[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 44 (Thursday, March 9, 1995)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D318-D320]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
1995 FARM BILL
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: Committee held 
hearings on proposed legislation to strengthen and improve United 
States agricultural programs, focusing on farm program spending issues, 
receiving testimony from Missouri State Representative Jim Howerton, 
Jefferson City; Dennis T. Avery, Hudson Institute, and Wayne A. 
Boutwell, National Council of Farmer Cooperatives, on behalf of the 
Alliance for Sound Food and Agricultural Policy, both of Washington, 
D.C.; Dean R. Kleckner, American Farm Bureau Federation, Park Ridge, 
Illinois; Doran [[Page D319]] Zumbach, Coggon, Iowa, on behalf of the 
Iowa Farm Bill Study Team; John C. Miller, Miller Milling Company, 
Minneapolis, Minnesota, on behalf of the Coalition for a Competitive 
Food and Agricultural System; John R. Whitaker, Iowa Farmers Union, 
Nevada, on behalf of the National Farmers Union; and Luther Tweeten, 
Ohio State University, Columbus.
  Hearings continue on Tuesday, March 14.
APPROPRIATIONS--HHS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human 
Services, and Education and Related Agencies held hearings on proposed 
budget estimates for fiscal year 1996 for the Department of Health and 
Human Services, receiving testimony from Donna E. Shalala, Secretary of 
Health and Human Services.
  Subcommittee will meet again on Thursday, March 16.
APPROPRIATIONS--NTSB
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Transportation and Related 
Agencies held hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 
1996 for the National Transportation Safety Board, receiving testimony 
from Jim Hall, Chairman, Kenneth U. Jordan, Managing Director, and 
Timothy P. Forte, Director, Office of Aviation Safety, all of the 
National Transportation Safety Board.
  Subcommittee will meet again on Thursday, March 16.
APPROPRIATIONS--TREASURY
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Treasury, Postal Service 
and General Government held hearings on proposed budget estimates for 
fiscal year 1996 for the Department of the Treasury, receiving 
testimony in behalf of funds for their respective activities from 
Ronald K. Noble, Under Secretary for Enforcement; Eljay Bowron, 
Director, United States Secret Service; Charles F. Rinkevich, Director, 
Federal Law Enforcement Training Center, and Stanley Morris, Director, 
Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, all of the Department of the 
Treasury.
  Subcommittee will meet again on Thursday, March 23.
AUTHORIZATION---DEFENSE
Committee on Armed Services: Committee resumed hearings on proposed 
legislation authorizing funds for fiscal year 1996 for the Department 
of Defense and the future years defense program, receiving testimony 
from Togo D. West, Jr., Secretary of the Army; and Gen. Gordon R. 
Sullivan, USA, Chief of Staff of the Army.
  Committee recessed subject to call.
MEXICAN ECONOMY
Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs: Committee resumed 
hearings to examine the economic situation in Mexico and United States 
efforts to stabilize the peso, receiving testimony from Senators 
Murkowski and Brown; Representatives Flake, LaFalce, and Istook; Steve 
H. Hanke, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland; Allan H. 
Meltzer, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; L. 
William Seidman, Commercial Mortgage Asset Corporation, Fred Bergsten, 
Institute for International Economics, and Ralph Nader, all of 
Washington, D.C.; Jeffrey A. Frankel, University of California, 
Berkeley; John Mueller, Lehrman Bell Mueller Cannon, Inc., Arlington, 
Virginia; and Walker F. Todd, Buckingham, Doolittle & Burroughs, 
Cleveland, Ohio.
  Hearings continue tomorrow.
METROPOLITAN WASHINGTON AIRPORTS AUTHORITY
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on 
Aviation held hearings to examine the legal status of the Board of 
Review of the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority, receiving 
testimony from Senators Warner and Mikulski; Representatives Moran and 
Morella; John Killian, Senior Specialist, American Constitutional Law, 
Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress; Virginia Deputy 
Secretary of Transportation Shirley J. Ybarra, Richmond; Robert Tardio 
and James Wilding, both of the Metropolitan Washington Airports 
Authority, Alexandria, Virginia; John Hechinger, Hechinger Company, 
Landover, Maryland; Leo Schefer, Washington Airports Task Force, and 
John McClain, Greater Washington Board of Trade, both of Washington, 
D.C.; and James Hunter, Arlington, Virginia.
  Hearings were recessed subject to call.
NOMINATION
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee ordered favorably 
reported the nomination of Wilma A. Lewis, of the District of Columbia, 
to be Inspector General, Department of the Interior.
WELFARE REFORM
Committee on Finance: Committee continued hearings on proposals to 
reform the national welfare system, focusing on policy priorities, 
receiving testimony from Robert M. Greenstein, Center on Budget and 
Policy Priorities, Robert Rector, Heritage Foundation, and Michael D. 
Tanner, Cato Institute, all of Washington, D.C.; and Lawrence M. Mead, 
Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey.
  Hearings continue tomorrow. [[Page D320]] 
SOUTH ASIA
Committee on Foreign Relations: Subcommittee on Near Eastern and South 
Asian Affairs concluded hearings to examine South Asian proliferation 
issues, after receiving testimony from Robin L. Raphel, Assistant 
Secretary for South Asian Affairs, and Robert J. Einhorn, Deputy 
Assistant Secretary for Non-Proliferation, both of the Department of 
State; Joseph S. Nye, Assistant Secretary of Defense for International 
Security Affairs; George Percovich, Charlottesville, Virginia, on 
behalf of Secure World Foundation and W. Alton Jones Foundation; 
Stephen P. Cohen, University of Illinois, Champaign; and Mitchell Ries, 
Woodrow Wilson International Center, and Michael Krepon, Henry L. 
Stimson Center, both of Washington, D.C.
HAITI
Committee on Foreign Relations: Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere and 
Peace Corps Affairs concluded hearings to examine the implementation 
and cost of United States policy in Haiti, after receiving testimony 
from Strobe Talbott, Deputy Secretary, and James Dobbins, Special Haiti 
Coordinator, both of the Department of State; Mark Schneider, Assistant 
Administrator for Latin America and the Caribbean, Agency for 
International Development; John M. Deutch, Deputy Secretary of Defense; 
Jeane J. Kirkpatrick, American Enterprise Institute, Washington, D.C.; 
and Andrew Postal, Judy Bond, Inc., New York, New York, on behalf of 
the Haiti Task Force of Caribbean/Latin American Action.
REGULATORY TRANSITION ACT
Committee on Governmental Affairs: Committee ordered favorably 
reported, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute, S. 219, to 
ensure economy and efficiency of Federal Government operations by 
establishing a moratorium on regulatory rulemaking actions.
PERFORMANCE RIGHTS IN SOUND RECORDINGS
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded hearings on S. 227, to 
recognize the exclusive right of a copyright owner in a sound recording 
to perform the copyrighted work publicly by means of a digital 
transmission, after receiving testimony from Bruce A. Lehman, Assistant 
Secretary of Commerce and Commissioner of Patents and Trademarks; 
Marybeth Peters, Registrar of Copyrights and Associate Librarian for 
Copyright Services, Library of Congress; Jason S. Berman and Hilary 
Rosen, both of the Recording Industry Association of America, 
Washington, D.C.; Mark Tully Massagli, on behalf of the American 
Federation of Musicians of the United States and Canada and the 
American Federation of Television and Radio Artists, Edward P. Murphy, 
National Music Publishers' Association, Inc., and Hal David, American 
Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers, all of New York, New 
York; Jerold H. Rubinstein, International Cablecasting Technologies, 
Inc., Los Angeles, California; Steven Randall, Mountain West Audio 
Inc./MUZAK, Salt Lake City, Utah; Kurt Bestor, Provo, Utah, on behalf 
of Broadcast Music, Inc.; and Don Henley, Aspen, Colorado.
NOMINATION
Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Committee concluded hearings on the 
nomination of Dennis M. Duffy, of Pennsylvania, to be Assistant 
Secretary of Veterans Affairs for Policy and Planning, after the 
nominee testified and answered questions in his own behalf.
VA BUDGET
Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Committee concluded oversight hearings 
to examine the Administration's proposed budget request for fiscal year 
1996 for the Department of Veterans Affairs, after receiving testimony 
from Jesse Brown, Secretary of Veterans Affairs; Frank Q. Nebeker, 
Chief Judge, United States Court of Veterans Appeals; Preston M. 
Taylor, Jr., Assistant Secretary of Labor for Veterans' Employment and 
Training; Robert P. Carbonneau, AMVETS, Lanham, Maryland; and James N. 
Magill, Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States, Russell W. Mank, 
Paralyzed Veterans of America, Richard F. Schultz, Disabled American 
Veterans, and Carroll L. Williams, American Legion, all of Washington, 
D.C.