[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 80 (Thursday, June 18, 1998)]
[Senate]
[Page S6632]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                           NOTICE OF HEARINGS


               committee on energy and natural resources

  Mr. MURKOWSKI. Mr. President, I would like to announce for the 
information of the Senate and the public that a full committee hearing 
has been scheduled before the Committee on Energy and Natural 
Resources.
  The hearing will take place on Thursday, June 25, 1998 at 9:30 a.m., 
in room SD-366 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building in Washington, DC.
  The purpose of this hearing is to consider the nomination of William 
L. Massey to be a member of the Federal Energy Regulatory Committee.
  For further information, please contact Gary Ellsworth of the 
Committee staff at (202) 224-7141.


                     subcommittee on investigations

  Ms. COLLINS. Mr. President, I would like to announce for the 
information of the Senate and the public that the Permanent 
Subcommittee on Investigations of the Committee on Governmental 
Affairs, will hold a hearing entitled ``The Safety of Food Imports: 
From the Farm to the Table--A Case Study of Tainted Imported Fruit.'' 
This hearing is the second in a series of hearings the Subcommittee has 
scheduled as part of an in-depth investigation into the safety of food 
imports. The hearing will be a case study of an outbreak of Cyclospora 
associated with fresh raspberries imported into the United States from 
Central America. The outbreak of Cyclospora occurred in over 20 states 
across the country in 1996 and in 1997.
  This hearing will take place on Thursday, July 9, 1998, at 9:30 a.m., 
in room 342 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building. For further 
information, please contact Timothy J. Shea of the Subcommittee staff 
at 224-3721.

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