[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 113 (Wednesday, August 4, 1999)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D928-D929]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
U.S. FARM ECONOMY
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: Committee continued 
hearings on the market and financial performance of the United States 
agricultural sector, receiving testimony from Tom Buis, National 
Farmers Union, and Mary Kay Thatcher, American Farm Bureau Federation, 
both of Washington, D.C.; George Swan, Rogerson, Idaho, on behalf of 
the National Cattlemen's Beef Association; Mark Birdsall, U.S. Durum 
Growers Association, Berthold, North Dakota, on behalf of the National 
Association of Wheat Growers; Ryland Utlaut, Grand Pass, Missouri, on 
behalf of the National Corn Growers Association; Dennis Everson, First 
Dakota National Bank, Yankton, South Dakota, on behalf of the American 
Bankers Association; Jim Caspary, First National Bank of Clifton, 
Clifton, Illinois, on behalf of the Independent Community Bankers of 
America; and Daryll E. Ray, University of Tennessee Agricultural Policy 
Analysis Center, Knoxville.
  Hearings continue tomorrow.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Armed Services: Committee ordered favorably reported the 
nominations of Charles A. Blanchard, of Arizona, to be General Counsel 
of the Department of the Army, Carol DiBattiste, of Florida, to be 
Under Secretary of the Air Force, and four military nominations in the 
Army and Navy.
FRAUD AGAINST SENIORS
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded 
hearings to examine fraud against seniors, focusing on health care, 
sweepstakes contests, and financial services, after receiving testimony 
from Susan Herman, National Center for Victims of Crime, Arlington, 
Virginia; Tim Barron, Delaware Office of the Attorney General, 
Wilmington; Lisa Nerenburg, Goldman Institute on Aging, San Francisco, 
California; Stephen J. Schneider, Oregon Department of Human Resources, 
Salem; Judy Hallman, Frederick Police Department, and Robert Matthews, 
both of Frederick, Maryland; Jane C. Schultz, Ridgefield, Connecticut; 
Jill Thomas, Bay Village, Ohio; John N. Hupalo, Alameda, California; 
and Deanna Antrim-Spencer, Silver Spring, Maryland.
NATIONAL PARK SERVICE PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT PROCESS
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Subcommittee on National 
Parks, Historic Preservation, and Recreation concluded oversight 
hearings to review the National Park Service's performance management 
process under the requirements of the Government Performance and 
Results Act, after receiving testimony from Denis P. Galvin, Deputy 
Director, National Park Service, Department of the Interior.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee resumed markup of 
S. 1090, to reauthorize and amend the Comprehensive Environmental 
Response, Liability, and Compensation Act of 1980 (Superfund), but did 
not complete action thereon, and recessed subject to call.
TAIWAN SECURITY ENHANCEMENT
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded hearings on S. 693, 
to assist in the enhancement of the security of Taiwan, after receiving 
testimony from Senator Baucus; Stanley O. Roth, Assistant Secretary of 
State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs; Kurt Campbell, Deputy 
Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs/Asian 
and Pacific Affairs; and Richard V. Allen, Allen and Company, David M. 
Lampton, Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International 
Studies, Caspar W. Weinberger, Forbes, Inc., and R. James Woolsey, Shea 
and Gardner, all of Washington, D.C.
VIETNAM ECONOMIC REFORM AND TRADE
Committee on Foreign Relations: Subcommittee on International Economic 
Policy, Export and Trade Promotion and Subcommittee on East Asian and 
Pacific Affairs concluded joint hearings on economic reform and trade 
opportunities in Vietnam, after receiving testimony from Charlene 
Barshefsky, United States Trade Representative; Douglas B. Peterson, 
U.S. Ambassador to Vietnam; J. Michael Stinson, Conoco, Inc., Houston, 
Texas; Lionel C. Johnson, Citigroup, Inc., Washington, D.C.; and Thomas 
Vallely, Harvard Institute for International Development, Cambridge, 
Massachusetts.
FEDERAL FOOD SAFETY SYSTEM
Committee on Governmental Affairs: Subcommittee on Oversight of 
Government Management, Restructuring and the District of Columbia 
concluded hearings to examine the current status of the nations food 
supply, focusing on overlap and duplication in the Federal Food Safety 
System, after receiving testimony from Catherine E. Woteki, Under 
Secretary of Agriculture for Food Safety; Jane E. Henney, Commissioner, 
Food and Drug Administration, Department of Health and Human Services; 
Lawrence J. Dyckman, Director, Food and Agriculture Issues, Resources, 
Community, and Economic Development Division, General Accounting 
Office; Carol Tucker

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Foreman, Consumer Federation of America, Caroline Smith DeWaal, Center 
for Science in the Public Interest, Rhona Applebaum, National Food 
Processors Association, and Stacey Zawel, Grocery Manufacturers of 
America, Inc., all of Washington, D.C.; and Nancy Donley, Safe Tables 
Our Priority, Chicago, Illinois.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded hearings on the 
nominations of David W. Ogden, of Virginia, and Robert Raben, of 
Florida, each to be an Assistant Attorney General, Department of 
Justice, after the nominees testified and answered questions in their 
own behalf. Mr. Ogden was introduced by Senator Warner, and Mr. Raben 
was introduced by Senator Graham and Representatives Hyde and Conyers.
DRUG PATENT TERM RESTORATION REVIEW PROCEDURE
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded hearings on S. 1172, to 
provide a patent term restoration review procedure for certain drug 
products, focusing on proposed remedies for relief, relating to 
pipeline drugs, after receiving testimony from former Senator Howard M. 
Metzenbaum, on behalf of the Consumer Federation of America; Peter 
Barton Hutt, Covington and Burling, and Bruce L. Downey, Barr 
Laboratories, Inc., both of Washington, D.C.; Richard J. Kogan, 
Schering-Plough Corporation, Madison, New Jersey; Gerald F. Meyer, AAC 
Consulting Group, Inc., Potomac, Maryland; and Carole S. Goldfine Ben-
Maimon, Teva Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Sellersville, Pennsylvania, on 
behalf of the Generic Pharmaceutical Industry Association and the 
National Pharmaceutical Alliance.
ANNUAL REFUGEE ADMISSIONS
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Immigration concluded 
hearings to examine the President's proposed annual refugee admissions 
and allocation for fiscal year 2000, after receiving testimony from 
Julia V. Taft, Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Population, Refugees, and 
Migration, Department of State; Mary Kortenhoven, Christian Reformed 
Church, on behalf of the Church World Service, and Binta Bah, both of 
Grand Rapids, Michigan; Bishop Nicholas A. DiMarzio, Camden, New 
Jersey, on behalf of the National Conference of Catholic Bishops; and 
Ralston H. Deffenbaugh, Jr., Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service, 
Washington, D.C., on behalf of the InterAction Committee on Migration 
and Refugee Affairs.
COMMITTEE FUNDING RESOLUTIONS
Committee on Rules and Administration: Committee concluded hearings 
after receiving testimony from Senators, as indicated, in support of 
resolutions requesting funds for operating expenses of their respective 
committees, as follows:
  Committee on Small Business: (S. Res. 142), Senators Bond and 
Kerry; Select Committee on Intelligence: (S. Res. 139), Senators 
Shelby and Kerrey;
  Committee on Foreign Relations: (S. Res. 148), Senators Helms and 
Biden;
  Committee on Finance: (S. Res. 150), Senators Roth and Moynihan;
  Committee on Armed Services: (S. Res. 143), Senators Warner and 
Levin; and
  Special Committee on Aging: (S. Res. 155), Senators Grassley and 
Breaux.
INDIAN HEALTH CARE
Committee on Indian Affairs: Committee concluded hearings on S. 299, to 
elevate the position of Director of the Indian Health Service within 
the Department of Health and Human Services to Assistant Secretary for 
Indian Health, and S. 406, to amend the Indian Health Care Improvement 
Act to make permanent the demonstration program that allows for direct 
billing of medicare, medicaid, and other third party payers, and to 
expand the eligibility under such program to other tribes and tribal 
organizations, after receiving testimony from Michel E. Lincoln, Deputy 
Director, Indian Health Service, Department of Health and Human 
Services; Gregory E. Pyle, Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma, Durant; W. Ron 
Allen, National Congress of American Indians, Washington, D.C.; and 
Buford L. Rolin, National Indian Health Board, Denver, Colorado.
INTELLIGENCE
Select Committee on Intelligence: Committee held closed hearings on 
intelligence matters, receiving testimony from officials of the 
intelligence community.
  Committee recessed subject to call.