[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 33 (Wednesday, March 3, 1999)]
[Senate]
[Page S2227]
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                          NOTICES OF HEARINGS


                   committee on governmental affairs

  Mr. THOMPSON. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent on behalf of the 
Governmental Affairs Committee to meet on Thursday, March 4, 1999, at 
10 a.m. for a business meeting to consider legislation to reform the 
congressional budget process.


                     subcommittee on investigations

  Ms. COLLINS. Mr. President, I would like to announce for the 
information of the Senate and the public that the Permanent 
Subcommittee on Investigations of the Committee on Governmental 
Affairs, will hold hearings entitled ``Deceptive Mailings and 
Sweepstakes Promotions.'' These hearings are the first of an 
anticipated series of hearings the subcommittee plans to hold regarding 
deceptive mailings. The focus of these first hearings will be an 
examination of the use of sweepstakes by mass marketers and how these 
mailings impact consumers.
  The hearings will take place on Monday, March 8th and Tuesday, March 
9th, at 9:30 a.m. each day, in room 342 of the Dirksen Senate Office 
Building. For further information, please contact Timothy J. Shea of 
the subcommittee staff at 224-3721.

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