[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 26 (Thursday, February 29, 1996)]
[Daily Digest]
[Page D121]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY REFORM
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on VA, HUD, and Independent 
Agencies concluded hearings to review the status of recommendations 
made by the National Academy of Public Administration on reforming the 
Environmental Protection Agency, after receiving testimony from 
Frederic James Hansen, Deputy Administrator, Environmental Protection 
Agency; Genevieve Matanowski, Chair, Environmental Protection Agency 
Science Advisory Board; Mary Gade, Illinois Environmental Protection 
Agency, Springfield; Charles Williams, Minnesota Pollution Control 
Agency, St. Paul; and William D. Ruckelshaus, Browning-Ferris 
Industries, former Administrator of the Environmental Protection 
Agency, Timothy Mohin, Intel Corporation, and Randy Farmer, Amoco, all 
of Washington, D.C.
GOVERNORS PROPOSAL ON WELFARE AND MEDICAID
Committee on Finance: Committee continued hearings on the bipartisan 
National Governors' Association proposals to reform the Federal 
Medicaid and welfare programs, receiving testimony from Robert B. 
Carleson, former U.S. Commissioner of Welfare, Arlington, Virginia; 
Sheldon Danziger, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor; Fred Kammer, 
Catholic Charities USA, Alexandria, Virginia; Heidi H. Stirrup, 
Christian Coalition, and Robert D. Reischauer, The Brookings 
Institution, both of Washington, D.C.; John C. Goodman, National Center 
for Policy Analysis, Dallas, Texas; Louis F. Rossiter, Virginia 
Commonwealth University, Richmond; and James R. Tallon, Jr., Kaiser 
Commission on the Future of Medicaid, New York, New York.
  Hearings were recessed subject to call.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee ordered favorably reported the 
following business items:
  The nomination of Barry R. McCaffrey, of Washington, to be Director 
of National Drug Control Policy;
  H.R. 782, to allow members of employee associations to represent 
their views before the United States Government, with an amendment in 
the nature of a substitute; and
  S. Res. 219, designating March 25, 1996 as ``Greek Independence Day: 
A National Day of Celebration of Greek and American Democracy''.
  Also, committee began consideration of S. 269, to increase control 
over immigration to the United States by increasing border patrol and 
investigator personnel, improving the verification system for employer 
sanctions, increasing penalties for alien smuggling and for document 
fraud, reforming asylum, exclusion, and deportation law and procedures, 
instituting a land border user fee, and to reduce use of welfare by 
aliens, and S. 1394, to reform the legal immigration of immigrants and 
nonimmigrants to the United States, but did not complete action 
thereon, and will meet again on Thursday, March 7.
SECRETARY OF SENATE/SGT AT ARMS/ARCHITECT OPERATIONS
Committee on Rules and Administration: Committee held hearings to 
review the fiscal year 1997 budget and operations of the Secretary of 
the Senate, Senate Sergeant at Arms, and Architect of the Capitol, and 
on the establishment of a criteria for the selection of a new Architect 
of the Capitol, receiving testimony from Kelly D. Johnston, Secretary 
of the Senate; Howard O. Greene, Jr., Senate Sergeant at Arms; William 
L. Ensign, Acting Architect of the Capitol; Paul S. Rundquist, 
Specialist in Congressional Organization and Operations, Congressional 
Research Service, Library of Congress; and Raj Barr-Kumar, Raj Barr-
Kumar Architects Engineers, on behalf of the American Institute of 
Architects, Washington, D.C.
  Hearings were recessed subject to call.
INTELLIGENCE
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee met in closed session to 
receive a briefing on intelligence matters from officials of the 
intelligence community.
  Committee will meet again on Wednesday, March 6.