[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 166 (Wednesday, October 25, 1995)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1250-D1251]
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 met in closed session to 
consider pending military nominations, but did not take final action 
thereon, and recessed subject to call.
RELIGIOUS LIBERTY
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded hearings to examine the 
status of religious liberty in the United States and whether there is a 
need for further legal protection, after receiving testimony from 
Walter E. Dellinger, Assistant Attorney General, Office of Legal 
Counsel, Department of Justice; Cathleen A. Cleaver, Family Research 
Council, David Saperstein, Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism, 
J. Brent Walker, Baptist Joint Committee, Louis P. Sheldon, Traditional 
Values Coalition, and Kevin J. Hasson, The Becket Fund for Religious 
Liberty, all of Washington, D.C.

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VETERANS HEALTH PROGRAMS
Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Committee concluded hearings on 
proposed legislation to expand the VA's authority to contract for 
health care services and to provide the agency with added flexibility 
to reorganize its field offices, S. 293, to authorize the payment to 
States of per diem for veterans receiving adult day health care, S. 
403, to provide for the organization and administration of the 
Readjustment Counseling Service, to improve eligibility for 
readjustment counseling and related counseling, S. 425, to require the 
establishment in the Department of Veterans Affairs of mental illness 
research, education, and clinical centers, S. 548, to provide quality 
standards for mammograms performed by the Department of Veterans 
Affairs, S. 612, to provide for a hospice care pilot program for the 
Department of Veterans Affairs, and S. 644, to reauthorize the 
establishment of research corporations in the Veterans Health 
Administration, after receiving testimony from Kenneth W. Kizer, Under 
Secretary of Veterans Affairs for Health; and John Vitikacs, American 
Legion, James N. Magill, Veterans of Foreign Wars, David W. Gorman, 
Disabled American Veterans, and Terry Grandison, Paralyzed Veterans of 
America, all of Washington, D.C.
INTELLIGENCE--LAW ENFORCEMENT COOPERATION
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee concluded hearings to 
review recommendations to improve the coordination and cooperation 
between the intelligence and law enforcement communities, after 
receiving testimony from Jamie S. Gorelick, Deputy Attorney General, 
Department of Justice; and Jeff Smith, Counsel, Central Intelligence 
Agency.
  Also, committee met in closed session to receive a briefing on 
intelligence matters from officials of the intelligence community.
WHITEWATER
Special Committee To Investigate Whitewater Development Corporation and 
Related Matters: Committee met to discuss the status of the hearings to 
examine issues relating to the President's involvement with the 
Whitewater Development Corporation.
  Committee will meet again tomorrow.