[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 86 (Thursday, June 17, 1999)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D681-D682]
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: Committee ordered favorably reported the 
following bills:
  An original bill (S. 1233) making appropriations for Agriculture, 
Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies 
for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2000; and
  An original bill (S. 1234) making appropriations for foreign 
operations, export financing, and related programs for the fiscal year 
ending September 30, 2000.
EXPORT ADMINISTRATION ACT
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded 
hearings on proposed legislation authorizing funds for programs of the 
Export Administration Act, focusing on emerging technologies, after 
receiving testimony from Michael C. Maibach, Intel Corporation, Frank 
Carlucci, Nortel Networks, Eric L. Hirschhorn, Industry Coalition on 
Technology Transfer, and Rhett Dawson, Information Technology Industry 
Council, all of Washington, D.C.; and Thomas Arnold, CyberSource 
Corporation, San Jose, California, on behalf of the Software and 
Information Industry Association.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded 
hearings on the nominations of Johnnie E. Frazier, of Maryland, to be 
Inspector General, Department of Commerce, Cheryl Shavers, of 
California, to be Under Secretary of Commerce for Technology, Kelly H. 
Carnes, of the District of Columbia, to be Assistant Secretary of 
Commerce for Technology Policy, Ann Brown, of Florida, and Mary Sheila 
Gall, of Virginia, each to be a Commissioner of the Consumer Product 
Safety Commission, and Albert S. Jacquez, of California, to be 
Administrator of the Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation, 
after the nominees testified and answered questions in their own 
behalf.
MUNICIPAL WASTE CONTROL
Committee on Environmental and Public Works: Committee concluded 
hearings on S. 533, to amend the Solid Waste Disposal Act to authorize 
local governments and Governors to restrict receipt of out-of-State 
municipal solid waste, S. 663, to impose certain limitations on the 
receipt of out-of-State municipal solid waste, to authorize State and 
local controls over the flow of municipal solid waste, and S. 872, to 
impose certain limits on the receipt of out-of-State municipal solid 
waste, to authorize State and local controls over the flow of municipal 
solid waste, after receiving testimony from Senators Specter, Warner, 
Robb and Bayh; Indiana Lt. Governor Joseph E. Kernan, Indianapolis; 
James M. Seif, Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection, 
Harrisburg; Gary Sondermeyer, New Jersey Department of Environmental 
Protection, Trenton; Floyd H. Miles, Sr., Charles City County Board of 
Supervisors, Providence Forge, Virginia; Dewey R. Stokes,

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Franklin County Board of Commissioners, Columbus, Ohio, on behalf of 
the National Association of Counties; and Grover G. Norquist, Americans 
for Tax Reform, and Robert Eisenbud, Waste Management, Inc., both of 
Washington, D.C.
NOMINATION
Committee on Finance: Committee held hearings on the nomination of 
Lawrence H. Summers, of Maryland, to be Secretary of the Treasury, 
where the nominee testified and answered questions in his own behalf.
  Hearings will continue on Tuesday, June 22.
MEDICAID COVERAGE AND SCHOOL-BASED SERVICES
Committee on Finance: Committee concluded hearings to examine Medicaid 
funding for school-based services, focusing on the school-based 
services play in assuring that children receive needed health care, 
after receiving testimony from Sally Richardson, Center for Medicaid 
and State Operations, Health Care Financing Administration, Department 
of Health and Human Services; William J. Scanlon, Director, Health 
Financing and Public Health Issues, Health, Education, and Human 
Services Division, General Accounting Office; Vernon K. Smith, Health 
Management Associates, Lansing, Michigan; Gregory A. Vadner, Missouri 
Department of Social Services, Jefferson City; and Sue Gamm, Chicago 
Public Schools, Chicago, Illinois.
NOMINATION
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee held hearings on the 
nomination of Richard C. Holbrooke, of New York, to be the United 
States Representative to the United Nations with the rank and status of 
Ambassador, and the United States Representative in the Security 
Council of the United Nations, where the nominee, who was introduced by 
Senators Warner and Moynihan, testified and answered questions in his 
own behalf.
  Hearings will continue on Tuesday, June 22.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee ordered favorably reported S. 
692, to prohibit Internet gambling, with an amendment in the nature of 
a substitute.
INTELLIGENCE
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee held closed hearings on 
intelligence matters, receiving testimony from officials of the 
intelligence community.
  Committee will meet again on Wednesday, June 23.
INCOME SECURITY
Special Committee on Aging: Committee concluded hearings on issues 
relating to income security, focusing on financial preparation and 
retirement education, after receiving testimony from Senator Graham; 
Leslie B. Kramerich, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Labor for Policy, 
Pension and Welfare Benefits Administration; Don M. Blandin, American 
Savings Education Council, and Dallas L. Salisbury, Employee Benefit 
Research Institute, both of Washington, D.C.; Elizabeth Kiss, Iowa 
State University, Ames; Dan Houston, Principal Financial Group, Des 
Moines, Iowa; and Barbara Culpepper, Waterloo, Iowa.