[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 16 (Thursday, January 28, 1999)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D82-D83]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
IRAQ POLICY
Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded hearings, in open and 
closed sessions, on issues involving Iraq, including the Department of 
Defense's role in implementing Iraq policies and events surrounding 
Operation Desert Fox, after receiving testimony from Walter B. 
Slocombe, Under Secretary of Defense for Policy; and Gen. Anthony C. 
Zinni, USMC, Commander in Chief, U.S. Central Command.
SOCIAL SECURITY
Committee on the Budget: Committee concluded hearings to examine the 
United States long-term fiscal outlook, focusing on Social Security 
reform and funding, after receiving testimony from Alan Greenspan, 
Chairman, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.
PETROLEUM INDUSTRY
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded 
oversight hearings on the current state of the petroleum industry in 
the United States, including the effects of declining crude oil prices 
and foreign oil dependence, and S. 325, to provide tax incentives to 
encourage production of oil and gas within the United States, after 
receiving testimony from Senators Hutchison and Conrad; Jay Hakes, 
Administrator, Energy Information Administration, Department of Energy; 
North Dakota Governor Edward T. Schafer, Bismark, on behalf of the 
Interstate Oil and Gas Compact Commission; Lee R. Raymond, Exxon 
Corporation, Irving, Texas; John H. Litchtblau, Petroleum Industry 
Research Foundation, Inc., New York, New York; C. Robert Palmer, Rowan 
Companies, Inc., Houston, Texas; Steven Layton, Equinox Oil Company, 
The Woodlands, Texas, on behalf of the Independent Petroleum 
Association of America; Dewey F. Bartlett, Jr., Keener Oil and Gas 
Company, Tulsa, Oklahoma; Jonathan W. Cuneo, American Anti-Trust 
Institute, Washington, D.C.; Gary W. Fonay, Lynx Petroleum, Hobbs, New 
Mexico; Danny Biggs, Pickrell Drilling Co. Inc., Great Bend, Kansas, on 
behalf of the National Stripper Well Association.
  Also, committee's subcommittee assignments are as follows:
  Subcommittee on Energy Research, Development, Production and 
Regulation: Senators Nickles (Chairman), Domenici, Bunning, Gorton, 
Craig, Fitzgerald, Gordon Smith, Graham, Akaka, Dorgan, Johnson, 
Landrieu, and Bayh.
  Subcommittee on Forests and Public Land Management: Senators Craig 
(Chairman), Burns, Fitzgerald, Campbell, Domenici, Thomas, Gordon 
Smith, Wyden, Akaka, Johnson, Landrieu, Bayh, and Lincoln.
  Subcommittee on National Parks, Historic Preservation, and 
Recreation: Senators Thomas (Chairman), Campbell, Burns, Nickles, 
Bunning, Gorton, Akaka, Graham, Landrieu, Bayh, and Lincoln.
  Subcommittee on Water & Power: Senators Gordon Smith (Chairman), 
Gorton, Bunning, Craig, Campbell, Dorgan, Graham, Wyden, and Lincoln.

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TRADE POLICY
Committee on Finance: Committee continued hearings on trade policy 
issues, including abusive child labor, international labor, global 
environmental objectives, and global economic integration, receiving 
testimony from Senator Harkin; Alexis M. Herman, Secretary of Labor; 
Carol M. Browner, Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency; John 
J. Sweeney, AFL-CIO, and Durwood J. Zaelke, Center for International 
Environmental Law, both of Washington, D.C.; Abraham Katz, U.S. Council 
for International Business, New York, New York; and William H. Lash 
III, George Mason University Law School, Arlington, Virginia.
  Hearings were recessed subject to call.
SATELLITE TELEVISION SERVICE
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded hearings on S. 247, to 
amend title 17, United States Code, to reform the copyright law with 
respect to satellite retransmissions of broadcast signals, after 
receiving testimony from Bruce T. Reese, Bonneville International 
Corporation (KSL-TV), Salt Lake City, Utah; Charles E. Meinkey, 
Satellite TV Warehouse, St. George, Utah; Michael Peterson, Utah Rural 
Electric Association, Richfield; and Peter R. Martin, Mt. Mansfield 
Television, Inc. (WCAX-TV), Burlington, Vermont.