Volume 143, No. 18 covering the 1st Session of the 105th Congress (1997 - 1998) was published by the Congressional Record.
The Congressional Record is a unique source of public documentation. It started in 1873, documenting nearly all the major and minor policies being discussed and debated.
“Senate Committee Meetings” mentioning the Environmental Protection Agency was published in the Daily Digest section on pages D110-D111 on Feb. 12, 1997.
The publication is reproduced in full below:
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
AUTHORIZATION--DEFENSE
Committee on Armed Services: Committee held hearings on proposed legislation authorizing funds for fiscal year 1998 for the Department of Defense and the future years defense program, receiving testimony from William S. Cohen, Secretary of Defense; John J. Hamre, Comptroller, Department of Defense; and Gen. John M. Shalikashvili, USA, Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff.
Hearings were recessed subject to call.
NOMINATION
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee ordered favorably reported the nomination of Janet L. Yellen, of California, to be a Member of the Council of Economic Advisers.
INVESTMENT AND INFRASTRUCTURE
Committee on the Budget: Committee held hearings to examine the role of government investment in overall Federal budget policy, receiving testimony from Robert B. Reich, Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachusetts, former Secretary of Labor; and Douglas Holtz-Eakin, Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York, on behalf of the National Bureau of Economic Research.
Committee will meet again tomorrow.
CLEAN AIR STANDARDS
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee held oversight hearings to examine the national ambient air quality standards for ozone and particulate matter recently proposed by the Environmental Protection Agency, receiving testimony from Carol M. Browner, Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency; and Sally Katzen, Administrator, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget.
Hearings were recessed subject to call.
ADMINISTRATION'S BUDGET
Committee on Finance: Committee held hearings on the Administration's budget and revenue proposals for fiscal year 1998, receiving testimony from Robert E. Rubin, Secretary of the Treasury.
Committee will meet again tomorrow.
MEDICARE
Committee on Finance: Subcommittee on Health Care held hearings to examine the financial soundness of the Medicare program, receiving testimony from Bruce C. Vladeck, Administrator, Health Care Financing Administration, Department of Health and Human Services; Joseph R. Antos, Assistant Director for Health and Human Resources, Linda Bilheimer, Deputy Assistant Director for Health, and Sandra Christensen, Principal Analyst, all of the Congressional Budget Office; and Gail R. Wilensky, Project Hope, former Administrator, Health Care Financing Administration, and Marilyn Moon, Urban Institute, both of Washington, D.C.
Hearings were recessed subject to call.
NUCLEAR DETERRENCE
Committee on Governmental Affairs: Subcommittee on International Security, Proliferation and Federal Services concluded hearings to examine the future of nuclear deterrence and U.S. policy toward non-
proliferation efforts, after receiving testimony from Walter B. Slocombe, Under Secretary of Defense for Policy; Gen. Andrew J. Goodpaster, USA (Ret.), Atlantic Council of the United States; and Richard Perle, American Enterprise Institute, Washington, D.C.
TEAM ACT
Committee on Labor and Human Resources: Committee concluded hearings on S. 295, to promote cooperation and teamwork among worker-management relations in the American labor force, after receiving testimony from William D. Budinger, Rodel, Inc., Newark, Delaware; J. Thomas Bouchard, Armonk, New York, and Robert Von Bruns, Melinda Weide, and Michael Scarano, all of Essex Junction, Vermont, all on behalf of the International Business Machines Corporation; Charles I. Cohen, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, former Member, National Labor Relations Board, Jonathan P. Hiatt, AFL-CIO, and Robert Muehlenkamp, International Brotherhood of Teamsters/AFL-CIO, all of Washington, D.C.; Robert Sebris, Jr., Sebris Busto, Bellevue, Washington; Samuel Estreicher, New York University, New York, New York; Michael H. LeRoy, Institute of Labor and Industrial Relations/University of Illinois, Champaign; and Thomas C. Kohler, Boston College Law School, Newton, Massachusetts.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Rules and Administration: Committee ordered favorably reported an original resolution (S. Res. 54) authorizing biennial expenditures by committees of the Senate, in lieu of S. Res. 20, S. Res. 26, S. Res. 27, S. Res. 28, S. Res. 29, S. Res. 30, S. Res. 33, S. Res. 34, S. Res. 35, S. Res. 37, S. Res. 38, S. Res. 39, S. Res. 40, S. Res. 41, S. Res. 43, S. Res. 44, S. Res. 45, and S. Res. 46.
NOMINATION
Committee on Small Business: Committee ordered favorably reported the nomination of Aida Alvarez, of New York, to be Administrator of the Small Business Administration.
Prior to this action, the committee concluded hearings on the nomination of Ms. Alvarez, after the nominee, who was introduced by Senators D'Amato and Abraham, testified and answered questions in her own behalf.
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