[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 75 (Monday, May 24, 1999)]
[Daily Digest]
[Page D574]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense approved for full 
committee consideration an original bill, making appropriations for 
fiscal year 2000 for the Department of Defense.
FEDERAL PRISON INDUSTRIES
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Criminal Justice Oversight 
concluded hearings on the Bureau of Prisons oversight of the role and 
importance of the Federal Prison Industries, after receiving testimony 
from Kathleen Hawk Sawyer, Director, Bureau of Prisons, and Chief 
Executive Officer, Federal Prison Industries, Steve Schwalb, Assistant 
Director, Bureau of Prisons, and Chief Operating Officer, Federal 
Prison Industries, and Joseph M. Aragon, Chairman, Federal Prison 
Industries, all of the Department of Justice; David R. Oliver, 
Principal Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and 
Technology; Phil W. Glover, Council of Prison Locals, American 
Federation of Government Employees, Johnston, Pennsylvania; and Ann F. 
Hoffman, Union of Needletrades, Industrial and Textile Employees, 
Washington, D.C.
HOME HEALTH CARE ASSESSMENT
Special Committee on Aging: Committee concluded hearings to examine the 
impact of the Health Care Financing Administration's Outcome and 
Assessment Information Set on access to home health care, after 
receiving testimony from Jeffrey Kang, Director, Office of Clinical 
Standards and Quality, Health Care Financing Administration, Department 
of Health and Human Services; Cynthia L. Kail, Greene County Medical 
Center, Jefferson, Iowa; Kristy Wright, Visiting Nurses Association, 
Butler, Pennsylvania; Judith A. Conlin, Iowa Department of Elder 
Affairs, Des Moines; Peter W. Shaughnessy, University of Colorado 
Health Sciences Center, Denver; James C. Pyles, Washington, D.C., on 
behalf of the Home Health Services and Staffing Association and the 
American Psychoanalytic Association; and George Taler, American Academy 
of Home Care Physicians, Baltimore, Maryland.