[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 23 (Tuesday, February 9, 1999)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D120-D121]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
APPROPRIATIONS--AGRICULTURE
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, 
and Related Agencies concluded hearings on the proposed budget estimates for 
fiscal year 2000 for the Department of Agriculture, after receiving 
testimony from Dan Glickman, Secretary, Richard Rominger, Deputy Secretary, 
Keith Collins, Chief Economist, and Stephen B. Dewhurst, Budget Officer, all 
of the Department of Agriculture.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Armed Services: Committee ordered favorably reported S. 257, to 
state the policy of the United States regarding the deployment of a missile 
defense capable of defending the territory of the United States against 
limited ballistic missile attack.
NOMINATION
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded 
hearings on the nomination of Wayne O. Burkes, of Mississippi, to be a 
Member of the Surface Transportation Board, Department of Transportation, 
after the nominee, who was introduced by Senator Cochran, testified and 
answered questions in his own behalf.
YEAR 2000 COMPUTER PROBLEM
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee held hearings 
on S. 96, to regulate commerce between and among the several States by 
providing for the orderly resolution of disputes arising out of computer-
based problems related to processing data that includes a 2-digit expression 
of that year's date, receiving testimony from Senators Bennett and Dodd; 
Marshall N. Carter, State Street Corporation, Boston, Massachusetts; Thomas 
J. Donohue, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Don Gilbert, National Retail 
Federation, and Anthony T. Pierce, Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer, and Feld, all 
of Washington, D.C.; Mark Yarsike, Produce Palace, Bingham Farms, Michigan; 
Robert Courtney, Pennsauken, New Jersey; and Howard L. Nations, Houston, 
Texas.
  Hearings were recessed subject to call.

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SOCIAL SECURITY
Committee on Finance: Committee concluded hearings on general revenue 
financing of Social Security, after receiving testimony from David M. 
Walker, Comptroller General of the United States, General Accounting Office; 
Edward M. Gramlich, Member, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve 
System, on behalf of the 1994-1996 Quadrennial Advisory Council on Social 
Security; David S. Koitz, Legislative Specialist, Congressional Research 
Service, Library of Congress; and Robert Greenstein, Center on Budget and 
Policy Priorities, and C. Eugene Steuerle, Urban Institute, both of 
Washington, D.C.
ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION ACT
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee concluded 
hearings on proposed legislation authorizing funds to extend programs and 
activities under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, after 
receiving testimony from Richard W. Riley, Secretary of Education.
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