[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 6 (Wednesday, February 4, 1998)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D55-D56]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
NOMINATION
Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded hearings on the 
nomination of Gen. Joseph W. Ralston, USAF, for reappointment as Vice 
Chairman of

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the Joint Chiefs of Staff, after the nominee testified and answered 
questions in his own behalf.
1999 BUDGET
Committee on the Budget: Committee continued hearings to examine the 
President's proposed budget for fiscal year 1999, receiving testimony 
from Franklin D. Raines, Director, Office of Management and Budget.
  Hearings were recessed subject to call.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded hearings 
on the nominations of Donald J. Barry, of Wisconsin, to be Assistant 
Secretary of the Interior for Fish and Wildlife, and Margaret Hornbeck 
Greene, of Kentucky, to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the 
United States Enrichment Corporation, after the nominees testified and 
answered questions in their own behalf. Ms. Greene was introduced by 
Senator Ford.
ASIAN FINANCIAL CRISIS
Committee on Finance: Committee held hearings to examine recent 
developments in Asian financial markets and the impact on the growth of 
the American economy, and on the United States role in ensuring 
adequate funding for the International Monetary Fund (IMF), receiving 
testimony from Lawrence H. Summers, Deputy Secretary of the Treasury; 
Stuart E. Eizenstat, Under Secretary of State for Economic, Business 
and Agricultural Affairs; Robert B. Zoellick, former Counselor to the 
Secretary of the Treasury and former Under Secretary for State for 
Economic Affairs; C. Fred Bergsten, Institute for International 
Economics, and John H. Makin, American Enterprise Institute, both of 
Washington, D.C.; and Allen Sinai, Primark Decision Economics, Inc., 
New York, New York.
  Hearings were recessed subject to call.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded hearings on the 
nominations of M. Margaret McKeown, of Washington, to be United States 
Circuit Judge for the Ninth Circuit, Richard L. Young, to be United 
States District Judge for the Southern District of Indiana, Susan Oki 
Mollway, to be United States District Judge for the District of Hawaii, 
Edward F. Shea, to be United States District Judge for the Eastern 
District of Washington, and Jeremy D. Fogel, to be United States 
District Judge for the Northern District of California, after the 
nominees testified and answered questions in their own behalf. Ms. 
McKeown was introduced by Senators Gorton and Murray and 
Representatives White and Campbell, Mr. Young was introduced by Senator 
Lugar, Ms. Mollway was introduced by Senators Akaka and Inouye and 
Representatives Abercrombie and Mink, Mr. Shea was introduced by 
Senators Gorton and Murray, and Mr. Fogel was introduced by Senator 
Feinstein.
REHABILITATION ACT AUTHORIZATION
Committee on Labor and Human Resources: Committee ordered favorably 
reported S. 1579, authorizing funds through fiscal year 2004 for 
programs of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, with amendments.
CLASSIFIED DISCLOSURES TO CONGRESS
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee held hearings on the 
constitutionality of Section 306 of S. 858 (Public Law 105-107) 
relating to the encouragement of disclosure of certain information to 
Congress, receiving testimony from Louis Fisher, Senior Specialist in 
American National Government, Government Division, Congressional 
Research Service, Library of Congress; and Peter Raven-Hansen, George 
Washington University Law School, Washington, D.C.
  Hearings were recessed subject to call.