Volume 146, No. 68 covering the 2nd Session of the 106th Congress (1999 - 2000) 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 D538-D539 on June 6, 2000.
The publication is reproduced in full below:
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
CASH BALANCE PENSION PLANS
Special Committee on Aging: On Monday, June 5, committee concluded hearings to examine the impact on older workers when employers convert from a traditional defined benefit pension plan to a cash balance pension plan, focusing on how to promote pensions without harming participants, after receiving testimony from James A. Bruggeman, Tulsa, Oklahoma, and Laurel Sweatt, Dallas, Texas, on behalf of the Association of Private Pension and Welfare Plans, both of Central and South West Corporation; Joseph Perkins, Danvers, Massachusetts, on behalf of the American Association of Retired Persons; Karen W. Ferguson, Pension Rights Center, Washington, D.C.; Sylvester J. Schieber, Watson Wyatt Worldwide, Bethesda, Maryland; and John F. Woyke, Towers Perrin, Valhalla, New York, on behalf of the United States Chamber of Commerce.
EPA ALASKA OFFICE CREATION
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee concluded hearings on S. 1311, to direct the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to establish an eleventh region of the Environmental Protection Agency, comprised solely of the State of Alaska, after receiving testimony from Senator Murkowski; Romulo L. Diaz, Jr., Assistant Administrator for Administration and Resources Management, Environmental Protection Agency; Michele D. Brown, Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation, and Ken Freeman, Resource Development Council, both of Anchorage, Alaska.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded hearings on the nomination of Michael G. Kozak, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Belarus, John Martin O'Keefe, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the Kyrgyz Republic, John F. Tefft, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Lithuania, and W. Robert Pearson, of Tennessee, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Turkey, after the nominees testified and answered questions in their own behalf. Mr. Pearson was introduced by Senator Frist.
HIGH PERFORMANCE COMPUTER EXPORT CONTROL
Committee on Governmental Affairs: On Friday, May 26, committee concluded hearings to examine export control implementation issues with respect to high performance computers and the potential harm to national security by requiring the decontrol of sensitive technologies, after receiving testimony from Harold J. Johnson, Associate Director, International Relations and Trade Issues, National Security and International Affairs Division, General Accounting Office; Robert J. Lieberman, Assistant Inspector General for Auditing, Department of Defense; Dan Hoydysh, Unisys Corporation, Washington, D.C., on behalf of the Computer Coalition for Responsible Exports; and Gary Milhollin, University of Wisconsin Law School, Madison, on behalf of the Wisconsin Project on Nuclear Arms Control.
CAMPAIGN FINANCE
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Administrative Oversight and the Courts resumed oversight hearings to examine the 1996 campaign finance investigations, receiving testimony from Lee J. Radek, Chief, and Joseph Gangloff, Principle Deputy Chief, both of the Public Integrity Section, and Neil Gallagher, Assistant Director, National Security Division, Federal Bureau of Investigation, all of the Department of Justice; and William Esposito, former Deputy Director, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Department of Justice.
Hearings continue on Wednesday, June 14.
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