[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 43 (Monday, April 14, 1997)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D328-D329]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
TAX FREEDOM
Committee on Finance: Committee held hearings to review the Tax 
Foundation's report entitled ``Tax Freedom Day 1997'', detailing the 
computation of the number of days Americans must work before they have 
paid their tax bill, receiving testimony from J.D. Foster and Patrick 
Fleenor, both of the Tax Foundation, Washington, D.C.
  Hearings were recessed subject to call.
CONSUMER CREDIT
Committee on the Judiciary: On Friday, April 11, Subcommittee on 
Administrative Oversight and the Courts concluded hearings to examine 
the increase of personal bankruptcies and the crisis in consumer 
credit, after receiving testimony from Kim

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Kowalewski, Chief, Financial and General Macroeconomic Analysis Unit, 
Congressional Budget Office; Michael E. Staten, Purdue University, West 
Lafayette, Indiana; Ian Domowitz, Northwestern University, Evanston, 
Illinois; Edward Bankole, Moody's Investors Service, New York, New 
York; Michael McEneney, Morrison and Foerster, Washington, D.C.; Donald 
Banks, Dayton Hudson, Minneapolis, Minnesota; Ken Crone, Visa USA Inc., 
Fluster City, California; Gerald P. Wixted, Consumer Credit Counseling 
Services, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Jean Ryan, Miami, Florida.
FDA REFORM
Committee on Labor and Human Resources: On Friday, April 11, committee 
concluded hearings on proposals to reform the performance, efficiency, 
and use of resources of the Food and Drug Administration, after 
receiving testimony from Gordon Binder, Amgen Incorporated, Thousand 
Oaks, California, on behalf of the Pharmaceutical Research and 
Manufacturers of America and the Biotechnology Industry Association; 
Roger L. Foster, Mylan Pharmaceuticals Incorporated, Morgantown, West 
Virginia, on behalf of the National Pharmaceutical Alliance; Stephen L. 
Ferguson, Cook Group Incorporated, Bloomington, Indiana, on behalf of 
the Health Industry Manufacturers Association, the Medical Device 
Manufacturers Association, and the National Electrical Manufacturers 
Association; Sidney M. Wolfe, Public Citizen, and Cynthia A. Pearson, 
National Women's Health Network, on behalf of the Patient Coalition, 
both of Washington, D.C.; and Adolph S. Clausi, Cos Cob, Connecticut, 
on behalf of the Grocery Manufacturers Association and the National 
Food Processors Association.