[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 124 (Friday, July 28, 1995)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D945-D946]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
APPROPRIATIONS--INTERIOR/DEFENSE
Committee on Appropriations: Committee ordered favorably reported the 
following bills:
  H.R. 1977, making appropriations for the Department of the Interior 
and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1996, 
with amendments; and
  An original bill (S. 1087) making appropriations for the Department 
of Defense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1996.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded 
hearings on the nominations of Herbert F. Collins, of Massachusetts, to 
be a Member of the Thrift Depositor Protection Oversight Board, 
Resolution Trust Corporation, and Maria Luisa Mabilangan Haley, of 
Arkansas, to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the Export-Import 
Bank of the United States, after the nominees testified and answered 
questions in their own behalf.
SAVINGS ASSOCIATION INSURANCE FUND
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded 
hearings to examine the condition of the Savings Association Insurance 
Fund, focusing on recommendations to remedy its insolvency, after 
receiving testimony from John D. Hawke, Jr., Under Secretary for 
Domestic Finance, and Jonathan L. Fiechter, Acting Director, Office of 
Thrift Supervision, both of the Department of the Treasury; Alan 
Greenspan, Chairman, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System; 
Ricki Helfer, Chairman, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation; David 
E.A. Carson, People's Bank, Bridgeport, Connecticut, on behalf of the 
America's Community Bankers; Richard L. Mount, Saratoga National Bank, 
Saratoga, California, on behalf of the Independent Bankers Association 
of America; and Howard L. McMillan, Jr., Deposit Guaranty National 
Bank, Jackson, Mississippi, on behalf of the American Bankers 
Association.
DEBT LIMIT
Committee on Finance: Committee held hearings on issues with regard to 
raising the public debt limit, focusing on its relation to the deficit 
and its impact on financial markets, receiving testimony from 
Representative Nick Smith; John D. Hawke, Jr., Under Secretary of the 
Treasury for Domestic Finance; James L. Blum, Deputy Director, 
Congressional Budget Office; and Susan Hering, Salomon Brothers Inc., 
and Richard M. Kelly, Aubrey G. Lanston & Co., Inc., on behalf of the 
Public Securities Association, both of New York, New York.
  Hearings were recessed subject to call.
HEALTH INSURANCE/DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
Committee on Labor and Human Resources: Committee concluded hearings on 
proposals to prohibit insurers from denying health insurance coverage, 
benefits, or varying premiums based on the status of an individual as a 
victim of domestic violence, including related provisions of S. 524, S. 
1028, and H.R. 1201, after receiving testimony from Senator Reid; 
Representatives Morella, Molinari, English, and Ramstad; Nancy 
Durborow, Pennsylvania Coalition 

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Against Domestic Violence, Harrisburg, on behalf of the Women's Law 
Project; Peg Echols, State Farm Insurance Companies, Washington, D.C.; 
Timothy T. Flaherty, Neenah, Wisconsin, on behalf of the American 
Medical Association; Sheila Wellstone, St. Paul, Minnesota; and Deborah 
Senn, Olympia, Washington.