[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 38 (Wednesday, March 1, 1995)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D263-D265]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
APPROPRIATIONS--CFTC/FCA/FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural 
Development, and Related Agencies held hearings on proposed budget 
estimates for fiscal year 1996, receiving testimony in behalf of funds 
for their respective activities from Mary L. Schapiro, Chairman, 
Commodity Futures Trading Commission; Marsha P. Martin, Chairman, Farm 
Credit Administration; and David A. Kessler, Commissioner, Food and 
Drug Administration, Department of Health and Human Services.
  Subcommittee will meet again on Wednesday, March 8.
APPROPRIATIONS--STATE
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State, 
the Judiciary and Related Agencies held hearings on proposed budget 
estimates for fiscal year 1996 for the Department of State, receiving 
testimony from Warren Christopher, Secretary of State.
  Subcommittee will meet again on Tuesday, March 7.
APPROPRIATIONS--ATOMIC ENERGY DEFENSE
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Energy and Water 
Development held hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 
1996 for energy and water development, focusing on Department of Energy 
atomic energy defense activities, receiving testimony from Victor H. 
Reis, Assistant Secretary for Defense Programs, and Kenneth E. Baker, 
Acting Director, Office of Nonproliferation and National Security, both 
of the Department of Energy; and Harold Smith, Assistant Secretary of 
Defense for Atomic Energy.
  Subcommittee will meet again on Tuesday, March 14.
APPROPRIATIONS--NEA/NEH
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on the Interior and Related 
Agencies held hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 
1996, receiving testimony in behalf of funds for their respective 
activities from Jane Alexander, Chairperson, National Endowment for the 
Arts; and Sheldon Hackney, Chairperson, National Endowment for the 
Humanities. [[Page D264]] 
  Subcommittee will meet again on Wednesday, March 8.
AIRLINE COMPETITION
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation:Subcommittee on 
Aviation concluded hearings to review the recommendations of the 
National Commission to Ensure a Strong Competitive Airline Industry, 
after receiving testimony from Gerald L. Baliles, Hunton and Williams, 
Washington, D.C., on behalf of the National Commission to Ensure a 
Strong Competitive Airline Industry.
AUTHORIZATION--SPACE PROGRAMS
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation:Subcommittee on 
Science, Technology, and Space concluded hearings on proposed 
legislation authorizing funds for the space programs of the National 
Aeronautics and Space Administration, Department of Transportation, and 
the Department of Commerce, after receiving testimony from Daniel S. 
Goldin, Administrator, France Cordova, Chief Scientist, Malcolm 
Peterson, Deputy Comptroller, Wesley Harris, Associate Administrator 
for Aeronautics, and Charles Kennel, Associate Administrator for 
Mission to Planet Earth, all of the National Aeronautics and Space 
Administration; Keith Calhoun-Senghor, Director, Office of Air and 
Space Commercialization, Department of Commerce; and Frank Weaver, 
Director, Office of Commercial Space Transportation, Department of 
Transportation.
ALASKA POWER ADMINISTRATION SALE ACT
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded hearings 
on S. 395, to provide for the sale of Alaska Power Administration 
assets, and to allow exports of Alaska North Slope crude oil when 
carried on United States flag vessels, after receiving testimony from 
Senator Stevens; Representative Thomas; William H. White, Deputy 
Secretary of Energy; Alaska Lt. Governor Fran Ulmer, and Howard 
Marlowe, Coalition to Keep Alaska Oil, both of Juneau; California 
Secretary of the Resources Agency Douglas Wheeler, and Jerry Hoffman, 
California Independent Petroleum Association, both of Sacramento; 
Michael Sacco, Seafarers International Union of North America (AFL-
CIO), Camp Springs, Maryland; George Alcorn, Alcorn Exploration, 
Houston, Texas, on behalf of the Independent Petroleum Association of 
America; Linda L. Adamany, BP Oil Shipping Company, USA, Cleveland, 
Ohio; Peter Sutton, Tosco Corp., Stamford, Connecticut; David Lohman, 
Port of Portland, Portland, Oregon; and Tom Jones, Shipbuilders Council 
of America, Jacksonville, Florida.
FOREST HEALTH PROTECTION
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Subcommittee on Forests and 
Public Land Management concluded hearings on S. 391, to protect and 
restore the health of Federal forest lands, after receiving testimony 
from James R. Lyons, Under Secretary for Natural Resources and 
Environment, and Jack Ward Thomas, Chief, Forest Service, both of the 
Department of Agriculture; Maitland Sharpe, Assistant Director for 
Resource Assessment and Planning, Bureau of Land Management, Department 
of the Interior; Thomas M. Bonnicksen, Texas A&M University, College 
Station; James E. Hubbard, Fort Collins, Colorado, on behalf of the 
National Association of State Foresters; Arthur D. Partridge, 
University of Idaho, Moscow; Dominick A. DellaSala, World Wildlife 
Fund, R. Neil Sampson, American Forests, Brock Evans, National Audubon 
Society, and Steven P. Quarles, Crowell and Moring, on behalf of the 
American Forest and Paper Association, all of Washington, D.C.; Mark 
Simmons, Western Council of Industrial Workers/United Brotherhood of 
Carpenters and Joiners of America, Elgin, Oregon; and John Osborn, 
Inland Empire Public Lands Council, Spokane, Washington.
SOLID WASTE INTERSTATE TRANSPORTATION AND FLOW CONTROL
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Subcommittee on Superfund, 
Waste Control and Risk Assessment concluded hearings on proposals to 
authorize State and local governments to enact flow control laws and to 
regulate the interstate transportation of solid waste, including S. 398 
and S. 465, after receiving testimony from Senators Coats and Cohen; 
Representatives Pallone and Christopher Smith; New Jersey Governor 
Christine Todd Whitman, Trenton; Edward C. Farrell, New York State 
Conference of Mayors and Municipal Officials, Albany; Randy Johnson, 
Hennepin County, Minnesota, on behalf of the National Association of 
Counties; Jonathan H. Adler, Competitive Enterprise Institute, Micah S. 
Green, Public Securities Association, and Michael O. Roush, National 
Federation of Independent Business, all of Washington, D.C.; Anthony F. 
Ciofalo, Allied Waste Industries, Scottsdale, Arizona, on behalf of the 
National Solid Wastes Management Association; and Allen Hershkowitz, 
Natural Resources Defense Council, New York, New York.
SOCIAL SECURITY
Committee on Finance: Committee held hearings on proposals to change 
the Social Security earnings limit and repeal the tax on 85% of Social 
Security benefits, receiving testimony from Senator McCain; 
Representative Hastert; Robert J. Myers, former [[Page D265]] Chief 
Actuary, Social Security Administration; Department of Health and Human 
Services; Bruce Bartlett, National Center for Policy Analysis, Dallas, 
Texas; Martha McSteen, National Committee to Preserve Social Security 
and Medicare, Washington, D.C.; and Deroy Murdock, Third Millennium, 
New York, New York.
  Hearings were recessed subject to call.
START II TREATY
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee continued hearings on the 
Treaty Between the United States and the Russian Federation on Further 
Reduction and Limitation of Strategic Offensive Arms (START II Treaty) 
signed at Moscow on January 3, 1993, including the following documents, 
which are integral parts thereof: the Elimination and Conversion 
Protocol; the Exhibitions and Inspections Protocol; and the Memorandum 
of Attribution (Treaty Doc. 103-1), receiving testimony from William J. 
Perry, Secretary of Defense; and Gen. John M. Shalikashvili, Chairman, 
Joint Chiefs of Staff.
  Hearings were recessed subject to call.
WELFARE REFORM
Committee on Labor and Human Resources: Committee held hearings on the 
impact of welfare reform and work requirements on the child care 
system, receiving testimony from Jane L. Ross, Director, Income 
Security Issues, Health, Education, and Human Services Division, 
General Accounting Office; Sandra L. Hofferth, University of Michigan, 
Ann Arbor; Deborah A. Phillips, Director, Board on Children and 
Families, National Research Council; Patricia Siegel, California Child 
Care Resource and Referral Network, San Francisco; Robert I. Lerman, 
American University, Washington, D.C.; Claudia Langguth, Tonn and 
Associates, Austin, Texas; Judith Rosen, Fairfax County Office for 
Children, Fairfax, Virginia; and Tamara Elser, Fair Haven, Vermont.
  Hearings were recessed subject to call.
INTELLIGENCE
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee held closed hearings on 
intelligence matters, receiving testimony from officials of the 
intelligence community.
  Committee will meet again on Wednesday, March 8.