[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 43 (Wednesday, March 8, 1995)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E560]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


  COMMEMORATING THE 30TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE VOTING RIGHTS CAMPAIGN OF 
                                  1965

                                 ______


                               speech of

                        HON. WILLIAM (BILL) CLAY

                              of missouri

                    in the house of representatives

                         Tuesday, March 7, 1995
  Mr. CLAY. Mr. Speaker, today marks the 30th anniversary of the 
signing of the Voting Rights Act--perhaps the most significant piece of 
legislation since the adoption of the 14th and 15th amendments to the 
Constitution.
  The Voting Rights Act has revolutionized the American political 
landscape. Were it not for the Voting Rights Act, the black Members of 
this body would be able to meet in a telephone booth--our numbers would 
be virtually that small. Were it not for the Voting Rights Act, all of 
the State legislatures and nearly all of the city and county 
legislative bodies in the South would still consist of white elected 
officials. Were it not for the Voting Rights Act, we would not have had 
the first black Governor elected since Reconstruction.
  With all of the positive revolutionary changes brought about by the 
Voting Rights Act, you would think that this 30th anniversary would be 
celebrated in every corner of the land. But, sadly, Mr. Speaker, we 
have once again come to the stark realization that many people in this 
great country are simply opposed to America becoming a society that 
includes racial minorities rather than one that excludes them from full 
participation as citizens.
  I am always amazed and puzzled by those Americans who argue 
persuasively and passionately on behalf of equal treatment for blacks 
while simultaneously supporting measures to deny the same people the 
opportunity for achieving equality. The drawing of race-based 
congressional districts, which is at the very heart of the Voting 
Rights Act, is a perfect example.
  Last year, in a 5 to 4 decision, the Supreme Court ruled that drawing 
congressional districts for the purpose of giving blacks an opportunity 
to be elected, dilutes the votes of white citizens. In the case of Shaw 
versus Reno, the high court discounted the fact that until the drawing 
of two congressional districts with a majority of black voters, North 
Carolina had not elected a black Member to Congress since 1901. The 
high court ignored the fact that for over 90 years a State with 35 
percent black population had deliberately created white race-based on 
districts which diluted the voting strength of black citizens.
  Mr. Speaker, this is the hypocrisy of which I speak when describing 
those Americans who creatively and passionately argue on behalf of 
equal treatment while simultaneously denying blacks the vehicle for 
equal opportunity.
  The alternative to drawing race-based congressional districts thus 
making it possible for blacks to be elected, is to draw race-based 
districts that make it impossible for blacks to be elected.
  North Carolina is not an isolated case where black people have been 
denied the right of legitimate representation. Until recently, every 
State in the union drew legislative districts at the local, State and 
congressional levels that were purposely designed to deny blacks fair 
representation. From one end of this country to the other, north, 
south, east and west wherever large numbers of blacks resided, 
districts were drawn in these cities to dilute the black vote.
  From the turn of this century until the election of Oscar DePriest to 
Congress in 1928, being black in America meant suffering taxation 
without representation. This condition existed until just a few years 
ago. Black representation, at all levels of government, was sparse 
indeed.
  The self-described liberal State of New York did not elect its first 
black to the State assembly until 1916, 53 years after the Emancipation 
Proclamation. California did not elect its first black to the State 
assembly until 1918 and Missouri followed suit in 1920. Thirty-six 
years later in 1956, the great State of Illinois, the land of Abraham 
Lincoln, elected its first black to the State legislature.
  At the time of DePriest's election, major industrial cities with 
large concentrations of black residents like Memphis, Atlanta, New 
York, Pittsburgh, Baltimore, Little Rock, Charleston, Charlotte, 
Richmond, New Orleans, Cleveland, Cincinnati, Louisville, Philadelphia, 
Boston, Buffalo, Savannah, Birmingham, and Detroit had no elected black 
official
  The cities of New York and St. Louis did not elect their first blacks 
to their city councils until 1941 and 1943 respectively. Los Angeles 
did not elect it first black city councilman until 1963. It would be 17 
years after DePriest's election before another black was elected to the 
U.S. House of Representatives, and not until 1966 before the first 
black in the 20th century was elected to the U.S. Senate.
  Three events occurred that now make it possible for 41 blacks to sit 
in the House of Representatives and one in the United States Senate. 
First, the passage of the 1965 Voting Rights Act by Congress enabled 
blacks to register and vote in large numbers throught the Southern 
States. Prior to this time, chicanery, trickery, fraud, intimidation, 
gerrymandering, and the purging of registration rolls were common 
techniques capriciously employed to deny black people the opportunity 
to vote and to serve in elective office. For over 100 years, poll 
taxes, literacy tests, all white primaries, threats of bodily harm and 
murder kept 95 percent of the black populace from registering and 
voting.
  Second, the 1964 Supreme Court one man, one vote, ruling required the 
redrawing of legislative districts at all levels of elective 
government, ensuring equal weight to each individual vote cast. Some 
States had congressional districts as large as 900,000 and others had 
districts as small as 180,000. This ratio meant that one vote in one 
district was equal to 5 in the other. This inequitable arrangement was 
used extensively to keep blacks from having too much voting power in a 
particular district.
  Third, the Federal Court decision that rendered as unconstitutional 
the gerrymandering of districts to diminish the importance of minority 
voters played an important role in the dramatic increase in black 
elected officials in every sector of the country.
  Clearly, the 1965 Voting Rights Act is the centerpiece of this triad 
of empowerment.
  Prior to these legislative and judicial decisions, most State laws 
failed to give adequate protection to the rights of black voters. State 
officials either overtly sanctioned this injustice or gave tacit 
approval to those who flagrantly disregarded the rights of their 
minority citizens. Scandalously, these political entities were 
permitted by the Federal Government to operate with impunity.
  Mr. Speaker, beginning in 1876, black voters were systematically 
reduced to non-citizens by the denial of their right to fully and 
freely participate in the political process. They were almost totally 
purged from voter lists in the eleven southern States: Alabama, 
Arkansas, Florida, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, 
South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, and Virginia.
  This diminution of black political power eventually resulted in the 
virtual disfranchisement of 90 percent of the black populace. Within 20 
years after 1876, 8 States enacted devastating literacy tests as a 
requirement for blacks to register and vote. By requiring black folk to 
read, understand and interpret any section of the State constitution, 
Mississippi was able to reduce the number of qualified black voters 
from over 235,000 to 5,300. The situation was identical in Alabama 
where the number of black voters was reduced from 187,000 to 3,000.
  In some communities prominent black educators and other professionals 
never passed the tests. Blacks with Ph.D.'s were denied the right to 
register because they were unable to give a satisfactory response to 
such obtuse and irrelevant questions from some illiterate, ignorant 
white registrar as ``how many bubbles are in a bar of soap?''
  The Supreme Court, a majority of whom were appointed by ultra 
conservative ideologues, Presidents Reagan and Bush, issued an
 opinion in Shaw v. Reno which implied that blacks who constitute 10 
percent of the Nation's population and less than 2 percent of the total 
elected officials in the country have made too much progress. 
Shamefully, Clarence Thomas, a Negro on the Supreme Court, voted with 
the majority in this 5 to 4 decision. His vote has seriously 
jeopardized the future of a viable, black presence among elected 
officials.
  [[Page E557]] Of course, his action was consistent with his prior 
positions involving the rights of black citizens when he as Chairman of 
the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. Additionally, in his very 
first case as a Supreme Court Justice, Thomas displayed his contempt 
for the Voting Rights Act. In a critical decision interpreting the act, 
the court adopted a restrictive view of the law and rejected arguments 
presented by the Justice Department on behalf of black elected 
officials in two Alabama counties. The two, after being elected, were 
stripped of the budgetary authority traditionally and customarily 
accompanying the positions by the all white county board. Judge Thomas 
voted with the 6-to-3 majority in sanctioning the right of districts 
under the Voting Rights Act to change laws, rules and regulations 
without prior approval of the Department of Justice.
  If these cases were not bad enough, the Supreme Court now is poised 
to act on two additional redistricting cases involving black districts 
in Louisiana and Georgia. Again, they are taking aim at the very meat 
of the Voting Rights Act.
  Mr. Speaker, if blacks are to unshackle the chains of bondage that 
bind us to a status of economic deprivation, decent people must counter 
the warped mentalities of those misfits in society whose penchants for 
racial fairness is flawed beyond redemption. This body should make ti 
clear that black people have a basic right not only to participate in 
the affairs of government but also to govern.
  Mr. Speaker, the Voting Rights Act was passed within the context of 
massive protests by black Americans and other Americans of good will. 
As we stand on the eve of its 30th anniversary, let us prepare now to 
meet the challenge of racist motivated proposals that would destroy all 
that is decent in our society.
  


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                       SENATE COMMITTEE MEETINGS

  Title IV of Senate Resolution 4, agreed to by the Senate on February 
4, 1977, calls for establishment of a system for a computerized 
schedule of all meetings and hearings of Senate committees, 
subcommittees, joint committees, and committees of conference. This 
title requires all such committees to notify the Office of the Senate 
Daily Digest--designated by the Rules Committee--of the time, place, 
and purpose of the meetings, when scheduled, and any cancellations or 
changes in the meetings as they occur.
  As an additional procedure along with the computerization of this 
information, the Office of the Senate Daily Digest will prepare this 
information for printing in the Extensions of Remarks section of the 
Congressional Record on Monday and Wednesday of each week.
  Meetings scheduled for Thursday, March 9, 1995, may be found in the 
Daily Digest of today's Record.

                           MEETINGS SCHEDULED

                                MARCH 10
     9:30 a.m.
       Appropriations
       VA, HUD, and Independent Agencies Subcommittee
         To hold hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal 
           year 1996 for the National Science Foundation, and the 
           Office of Science and Technology Policy.
                                                            SD-138
       Environment and Public Works
       Superfund, Waste Control, and Risk Assessment Subcommittee
         To hold oversight hearings on the implementation of the 
           Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and 
           Liability Act.
                                                            SD-406
       Joint Economic
         To hold hearings to examine the employment-unemployment 
           situation for February.
                                                            SD-562
     10:00 a.m.
       Finance
         To continue hearings to examine welfare reform proposals, 
           focusing on the Administration's views.
                                                            SD-215

                                MARCH 13
     9:30 a.m.
       Finance
         To hold hearings to examine the status of the consumer 
           price index.
                                                            SD-215

                                MARCH 14
     9:00 a.m.
       Judiciary
         To hold hearings to examine proposals to reduce illegal 
           immigration and to control financial costs to 
           taxpayers.
                                                            SD-226
     9:30 a.m.
       Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
         To resume hearings on proposed legislation to strengthen 
           and improve United States agricultural programs, 
           focusing on wetlands and farm policy.
                                                            SR-332
       Appropriations
       Defense Subcommittee
         To hold hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal 
           year 1996 for the Department of Defense.
                                                            SD-138
       Appropriations
       Energy and Water Development Subcommittee
         To hold hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal 
           year 1996 for the Department of Energy Office of Energy 
           Research.
                                                            SD-192
       Finance
         To resume hearings to examine welfare reform proposals, 
           focusing on teen parents receiving welfare.
                                                            SD-215
     10:00 a.m.
       Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
       Housing Opportunity and Community Development Subcommittee
       HUD Oversight and Structure Subcommittee
         To hold joint hearings to examine proposals to reorganize 
           the Department of Housing and Urban Development.
                                                            SD-538
       Foreign Relations
         To hold hearings on the nominations of Jacquelyn L. 
           Williams-Bridgers, of Maryland, to be Inspector 
           General, Philip C. Wilcox, Jr., of Maryland, for the 
           rank of Ambassador during his tenure of service as 
           Coordinator for Counter Terrorism, and Ray L. Caldwell, 
           of Virginia, for the rank of Ambassador during his 
           tenure of service as Deputy Assistant Secretary for 
           Burdensharing, all of the Department of State.
                                                            SD-419
       Governmental Affairs
         To hold hearings to examine nuclear non-proliferation 
           issues.
                                                            SD-342
       Labor and Human Resources
         To hold hearings to examine health care reform issues in 
           a changing marketplace.
                                                            SD-430
     2:00 p.m.
       Judiciary
       Administrative Oversight and the Courts Subcommittee
         Business meeting, to consider pending calendar business.
                                              Room to be announced
     2:30 p.m.
       Armed Services
       Acquisition and Technology Subcommittee
         To hold hearings on the technology base programs in the 
           Department of Defense.
                                                            SR-222

                                MARCH 15
     9:30 a.m.
       Appropriations
       Interior Subcommittee
         To hold hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal 
           year 1996 for the Smithsonian Institution.
                                                            SD-116
       Energy and Natural Resources
         Business meeting, to consider pending calendar business.
                                                            SD-366
       Labor and Human Resources
         To continue hearings to examine health care reform issues 
           in a changing marketplace.
                                                            SD-430
     10:00 a.m.
       Appropriations
       Agriculture, Rural Development, and Related Agencies 
           Subcommittee
         To hold hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal 
           year 1996 for farm and foreign agriculture services of 
           the Department of Agriculture.
                                                            SD-138
       Appropriations
       Commerce, Justice, State, and Judiciary Subcommittee
         To hold hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal 
           year 1996 for the Department of Justice.
                                              Room to be announced
       Judiciary
         To hold hearings on proposed legislation to reform the 
           Federal regulatory process.
                                                            SD-226
     2:00 p.m.
       Appropriations
       Energy and Water Development Subcommittee
         To hold hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal 
           year 1996 for the Bonneville Power Administration.
                                                            SD-192
       Select on Intelligence
         To hold closed hearings on intelligence matters.
                                                            SH-219
     2:30 p.m.
       Indian Affairs
         To hold hearings on S. 349, to authorize funds for the 
           Navajo-Hopi Relocation Housing Program.
                                                            SR-485

                                MARCH 16
     9:30 a.m.
       Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
         To resume hearings on proposed legislation to strengthen 
           and improve United States agricultural programs, 
           focusing on taxpayers' stake in Federal farm policy.
                                                            SR-332
       Rules and Administration
         To hold hearings to examine Architect of the Capitol 
           funding authority for new projects.
                                                            SR-301
     10:00 a.m.
       Appropriations
       Commerce, Justice, State, and Judiciary Subcommittee
         To hold hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal 
           year 1996 for the Federal Bureau of Investigation and 
           Drug Enforcement Agency, both of the Department of 
           Justice.
                                                    S-146, Capitol
       Appropriations
       Transportation Subcommittee
         To hold hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal 
           year 1996 for the Federal Highway Administration, 
           Department of Transportation.
                                                            SD-192
       Judiciary
         Business meeting, to consider pending calendar business.
                                                            SD-226
     2:00 p.m.
       Appropriations
       Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education 
           Subcommittee
         To hold hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal 
           year 1996 for the Department of Education.
                                                            SD-192
       Armed Services
       Personnel Subcommittee
         To hold hearings on proposed legislation authorizing 
           funds for fiscal year 1996 
          [[Page E559]]   for the Department of Defense and the 
           future years defense program, focusing on manpower, 
           personnel, and compensation programs.
                                                            SR-222

                                MARCH 22
     9:30 a.m.
       Appropriations
       Interior Subcommittee
         To hold hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal 
           year 1996 for the United States Fish and Wildlife 
           Service, Department of the Interior.
                                                            SD-192
     10:00 a.m.
       Appropriations
       Agriculture, Rural Development, and Related Agencies 
           Subcommittee
         To hold hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal 
           year 1996 for the Natural Resources Conservation 
           Service, Department of Agriculture.
                                                            SD-138
     2:30 p.m.
       Indian Affairs
         To hold hearings on S. 441, to authorize funds for 
           certain programs under the Indian Child Protection and 
           Family Violence Prevention Act.
                                                            SR-485

                                MARCH 23
     9:30 a.m.
       Governmental Affairs
       Oversight of Government Management and The District of 
           Columbia Subcommittee
         To hold oversight hearings to examine initiatives to 
           reduce the cost of Pentagon travel processing.
                                                            SD-342
     10:00 a.m.
       Appropriations
       Transportation Subcommittee
         To hold hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal 
           year 1996 for the Federal Railroad Administration, 
           Department of Transportation, and the National 
           Passenger Railroad Corporation (Amtrak).
                                                            SD-192
     2:00 p.m.
       Appropriations
       Treasury, Postal Service, General Government Subcommittee
         To hold hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal 
           year 1996 for the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and 
           Firearms and the United States Customs Service, 
           Department of the Treasury.
                                                            SD-192
     3:00 p.m.
       Appropriations
       Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education 
           Subcommittee
         To hold hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal 
           year 1996 for the National Institutes of Health, 
           Department of Health and Human Services.
                                                            SD-138

                                MARCH 24
     9:30 a.m.
       Appropriations
       VA, HUD, and Independent Agencies Subcommittee
         To hold hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal 
           year 1996 for the Department of Housing and Urban 
           Development.
                                                            SD-138

                                MARCH 27
     2:00 p.m.
       Appropriations
       Treasury, Postal Service, General Government Subcommittee
         To hold hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal 
           year 1996 for the Executive Office of the President, 
           and the General Services Administration.
                                                            SD-138

                                MARCH 28
     9:30 a.m.
       Appropriations
       Interior Subcommittee
         To hold hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal 
           year 1996 for the Bureau of Land Management, Department 
           of the Interior.
                                                            SD-116

                                MARCH 29
     10:00 a.m.
       Appropriations
       Agriculture, Rural Development, and Related Agencies 
           Subcommittee
         To hold hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal 
           year 1996 for the Food Safety and Inspection Service, 
           Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, 
           Agricultural Marketing Service, and the Grain 
           Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration, all 
           of the Department of Agriculture.
                                                            SD-138
       Appropriations
       Commerce, Justice, State, and Judiciary Subcommittee
         To hold hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal 
           year 1996 for the Judiciary, Administrative Office of 
           the Courts, and the Judicial Conference.
                                                    S-146, Capitol
     10:30 a.m.
       Indian Affairs
         Business meeting, to consider pending calendar business.
                                                            SR-485

                                MARCH 30
     9:30 a.m.
       Rules and Administration
         To hold hearings to examine the future of the Smithsonian 
           Institution.
                                                            SR-301
       Veterans' Affairs
         To hold joint hearings with the House Committee on 
           Veterans Affairs to review the legislative 
           recommendations of AMVETS, American Ex-Prisoners of 
           War, Vietnam Veterans of America, Blinded Veterans 
           Association, and the Military Order of the Purple 
           Heart.
                                               345 Cannon Building
     10:00 a.m.
       Appropriations
       Transportation Subcommittee
         To hold hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal 
           year 1996 for the Federal Aviation Administration, 
           Department of Transportation.
                                                            SD-192

                                MARCH 31
     9:30 a.m.
       Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
         To resume hearings on proposed legislation to strengthen 
           and improve United States agricultural programs, 
           focusing on agricultural credit.
                                                            SR-332
       Appropriations
       VA, HUD, and Independent Agencies Subcommittee
         To hold hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal 
           year 1996 for the Department of Veterans Affairs, the 
           Court of Veteran's Appeals, and Veterans Affairs 
           Service Organizations.
                                                            SD-138

                                APRIL 3
     2:00 p.m.
       Appropriations
       Treasury, Postal Service, General Government Subcommittee
         To hold hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal 
           year 1996 for the Internal Revenue Service, Department 
           of the Treasury, and the Office of Personnel 
           Management.
                                                            SD-138

                                APRIL 4
     9:30 a.m.
       Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
         To resume hearings on proposed legislation to strengthen 
           and improve United States agricultural programs, 
           focusing on market effects of Federal farm policy.
                                                            SR-332
       Appropriations
       Interior Subcommittee
         To hold hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal 
           year 1996 for the National Park Service, Department of 
           the Interior.
                                                            SD-138

                                APRIL 5
     9:30 a.m.
       Appropriations
       VA, HUD, and Independent Agencies Subcommittee
         To hold hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal 
           year 1996 for the National Aeronautics and Space 
           Administration.
                                                            SD-192
     10:00 a.m.
       Appropriations
       Agriculture, Rural Development, and Related Agencies 
           Subcommittee
         To hold hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal 
           year 1996 for the Agricultural Research Service, 
           Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension 
           Service, Economic Research Service, and the National 
           Agricultural Statistics Service, all of the Department 
           of Agriculture.
                                                            SD-138
       Appropriations
       Commerce, Justice, State, and Judiciary Subcommittee
         To hold hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal 
           year 1996 for the Immigration and Naturalization 
           Service, and the Bureau of Prisons, both of the 
           Department of Justice.
                                                    S-146, Capitol

                                APRIL 6
     9:30 a.m.
       Appropriations
       VA, HUD, and Independent Agencies Subcommittee
         To hold hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal 
           year 1996 for the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
                                                            SD-138
       Rules and Administration
         To resume hearings to examine the future of the 
           Smithsonian Institution.
                                                            SR-301
     [[Page E560]] 2:00 p.m.
       Appropriations
       Treasury, Postal Service, General Government Subcommittee
         To hold hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal 
           year 1996 for the Department of the Treasury and the 
           Office of Management and Budget.
                                                            SD-116

                                APRIL 26
     9:30 a.m.
       Appropriations
       Interior Subcommittee
         To hold hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal 
           year 1996 for energy conservation.
                                                            SD-116
     10:00 a.m.
       Appropriations
       Agriculture, Rural Development, and Related Agencies 
           Subcommittee
         To hold hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal 
           year 1996 for the Food and Consumer Service, Department 
           of Agriculture.
                                                            SD-138
       Appropriations
       Commerce, Justice, State, and Judiciary Subcommittee
         To hold hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal 
           year 1996 for the Legal Services Corporation.
                                                    S-146, Capitol
     11:00 a.m.
       Appropriations
       Interior Subcommittee
         To hold hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal 
           year 1996 for fossil energy, clean coal technology, 
           Strategic Petroleum Reserve, and the Naval Petroleum 
           Reserve.
                                                            SD-116

                                APRIL 27
     10:00 a.m.
       Appropriations
       Transportation Subcommittee
         To hold hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal 
           year 1996 for the Federal Transit Administration, 
           Department of Transportation.
                                                            SD-192

                                 MAY 2
     9:30 a.m.
       Appropriations
       Interior Subcommittee
         To hold hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal 
           year 1996 for the Forest Service of the Department of 
           Agriculture.
                                                            SD-138

                                 MAY 3
     9:30 a.m.
       Appropriations
       VA, HUD, and Independent Agencies Subcommittee
         To hold hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal 
           year 1996 for the Environmental Protection Agency, the 
           Council on Environmental Quality, and the Agency for 
           Toxic Substances and Disease Registry.
                                                            SD-192
     10:00 a.m.
       Appropriations
       Agriculture, Rural Development, and Related Agencies 
           Subcommittee
         To hold hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal 
           year 1996 for the Department of Agriculture.
                                                            SD-138

                                 MAY 4
     10:00 a.m.
       Appropriations
       Transportation Subcommittee
         To hold hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal 
           year 1996 for the United States Coast Guard, Department 
           of Transportation.
                                                            SD-192

                                 MAY 5
     9:30 a.m.
       Appropriations
       VA, HUD, and Independent Agencies Subcommittee
         To hold hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal 
           year 1996 for Environmental Protection Agency science 
           programs.
                                                            SD-138

                                 MAY 11
     10:00 a.m.
       Appropriations
       Interior Subcommittee
         To hold hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal 
           year 1996 for the Bureau of Indian Affairs, Department 
           of the Interior.
                                                            SD-116
     1:00 p.m.
       Appropriations
       Interior Subcommittee
         To hold hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal 
           year 1996 for the Indian Health Service, Department of 
           Health and Human Services.
                                                            SD-116

                                 MAY 17
     9:30 a.m.
       Appropriations
       Interior Subcommittee
         To hold hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal 
           year 1996 for the Department of the Interior.
                                                            SD-192
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