[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 40 (Monday, March 15, 1999)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D272-D273]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
TOBACCO AND MEDICAID SETTLEMENTS
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human 
Services, Education and Related Agencies concluded hearings to examine 
the Health Care Financing Administration's obligation under

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current law to recoup Federal taxpayers' share of Medicaid funds from 
State tobacco settlements, after receiving testimony from Michael Hash, 
Deputy Administrator, Health Care Financing Administration, Department 
of Health and Human Services; Kentucky Governor Paul E. Patton, 
Frankfort, on behalf of the National Governors' Association; 
Pennsylvania Attorney General Mike Fisher, Harrisburg, on behalf of the 
National Association of Attorney's General; Texas Attorney General John 
Cornyn, Austin; Iowa Attorney General Tom Miller, Des Moines; and 
Matthew Myers, National Center for Tobacco-Free Kids, Washington, D.C.
FOREST SERVICE BUDGET
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: On Friday, March 12, 
Subcommittee on Forests and Public Land Management held oversight 
hearings on the President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 
2000 for the Forest Service, Department of Agriculture, receiving 
testimony from Mike Dombeck, Chief, and Ronald E. Stewart, Deputy Chief 
for Programs and Legislation, both of the Forest Service, Department of 
Agriculture.
  Hearings continue on Tuesday, March 16.
INTERNATIONAL AGRICULTURAL TRADE
Committee on Finance: Subcommittee on International Trade held hearings 
on the status of agricultural trade issues and negotiations with the 
People's Republic of China and the European Union, focusing on market 
access, China's negotiations with the World Trade Organization, pork 
import restrictions, the European Union's Common Agricultural Policy, 
biotechnology issues, and approval process, beef import restrictions, 
the oilseed industry trade, and labeling, receiving testimony from 
Stuart E. Eizenstat, Under Secretary of State for Economic, Business, 
and Agricultural Affairs; Peter L. Scher, Special Trade Negotiator, 
Office of the United States Trade Representative; August Schumacher, 
Jr., Under Secretary of Agriculture for Farm and Foreign Agricultural 
Services; John Hardin, Jr., Danville, Indiana, on behalf of the 
National Pork Producers Council; and Allen F. Johnson, National Oilseed 
Processors Association, and Greg Mastel, Economic Strategy Institute, 
both of Washington, D.C.
  Hearings recessed subject to call.
JUSTICE BUDGET
Committee on the Judiciary: On Friday, March 12, Committee concluded 
hearings on the President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 
2000 for the Department of Justice, after receiving testimony from 
Janet Reno, Attorney General, Department of Justice.