[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 162 (Thursday, October 19, 1995)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1226-D1227]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: Committee concluded 
hearings on the nominations of Michael V. Dunn, of Iowa, to be an 
Assistant Secretary of Agriculture for Marketing and Regulatory 
Programs, and to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the Commodity 
Credit Corporation, and John David Carlin, of Kansas, to be an 
Assistant Secretary of Agriculture for Congressional Relations, after 
the nominees testified and answered questions in their own behalf. Mr. 
Dunn was introduced by Senator Leahy, and Mr. Carlin was introduced by 
Senator Kassebaum.
ROLE OF COUNCIL OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Subcommittee on Oversight 
and Investigations concluded hearings to examine the role of the 
Council of Environmental Quality in the decision-making and management 
processes of the Department of the Interior, Department of Energy, and 
the U.S. Forest Service, after receiving testimony from Kathleen A. 
McGinty, Chair, Council on Environmental Quality.
SAFE DRINKING WATER ACT AMENDMENTS
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee concluded hearings 
on S. 1316, to revise and authorize funds for programs of the Safe 
Drinking Water Act, after receiving testimony from Carol M. Browner, 
Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency; Nebraska Governor E. 
Benjamin Nelson, Lincoln, and Ohio Governor George V. Voinovich, 
Columbus, both on behalf of the National Governors Association; Mayor 
Jeffrey N. Wennberg, Rutland, Vermont, on behalf of the National League 
of Cities and the National Association of Counties; Gurnie C. Gunter, 
Kansas City Department of Water Services, Kansas City, Missouri, on 
behalf of the Association of Metropolitan Water Agencies; Erik D. 
Olson, Natural Resources Defense Council, Washington, D.C., on behalf 
of the Campaign for Safe and Affordable Drinking Water; Donald 
Satchwell, East Green 

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Acres irrigation District, Post Falls, Idaho, on behalf of the American 
Water Works Association; Dan Keil, Montana Rural Water Systems, Conrad, 
on behalf of the National Rural Water Association; David Ozonoff, 
Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts; 
Richard J. Bull, Battelle Pacific Northwest Laboratories, Richland, 
Washington; and William R. Mills, Jr., Orange County Water District, 
Orange County, California, on behalf of the Association of California 
Water Agencies.
BUDGET RECONCILIATION
Committee on Finance: 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 held hearings to examine certain Federal law 
enforcement actions with regard to the 1992 incident at Ruby Ridge, 
Idaho, receiving testimony from Louis J. Freeh, Director, Federal 
Bureau of Investigation, Department of Justice.
  Subcommittee recessed subject to call.
RURAL AND URBAN COMMUNITY REVITALIZATION
Committee on Small Business: Committee held hearings on proposals to 
revitalize American rural and urban communities, including provisions 
of S. 743, S. 1184, and S. 1252, receiving testimony from Senators 
Abraham, Lieberman, and Ashcroft; Jack Kemp, Empower America, Marc 
Bendick, Jr., Bendick and Egan Economic Consultants, Inc., and Paul S. 
Grogan, Local Initiatives Support Corporation, all of Washington, D.C.; 
Blair Forlaw, East-West Gateway Coordinating Council, St. Louis, 
Missouri; and Randall C. Gideon, KVG Gideon/Toal, Inc., Fort Worth, 
Texas, on behalf of the American Institute of Architects.
  Hearings were recessed subject to call.