[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 101 (Tuesday, June 20, 1995)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D758-D759]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
RTC
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee held 
oversight hearings to review the activities of the Resolution Trust 
Corporation, receiving testimony from Robert E. Rubin, Secretary of the 
Treasury, Alan Greenspan, Chairman, Federal Reserve Board, Ricki 
Helfer, Chairman, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, Jonathan 
Fiechter, Acting Director, Office of Thrift Supervision, John E. Ryan, 
Deputy and Acting Chief Executive Office, Resolution Trust Corporation, 
and Robert C. Larson, Taubman Realty Group, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, 
all on behalf of the Thrift Depositor Protection Oversight Board; 
Gaston L. Gianni, Jr., Associate Director, Government Business 
Operations Issues, General Government Division, General Accounting 
Office; John F. Bovenzi, Director, Division of Deposit and Asset 
Services, and Dennis F. Geer, Chief Operating Officer and Deputy to the 
Chairman, both of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation; and Ellen 
B. Kulka, General Counsel, and Barry S. Kolatch, Vice President for 
Planning, Research, and Statistics, both of the Resolution Trust 
Corporation.
  Hearings were recessed subject to call.
AARP
Committee on Finance: Subcommittee on Social Security and Family Policy 
resumed hearings to examine the financial and business practices of the 
American Association of Retired Persons (AARP), receiving testimony 
from Senator McCain; Jeffrey H. Zelkowitz, Senior Counsel, 
Classification and Customer Service, United States Postal Service; and 
Horace B. Deets, Margaret Dixon, and Eugene I. Lehrmann, all of the 
American Association of Retired Persons, Washington, D.C.
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  Hearings were recessed subject to call.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee ordered favorably reported 
the following business items:
  S. Res. 97, expressing the sense of the Senate with respect to peace 
and stability in the South China Sea, with amendments; and
  The nominations of Larry C. Napper, of Texas, to be Ambassador to the 
Republic of Latvia, R. Grant Smith, of New Jersey, to be Ambassador to 
the Republic of Tajikistan, Lawrence P. Taylor, of Pennsylvania, to be 
Ambassador to the Republic of Estonia, Peter Tomsen, of California, to 
be Ambassador to the Republic of Armenia, Jenonne R. Walker, of the 
District of Columbia, to be Ambassador to the Czech Republic, James A. 
Williams, of Virginia, for the rank of Ambassador during his tenure of 
service as the Special Coordinator for Cyprus, Donald K. Steinberg, of 
California, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Angola, Lannon Walker, 
of Maryland, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Cote d'Ivoire, Mosina 
H. Jordan, of New York, to be Ambassador to the Central African 
Republic, Timothy M. Carney, of Washington, to be Ambassador to the 
Republic of Sudan, a Foreign Service Officers' Promotion List received 
in the Senate March 23, 1995, and a Foreign Service Officers' Promotion 
List received in the Senate May 15, 1995.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded hearings on the 
nominations of David C. Litt, of Florida, to be Ambassador to the 
United Arab Emirates, Patrick N. Theros, of the District of Columbia, 
to be Ambassador to the State of Qatar, and A. Peter Burleigh, of 
California, to be Ambassador to the Democratic Socialist Republic of 
Sri Lanka and to serve concurrently and without additional compensation 
as Ambassador to the Republic of Maldives, after the nominees testified 
and answered questions in their own behalf. Mr. Theros was introduced 
by Senator Sarbanes.
SALLIE MAE/CONNIE LEE
Committee on Labor and Human Resources: Subcommittee on Education, Arts 
and Humanities held hearings on proposed legislation to allow for an 
orderly transition of the Student Loan Marketing Association (Sallie 
Mae) to private status while protecting the interests of the Federal 
Government, borrowers and other participants in the student loan 
program, the holders of Sallie Mae's debt, Sallie Mae's shareholders 
and the American taxpayer, and a proposal to privatize the College 
Construction Loan Insurance Association (Connie Lee), receiving 
testimony from Lawrence A. Hough, President and Chief Executive 
Officer, Student Loan Marketing Association; Oliver R. Sockwell, 
President and Chief Executive Officer, College Construction Loan 
Insurance Association (Connie Lee); Darcy Bradbury, Deputy Assistant 
Secretary of the Treasury for Federal Finance; Leo Kornfeld, Senior 
Advisor to the Secretary of Education; Barbara Miles, Specialist in 
Financial Institutions, Economics Division, Congressional Research 
Service, Library of Congress; and Janet Corcoran, Financial Guaranty 
Insurance Company, and David C. Mulford, CS First Boston Corporation, 
both of New York, New York.
  Hearings were recessed subject to call.