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“House Committee Meetings” mentioning the U.S. Dept of Labor was published in the Daily Digest section on pages D61 on Feb. 5, 1996.
The publication is reproduced in full below:
Committee Meetings
No Committee meetings were held.
Joint Meetings
BARRIERS TO STATE AND LOCAL PRIVATIZATION/EMPLOYMENT-UNEMPLOYMENT
Joint Economic Committee: Committee held hearings to examine Federal barriers to State and local privatization efforts, receiving testimony from New York Governor George Pataki, Ronald Lauder, New York Commission on Privatization, both of Albany, New York; Robert Poole, Reason Foundation, Los Angeles, California; Mike Bell, British Airports Authority-USA, Sterling, Virginia; John Dowd, Wheelabrator, Inc., Hampton, New Hampshire; Al Bilik, AFL/CIO, and Albert Shanker, American Federation of Teachers, both of Washington, D.C.; and Bob Cranmer, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania.
On Friday, February 2, Committee held hearings on the employment-
unemployment situation for January, receiving testimony from Katharine G. Abraham, Commissioner, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Department of Labor.
Committee recessed subject to call.
