[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 19 (Thursday, February 13, 1997)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D119-D120]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
COMMODITY EXCHANGE ACT REFORM
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: Committee resumed 
hearings on S. 257, to amend the Commodity Exchange Act to improve the 
Act by streamlining U.S. futures trading law and conforming it to the 
changing competitive environment, receiving testimony from Jerry L. 
Osborne, ConAgra, Omaha, Nebraska, on behalf of the National Grain 
Trade Council; Ron Warfield, Illinois Farm Bureau, Bloomington, on 
behalf of the American Farm Bureau Federation; Larry Quandt, Illinois 
Farmers Union, Mason, on behalf of the National Farmers Union; Kendell 
W. Keith, National Grain and Feed Association, Micah S. Green, Public 
Securities Association, on behalf of the Bond Market Trade Association, 
and Ed Rosen, Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen and Hamilton, on behalf of a 
coalition of investment and commercial banks, all of Washington, D.C.; 
Daniel J. Roth, National Futures Association, Laurence E. Mollner, Dean 
Witter Reynolds, Inc., on behalf of the Futures Industry Association, 
and Alger B. Chapman, Chicago Board Options Exchange, on behalf of 
certain securities self-regulatory organizations, all of Chicago, 
Illinois; Robert G. Easton, Commodities Corporation Limited, Princeton, 
New Jersey, on behalf of the Managed Futures Association; and Gay H. 
Evans, Bankers Trust International, on behalf of the International 
Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc., and John J. Finigan Jr., 
Foreign Exchange Committee, both of New York, New York.
  Hearings were recessed subject to call.
BIENNIAL BUDGETING
Committee on the Budget: Committee concluded hearings on S. 261, to 
provide for a biennial budget process and a biennial appropriations 
process and to enhance oversight and the performance of the Federal 
Government, after receiving testimony from Senators Ford and Thomas; 
Louis Fisher, Senior Specialist, Separation of Powers, Congressional 
Research Service; John P. McTague, Ford Motor Company, Dearborn, 
Michigan; and Ronald K. Snell, Denver, Colorado, on behalf of the 
National Conference of State Legislatures.
AUTHORIZATION--INTERMODAL SURFACE TRANSPORTATION
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Subcommittee on 
Transportation and Infrastructure held hearings on proposed legislation 
authorizing funds for programs of the Intermodal Surface Transportation 
Efficiency Act of 1991, receiving testimony from Mortimer L. Downey, 
Deputy Secretary of Transportation; Andrew H. Card, Jr., American 
Automobile Manufacturers Association, Washington, D.C.; Darrel Rensink, 
Iowa Department of Transportation, Des Moines, on behalf of the 
American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials; 
Damian J. Kulash, Eno Transportation Foundation, Inc., Lansdowne, 
Virginia; and Alan E. Pisarki, Falls Church, Virginia.
  Hearings were recessed subject to call.
ADMINISTRATION'S BUDGET
Committee on Finance: Committee continued hearings to examine the 
Administration's proposed budget request for fiscal year 1998, focusing 
on spending proposals relating to Medicare, Medicaid and welfare, 
receiving testimony from Donna E. Shalala, Secretary of Health and 
Human Services.
  Committee recessed subject to call.
NOMINATION
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded hearings on the 
nomination of Pete Peterson, of Florida, to be Ambassador to the 
Socialist Republic of Vietnam, after the nominee, who was introduced by 
Senators Graham and McCain, testified and answered questions in his own 
behalf.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Governmental Affairs: Committee met and agreed to 
authorize the issuance of subpoenas on matters relating to the 
committee's investigation of illegal or improper fund raising and 
spending practices during the 1996 Federal election campaigns.

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CORPORATE SUBSIDY REFORM
Committee on Governmental Affairs: Committee held hearings on S. 207, 
to review, reform, and terminate unnecessary and inequitable corporate 
spending subsidies in the federal budget, receiving testimony from 
Senators McCain, Kerry, and Feingold; and Thomas A. Schatz, Citizens 
Against Government Waste, Grover G. Norquist, Americans for Tax Reform, 
Courtney Cuff, Friends of the Earth, and Dean Stansel, Cato Institute, 
all of Washington, D.C.
  Hearings were recessed subject to call.
FLEXIBLE WORKPLACE OPTIONS
Committee on Labor and Human Resources: Subcommittee on Employment and 
Training concluded hearings on S. 4, to provide private sector 
employees the same opportunities for time-and-a-half compensatory time 
off, biweekly work programs, and flexible credit hour programs to help 
balance the demands and needs of work and family, and to clarify the 
provisions relating to exemptions of certain professionals from the 
minimum wage and overtime requirements of the Fair Labor Standards Act 
of 1938, after receiving testimony from Senator Ashcroft; Mayor Paul F. 
Jadin, Green Bay, Wisconsin, on behalf of the United States Conference 
of Mayors, and Marilyn Richter, Corporation Counsel of the City of New 
York, New York, both on behalf of the Public Sector FLSA Coalition; 
James A. Willms, Unicover Corporation, Cheyenne, Wyoming; Donna R. 
Lenhoff, Women's Legal Defense Fund, Susan M. Eckerly, National 
Federation of Independent Business, and David M. Silberman, Bredhoff 
and Kaiser, all of Washington, D.C.; Sandie Moneypenny and Kathleen 
Fairall, both of the Timken Company, Randleman, North Carolina; William 
A. Stone, Louisville Plate Glass Company, Louisville, Kentucky, on 
behalf of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce; and Diana Thompson, Puyallup, 
Washington.