[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 57 (Friday, May 8, 1998)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D480-D481]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
DECIMAL PRICING--INDUSTRY IMPLEMENTATION
Committee on Commerce: Subcommittee on Finance and Hazardous Materials 
held a hearing on Industry Implementation of Decimal Pricing. Testimony 
was heard from the following officials of the GAO: Thomas J. McCool, 
Director and Richard J. Hillman, Associate Director, both with the 
Financial Institutions and Markets Issues, General Government Division; 
and Keith Rhodes, Technical Director, Accounting and Information 
Management Division.
MAMMOGRAPHY QUALITY STANDARDS ACT REAUTHORIZATION
Commerce on Commerce; Subcommittee on Health and Environment held a 
hearing on Reauthorization of the Mammography Quality Standards Act. 
Testimony was heard from D. Bruce Burlington, M.D., Director, Center 
for Devices and Radiological Health, FDA, Department of Health and 
Human Services; Marsha Lillie-Blanton, Associate Director, Health 
Services, Quality, and Public Health Issues, GAO; and public witnesses.

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AMERICAN WORKER PROJECT
Committee on Education and the Workforce: Subcommittee on Oversight and 
Investigations held a hearing on American Worker Project: Determining 
the Appropriateness of Rulemaking at the U.S. Department of Labor--
Regulatory Strategies Outside the Scope of the Administrative Procedure 
Act. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the Department 
of Labor: John Fraser, Acting Administrator, Wage and Hour Division; 
and Charles Jeffress, Assistant Secretary, Occupational Safety and 
Health Administration; and public witnesses.
OVERSIGHT--DC POLICE DEPARTMENT-FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT ASSISTANCE
Committee on Government Reform and Oversight: Subcommittee on the 
District of Columbia held a hearing on the District of Columbia 
Metropolitan Police Department Oversight and Federal Law Enforcement 
Assistance. Testimony was heard from Charles H. Ramsey, Chief of 
Police, Metropolitan Police Department; Stephen Harlan, Vice-Chairman, 
Financial Responsibility and Management Assistance Authority; the 
following officials of the Department of Justice: Peter F. Gruden, 
Special Agent, District of Columbia, DEA; and John Barrett, Special 
Agent, Criminal Division, Washington Field Office, FBI; Peter J. 
Dowling, Special Agent, Washington Field Office, U.S. Secret Service, 
Department of the Treasury; and Gary Abrccht, Chief, U.S. Capitol 
Police.

Joint Meetings
EMPLOYMENT-UNEMPLOYMENT
Joint Economic Committee: Committee held hearings to examine the 
employment-unemployment situation for April, receiving testimony from 
Katherine G. Abraham, Commissioner, Bureau of Labor Statistics, 
Department of Labor.
  Committee recessed subject to call.