[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 105 (Wednesday, July 23, 1997)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D805-D807]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: Committee concluded 
hearings on the nominations of Catherine E. Woteki, of the District of 
Columbia, to be Under Secretary for Food Safety, Shirley Robinson 
Watkins, of Arkansas, to be Under Secretary for Food, Nutrition, and 
Consumer Services, I. Miley Gonzalez, of New Mexico, to be Under 
Secretary for Research, Education, and Economics, and August 
Schumacher, Jr., of Massachusetts, to be Under Secretary for Farm and 
Foreign Agricultural Services, and to be a Member of the Board of 
Directors of the

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Commodity Credit Corporation, all of the Department of Agriculture, 
after the nominees testified and answered questions in their own 
behalf. Ms. Woteki was introduced by Senator Harkin, Ms. Watkins was 
introduced by Representative Clayton, Mr. Gonzalez was introduced by 
Senators Domenici and Bingaman, and Mr. Schumacher was introduced by 
Senator Kerry.
APPROPRIATIONS--DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on the District of Columbia 
resumed hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1998 for 
the government of the District of Columbia, receiving testimony from 
Wayne D. Casey, Interim Director, Department of Human Services, Marlene 
N. Kelley, Acting Director, Department of Health, and Cellerino C. 
Bernardino, Acting Director, Department of Public Works, all of the 
District of Columbia.
  Subcommittee recessed subject to call.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Armed Services: Committee ordered favorably reported 2,496 
nominations in the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, and Air Force.
MONETARY POLICY
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded 
hearings on the Federal Reserve's report on the economic situation and 
monetary policy, after receiving testimony from Alan Greenspan, 
Chairman, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.
NOMINATION
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee ordered 
favorably reported the nomination of Jane Garvey, of Massachusetts, to 
be Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration, Department of 
Transportation.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee ordered favorably 
reported the nominations of Patrick A. Shea, of Utah, to be Director of 
the Bureau of Land Management, Robert G. Stanton, of Virginia, to be 
Director of the National Park Service, and Kathleen M. Karpan, of 
Wyoming, to be Director of the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and 
Enforcement, all of the Department of the Interior, and Kneeland C. 
Youngblood, of Texas, to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the 
United States Enrichment Corporation.
NATURAL GAS
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded 
oversight hearings to examine certain aspects of natural gas issues 
into the next century, focusing on world energy supply and demand to 
the year 2015, the role of government in large scale gas projects in 
foreign countries, and emerging technologies in gas field development 
that are making natural gas more economical to market, after receiving 
testimony from Jay E. Hakes, Administrator, Energy Information 
Administration, David J. Jhirad, Deputy Assistant Secretary for 
International Energy Policy, Trade and Investment, and Robert S. 
Kripowicz, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Fossil Energy, all 
of the Department of Energy; Julie D. Belaga, Director and Chief 
Operating Officer, Export-Import Bank of the United States; John Horn, 
Worldwide Natural Gas and LNG, Bartlesville, Oklahoma; James T. Jensen, 
Jensen Associates, Inc., Washington, D.C.; A. Pedro H. van Meurs, van 
Meurs & Associates, Ltd., and Robert L. Pierce, Foothills Pipe Lines 
Ltd., both of Calgary, Alberta, Canada; and John Galt, Vessy, Geneva, 
Switzerland.
CAMPAIGN FINANCING INVESTIGATION
Committee on Governmental Affairs: Committee resumed hearings to 
examine certain matters with regard to the committee's special 
investigation on campaign financing, receiving testimony from Benton L. 
Becker, Coral Gables, Florida; and Michael E. Baroody, Washington, D.C.
  Hearings continue tomorrow.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee resumed mark-up of S. 10, to 
reduce violent juvenile crime, promote accountability by juvenile 
criminals, and punish and deter violent gang crime, but did not 
complete action thereon, and will meet again tomorrow.
AUTHORIZATION--NATIONAL DRUG CONTROL
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded hearings on S. 1053, 
authorizing funds for the Office of National Drug Control Policy, after 
receiving testimony from Barry R. McCaffrey, Director, Office of 
National Drug Control Policy; and John P. Walters, Philanthropy 
Roundtable, Washington, D.C., former Acting Director and Deputy 
Director for Supply Reduction, Office of National Drug Control Policy.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Labor and Human Resources: Committee ordered favorably 
reported the following business items:
  S. 1020, to improve and authorize funds for programs of the National 
Foundation on the Arts and

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Humanities Act and the Art and Artifacts Indemnity Act, with 
amendments;
  S. 1046, authorizing funds for fiscal years 1998 and 1999 for the 
National Science Foundation; and
  The nominations of John T. Broderick Jr., of New Hampshire, and 
Ernestine P. Watlington, of Pennsylvania, each to be a Member of the 
Board of Directors of the Legal Services Corporation, Louis Caldera, of 
California, to be a Managing Director of the Corporation for National 
and Community Service, Paul Simon, of Illinois, to be a Member of the 
National Institute for Literacy Advisory Board, and Gina McDonald, of 
Kansas, and Bonnie O'Day, of Minnesota, each to be a Member of the 
National Council on Disability.
  Also, committee began consideration of the proposed Workforce 
Improvement Partnership Act, but did not complete action thereon, and 
recessed subject to call.