[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 21 (Tuesday, February 25, 1997)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D135-D136]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
COMMERCE, JUSTICE, STATE, AND JUDICIARY APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State, 
and Judiciary held a hearing on Inspectors General for the Department 
of State and Department of Commerce. Testimony was heard from 
Jacqueline L. Williams-Bridger, Inspector General, Department of State; 
and Frank DeGeorge. Inspector General, Department of Commerce.
TRANSPORTATION APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Transportation continued 
appropriation hearings. Testimony was heard from Members of Congress 
and public witnesses.
TREASURY, POSTAL SERVICE, AND GENERAL GOVERNMENT APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Treasury, Postal Service, 
and General Government, on the Customs Service held a hearing on the 
U.S. Customs Service. Testimony was heard from the following officials 
of the Department of the Treasury: Ray Kelly, Under Secretary, 
Enforcement; and George Weise, Commissioner of Customs, U.S. Customs 
Service.
FINANCIAL SERVICES MODERNIZATION
Committee on Banking and Financial Services: Subcommittee on Financial 
Institutions and Consumer Credit continued hearings on Financial 
Services Modernization legislation including H.R. 268, Depository 
Institution Affiliation and Thrift Charter Conversion Act. Testimony 
was heard from public witnesses.
HOUSING AND OPPORTUNITY RESPONSIBILITY ACT
Committee on Banking and Financial Services: Subcommittee on Housing 
and Community Development held a hearing on H.R. 2, Housing and 
Opportunity Responsibility Act of 1997, and on Personal Responsibility 
and Accountability in Communities. Testimony was heard from public 
witnesses.
ADULT EDUCATION ACT
Committee on Education and the Workforce: Subcommittee on Postsecondary 
Education, Training and Life-Long Learning held a hearing on Adult 
Education Act. Testimony was heard from Representative Smith of Texas; 
Patricia McNeil, Assistant Secretary, Office of Vocational and Adult 
Education, Department of Education; Andy Hartman, Director, National 
Institute for Literacy, Department of Health and Human Services; Sam 
Drew, Director, Office of Communications, Department of Education, 
State of South Carolina; and public witnesses.
COUNTERNARCOTICS EFFORTS IN MEXICO AND ALONG THE SOUTHWEST BORDER
Committee on Government Reform and Oversight: Subcommittee on National 
Security, International Affairs, and Criminal Justice held a hearing on 
``Counternarcotics Efforts in Mexico and Along the Southwest Border''. 
Testimony was heard from Representative Bonilla; Robert S. Gelbard, 
Assistant Secretary, Bureau of International Narcotics and Law 
Enforcement Affairs, Department of State; from the following officials 
of the Department of Justice: Mary Lee Warren, Deputy Assistant 
Attorney General, Criminal Division; Thomas A. Constantine, 
Administrator, DEA; and Douglas M. Kruhm, Assistant Commissioner, U.S. 
Border Patrol, Immigration and Naturalization Service; and Tony 
Castaneda, Chief of Police, Eagle Pass, Texas.
ADMINISTRATION'S FOREIGN ASSISTANCE BUDGET REQUEST
Committee on International Relations: Held a hearing on the 
Administration's fiscal year 1998 Foreign Assistance Budget Request. 
Testimony was heard from J. Brian Atwood, Administrator, AID, United 
States International Development Cooperation Agency.

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BRIEFING--INTELLIGENCE ASSESSMENTS BY THE CIA
Committee on National Security: Subcommittee on Military Procurement 
and the Subcommittee on Research and Development met in executive 
session to receive a joint briefing on intelligence assessments by the 
CIA. The Subcommittees were briefed by representatives of the CIA.
MEDICARE HMO PAYMENT POLICIES
Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Health held a hearing on 
Medicare HMO Payment Policies. Testimony was heard from Paul N. Van de 
Water, Assistant Director, Budget Analysis, CBO; Gail R. Wilensky, 
Chair, Physician Payment Review Commission; Joseph Newhouse, Chairman, 
Prospective Payment Assessment Commission; William J. Scanlon, 
Director, Health Systems Issues, GAO; and public witnesses.
ANNUAL REPORT--IRS TAXPAYER ADVOCATE
Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Oversight held a hearing 
on the Annual Report of the IRS Taxpayer Advocate. Testimony was heard 
from the following officials of the IRS, Department of the Treasury: 
Lee R. Monks, Taxpayer Advocate; Fran Romano, Connecticut/Rhode Island 
District, Tom George, South Texas District, Louis Romito, Pennsylvania 
District-Pittsburg, Elayne M. Goldstein, Midwest District, and Jeanne 
Williams, North Florida District, all District Taxpayer Advocates.