[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 149 (Friday, September 22, 1995)]
[Daily Digest]
[Page D1139]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
TRANSPORTATION OF THE MEDICAID PROGRAM
Committee on Commerce: Ordered transmitted to the Committee on the 
Budget for inclusion in Omnibus Budget Reconciliation ``Transformation 
of the Medicaid Program.''
SAVING MEDICARE
Committee on Ways and Means: Held a hearing on Saving Medicare. 
Testimony was heard from Gail R. Wilensky, Chair, Physician Payment 
Review Commission; Stuart H. Altman, Chairman, Prospective Payment 
Assessment Commission; Roland E. King, former Chief Actuary, Health 
Care Financing Administration, Department of Health and Human Services; 
and public witnesses.

Joint Meetings
AFFIRMATIVE ACTION
Joint Hearing: Senate Committee on the Judiciary's Subcommittee on 
Constitution, Federalism and Property Rights concluded joint hearings 
with the House Committee on the Judiciary's Subcommittee on 
Constitution to examine the status and future of affirmative action, 
focusing on minority contracting, after receiving testimony from John 
R. Schmidt, Associate Attorney General, Department of Justice; George 
LaNoue, University of Maryland, Baltimore; Michael Carvin, Shaw, 
Pittman, Georgina Verdugo, Mexican American Legal Defense Fund, and 
Tony Robinson, Minority Business Enterprise Legal Defense Fund, all of 
Washington, D.C.; Thomas Stewart, Spokane, Washington; and Leon 
Goldstein, Atlanta, Georgia.
APPROPRIATIONS--DEFENSE
Conferees continued in closed evening session to resolve the 
differences between the Senate-and House-passed versions of H.R. 2126, 
making appropriations for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year 
ending September 30, 1996.