[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 176 (Wednesday, November 8, 1995)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1322-D1323]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
NOMINATIONS/SUBCOMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: Committee ordered 
favorably reported the nominations of Michael V. Dunn, of Iowa, to be 
an Assistant Secretary of Agriculture, 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.
  Also, committee approved the following new subcommittee assignments:
  Subcommittee on Production and Price Competitiveness: Senators 
Cochran (Chairman), Warner, Helms, Coverdell, Dole, Grassley, Pryor, 
Daschle, Baucus, Kerrey, and Heflin.
  Subcommittee on Marketing, Inspection, and Product Promotion: 
Senators Helms (Chairman), Dole, Cochran, McConnell, Santorum, Conrad, 
Pryor, Baucus, and Heflin.
  Subcommittee on Forestry, Conservation, and Rural Revitalization: 
Senators Craig (Chairman), Coverdell, Warner, Helms, Grassley, Heflin, 
Harkin, Conrad, and Kerrey.

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  Subcommittee on Research, Nutrition, and General Legislation: 
Senators McConnell (Chairman), Dole, Santorum, Craig, Harkin, Daschle, 
and Pryor.
FEDERAL COURTHOUSE CONSTRUCTION PROGRAM
Committee on Governmental Affairs: Subcommittee on Oversight of 
Government Management and the District of Columbia held oversight 
hearings to examine General Services Administration management 
practices in regard to the planning and development of Federal 
courthouse construction projects, focusing on cost control initiatives, 
receiving testimony from J. William Gadsby, Director, Gerald Stankosky, 
Assistant Director, and Daniel Schultz, Evaluator-in-Charge, all of the 
Government Business Operations Issues, General Government Division, 
General Accounting Office; Roger W. Johnson, Administrator, and Joel S. 
Gallay, Deputy Inspector General, both of the General Services 
Administration; Tom Stagg, United States District Judge for the Western 
District of Louisiana, Shreveport; and Robert E. Cowen, United States 
Circuit Judge for the Third Circuit Court of Appeals, and Gerald 
Thacker, Assistant Director, Office of Facilities, Security and 
Administrative Services, Administrative Office of the Courts, both on 
behalf of the Judicial Conference of the United States.
  Hearings were recessed subject to call.
VICTIM RESTITUTION
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded hearings on S. 173, to 
provide crime victims full financial compensation directly from the 
criminal in the form of mandatory restitution, and other related 
measures, after receiving testimony from Senator Nickles; Maryanne 
Trump Barry, United States District Judge for the District of New 
Jersey, Newark, on behalf of the Judicial Conference of the United 
States; David Beatty, National Victim Center, Arlington, Virginia; and 
John H. Stein, National Organization for Victim Assistance, Washington, 
D.C.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Labor and Human Resources: Committee ordered favorably 
reported the following business items:
  S. 1324, to amend the Public Health Service Act to revise and extend 
the solid-organ procurement and transplantation programs; and
  The nominations of C. Richard Allen, of Maryland, to be Management 
Director of the Corporation for National and Community Service, Walter 
Anderson, of New York, to be a Member of the National Commission on 
Libraries and Information Science, Elisabeth Griffith, of Virginia, and 
Louise L. Stevenson, of Pennsylvania, each to be a Member of the Board 
of Trustees of the James Madison Memorial Fellowship Foundation, 
Theodore M. Hesburgh, of Indiana, to be a Member of the Board of 
Directors of the United States Institute of Peace, Susan R. King, of 
the District of Columbia, to be Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs, 
and Anne H. Lewis, of Maryland, to be an Assistant Secretary, both of 
the Department of Labor, and James C. Riley, of Virginia, to be a 
Member of the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission.
INTELLIGENCE
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee held closed hearings on 
intelligence matters, receiving testimony from officials of the 
intelligence community.
  Committee will meet again tomorrow.
WHITEWATER
Special Committee to Investigate Whitewater Development Corporation and 
Related Matters: Committee resumed hearings to examine certain issues 
relative to the President's involvement with the Whitewater Development 
Corporation, receiving testimony from Robert P. Cesca, Executive 
Assistant to the Inspector General for Audit, James M. Cottos, 
Assistant Inspector General for Investigations, Francine Kerner, Deputy 
Counsel, Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, Edward S. Knight, 
General Counsel, Kenneth R. Schmalzbach, Assistant General Counsel of 
General Law and Ethics, Stephen J. McHale, Deputy Assistant General 
Counsel of General Law and Ethics, Robert M. McNamara, Jr., Assistant 
General Counsel for Enforcement, and David L. Dougherty, Attorney 
Adviser, all of the Department of the Treasury; and Stephen Potts, 
Director, and Jane Ley, Deputy General Counsel, both of the United 
States Office of Government Ethics.
  Hearings continue tomorrow.