Volume 141, No. 30 covering the 1st Session of the 104th Congress (1995 - 1996) 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 D196-D197 on Feb. 15, 1995.
The publication is reproduced in full below:
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
PACIFIC MILITARY COMMAND
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Defense held hearings to examine U.S. military activities in the Asia-Pacific region, receiving testimony from Adm. Richard C. Macke, USN, Commander-in-Chief, United States Pacific Command.
Subcommittee recessed subject to call.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded hearings on the nominations of Alton W. Cornelia, of South Dakota, Rebecca G. Cox, of California, Gen. James B. Davis, USAF (Ret.), of Florida, S. Lee Kling, of Maryland, Benjamin F. Montoya, of New Mexico, and Wendi Louise Steele, of Texas, each to be a Member of the Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission, after the nominees testified and answered questions in their own behalf. Mr. Cornelia was introduced by Senators Daschle and Pressler, Ms. Cox was introduced by Stevens and
[[Page D197]] Feinstein, Gen. Davis was introduced by Senator Graham, Mr. Kling was introduced by Senator Bond and Representative Gephardt, and Ms. Steele was introduced by Senators Nickles and Inouye.
INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS BUDGET
Committee on the Budget: Committee held hearings to examine the President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 1996 for international affairs, after receiving testimony from Warren Christopher, Secretary of State.
Committee will meet again tomorrow.
FOREST SERVICE BUDGET
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded hearings to examine the President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 1996 for the Forest Service, after receiving testimony from Jack Ward Thomas, Chief, Forest Service, Department of Agriculture.
EPA BUDGET
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee concluded hearings to examine the President's proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1996 for the Environmental Protection Agency, after receiving testimony from Carol M. Browner, Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency.
CAPITAL GAINS TAXATION
Committee on Finance: Committee held hearings to examine the tax treatment of capital gains and losses, focusing on the economic and tax implications of a capital gains tax cut, receiving testimony from Jane G. Gravelle, Senior Specialist in Economic Policy, Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress; Henry J. Aaron, Brookings Institution, Mark A. Bloomfield, American Council for Capital Formation, and Ronald A. Pearlman, Covington & Burling, all of Washington, D.C.; and Jude Wanniski, Polyconomics, Inc., Morristown, New Jersey.
Hearings continue tomorrow.
REGULATORY REFORM
Committee on Governmental Affairs: Committee resumed hearings on proposed legislation to reform the Federal regulatory process, to make government more efficient and effective, receiving testimony from Robert W. Crandall, Brookings Institution, Jerry J. Jasinowski, National Association of Manufacturers, on behalf of the Alliance for Reasonable Regulation, Linda E. Greer, Natural Resources Defense Council, and E. Donald Elliott, Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson, all of Washington, D.C.; Washington, D.C.; W. Kip Viscusi, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina; and John D. Graham, Harvard University School of Public Health, Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Hearings continue on Wednesday, March 1.
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL ANTITRUST EXEMPTION
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Antitrust, Business Rights, and Competition concluded hearings to examine the court imposed major league baseball antitrust exemption, including related measures S. 415, to provide for a limited repeal of professional baseball's antitrust immunity, and S. 416, to repeal the antitrust exemption which shields major league baseball from the antitrust laws that apply to all other sports, after receiving testimony from Senators Hatch, Moynihan, Kassebaum, and Graham; Allan H. Selig, Milwaukee Brewers Baseball Club, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on behalf of the Major League Baseball Executive Council; Kevin J. Arquit, Rogers & Wells, and Donald M. Fehr, both of New York, New York, David Cone, Kansas City Royals, Kansas City, Missouri, and Eddie Murray, Los Angeles Dodgers, Los Angeles, California, all on behalf of the Major League Baseball Players Association; John L. Harrington, Boston Red Sox, Boston, Massachusetts, on behalf of the Major League Negotiating Committee; and James F. Rill, Collier, Shannon, Rill & Scott, Washington, D.C.
DAVIS-BACON REPEAL ACT
Committee on Labor and Human Resources: Committee concluded hearings on S. 141, to repeal the Davis-Bacon Act (an Act which requires that the locally prevailing wage rate be paid to various classes of laborers and mechanics working under federally-financed or federally-assisted contracts for construction, alteration, and repair of public buildings or public works), after receiving testimony from Senator Chafee; Bernard Anderson, Assistant Secretary of Labor for Employment Standards Administration; Mayor Clarke Becker, Woodland Park, Colorado, on behalf of the National League of Cities; Boyd W. Boehlje, Pella, Iowa, on behalf of the National School Boards Association; Gary Hess, Hess Mechanical Corporation, Upper Marlboro, Maryland; Mill Butler, Handon Diving Inc., Maurice Baskin, Venable, Baetjer, Howard & Civiletti, on behalf of the Coalition to Repeal the Davis-Bacon Act, and Robert A. Georgine, Building and Construction Trades Department (AFL-CIO), all of Washington, D.C.; and Armand J. Thieblot, Baltimore, Maryland.
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