[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 18 (Wednesday, February 12, 1997)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D110-D111]
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 held hearings on proposed 
legislation authorizing funds for fiscal year 1998 for the Department 
of Defense and the future years defense program, receiving testimony 
from William S. Cohen, Secretary of Defense; John J. Hamre, 
Comptroller, Department of Defense; and

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Gen. John M. Shalikashvili, USA, Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff.
  Hearings were recessed subject to call.
NOMINATION
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee ordered 
favorably reported the nomination of Janet L. Yellen, of California, to 
be a Member of the Council of Economic Advisers.
INVESTMENT AND INFRASTRUCTURE
Committee on the Budget: Committee held hearings to examine the role of 
government investment in overall Federal budget policy, receiving 
testimony from Robert B. Reich, Brandeis University, Waltham, 
Massachusetts, former Secretary of Labor; and Douglas Holtz-Eakin, 
Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York, on behalf of the National 
Bureau of Economic Research.
  Committee will meet again tomorrow.
CLEAN AIR STANDARDS
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee held oversight 
hearings to examine the national ambient air quality standards for 
ozone and particulate matter recently proposed by the Environmental 
Protection Agency, receiving testimony from Carol M. Browner, 
Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency; and Sally Katzen, 
Administrator, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of 
Management and Budget.
  Hearings were recessed subject to call.
ADMINISTRATION'S BUDGET
Committee on Finance: Committee held hearings on the Administration's 
budget and revenue proposals for fiscal year 1998, receiving testimony 
from Robert E. Rubin, Secretary of the Treasury.
  Committee will meet again tomorrow.
MEDICARE
Committee on Finance: Subcommittee on Health Care held hearings to 
examine the financial soundness of the Medicare program, receiving 
testimony from Bruce C. Vladeck, Administrator, Health Care Financing 
Administration, Department of Health and Human Services; Joseph R. 
Antos, Assistant Director for Health and Human Resources, Linda 
Bilheimer, Deputy Assistant Director for Health, and Sandra 
Christensen, Principal Analyst, all of the Congressional Budget Office; 
and Gail R. Wilensky, Project Hope, former Administrator, Health Care 
Financing Administration, and Marilyn Moon, Urban Institute, both of 
Washington, D.C.
  Hearings were recessed subject to call.
NUCLEAR DETERRENCE
Committee on Governmental Affairs: Subcommittee on International 
Security, Proliferation and Federal Services concluded hearings to 
examine the future of nuclear deterrence and U.S. policy toward non-
proliferation efforts, after receiving testimony from Walter B. 
Slocombe, Under Secretary of Defense for Policy; Gen. Andrew J. 
Goodpaster, USA (Ret.), Atlantic Council of the United States; and 
Richard Perle, American Enterprise Institute, Washington, D.C.
TEAM ACT
Committee on Labor and Human Resources: Committee concluded hearings on 
S. 295, to promote cooperation and teamwork among worker-management 
relations in the American labor force, after receiving testimony from 
William D. Budinger, Rodel, Inc., Newark, Delaware; J. Thomas Bouchard, 
Armonk, New York, and Robert Von Bruns, Melinda Weide, and Michael 
Scarano, all of Essex Junction, Vermont, all on behalf of the 
International Business Machines Corporation; Charles I. Cohen, Morgan, 
Lewis & Bockius, former Member, National Labor Relations Board, 
Jonathan P. Hiatt, AFL-CIO, and Robert Muehlenkamp, International 
Brotherhood of Teamsters/AFL-CIO, all of Washington, D.C.; Robert 
Sebris, Jr., Sebris Busto, Bellevue, Washington; Samuel Estreicher, New 
York University, New York, New York; Michael H. LeRoy, Institute of 
Labor and Industrial Relations/University of Illinois, Champaign; and 
Thomas C. Kohler, Boston College Law School, Newton, Massachusetts.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Rules and Administration: Committee ordered favorably 
reported an original resolution (S. Res. 54) authorizing biennial 
expenditures by committees of the Senate, in lieu of S. Res. 20, S. 
Res. 26, S. Res. 27, S. Res. 28, S. Res. 29, S. Res. 30, S. Res. 33, S. 
Res. 34, S. Res. 35, S. Res. 37, S. Res. 38, S. Res. 39, S. Res. 40, S. 
Res. 41, S. Res. 43, S. Res. 44, S. Res. 45, and S. Res. 46.
NOMINATION
Committee on Small Business: Committee ordered favorably reported the 
nomination of Aida Alvarez, of New York, to be Administrator of the 
Small Business Administration.
  Prior to this action, the committee concluded hearings on the 
nomination of Ms. Alvarez, after the nominee, who was introduced by 
Senators D'Amato and Abraham, testified and answered questions in her 
own behalf.