[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 160 (Thursday, November 13, 1997)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D1274-D1275]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
EAST ASIAN ECONOMIC CONDITIONS
Committee on Banking and Financial Services: Held a hearing on East 
Asian Economic Conditions. Testimony was heard from Alan Greenspan, 
Chairman, Board of Governors, Federal Reserve System; Lawrence H. 
Summers, Deputy Secretary, Department of the Treasury; and public 
witnesses.
TOBACCO SETTLEMENT
Committee on Commerce: Held a hearing on the Tobacco Settlement: Views 
of the Administration and the State Attorneys General. Testimony was 
heard from Donna E. Shalala, Secretary of Health and Human Services; 
Gal Norton, Attorney General, State of Colorado; and Christine 
Gregorie, Attorney General, State of Washington.

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``JOHNNY CHUNG--HIS UNUSUAL ACCESS TO THE WHITE HOUSE, HIS POLITICAL 
DONATIONS, AND RELATED MATTERS''
Committee on Government Reform and Oversight: Held a hearing on 
``Johnny Chung--His Unusual Access to the White House, His Political 
Donations, and Related Matters''. Testimony was heard from Nancy 
Hernreich, Deputy Assistant to the President for Appointments and 
Scheduling, Executive Office of the President; Kelly Crawford, former 
Staff Assistant to Nancy Hernreich; Maggie Williams, former Chief of 
Staff to the First Lady, and the following officials from the 
Democratic National Committee: Carol Khare, Assistant to Donald L. 
Fowler, Chairman, and Ceandra Scott, staff member.
  Hearings continue tomorrow.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on International Relations: Approved a motion to request the 
Chairman to place the following resolution on the suspension calender, 
H. Res. 322, amended, expressing the sense of the House that the United 
States should act to resolve the crisis with Iraq in a manner that 
assures destruction of Iraq's ability to produce and deliver weapons of 
mass destruction, and that peaceful and diplomatic efforts should be 
pursued, but that if such efforts fail, multilateral military action 
or, as a last resort, unilateral United States military action should 
be taken. The Committee also held a hearing on Bonn to Kyoto: The 
Administration's Position on the Climate Change Treaty. Testimony was 
heard from Timothy E. Wirth, Under Secretary, Global Affairs, 
Department of State
NATIONAL BANKRUPTCY REVIEW COMMISSION REPORT
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Commercial and 
Administrative Law held a hearing regarding the National Bankruptcy 
Review Commission Report. Testimony was heard from the following 
officials from the National Bankruptcy Review Commission: Brady C. 
Williamson, Chairman, Judge Edith Hollan Jones, United States Court of 
Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, Member, and Babette A. Ceccotti, Member.
U.S. COMPUTER EXPORT CONTROL POLICY
Committee on National Security: Held a hearing on U.S. supercomputer 
export control policy. Testimony was heard from William A. Reinsch, 
Secretary, Export Administration, Department of Commerce; following 
officials from the Department of Defense; Mitchel B. Wallerstein, 
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Counterproliferation Policy, Stephen 
Bryen, Former Director Defense Technology Security Administration; and 
public witnesses.
CONFERENCE REPORT--COMMERCE, JUSTICE, STATE, THE JUDICIARY 
APPROPRIATIONS ACT
Committee on Rules: Granted, by voice vote, a rule waiving all points 
of order against the conference report on H.R. 2267, making 
appropriations for the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the 
Judiciary, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 
30, 1998, and against its consideration. The rule provides that the 
conference report shall be considered as read. Testimony was heard from 
Representative Rogers.
AIRCRAFT MISHAPS--INCREASING NUMBER
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure: Subcommittee on 
Aviation held a hearing on the increasing number of aircraft mishaps on 
our Nations's runways. Testimony was heard from Representative 
Kucinich; Jim Hall, Chairman, National Transportation Safety Board; the 
following officials from Department of Transportation; Ken Mead, 
Inspector General; Ronald Morgan, Director of Air Traffic, Federal 
Aviation Administration, and public witnesses.