[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 8 (Tuesday, January 28, 1997)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D54-D55]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]





                         COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR

                      WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 29, 1997

        (Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)


                                 Senate

  Committee on the Budget, to hold hearings on proposals for long-
term Social Security reform, 10 a.m., SD-608.
  Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, business 
meeting, to consider the nomination of William M.

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Daley, of Illinois, to be Secretary of Commerce, and pending Coast 
Guard nominations, 9:30 a.m., SR-253.
  Full Committee, to hold hearings on the nomination of Rodney E. 
Slater, of Arkansas, to be Secretary of Transportation, 10 a.m., SR-
253.
  Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, to hold an 
organizational meeting, 9:30 a.m., SD-366.
  Committee on Finance, to hold hearings on the nomination of 
Charlene Barshefsky, of the District of Columbia, to be United 
States Trade Representative; to be followed by a business meeting to 
consider the nomination of Ms. Barshefsky and S.J. Res. 5, waiving 
certain provisions of the Trade Act of 1974 relating to the 
appointment of the United States Trade Representative, 10 a.m., SD-
215.
  Committee on Foreign Relations, to hold hearings on the nomination 
of Bill Richardson, of New Mexico, to be the Representative of the 
United States to the United Nations with the rank of Ambassador, and 
the Representative of the United States in the Security Council of 
the United Nations, 10 a.m., SD-419.
  Committee on Governmental Affairs, to hold an organizational 
meeting, 10 a.m., SD-342.
  Committee on Labor and Human Resources, to hold hearings on 
proposed legislation authorizing funds for programs of the 
Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), 10 a.m., SD-430.
  Committee on Small Business, to hold an organizational meeting, 
9:30 a.m., SR-428A.
  Committee on Veterans Affairs, to resume hearings to examine 
Persian Gulf War illnesses, 11:15 a.m., SH-216.
  Select Committee on Intelligence, to hold closed hearings on 
intelligence matters, 2 p.m., SH-219.
  Special Committee on Aging, to hold an organizational meeting, 2 
p.m., SD-628.


                                 House

  Committee on Government Reform and Oversight, Subcommittee on 
Human Resources and Intergovernmental Relations, oversight hearing 
on recent steps by the FDA and other federal agencies to address the 
health threat posed by transmissible spongiform encephalopathies 
(TSEs), including so-called ``Mad Cow Disease,'' 1 p.m., 2247 
Rayburn.