[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 153 (Thursday, September 28, 1995)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1160-D1162]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
BUDGET RECONCILIATION
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: 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. 

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ETHANOL PRODUCTION
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: Committee concluded 
hearings to examine the effects of the ethanol industry on farm income, 
deficiency payments, energy efficiency, and economic activity in rural 
America, after receiving testimony from Dan Glickman, Secretary of 
Agriculture; Carol M. Browner, Administrator, Environmental Protection 
Agency; Eric Vaughn, Renewable Fuels Association, Washington, D.C.; 
Douglas A. Durante, Clean Fuels Development Coalition, Bethesda, 
Maryland; and Merlin Plagge, Iowa Farm Bureau, Des Moines.
PUBLIC HOUSING REFORM
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded 
hearings on S. 1260, to reform and consolidate the public and assisted 
housing programs of the United States, and to redirect primary 
responsibility for these programs from the Federal Government to States 
and localities, after receiving testimony from Henry G. Cisneros, 
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development; Joseph G. Schiff, The 
Schiff Group, Inc., Bethesda, Maryland, former Assistant Secretary of 
Housing and Urban Development for Public and Indian Housing; Richard C. 
Gentry, Richmond Redevelopment and Housing Authority, Richmond, 
Virginia, on behalf of the National Association of Housing and 
Redevelopment Officials; John H. Hiscox, Macon, Georgia Housing 
Authority, on behalf of the Public Housing Authorities Directors 
Association; Gregory Byrne, Dade County Department of Housing and Urban 
Development, Miami, Florida, on behalf of the Council of Large Public 
Housing Authorities; Paul Graziano, New York City Housing Authority, 
New York, New York, on behalf of the National Leased Housing 
Association; Thomas R. Shuler, Insignia Management Corporation, 
Greenville, South Carolina, on behalf of the National Apartment 
Association and the National Multi Housing Council; Karen V. Hill, Fair 
Housing Implementation Office, Yonkers, New York, on behalf of the 
National Low Income Housing Coalition; Nancy Bernstine, National 
Housing Law Project, and Othello W. Poulard, Center for Community 
Change, both of Washington, D.C.; Ann O'Hara, Boston, Massachusetts, on 
behalf of the Consortium for Citizens with Disabilities; Helen 
Boosalis, Lincoln, Nebraska, on behalf of the American Association of 
Retired Persons; Rosemary Rittenberg, Massachusetts Union of Public 
Housing Tenants, Dorchester; and Sharron D. Lipscomb, Empowerment 
Network Foundation, Alexandria, Virginia.
BUDGET RECONCILIATION
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: 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.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded hearings 
on the nominations of Patricia J. Beneke, of Iowa, to be Assistant 
Secretary for Water and Science, and Eluid L. Martinez, of New Mexico, 
to be Commissioner of the Bureau of Reclamation, both of the Department 
of the Interior, Derrick L. Forrister, of Tennessee, to be Assistant 
Secretary of Energy for Congressional and Intergovernmental Affairs, 
and Charles William Burton, of Texas, to be a Member of the Board of 
Directors of the United States Enrichment Corporation, after the 
nominees testified and answered questions in their own behalf.
BUDGET RECONCILIATION
Committee on Finance: Committee continued 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, but did not complete 
action thereon, and will meet again tomorrow.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded hearings on the 
nominations of Joan M. Plaisted, of California, to be Ambassador to the 
Republic of the Marshall Islands and to serve concurrently and without 
additional compensation as Ambassador to the Republic of Kiribati, and 
Don Lee Gevirtz, of California, to be Ambassador to the Republic of 
Fiji, and to serve concurrently and without additional compensation as 
Ambassador to the Republic of Nauru, Ambassador to the Kingdom of 
Tonga, and Ambassador to Tuvalu, after the nominees, who were 
introduced by Senator Feinstein, testified and answered questions in 
their own behalf.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Governmental Affairs: Committee concluded hearings on the 
nominations of Ned R. McWherter, of Tennessee, to be Governor of the 
United States Postal Service, and Donald S. Wasserman, of the District 
of Columbia, to be a Member of the Federal Labor Relations Authority, 

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after the nominees testified and answered questions in their own 
behalf. Mr. McWherter was introduced by Senator Frist.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded hearings on the 
nominations of R. Guy Cole, Jr., of Ohio, to be United States Circuit 
Judge for the Sixth Circuit, Susan J. Dlott, to be United States 
District Judge for the Southern District of Ohio, Stephen Murray 
Orlofsky, to be United States District Judge for the District of New 
Jersey, Barry Ted Moskowitz, to be United States District Judge for the 
Southern District of California, and John R. Tunheim, to be United 
States District Judge for the District of Minnesota, after the nominees 
testified and answered questions in their own behalf. Mr. Cole and Ms. 
Dlott were introduced by Senator Glenn and Representative Stokes; Mr. 
Orlofsky was introduced by Senators Bradley and Lautenberg, Mr. 
Moskowitz was introduced by Senator Boxer, and Mr. Tunheim was 
introduced by Senators Grams and Wellstone.
NON-IMMIGRANT ISSUES
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded hearings to examine 
non-immigrant immigration issues, after receiving testimony from Robert 
B. Reich, Secretary of Labor; Doris Meissner, Commissioner, Immigration 
and Naturalization Service, Department of Justice; Austin T. Fragomen, 
Fragomen, Del Rey & Bernsen, New York, New York, on behalf of the 
American Council on International Personnel; Grace Gentry, Gentry, 
Incorporated, Oakland, California, on behalf of the National 
Association of Computer Consultant Businesses; Lawrence Richards, 
Software Professionals' Political Action Committee, Austin, Texas; 
David Auston, Rice University, Houston, Texas, on behalf of the 
Association of American Universities; Philip P. Martin, University of 
California, Davis; Bob L. Vice, California Farm Bureau Federation, 
Sacramento; John Young, New England Apple Council, New Boston, New 
Hampshire; James S. Holt, McGuiness & Williams, and David North, both 
of Washington, D.C.; Dolores Huerta, United Farm Workers of America 
(AFL-CIO), Keene, California; Robert A. Williams, Florida Rural Legal 
Services, Tallahassee; and Wallace Huffman, Iowa State University, 
Ames.
PRIVATE EFFORTS TO RESHAPE AMERICA
Committee on Labor and Human Resources: Subcommittee on Children and 
Families concluded hearings to examine the effectiveness of private 
organizations in providing social services, after receiving testimony 
from Robert L. Woodson, Sr., National Center for Neighborhood 
Enterprise, and John Woods, Gospel Mission of Washington, D.C., both of 
Washington, D.C.; Freddie Garcia, Victory Home, San Antonio, Texas; 
James Heurich, San Antonio Teen Challenge, San Antonio, Texas; Jerry 
Hayes, Sunshine Mission, St. Louis, Missouri; Janet W. Evans, Person-
to-Person, Darien, Connecticut; Joan Smith, St. Elizabeth's Regional 
Maternity Center, New Albany, Indiana; and John Booy, The Potter's 
House, Grand Rapids, Michigan.