[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 38 (Tuesday, March 19, 1996)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D226-D227]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
AUTHORIZATION--DEFENSE
Committee on Armed Services: Committee resumed hearings on proposed 
legislation authorizing funds for fiscal year 1997 for the Department 
of Defense and the future years defense program, focusing on the 
military strategies and operational requirements of the unified 
commands, receiving testimony from Gen. George A. Joulwan, USA, 
Commander in Chief, United States European Command; Gen. J.H. Binford 
Peay III, USA, Commander in Chief, United States Central Command; Gen. 
John J. Sheehan, USMC, Commander in Chief, United States Atlantic 
Command; and Rear Adm. James B. Perkins III, USN, Acting Commander in 
Chief, United States Southern Command.
  Hearings will continue on Thursday, March 21.
AUTHORIZATION--DEFENSE
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Seapower held hearings on 
proposed legislation authorizing funds for fiscal year 1997 and the 
future years defense program, focusing on Department of the Navy 
Expeditionary Warfare Programs, receiving testimony from Maj. Gen. J.L. 
Jones, USMC, Director Expeditionary Warfare, Rear Adm. John O. Pearson, 
USN, Commander, Mine Warfare Command, and Rear Adm. Richard D. Williams 
III, USN, Program Executive officer for Mine Warfare, all of the 
Department of the Navy.
  Subcommittee will meet again on Thursday, March 21.

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NOMINATIONS
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded 
hearings on the nominations of Stuart E. Eizenstat, of Maryland, to be 
Under Secretary of Commerce for International Trade, and Gaston L. 
Gianni Jr., of Virginia, to be Inspector General, Federal Deposit 
Insurance Corporation, after the nominees testified and answered 
questions in their own behalf. Mr. Eizenstat was introduced by Senator 
Coverdell.
FCC REFORM
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee held 
oversight hearings on activities of the Federal Communications 
Commission, receiving testimony from Dennis R. Patrick, Time Warner, 
Inc., Kenneth Gordon, National Economic Research Associates, Albert 
Halprin, Halprin, Temple, Goodman & Sugrue, and Kenneth Robinson, all 
of Washington, D.C.; Cheryl L. Parrino, Wisconsin Public Utilities 
Commission, Madison, on behalf of the National Association of 
Regulatory Utilities Commissioners; and Harry M. Shooshan, Strategic 
Policy Research, Bethesda, Maryland.
  Hearings were recessed subject to call.
MIDDLE EAST PEACE PROCESS
Committee on Foreign Relations: Subcommittee on Near Eastern and South 
Asian Affairs held hearings to examine the threat of terrorism and its 
impact on the Middle East peace process, receiving testimony from L. 
Paul Bremer III, Kissinger Associates, Inc., New York, New York; 
Michael Eisenstadt, Washington Institute for Near East Policy, and 
Steven Emerson, both of Washington, D.C.; Seif Ashmawy, Voice of Peace, 
Newark, New Jersey; and Vincent M. Cannistraro, McLean, Virginia.
  Hearings were recessed subject to call.
ASSET FORFEITURE PROGRAM
Committee on Governmental Affairs: Permanent Subcommittee on 
Investigations held hearings to examine activities involving 
mismanagement of the Federal Asset Forfeiture Program which authorizes 
certain government agencies to seize property related to criminal 
conduct, focusing on United States Marshals Service operation of the 
Bicycle Club Casino in Bell Gardens, California under the Federal Asset 
Forfeiture Program, receiving testimony from Laurie E. Ekstrand, 
Associate Director, Administration of Justice Issues, and James M. 
Blume, Assistant Director, both of the General Government Division, and 
Gary T. Engel, Assistant Director, Accounting and Information 
Management Division, all of the General Accounting Office; Eduardo 
Gonzalez, Director, and Kenneth Holecko, Assistant Director, both of 
the United States Marshals Service, and Gerald E. McDowell, Chief, 
Asset Forfeiture and Money Laundering Section, Criminal Division, all 
of the Department of Justice; James F. Lisowski, Sr., Lisowski Law 
Firm, Chtd., Las Vegas, Nevada; Thomas Atherton and Douglas Sparkes, 
both of Los Angeles, California, and Harry J. Richard, Bell Gardens, 
California, all on behalf of the Bicycle Club Casino; and Hollman 
Cheung, an incarcerated witness.
  Hearings were recessed subject to call.
AUTHORIZATION--HATE CRIME STATISTICS ACT
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee held hearings on S. 1624, to 
permanently authorize funds for programs of the Hate Crime Statistics 
Act of 1990, receiving testimony from Charles W. Archer, Assistant 
Director, Criminal Justice Information Services Division, Federal 
Bureau of Investigation, Department of Justice; Mayor Emanuel Cleaver 
II, Kansas City, Missouri, on behalf of the United States Conference of 
Mayors; Bobby Moody, Covington, Georgia, on behalf of the International 
Association of Chiefs of Police; Steve Arent, Anti-Defamation League, 
New York, New York; and Karen McGill Lawson, Leadership Conference 
Education Fund, Washington, D.C.
INTELLIGENCE REFORM
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee concluded hearings to 
examine proposals for the renewal and reform of the United States 
intelligence community, after receiving testimony from Stansfield 
Turner, William Webster, and R. James Woolsey, all former Directors of 
Central Intelligence.