Volume 144, No. 9 covering the 2nd 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 D76-D78 on Feb. 10, 1998.
The publication is reproduced in full below:
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
APPROPRIATIONS--AGRICULTURE
Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, and Related Agencies held hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1999 for the Department of Agriculture, receiving testimony from Daniel R. Glickman, Secretary, Richard Rominger, Deputy Secretary, Keith Collins, Chief Economist, and Stephen B. Dewhurst, Director, Office of Budget and Program Analysis, all of the Department of Agriculture.
Committee will meet again on Tuesday, February 24.
AUTHORIZATIONS--DEFENSE
Committee on Armed Services: Committee resumed hearings on proposed legislation authorizing funds for fiscal year 1999 for the Department of Defense and the future years defense program, receiving testimony from Robert M. Walker, Acting Secretary of the Army; and Gen. Dennis J. Reimer, USA, Chief of Staff of the Army.
Hearings continue on Thursday, February 12.
FDIC
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on Financial Services and Technology concluded hearings to examine the efforts of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation to bring its systems and those of its regulated institutions into compliance with the Year 2000, after receiving testimony from Jack L. Brock, Jr., Director, Governmentwide and Defense Information Systems, Accounting and Information Management Division, General Accounting Office; and Michael J. Zamorski, Deputy Director, Division of Supervision, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.
U.S. REVENUE
Committee on the Budget: Committee concluded hearings to examine the impact of recent revenue growth in the United States, after receiving testimony from James E. Glassman, Chase Securities, Inc., New York, New York; John G. Wilkins, Coopers and Lybrand, Washington, D.C.; and David A. Wyss, Standard & Poor's DRI, Lexington, Massachusetts.
INTERNET INDECENCY
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee held hearings to examine the extent of obscene material available on the Internet and measures to restrict its access, including S. 1619, to direct the Federal Communications Commission to study systems for filtering or blocking certain matter on the Internet, and to require the installation of such a system on computers in schools and libraries with Internet access, and S. 1482, to establish a prohibition on commercial distribution on the World Wide Web of material that is harmful to minors, receiving testimony from Senators Coats and Murray; Seth Warshavsky, Internet Entertainment Group, Inc., Seattle, Washington; Andrew L. Sernovitz, Association for Interactive Media, and Christine Varney, Hogan & Hartson, both of Washington, D.C.; Elizabeth Whitacker, Tucson Unified School District, Tucson, Arizona; and a protected witness.
Hearings were recessed subject to call.
COMPUTER SECURITY
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on Science, Technology, and Space concluded hearings to examine current computer security vulnerabilities within civilian federal agencies and current activities to prevent unauthorized computer access, after receiving testimony from G. Edward DeSeve, Acting Deputy Director for Management, Office of Management and Budget; Raymond G. Kammer, Director, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Department of Commerce; Frank A. Perry, Technical Director and Deputy Director, Engineering and Interoperability, Defense Information Systems Agency, Department of Defense; Len Baptiste, Director of Systems Standards and Evaluation, Internal Revenue Service, Department of the Treasury; and Lee B. Holcomb, Chief Information Officer, National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Committee ordered favorably reported the nominations of Donald J. Barry, of Wisconsin, to be Assistant Secretary of the Interior for Fish and Wildlife, and Sallyanne Harper, of Virginia, to be Chief Financial Officer, Environmental Protection Agency.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Finance: Committee ordered favorably reported the following business items:
The nominations of Richard W. Fisher, of Texas, to be Deputy United States Trade Representative, with the rank of Ambassador, Donald C. Lubick, of Maryland, to be an Assistant Secretary of the Treasury, L. Paige Marvel, of Maryland, to be a Judge of the United States Tax Court, and Michael B. Thornton, of Virginia, to be a Judge of the United States Tax Court; and
S. 1133, to allow tax-free expenditures from education individual retirement accounts for elementary and secondary school expenses and to increase the maximum annual amount of contributions to such accounts, with an amendment in the nature of a substitute.
FOREIGN POLICY/STATE DEPARTMENT BUDGET
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee held hearings to review foreign policy issues for 1998 and the President's proposed budget request for fiscal year 1999 for the Department of State, receiving testimony from Madeleine K. Albright, Secretary of State.
Hearings were recessed subject to call.
INTERNET FRAUD
Committee on Governmental Affairs: Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations held hearings to examine certain incidences of fraud and deception on the Internet, and how to protect consumers, receiving testimony from Robert Pitofsky, Chairman, and Jody Bernstein, Director, Bureau of Consumer Protection, both of the Federal Trade Commission; Susan Grant, National Fraud Information Center/National Consumers League, Washington, D.C.; Tatiana Gau, America Online, Inc., Vienna, Virginia; and Barry D. Wise, Matthews, North Carolina.
Hearings were recessed subject to call.
GLOBAL TOBACCO SETTLEMENT
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee resumed hearings to examine the scope and depth of the proposed settlement between State Attorneys General and tobacco companies to mandate a total reformation and restructuring of how tobacco products are manufactured, marketed, and distributed in America, focusing on First Amendment issues related to cigarette advertising regulations and litigation concerning those restrictions, and civil liability provisions of the proposed settlement, and related provisions of S. 1530, Placing Restraints on Tobacco's Endangerment of Children and Teens Act (pending on Senate calendar), receiving testimony from David W. Ogden, Counselor to the Attorney General, Department of Justice; Richard A. Daynard, Northeastern University School of Law, Boston, Massachusetts; Martin H. Redish, Northwestern University School of Law, Chicago, Illinois; and David S. Versfelt, Freedom to Advertise Coalition, and Floyd Abrams, both of New York, New York.
Hearings were recessed subject to call.
GLOBAL TOBACCO SETTLEMENT
Committee on Labor and Human Resources: Committee resumed hearings to examine the scope and depth of the proposed settlement between State Attorneys General and tobacco companies to mandate a total reformation and restructuring of how tobacco products are manufactured, marketed, and distributed in America, focusing on public health goals, receiving testimony from Michael P. Eriksen, Director, Office on Smoking and Health, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Alan I. Leshner, Director, National Institute on Drug Abuse, Marc W. Manley, Division on Cancer Prevention and Control, National Cancer Institute, John M. Eisenberg, Administrator, Agency for Health Care Policy and Research, and William B. Schultz, Deputy Commissioner for Policy, Food and Drug Administration, all of the Department of Health and Human Services; and Matthew L. Myers, Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids/National Center for Tobacco-Free Kids, R. Timothy Columbus, Collier Shannon Rill & Scott, on behalf of the National Association of Convenience Stores, and Scott D. Ballin, American Lung Association, all of Washington, D.C.
Hearings continue on Tuesday, February 24.
SOCIAL SECURITY REFORM
Special Committee on Aging: Committee concluded hearings to examine the future of the Social Security system and goals to restore its long-term solvency, after receiving testimony from Kenneth S. Apfel, Commissioner, Social Security Administration; Jane L. Ross, Director, Income Security Issues, Health, Education, and Human Services Division, General Accounting Office; Fidel A. Vargas, Cambridge, Massachusetts, former Member of the Advisory Council on Social Security; and Timothy J. Penny, Cato Institute, and Joseph Perkins, American Association of Retired Persons, both of Washington, D.C.
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