[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 98 (Thursday, June 15, 1995)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D738-D739]
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: Subcommittee on 
Production and Price Competitiveness held hearings on proposed 
legislation to strengthen and improve United States agricultural 
programs, focusing on commodity program policies, receiving testimony 
from Senator Burns; James H. Sanford, Prattville, Alabama, on behalf of 
the National Cotton Council; Tommy Hillman, Carlisle, Arkansas, on 
behalf of the USA Rice Federation; John Long, Newberry, South Carolina, 
on behalf of the American Soybean Association; Ross Hansen, Genoa, 
Colorado, on behalf of the National Association of Wheat Growers; Rod 
Gangwish, Shelton, Nebraska, on behalf of the National Corn Growers 
Association, James Earl Mobley, Alabama Peanut Producers Association, 
Shorterville, on behalf of the National Peanut Growers Group; Craig 
Anderson, Longmont, Colorado, on behalf of the American Sugarbeet 
Growers Association; James C. Barr, National Milk Producers Federation, 
Arlington, Virginia; Less Guthrie, Porterville, California, on behalf 
of the National Cattlemen's Association; Cindy Siddoway, Terreton, 
Idaho, on behalf of the American Sheep Industry Association; Pat 
Henderson, American Oat Association, Minneapolis, Minnesota; Bill 
Kubecka, National Grain Sorghum Producers, Abernathy, Texas; Robert P. 
Dixon, SF Services, Inc., North Little Rock, Arkansas, on behalf of the 
National Council of Farmer Cooperatives; and Dale E. Aupperle, American 
Society of Farm Managers and Rural Appraisers, Inc., Denver, Colorado.
  Hearings were recessed subject to call.
BOSNIA
Committee on Armed Services: Committee continued hearings to examine 
United States policy regarding the conflict in Bosnia, receiving 
testimony from James R. Schlesinger, former Secretary of Defense and 
former Secretary of Energy; Richard L. Armitage, former Assistant 
Secretary of Defense and former Director, U.S. Assistance to Newly 
Independent States; and Col. Harry G. Summers, Jr., USA (Ret.), Bowie, 
Maryland.
  Committee recessed subject to call.
FHA-INSURED AND ASSISTED MULTIFAMILY HOUSING
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on 
Housing Opportunity and Community Development concluded hearings on the 
Department of Housing and Urban Development's proposal to restructure 
the Federal Housing Administration-insured multifamily housing 
portfolio that receives HUD project-based Section 8 assistance, after 
receiving testimony from Susan Gaffney, Inspector General, Nicholas P. 
Retsinas, Assistant Secretary for Housing, Federal Housing 
Commissioner, and Helen Dunlap, Deputy Assistant Secretary for 
Multifamily Housing, all of the Department of Housing and Urban 
Development; Jim Wells, Associate Director, Housing and Community 
Development Issues, Resources, Community, and Economic Development 
Division, General Accounting Office; Larry H. Dale, Fannie Mae, 
Washington, D.C.; and David A. Smith, Recapitalization Advisors, Inc., 
and William E. Haynsworth, Boston Financial Group, both of Boston, 
Massachusetts.
U.S. MILITIA MOVEMENT
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Terrorism, Technology, and 
Government Information held [[Page D739]] hearings to examine the scope 
of militia organizations in the United States, the nature of their 
activities, their reason for existence, and the extent to which they 
pose a threat to American citizens, receiving testimony from Senators 
Baucus and Levin; James L. Brown, Deputy Associate Director for 
Criminal Enforcement, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, 
Department of the Treasury; Robert M. Bryant, Assistant Director, 
National Security Division, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Department 
of Justice; Col. Fred M. Mills, Missouri State Highway Patrol, 
Jefferson City; Maricopa County Attorney Richard M. Romley, Phoenix, 
Arizona; Musselshell County Attorney John Bohlman, Roundup, Montana; 
John E. Trochmann and Robert Fletcher, both of Noxon, Montana; Ken 
Adams, Harbor Springs, Michigan; James Johnson, Columbus, Ohio; and 
Norman Olson, Alanson, Michigan.
  Hearings were recessed subject to call.
AFFIRMATIVE ACTION IN EMPLOYMENT
Committee on Labor and Human Resources: Committee concluded oversight 
hearings to examine affirmative action in employment, focusing on 
compliance with Executive Order 11246, which prohibits employers with 
Federal contracts from discriminating against job applicants or 
employees on the basis of race, sex, national origin or religion, and 
requires Federal contractors to take affirmative action to ensure equal 
opportunity, after receiving testimony from Shirley J. Wilcher, Deputy 
Assistant Secretary for Federal Contract Compliance, Employment 
Standards Administration, Department of Labor; Arthur A. Fletcher, 
Chairman, U.S. Commission on Civil Rights; Ellen Shong Bergman, Ellen 
Shong and Associates, Sea Brook, South Carolina; Susan R. Meisinger, 
Society for Human Resource Management, Alexandria, Virginia; Linda 
Chavez, Center for Equal Opportunity, Brian W. Jones, Center for New 
Black Leadership, and Marsha Greenberger, National Women's Law Center, 
all of Washington, D.C.; and John Trygg, Junction City, Kansas.
AUTHORIZATION--FEC
Committee on Rules and Administration: Committee concluded hearings on 
proposed legislation authorizing funds for fiscal year 1996 for the 
Federal Election Commission, after receiving testimony from Danny Lee 
McDonald, Chairman, and Lee Ann Elliott, Commissioner, both of the 
Federal Election Commission; and Brent Thompson, Fair Government 
Foundation, Washington, D.C.