[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 78 (Tuesday, June 16, 1998)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D642-D643]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
APPROPRIATIONS--FOREIGN OPERATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Foreign Operations 
concluded hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1999 
for foreign assistance programs, after receiving testimony from 
Madeleine K. Albright, Secretary of State.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded 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, after the nominees testified and 
answered questions in their own behalf. Mr. Caldera was introduced by 
Senators Feinstein and Boxer, and Mr. Jones was introduced by Senators 
Mack, Graham, and Cochran, and Representative Foley.
PARENTAL ADVISORY LABELS
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee held 
hearings to examine the effectiveness of advisory labels to inform 
consumers and parents of violent, racist, or sexual music content, 
receiving testimony from Charlie Gilreath, Entertainment Monitor, Los 
Angeles, California; Debbie Pelley, Westside Middle School, Jonesboro, 
Arkansas; Krist Novoselic, Joint Artists and Music Promotions Action 
Committee, Seattle, Washington; George Gerbner, Temple University, 
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; and Barbara P. Wyatt, Parents' Music 
Resource Center, McLean, Virginia.
  Hearings were recessed subject to call.
ENERGY AND WATER PROJECTS
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Subcommittee on Water and 
Power concluded hearings on the following bills:
  H.R. 2165, to extend the deadline under the Federal Power Act 
applicable to the construction of Federal Energy Regulatory Commission 
Project Number 3862 in the State of Iowa, H.R. 2217, to extend the 
deadline under the Federal Power Act applicable to the construction of 
FERC Project Number 9248 in the State of Colorado, and H.R. 2841, to 
extend the time required for the construction of a hydroelectric 
project in Kentucky, after receiving testimony from Kristina Nygaard, 
Assistant General Counsel, Hydroelectric Licensing, Federal Energy 
Regulatory Commission;
  S. 2087, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to convey certain 
works, facilities, and titles of the Gila Project, and designated lands 
within or adjacent to the Gila Project, to the Wellton-Mohawk 
Irrigation and Drainage District in Arizona, after receiving testimony 
from William J. Snape, III, Defenders of Wildlife, Washington, D.C.; 
and Wade Noble, Wellton-Mohawk Irrigation and Drainage District, Yuma, 
Arizona;
  S. 2142, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to convey the 
facilities of the Pine River Project, to allow jurisdictional transfer 
of lands between the Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, and the 
Department of the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation, and the Bureau of 
Indian Affairs, after receiving testimony from Steve Pargin, Pine River 
Irrigation District, Bayfield, Colorado;
  S. 2140, to amend the Reclamation Projects Authorization and 
Adjustment Act of 1992 to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to 
participate in the design, planning, and construction of the Denver 
Water Reuse project, after receiving testimony from Mary Hoddinott, 
Denver Water Board, Denver, Colorado; and
  S. 2041, to amend the Reclamation Wastewater and Groundwater Study 
and Facilities Act to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to 
participate in the design, planning, and construction of the Willow 
Lake Natural Treatment System Project for the reclamation and reuse of 
water, after receiving testimony from Diane Taniguchi-Dennis, on behalf 
of the City of Salem, Oregon.
  Testimony was also received on S. 2087, S. 2142, S. 2140, S. 2041 
(all listed above), and S. 1398, to extend certain contracts between 
the Bureau of Reclamation and irrigation water contractors in Wyoming 
and Nebraska that receive water from Glendo Reservoir, from Eluid L. 
Martinez, Commissioner, Bureau of Reclamation, Department of the 
Interior.
PANAMA CANAL
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee held hearings to examine 
United States interests in the Panama Canal, focusing on the transition 
from U.S. to Panamanian operation of the Canal pursuant to the Carter-
Torrijos treaties ratified by the U.S. Senate in 1978, receiving 
testimony from Representative Barr; Adm. Thomas H. Moorer, USN (Ret.), 
former Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff; Mark Falcoff, American 
Enterprise Institute, Washington, D.C.; and Robert A. Pastor, Emory 
University, Atlanta, Georgia, on behalf of the Carter Center.
  Hearings were recessed subject to call.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded 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,

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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, 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 Slovenia, 
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, Cynthia Perrin Schneider, of Maryland, to be 
Ambassador to the Kingdom of the Netherlands, and Kenneth Spencer 
Yalowitz, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Georgia, 
after the nominees testified and answered questions in their own 
behalf. Ms. Derryck was introduced by Senator Glenn and Representative 
Payne, Mr. Haley was introduced by Senators Cochran and Roberts, Mr. 
Stith was introduced by Senators Kennedy and Kerry, Mr. Cejas was 
introduced by Senators Mack and Graham, and Mr. Romero was introduced 
by Senators Domenici and Bingaman.
MERGERS AND CORPORATE CONSOLIDATION
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee held hearings to examine the 
economic trends, size, scope and consequences associated with the 
current merger wave that is affecting a wide range of industries in the 
American economy, receiving testimony from Alan Greenspan, Chairman, 
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System; Janet L. Yellen, 
Chair, Council of Economic Advisers; Joel I. Klein, Assistant Attorney 
General, Antitrust Division, Department of Justice; and Robert 
Pitofsky, Chairman, Federal Trade Commission.
  Hearings were recessed subject to call.