[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 71 (Tuesday, May 2, 1995)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D534-D535]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
APPROPRIATIONS--ENERGY AND WATER DEVELOPMENT
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Energy and Water 
Development concluded hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal 
year 1996 for energy and water development programs, after receiving 
testimony in behalf of funds for their respective activities from John 
H. Zirschky, Acting Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works; 
Lt. Gen. Arthur E. Williams, Chief, United States Army Corps of 
Engineers; and Daniel P. Beard, Commissioner, Bureau of Reclamation, 
Department of the Interior.
APPROPRIATIONS--FOREST SERVICE
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on the Interior and Related 
Agencies held hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 
1996 for the Forest Service, receiving testimony from James R. Lyons, 
Under Secretary for Natural Resources and Environment, and Jack Ward 
Thomas, Chief, Forest Service, both of the Department of Agriculture.
  Subcommittee will meet again on Thursday, May 11.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded hearings on the 
nominations of Gen. Dennis J. Reimer, USA, to be Chief of Staff of the 
Army, and for reappointment to the grade of general, and Lt. Gen. 
Charles C. Krulak, USMC, to be Commandant of the Marine Corps, and for 
appointment to the grade of general, after the nominees testified and 
answered questions in their own behalf. Mr. Reimer was introduced by 
Senator Nickles, and Mr. Krulak was introduced by Senator Inouye.
AUTHORIZATION--DEFENSE
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Strategic Forces resumed 
hearings on proposed legislation authorizing funds for fiscal year 1996 
for military [[Page D535]] activities of the Department of Defense and 
the future years defense program, focusing on space programs and the 
Space Management Initiative, receiving testimony from Maj. Gen. Robert 
S. Dickman, USAF, Director, Space Programs (SAF/AQS); Rear Adm. Philip 
S. Anselmo, USN, Deputy Director, Space and Electronic Warfare (N6B); 
Brig. Gen. Peter C. Franklin, USA, Assistant Deputy for Systems 
Management and International Cooperation; Stephen A. Cambone, Center 
for Strategic and International Studies, Washington, D.C.; and Scott 
Pace, RAND Corporation, Santa Monica, California.
  Subcommittee recessed subject to call.
ECONOMIC GROWTH AND REGULATORY PAPERWORK REDUCTION ACT
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on 
Financial Institutions and Regulatory Relief held hearings on S. 650, 
to increase the amount of credit available to fuel local, regional, and 
national economic growth by reducing the regulatory burden imposed upon 
financial institutions, receiving testimony from Richard S. Carnell, 
Assistant Secretary for Financial Institutions, Eugene A. Ludwig, 
Comptroller of the Currency, and Jonathan L. Fiechter, Acting Director 
of the Office of Thrift Supervision, all of the Department of the 
Treasury; Susan M. Phillips, Member, Board of Governors of the Federal 
Reserve System; and Ricki Tigert Helfer, Chairman, Federal Deposit 
Insurance Corporation.
  Hearings continue tomorrow.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee ordered favorably reported 
the following business items:
  The nomination of Lawrence Harrington, of Tennessee, to be United 
States Alternate Executive Director of the Inter-American Development 
Bank;
  The Treaty Between the United States and the Republic of Panama on 
Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters, with Annex and Appendices, 
signed at Panama on April 11, 1991 (Treaty Doc. 102-15), with two 
provisos; and
  The Extradition Treaty Between the Government of the United States 
and the Government of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, signed at 
Washington on March 28, 1995 (Treaty Doc. 104-3).
NAVY SHIP PROCUREMENT
Committee on Governmental Affairs: Permanent Subcommittee on 
Investigations held hearings to examine waste and mismanagement in the 
United States Navy ship procurement system, focusing on a 1985 contract 
known as the Navy T-AO Kaiser Class Oiler Contract, in which the Navy 
never received two ships, receiving testimony from Derek J. Vander 
Schaaf, Deputy Inspector General, Timothy J. Staehling, Program 
Manager, and David P. Cole, Auditor, all of the Department of Defense; 
Capt. C.J. (Pete) Schrodt, USN (Ret.), Pocatello, Idaho, former 
Supervisor of Shipbuilding, Brooklyn, New York; and Capt. Karl M. 
Klein, USN (Ret.), Atlantic Beach, Florida, former Supervisor of 
Shipbuilding, Jacksonville, Florida.
  Hearings continue on Thursday, May 4.
LEGAL SYSTEM COSTS
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Administrative Oversight 
and the Courts concluded hearings to examine proposals to reform the 
legal system in an effort to reduce costs to consumers, after receiving 
testimony from Senator Abraham; Gerald E. Thomson, American College of 
Physicians, Washington, D.C.; Neil Vidmar, Duke University School of 
Law, Durham, North Carolina; Timothy R. McCormick, Park Ridge Health 
System, Rochester, New York, on behalf of the National Council of 
Community Hospitals; Glenn Bailey, Keene Corporation, New York, New 
York; David Johnson, Shive-Hattery Engineers and Architects, Inc., 
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, on behalf of the American Consulting Engineers 
Council; J. Robert Hunter, Consumer Federation of America, Arlington, 
Virginia; Jeffrey O'Connell, University of Virginia Law School, 
Charlottesville; and Herbert M. Kritzer, University of Wisconsin Law 
School, Madison.
NOMINATION
Committee on Labor and Human Resources: Committee held hearings on the 
nomination of Henry W. Foster, Jr., of Tennessee, to be Medical 
Director in the Regular Corps, and Surgeon General of the Public Health 
Service, Department of Health and Human Services, after the nominee, 
who was introduced by Senator Murray and Representatives Ford and 
Clement, testified and answered questions in his own behalf. Testimony 
was also received from Representatives Stokes, Coburn, and Lowey.
  Hearings continue tomorrow.
INDIAN SELF-GOVERNANCE
Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee concluded oversight hearings on 
how the Indian Health Service is implementing the Tribal Self-
Governance Project, after receiving testimony from Michel Lincoln, 
Deputy Director, Indian Health Service, Department of Health and Human 
Services; Dale Risling, Hoopa Valley Indian Tribe, Hoopa, California; 
Marge Anderson, Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe, Onamia, Minnesota; Lindsey 
Manning, Duck Valley Shoshone-Paiute Tribe, Owyhee, Nevada; and Pamela 
Iron, Cherokee Nation, Tahlequah, Oklahoma.