[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 45 (Wednesday, April 22, 1998)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D385-D386]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
APPROPRIATIONS--DEFENSE
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense held hearings on 
proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1999 for the Department of 
Defense, focusing on the ballistic missile defense program, receiving 
testimony from Lt. Gen. Lester L. Lyles, USAF, Director, Ballistic 
Missile Defense Organization.
  Subcommittee will meet again on Wednesday, April 29.
NOMINATION
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded 
hearings on the nomination of Donna Tanoue, of Hawaii, to be a Member 
and Chairperson of the Board of Directors of the Federal Deposit 
Insurance Corporation, after the nominee, who was introduced by 
Senators Inouye and Akaka, testified and answered questions in her own 
behalf.
ADVANCED TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on 
Communications concluded hearings to examine how to promote and deliver 
advanced telecommunication services, including satellite technology, 
broadband services, and network applications, to consumers in 
accordance with Section 706 of the Telecommunications Act of 1996 which 
directs the Federal Communications Commission to lift any regulatory 
barrier that is preventing companies from investing in and deploying 
high-speed data technologies to the public, after receiving testimony 
from Ellwood R. Kerkeslager, AT&T Corp., Jeffrey A. Eisenach, Progress 
and Freedom Foundation, David Finkelstein, SkyBridge Limited 
Partnership, Erik R. Olbeter, Economic Strategy Institute, and Timothy 
J. Regan, Corning Incorporated, all of Washington, D.C.; Charles J. 
McMinn, Covad Communications Company, Santa Clara, California, on 
behalf of the Association of Local Telecommunications Services; and 
Joseph R. Zell, U S West Communications, Denver, Colorado; and Russell 
Daggatt, Teledesic, Kirkland, Washington.
VIRTUAL MANUFACTURING
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on 
Manufacturing and Competitiveness held hearings to examine current 
applications of virtual manufacturing which is the use of information 
technology to understand, diagnose, and control certain manufacturing 
processes, and its impact on the future of American industry, focusing 
on the applications of digital and robotics technologies in its design, 
production, and control processes, receiving testimony from Robert 
Spitzer, Boeing Company, Seattle, Washington; and Daniel J. 
VandenBossche, Chrysler Corporation, and Eric Mittelstadt, FANUC 
Robotics North America, Inc., both of Auburn Hills, Michigan.
  Hearings were recessed subject to call.
CHILD CARE ACCESS
Committee on Finance: Subcommittee on Social Security and Family Policy 
held hearings to examine issues relating to child care access, 
affordability, and supply in America and the impact of welfare reform 
on State and Federal child care programs, and a related measure S. 
1577, to provide additional tax relief to families to increase the 
affordability of child care, receiving testimony from Senator Dodd; 
Mark V. Nadel, Associate Director for Income Security, Health, 
Education and Human Services Division, General Accounting Office; Rhode 
Island Lieutenant Governor Bernard A. Jackvony, Providence; Rochelle

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Chronister, Kansas Department of Social and Rehabilitation Services, 
Topeka; Christine C. Ferguson, Rhode Island Department of Human 
Services, Cranston; Robert P. Hallenbeck, ECS, Inc., Exton, 
Pennsylvania; Donna Kline, Marriot International, Bethesda, Maryland; 
Donna T. Munday, UNUM Corporation, Portland, Maine; Jolene Ivey, MOCHA 
Moms, Cheverly, Maryland; Susan Muenchow, Florida Children's Forum, 
Tallahassee; Beverly Smith, Child Welfare League of America, 
Hyattsville, Maryland; Paula Broglio, Adelphia, Maryland; and Susan 
Elizabeth Dutcher, Edmond, Oklahoma.
  Hearings were recessed subject to call.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Governmental Affairs: Committee concluded hearings on the 
nominations of G. Edward DeSeve, of Pennsylvania, to be Deputy Director 
for Management, Office of Management and Budget, and Deidre A. Lee, of 
Oklahoma, to be Administrator for Federal Procurement Policy, after the 
nominees testified and answered questions in their own behalf. Mr. 
DeSeve was introduced by Senator Specter.
NOMINATION
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded hearings on the 
nomination of James K. Robinson, of Michigan, to be an Assistant 
Attorney General for the Criminal Division, Department of Justice, 
after the nominee, who was introduced by Senators Abraham and Levin, 
testified and answered questions in his own behalf.
CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL TERRORISM
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Technology, Terrorism, and 
Government Information held joint hearings with the Select Committee on 
Intelligence to examine Federal efforts in dealing with chemical and 
biological weapons threats to America, and the implementation of the 
Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act (P.L. 104-132), receiving 
testimony from Janet Reno, Attorney General, and Louis J. Freeh, 
Director, Federal Bureau of Investigation, both of the Department of 
Justice.
  Hearings continue tomorrow.
NOMINATION
Committee on Veterans Affairs: Committee ordered favorably reported the 
nomination of Togo D. West, Jr., of the District of Columbia, to be 
Secretary of Veterans Affairs.
SOCIAL SECURITY REFORM
Special Committee on Aging: Committee concluded hearings to examine the 
impact of a proposal to invest Social Security trust funds in the stock 
market, focusing on a General Accounting Office report, ``Implications 
of Government Stock Investing for the Trust Fund, the Federal Budget, 
and the Economy'', after receiving testimony from Barbara D. Bovbjerg, 
Associate Director, Income Security Issues, Health, Education, and 
Human Services Division, General Accounting Office; Bruce K. MacLaury, 
Brookings Institution, Washington, D.C., on behalf of the Committee for 
Economic Development; Alicia H. Munnell, Boston College, and James S. 
Phalen, State Street Corporation, both of Boston, Massachusetts; Olivia 
S. Mitchell, Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, 
Philadelphia; and Louis D. Enoff, Enoff Associates, Ltd., Sykesville, 
Maryland, former Commissioner, Social Security Administration.