[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 128 (Tuesday, September 23, 1997)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D988-D989]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee ordered 
favorably reported the following business items:
  S. 1193, to extend the authorization of the aviation insurance 
program of the Department of Transportation, with an amendment in the 
nature of a substitute;
  S. 1196, to require the National Transportation Safety Board and 
individual foreign air carriers to address the needs of families of 
passengers involved in aircraft accidents involving foreign air 
carriers; and
  The nominations of Robert L. Mallett, of Texas, to be Deputy 
Secretary, and W. Scott Gould, of the District of Columbia, to be Chief 
Financial Officer and Assistant Secretary, both of the Department of 
Commerce, and certain nominations for promotion in the United States 
Coast Guard.
AUTHORIZATION--ENDANGERED SPECIES
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee held hearings on 
S. 1180, authorizing funds for fiscal years 1998 through 2003 for 
programs of the Endangered Species Act, receiving testimony from Jamie 
Rappaport Clark, Director, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Department 
of the Interior; Terry D. Garcia, Acting Assistant Secretary of 
Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere/National Oceanic and Atmospheric 
Administration; and Montana Governor Marc Racicot, Helena, on behalf of 
the National Governors' Association and the Western Governors' 
Association.
  Hearings continue tomorrow.
IRS REFORM
Committee on Finance: Committee held hearings to examine the current 
state of the Internal Revenue Service, focusing on its practices and 
procedures and its enforcement authorities to collect delinquent taxes, 
receiving testimony from Senators Grassley and Kerrey; Representative 
Hoyer; Joseph F. Lane, Menlo Park, California, on behalf of the 
National Association of Enrolled Agents; and Robert L. Goldstein and 
James A. Woehlke, both of the New York State Society of Certified 
Public Accountants, New York, New York.
  Hearings continue tomorrow.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded hearings on the 
nominations of Corinne Claiborne Boggs, of Louisiana, to be Ambassador 
to the Holy

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See, R. Nicholas Burns, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to Greece, Thomas 
M. Foglietta, of Pennsylvania, to be Ambassador to Italy, and Mark 
Robert Parris, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Turkey, 
after the nominees testified and answered questions in their own 
behalf. Ms. Boggs was introduced by Senators Breaux and Landrieu and 
Representatives Livingston and McCrery, Mr. Burns was introduced by 
Senator Kennedy, and Mr. Foglietta was introduced by Senators Specter 
and Santorum.
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 Thomas E. 
Mann, Brookings Institution, and Norman J. Ornstein, American 
Enterprise Institute, both of Washington, D.C.
  Hearings continue tomorrow.
HEALTH CARE MARKET ANTITRUST POLICY
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded hearings to examine 
competitive trends in the health care marketplace to assess the 
currency and effectiveness of antitrust law enforcement, after 
receiving testimony from James R. Nathan, Legacy Alliance, Fort Myers, 
Florida; William Kopit, Epstein Becker & Green, and Joe Sims, Jones, 
Day, Reavis & Pogue, both of Washington, D.C.; William J. Lynk, Lexecon 
Inc., Chicago, Illinois; and John C. McMeekin, Crozer-Keystone Health 
System, Media, Pennsylvania, on behalf of the American Hospital 
Association.
PROSTATE CANCER
Special Committee on Aging: Committee concluded hearings to examine 
detection and treatment options for prostate cancer, after receiving 
testimony from former Senator Dole; Nevada Governor Bob Miller, Carson 
City; David G. McLeod, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, 
D.C.; E. David Crawford, University of Colorado Cancer Center, Denver, 
on behalf of the National Prostate Cancer Education Council; Richard J. 
Babaian, University of Texas Cancer Center, Houston; Len Dawson, 
Northbrook, Illinois, on behalf of the American Foundation for Urologic 
Disease; and Bob and Carol Watson, Bronx, New York.