[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 28 (Tuesday, March 5, 1996)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D136-D137]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
LABOR/HHS/EDUCATION APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human 
Services, and Education concluded hearings on resolving the funding 
impasse for the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and 
Education, and to examine how these agencies would function without a 
budget agreement, after receiving testimony from Robert B. Reich, 
Secretary of Labor; Donna E. Shalala, Secretary of Health and Human 
Resources; and Richard W. Riley, Secretary of Education.
AUTHORIZATION--DEFENSE
Committee on Armed Services: Committee held hearings on proposed 
legislation authorizing funds for fiscal year 1997 for the Department 
of Defense and the future years defense program, receiving testimony 
from William J. Perry, Secretary of Defense; Gen. John M. 
Shalikashvili, USA, Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff; and John J. Hamre, 
Comptroller, Department of Defense.
  Hearings were recessed subject to call.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded hearings 
on the nominations of Thomas Paul Grumbly, of Virginia, to be Under 
Secretary, and Alvin L. Alm, of Virginia, to be Assistant Secretary for 
Environmental Management, both of the Department of Energy, and Charles 
William Burton, of Texas, and Christopher M. Coburn, of Ohio, each to 
be a Member of the Board of Directors of the United States Enrichment 
Corporation, after the nominees testified and answered questions in 
their own behalf. Mr. Coburn was introduced by Senators Glenn and 
DeWine.
CORPORATE SUBSIDY REFORM
Committee on Governmental Affairs: Committee held hearings on S. 1376, 
to terminate unnecessary and inequitable Federal corporate subsidies, 
receiving testimony from Senators McCain and Thompson; and Stephen 
Moore, CATO Institute, Robert J. Shapiro, Progressive Policy Institute, 
Martha Phillips, Concord Coalition Citizens Council, and Ann McBride, 
Common Cause, all of Washington, D.C.
  Hearings were recessed subject to call.
PHARMACEUTICAL PATENT PROTECTION
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded hearings on the effects 
of the Drug Price Competition and Patent Term Restoration Act of 1984 
on generic competition and drug innovation, after receiving testimony 
from Representative Waxman; John Klein, on behalf of the Generic 
Pharmaceutical Industry Association and the National Association of 
Pharmaceutical Manufacturers, Gerald J. Mossinghoff, Pharmaceutical 
Research and Manufacturers of America, Daniel Perry, Alliance for Aging 
Research, and Dixie D. Horning, Gray Panthers, all of Washington, D.C.; 
Bruce L. Downey, Barr Laboratories, Inc., Pamona, New York; David 
Beier, Genentech, San Francisco, California, on behalf of the 
Biotechnology Industry Organization; and Henry G. Grabowski, Duke 
University, Durham, North Carolina.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Labor and Human Resources: Committee ordered favorably 
reported the following business items:
  S. 1423, to make modifications to certain provisions of the 
Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970, with amendments; and
  The nominations of Patricia Wentworth McNeil, of Massachusetts, to be 
Assistant Secretary of Education for Vocational and Adult Education, 
Pascal D. Forgione, of Delaware, to be Commissioner of Education 
Statistics, Department of Labor, Mary Burrus Babson, of Illinois, to be 
a Member of the Board of Directors of the Corporation for National and 
Community Service, David Finn, of New York, to be a Member of the 
National Council on the Humanities, Donna Dearman Smith, of Alabama, to 
be a Member of the Board of Trustees of the Barry Goldwater Scholarship 
and Excellence in Education Foundation, LaVeeda Morgan Battle, of 
Alabama, John N. Erlenborn, of Illinois, and Edna Fairbanks-Williams, 
of Vermont, each to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the Legal 
Services Corporation, Marca Bristo, of Illinois, and Kate Pew Wolters, 
of Michigan, each to be a Member of the National Council

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on Disability, Patrick Davidson, of California, William P. Foster, of 
Florida, Speight Jenkins, of Washington, Wallace D. McRae, of Montana, 
and Townsend D. Wolfe, III, of Arkansas, each to be a Member of the 
National Council on the Arts, and Norman I. Maldonado, of Puerto Rico, 
and Luis D. Rovira, of Colorado, each to be a Member of the Board of 
Trustees of the Harry S. Truman Scholarship Foundation.
WHITEWATER
Committee on Rules and Administration: Committee ordered favorably 
reported S.Res. 227, to authorize the use of additional funds for 
salaries and expenses of the Special Committee to Investigate 
Whitewater Development Corporation and Related Matters.