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“Senate Committee Meetings” mentioning the U.S. Dept. of Transportation was published in the Daily Digest section on pages D119-D120 on Feb. 13, 1997.
The publication is reproduced in full below:
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
COMMODITY EXCHANGE ACT REFORM
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: Committee resumed hearings on S. 257, to amend the Commodity Exchange Act to improve the Act by streamlining U.S. futures trading law and conforming it to the changing competitive environment, receiving testimony from Jerry L. Osborne, ConAgra, Omaha, Nebraska, on behalf of the National Grain Trade Council; Ron Warfield, Illinois Farm Bureau, Bloomington, on behalf of the American Farm Bureau Federation; Larry Quandt, Illinois Farmers Union, Mason, on behalf of the National Farmers Union; Kendell W. Keith, National Grain and Feed Association, Micah S. Green, Public Securities Association, on behalf of the Bond Market Trade Association, and Ed Rosen, Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen and Hamilton, on behalf of a coalition of investment and commercial banks, all of Washington, D.C.; Daniel J. Roth, National Futures Association, Laurence E. Mollner, Dean Witter Reynolds, Inc., on behalf of the Futures Industry Association, and Alger B. Chapman, Chicago Board Options Exchange, on behalf of certain securities self-regulatory organizations, all of Chicago, Illinois; Robert G. Easton, Commodities Corporation Limited, Princeton, New Jersey, on behalf of the Managed Futures Association; and Gay H. Evans, Bankers Trust International, on behalf of the International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc., and John J. Finigan Jr., Foreign Exchange Committee, both of New York, New York.
Hearings were recessed subject to call.
BIENNIAL BUDGETING
Committee on the Budget: Committee concluded hearings on S. 261, to provide for a biennial budget process and a biennial appropriations process and to enhance oversight and the performance of the Federal Government, after receiving testimony from Senators Ford and Thomas; Louis Fisher, Senior Specialist, Separation of Powers, Congressional Research Service; John P. McTague, Ford Motor Company, Dearborn, Michigan; and Ronald K. Snell, Denver, Colorado, on behalf of the National Conference of State Legislatures.
AUTHORIZATION--INTERMODAL SURFACE TRANSPORTATION
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Subcommittee on Transportation and Infrastructure held hearings on proposed legislation authorizing funds for programs of the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991, receiving testimony from Mortimer L. Downey, Deputy Secretary of Transportation; Andrew H. Card, Jr., American Automobile Manufacturers Association, Washington, D.C.; Darrel Rensink, Iowa Department of Transportation, Des Moines, on behalf of the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials; Damian J. Kulash, Eno Transportation Foundation, Inc., Lansdowne, Virginia; and Alan E. Pisarki, Falls Church, Virginia.
Hearings were recessed subject to call.
ADMINISTRATION'S BUDGET
Committee on Finance: Committee continued hearings to examine the Administration's proposed budget request for fiscal year 1998, focusing on spending proposals relating to Medicare, Medicaid and welfare, receiving testimony from Donna E. Shalala, Secretary of Health and Human Services.
Committee recessed subject to call.
NOMINATION
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded hearings on the nomination of Pete Peterson, of Florida, to be Ambassador to the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, after the nominee, who was introduced by Senators Graham and McCain, testified and answered questions in his own behalf.
BUSINESS MEETING
Committee on Governmental Affairs: Committee met and agreed to authorize the issuance of subpoenas on matters relating to the committee's investigation of illegal or improper fund raising and spending practices during the 1996 Federal election campaigns.
CORPORATE SUBSIDY REFORM
Committee on Governmental Affairs: Committee held hearings on S. 207, to review, reform, and terminate unnecessary and inequitable corporate spending subsidies in the federal budget, receiving testimony from Senators McCain, Kerry, and Feingold; and Thomas A. Schatz, Citizens Against Government Waste, Grover G. Norquist, Americans for Tax Reform, Courtney Cuff, Friends of the Earth, and Dean Stansel, Cato Institute, all of Washington, D.C.
Hearings were recessed subject to call.
FLEXIBLE WORKPLACE OPTIONS
Committee on Labor and Human Resources: Subcommittee on Employment and Training concluded hearings on S. 4, to provide private sector employees the same opportunities for time-and-a-half compensatory time off, biweekly work programs, and flexible credit hour programs to help balance the demands and needs of work and family, and to clarify the provisions relating to exemptions of certain professionals from the minimum wage and overtime requirements of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, after receiving testimony from Senator Ashcroft; Mayor Paul F. Jadin, Green Bay, Wisconsin, on behalf of the United States Conference of Mayors, and Marilyn Richter, Corporation Counsel of the City of New York, New York, both on behalf of the Public Sector FLSA Coalition; James A. Willms, Unicover Corporation, Cheyenne, Wyoming; Donna R. Lenhoff, Women's Legal Defense Fund, Susan M. Eckerly, National Federation of Independent Business, and David M. Silberman, Bredhoff and Kaiser, all of Washington, D.C.; Sandie Moneypenny and Kathleen Fairall, both of the Timken Company, Randleman, North Carolina; William A. Stone, Louisville Plate Glass Company, Louisville, Kentucky, on behalf of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce; and Diana Thompson, Puyallup, Washington.
