[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 67 (Tuesday, May 20, 1997)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D508-D509]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
APPROPRIATIONS--FOREIGN ASSISTANCE
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Foreign Operations held 
hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1998 for foreign 
assistance programs, focusing on international financial institutions, 
receiving testimony from Robert E. Rubin, Secretary of the Treasury.
  Subcommittee will meet again on Thursday, May 22.
APPROPRIATIONS--INTERIOR
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Interior and Related 
Agencies concluded hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal 
year 1998 for the Department of the Interior, after receiving testimony 
from Bruce Babbitt, Secretary of the Interior.
APPROPRIATIONS--CAPITOL POLICE BOARD/CBO
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on the Legislative Branch 
held hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1998 for the 
United States Capitol Police Board and the Congressional Budget Office, 
receiving testimony from Gregory S. Casey, Senate Sergeant at Arms, 
Wilson Livingood, House Sergeant at Arms, Gary L. Abrecht, Chief, U.S. 
Capitol Police, and Alan M. Hantman, Architect of the Capitol, all on 
behalf of the United States Capitol Police Board; and June E. O'Neill, 
Director, Congressional Budget Office, who was accompanied by several 
of her associates.
  Subcommittee will meet again on Thursday, June 5.
QUADRENNIAL DEFENSE REVIEW
Committee on Armed Services: Committee held hearings to examine the 
Department of Defense Quadrennial Defense Review which relates to the 
shape, makeup, characterization, and the implementation of American 
armed forces for the next several years, receiving testimony from 
William S. Cohen, Secretary of Defense; and Gen. John M. Shalikashvili, 
USA, Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff.

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  Hearings continue tomorrow.
PRIVATE RELIEF
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Immigration concluded 
hearings on S. 768, to grant Michel Christopher Meili and his family, 
of Switzerland, permanent residence in the United States for his 
efforts in providing evidence of relations between Swiss banks and Nazi 
Germany during and after World War II regarding the disposal of assets 
of Holocaust victims, after receiving testimony from Senators Hatch and 
D'Amato; and Michel Christopher Meili, Rutihof, Switzerland.
HEALTH CARE REFORM
Committee on Labor and Human Resources: Committee concluded hearings on 
proposed legislation to provide patients quality health care, while 
maintaining affordability and the consumers right to receive all 
relevant information regarding their treatment and costs, including S. 
449, to prohibit the restriction of certain types of medical 
communications between a health care provider and a patient, and S. 
644, to establish standards for relationships between group health 
plans and health insurance issuers with enrollees, health 
professionals, and providers, after receiving testimony from Senators 
Kyl, Wyden, and D'Amato; Representatives Ganske and Norwood; Theodore 
N. Tsangaris, Breast Care Center/ George Washington University Medical 
Center, Andrew Webber, Consumer Coalition for Quality Health Care, Mary 
Jane England, Washington Business Group on Health, and Karen Ignagni, 
American Association of Health Plans, all of Washington, D.C.; Dennis 
O'Leary, Joint Commission on the Accreditation of Health Organizations, 
Oakbrook Terrace, Illinois; and William A. Reynolds, Missoula, Montana, 
on behalf of the American College of Physicians.
1985 ZONA ROSA TERRORIST ATTACK
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee concluded hearings to 
examine the United States response to the murders of four United States 
marines and two private U.S. citizens in the Zona Rosa district of San 
Salvador in 1985, after receiving testimony from John R. Hamilton, 
Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Central America, the Caribbean 
and Cuba; Michael O'Neil, General Counsel, Central Intelligence Agency; 
James S. Reynolds, Chief, Terrorism and Violent Crime Section, Criminal 
Division, Dale L. Watson, Chief of the International Operations 
Section, National Security Division, Federal Bureau of Investigation, 
and Phyllis A. Coven, Director of International Affairs, Immigration 
and Naturalization Service, all of the Department of Justice; William 
Walker, former United States Ambassador to El Salvador; Ed Mulvaney, 
Anniston, Alabama; Joe Dickson and Betty Malone, both of Northport, 
Alabama; Andy and Brenda Whitt, and Beth Kwiatkowski, all of Wausau, 
Wisconsin; and John and Marlene Weber, both of Cincinnati, Ohio.