[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 116 (Thursday, September 9, 1999)]
[Daily Digest]
[Page D958]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
NOMINATION
Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded hearings on the 
nomination of General Henry H. Shelton, USA, for reappointment as the 
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and appointment to the grade of 
General, after the nominee testified and answered questions in his own 
behalf.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded 
hearings on the nominations of Thomas B. Leary, of the District of 
Columbia, to be a Federal Trade Commissioner, and Gregory Rohde, of 
North Dakota, to be Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Communications 
and Information, after the nominees testified and answered questions in 
their own behalf. Mr. Rohde was introduced by Senators Dorgan and 
Conrad, and Representatives Pickering and Pomeroy.
RELIGIOUS LIBERTY PROTECTION
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded hearings to examine the 
protection of religious liberty, focusing on the constitutionality of a 
religious protection measure, after receiving testimony from Douglas 
Laycock, University of Texas School of Law, Austin; Chai R. Feldblum, 
Georgetown University Law Center, and Gene C. Schaerr, Sidley and 
Austin, both of Washington, D.C.; and Jay S. Bybee, University of 
Nevada William S. Boyd School of Law, Las Vegas.