[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 5 (Wednesday, January 22, 1997)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D42-D43]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
ORGANIZATIONAL MEETING
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: Committee ordered 
favorably reported an original resolution (S. Res. 20) requesting $1,747,544 
for operating expenses for the period from March 1, 1997 through February 
28, 1998, and $1,792,747 for operating expenses for the period from March 1, 
1998 through February 28, 1999.
  Also, committee adopted its rules of procedure for the 105th Congress, and 
announced the following subcommittee assignments:
  Subcommittee on Production and Price Competitiveness: Senators Cochran 
(Chairman), Roberts, Helms, Grassley, Gramm, Kerrey, Daschle, Johnson, and 
Landrieu.
  Subcommittee on Marketing, Inspection, and Product Promotion: Senators 
Coverdell (Chairman), Helms, Cochran, McConnell, Baucus, Kerrey, Landrieu.
  Subcommittee on Forestry, Conservation, and Rural Revitalization: Senators 
Santorum (Chairman), Grassley, Coverdell, Roberts, Craig, Conrad, Leahy, 
Daschle, and Baucus.
  Subcommittee on Research, Nutrition, and General Legislation: Senators 
McConnell (Chairman), Gramm, Craig, Santorum, Leahy, Conrad, and Johnson.
NOMINATION
Committee on Armed Services: Committee ordered favorably reported the 
nomination of William S. Cohen, of Maine, to be Secretary of Defense.
  Prior to this action, committee concluded hearings on the nomination of 
Mr. Cohen, after the nominee, who was introduced by Senators McCain, Snowe, 
and Collins, testified and answered questions in his own behalf.
NOMINATION
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded 
hearings on the nomination of Andrew M. Cuomo, of New York, to be Secretary 
of Housing and Urban Development, after the nominee, who was introduced by 
Senators D'Amato and Moynihan and Henry G. Cisneros, Secretary of Housing 
and Urban Development, testified and answered questions in his own behalf.
ORGANIZATIONAL MEETING
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee ordered 
favorably reported an original resolution requesting $3,448,034 for 
operating expenses for the period from March 1, 1997 through February 28, 
1998, and $3,539,227 for operating expenses for the period from March 1, 
1998 through February 28, 1999.
  Also, committee adopted its rules of procedure for the 105th Congress, and 
approved subcommittee chairmen and the creation of the following new 
subcommittee: Subcommittee on Manufacturing and Competitiveness.
NOMINATION
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded 
hearings on the nomination of William M. Daley, of Illinois, to be Secretary 
of Commerce, after the nominee, who was introduced by Senators Moseley-Braun 
and Durbin and Representative Hyde, testified and answered questions in his 
own behalf. Testimony was also received from Donald Rumsfeld, Chicago, 
Illinois.
BALANCED BUDGET AMENDMENT
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded hearings on S.J. Res. 1, 
proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to require a 
balanced budget, after receiving testimony from Senators Craig, Lautenberg, 
Graham, Conrad, Bryan, and Dorgan; former Senator Paul Simon; Stuart M. 
Gerson, former Assistant and Acting Attorney General, Department of Justice; 
David R. Malpass, Bear, Stearns Company, Inc., New York, New York; Alan B. 
Morrison, Public Citizen, Washington, D.C.; and Eugene Lehrmann, American 
Association of Retired Persons, Madison, Wisconsin.
ORGANIZATIONAL MEETING
Committee on Labor and Human Resources: Committee ordered favorably reported 
an original resolution requesting $4,113,888 for operating expenses for the 
period from March 1, 1997 through February 28, 1998, and $4,223,533 for the 
period from March 1, 1998 through February 28, 1999.
  Also, committee adopted its rules of procedure for the 105th Congress, and 
announced the following subcommittee assignments:
  Subcommittee on Children and Families: Senators Coats (Chairman), Gregg, 
Frist, Hutchinson, Collins,

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McConnell, Jeffords, Dodd, Bingaman, Wellstone, Murray, Reed, and Kennedy.
  Subcommittee on Aging: Senators Gregg (Chairman), Hutchinson, Warner, 
Jeffords, Mikulski, Murray, and Kennedy.
  Subcommittee on Public Health and Safety: Senators Frist (Chairman), 
Jeffords, Coats, DeWine, Enzi, Collins, Kennedy, Harkin, Mikulski, Bingaman, 
and Reed.
  Subcommittee on Employment and Training: Senators DeWine (Chairman), 
Jeffords, Enzi, Warner, McConnell, Wellstone, Kennedy, Dodd, and Harkin.
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