[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 83 (Monday, June 16, 1997)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D617-D618]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
STATE-SANCTIONED DISCRIMINATION
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded hearings on proposals 
to prohibit the use of race and gender preferences by the Federal 
Government in employment, contracting and other programs, after

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receiving testimony from Randy M. Pech, Adarand Constructors, Inc., 
Colorado Springs, Colorado; Charlene F. Loen, Kaiser Foundation Health 
Plan, San Francisco, California; Audrey Rice Oliver, Integrated 
Business Solutions, Inc., San Ramon, California; John Goode, Bones 
Barbecue Cedar Creek, Texas; Ron Daugherty, Myrtle Beach, South 
Carolina; and Lou Ann Mullen, Lexington, Texas.
NOMINATION
Committee on the Judiciary: On Friday, June 13, committee concluded 
hearings on the nomination of Eric H. Holder Jr., of the District of 
Columbia, to be Deputy Attorney General, Department of Justice, after 
the nominee, who was introduced by Senators D'Amato and Moynihan, and 
District of Columbia Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton, testified and 
answered questions in his own behalf.
PENSION MISCALCULATIONS
Special Committee on Aging: Committee concluded hearings to examine 
ways to ensure retirement security for older Americans, focusing on the 
number of people being underpaid by their pension plans and proposals 
to reestablish funding for pension counseling projects, after receiving 
testimony from Edgar Pauk, Legal Services for the Elderly, New York, 
New York; Paul Holzman and Allen C. Engerman, both of the National 
Center for Retirement Benefits, Inc., Northbrook, Illinois; Karen 
Ferguson and Trip Reid, both of the Pension Rights Center, Washington, 
D.C.; Thomas C. Walker, Associated Benefits Corporation, West Des 
Moines, Iowa; and Edwin A. Witort, Hot Springs Village, Arkansas; and 
Paul Francione, Tuscon, Arizona.