[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 33 (Wednesday, February 22, 1995)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D221-D222]
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 resumed 
hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1996 for foreign 
assistance, focusing on political and economic reform in the New 
Independent States of the former Soviet Union, receiving testimony from 
James F. Collins, Office of Special Advisor to the Secretary for the 
New Independent States, and Thomas W. Simons, Jr., Coordinator of U.S. 
Assistance to the New Independent States, both of the Department of 
State; and Thomas A. Dine, Assistant Administrator for Europe and the 
New Independent States, Agency for International Development.
  Subcommittee recessed subject to call.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Armed Services: Committee ordered favorably reported the 
nominations of Rebecca G. Cox, of California; Alton W. Cornelia, of 
South Dakota; Gen. James B. Davis, USAF (Ret.), of Florida; S. Lee 
Kling, of Maryland; Benjamin F. Montoya, of New Mexico; and Wendi L. 
Steele, of Texas, each to be a Member of the Defense Base Closure and 
Realignment Commission.
SUBCOMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee announced 
the following subcommittee assignments:
  Subcommittee on Securities: Senators Gramm (Chairman), Bennett, 
Shelby, Faircloth, Grams, Dodd, Murray, Boxer, and Bryan.
  Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Regulatory Relief: 
Senators Shelby (Chairman), Grams, Frist, Gramm, Bennett, Bond, Mack, 
Bryan, Moseley-Braun, Dodd, Kerry, and Boxer.
  Subcommittee on International Finance: Senators Bond (Chairman), 
Mack, Faircloth, Bennett, Frist, Boxer, Moseley-Braun, Kerry, and 
Murray.
  Subcommittee on Housing Opportunity and Community Development: 
Senators Mack (Chairman), Bond, Frist, Shelby, Kerry, Dodd, and Bryan.
  Subcommittee on HUD Oversight and Structure: Senators Faircloth 
(Chairman), Gramm, Grams, Moseley-Braun, and Murray.
MONETARY POLICY
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee held 
hearings to examine the Federal Reserve's conduct of monetary policy 
and the economic outlook for 1995, receiving testimony from Alan 
Greenspan, Chairman, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.
  Hearings were recessed subject to call.
TAX REFORM
Committee on the Budget: Committee held hearings to examine certain 
proposals to reform the United States income tax system, receiving 
testimony from Senator Nunn; Representative Armey; Eric Toder, Deputy 
Assistant Secretary of the Treasury (Tax Analysis); and Harry L. 
Gutman, King & Spalding, Washington, D.C.
  Hearings were recessed subject to call.
REGULATORY REFORM
Committee on Governmental Affairs: Committee concluded hearings on S. 
219, to establish a moratorium on Federal regulatory rulemaking 
actions, after receiving testimony from Sally Katzen, Administrator, 
[[Page D222]] Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of 
Management and Budget; Stephen H. Kaplan, General Counsel, Department 
of Transportation; William B. Schultz, Deputy Commissioner for Policy, 
Food and Drug Administration, Department of Health and Human Services; 
C. Boyden Gray, Wilmer, Cutler & Pickering, on behalf of Citizens for a 
Sound Economy, Thomas J. Donohue, American Trucking Associations, Inc., 
David G. Hawkins, Natural Resources Defense Council, and C. Dean 
McGrath, Jr., American Automobile Manufacturers Association, all of 
Washington, D.C.; Sal Risalvato, Riverdale Texaco, Riverdale, New 
Jersey, on behalf of the National Federation of Independent Business; 
and Rainer Mueller, Safe Tables Our Priority, Oceanside, California.
REGULATORY REFORM
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Administrative Oversight 
and the Courts held hearings on S. 343, to reform the Federal 
regulatory process, receiving testimony from Thomasina V. Rogers, 
Chair, Administrative Conference of the United States; Rick Keith, West 
Bend Elevator Company, Mallard, Iowa; Sal Risalvato, Riverdale Texaco, 
Riverdale, New Jersey, on behalf of the National Federation of 
Independent Business; and Marshall J. Breger, Heritage Foundation, 
Peter J. Ferrara, National Center for Policy Analysis, and Tom 
O'Conner, National Grain and Feed Association, all of Washington, D.C.
  Hearings continue on Friday, February 24.
AUTHORIZATION--RYAN WHITE CARE ACT
Committee on Labor and Human Services: Committee concluded hearings on 
proposed legislation authorizing funds for programs of the Ryan White 
CARE Act of 1990, after receiving testimony from Senator Hatch; Philip 
R. Lee, Assistant Secretary of Health and Human Services for Health; 
William J. Scanlon, Associate Director, Health Financing and Policy 
Issues, Health, Education, and Human Services Division, General 
Accounting Office; Mayor Wellington Webb, Denver, Colorado; David W. 
Curtis, Burlington, Vermont, on behalf of the Vermont Coalition for 
AIDS Research, Education and Services; Donna E. Sweet, University of 
Kansas School of Medicine, Wichita; Douglas Nelson, Campaign for 
Fairness, Milwaukee, Wisconsin; June E. Osborn, University of Michigan, 
Ann Arbor; Alexander Robinson, National Organizations Responding to 
AIDS, Washington, D.C.; Erle Blake, Columbiana, Ohio; and Anna Wyman, 
Miami, Florida.
INTELLIGENCE
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee held closed hearings on 
intelligence matters, receiving testimony from officials of the 
intelligence community.