[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 133 (Tuesday, September 24, 1996)]
[Daily Digest]
[Page D989]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Armed Services: Committee ordered favorably reported 1,969 
military nominations in the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, and Air Force.
AUTO INSURANCE REFORM
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded 
hearings on S. 1860, to provide for legal reform and consumer 
compensation with regard to automobile insurance to allow individuals 
to purchase either no-fault coverage or traditional tort liability 
coverage, after receiving testimony from Senator McConnell; Jeffrey 
O'Connell, University of Virginia School of Law, Charlottesville; Kathy 
O'Donnell, Marcotte Law Firm, Lowell, Massachusetts; Peter Kinzler, 
Kinzler and Swab, Alexandria, Virginia, on behalf of the Committee for 
Comprehensive Automobile Accident Restitution and Rate Reduction; Jamie 
Court, Proposition 103 Enforcement Project, Santa Monica, California; 
and Andrew Tobias, New York, New York.
BALLISTIC MISSILE DEFENSE
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee held hearings to examine the 
threat of ballistic missile attacks on the United States, the need for 
missile defenses, and proposals for the United States' withdrawal from 
the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty arms control agreement, receiving 
testimony from R. James Woolsey, former Director, Central Intelligence 
Agency.
  Hearings will resume on Thursday, September 26.
FREEDOM FROM GOVERNMENT COMPETITION ACT
Committee on Governmental Affairs: Committee held hearings on S. 1724, 
to require that the Federal Government procure from the private sector 
the goods and services necessary for the operations and management of 
certain Government agencies, receiving testimony from Senator Thomas; 
John A. Koskinen, Deputy Director for Management, Office of Management 
and Budget; L. Nye Stevens, Director, Federal Management and Workforce 
Issues, General Government Division, General Accounting Office; John M. 
Palatiello, Management Association for Private Photogrammetric 
Surveyors, Reston, Virginia; Marie Fath, Business Coalition for Fair 
Competition, Annandale, Virginia; Bert Concklin, Professional Services 
Council, Vienna, Virginia; and John N. Sturdivant, American Federation 
of Government Employees, Washington, D.C.
  Hearings were recessed subject to call.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded hearings on the 
nominations of Ann L. Aiken, to be United States District Judge for the 
District of Oregon, and Rose Ochi, of California, to be Director, 
Community Relations Service, Department of Justice, after the nominees 
testified and answered questions in their own behalf. Ms. Aiken was 
introduced by Senators Hatfield and Wyden.
TRIBAL SOVEREIGNTY
Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee concluded hearings to examine 
the principle of tribal sovereign immunity and the function which it 
serves in empowering Indian tribal governments and self-determination, 
after receiving testimony from Senator Pressler; Robert T. Anderson, 
Associate Solicitor, Division of Indian Affairs, Department of the 
Interior; South Dakota Chief Deputy Attorney General Lawrence Long, 
Pierre; Susan M. Williams, Gover, Stetson & Williams, Albuquerque, New 
Mexico; Douglas B.L. Endreson, Sonosky, Chambers, Sachse & Endreson, 
Washington, D.C.; Marlene Dawson, Whatcom County Council, and Henry 
Cagey, Lummi Indian Business Council, both of Bellingham, Washington; 
Rhonda R. Swaney, Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes of the 
Flathead Nation, Pablo, Montana; Bill Anoatubby, Chickasaw Nation, Ada, 
Oklahoma; Jesse Taken Alive, Standing Rock Sioux Tribe, Ft. Yates, 
South Dakota; Herb Yazzie, Navajo Nation, Window Rock, Arizona; Donald 
C. Hatch, Jr., Tulalip Tribes of Washington, Marysville; W. Ron Allen, 
Jamestown S'Klallam Tribe, Sequim, Washington, on behalf of the 
National Congress of American Indians; Jennifer A. Coleman, Buffalo, 
New York; Lana E. Marcussen, Darrel Smith, Mobridge, South Dakota; and 
James M. Johnson, Olympia, Washington.
SOCIAL SECURITY REFORM
Special Committee on Aging: Committee concluded hearings to examine the 
future of the Social Security retirement system, focusing on proposals 
to reform the current structure, after receiving testimony from Senator 
Simpson; and Robert J. Myers, former Actuary, Social Security 
Administration, Michael Tanner, Cato Institute, Paul S. Hewitt, 
National Taxpayers Union Foundation, C. Eugene Steuerle, Urban 
Institute, Martha Phillips, Concord Coalition, Estelle James, World 
Bank, and Paul J. Yakoboski, Employee Benefit Research Institute, all 
of Washington, D.C.