[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 172 (Thursday, November 2, 1995)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1299-D1300]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
FEDERAL FOREST MANAGEMENT
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Subcommittee on Forests and 
Public Land Management resumed oversight hearings to review 
alternatives to federal forest management and ownership, receiving 
testimony from Kevin S. Carter, Utah School and Institutional Trust 
Lands Administration, Salt Lake City; Richard Wilson, California 
Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, Sacramento; James E. Brown, 
Oregon Department of Forestry, Salem, on behalf of the National 
Association of State Foresters; Robert H. Nelson, University of 
Maryland, College Park, on behalf of the Competitive Enterprise 
Institute; Randall O'Toole, The Thoreau Institute, Oak Grove, Oregon; 
Richard Smith, Hancock Timber Resource Group, Boston, Massachusetts; 
Hope M. Babcock, Georgetown University Law Center, and Janet N. 
Abramovitz, Worldwatch Institute, both of Washington, D.C.; Larry 
Layton, Navajo County, Arizona, and Merle Dinning, Boundary County, 
Idaho, both on behalf of the National Association of Counties; and John 
J. Howard, Union County, Oregon.
  Hearings were recessed subject to call.
GSA CONSTRUCTION PROGRAM
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Subcommittee on 
Transportation and Infrastructure concluded hearings to examine the 
General Services Administration's management practices of the Federal 
Courthouse Construction program and related GSA public building 
projects, after receiving testimony from Roger W. Johnson, 
Administrator, and Joel S. Gallay, Deputy Inspector General, both of 
the General Services Administration; L. Ralph Mecham, Director, 
Administrative Office of the United States Courts, on behalf of the 
Judicial Conference of the United States; and Robert E. Cowen, 
Chairman, Judicial Conference Space and Facilities Committee.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Finance: Committee ordered favorably reported the 
following business measures:
  S. 1318, to reform the statutes of and authorize funds for Amtrak, 
with an amendment; and
  An original bill to establish a new Intercity Passenger Rail Trust 
Fund to finance capital improvements for Amtrak and other passenger 
rail carriers in States not served by Amtrak.
  Also, committee appointed Senator Chafee to the Joint Committee on 
Taxation, and announced the following new subcommittee assignments:
  Subcommittee on Long-Term Growth, Debt and Deficit Reduction: 
Senators D'Amato (Chairman), Simpson, Murkowski, Pryor, and Bradley.
  Subcommittee on International Trade: Senators Grassley (Chairman), 
Roth, Hatch, Pressler, D'Amato, Murkowski, Gramm, Moynihan, Baucus, 
Bradley, Rockefeller, Breaux, Conrad, and Graham.
  Subcommittee on Medicaid and Health Care for Low-Income Families: 
Senators Chafee (Chairman), Roth, Nickles, Graham, Rockefeller, and 
Moseley-Braun.
  Subcommittee on Medicare, Long-Term Care and Health Insurance: 
Senators Dole (Chairman), Chafee, Grassley, Hatch, Simpson, 
Rockefeller, Baucus, Pryor, Conrad, Graham, and Moseley-Braun.
  Subcommittee on Social Security and Family Policy: Senators Simpson 
(Chairman), Dole, Chafee, Nickles, Gramm, Breaux, Moynihan, Baucus, and 
Moseley-Braun.
  Subcommittee on Taxation and IRS Oversight: Senators Hatch 
(Chairman), Roth, Dole, Grassley, Pressler, D'Amato, Murkowski, 
Nickles, Gramm, Bradley, Moynihan, Pryor, Breaux, and Conrad.

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GAMBLING IMPACT STUDY COMMISSION ACT
Committee on Governmental Affairs: Committee held hearings on S. 704, 
to authorize funds to establish the Gambling Impact Study Commission to 
study and report to the President and the Congress, all matters 
relating to the impact of gambling on States and possible alternative 
sources of revenue for them, receiving testimony from Senators Simon, 
Lugar, Reid, and Bryan; Representatives Wolf and Ensign; Robert 
Goodman, Hampshire College, Amherst, Massachusetts; Tom Grey, National 
Coalition Against Legalized Gambling, Birmingham, Alabama; Timothy P. 
Ryan, University of New Orleans, New Orleans, Louisiana; William R. 
Eadington, University of Nevada, Reno; and Frank J. Fahrenkopf, Jr., 
American Gambling Association, and Richard G. Hill, National Indian 
Gaming Association, both of Washington, D.C.
  Hearings were recessed subject to call.
HEALTH CARE FRAUD
Special Committee on Aging: Committee concluded hearings to examine 
certain incidents of fraud and abuse in the national health care system 
affecting Medicare and Medicaid programs, after receiving testimony 
from Sarah F. Jaggar, Director, Health Financing and Public Health 
Issues, Health, Education, and Human Services Division, General 
Accounting Office; New York State Attorney General Dennis C. Vacco, 
Albany; Kristina Rowland Brambila, San Francisco, California; and Hardy 
Gold, San Diego, California.
WHITEWATER
Special Committee to Investigate the Whitewater Development Corporation 
and Related Matters: Committee resumed hearings to examine issues 
relative to the President's involvement with the Whitewater Development 
Corporation, focusing on the handling of certain documents following 
the death of Deputy White House Counsel Vincent Foster, receiving 
testimony from Margaret A. Williams, Assistant to the President and 
Chief of Staff for the First Lady; and Susan P. Thomases, Willkie, Farr 
& Gallagher, New York, New York.
  Committee recessed subject to call.