[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 119 (Tuesday, September 14, 1999)]
[Daily Digest]
[Pages D979-D980]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
EXERCISE BENEFITS FOR SENIORS
Special Committee on Aging: Committee concluded hearings to examine the 
benefits of exercise for the elderly, after receiving testimony from 
Terrie Fox Wetle, Deputy Director, National Institute on Aging, 
National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services; 
James F. Fries, Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, 
California; Margaret Richard, PBS-TV, Orchard Park, New York; George 
McVicker, West Des Moines, Iowa; and Mary Elizabeth Norckauer, Baton 
Rouge, Louisiana.
YOUTH VIOLENCE INITIATIVE
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human 
Services, and Education concluded hearings on a proposed fiscal year 
2000 youth violence initiative, after receiving testimony from Alexis 
M. Herman, Secretary of Labor; Richard W. Riley, Secretary of 
Education; Donna E. Shalala, Secretary of Health and Human Services; 
and Eric H. Holder, Jr., Deputy Attorney General, Department of 
Justice.
SOLAR AND RENEWABLE ENERGY
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Energy and Water 
Development concluded hearings on issues concerning solar and renewable 
energy, focusing on how to assist government and industry in increasing 
the use of renewable energy technologies in the nation's energy 
marketplace, after receiving testimony from Dan W. Reicher, assistant 
Secretary of Energy for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy; R. 
Brent Alderfer, Competitive Utilities Strategies, Pittsburgh, 
Pennsylvania; Uwe Rockenfeller, Rocky Research, Boulder City, Nevada; 
Greg Renkes, Southeast Alaska Bio-Energy Project, Anchorage; and Dallas 
Burtraw, Resources for the Future, Washington, D.C., on behalf of the 
Renewable Energy Policy Project.
SINKING OF THE USS INDIANAPOLIS

Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded hearings on issues 
concerning the sinking of the USS INDIANAPOLIS and the subsequent 
court-martial of Rear Admiral Charles B. McVay III, USN, and provisions 
of S. J. Res. 26, expressing the sense of Congress with respect to the 
court-martial conviction of the late Rear Admiral Charles Butler McVay 
III, and calling upon the President to award a Presidential Unit 
Citation to the final crew of the U.S.S. INDIANAPOLIS, after receiving 
testimony from Adm. Donald L. Pilling, USN, Vice Chief of Naval 
Operations; Rear Adm. John D. Hutson, USN, Judge Advocate General; 
William S. Dudley, Director, Naval Historical Center; Hunter Scott, 
Pensacola, Florida; Paul J. Murphy, Broomfield, Colorado; Harlan M. 
Twible, Sarasota, Florida; and Dan Kurzman, North Bergen, New Jersey.

ENERGY POLICY AND CONSERVATION ACT
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Subcommittee on Energy 
Research, Development, Production and Regulation concluded hearings on 
S. 1051, to amend the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to manage the 
Strategic Petroleum Reserve more effectively, after receiving testimony 
from Robert W. Gee, Assistant Secretary of Energy for Fossil Energy.

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NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS COVENANT IMPLEMENTATION ACT
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded hearings 
on S. 1052, to implement further the Act (Public Law 94-241) approving 
the Covenant to Establish a Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana 
Islands in Political Union with the United States of America, after 
receiving testimony from Bo Cooper, Immigration and Naturalization 
Service, Department of Justice; Governor Pedro P. Tenorio, and Juan N. 
Babauta, Resident Representative to the United States, both of the 
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, who were accompanied by 
several of their associates.
COUNTERTERRORISM POLICY/FALN TERRORISTS CLEMENCY
Committee on Foreign Relations: Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere, 
Peace Corps, Narcotics and Terrorism held hearings to review the United 
States counterterrorism policy and certain implications of the 
President's decision to grant clemency to FALN terrorists, receiving 
testimony from Representative Fossella; Gilbert G. Gallegos, Fraternal 
Order of Police, Washington, D.C.; and Anthony Senft, Rich Pastorella, 
and Joseph Connor, all of New York, New York.
  Hearings recessed subject to call.
EDUCATIONAL READINESS
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions: Committee held 
hearings to examine the current status of the American educational 
system and how well it is preparing children to meet the demands of a 
global economy in the 21st Century, receiving testimony from Ben Cohen, 
Business Leaders for Sensible Priorities, Burlington, Vermont; Lawrence 
Korb, Council on Foreign Relations, New York, New York; Robert Chase, 
National Education Association, Washington, D.C.; Virginia Markell, 
Clackamas, Oregon, on behalf of the National Parent Teacher 
Association; and Michele Cavataio, America Online, Inc., Dulles, 
Virginia.
HATE CRIME ON THE INTERNET
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded hearings on 
ramifications of Internet technology on today's children, focusing on 
the prevalence of internet hate, and recommendations on how to shield 
children from the negative impact of violent media, after receiving 
testimony from Michael J. Gennaco, Assistant United States Attorney for 
the Central District of California, Department of Justice; Rabbi 
Abraham Cooper, Simon Wiesenthal Center, Los Angeles, California, Wade 
Henderson, Leadership Conference on Civil Rights, and Howard Berkowitz, 
on behalf of the Anti-Defamation League, both of Washington, D.C.; and 
Joseph T. Roy, Sr., Southern Poverty Law Center, Montgomery, Alabama.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded hearings on the 
nominations of Ronald M. Gould, of Washington, to be United States 
Circuit Judge for the Ninth Circuit, Anna J. Brown, to be United States 
District Judge for the District of Oregon, Florence-Marie Cooper, to be 
United States District Judge for the Central District of California, 
Richard K. Eaton, of the District of Columbia, to be a Judge of the 
United States Court of International Trade, Ellen Segal Huvelle, to be 
United States District Judge for the District of Columbia, and Charles 
A. Pannell, Jr., to be United States District Judge for the Northern 
District of Georgia, after the nominees testified and answered 
questions in their own behalf. Mr. Gould was introduced by Senators 
Gorton and Murray, Ms. Brown was introduced by Senators Gorton, Murray, 
Wyden, and Gordon Smith, Ms. Cooper was introduced by Senator 
Feinstein, Mr. Eaton was introduced by Senator Moynihan and 
Representative Boehlert, Ms. Huvelle was introduce by Representative 
Norton, and Mr. Pannell was introduced by Senator Cleland.
GROCERY INDUSTRY SLOTTING FEES
Committee on Small Business: Committee held hearings on issues relating 
to grocery industry slotting fees (fees charged by the retailer that 
manufacturers pay to hold a certain amount of shelf space), and their 
effect on small business and the consumer, receiving testimony from 
Scott Garfield, Lee's Ice Cream, Inc., Baltimore, Maryland; Gregory T. 
Gundlach, University of Notre Dame College of Business Administration, 
Notre Dame, Indiana; Robert A. Skitol, Drinker, Biddle and Reath, John 
J. Motley III, Food Marketing Institute, and W. Jeffrey Schmidt, 
Pillsbury, Madison and Sutro, on behalf of the Grocery Manufacturers of 
America, all of Washington, D.C.; and Kenneth Parch, Supermarket 
Business Magazine, Norwalk, Connecticut.
  Hearings recessed subject to call.