[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 78 (Thursday, May 11, 1995)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D584-D587]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
SUPPLEMENTAL DISASTER ASSISTANCE
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State, 
the Judiciary, and Related Agencies held hearings on proposed 
legislation making supplemental appropriations for disaster assistance 
for the Oklahoma City bombing for the fiscal year ending September 30, 
1995, receiving testimony from Janet Reno, Attorney General, and Louis 
J. Freeh, Director, Federal Bureau of Investigation, both of the 
Department of Justice.
  Subcommittee will meet again on Wednesday, May 17.
APPROPRIATIONS--AID
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Foreign Operations held 
hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1996 for foreign 
assistance programs, focusing on the Agency for International 
Development, receiving testimony from J. Brian Atwood, Administrator, 
Agency for International Development.
  Subcommittee will meet again on Thursday, May 18.
APPROPRIATIONS--BIA/IHS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on the Interior and Related 
Agencies held hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 
1996, receiving testimony in behalf of funds for their respective 
activities from Ada E. Deer, Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs, 
Hilda A. Manuel, Deputy Commissioner of Indian Affairs, and Harold A. 
Monteau, Chairman, National Indian Gaming Commission, all of the 
Department of the Interior; and Michael H. Trujillo, Director, Indian 
Health Service, Department of Health and Human Services.
  Subcommittee will meet again on Wednesday, May 17.

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VIOLENCE AT WOMEN'S HEALTH CLINICS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human 
Services, and Education and Related Agencies concluded hearings to 
examine the incidence of violence at women's health clinics in the 
United States, after receiving testimony from Jamie S. Gorelick, Deputy 
Attorney General, Department of Justice; Daniel R. Black, Deputy 
Director, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, Department of the 
Treasury; Valerie Kosceinik, Consumer Information and Referral Agency, 
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Jill June, Planned parenthood of Greater 
Iowa, Des Moines; Bernie Smith, Milwaukee Women's Medical Services, 
Milwaukee, Wisconsin; Judith M. DeSarno, National Family Planning and 
Reproductive Health Association, Kate Michelman, National Abortion and 
Reproductive Rights Action League, Pamela Maraldo, Planned Parenthood 
Federation of America, Inc., all of Washington, D.C.; Katherine Splarr, 
Feminist Majority, Los Angeles, California; and Christine Kohl, 
Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
APPROPRIATIONS--FTA
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Transportation and Related 
Agencies concluded hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal 
year 1996 for the Federal Transit Administration, after receiving 
testimony from Gordon J. Linton, Administrator, Federal Transit 
Administration, Department of Transportation.
NATIONAL SECURITY
Committee on Armed Services: Committee held hearings to examine the 
national security implications of lowered export controls on dual-use 
technologies and United States defense capabilities, receiving 
testimony from Mitchel B. Wallerstein, Deputy Assistant Secretary for 
Counterproliferation Policy, Al Volkman, Director, Armaments 
Cooperation, and Craig Wilson, Director, Intelligence Policy, Office of 
the Secretary, all of the Department of Defense; David Cooper, 
Director, Acquisition Policy Technology and Competitiveness Group, 
General Accounting Office; and Zachary Davis, Analyst, International 
Nuclear Policy, Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress.
  Committee recessed subject to call.
AUTHORIZATION-DEFENSE
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Readiness resumed 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 environmental, military construction and BRAC 
programs, receiving testimony from Sherri W. Goodman, Deputy Under 
Secretary for Environmental Security, John Harrison, Executive 
Director, Strategic Environmental Research and Development Program, Jan 
B. Reitman, Staff Director, Environmental and Safety Policy Office, 
Defense Logistics Agency, and Robert E. Bayer, Deputy Assistant 
Secretary for Economic Reinvestment and Brac, all of the Department of 
Defense; Thomas W. L. McCall, Jr., Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary 
of the Air Force for Environmental, Safety, and Occupational Health; 
Alma B. Moore, Assistant Secretary of the Army for Environment, Safety, 
and Occupational Health; Cheryl A. Kandaras, Principal Deputy Assistant 
Secretary of the Navy for Installations and Environment; Robert B. 
Pirie, Jr., Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Installations and 
Environment; Paul W. Johnson, Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army 
for Installations, Logistics, and Environment; and Jimmy G. Dishner, 
Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Installations.
  Subcommittee will meet again on Monday, May 15.
1996 BUDGET
Committee on the Budget: Committee ordered favorably reported an 
original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget 
for the United States Government.
SUPERFUND REFORM
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Subcommittee on Superfund, 
Waste Control, and Risk Assessment concluded oversight hearings on the 
implementation of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, 
Compensation, and Liability Act, after receiving testimony from Keith 
O. Fultz, Assistant Comptroller General, Resources, Community, and 
Economic Development Division, General Accounting Office; Douglas K. 
Hall, Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere; 
Montana Chief Deputy Attorney General Chris D. Tweeten, Helena; New 
Mexico Assistant Attorney General for Natural Resources Charlie 
DeSaillan, Santa Fe; C. Keith Meiser, CSX Transportation, Inc., 
Jacksonville, Florida; Kevin L. McKnight, Aluminum Company of America, 
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; Kenneth D. Jenkins, California State 
University, Long Beach; and Jerry A. Hausman, Massachusetts Institute 
of Technology, Cambridge.
MEDICARE
Committee on Finance: Committee resumed hearings to examine the 
financial status of the Medicare program, receiving testimony from June 
E. O'Neill, Director, Congressional Budget Office; and Arthur S. 
Flemming, Save Our Security Coalition, and C. Eugene Steuerle, Urban 
Institute, both of Washington, D.C.
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  Hearings continue on Tuesday, May 16.
FOREIGN AFFAIRS REORGANIZATION
Committee on Foreign Relations: Subcommittee on International 
Operations held hearings on proposals to reorganize and revitalize 
American foreign affairs institutions, receiving testimony from Senator 
McConnell; Richard M. Moose, Under Secretary of State for Management; 
Michael Nacht, Assistant Director, Strategic and Eurasian Affairs 
Bureau, United States Arms Control and Disarmament Agency; Joseph 
Duffey, Director, United States Information Agency; and J. Brian 
Atwood, Administrator, Agency for International Development.
  Hearings were recessed subject to call.
MIDDLE EAST ASSISTANCE
Committee on Foreign Relations: Subcommittee on Near Eastern and South 
Asian Affairs held hearings on proposed legislation authorizing funds 
for fiscal year 1996 for foreign assistance programs in the Middle 
East, receiving testimony from Robert Pelletreau, Assistant Secretary 
of State for Near Eastern Affairs; Margaret Carpenter, Assistant 
Administrator, Bureau for Asia and the Near East, Agency for 
International Development; Molly K. Williamson, Deputy Assistant 
Secretary of Defense for Middle East and African Affairs; Richard L. 
Armitage, Armitage Associates, former Assistant Secretary of Defense, 
Arlington, Virginia; Richard W. Murphy, Council on Foreign Relations, 
former Assistant Secretary of State, New York, New York; and Neal M. 
Sher, American Israel Public Affairs Committee, and James J. Zogby, 
Arab American Institute, both of Washington, D.C.
  Hearings were recessed subject to call.
IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Immigration concluded 
oversight hearings on activities of the Immigration and Naturalization 
Service, after receiving testimony from Doris Meissner, Commissioner, 
Immigration and Naturalization Service, Department of Justice.
AVAILABILITY OF BOMB MAKING INFORMATION
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Terrorism, Technology, and 
Government Information concluded hearings to examine the implications 
of the availability of bomb making information on the Internet, after 
receiving testimony from Robert S. Litt, Deputy Assistant Attorney 
General, Criminal Division, Department of Justice; Rabbi Marvin Hier, 
Simon Wiesenthal Center, Los Angeles, California; William W. 
Burrington, America Online, Inc., Vienna, Virginia, on behalf of the 
Interactive Services Association; Jerry Berman, Center for Democracy 
and Technology, Washington, D.C.; and Frank Tuerkheimer, University of 
Wisconsin Law School, Madison.
INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES EDUCATION ACT
Committee on Labor and Human Resources: Subcommittee on Disability 
Policy held hearings on proposed legislation authorizing funds for 
programs of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, receiving 
testimony from Joseph Fisher, Tennessee Department of Education, and 
Herb Reith, Vanderbilt University, both of Nashville, Tennessee; Donald 
Deshler, University of Kansas, Lawrence; Nancy Diehl, Project STEP, 
Greeneville, Tennessee; Mitchell Levitz, Peekskill, New York; Will 
McCarthy, Chattanooga, Tennessee; Jaimi Lard, Boston, Massachusetts; 
Taylor Betz, Columbus, Ohio; Stacy Campbell, Westerville, Ohio; Monica 
Eberle, Knoxville, Tennessee; Danette Crawford, Des Moines, Iowa; 
Harvey Kimble, Urbandale, Iowa; Joanne Evans and Michael Miller, both 
of Eau Claire, Wisconsin; Debbie Delp and Phyllis Gorman, both of 
Mason, Ohio; Sharon Gonder and Ingrid Caldwell, both of Fulton, 
Missouri; and Christine Hoyo and Matty Rodriguez-Walling, both of 
Miami, Florida.
  Hearings continue on Tuesday, May 16.
SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION
Committee on Rules and Administration: Committee held hearings to 
examine future management guidelines for the Smithsonian Institution, 
receiving testimony from Col. Charles D. Cooper, USAF (Ret.), Retired 
Officers Association, Alexandria, Virginia; Herman G. Harrington, 
American Legion, and Bob Manhan, Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United 
States, both of Washington, D.C.; R. E. Smith, Air Force Association, 
Arlington, Virginia; and Maj. Gen. Charles W. Sweeney, USAF (Ret.).
  Hearings continue on Thursday, May 18.
VETERANS HEALTH ADMINISTRATION
Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Committee concluded oversight hearings 
on the reorganization of the Veterans Health Administration and the 
impact of section 510 of Title 38, United States Code which requires VA 
to provide 90 days notice to the Congress before an administrative 
reorganization may take effect, after receiving testimony from Kenneth 
W. Kizer, Under Secretary of Veterans Affairs for Health.
LONG-TERM CARE FINANCING
Special Committee on Aging: Committee concluded hearings to examine 
future directions in private financing of long-term care, after 
receiving testimony [[Page D587]] from Ellen Friedman, Ameritech, 
Chicago, Illinois; Stanley Wallack, Brandeis University, Waltham, 
Massachusetts, on behalf of the Coalition for Long Term Care Financing; 
Marilyn Moon, Urban Institute, Paul Willging, American Health Care 
Association, Val J. Halamandaris, National Association for Home Care, 
and Stephen McConnell, Alzheimer's Association, on behalf of the Long 
Term Care Campaign, all of Washington, D.C.; Mark E. Battista, UNUM 
Life Insurance Company of America, Portland, Maine; Gail Holubinka, New 
York State Partnership for Long Term Care, Albany; John Spear, 
Champaign, Illinois; and Jean Heintz, Portland, Oregon.