[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 2 (Thursday, January 9, 1997)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D29-D30]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
AIR BAG SAFETY
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee held 
hearings to examine air bag safety, receiving testimony from Senator 
Kempthorne; Ricardo Martinez, Administrator, National Highway Traffic 
Safety Administration; James Hall, Chairman, and Elaine B. Weinstein, 
Chief, Safety Studies Division, both of the National Transportation 
Safety Board; Joan Claybrook, Public Citizen, Andrew Card, Susan M. 
Cischke, Chrysler Corporation, Lou Camp, Ford Motor Company, and Bob 
Lange, General Motors Corporation, all on behalf of the American 
Automobile Manufacturers Association, and Janet Dewey, Air Bag Safety 
Campaign, all of Washington, D.C.; Philip Hutchison, Association of 
International Automobile Manufacturers, and Brian O'Neill, Insurance 
Institute for Highway Safety,

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both of Arlington, Virginia; Charles H. Pulley, Automotive Occupant 
Restraints Council, Lexington, Kentucky; Kathleen Jones, Blacksburg, 
Virginia; and Robert Sanders, Parents Coalition for Air Bag Warnings, 
Baltimore, Maryland.
  Hearings were recessed subject to call.
GULF WAR ILLNESSES
Committee on Veterans' Affairs: Committee held hearings to examine 
Persian Gulf War illnesses, receiving testimony from Jesse Brown, 
Secretary of Veterans Affairs, Kenneth Kizer, Under Secretary for 
Health, and Stephen L. Lemons, Acting Under Secretary for Benefits, all 
of the Department of Veterans Affairs; George J. Tenet, Acting 
Director, Nora Slatkin, Executive Director, and Sylvia Copeland, 
Executive Officer, Office of Weapons, Technology, and Proliferation, 
all of the Central Intelligence Agency; and Joyce C. Lashof, Chair, and 
Philip J. Landrigan, Member, both of The Presidential Advisory 
Committee on Persian Gulf War Veterans' Illnesses.
  Committee recessed subject to call.