[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 18 (Friday, February 9, 1996)]
[Daily Digest]
[Page D74]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
DEBT CEILING LIMIT
Committee on Banking and Financial Services: On February 8, the 
Committee held a hearing to provide an update on the debt ceiling limit 
issue. Testimony was heard from Representatives Saxton, Mica, 
Kanjorski, and Kennedy of Massachusetts; Robert E. Rubin, Secretary of 
the Treasury; and public witnesses.
OVERSIGHT
Committee on Government Reform and Oversight: On February 8, the 
Subcommittee on Human Resources and Intergovernmental Relations held an 
oversight hearing on the use of automated screens by Medicare 
contractors to prevent payment of medically unnecessary claims. 
Testimony was heard from Gary Kavanagh, Deputy Director, Bureau of 
Program Operations, Health Care Financing Administration, Department of 
Health and Human Services; Sally Jaggar, Director, Health Financing and 
Policy Issues, GAO; and public witnesses.
NII COPYRIGHT PROTECTION
Committee on the Judiciary: On February 8, the Subcommittee on Courts 
and Intellectual Property concluded hearings on H.R. 2441, NII 
Copyright Protection Act of 1995. Testimony was heard from Jeanne 
Hurley Simon, Chairperson, National Commission on Libraries and 
Information Science; Tuck Tinsley III, President, American Printing 
House for the Blind, Inc.; and public witnesses.