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.
“House Committee Meetings” mentioning the Federal Reserve System was published in the Daily Digest section on pages D459-D460 on May 5, 1998.
The publication is reproduced in full below:
Committee Meetings
DOLLARS TO THE CLASSROOM ACT
Committee on Education and the Workforce: Held a hearing on H.R. 3248, Dollars to the Classroom Act. Testimony was heard from Senator Hutchinson of Arkansas; Representatives Pitts, Tierney and DeLauro; Linda Schrenko, Superintendent to Schools, State of Georgia; Frank Brogan, Commissioner of Education, State of Florida; Robert Bartman, Commissioner of Education, State of Missouri; and public witnesses.
OVERSIGHT--2000 CENSUS: REVISITING THE 1990 CENSUS
Committee on Government Reform and Oversight: Subcommittee on the Census held an oversight hearing on 2000 Census: Revisiting the 1990 Census. Testimony was heard from Representatives Sawyer and Petri; Kenneth Darga, Demographer, Department of Management and Budget, State of Michigan; and public witnesses.
RWANDA: GENOCIDE AND THE CONTINUING CYCLE OF VIOLENCE
Committee on International Relations: Subcommittee on International Operations and Human Rights held a hearing on Rwanda: Genocide and the Continuing Cycle of Violence. Testimony was heard from Richard McCall, Chief of Staff, AID, U.S. International Development Agency; and public witnesses.
NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT
Committee on National Security: Subcommittee on Military Procurement met in executive session and approved for full Committee action amended H.R. 3616, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1999.
NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT
Committee on National Security: Subcommittee on Military Research and Development met in executive session and approved for full Committee action H.R. 3616, National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1999.
COMMUNICATIONS SATELLITE COMPETITION AND PRIVATIZATION ACT
Committee on Rules: Granted, by voice vote, a modified open rule providing 1 hour of debate on H.R. 1872, Communications Satellite Competition and Privatization Act of 1997. The rule makes in order as an original bill for the purpose of amendment the amendment in the nature of a substitute recommended by the Committee on Commerce now printed in the bill, which shall be considered as read. The rule provides for consideration of only those amendments that have been pre-
printed in the Congressional Record. The rule allows the Chairman of the Committee of the Whole to postpone votes during consideration of the bill, and to reduce voting time to five minutes on a postponed question if the vote follows a fifteen minute vote. Finally, the rule provides one motion to recommit with or without instructions. Testimony was heard from Chairman Bliley and Representative Markey.
OVERSIGHT--PENSION ISSUES
Committee on Ways and Means: Subcommittee on Oversight continued oversight hearings on various pension issues. Testimony was heard from public witnesses.
Joint Meetings
IMF
Joint Economic Committee: Committee concluded hearings to examine issues relating to a proposed expansion of the International Monetary Fund and its impact on international economic policy, focusing on IMF bailouts, loan subsidies, and finances, after receiving testimony from Paul A. Volcker, former Chairman, Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System; George P. Schultz, Hoover Institution, Stanford, California, former Secretary of State; and Larry Lindsey, American Enterprise Institute, and William A. Niskanen, CATO Institute, both of Washington, D.C.
