[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 120 (Monday, July 24, 1995)]
[Daily Digest]
[Page D910]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
LABOR, HHS, EDUCATION APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Ordered reported the Labor, Health and 
Human Services, and Education appropriations for fiscal year 1996.
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE DISMANTLING ACT
Committee on Commerce: Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade, and Hazardous 
Materials and the Subcommittee on Telecommunications and Finance held a 
joint hearing on H.R. 1756, Department of Commerce Dismantling Act. 
Testimony was heard from Representatives Chrysler, Mica, Levin and 
Skaggs; the following officials of the Department of Commerce: Ron 
Brown, Secretary; and Larry Irving, Under Secretary, Communications and 
Information; and public witnesses.
OVERSIGHT
Committee on Commerce: Subcommittee on Energy and Power held an 
oversight hearing on the implementation of Corporate Average Fuel 
Economy (CAFE) Standards and related issues. Testimony was heard from 
Barry Felrice, Associate Administrator, Rulemaking, National Highway 
Transportation Safety Administration, Department of Transportation; and 
public witnesses.
OVERSIGHT--WACO
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Crime and the Subcommittee 
on National Security, International Affairs of the Committee on 
Government Reform and Oversight, continued joint oversight hearings on 
Federal Law Enforcement Actions in Relation to the Branch Davidian 
Compound in Waco, Texas. Testimony was heard from the following 
officials of the Department of the Treasury: Ronald K. Noble, Under 
Secretary, Law Enforcement; Lewis C. Merletti, Deputy Director, 
Department Review Team; James Cadigan, Firearms Expert, FBI; John 
Magaw, Director; Robert Rodriguez, Special Agent, Sharon Wheller, 
Special Agent, Daniel Black, Personnel Office, William Buford, RAC in 
Little Rock, Jon Henry Williams, Special Agent and Roland Ballesteros, 
Special Agent all with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms; and 
the following former officials of the Department of the Treasury: Roger 
Altman, Deputy Secretary; Chuck Sarabyn, SAC in Houston, Phillip 
Chojnacki, SAC in Houston and Dan Hartnett, Deputy Director, 
Enforcement, all with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms.
  Hearings continue tomorrow.
ETHICS INVESTIGATION
Committee on Standards of Official Conduct: Met in executive session to 
continue to take testimony regarding the ethics investigation of 
Speaker Gingrich. Testimony was heard from Fredrica Friedman, Vice 
President, Executive Editor, Associate Publisher, Little/Brown Co.
  Will continue tomorrow.