[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 74 (Wednesday, June 10, 1998)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E1101-E1103]
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                          PERSONAL EXPLANATION

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                           HON. ROBERT WEXLER

                               of florida

                    in the house of representatives

                        Wednesday, June 10, 1998

  Mr. WEXLER. Mr. Speaker, yesterday, on roll call votes number 211, 
212, 213, 214, 215, I was detained due to personal matters. Had I been 
present, I would have voted ``yea'' on all five of these roll call 
votes.

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                       SENATE COMMITTEE MEETINGS

  Title IV of Senate Resolution 4, agreed to by the Senate on February 
4, 1977, calls for establishment of a system for a computerized 
schedule of all meetings and hearings of Senate committees, 
subcommittees, joint committees, and committees of conference. This 
title requires all such committees to notify the Office of the Senate 
Daily Digest--designated by the Rules Committee--of the time, place, 
and purpose of the meetings, when scheduled, and any cancellations or 
changes in the meetings as they occur.
  As an additional procedure along with the computerization of this 
information, the Office of the Senate Daily Digest will prepare this 
information for printing in the Extensions of Remarks section of the 
Congressional Record on Monday and Wednesday of each week.
  Meetings scheduled for Thursday, June 11, 1998, may be found in the 
Daily Digest of today's Record.

                           MEETINGS SCHEDULED

                                JUNE 12
     9:30 a.m.
       Special on SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON THE YEAR 2000 TECHNOLOGY 
           PROBLEM
         To hold hearings to examine how the Year 2000 computer 
           conversion will affect utilities and the national power 
           grid.
                                                            SD-192

                                JUNE 15
     2:00 p.m.
       Judiciary
       Administrative Oversight and the Courts Subcommittee
         To hold hearings on S. 1166, to prevent Federal agencies 
           from pursuing policies of unjustifiable nonacquiescence 
           in, and relitigation of, precedents established in the 
           Federal judicial circuits, and to review the judgeship 
           needs of the 10th Circuit.
                                                            SD-226

                                JUNE 16
     10:00 a.m.
       Armed Services
         To hold hearings on the nominations of Louis Caldera, of 
           California, to be Secretary of the Army, and Daryl L. 
           Jones, of Florida, to be Secretary of the Air Force, 
           both of the Department of Defense.
                                                            SR-222
       Judiciary
         To hold hearings to examine mergers and corporate 
           consolidation.
                                                            SD-226
     10:30 a.m.
       Appropriations
       Foreign Operations Subcommittee
         To hold hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal 
           year 1999 for the Department of State.
                                                            SD-192
     2:30 p.m.
       Energy and Natural Resources
       Water and Power Subcommittee
         To hold hearings on S. 1398, S. 2041, S. 2087, S. 2140, 
           S. 2142, H.R. 2165, H.R. 2217, and H.R. 2841, bills 
           relating to water and power construction projects.
                                                            SD-366
       Foreign Relations
         To hold hearings on the nominations of Shirley Elizabeth 
           Barnes, of New York, to be Ambassador to the Republic 
           of Madagascar, William Davis Clarke, of Maryland, to be 
           Ambassador to the State of Eritrea, Vivian Lowery 
           Derryck, of Ohio, to be Assistant Administrator for 
           Africa, Agency for International Development, George 
           Williford Boyce Haley, of Maryland, to be Ambassador to 
           the Republic of the Gambia, Katherine Hubay Peterson, 
           of California, to be Ambassador to the Kingdom of 
           Lesotho, Charles Richard Stith, of Massachusetts, to be 
           Ambassador to the United Republic of Tanzania, and 
           William Lacy Swing, of North Carolina, to be Ambassador 
           to the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
                                                            SD-419
     4:00 p.m.
       Foreign Relations
         To hold hearings on the nominations of Paul L. Cejas, of 
           Florida, to be Ambassador to Belgium, Eric S. Edelman, 
           of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the Republic of 
           Finland, Nancy Halliday Ely Raphel, of the District of 
           Columbia, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Solvenia, 
           Michael Craig Lemmon, of Florida, to be Ambassador to 
           the Republic of Armenia, Rudolf Vilem Perina, of 
           California, to be Ambassador to the Republic of 
           Moldova, Edward L. Romero, of New Mexico, to be 
           Ambassador to Spain and to serve concurrently and 
           without additional compensation as Ambassador to 
           Andorra, and Cynthia Perrin Schneider, of Maryland, to 
           be Ambassador to the Kingdom of the Netherlands.
                                                            SD-419

                                JUNE 17
     10:00 a.m.
       Finance
         To hold hearings on S. 1432, to authorize a new trade and 
           investment policy for sub-Saharan Africa.
                                                            SD-215
       Judiciary
         To hold hearings to examine the extent of drug abuse 
           among children.
                                                            SD-226
     10:30 a.m.
       Foreign Relations
         To resume hearings on S. 1868, to express United States 
           foreign policy with respect to, and to strengthen 
           United States advocacy on behalf of, individuals 
           persecuted for their faith worldwide; and to establish 
           an Ambassador at Large on International Religious 
           Freedom within the Department of State, a Commission on 
           International Religious Persecution, and a Special 
           Adviser on International Religious Freedom within the 
           National Security Council, focusing on views from the 
           religious community.
                                                            SD-419
     2:00 p.m.
       Energy and Natural Resources
       Forests and Public Land Management Subcommittee
         To resume hearings on S. 1253, to provide to the Federal 
           land management agencies the authority and capability 
           to manage effectively the federal lands in accordance 
           with the principles of multiple use and sustained 
           yield.
                                                            SD-366
     2:30 p.m.
       Select on Intelligence
         To hold closed hearings on intelligence matters.
                                                            SH-219

                                JUNE 18
     10:00 a.m.
       Finance
         To hold hearings to examine new directions in retirement 
           income policy, focusing on social security, pensions, 
           and personal savings.
                                                            SD-215
       Foreign Relations
       East Asian and Pacific Affairs Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine congressional views of the 
           U.S.-China relationship.
                                                            SD-419
       Judiciary
         Business meeting, to consider pending calendar business.
                                                            SD-226
       Labor and Human Resources
         To hold joint hearings with the House Commerce Committee 
           to examine organ donation allocation.
                                             2123 Rayburn Building
     2:00 p.m.
       Energy and Natural Resources
       National Parks, Historic Preservation, and Recreation 
           Subcommittee
         To hold hearings on S. 469, to designate a portion of the 
           Sudbury, Assabet, and Concord Rivers as a component of 
           the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System, S. 1016, to 
           authorize appropriations fo rthe Coastal Heritage Trail 
           Route in New Jersey, S. 1665, to reauthorize the 
           Delaware and Lehigh Navigation Canal National Heritage 
           Corridor Act, S. 2039, to designate El Camino Real de 
           Tierra Adentro as a National Historic Trail, and H.r. 
           2186, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to 
           provide assistance to the National Historic Trails 
           Interpretive Center in Casper, Wyoming.
                                                            SD-366
       United States Senate Caucus on International Narcotics 
           Control
         To hold hearings to examine United States efforts to 
           combat drugs, focusing on international demand 
           reduction programs.
                                                            SD-628

                                JUNE 24
     9:30 a.m.
       Indian Affairs
         To hold hearings on S. 1771, to amend the Colorado Ute 
           Indian Water Rights Settlement Act to provide for a 
           final settlement of the claims of the Colorado Ute 
           Indian Tribes, and S. 1899, ``Chippewa Cree Tribe of 
           the Rocky boy's Reservation Indian Reserved Water 
           Rights Settlement Act of 1998''.
                                                            SR-485
     10:00 a.m.
       Governmental Affairs
         To resume hearings to examine the state of computer 
           security within Federal, State and local agencies.
                                                            SD-342

                                JUNE 25
     9:30 a.m.
       Governmental Affairs
       Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations
         To resume hearings to examine the adequacy of procedures 
           and systems used by the Department of Agriculture Food 
           Safety and Inspection Service and the Department of 
           Health and Human Services Food and Drug Administration 
           to oversee the safety of food imported into the United 
           States.
                                                            SD-342

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       Labor and Human Resources
         To hold hearings to examine health insurance coverage for 
           older workers.
                                                            SD-430

                                JULY 21
     10:00 a.m.
       Judiciary
         To hold oversight hearings to examine the Department of 
           Justice's implementation of the Violence Against Women 
           Act.
                                                            SD-226

                               OCTOBER 6
     9:30 a.m.
       Veterans' Affairs
         To hold joint hearings with the House Committee on 
           Veterans Affairs on the legislative recommendations of 
           the American Legion.
                                               345 Cannon Building

                             CANCELLATIONS

                                JUNE 11
     2:00 p.m.
       Energy and Natural Resources
       Forests and Public Land Management Subcommittee
         To resume hearings on S. 1253, to provide to the Federal 
           land management agencies the authority and capability 
           to manage effectively the federal lands in accordance 
           with the principles of multiple use and sustained 
           yield.
                                                            SD-366

                             POSTPONEMENTS

                                JUNE 11
     10:00 a.m.
       Judiciary
         Business meeting, to consider pending calendar business.
     SD-226

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