[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 148 (Thursday, September 21, 1995)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1130-D1131]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Armed Services: Committee ordered favorably reported the 
nomination of John T. Conway, of New York, to be a Member of the Defense 
Nuclear Facilities Safety Board, and 2,421 military nominations in the Army, 
Navy, Marine Corps, and Air Force.
  Also, committee concluded hearings on the nomination of Gen. John M. 
Shalikashvili, United States Army, for reappointment as Chairman of the 
Joint Chiefs of Staff, Department of Defense, after the 

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nominee testified and answered questions in his own behalf.
DUAL USE EXPORT CONTROL PROGRAM
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on 
International Finance concluded oversight hearings on the implementation of 
the dual use export control program, after receiving testimony from William 
A. Reinsch, Under Secretary of Commerce for Export Administration; Thomas E. 
McNamara, Assistant Secretary of State for Political-Military Affairs; and 
Peter M. Sullivan, Deputy Director, Defense Technology Security 
Administration, Department of Defense.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee ordered favorably 
reported the following bills:
  H.R. 1266, to provide for the exchange of lands within Admiralty Island 
National Monument in Alaska; and
  S. 755, to provide for the privatization of the United States Enrichment 
Corporation.
  Also, committee completed its review of certain spending reductions and 
revenue increases to meet reconciliation expenditures as imposed by H. Con. 
Res. 67, setting forth the congressional budget for the United States 
Government for fiscal years 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, and 2002, 
and agreed on recommendations which it will make thereon to the Committee on 
the Budget.
LIBERIA
Committee on Foreign Relations: Subcommittee on African Affairs concluded 
hearings to examine United States policy toward Liberia, after receiving 
testimony from George E. Moose, Assistant Secretary of State for African 
Affairs; John F. Hicks, Sr., Assistant Administrator for Africa, Agency for 
International Development; Vince Kern, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense 
for African Affairs; Jim Bishop, former U.S. Ambassador to Liberia, and 
Janet Fleishman, Human Rights Watch/Africa, both of Washington, D.C.; and 
Ellwood Dunn, University of the South, Sewanee, Tennessee.
BUDGET RECONCILIATION
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee completed its review of certain 
spending reductions and revenue increases to meet reconciliation 
expenditures as imposed by H. Con. Res. 67, setting forth the congressional 
budget for the United States Government for fiscal years 1996, 1997, 1998, 
1999, 2000, 2001, and 2002, and agreed on recommendations which it will make 
thereon to the Committee on the Budget.
RUBY RIDGE
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Terrorism, Technology, and 
Government Information continued hearings to examine certain Federal law 
enforcement actions with regard to the 1992 incident at Ruby Ridge, Idaho, 
receiving testimony from Larry A. Potts, former Assistant Director, and 
Danny O. Coulson, former Deputy Assistant Director, both of the Criminal 
Investigative Division, W. Douglas Gow, former Associate Deputy Director, 
Investigations Division, and Robin L. Montgomery, former Special Agent in 
Charge (Portland, Oregon), all of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, 
Department of Justice.
  Hearings continue tomorrow.
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