[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 128 (Thursday, August 3, 1995)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D982-D983]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
NOMINATION
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: Committee concluded 
hearings on the nomination of Jill L. Long, of Indiana, to be Under 
Secretary of Agriculture for Rural Economic and Community Development, 
and to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the Commodity Credit 
Corporation, after the nominee, who was introduced by Senator Coats and 
Representatives Roberts and de la Garza, testified and answered 
questions in her own behalf.
AUTHORIZATION--ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Subcommittee on Drinking 
Water, Fisheries, and Wildlife resumed hearings on proposed legislation 
authorizing funds for programs of the Endangered Species Act, receiving 
testimony from Carl B. Loop, Jr., Florida Farm Bureau Federation, 
Jacksonville, on behalf of the American Farm Bureau Federation; R.J. 
Smith, Competitive Enterprise Institute, James M. Sweeney, Champion 
International Corporation, Michael J. Bean, Environmental Defense Fund, 
and Steven P. Quarles, on behalf of the Endangered Species Coordinating 
Council and the American Forest and Paper Association, all of 
Washington, D.C.; Michael White, Hecla Mining Company, Coeur d'Alene, 
Idaho; Sherl L. Chapman, Idaho Water Users Association, Inc., Boise; 
George E. Meyer, Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, Madison; 
Murray Lloyd, Black Bear Conservation Committee, Shreveport, Louisiana; 
Brian Loew, Riverside County Habitat Conservation Agency, Riverside, 
California; Charles E. Gilliland, Texas A&M University, College 
Station; Randy Scott, San Bernardino County Planning Department, San 
Bernardino, California; Elliot Parks, San Diego Association of 
Governments, San Diego, California; and Lindell L. Marsh, Siemon, 
Larsen & Marsh, Irvine, California.
  Hearings were recessed subject to call.
IRAQ SANCTIONS
Committee on Foreign Relations: Subcommittee on Near Eastern and South 
Asian Affairs concluded hearings to examine the effects of United 
Nations sanctions imposed on the Iraq economy, after receiving 
testimony from Madeleine Albright, Permanent Representative to the 
United Nations; Omar A. Duwaik, Reema International Corp., Denver, 
Colorado; and Rend Rahim Francke, Iraq Foundation, and Phebe Marr and 
Patrick Clawson, both of the Institute for National Strategic Studies/
National Defense University, all of Washington, D.C.
IRAQ ATROCITIES AGAINST THE KURDS
Committee on Foreign Relations: Subcommittee on Near Eastern and South 
Asian Affairs concluded hearings to examine the extent of Iraqi war 
crimes against the Iraqi Kurdish population, after receiving testimony 
from Kathryn Cameron Porter, Human Rights Alliance, Fairfax, Virginia; 
Alan O. Makovsky, Washington Institute for Near East Policy, 
Washington, D.C.; Kenneth Roth, Human Rights Watch, New York, New York; 
Najmaldin O. Karim, Kurdish National Congress of North America, Silver 
Spring, Maryland; Douglas Layton, Servant Group International, Mount 
Juliet, Tennessee; and numerous other public witnesses.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee ordered favorably reported the 
following business items:
  S. 627, to require the general application of the antitrust laws to 
major league baseball; and
  The nominations of Joseph H. McKinley Jr., to be United States 
District Judge for the Western District of Kentucky, and Evan Jonathan 
Wallach, of Nevada, to be a Judge for the United States Court of 
International Trade.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded hearings on the 
nominations of Terence T. Evans, of Wisconsin, to be United States 
Circuit Judge for the Seventh Circuit, Michael R. Murphy, of Utah, to 
be United States Circuit Judge for the Tenth Circuit, James M. Moody, 
to be United States District Judge for the Eastern District of 
Arkansas, William K. Sessions III, to be United States District Judge 
for the District of Vermont, Ortrie D. Smith, to be United States 
District Judge for the Western District of Missouri, and Donald C. 
Pogue, of Connecticut, to be a Judge of the United States Court of 
International Trade, after the nominees testified and answered 
questions in their own behalf. Mr. Evans was introduced by Senators 
Kohl and Feingold, and Representative Thomas Barrett, Mr. Murphy was 
introduced by Senators Hatch and Bennett, and Representative Orton, Mr. 
Moody was introduced by Senators Bumpers and Pryor, and Representative 
Dickey, Mr. Sessions was introduced by Senators Leahy and Jeffords, and 
Mr. Smith was introduced by Senators Ashcroft and Bond and 
Representative Skelton.

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MEDICARE HMO's
Special Committee on Aging: Committee concluded hearings to examine the 
adequacy of Federal oversight of Medicare health maintenance 
organizations and how to assure quality of care for Medicare 
beneficiaries who enroll in HMO's, after receiving testimony from Sarah 
F. Jaggar, Director, Health Financing and Public Health Issues, Health, 
Education, and Human Services Division, General Accounting Office; June 
Gibbs Brown, Inspector General, and Bruce C. Vladeck, Administrator, 
Health Care Financing Administration, both of the Department of Health 
and Human Services; Geraldine Dallek, Center for Health Care Rights, 
Los Angeles, California; Jesse Jampol, Health Insurance Plan of Greater 
New York, New York, New York, on behalf of the Group Health Association 
of America; Helen Imbernino, National Committee for Quality Assurance, 
Washington, D.C.; and Suzanne C. Mercure, Southern California Edison, 
Rosemead.
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 Thomas E. 
Castleton, Special Assistant to the Assistant Attorney General, 
Department of Justice, former Special Assistant to the Counsel to the 
President; Carolyn C. Huber, Special Assistant to the President and 
Director of Personal Correspondence; Stephen R. Neuwirth, Associate 
Counsel to the President; and Clifford M. Sloan, Wiley, Rein & 
Fielding, Bethesda, Maryland, former Associate Counsel to the 
President.
  Hearings will continue on Monday, August 7.