[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 123 (Thursday, July 27, 1995)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D935-D937]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
APPROPRIATIONS--TREASURY/ENERGY AND WATER DEVELOPMENT
Committee on Appropriations: Committee ordered favorably reported the 
following bills: 

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  H.R. 2020, making appropriations for the Department of the Treasury, 
the United States Postal Service, the Executive Office of the 
President, and certain independent agencies for the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 1996, with amendments; and
  H.R. 1905, making appropriations for energy and water development for 
the fiscal year ending September 30, 1996, with amendments.
SPECTRUM REFORM
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded 
hearings on proposed legislation to reform Federal Communications 
Commission procedures with regard to their use of auctions for the 
allocation of radio spectrum frequencies for commercial use, after 
receiving testimony from Wayne Perry, McCaw Cellular Communications, 
Inc. and AT&T Wireless Services, Kirkland, Washington; Stanley S. 
Hubbard, Hubbard Broadcasting, Inc., St. Paul, Minnesota; David C. 
Nagel, Apple Computer, Inc., Cupertino, California; George Fath, 
Ericsson, Inc., Lynchburg, Virginia; Charles L. Jackson, Strategic 
Policy Research, Inc., Bethesda, Maryland; Dale N. Hatfield, Hatfield 
Associates, Inc., Boulder, Colorado; Eli M. Noam, Columbia Institute 
for Tele-Information/Columbia University, New York, New York; and Merle 
Gilmore, Motorola, Inc., Peter K. Pitsch, Hudson Institute, on behalf 
of the Progress and Freedom Foundation, Larry F. Darby, Darby 
Associates, Henry Geller, Markle Foundation, and George Reed-Dellinger, 
Washington Analysis Corporation, all of Washington, D.C.
NOMINATION
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded hearings 
on the nomination of John Raymond Garamendi, of California, to be 
Deputy Secretary of the Interior, after the nominee testified and 
answered questions in his own behalf.
MEDICAID MATCHING FORMULA
Committee on Finance: Committee held hearings on the status of and 
proposed revisions to the formula used to share the cost of the 
Medicaid program between the Federal and State governments, receiving 
testimony from Sarah F. Jaggar, Director, Health Financing and Policy 
Issues, Health, Education, and Human Services Division, General 
Accounting Office; Jerry Cromwell, Health Economics Research, Inc., 
Waltham, Massachusetts; Richard P. Nathan, State University of New 
York, Albany; Paul E. Peterson, Harvard University, Cambridge, 
Massachusetts; and Robert P. Strauss, Carnegie-Mellon University, 
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
  Hearings were recessed subject to call.
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Committee on Governmental Affairs: Committee continued hearings on S. 
929, to abolish the Department of Commerce, receiving testimony from 
Clayton Yeutter, former Secretary of Agriculture and former United 
States Trade Representative, Barbara Hackman Franklin, former Secretary 
of Commerce, Paul R. Huard, National Association of Manufacturers, 
Clyde V. Prestowitz, Economic Strategy Institute, Edward L. Hudgins, 
Cato Institute, Murray Comarow, American University, and Jeffrey C. 
Smith, Commercial Weather Services Association, all of Washington, 
D.C.; Murray Weidenbaum, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri, 
former Council of Economic Advisors; John A. Knauss, University of 
Rhode Island, Saunderstown, former Under Secretary of Commerce for 
Oceans and Atmosphere; Edward H. Kwiatkowski, Cleveland Advanced 
Manufacturing Program, Cleveland, Ohio; and Bryan Norcross, WTVJ-NBC, 
Miami, Florida.
  Hearings were recessed subject to call.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee ordered favorably reported the 
nominations of A. Wallace Tashima, of California, to be United States 
Circuit Judge for the Ninth Circuit, Catherine C. Blake, to be United 
States District Judge for the District of Maryland, Andre M. Davis, to 
be United States District Judge for the District of Maryland, B. Lynn 
Winmill, to be United States District Judge for the District of Idaho, 
and Edward Scott Blair, to be United States Marshal for the Middle 
District of Tennessee.
PRISON REFORM
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee held hearings on proposals to 
strengthen the effectiveness and efficiency of the Federal/State prison 
system, including related provisions of S. 400, S. 3, S. 38, S. 866, S. 
930, H.R. 667, receiving testimony from Senators Hutchison and Gramm; 
John R. Schmidt, Associate Attorney General of the United States, 
Department of Justice; William P. Barr, former Attorney General of the 
United States, and Paul T. Cappuccio, Kirkland and Ellis, former 
Associate Deputy Attorney General of the United States, both of 
Washington, D.C.; Arizona Deputy Attorney General Andrew Peyton Thomas, 
Phoenix; John Dilulio, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey; 
Lynne Abraham, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on behalf of the National 
District Attorneys Association; Michael Gadola, Michigan Office of 
Regulatory Reform, Lansing; Bob Watson, Delaware Department of 
Corrections, Dover; Kathleen Finnegan, STOP, Punta Gorda, 

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Florida; O. Lane McCotter, Utah Department of Corrections, Salt Lake 
City; Timothy P. Cole, Wackenhut Corrections Corporation, Coral Gables, 
Florida; James A. Collins, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, on 
behalf of the American Correctional Association, and Steve J. Martin, 
both of Austin, Texas; and Zee B. Lamb, Pasquotank County, North 
Carolina, on behalf of the National Association of Counties.
  Hearings were recessed subject to call.
AUTHORIZATION--SUBSTANCE ABUSE/MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES
Committee on Labor and Human Resources: Committee concluded hearings on 
proposed legislation authorizing funds for the Substance Abuse and 
Mental Health Services Administration, after receiving testimony from 
Philip Lee, Assistant Secretary for Health, Nelba Chavez, 
Administrator, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services 
Administration, and Alan I. Leshner, Director, National Institute on 
Drug Abuse, National Institutes of Health, all of the Department of 
Health and Human Services; Mathea Falco, Drug Strategies, former 
Assistant Secretary of State for International Narcotics Matters, John 
P. Walters, New Citizenship Project, former Acting Director and Deputy 
Director for Supply Reduction, Office of National Drug Control Policy, 
and E. Fuller Torrey, St. Elizabeths Hospital, all of Washington, D.C.; 
Pamela K. Marshall, Arkansas Division of Mental Health Services, Little 
Rock; Howard H. Goldman, University of Maryland School of Medicine, 
Baltimore, on behalf of the Judge David L. Bazelon Center for Mental 
Health Law; Joseph A. Rogers, Mental Health Association of Southeastern 
Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, on behalf of the National Mental Health 
Association and the National Consumer Self-Help Clearinghouse; and 
Ellen M. Weber, Legal Action Center, New York, New York, on behalf of 
the National Coalition of State Alcohol and Drug Treatment and 
Prevention Associations.
WHITEWATER
Special Committee to Investigate the Whitewater Development Corporation 
and Related Matters: Committee resumed hearings to examine issues 
relative to the President's involvement with the Whitewater Development 
Corporation, focusing on certain events following the death of Deputy 
White House Counsel Vincent Foster, receiving testimony from Roger C. 
Adams, Counsel to the Deputy Attorney General, and Scott Salter, 
Special Agent, Federal Bureau of Investigation, both of the Department 
of Justice; Donald A. Flynn, Special Agent, Presidential Protective 
Division, United States Secret Service, Department of the Treasury; and 
Michael L. Spafford, Swidler and Berlin, Washington, D.C.
  Hearings continue on Tuesday, August 1.