[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 2 (Thursday, January 4, 1996)]
[Daily Digest]
[Page D7]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
ENERGY DEPARTMENT TRAVEL EXPENDITURES
Committee on Commerce: Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations 
held a hearing on the Department of Energy: Travel Expenditures and 
Related Issues. Testimony was heard from Victor Rezendes, Director, 
Energy Issues, GAO.
HAITI
Committee on International Relations: Held a hearing on Haiti: Human 
Rights and Police Issues. Testimony was heard from the following 
officials of the Department of State: Robert S. Gelbard, Assistant 
Secretary, International Narcotics and Legal Affairs; and James 
Dobbins, Special Coordinator for Haiti; and the following officials of 
the Department of Justice: Bill Perry, Deputy Assistant Director, 
Criminal Investigative Division, FBI; and Seth Waxman, Associate Deputy 
Attorney General.
MFN STATUS FOR BULGARIA
Committee on Rules: Granted a rule providing that it will be in order 
to take from the Speaker's table H.R. 1643, to authorize the extension 
of nondiscriminatory treatment (most-favored-nation treatment) to the 
products of Bulgaria, with the Senate amendment, and consider in the 
House the motion printed in the Rules Committee report accompanying the 
rule. The rule provides that the Senate amendment and the motion shall 
be considered as read. The rule waives all points of order against the 
motion. The rule provides one hour of general debate on the motion, 
equally divided between the chairman and ranking minority member of the 
Committee on Appropriations. The rule provides that the previous 
question is considered as ordered on the motion to final adoption 
without intervening motion or demand for a division of the question. 
Testimony was heard from Representative Jackson-Lee.