[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 73 (Thursday, May 4, 1995)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D550-D552]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
APPROPRIATIONS--FOREIGN ASSISTANCE
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Foreign Operations held 
hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1996 for foreign 
assistance programs, focusing on multilateral development banks, 
receiving testimony from Robert E. Rubin, Secretary of the Treasury.
  Subcommittee will meet again on Thursday, May 11. [[Page D551]] 
APPROPRIATIONS--COAST GUARD
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Transportation held 
hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1996 for the 
United States Coast Guard, receiving testimony from Adm. Robert E. 
Kramek, Commandant, United States Coast Guard, Department of 
Transportation.
  Subcommittee will meet again on Thursday, May 11.
APPROPRIATIONS--POSTAL SERVICE/OMB
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Treasury, Postal Service, 
and General Government held hearings on proposed budget estimates for 
fiscal year 1996, receiving testimony in behalf of funds for their 
respective activities from Alice M. Rivlin, Director, Office of 
Management and Budget; and Marvin T. Runyon, Postmaster General, United 
States Postal Service.
  Subcommittee will meet again on Thursday, May 18.
AUTHORIZATIONS--DEFENSE
Committee on Armed Services: Committee held open and closed hearings on 
S. 727, authorizing funds for fiscal year 1996 for military activities 
of the Department of Defense and the Future Years Defense Program, 
focusing on the Ballistic Missile Defense Organization, receiving 
testimony from Lt. Gen. Malcolm R. O'Neill, USA, Director, and Adm. 
John T. Hood, both of the Ballistic Missile Defense Organization; and 
Sidney Graybeal, Science Applications International Corporation, and 
William R. Graham, both of McLean, Virginia.
  Hearings were recessed subject to call.
FEDERAL HOUSING ADMINISTRATION REFORM
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on 
Housing Opportunity and Community Development concluded hearings to 
examine the mission of the Federal Housing Administration (FHA), 
focusing on the Department of Housing and Urban Development's proposal 
to reform the structure, programs, and accountability of the FHA, after 
receiving testimony from Nicolas P. Retsinas, Assistant Secretary for 
Housing--Federal Housing Commissioner, Department of Housing and Urban 
Development; and Stephen Moore, CATO Institute, and G. Richard 
Dunnells, Holland and Knight, both of Washington, D.C.
MEDICARE SOLVENCY
Committee on the Budget: Committee concluded hearings to examine 
solvency in the Medicare Program, focusing on proposals to reform the 
Medicare system in an effort to ensure future health care benefits for 
the elderly, after receiving testimony from Donna E. Shalala, Secretary 
of Health and Human Services; June E. O'Neill, Director, Congressional 
Budget Office; and Henry J. Aaron, The Brookings Institution, 
Washington, D.C.
COMPUTER AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGIES
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on 
Science, Technology, and Space held oversight hearings on the Office of 
Science and Technology Policy's High-Performance Computing and 
Communications Program, focusing on the World Wide Web interactive 
computer technology, receiving testimony from John Toole, Director, 
National Coordination Office, High Performance Computing and 
Communications, Office of Science and Technology Policy (Bethesda, 
Maryland); Richard Gowen, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, 
Rapid City; Steven Running, University of Montana, Missoula; and Bill 
Burrall, Moundsville Junior High, Moundsville, West Virginia.
  Hearings were recessed subject to call.
SUPERFUND REFORM
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Subcommittee on Superfund, 
Waste Control, and Risk Assessment resumed oversight hearings on the 
implementation of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, 
Compensation, and Liability Act (P.L. 102-426), receiving testimony 
from Robert W. Varney, New Hampshire Department of Environmental 
Services, Concord, on behalf of the National Governor's Association; 
James C. Colman, Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection, 
Boston, on behalf of the Association of State and Territorial Solid 
Waste Management Officials; Russell J. Harding, Michigan Department of 
Natural Resources, Detroit; Jonathan B. Howes, North Carolina 
Department of Environment, Health and Natural Resources, on behalf of 
the National Academy of Public Administrators; David R. Tripp, Stinson, 
Mag and Fizzell, Wichita, Kansas; Karen Florini, Environmental Defense 
Fund, and Kent Jeffreys, National Center for Policy Analysis, both of 
Washington, D.C.; and Velma Dunn, Phoenix, Arizona.
  Hearings continue on Tuesday, May 9.
VACCINES FOR CHILDREN
Committee on Finance: Committee concluded hearings to examine the 
implementation and progress of the Vaccine For Children (VFC) 
Entitlement Program, focusing on barriers to immunization and the 
impact of the VFC on immunization rates, after receiving testimony from 
Kwai-Cheung Chan, Director for Program Evaluation in Physical Systems 
Areas, General Accounting Office; David Satcher, Director, 
[[Page D552]] Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Department of 
Health and Human Services (Atlanta, Georgia); Lloyd F. Novick, New York 
State Department of Health, Albany; Irwin E. Redlener, Children's 
Health Fund, New York, New York; F. E. Thompson, Mississippi State 
Department of Health, Jackson; and David L. Wood, Cedars-Sinai Medical 
Center, Los Angeles, California.
ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION IN CHINA
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded hearings to examine 
China's use of executed prisoners' body organs for transplantation, 
after receiving testimony from Harry Wu, Laogai Research Foundation, 
Milipitas, California; David J. Rothman, Columbia University, and Bill 
Schulz, Amnesty International USA, both of New York, New York; Mike 
Jendrzejczyk, Human Rights Watch/Asia, Washington, D.C.; and Pei Qi 
Gao, London, England.
NAVY SHIP PROCUREMENT
Committee on Governmental Affairs: Permanent Subcommittee on 
Investigations resumed 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 Steven S. 
Honigman, General Counsel, Ronald Kiss, Deputy Assistant Secretary of 
the Navy, and Harold V. Hanson, Contracting Officer, Naval Sea Systems 
Command, all of the Department of the Navy; William R. Boyles, Jr., 
Tampa Shipyards, Inc., Tampa, Florida; and Thomas C. Weller, Jr. and 
Ronald J. Stevens, both of Mobile, Alabama.
  Hearings were recessed subject to call.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded hearings on the 
nominations of Mary Beck Briscoe, of Kansas, to be United States 
Circuit Judge for the Tenth Circuit; Peter C. Economus, to be United 
States District Judge for the Northern District of Ohio; John Garvan 
Murtha, to be United States District Judge for the District of Vermont; 
and George A. O'Toole, to be United States District Judge for the 
District of Massachusetts, after the nominees testified and answered 
questions in their own behalf. Ms. Briscoe was introduced by Senators 
Dole and Kassebaum, Mr. Economus was introduced by Senator Glenn, Mr. 
Murtha was introduced by Senators Jeffords and Leahy, and Mr. O'Toole 
was introduced by Senators Kennedy and Kerry.
COUNTER-TERRORISM
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Terrorism, Technology, and 
Government Information concluded hearings on S. 390, to improve the 
ability of the United States to respond to the international terrorism 
threat, and S. 735, to prevent and punish acts of terrorism, after 
receiving testimony from Senator Smith; Philip C. Wilcox, Jr., 
Coordinator for Counter-Terrorism, Department of State; Paul W. Virtue, 
Deputy General Counsel, Immigration and Naturalization Service, and 
Teresa Wynn Roseborough, Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Office of 
Legal Counsel, both of the Department of Justice; and Khalil E. 
Jahshan, National Association of Arab Americans, Sean Mc Manus, Irish 
National Caucus, David Cole, Georgetown University Law Center, Gregory 
T. Nojeim, American Civil Liberties Union, and Robert S. Rifkind, 
American Jewish Committee, all of Washington, D.C.
PRIMARY HEALTH CARE SERVICES
Committee on Labor and Human Resources: Committee concluded hearings on 
proposed legislation to authorize funds for the Public Health Service's 
Community and Migrant Health Center programs, the Health Care for the 
Homeless Program, and the Health Services for Residents of Public 
Housing Program, focusing on the Administration's proposal to 
consolidate the programs in an effort to provide more efficient and 
effective health care for the underprivileged, after receiving 
testimony from Ciro V. Sumaya, Administrator, and Marilyn H. Gaston, 
Director, both of the Health Resources and Services Administration, 
Public Health Service, Department of Health and Human Services 
(Rockville, Maryland); Mark V. Nadel, Associate Director, Health 
Financing and Policy Issues, Health, Education, and Human Services 
Division, General Accounting Office; John M. Silva, Family Health Care 
Centers, St. Louis, Missouri; Richard J. Morrissey, Kansas Department 
of Health and the Environment, Topeka; and Debra Singletary, Delmarva 
Rural Ministries, Dover, Delaware.