[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 62 (Tuesday, April 4, 1995)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D471-D472]
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 resumed 
hearings on proposed legislation to strengthen and improve United 
States agricultural programs, focusing on the market effects of Federal 
farm policy, receiving testimony from Senators Feingold and Kohl; Bob 
Bergland, Roseau, Minnesota, former Secretary of Agriculture; Mark 
Feight, Smith Barney, Inc., Southfield, Michigan; David C. Lyons, Louis 
Dreyfus Corporation, Washington, D.C.; Martin E. Abel, Abel, Daft, 
Earley & Ward International, Alexandria, Virginia; Robert D. 
Wellington, Agri-Mark, Inc., Lawrence, Massachusetts; Robert Amstrup, 
Northwood, North Dakota; and Blake Hurst, Westboro, Missouri.
  Hearings were recessed subject to call.
APPROPRIATIONS--DEFENSE
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense held hearings on 
proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1996 for the Department of 
Defense, focusing on Air Force programs, receiving testimony from 
Sheila E. Widnall, Secretary of the Air Force; and Gen. Ronald R. 
Fogleman, Chief of Air Force Staff.
  Subcommittee will meet again on Thursday, April 6.
EDUCATION TECHNOLOGY
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human 
Services, and Education (and Related Agencies) held hearings to examine 
the role of technology in the American school system, receiving 
testimony from Madeleine Kunin, Deputy Secretary, Sharon P. Robinson, 
Assistant Secretary for Educational Research and Improvement, and Linda 
Roberts, Special Advisor for Education Technology, all of the 
Department of Education; Linda Morra, Director, Education and 
Employment Issues, General Accounting Office; Kathleen Fulton, Project 
Director, Office of Technology Assessment; Mississippi State 
Superintendent of Education Tom Burnham, Jackson; Jeanne Hayes, Quality 
Education Data, Denver, Colorado; Ann Miller, Eastman Kodak, Rochester, 
New York; Margaret G. Kelly, International Society for Technology in 
Education, San Marcos, California; Joan Miller, West Sylvan Middle 
School, Portland, Oregon; Beryl Jackson, PBS Mathline, Alexandria, 
Virginia; Gary Vance, Satellite Education Resources Consortium, 
Columbia, South Carolina; Walt Hindenlang and Ben Casados, both of the 
Hughes Electronics Galaxy Institute for Education, El Segundo, 
California; Carolyn Reid-Wallace, Corporation for Public Broadcasting, 
Washington, D.C.; and Joy Rouse, Parkway School District, St. Louis 
County, Missouri.
  Subcommittee will meet again on Friday, April 28.
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, focusing on Department 
of Energy national security issues, receiving testimony from Hazel R. 
O'Leary, Secretary of Energy.
  Committee recessed subject to call.
AUTHORIZATION--DEFENSE
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Seapower held hearings on 
proposed legislation authorizing funds for fiscal year 1996 for the 
Department of Defense and the future years defense program, focusing on 
surface shipbuilding programs and the Department of the Navy's plans 
for modernization and recapitalization, receiving testimony from Nora 
Slatkin, Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Research, Development and 
Acquisition; and Vice Adm. T.J. Lopez, USN, Deputy Chief of Naval 
Operations for Resources, Warfare Requirements and Assessments.
  Subcommittee recessed subject to call.
PRODUCT LIABILITY
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on 
Consumer Affairs, Foreign Commerce, and Tourism concluded hearings on 
S. 565, to regulate interstate commerce by providing for a uniform 
product liability law, after receiving testimony from Representatives 
Mink and Bilbray; Alabama State Representative Steve Flowers, Troy; 
Phyllis Greenberger, Society for the Advancement of Women Health 
Research, Helen Kirsch, Reed, Smith, Shaw & McClay, representing the 
Coalition for Uniform Product Liability Law, Theodore B. Olsen, Gibson, 
Dunn & Crutcher, David Weiner, American Bar Association, and Jonathan 
Massey, all of Washington, D.C.; Lucinda Finley, University of Buffalo 
School of Law, Buffalo, New York; Gail Armstrong, National Breast 
Implant Coalition, Dallas, Texas; M. Stuart Madden, Pace University 
School of Law, White Plains, New York; Art Kroetch, Scotchman 
Industries, Inc., Phillip, South Dakota, representing the Association 
for Manufacturing Technology; Pete Van DePutte, Jr., Dixie Flag 
Company, San Antonio, Texas; Stephen Daniels, American Bar Foundation, 
Chicago, Illinois; and Peggy Phillips, Falls Church, Virginia. 
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NOMINATION
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee ordered favorably 
reported the nomination of Shirley Ann Jackson, of New Jersey, to be a 
Member of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
TRADE POLICY AGENDA
Committee on Finance: Committee held hearings to review the 
Administration's 1995 trade agenda and the 1994 Annual Report of the 
President of the United States on the Trade Agreements Program, 
receiving testimony from Michael Kantor, United States Trade 
Representative.
  Hearings were recessed subject to call.
WESTERN HEMISPHERE DRUG CONTROL STRATEGY
Committee on Foreign Relations: Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere and 
Peace Corps Affairs held hearings to examine Western Hemisphere drug 
control strategy issues, receiving testimony from Robert S. Gelbard, 
Assistant Secretary of State for International Narcotics and Law 
Enforcement Affairs; Stephen H. Greene, Deputy Administrator, Drug 
Enforcement Administration, Department of Justice; Brian E. Sheridan, 
Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Drug Enforcement Policy and 
Support; and John P. Walters, New Citizenship Project, and William J. 
Olson, National Strategy Information Center, both of Washington, D.C.
  Subcommittee recessed subject to call.
EARNED INCOME TAX CREDIT
Committee on Governmental Affairs: Committee held hearings to examine 
tax refund fraud, focusing on the earned income tax credit and the 
Internal Revenue Service's efforts to detect and prevent erroneous 
claims, receiving testimony from Margaret Milner Richardson, 
Commissioner, Internal Revenue Service, Department of the Treasury; 
Lynda D. Willis, Associate Director, Tax Policy and Administration 
Issues, General Government Division, General Accounting Office; Finn 
M.W. Caspersen, Beneficial Corporation, Peapack, New Jersey; Daniel B. 
Grunberg, Jackson Hewitt Tax Service, Virginia Beach, Virginia; Daniel 
A. Stein, Federation for American Immigration Reform, Washington, D.C.; 
and Richard M. Hersch, West Palm Beach, Florida.
  Hearings continue tomorrow.
CIVIL JUSTICE REFORM
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded hearings on S. 671, to 
provide a fair and balanced resolution to the problem of multiple 
imposition of punitive damages, after receiving testimony from George 
L. Priest, Yale University Law School, New Haven, Connecticut; Theodore 
B. Olson, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, on behalf of the American Civil 
Justice Reform Group, and Victor E. Schwartz, Crowell & Moring, on 
behalf of the American Tort Reform Association, both of Washington, 
D.C.; and Stephen Daniels, American Bar Foundation, and Robert Creamer, 
Citizen Action, both of Chicago, Illinois.
SBA'S 8(A) PROGRAM
Committee on Small Business: Committee held hearings to examine Federal 
policies governing small, disadvantaged businesses and the success and 
problems associated with the Small Business Administration's 8(a) 
Minority Business Development Program, receiving testimony from Philip 
Lader, Administrator, Small Business Administration; Judy England-
Joseph, Director, Housing and Community Development Issues, Resources, 
Community, and Economic Development Division, General Accounting 
Office; R. Noel Longuemare, Principal Deputy Under Secretary of Defense 
for Acquisitions and Technology; Steven Sims, National Minority 
Suppliers Development Council, and Arnold J. O'Donnell, O'Donnell 
Construction Company, on behalf of the Association of General 
Contractors; James B. Graham, FaxLand Corporation, Falls Church, 
Virginia; Santos F. Garza, Counter Technology, Inc., Bethesda, 
Maryland; Peter Homer, Jr., Systems Integration and Research, Inc., 
Arlington, Virginia, on behalf of the National Indian Business 
Association; Nancy E. Archuleta, Mevatec Corporation, Huntsville, 
Alabama, on behalf of the Latin American Management Association and the 
Council on Minority and Women-Owned Businesses; and Joshua I. Smith, 
MAXIMA Corporation, Lanham, Maryland.
  Hearings were recessed subject to call.