[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 9 (Wednesday, January 20, 1999)]
[Daily Digest]
[Page D59]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
COMMITTEE ORGANIZATION
Committee on Agriculture: Met for organizational purposes.
STATE OF U.S. MILITARY FORCES; COMMITTEE ORGANIZATION
Committee on Armed Services: Held a hearing on the state of U.S. military 
forces. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the Department 
of Defense: Gen. Henry H. Shelton, USA, Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff; 
Gen. Dennis J. Reimer, USA, Chief of Staff, Army; Adm. Jay L. Johnson, USN, 
Chief of Naval Operations; Gen. Michael E. Ryan, USAF, Chief of Staff, Air 
Force; and Gen. Charles C. Krulak, USMC, Commandant of the Marine Corps.
  Prior to the hearing, the Committee met for organizational purposes.
COMMITTEE ORGANIZATION
Committee on Banking and Financial Services: Met for organizational 
purposes.
COMMITTEE ORGANIZATION
Committee on the Budget: Met for organizational purposes.
  The Committee also approved an oversight plan for the 106th Congress and 
created a Task Force on Social Security.
YEAR 2000 PROBLEM
Committee on Government Reform: Held a hearing on Oversight of the Year 2000 
Problem: Status of Federal, State, Local and Foreign Governments. Testimony 
was heard from John Koskinen, Chairman, President's Council on the Year 2000 
Conversion; Joel Willemssen, Director, Accounting and Information Management 
Division, GAO; and Lawrence K. Gershwin, National Intelligence Officer for 
Science and Technology, National Intelligence Council.
HUMAN RIGHTS IN CHINA
Committee on International Relations: Held a hearing on Human Rights in 
China. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the Department of 
State: Harold Hongju Koh, Assistant Secretary, Democracy, Human Rights and 
Labor; Susan L. Shirk, Deputy Assistant Secretary, East Asian and Pacific 
Affairs; Louisa Coan, Senior Program Officer for Asia, National Endowment 
for Democracy; and public witnesses.
OUTLOOK--U.S. ECONOMY IN 1999
Committee on Ways and Means: Held a hearing on the Outlook for the State of 
the U.S. Economy in 1999. Testimony was heard from Alan Greenspan, Chairman, 
Board of Governors, Federal Reserve System.
COMMITTEE ORGANIZATION
Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Social Security met for 
organizational purposes.
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