[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 37 (Tuesday, March 9, 1999)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D239-D240]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
APPROPRIATIONS--BUREAU OF RECLAMATION
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development 
concluded hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 2000 for the 
Bureau of Reclamation, after receiving testimony from Patricia J. Beneke, 
Assistant Secretary for Water and Science, Eluid L. Martinez, Commissioner, 
Bureau of Reclamation, both of the Department of the Interior; and Joseph W. 
Westphal, Assistant Secretary for Civil Works, Lt. Gen. Joe N. Ballard, 
Chief of Engineers, and Maj. Gen. Russell L. Fuhrman, Director of Civil 
Works, all of the Department of the Army Corps of Engineers.
APPROPRIATIONS--DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, and State, 
the Judiciary, and Related Agencies concluded hearings on proposed budget 
estimates for fiscal year 2000 for the Department of Justice, after 
receiving testimony from Janet Reno, Attorney General of the United States, 
Department of Justice.
U.S.-AFGHANISTAN POLICY
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Foreign Operations held 
hearings on United States policy toward Afghanistan, focusing on security, 
refugees, and women, receiving testimony from Karl F. Inderfurth, Assistant 
Secretary for South Asian Affairs, and Julia V. Taft, Assistant Secretary 
for Population, Refugees, and Migration Affairs, both of the Department of 
State; Zohra Rasekh, and Holly Burkhalter, both of Physicians for Human 
Rights, Boston, Massachusetts; and Mavis Leno, Feminist Majority Foundation, 
Los Angeles, California.
  Hearings recessed subject to call.
U.S. TERRORISM POLICY
Committee on Armed Services: Committee met in closed session to receive a 
briefing on United States Government policies and programs to combat 
terrorism from Richard A. Clark, Special Assistant to the President and 
National Coordinator for Security, Infrastructure Protection and 
Counterterrorism, National Security Council.
  Also, committee concluded hearings to examine United States Government 
policies and programs to combat terrorism, after receiving testimony from 
John J. Hamre, Deputy Secretary of Defense; and Gen. Joseph W. Ralston, 
USAF, Vice Chairman, Joint Chiefs.
INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on 
International Trade and Finance concluded oversight hearings on 
International Monetary Fund reform issues, focusing on transparency and 
accountability, effectiveness, market-based terms for financial support, the 
Treasury task force, and policy and program design in Brazil, Indonesia, 
Korea, and Thailand, after receiving testimony from Timothy F. Geithner, 
Under Secretary of the Treasury for International Affairs; and Patrick A. 
Mulloy, Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Market Access and Compliance; 
and Catherine L. Mann, Institute for International Economics, Gerald P. 
O'Driscoll, Jr., Heritage Foundation, Ian Vasquez, Cato Institute, and 
Willard A. Workman, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, all of Washington, D.C.
POST ELECTION CAMBODIA
Committee on Foreign Relations: Subcommittee on East Asian and Pacific 
Affairs concluded hearings on issues relating to post election Cambodia, 
including national reconciliation, democratic development, rival political 
parties, Khmer Rouge accountability, and U.S. consultation and aid policy, 
after receiving testimony from Ralph L. Boyce, Deputy Assistant Secretary of 
State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs; and Sichan Siv, International 
Republican Institute, and Andrew Wells, Asia Pacific Center for Justice and 
Peace, both of Washington, D.C.
U.S.-IRAQ POLICY
Committee on Foreign Relations: Subcommittee on Near Eastern and South Asian 
Affairs held hearings on the United States' policy toward Iraq, receiving 
testimony from Beth Jones, Principal Assistant Secretary of State for Near 
East Affairs.
  Hearings recessed subject to the call.
DECEPTIVE MAILINGS
Committee on Governmental Affairs: Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations 
continued hearings to examine the nature and impact of sweepstakes run by 
certain major companies, focusing on their increasingly deceptive and 
aggressive marketing techniques, receiving testimony from Naomi Bernstein, 
American Family Enterprises, Tampa, Florida; Deborah J. Holland, Publishers 
Clearing House, Port Washington, New York; Elizabeth Valk Long, Time, Inc., 
New York, New York; and Peter Davenport, Reader's Digest Association Inc., 
Marion, Ohio.
  Hearings recessed subject to the call.
INTERSTATE ALCOHOL SALES
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee held hearings to examine issues 
relating to interstate alcohol sales, including labeling, quality control 
standards, consumer fraud, and access of alcohol by minors, as well

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as proposed legislation that will permit the Attorney General of a State to 
file an action in federal court for an injunction to stop illegal shipment 
of alcohol, receiving testimony from Representatives Ehrlich, Millender-
McDonald, Radanovich, and Thompson; Utah Assistant Attorney General Wayne 
Klein, Salt Lake City; Stephen Diamond, University of Miami School of Law, 
Coral Gables, Florida; Brendan Brogan, Ridgewood, New Jersey, on behalf of 
the Mothers Against Drunk Drivers; John A. DeLuca, Wine Institute, San 
Francisco, California; and Michael Ballard, Savannah-Chanel Vineyards, 
Saratoga, California.
  Hearings recessed subject to the call.
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