[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 50 (Wednesday, April 29, 1998)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D425-D426]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee ordered 
favorably reported the following business items:
  S. 1260, to limit the conduct of securities class actions under State 
law by setting national standards for stocks that are traded on the 
national markets, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute;
  S. 1900, to establish a commission to examine issues pertaining to 
the disposition of Holocaust-era assets in the United States before, 
during, and after World War II, and to make recommendations to the 
President on further action; and
  The nomination of Donna Tanoue, of Hawaii, to be a Member and 
Chairperson of the Board of Directors of the Federal Deposit Insurance 
Corporation.
IRS
Committee on Finance: Committee continued oversight hearings on the 
operation of the Internal Revenue Service, focusing on ethics and 
allegations of abuses and improper conduct by high-level agency 
officials, receiving testimony from William A. Moncrief, Jr., Moncrief 
Oil Company, Fort Worth, Texas; Richard Gardner, Gardner's Tax Service, 
Inc., Tulsa, Oklahoma; Leroy W. Warren, Jr., National Association for 
the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), Washington, D.C.; David 
Burnham and Susan B. Long, both of Syracuse University, Syracuse, New 
York, on behalf of the Transitional Records Access Clearinghouse; and 
John Colaprete, Virginia Beach, Virginia.
  Hearings continue tomorrow.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded hearings on the 
nominations of William A. Fletcher, of California, to be United States 
Circuit Judge for the Ninth Circuit, Chester J. Straub, of New York, to 
be United States Circuit Judge for the Second Circuit, William P. 
Dimitrouleas, to be United States District Judge for the Southern 
District of Florida, and Stephen P. Mickle, to be United States 
District Judge for the Northern District of Florida,

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after the nominees testified and answered questions in their own 
behalf. Mr. Fletcher was introduced by Senator Feinstein, Mr. Straub 
was introduced by Senators Moynihan and D'Amato, and Representative 
Gilman, and Messrs. Dimitrouleas and Mickle were introduced by Senators 
Graham and Mack.
ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY
Committee on Labor and Human Resources: Committee concluded hearings to 
examine how assistive technology should be developed into the 21st 
century to adequately meet the needs of persons with disabilities, 
focusing on proposed legislation to authorize funds for programs of the 
Technology-Related Assistance for Individuals with Disabilities Act of 
1988 (P.L. 100-407), after receiving testimony from Judith E. Heumann, 
Assistant Secretary, Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative 
Services, Department of Education; Sam Jadallah, Microsoft Corporation; 
Redmond, Washington; Corey L. Rowley, National Council on Independent 
Living, Logan, Utah; James Gashel, National Federation of the Blind, 
Baltimore, Maryland; Lynne Cleveland, Vermont Assistive Technology 
Project, Waterbury; Cris Fulford, Assessing Technology Through 
Awareness in Indiana (ATTAIN Project), and Craig Fulford, both of 
Indianapolis, Indiana; Marion Pawlek, University of New Hampshire's 
Institute on Disability, Concord; and Carol Smith, Knoxville, 
Tennessee.
INTELLIGENCE
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee held a closed business 
meeting to consider intelligence matters.
  Committee will meet again tomorrow.