[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 11 (Friday, January 26, 1996)]
[Daily Digest]
[Page D42]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
HUD/EPA VETO IMPACT
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on VA, HUD, and Independent 
Agencies concluded hearings to examine the impact of the President's 
veto of the Fiscal Year 1996 Departments of Veterans Affairs and 
Housing and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies Appropriations 
Act on HUD, after receiving testimony from Henry G. Cisneros, Secretary 
of Housing and Urban Development; Richard Gentry, Richmond, Virginia, 
on behalf of the National Association of Housing and Redevelopment 
Officials; Michael Bodaken, National Housing Trust, Washington, D.C.; 
and Patricia J. Payne, Crownsville, Maryland, on behalf of the National 
Council of State Housing Agencies.
  Also, committee concluded hearings to examine the impact of the 
President's veto on the Environmental Protection Agency, after 
receiving testimony from Carol M. Browner, Administrator, Environmental 
Protection Agency; Roberta J. Savage, Association of State and 
Interstate Water Pollution Control Administrators, Washington, D.C.; 
William J. Birkhofer, Sverdrup Corp., Arlington, Virginia; and 
Christopher Tulou, Delaware Department of Natural Resources and 
Environmental Control, Dover.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Armed Services: Committee ordered favorably reported the 
nominations of H. Martin Lancaster, of North Carolina, to be an 
Assistant Secretary of the Army, Gen. Joseph W. Ralston, USAF, to be 
Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Adm. Joseph W. Prueher, 
USN, for reappointment to the grade of Admiral in the United States 
Navy, and 6,469 nominations in the Army, Navy, and Air Force.
  Prior to this action, committee concluded hearings on the nominations 
of Gen. Joseph W. Ralston and Adm. Joseph W. Prueher (listed above) 
after the nominees testified and answered questions in their own 
behalf. Mr. Ralston was introduced by Senator Frist and Mr. Prueher was 
introduced by Senator Stevens.
SUBCOMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee announced 
the following subcommittee assignments:
  Subcommittee on Aviation: Senators McCain (Chairman), Pressler, 
Stevens, Gorton, Burns, Lott, Hutchison, Ashcroft, Frist, Ford, 
Hollings, Exon, Inouye, Bryan, Rockefeller, Breaux, and Dorgan.
  Subcommittee on Communications: Senators Pressler (Chairman), 
Stevens, McCain, Burns, Gorton, Lott, Ashcroft, Hutchison, Hollings, 
Inouye, Ford, Exon, Kerry, Breaux, and Rockefeller.
  Subcommittee on Consumer Affairs, Foreign Commerce and Tourism: 
Senators Gorton (Chairman), McCain, Snowe, Ashcroft, Frist, Exon, Ford, 
Bryan, and Rockefeller.
  Subcommittee on Oceans and Fisheries: Senators Stevens (Chairman), 
Gorton, Snowe, Pressler, Kerry, Inouye, and Breaux.
  Subcommittee on Science, Technology, and Space: Senators Burns 
(Chairman), Pressler, Hutchison, Stevens, Lott, Rockefeller, Kerry, 
Bryan, and Dorgan.
  Subcommittee on Surface Transportation and Merchant Marine: Senators 
Lott (Chairman), Hutchison, Stevens, Burns, Snowe, Frist, Inouye, Exon, 
Breaux, Dorgan, and Bryan.