[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 55 (Friday, March 24, 1995)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D411-D412]
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 Administration and on Chief Financial Officer. Testimony was 
heard from the following officials of the USDA: Wardell Townsend, Jr., 
Deputy Assistant Secretary, Administration; and Anthony A. Williams, 
Chief Financial Officer.
COMMERCE, JUSTICE, STATE, AND JUDICIARY APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State, 
and the Judiciary (and Related Agencies) held a hearing on Antitrust 
Activities. Testimony was heard from Anne K. Bingaman, Assistant 
Attorney General, Antitrust, Department of Justice; and Janet D. 
Steiger, Chairman, FTC.
INTERIOR APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Interior (and Related 
Agencies) held a hearing on DOE and Other Programs. Testimony was heard 
from public witnesses.
LABOR-HHS-EDUCATION APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human 
Services, and Education (and Related Agencies) held a hearing on the 
Health Care Financing Administration. Testimony was heard from Bruce C. 
Vladeck, Administrator, Health Care Financing Administration, 
Department of Health and Human Services.
NATIONAL SECURITY APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on National Security held a 
hearing on Army Aviation Programs. Testimony was heard from the 
following officials of the Department of the Army: Brig. Gen. Peter C. 
Franklin, USA, Assistant Deputy, Systems Management and International 
Cooperation, Office of the Assistant Secretary (RDA); and Brig. Gen. 
John M. Riggs, USA, Director, Requirements, Office of the Deputy Chief 
of Staff, Operations and Plans. [[Page D412]] 
VA, HUD AND INDEPENDENT AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Veterans' Affairs, Housing 
and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies held a hearing on 
Corporation for National and Community Services. Testimony was heard 
from Eli J. Segal, President, Corporation for National and Community 
Services.
CONDITION OF DEPOSIT INSURANCE FUNDS--IMPACT OF PROPOSED DEPOSIT 
INSURANCE PREMIUM REDUCTION ON BANK AND THRIFT INDUSTRIES
Committee on Banking and Financial Services: Subcommittee on Financial 
Institutions and Consumer Credit continued hearings on the condition of 
deposit insurance funds and the impact of the proposed deposit 
insurance premium reduction on the bank and thrift industries. 
Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
CLEAN AIR ACT AMENDMENTS--IMPLEMENTATION AND ENFORCEMENT
Committee on Commerce: Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations 
continued hearings on the implementation and enforcement of the Clean 
Air Act Amendments of 1990, with emphasis on the effectiveness of the 
Inspection and Maintenance Program. Testimony was heard from the 
following officials of the EPA: Mary Nichols, Assistant Administrator, 
Air and Radiation; and Richard D. Wilson, Deputy Assistant 
Administrator, Air and Radiation; Gerald J. LaVale, member, Senate, 
State of Pennsylvania; Jim Horn, Representative, State of Texas; Mike 
Evans, Representative, State of Georgia; Joe Belander, Director, 
Planning and Standards, Bureau of Air Management, Department of 
Environmental Protection, State of Connecticut; Peter Schmidt, 
Director, Department of Environmental Quality, State of Virginia; and 
public witnesses.
AFFIRMATIVE ACTION
Committee on Economic and Educational Opportunities: Subcommittee on 
Employer-Employee Relations held a hearing on Affirmative Action. 
Testimony was heard from Deval Patrick, Assistant Attorney General, 
Civil Rights, Department of Justice; and public witnesses.
NARCOTICS TRAFFICKING IN AFRICA
Committee on International Relations: Subcommittee on Africa held a 
hearing on Narcotics Trafficking in Africa. Testimony was heard from 
Cresencio Arcos, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, International 
Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs, Department of State; and Robert 
Nieves, Chief, International Operations, DEA, Department of Justice.
DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION
Committee on National Security: Subcommittee on Military Installations 
and Facilities and the Subcommittee on Military Readiness continued 
joint hearings on the fiscal year 1996 national defense authorization 
request, with emphasis on Department of Defense environmental programs. 
Testimony was heard from the following officials of the Department of 
Defense: Sherri W. Goodman, Deputy Under Secretary, Environmental 
Security; Lewis D. Walker, Assistant Secretary, Installations, 
Logistics and Environment, Department of the Army; Cheryl Kandaras, 
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, Installations and Environment, 
Department of the Navy; and Thomas W. L. McCall, Deputy Assistant 
Secretary, Environment, Safety and Occupational Health, Department of 
the Air Force; Cindy Williams, Assistant Director, National Security, 
CBO; and David Warren, Director, Defense and NASA Management Issues, 
National Security and International Affairs Division, GAO.
TAXPAYER BILL OF RIGHTS II LEGISLATION
Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Oversight held a hearing 
to Explore Development of the Taxpayer Bill of Rights II legislation. 
Testimony was heard from Senator Grassley; Representatives Jacobs and 
Traficant; the following officials of the IRS, Department of the 
Treasury: Cynthia Beerbower, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Tax Policy; 
Margaret Milner Richardson, Commissioner; and Lee Monks, Taxpayer 
Ombudsman, both with the IRS; the following former Commissioners of the 
IRS, Department of the Treasury: Donald C. Alexander; Lawrence B. 
Gibbs; Fred T. Goldberg, Jr., and Sheldon S. Cohen; and public 
witnesses.