[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 157 (Tuesday, November 9, 1999)]
[Daily Digest]
[Page D1282]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Armed Services: Committee ordered favorably reported 
certain military nominations in the Army, Marine Corps, and Navy.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee ordered 
favorably reported the nominations of Gregory A. Baer, of Virginia, to 
be Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Financial Institutions, and 
Susan M. Wachter, of Pennsylvania, to be Assistant Secretary of Housing 
and Urban Development for Policy Development and Research.
NOMINATION
Committee on Foreign Relations: On Monday, November 8, Committee 
ordered favorably reported the nomination of Carol Moseley-Braun, of 
Illinois, to be Ambassador to New Zealand, and to serve concurrently 
and without additional compensation as Ambassador to Samoa.
PRIVATE BANKING
Committee on Governmental Affairs: Permanent Subcommittee on 
Investigations held hearings to examine the vulnerabilities of United 
States private banks to money laundering, focusing on how they accept 
clientele, use shell corporations and secrecy jurisdictions to open 
accounts and move funds, monitor clients and transactions, and identify 
and respond to suspicious activity, receiving testimony from Elise J. 
Bean, Deputy Chief Counsel to the Minority, and Robert L. Roach, 
Counsel to the Minority, both of the Permanent Subcommittee on 
Investigations; Amy G. Elliott, Albert Misan, Alain Ober, and G. Edward 
Montero, all of the Citibank Private Bank, and John S. Reed, Citigroup, 
all of New York, New York.
  Hearings continue tomorrow.