[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 96 (Tuesday, June 13, 1995)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D720-D722]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
1995 FARM BILL: COMMODITY POLICY
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: Committee resumed 
hearings on proposed legislation to strengthen and improve United 
States agricultural programs, focusing on commodity program policies, 
receiving testimony from Daniel R. Glickman, Secretary of Agriculture; 
Carl Loop, Florida Farm Bureau, Gainesville, on behalf of the American 
Farm Bureau Federation; Leland H. Swenson, National Farmers Union, 
Denver, Colorado; Becky Doyle, Illinois Department of Agriculture, 
Springfield, on behalf of the National Association of State Departments 
of Agriculture; Timothy W. Warman, American Farmland Trust, Washington, 
D.C.; John Hitchell, The Kroger Company, Cincinnati, Ohio, on behalf of 
the International Dairy Foods Association; Carroll Brunthaver, Sparks 
Companies, Inc., Memphis, Tennessee, on behalf of the National Grain 
and Feed Association and the National Grain Trade Council; Evans J. 
Plowden, Jr., Albany, Georgia, on behalf of the American Peanut 
Shellers Association, Inc., Virginia-Carolina Peanut Association, and 
the Southwestern Peanut Shellers Association; Ben Smith, Tom's Foods, 
Inc., Columbus, Georgia, on behalf of the American Peanut Product 
Manufacturers, Inc.; Carlton Bert, Larned, Kansas, on behalf of the 
American Alfalfa Processors Association; and [[Page D721]] Elmer 
Hillesland, Grand Forks Chamber of Commerce, Grand Forks, North Dakota.
  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 health programs, receiving testimony from Lt. Gen. 
Alcide M. Lanoue, USA, Surgeon General of the Army; Vice Adm. Donald F. 
Hagen, USN, Surgeon General of the Navy; Lt. Gen. Edgar R. Anderson, 
Jr., USAF, Surgeon General of the Air Force; Brig Gen. Nancy Adams, 
Chief of Army Nurse Corps; Capt. Mary Gardner, USN, Deputy Director, 
Naval Nurse Corps; and Brig. Gen. (Sel) Linda J. Stierle, USAF, 
Director, Air Force Nursing Services.
  Subcommittee will meet again on Tuesday, June 20.
NOMINATION
Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded hearings on the 
nomination of John P. White, of Massachusetts, to be Deputy Secretary 
of Defense, after the nominee, who was introduced by Senator Kennedy, 
testified and answered questions in his own behalf.
NOMINATION
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded 
hearings on the nomination of Roberta L. Gross, of the District of 
Columbia, to be Inspector General, National Aeronautics and Space 
Administration, after the nominee testified and answered questions in 
her own behalf.
NASA'S MISSION TO PLANET EARTH
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on 
Science, Technology, and Space concluded hearings to examine the status 
of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's Mission to 
Planet Earth program designed to better understand and predict global 
climate change, after receiving testimony from Senator Kyl; Charles 
Kennel, Associate Administrator, Mission to Planet Earth Program, 
National Aeronautics and Space Administration; Al Watkins, Chief, 
National Mapping Division, United States Geological Survey, Department 
of the Interior; Paul Smith, South Dakota School of Mines and 
Technology, Rapid City; Tommy Thompson, Louisiana-Pacific Corporation, 
Calpella, California; and Richard Bowers and Wilson Orr, both of 
Scottsdale, Arizona.
URANIUM ENRICHMENT
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded hearings 
on S. 755, to provide for the privatization of the United States 
Enrichment Corporation which provides domestic uranium enrichment 
services, after receiving testimony from Charles B. Curtis, Under 
Secretary of Energy; William H. Timbers, Jr., President and Chief 
Executive Officer, United States Enrichment Corporation; James 
Derryberry, J.P. Morgan Securities Inc., New York, New York; Joe 
Colvin, Nuclear Energy Institute, Dale L. Alberts, Uranium Producers of 
America, and W. Howard Arnold, Louisiana Energy Services, all of 
Washington, D.C.; and James K. Phillips, Oil, Chemical and Atomic 
Workers International Union, Fairfax, Virginia.
AARP FINANCIAL AND BUSINESS PRACTICES
Committee on Finance: Subcommittee on Social Security and Family Policy 
held hearings to examine the financial and business practices of the 
American Association of Retired Persons (AARP), receiving testimony 
from Natwar M. Gandhi, Associate Director, Tax Policy and 
Administrative Issues, General Government Division, General Accounting 
Division; Paul S. Hewitt, National Taxpayers Union, and M. Roy 
Goldberg, Galland, Kharasch, Morse and Garfinkel, both of Washington, 
D.C.; and Mancur Olson, Jr., University of Maryland, College Park.
  Hearings continue on Tuesday, June 20.
TAX TREATIES
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded hearings on the 
following treaties: Tax Convention With Sweden (Treaty Doc. 103-29), 
Tax Convention With Ukraine (Treaty Doc. 103-30), Additional Protocol 
Modifying the Tax Convention With Mexico (Treaty Doc. 103-31), Tax 
Convention With the French Republic (Treaty Doc. 103-32), Tax 
Convention With the Republic of Kazakhstan (Treaty Doc. 103-33), Tax 
Convention With the Portuguese Republic (Treaty Doc. 103-34), and a 
Revised Protocol Amending the 1980 Tax Convention With Canada (Treaty 
Doc. 104-4), after receiving testimony from Senator Dorgan; Leslie B. 
Samuels, Assistant Secretary for Tax Policy, and Joseph H. Guttentag, 
International Tax Counsel, both of the Department of the Treasury; 
Daniel M. Berman, International Tax Specialist, Joint Committee on 
Taxation, United States Congress; Robert H. Green, National Foreign 
Trade Council, Inc., Washington, D.C.; and Richard M. Hammer, United 
States Council for International Business, New York, New York.
UNITED STATES-JAPAN RELATIONS
Committee on Foreign Relations: Subcommittee on East Asian and Pacific 
Affairs concluded hearings on United States-Japan trade relations, 
focusing on the [[Page D722]] effects of U.S. sanctions on overall 
U.S./Japan relations, the economic impact on U.S. business and workers, 
and the future of the World Trade Organization, after receiving 
testimony from Senator Levin; Stephen Ecton, Acting Deputy Assistant 
Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs; Ira S. Shapiro, 
Senior Counsel, Office of the United States Trade Representative; and 
Joe Cobb, Heritage Foundation, Marcus Noland, Institute for 
International Economics, Nathaniel B. Thayer, Nitze School of Advanced 
International Studies (Johns Hopkins University), William A. Niskanen, 
Cato Institute, Robert E. Cole, Automotive Parts Advisory Committee, 
Lee Kadrich, Automotive Parts and Accessories Association, and Clyde V. 
Prestowitz, Jr., Economic Strategy Institute, all of Washington, D.C.