[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 38 (Wednesday, March 1, 1995)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D267-D268]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
AGRICULTURE, RURAL DEVELOPMENT, FDA AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural 
Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies held a 
hearing on Agricultural Marketing Service, Grain Inspection, and on 
Packers and Stockyards Administration. Testimony was heard from the 
following officials of the USDA: Patricia A. Jensen, Acting Assistant 
Secretary, Marketing and Regulatory Programs; James R. Baker, 
Administrator, Grain Inspection, Packers, and Stockyards 
Administration; and Lon S. Hatamiya, Administrator, Agricultural 
Marketing Service.
  The Subcommittee also continued appropriation hearings. Testimony was 
heard from Members of Congress and public witnesses.
COMMERCE, JUSTICE, STATE AND JUDICIARY APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, and 
State and the Judiciary, and Related Agencies held a hearing on 
Inspectors General--Review of Department and Agency IG Recommendations. 
Testimony was heard from the following Inspector Generals: Frank 
DeGeorge, Department of Commerce; Michael Bromwich, Department of 
Justice; Harold W. Geisel, Acting, Department of State, and the Arms 
Control and Disarmament Agency; Marian C. Bennett, U.S. Information 
Agency; A. Mary Schiavo, Department of Transportation; James F. 
Hoobler, SBA; Edouard Quatrevaux, Legal Services Corporation; Aletha L. 
Brown, Acting, EEOC; Jane E. Altenhofen, U.S. International Trade 
Commission; Tony P. Kominoth, Federal Maritime Commission; Frederick J. 
Zirkel, FTC; Walter Stachnik, SEC; and H. Walker Feaster, III, Acting, 
FCC.
ENERGY AND WATER DEVELOPMENT APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Energy and Water 
Development held a hearing on the Secretary of the Interior and on 
Bureau of Reclamation. Testimony was heard from the following officials 
of the Department of the Interior: Bruce Babbitt, Secretary; and Daniel 
P. Beard, Commissioner, Bureau of Reclamation.
INTERIOR APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Interior and Related 
Agencies held a hearing on U.S. Geological Survey. Testimony was heard 
from Gordon P. Eaton, Director, U.S. Geological Survey, Department of 
the Interior.
LABOR-HHS-EDUCATION APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human 
Services, Education and Related Agencies held a hearing on the 
Secretary of Education, Elementary and Secondary Education; and on 
Educational Reform. Testimony was heard from the following officials of 
the Department of Education: Richard W. Riley, Secretary; Thomas W. 
Payzant, Assistant Secretary, Elementary and Secondary Education; and 
Eugene Garcia, Director, Office of Bilingual Education and Minority 
Languages Affairs.
NATIONAL SECURITY APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on National Security met in 
executive session to hold a hearing on Joint Operational Requirements 
and Counter-Proliferation. Testimony was heard from the following 
officials of the Department of Defense: VAdm. William Owens, USN, Vice 
Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff; and Harold Smith, Assistant Secretary, 
Atomic Energy; and Gordon Oehler, Director, Counter-Proliferation 
Center.
TRANSPORTATION APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Transportation, and 
Related Agencies held a hearing on the Inspector General's Budget and 
on the Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation. Testimony was 
heard from the following officials of the Department of Transportation: 
A. Mary Schiavo, Inspector General; and Stanford E. Parris, 
Administrator, Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation.
TREASURY, POSTAL SERVICE, AND GENERAL GOVERNMENT APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Treasury, Postal Service, 
and General Government held a hearing on Administrative Conference of 
the U.S., Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations, Committee 
on Purchase from People Who are Blind or Severely Disabled, and Office 
of Special Counsel, and on Federal Election Commission. Testimony was 
heard from Lee Ann Elliott, Vice-Chairman, FEC; Thomasina V. Rogers, 
Chair, Administrative Conference of the U.S.; William F. Winter, 
Chairman, Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations; Ira L. 
Kemp, Chairperson, Committee on Purchase from People Who are Blind or 
Severely Disabled; and Kathleen Day Koch, Special Counsel, Office of 
Special Counsel.

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VA, HUD AND INDEPENDENT AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Veterans' Affairs and 
Housing and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies held a hearing 
on the FDIC, the Resolution Trust Corporation, and on Council on 
Environmental Quality. Testimony was heard from John F. Bovenzi, 
Director, Division of Depositor and Asset Services, FDIC; John J. 
Adair, Inspector General, RTC; and Kathleen A. McGinty, Chair, Council 
on Environmental Quality.
FINANCIAL SERVICES COMPETITIVENESS ACT AND RELATED ISSUES
Committee on Banking and Financial Service: Continued hearings on the 
following: H.R. 18, Financial Services Competitiveness Act of 1995, 
Glass-Steagall Reform; and related issues. Testimony was heard from the 
following officials of the Department of the Treasury: Robert E. Rubin, 
Secretary; and Frank N. Newman, Under Secretary, Domestic Finance.
  Hearings continue March 7.
VIRTUES OF PRIVATIZATION
Committee on the Budget: Continued hearings on Could a Free Market Work 
Here? The Virtues of Privatization. Testimony was heard from public 
witnesses.
TRAINING ISSUES
Committee on Economic and Educational Opportunities: Subcommittee on 
Postsecondary Education and Training held a hearing on training issues. 
Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
  Hearings continue March 3.
OVERSIGHT
Committee on Government Reform and Oversight: Subcommittee on Human 
Resources and Intergovernmental Relations held an oversight hearing on 
Proposals for Cost Reduction, Improved Efficiency and Reform at the 
Department of Health and Human Services. Testimony was heard from Donna 
E. Shalala, Secretary of Health and Human Services.
COMMITTEE FUNDING
Committee on House Oversight: Met to consider funding requests for the 
following Committees; Judiciary; Economic and Educational 
Opportunities; Small Business; Budget; Permanent Select on 
Intelligence; Standards of Official Conduct; Resources; Science; and 
Banking and Financial Services.
FOREIGN RELATIONS AUTHORIZATION
Committee on International Relations: Subcommittee on International 
Operations and Human Rights concluded hearings on Foreign Relations 
Authorization; U.S. Information Agency. Testimony was heard from Joseph 
Duffey, Director, U.S. Information Agency; and Carl Gershman, 
President, National Endowment for Democracy.
COMMITTEE ORGANIZATION
Committee on Small Business: Subcommittee on Procurement, Exports, and 
Business Opportunities met for organizational purposes.
METROPOLITAN WASHINGTON AIRPORTS AMENDMENTS ACT; BUDGET 
RECOMMENDATIONS; COMMITTEE BUSINESS
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure: Ordered reported 
amended H.R. 1036, Metropolitan Washington Airports Amendments Act of 
1995.
  The Committee also approved Budget recommendations for the report to 
the Committee on the Budget and other Committee pending business.
IMPROVE THE NATIONAL HIGHWAY SYSTEM AND ANCILLARY ISSUES RELATING TO 
HIGHWAY AND TRANSIT PROGRAMS
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure: Subcommittee on Surface 
Transportation continued hearings on legislation to Improve the 
National Highway System and Ancillary Issues Relating to Highway and 
Transit Programs. Testimony was heard from Senators Campbell and Snowe; 
Representatives Klug, Combest, and Bereuter; and public witnesses.
  Hearings continue tomorrow.
WELFARE REFORM
Committee on Ways and Means: Began markup of welfare reform 
legislation.
  Will continue tomorrow.