[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 90 (Tuesday, June 24, 1997)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D664-D665]
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 ordered 
favorably reported an original bill (S. 955) making appropriations for 
foreign operations, export financing, and related programs for the 
fiscal year ending September 30, 1998.
GOVERNMENT PERFORMANCE AND RESULTS ACT
Committee on Appropriations/Committee on Governmental Affairs: 
Committees held joint hearings to examine the goals and requirements of 
the upcoming implementation of the Government Performance and Results 
Act of 1993 which will require Federal agencies to submit a strategic 
plan outlining their major functions and operations over the next six 
years to Congress and OMB not later than September 30, 1997 and its 
importance to the American public, receiving testimony from Franklin D. 
Raines, Director, and John Koskinen, Deputy Director for Management, 
both of the Office of Management and Budget.
  Hearings were recessed subject to call.
NOMINATION
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded 
hearings on the nomination of Jane Garvey, of Massachusetts, to be 
Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration, Department of 
Transportation, after the nominee, who was introduced by Senators 
Kennedy and Kerry, testified and answered questions in her own behalf.
ELECTRIC UTILITIES DEREGULATION
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee met to further 
discuss proposals to advance the goals of deregulation and competition 
in the electric power industry, focusing on the repeal of the Public 
Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 and related

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matters, receiving testimony from Barry P. Barbash, Director, Division 
of Investment Management, Securities and Exchange Commission; Susan 
Tomasky, General Counsel, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 
Department of Energy; Sam I. Bratton, Arkansas Public Service 
Commission, Little Rock; Ferd C. Meyer, Jr., Central and South West 
Corporation, Dallas, Texas; Martin B. Kanner, Kanner and Associates, on 
behalf of the Consumers for Fair Competition, and William S. Scherman, 
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher and Flom, on behalf of the Entergy 
Corporation, both of Washington, D.C.; Les E. LoBaugh, Jr., Pacific 
Enterprises, Los Angeles, California; and Larry A. Frimerman, Ohio 
Consumers' Counsel, Columbus, on behalf of the National Association of 
State Utility Consumer Advocates.
  Committee recessed subject to call.
NOMINATION
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee ordered favorably reported the 
nomination of Eric H. Holder Jr., of the District of Columbia, to be 
Deputy Attorney General, Department of Justice.
PUNITIVE DAMAGE AWARDS
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded hearings to examine the 
current punitive damage award system and its effect on the legal 
system, the economy, and the American consumer, focusing on the RAND 
report on punitive damages in financial injury jury verdicts, after 
receiving testimony from Representative Campbell; Theodore B. Olson, 
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, Washington, D.C., former United States 
Assistant Attorney General; Stephen Carroll, RAND, Santa Monica, 
California; and Stephen Daniels, American Bar Foundation, Chicago, 
Illinois.