[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 189 (Wednesday, November 29, 1995)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E2262-E2263]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                 CELEBRATING ROMANIA'S INDEPENDENCE DAY

                                 ______


                          HON. JAMES P. MORAN

                              of virginia

                    in the house of representatives

                      Wednesday, November 29, 1995

  Mr. MORAN. Mr. Speaker, in a couple of days, on December 1, Romania 
will celebrate its national day of independence. This 1995 celebration 
will mark the 77th time the people of that nation have commemorated the 
founding of their country. Unlike many of the past national days, 
however, Romania's celebration this year is one that is full of hope 
for the future.
  As many of my colleagues know, earlier this fall, Romania's 
President, Ion Iliescu, came to Washington to meet with President 
Clinton. He also met with a number of our colleagues here in the House. 
The message he carried was simple. Romania is irrevocably marching down 
the path toward a democratic political system and a free-market 
economy.
  This march has not been an easy one--reversing 40 years of communist 
rule is difficult. Romanians have borne real economic hardship since 
the 1989 revolution that overthrew the dictator Ceausescu. 
Nevertheless, major economic indicators for a healthy Romanian economy 
appear auspicious. Inflation is expected to be only 29 percent this 
year, less than half the 1994 rate. There has been more foreign 
investment, including U.S. investment, during the first 6 months of 
1995 than there was in all of the previous 4 years. The agricultural 
sector, the first sector to benefit from privatization, has produced an 
almost record crop of wheat, allowing Romania to be a net grain 
exporter for the first time in years. A new stock exchange has opened, 
drawing capital to Romania, and the government has initiated a 
comprehensive privatizaiton scheme empowering individual Romanians to 
become owners of the country's manufacturing sector.
  Taken together, these successes bode well for Romania's economic 
future--a future we are encouraging through our granting of most-
favored-nation status to Romania and by extending to it the benefits of 
the Generalized System of Preferences Program.
  I urge my colleagues to join with me in extending our best wishes to 
the people of Romania on the occasion of their 77th--annual--day of 
independence. I also hope my colleagues join with me in acknowledging 
the progress Romania has made in meeting the twin goals of economic 
reform and political democratization.

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                       SENATE COMMITTEE MEETINGS

  Title IV of Senate Resolution 4, agreed to by the Senate on February 
4, 1977, calls for establishment of a system for a computerized 
schedule of all meetings and hearings of Senate committees, 
subcommittees, joint committees, and committees of conference. This 
title requires all such committees to notify the Office of the Senate 
Daily Digest--designated by the Rules Committee--of the time, place, 
and purpose of the meetings, when scheduled, and any cancellations or 
changes in the meetings as they occur.
  As an additional procedure along with the computerization of this 
information, the Office of the Senate Daily Digest will prepare this 
information for printing in the Extensions of Remarks section of the 
Congressional Record on Monday and Wednesday of each week.
  Meetings scheduled for Thursday, November 30, 1995, may be found in 
the Daily Digest of today's Record.

                           MEETINGS SCHEDULED

                               DECEMBER 1
     10:00 a.m.
       Foreign Relations
         To hold hearings to examine the peace process in the 
           former Yugoslavia.
                                                            SD-419
       Special on Special Committee
         To Investigate Whitewater Development Corporation and 
           Related Matters
         To continue hearings to examine certain issues relative 
           to the Whitewater Development Corporation.
                                                            SH-216
     2:00 p.m.
       Appropriations
       Defense Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine certain funding requirements 
           involving United States interests in Bosnia.
                                                            SD-192
                               DECEMBER 5
     10:00 a.m.
       Judiciary
       Administrative Oversight and the Courts Subcommittee
         To hold hearings on S. 984, to protect the fundamental 
           right of a parent to direct the upbringing of a child.
                                                            SD-226
                               DECEMBER 6
     9:30 a.m.
       Labor and Human Resources
         To hold joint hearings with the Committee on Small 
           Business on certain issues relating to modifications to 
           the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970.
                                                            SD-106
       Small Business
         To hold joint hearings with the Committee on Labor and 
           Human Resources on certain issues relating to 
           modifications to the Occupational Safety and Health Act 
           of 1970.
                                                            SD-106
       Indian Affairs
         To hold oversight hearings on the implementation of the 
           Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act 
           (P.L. 101- 601).
                                                            SR-485
                              DECEMBER 14
     9:30 a.m.
       Energy and Natural Resources
         To hold hearings on S. 1271, to amend the Nuclear Waste 
           Policy Act of 1982.
                                                            SD-366

                             CANCELLATIONS

                              NOVEMBER 30
     2:00 p.m.
       Judiciary
       Immigration Subcommittee
         Business meeting, to continue to mark up S. 1394, to 
           reform the legal immigration of immigrants and 
           nonimmigrants to the United States.
                                                            SR-385