[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 29 (Tuesday, February 14, 1995)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D191-D192]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
OVERSIGHT PLANS
Committee on Agriculture: Approved oversight plans for the 104th 
Congress for submission to the Committee on Government Reform and 
Oversight and the Committee on House Oversight.
REFORMING PRESENT WELFARE SYSTEM
Committee on Agriculture: Subcommittee on Department Operations, 
Nutrition and Foreign Agriculture continued hearings on reforming the 
present welfare system. Testimony was heard from Representatives Hall 
of Ohio and Wyden; and public witnesses.
BUDGET REVIEW
Committee on Appropriations: Held a hearing on Fiscal Year 1996 Budget 
Overview. Testimony was heard from Robert E. Rubin, Secretary of the 
Treasury; Alice M. Rivlin, Director, OMB; and Laura D'Andrea Tyson, 
Chair, Counsel of Economic Advisors.
OVERSIGHT PLANS; CBO APPOINTMENT
Committee on the Budget: Approved oversight plans for the 104th 
Congress for submission to the Committee on Government Reform and 
Oversight and the Committee on House Oversight.
  The Committee also approved a recommendation to the Speaker that June 
E. O'Neill be appointed Director of the CBO.
COMMON SENSE LEGAL REFORM ACT
Committee on Commerce: Subcommittee on Telecommunications and Finance 
approved for full Committee action amended Title II, Reform of Private 
Securities Ligation, of H.R. 10, Common Sense Legal Reform Act.
HEALTH CARE
Committee on Economic and Educational Opportunities: Subcommittee on 
Employer-Employee Relations held a hearing on Health Care. Testimony 
was heard from Representative Williams; former Representative John N. 
Erlenborn of Illinois; and public witnesses.
OVERSIGHT PLANS
Committee on International Relations: Approved oversight plans for the 
104th Congress for submission to the Committee on Government Reform and 
Oversight and the Committee on House Oversight.
OVERSIGHT PLANS
Committee on National Security: Approved oversight plans for the 104th 
Congress for submission to the Committee on Government Reform and 
Oversight and the Committee on House Oversight.
  The Committee also approved other pending Committee business.
OVERSIGHT
Committee on Resources: Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources 
held an oversight hearing on the Office of Surface Mining and Minerals 
Management Service Fiscal Year 1996 budget request. Testimony was heard 
from the following officials of the Department of the Interior: Robert 
J. Uram, Director, Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and 
Enforcement; Cynthia Quarterman, Acting Director, Minerals Management 
Service; and W. Hord Tipton, Assistant Director, Resource Use and 
Protection, Bureau of Land Management.
OVERSIGHT PLANS; BUDGET VIEWS AND ESTIMATES; COMMITTEE BUSINESS
Committee on Rules: 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; Budget recommendations 
for the report to the Committee on the Budget; and other pending 
Committee business.
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY R&D PROGRAMS: AUTHORIZATION
Committee on Science: Subcommittee on Energy and Environment held a 
hearing on Department of Energy Research and Development Programs: 
Fiscal Year 1996 Authorization. Testimony was heard from the following 
officials of the Department of Energy: Christine A. Ervin, Assistant 
Secretary, Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy; Patricia Fry Godley, 
Assistant Secretary, Fossil Energy; Tara J. O'Toole, 
[[Page D192]] Assistant Secretary, Environment, Safety and Health; 
RAdm. Richard Guimond, USN, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, 
Environmental Management; and Ray A. Hunter, Acting Deputy Director, 
Office of Nuclear Energy; and public witnesses.
  Hearings continue tomorrow.
GAO REPORT--CHOLESTEROL MEASUREMENT
Committee on Science: Subcommittee on Technology held a hearing on the 
GAO Report on Cholesterol Measurement Testing Standards and Accuracy. 
Testimony was heard from Kwai-Cheung Chan, Director, Program Evaluation 
in Physical Systems Areas, GAO; and Claude Lenfant, M.D., Director, 
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, NIH, Department of Health 
and Human Services.
RESTRUCTURING AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure: Subcommittee on 
Aviation held a hearing on Restructuring Air Traffic Control as a 
Private or Government Corporation. Testimony was heard from the 
following officials of the Department of Transportation: Federico Pena, 
Secretary; and David Hinson, Administrator, FAA; and public witnesses.
  Hearings continue tomorrow.
COAST GUARD BUDGET AUTHORIZATION
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure; Subcommittee on Coast 
Guard and Maritime Transportation held a hearing on the Coast Guard 
Budget Authorization for Fiscal Year 1996. Testimony was heard from the 
following officials of the U.S. Coast Guard, Department of 
Transportation: Adm. Robert Kramek, Commandant; Eric A. Trent, Master 
Chief Petty Officer; and Peter W. Melera, National Commodore, U.S. 
Coast Guard Auxiliary.
  Hearings continue tomorrow.
OVERSIGHT PLANS
Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Approved oversight plans for the 104th 
Congress for submission to the Committee on Government Reform and 
Oversight and the Committee on House Oversight.
WELFARE REFORM
Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Human Resources continued 
markup of welfare reform legislation.
  Will continue tomorrow.
OVERSIGHT PLANS
 Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence: Approved oversight plans 
for the 104th Congress for submission to the Committee on Government 
Reform and Oversight and the Committee on House Oversight.