[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 11 (Friday, January 22, 1999)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D65-D66]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
SOCIAL SECURITY REFORM
Committee on the Budget: Committee concluded hearings on Social 
Security reform issues, including projected Social Security surpluses, 
voluntary savings matches, privatized individual accounts, retirement 
ages, cost-of-living allowance, and benefit reduction, after receiving 
testimony from Sam Beard, Economic Security 2000, and David A. Smith, 
AFL-CIO, both of Washington, D.C., and Elizabeth O'Connor, Tribune 
Company, Chicago, Illinois, on behalf of the Third Millennium.
ORGANIZATIONAL MEETING
Committee on Environment and Public Works: On Thursday, January 21, 
Committee announced the following subcommittee assignments:
  Subcommittee on Superfund, Waste Control, and Risk Assessment: 
Senators Robert Smith (Chairman), Warner, Inhofe, Crapo, Lautenberg, 
Moynihan, and Boxer.
  Subcommittee on Clean Air, Wetlands, Private Property, and Nuclear 
Safety: Senators Inhofe (Chairman), Voinovich, Bennett, Hutchison, 
Graham, Lieberman, and Boxer.
  Subcommittee on Transportation and Infrastructure: Senators Voinovich 
(Chairman), Warner, Robert Smith, Bond, Inhofe, Thomas, Baucus, 
Moynihan, Reid, Graham, and Lieberman.
  Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, and Drinking Water: Senators 
Crapo (Chairman), Thomas, Bond, Warner, Bennett, Hutchison, Reid, 
Lautenberg, Wyden, Graham, and Boxer.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Finance: Committee ordered favorably reported the 
following business items;
  S. 262, to make miscellaneous and technical changes to various trade 
laws; and
  The nominations of Susan G. Esserman of Maryland, to be Deputy United 
States Trade Representative, with the rank of Ambassador, and Timothy 
F. Geithner of New York, to be Under Secretary for International 
Affairs, Gary S. Gensler of Maryland, to be Under Secretary for 
Domestic Finance, Edwin M. Truman of New York, to be Assistant 
Secretary for International Affairs, and David C. Williams of Illinois, 
to be Inspector General for Tax Administration, all of the Department 
of the Treasury.
  Committee announced the following subcommittee assignments:
  Subcommittee on Health Care: Senators Chafee (Chairman), Roth, 
Jeffords, Grassley, Gramm, Nickles, Hatch, Thompson, Rockefeller, 
Baucus, Breaux, Conrad, Graham, Bryan, and Kerrey.
  Subcommittee on International Trade: Senators Grassley (Chairman), 
Thompson, Murkowski, Roth,

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Lott, Gramm, Hatch, Chafee, Jeffords, Moynihan, Baucus, Rockefeller, 
Breaux, Conrad, Graham, Kerrey, and Robb.
  Subcommittee on Social Security and Family Policy: Senators Nickles 
(Chairman), Gramm, Lott, Jeffords, Chafee, Thompson, Breaux, Moynihan, 
Rockefeller, Kerrey, and Robb.
  Subcommittee on Taxation and IRS Oversight: Senators Hatch 
(Chairman), Lott, Nickles, Mack, Murkowski, Grassley, Thompson, Baucus, 
Moynihan, Conrad, Bryan, and Robb.
  Subcommittee on Long-Term Growth and Debt Reduction: Senators 
Murkowski (Chairman), Mack, Chafee, Graham, and Bryan.
  Also, Committee designated the following committee members to serve 
on the Joint Committee on Taxation: Senators Roth (Chairman), Chafee, 
Grassley, Moynihan, and Baucus; and the following committee members to 
serve as congressional advisors on trade policy and negotiations: 
Senators Roth (Chairman), Chafee, Grassley, Moynihan, and Baucus.