[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 114 (Thursday, August 5, 1999)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D941-D942]
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 concluded 
hearings on the market and financial performance of the United States 
agricultural sector, after receiving testimony from Robert M. Bor, USA 
Rice Federation, and Katherine Ozer, National Family Farm Coalition, 
both of Washington, D.C.; John McNutt, Iowa City, Iowa, on behalf of 
the National Pork Producers Council; and Jack Hamilton, Lake 
Providence, Louisiana, on behalf of the National Cotton Council.
HUD MULTIFAMILY HOUSING ASSISTANCE RESTRUCTURING
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on 
Housing and Transportation concluded oversight hearings on activities 
of the Office of Multifamily Housing Assistance Restructuring of the 
Department of Housing and Urban Development, after receiving testimony 
from Ira G. Peppercorn, Director, Office of Multifamily Housing 
Assistance Restructuring, Department of Housing and

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Urban Development; Steven D. Pierce, Massachusetts Housing Finance 
Agency, Boston; Deborah Whitaker, Community Preservation Corporation, 
New York, New York; John T. McEvoy, National Council of State Housing 
Agencies, Washington, D.C.; and Michael F. Petrie, P/R Mortgage and 
Investment Corporation, Indianapolis, Indiana, on behalf of the 
Mortgage Bankers Association of America.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded 
hearings on the nominations of Armando Falcon, Jr., of Texas, to be 
Director of the Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight, 
Department of Housing and Urban Development, Martin Neil Baily, of 
Maryland, to be a Member of the Council of Economic Advisers, Robert Z. 
Lawrence, of Massachusetts, to be a Member of the Council of Economic 
Advisers, Dorian Vanessa Weaver, of Arkansas, to be a Member of the 
Board of Directors of the Export-Import Bank of the United States, and 
Dan Herman Renberg, of Maryland, to be a Member of the Board of 
Directors of the Export-Import Bank of the United States, after the 
nominees testified and answered questions in their own behalf. Mr. 
Renberg was introduced by Senator Specter.
  Also, Committee concluded hearings on the nomination of Harry J. 
Bowie, of Mississippi, to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the 
National Consumer Cooperative Bank.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded hearings on the 
nominations of Jimmy J. Kolker, of Missouri, to be Ambassador to 
Burkina Faso, Jeffrey A. Bader, of Florida, to be Ambassador to the 
Republic of Namibia, Martin George Brennan, of California, to be 
Ambassador to the Republic of Uganda, Harriet L. Elam, of 
Massachusetts, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Senegal, Gregory Lee 
Johnson, of Washington, to be Ambassador to the Kingdom of Swaziland, 
David H. Kaeuper, of the District of Columbia, to be Ambassador to the 
Republic of Congo, Delano Eugene Lewis, Sr., of New Mexico, to be 
Ambassador to the Republic of South Africa, Tibor P. Nagy, Jr., of 
Texas, to be Ambassador to the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, 
and Barbro A. Owens-Kirkpatrick, of California, to be Ambassador to the 
Republic of Niger, after the nominees testified and answered questions 
in their own behalf. Mr. Kolker was introduced by Senator Daschle and 
Representative Holt.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee ordered favorably reported the 
following business items:
  S. 486, to provide for the punishment of methamphetamine laboratory 
operators, provide additional resources to combat methamphetamine 
production, trafficking, and abuse in the United States, with an 
amendment in the nature of a substitute;
  S. 620, to grant a Federal charter to Korean War Veterans 
Association, Incorporated;
  S. 199, for the relief of Alexandre Malofienko, Olga Matsko, and 
their son, Vladimir Malofienko;
  S. 275, for the relief of Suchada Kwong;
  S. 452, for the relief of Belinda McGregor, with an amendment; and
  The nomination of Mervyn M. Mosbacker, Jr., to be United States 
Attorney for the Southern District of Texas.