[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 133 (Tuesday, September 30, 1997)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1034-D1035]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded 
hearings on the nominations of Laura S. Unger, of New York, and Paul R. 
Carey, of New York, each to be a Member of the Securities and Exchange 
Commission, Dennis Dollar, of Mississippi, to be a Member of the 
National Credit Union Administration Board, Edward M. Gramlich, of 
Virginia, and Roger Walton Ferguson, of Massachusetts, each to be a 
Member of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, and 
Ellen Seidman, of the District of Columbia, to be Director of the 
Office of Thrift Supervision, Department of the Treasury, after the 
nominees testified and answered questions in their own behalf. Mr. 
Dollar was introduced by Senators Lott and Cochran.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded 
hearings on the nominations of Michael K. Powell, of Virginia, Harold 
W. Furchtgott-Roth, of the District of Columbia, and Gloria Tristani, 
of New Mexico, each to be a Member of the Federal Communications 
Commission, after the nominees testified and answered questions in 
their own behalf. Mr. Furchtgott-Roth was introduced by Senator 
Thurmond and Representative Bliley, Mr. Powell was introduced by 
Senators Warner and Robb, and Ms. Tristani was introduced by Senators 
Domenici and Bingaman.
FAST TRACK TRADE AUTHORITY
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded 
hearings on the Administration's proposal to renew fast track trade 
negotiating authority, after receiving testimony from William M. Daley, 
Secretary of Commerce; and Charlene Barshefsky, United States Trade 
Representative.
CLIMATE CHANGE POLICY
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded 
oversight hearings to examine the economic impact and analysis of a 
proposed climate change treaty on labor, electricity supply, and 
manufacturing, after receiving testimony from Cecil E. Roberts, United 
Mine Workers of America, and William A. Niskanen, Cato Institute, both 
of Washington, D.C.; Murray Weidenbaum, Washington University, St. 
Louis, Missouri; Ronald L. McMahan, Resource Data International, Inc. 
and Financial Times Energy, Boulder, Colorado; Richard Sandor, Centre 
Financial Products Limited, Chicago, Illinois; and Irving Mintzer, 
Global Business Network, Silver Spring, Maryland.
AUTHORIZATION--ENDANGERED SPECIES
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee ordered favorably 
reported S. 1180, authorizing funds for programs of the Endangered 
Species Act, with amendments.
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 former 
Vice President Walter F. Mondale; and former Senator Kassebaum.
  Hearings continue on Tuesday, October 7.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded hearings on the 
nominations of Raymond C. Fisher, of California, to be Associate 
Attorney General, Department of Justice, Ronald Lee Gilman, of 
Tennessee, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Sixth Circuit, 
Sonia Sotomayor, of New York, to be United States Circuit Judge for the 
Second Circuit, Richard Conway Casey, to be United States District 
Judge for the Southern District of New York, James S. Gwin, to be 
United States District Judge for the Northern District of Ohio, Dale A. 
Kimball, to be United States District Judge for the District of Utah, 
Algenon L. Marbley, to be United States District Judge for the Southern 
District of Ohio, and Charles J. Siragusa, to be United States District 
Judge for the Western District of New York, after the nominees 
testified and answered questions in their own behalf. Mr. Fisher was 
introduced by Representatives Campbell and Berman, Mr. Gilman was 
introduced by Senators Thompson and Frist and Representative Ford, Ms. 
Sotomayor, and Messrs. Casey and Siragusa were introduced by Senator 
D'Amato, Messrs. Gwin and Marbley were introduced by Senators DeWine 
and Glenn, and Mr. Kimball was introduced by Senators Hatch and 
Bennett.
UNCONSTITUTIONAL SET-ASIDES
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on the Constitution, 
Federalism, and Property Rights concluded hearings to examine the use 
of racial and ethnic preferences in federal procurement programs, 
focusing on the constitutionality of Department of Transportation 
proposed regulations to modify the Disadvantaged Business Enterprise 
program for highway and transit projects, and a related Supreme Court 
decision in Adarand v. Pena, after receiving testimony from Senator 
McConnell; Representatives Scott and

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Canady; Nancy E. McFadden, General Counsel, Department of 
Transportation; Valery J. Pech, Adarand Constructors, Inc., Colorado 
Springs, Colorado; Janet Schutt, Schutt-Lookabill Contractors, 
Indianapolis, Indiana; George R. LaNoue, University of Maryland 
Graduate School, Baltimore; Eugene Volokh, UCLA Law School, Los 
Angeles, California; and Mark Tushnet, Georgetown University Law 
Center, and Michael Carvin, Cooper & Carvin, both of Washington, D.C.
GLOBAL TOBACCO SETTLEMENT
Committee on Labor and Human Resources: Committee resumed hearings to 
examine the scope and depth of the proposed settlement between State 
Attorneys General and tobacco companies to mandate a total reformation 
and restructuring of how tobacco products are manufactured, marketed, 
and distributed in America, focusing on the need to prevent young 
people from using tobacco products and other public health goals, 
receiving testimony from Louis W. Sullivan, Morehouse School of 
Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, former Secretary of Health and Human 
Services; Ronald M. Davis, Center for Health Promotion and Disease 
Prevention/Henry Ford Health System, Detroit, Michigan, former 
Director, Office on Smoking and Health, Centers for Disease Control, 
Department of Health and Human Services; Washington State Attorney 
General Christine O. Gregoire, Olympia, on behalf of State Attorneys 
General; David S. Rosenthal, Harvard University Medical School, on 
behalf of the American Cancer Society, and Gregory N. Connolly, 
Massachusetts Department of Public Health, both of Boston, 
Massachusetts; and Stanley M. Chesley, Waite, Schneider, Bayless & 
Chesley Co., Cincinnati, Ohio, on behalf of the Castano Plaintiffs 
Litigation Committee.
  Hearings were recessed subject to call.