[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 14 (Tuesday, January 26, 1999)]
[Daily Digest]
[Page D74]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
AGRIBUSINESS CONCENTRATION
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: Committee concluded 
hearings to examine economic concentration in agriculture and 
agribusiness with an emphasis on changes in the pork industry and other 
areas of livestock farming, focusing on Cargill, Incorporated's 
proposed acquisition of Continental Grain Company's grain merchandising 
business, and S.101, to promote trade in United States agricultural 
commodities, livestock, and value-added products, and to prepare for 
future bilateral and multilateral trade negotiations, after receiving 
testimony from Senator Dorgan; Keith Collins, Chief Economist, 
Department of Agriculture; Mark Drabenstott, Federal Reserve Bank of 
Kansas City, and Steve D. Hunt, U.S. Premium Beef Ltd., both of Kansas 
City, Missouri; C. Robert Taylor, Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama; 
Dean Kleckner, American Farm Bureau Federation, Washington, D.C.; 
Leland Swenson, National Farmers Union, Washington, D.C.; Donna 
Reifschneider, Smithton, Illinois, on behalf of the National Pork 
Producers Council; Paul Hitch, Hitch Enterprises, Guyman, Oklahoma, on 
behalf of the National Cattlemen's Beef Association; Frank Sims, 
Cargill, Incorporated, Minneapolis, Minnesota; and J. Patrick Boyle, 
American Meat Institute, Arlington, Virginia.
STEM CELL RESEARCH
Committee on Appropriations: Committee concluded hearings on the 
ethical, scientific, and legal implications of the recent decision of 
the Department of Health and Human Services to allow federally funded 
stem cell research, after receiving testimony from Harold Varmus, 
Director, National Institutes of Health, and Harriet Rabb, General 
Counsel, both of the Department of Health and Human Services; Eric M. 
Meslin, National Bioethics Advisory Commission, Rockville, Maryland; 
and Richard M. Doerflinger, Committee for Pro-Life Activities/National 
Conference of Catholic Bishops, Washington, D.C.
TRADE POLICY
Committee on Finance: Committee held hearings on trade policy issues, 
including trade negotiating agenda, international economic agenda, 
including export promotion programs, trade adjustment assistance 
program, and administration of unfair trade laws, receiving testimony 
from Robert E. Rubin, Secretary of the Treasury; Lawrence H. Summers, 
Deputy Secretary of the Treasury; William M. Daley, Secretary of 
Commerce; and Charlene Barshefsky, United States Trade Representative.
  Hearings continue on Wednesday, January 27.
IMPROVING EDUCATION OPPORTUNITIES
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee 
concluded hearings on S. 277, to improve elementary and secondary 
education programs, after receiving testimony from Senators Bond, 
Hutchison, and Lautenberg.