[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 147 (Tuesday, October 28, 1997)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1155-D1156]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
ELECTRONIC COMMERCE
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on 
Financial Services and Technology concluded hearings to examine issues 
with regard to the electronic commerce infrastructure, focusing on 
proposals to establish uniform national standards for the use of 
electronic authentication technology by financial institutions, 
including digital signatures, after receiving testimony from 
Massachusetts Deputy General Counsel Daniel Greenwood, Boston; Ira H. 
Parker, Alston and Bird, Alfred M. Pollard, Bankers Roundtable, and 
Robert D. Kramer, Bank of America, NT&SA, on behalf of the Electronic 
Commerce Working Group and the Coalition of Service Industries, all of 
Washington, D.C.; J. Scott Lowry, Digital Signature Trust Company, Salt 
Lake City, Utah; P. Michael Nugent, Citibank, New York, New York; and 
Richard Mossburg, Ford Motor Credit Company, Dearborn, Michigan, on 
behalf of the Electronic Commerce Forum.
EDUCATION
Committee on the Budget: Committee held hearings to examine the current 
state of the national education system, receiving testimony from 
Richard W. Riley, Secretary, and Pascal D. Forgione, Jr., Commissioner 
of Education Statistics, both of the Department of Education; and 
William J. Bennett, Empower America, Washington, D.C., former Secretary 
of Education.
  Hearings were recessed subject to call.
AIRLINE COMPETITION
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee held 
hearings to examine air service problems affecting certain communities 
since the deregulation of the airline industry, and proposed 
legislation to remove certain barriers to promote competition in the 
domestic airline industry, receiving testimony from Senators Warner and 
Robb; Representatives Slaughter and Moran; Patrick V. Murphy, Deputy 
Assistant Secretary of Transportation for Aviation and International 
Affairs; Gerald Dillingham, Associate Director, Transportation Issues, 
Resources, Community, and Economic Development Division, General 
Accounting Office; David T. Ralston, Jr., Metropolitan Washington 
Airports Authority, Alexandria, Virginia; J. Randolph Babbitt, Air Line 
Pilots Association, International, and Edward P. Faberman, Air Carrier 
Association of America, both of Washington, D.C.; Charles M. Goodwin, 
Greater Rochester Metro Chamber of Commerce, Inc., Rochester, New York; 
Thomas G. Tait, Nevada Commission on Tourism, Carson City, on behalf of 
the Western States Tourism Policy Council; Lawrence M. Nagin, US 
Airways, Arlington, Virginia; Cyril Murphy, United Air Lines, Inc., 
Chicago, Illinois; and Bob Rowen, Reno Air, Inc., Reno, Nevada.
  Hearings were recessed subject to call.
EPA REGIONAL HAZE RULE
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Subcommittee on Forests and 
Public Land Management concluded hearings to examine the potential 
impacts on, and additional responsibilities for, federal land managers 
imposed by the Environmental Protection Agency's Notice of Proposed 
Rulemaking on regional haze regulations implementing certain provisions 
of the Clean Air Act, after receiving testimony from Robert C. Joslin, 
Deputy Chief, National Forest System, Forest Service, Department of 
Agriculture; Michael Soukup, Associate Director, Natural Resource 
Stewardship and Science, National Park Service, Department of the 
Interior; John S. Seitz,

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Director, Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards Division, Office 
of Air and Radiation, Environmental Protection Agency; Utah Governor 
Michael O. Leavitt, Salt Lake City; Anne E. Smith, Decision Focus 
Incorporated, and Marcia Frenz, National Parks and Conservation 
Association, both of Washington, D.C.; Greg E. Walcher, CLUB 20, Grand 
Junction, Colorado; Robert L. Pearson, Radian International, Denver, 
Colorado; and L. Bruce Hill, Appalachian Mountain Club, Gorham, New 
Hampshire.
NOMINATION
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee concluded hearings 
on the nomination of Kenneth R. Wykle, of Virginia, to be Administrator 
of the Federal Highway Administration, Department of Transportation, 
after the nominee, who was introduced by Representative Rahall, 
testified and answered questions in his own behalf.
NATO ENLARGEMENT
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded hearings to examine 
the costs, benefits, burdensharing and military implications of the 
proposal to grant NATO membership to Poland, Hungary, and the Czech 
Republic, after receiving testimony from Walter B. Slocombe, Under 
Secretary of Defense for Policy; Richard Kugler, Institute for National 
Strategic Studies/National Defense University, Fort McNair, Ivan Eland, 
CATO Institute, and Stephen Hadley, Shea and Gardner, all of 
Washington, D.C.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded hearings on the 
nominations of Richard Frank Celeste, of Ohio, to be Ambassador to 
India, Shaun Edward Donnelly, of Indiana, to be Ambassador to the 
Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, and to serve concurrently 
and without additional compensation as Ambassador to the Republic of 
Maldives, Edward M. Gabriel, of the District of Columbia, to be 
Ambassador to the Kingdom of Morocco, Cameron R. Hume, of New York, to 
be Ambassador to the Democratic and Popular Republic of Algeria, Daniel 
Charles Kurtzer, of Maryland, to be Ambassador to the Arab Republic of 
Egypt, James A. Larocco, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the State of 
Kuwait, and Edward S. Walker, Jr., of Maryland, to be Ambassador to 
Israel. Mr. Celeste was introduced by Senators DeWine and Glenn, and 
Mr. Gabriel was introduced by Senators Domenici and Ford.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded hearings on the 
nominations of Stanley Marcus, of Florida, to be United States Circuit 
Judge for the Eleventh Circuit, Ann L. Aiken, to be United States 
District Judge for the District of Oregon, Jerome B. Friedman, to be 
United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Virginia, 
Norman K. Moon, to be United States District Judge for the Western 
District of Virginia, and Rodney W. Sippel, to be United States 
District Judge for the Eastern and Western Districts of Missouri, after 
the nominees testified and answered questions in their own behalf. Mr. 
Marcus was introduced by Senators Mack and Graham, Ms. Aiken was 
introduced by Senators Gordon Smith and Wyden, Messrs. Friedman and 
Moon were introduced by Senators Warner and Robb, and Mr. Sippel was 
introduced by Senators Bond and Ashcroft.
CONFIDENTIAL MEDICAL INFORMATION
Committee on Labor and Human Resources: Committee concluded hearings on 
the Administration's proposal to protect the privacy of individually 
identifiable medical information and establish strong penalties for 
those who disclose such information, after receiving testimony from 
Senators Leahy, Bennett, and Snowe; Wanda Walker, Louisville, Kentucky, 
on behalf of the Consortium for Citizens with Disabilities; John 
Glaser, Partners HealthCare System, Inc., and A.G. Breitenstein, JRI 
Health Law Institute, both of Boston, Massachusetts; John T. Nielsen, 
Intermountain Health Care, Salt Lake City, Utah, on behalf of the 
American Association of Health Plans; Donald J. Palmisano, New Orleans, 
Louisiana, on behalf of the American Medical Association; Spencer 
Foreman, Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, New York, on behalf of the 
American Hospital Association; Elizabeth B. Andrews, Glaxo-Wellcome, 
Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, on behalf of the Healthcare 
Leadership Council.
INTELLIGENCE
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee held closed hearings on 
intelligence matters, receiving testimony from officials of the 
intelligence community.
  Committee recessed subject to call.