[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 115 (Thursday, September 3, 1998)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D933-D934]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Committee ordered favorably reported an 
original bill making appropriations for the Departments of Labor, 
Health and Human Services, and Education, and related agencies for the 
fiscal year ending September 30, 1999.
IRAQ INSPECTION SITES
Committee on Armed Services/Committee on Foreign Relations: Committees 
held joint hearings to examine United States policy with regard to 
United Nations inspections of Iraqi chemical sites, receiving testimony 
from William S. Ritter, Jr., former member of the United Nations 
Special Commission (UNSCOM) Inspection Team.
  Hearings were recessed subject to call.
LOW-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL
Committee on Armed Services: Subcommittee on Strategic Forces concluded 
hearings to examine Department of Energy low-level radioactive waste 
disposal practices, after receiving testimony from Mary Ann Sullivan, 
General Counsel, and Jim Owendoff, Acting Assistant Secretary for 
Environmental Management, both of the Department of Energy; Karen Cyr, 
General Counsel, Nuclear Regulatory Commission; Jack K. Lemley, 
American Ecology Corporation, Boise, Idaho; Charles A. Judd, Envirocare 
of Utah, Inc., Salt Lake City; Earl E. Hoelien, International Uranium 
U.S.A. Corporation, Denver, Colorado; and Eric Peus, Waste Control 
Specialists, Inc., Pasadena, Texas.
NOMINATION
Committee on Finance: Committee concluded hearings on the nomination of 
Susan G. Esserman, of Maryland, to be Deputy United States Trade 
Representative, with the rank of Ambassador, after the nominee, who was 
introduced by Senator Graham, testified and answered questions in her 
own behalf.
U.S. CUSTOMS SERVICE
Committee on Finance: Committee concluded hearings on proposed 
legislation authorizing funds for fiscal year 1999 for the United 
States Customs Service, focusing on its role in the protection of U.S. 
borders and the facilitation of trade, after receiving testimony from 
James E. Johnson, Under Secretary for Enforcement, and Raymond W. 
Kelly, Commissioner, U.S. Customs Service, both of the Department of 
the Treasury; George J. Weise, Washington, D.C., former Commissioner of 
Customs; Jerry Cook, Sara Lee Knit Products, Winston-Salem, North 
Carolina; James D. Phillips, Canadian/American Border Trade Alliance, 
Lewiston, New York; and Ronald D. Schoof, Caterpillar Inc., Peoria, 
Illinois, on behalf of the Joint Industry Group.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Governmental Affairs: Committee concluded hearings on the 
nominations of Patricia A. Broderick, Natalia Combs Greene, and Neal E. 
Kravitz, each to be an Associate Judge of the Superior Court of the 
District of Columbia, after the nominees testified and answered 
questions in their own behalf. Mr. Kravitz was introduced by Senator 
Sarbanes.

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COUNTER-TERRORISM
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded hearings to examine the 
United States Government's response to the threat of international 
terrorism, after receiving testimony from Louis J. Freeh, Director, 
Federal Bureau of Investigation, Department of Justice; and R. James 
Woolsey, Shea & Gardner, former Director of Central Intelligence, and 
Jeane Kirkpatrick, American Enterprise Institute, former United States 
Ambassador to the United Nations, both of Washington, D.C.