[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 57 (Tuesday, March 28, 1995)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D424-D425]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
APPROPRIATIONS--ARMY
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense held hearings on 
proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1996 for the Department of 
the Army, receiving testimony from Togo D. West, Jr., Secretary of the 
Army; and Gen. Gordon R. Sullivan, Chief of Army Staff.
  Subcommittee will meet again on Tuesday, April 4.
APPROPRIATIONS--FOREIGN ASSISTANCE/AFRICA
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Foreign Operations held 
hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1996 for foreign 
assistance programs, focusing on Africa humanitarian and refugee 
issues, receiving testimony from George E. Moose, Assistant Secretary 
for African Affairs, and Phyllis E. Oakley, Assistant Secretary for 
Population, Refugees and Migration, both of the Department of State; 
and John S. Hicks, Assistant Administrator, Bureau for Africa, Agency 
for International Development.
  Subcommittee recessed subject to call.
AUTHORIZATION--DEFENSE
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Acquisition and Technology 
held hearings on proposed legislation authorizing funds for fiscal year 
1996 for the Department of Defense and the future years defense 
program, focusing on the defense technology and industrial base policy, 
receiving testimony from Joshua Gotbaum, Assistant Secretary of Defense 
for Economic Security; Thomas W. Rabaut, United Defense, Arlington, 
Virginia; Don Fuqua, Aerospace Industries Association, Washington, 
D.C.; and Jacques Gansler, Analytic Sciences Corporation, Alexandria, 
Virginia.
  Subcommittee will meet again on Thursday, March 30.
APPROPRIATIONS--DEFENSE
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Strategic Forces held 
hearings on proposed legislation authorizing funds for fiscal year 1996 
for the Department of Defense and the future years defense program, 
focusing on United States ballistic missile defense requirements and 
programs, receiving testimony from Vice Adm. T.J. Lopez, USN, Deputy 
CNO, Resources, Warfare Requirements and Assessments; Rear Adm. J.T. 
Hood, USN, Program Executive Officer, Theater Air Defense; Lt. Gen. Jay 
M. Garner, USA, Commanding General, U.S. Army Space and Strategic 
Defense Command; and A.Q. Oldacre, Deputy Program Executive Officer for 
Missile Defense, Department of the Army.
  Subcommittee recessed subject to call.
AUTHORIZATION--TIED AID/EXPORT-IMPORT BANK
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on 
International Finance concluded hearings on proposed legislation 
authorizing funds for the Export-Import Bank of the United States' Tied 
Aid Credit Program, focusing on United States efforts to counter 
competitors' tied aid practices, after receiving testimony from Kenneth 
D. Brody, President and Chairman, Export-Import Bank of the United 
States; William E. Barreda, Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Treasury 
for Trade and Investment Policy; JayEtta Z. Hecker, Director, 
International Trade, Finance, and Competitiveness, General Government 
Division, General Accounting Office; Peggy A. Houlihan, Coalition for 
Employment Through Exports, Washington, D.C.; and Peter A. Bowe, 
Ellicott Machine Corporation International, Baltimore, Maryland.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee ordered 
favorably reported the following business items:
  The nomination of Thomas Hill Moore, of Florida, to be a Commissioner 
of the Consumer Product Safety Commission;
  S. 288, to abolish the Board of Review of the Metropolitan Washington 
Airports Authority, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute; 
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  S. 625, to amend the Land Remote Sensing Policy Act of 1992.
AGRICULTURE SECRETARY-DESIGNATE/FUTURE OF THE FOREST SERVICE
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded hearings 
to discuss the future of the Forest Service with regard to the 
nomination of Daniel R. Glickman, of Kansas, to be Secretary of 
Agriculture, after receiving testimony from the nominee.
CHILD SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT
Committee on Finance: Committee held hearings to examine proposals to 
improve the effectiveness and efficiency of child support enforcement 
programs, receiving testimony from Margaret Campbell Haynes, American 
Bar Association, Washington, D.C., on behalf of the U.S. Commission on 
Interstate Child Support; Leslie L. Frye, California Department of 
Social Services, Sacramento; Bill L. Harrington, Kelleher Law Offices, 
Seattle, Washington, on behalf of the American Fathers Coalition; 
Michael R. Henry, Virginia Department of Social Services, Richmond; 
Geraldine Jensen, Association for Children for Enforcement of Support, 
Inc., Toledo, Ohio; and Marilyn Ray Smith, Massachusetts Department of 
Revenue, Cambridge.
  Hearings were recessed subject to call.
ASSISTANCE TO EUROPE AND NEW INDEPENDENT STATES
Committee on Foreign Relations: Subcommittee on European Affairs 
concluded hearings to examine the status of United States assistance to 
Europe and the New Independent States of the former Soviet Union, after 
receiving testimony from Thomas A. Dine, Assistant Administrator for 
Europe and the New Independent States, United States Agency for 
International Development; and Thomas W. Simons, Jr., Coordinator for 
U.S. Assistance to the New Independent States, and Ralph R. Johnson, 
Coordinator for East European Assistance, European and Canadian Affair 
Bureau, both of the Department of State.
PENTAGON TRAVEL PROCESSING
Committee on Governmental Affairs: Subcommittee on Oversight of 
Government Management and the District of Columbia held oversight 
hearings to examine initiatives to reduce the cost of Pentagon travel 
processing, receiving testimony from Jack L. Brock, Jr., Director, 
Information Resources Management/National Security and International 
Affairs Group, Accounting and Information Management Division, and 
Carol Langelier, Evaluator, both of the General Accounting Office; John 
J. Hamre, Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller); James J. Devine, 
Deputy Director for Support Services, National Security Agency; George 
Scarfo, American Express Travel Management Services, Phoenix, Arizona; 
and Matthew W. Appel, Tenneco, Inc., Houston, Texas.
  Hearings were recessed subject to call.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded hearings on the nominations 
of Maxine M. Chesney, to be United States District Judge for the Northern 
District of California; Curtis L. Collier, to be United States District 
Judge for the Eastern District of Tennessee; Eldon E. Fallon, to be United 
States District Judge for the Eastern District of Louisiana; Joseph Robert 
Goodwin, to be United States District Judge for the Southern District of 
West Virginia; and Susan Y. Illston, to be United States District Judge for 
the Northern District of California, after the nominees testified and 
answered questions in their own behalf. Ms. Chesney was introduced by 
Senator Feinstein, Mr. Collier was introduced by Senators Frist and Thompson 
and Representative Wamp, Mr. Fallon was introduced by Senator Breaux, Mr. 
Goodwin was introduced by Senators Byrd and Rockefeller, and Ms. Illston was 
introduced by Senator Boxer.
HABEAS CORPUS REFORM
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded hearings on proposed 
legislation to reform Federal habeas corpus procedures, focusing on 
eliminating prisoners' abuse of the judicial process, including related 
provisions of S. 623 and S. 3, after receiving testimony from Nicholas deB. 
Katzenbach, former Attorney General of the United States; California 
Attorney General Daniel E. Lungren, Sacramento; Texas Attorney General Dan 
Morales, Austin; Colorado Attorney General Gale A. Norton, Denver; Nebraska 
Attorney General Don Stenberg, Lincoln; Lee Chancellor, Citizens for Law and 
Order, Inc., Oakland, California; and Douglas G. Robinson, Skadden, Arps, 
Slate, Meagher & Flom, Washington, D.C.
HEALTH CARE LIABILITY
Committee on Labor and Human Resources: Committee held hearings on S. 454, 
to reform the health care liability system and improve health care quality 
through the establishment of quality assurance programs, receiving testimony 
from Senators McConnell and Lieberman; Nancy W. Dickey, Fort Bend Family 
Health Center, Richmond, Texas, on behalf of the American Medical 
Association; Thomas Scully, Federation of American Health Systems, 
Washington, D.C., on behalf of the Health Care Liability Alliance; Laura 
Wittkin, National Center for Patients' Rights, New York, New York; and Lynne 
Lindenthal and Luke Lindenthal, both of Mercer County, New Jersey.
  Hearings were recessed subject to call.