRAMS: (TEAM) ACT
Committee on Labor and Human Resources: Committee concluded hearings on 
S. 295, to permit workers to meet with supervisors to address issues of 
mutual concern, including quality and productivity issues, after 
receiving testimony from Don Skiba, Julie Smith, Johnny Albertson, and 
Angie Cowan, all of the TRW Plant, Cookeville, Tennessee; Lori Garrett 
and Kevin King, both of the Eastman Chemical Company, Kingsport, 
Tennessee; Chester McCammon, Universal Dynamics Inc., Woodbridge, 
Virginia; Harold P. Coxson, Coleman, Coxson, Penello, Fogleman & Cowen, 
and David M. Silberman, AFL-CIO, both of Washington, D.C.; and Berna 
Price, Electromation Inc., Elkhart, Indiana.
AMERICAN INDIAN YOUTH
Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee concluded oversight hearings to 
examine the challenges that American Indian youth face in today's 
society, after receiving testimony from Letha Mae Lamb, Akimel O'Odham/
Pee-Posh Youth Council, Gila River Indian Community, Arizona; Sleepy 
Eye LaFromboise, Akron, New York, on behalf of the National Indian 
Education Association; Justin Deegan, Fort Berthold Indian Reservation, 
Parshall, North Dakota; Michael Killer, Cherokee Nation Tribal Youth 
Council, Tahlequah, Oklahoma; Wilpita L. Bia, Native American Youth 
Leadership Council, Chinle, Arizona; J.R. Cook, United National Indian 
Tribal Youth, Inc., Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; Billy Mills, Sacramento, 
California, on behalf of Running Strong For American Indian Youth; 
Valora Washington, W.K. Kellogg Foundation, Battle Creek, Michigan; 
Barbara D. Finberg, Washington, D.C., on behalf of the Carnegie 
Corporation of New York; Joseph A. Myers, National Indian Justice 
Center, Petaluma, California; Walter Ahhaitty, Hacienda Heights, 
California; Michael N. Martin, Buffalo, New York; and Shauna Smith, 
Nixon, Nevada.