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“House Committee Meetings” mentioning the U.S. Dept. of Commerce was published in the Daily Digest section on pages D910 on July 24, 1995.
The publication is reproduced in full below:
Committee Meetings
LABOR, HHS, EDUCATION APPROPRIATIONS
Committee on Appropriations: Ordered reported the Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education appropriations for fiscal year 1996.
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE DISMANTLING ACT
Committee on Commerce: Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade, and Hazardous Materials and the Subcommittee on Telecommunications and Finance held a joint hearing on H.R. 1756, Department of Commerce Dismantling Act. Testimony was heard from Representatives Chrysler, Mica, Levin and Skaggs; the following officials of the Department of Commerce: Ron Brown, Secretary; and Larry Irving, Under Secretary, Communications and Information; and public witnesses.
OVERSIGHT
Committee on Commerce: Subcommittee on Energy and Power held an oversight hearing on the implementation of Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) Standards and related issues. Testimony was heard from Barry Felrice, Associate Administrator, Rulemaking, National Highway Transportation Safety Administration, Department of Transportation; and public witnesses.
OVERSIGHT--WACO
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Crime and the Subcommittee on National Security, International Affairs of the Committee on Government Reform and Oversight, continued joint oversight hearings on Federal Law Enforcement Actions in Relation to the Branch Davidian Compound in Waco, Texas. Testimony was heard from the following officials of the Department of the Treasury: Ronald K. Noble, Under Secretary, Law Enforcement; Lewis C. Merletti, Deputy Director, Department Review Team; James Cadigan, Firearms Expert, FBI; John Magaw, Director; Robert Rodriguez, Special Agent, Sharon Wheller, Special Agent, Daniel Black, Personnel Office, William Buford, RAC in Little Rock, Jon Henry Williams, Special Agent and Roland Ballesteros, Special Agent all with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms; and the following former officials of the Department of the Treasury: Roger Altman, Deputy Secretary; Chuck Sarabyn, SAC in Houston, Phillip Chojnacki, SAC in Houston and Dan Hartnett, Deputy Director, Enforcement, all with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms.
Hearings continue tomorrow.
ETHICS INVESTIGATION
Committee on Standards of Official Conduct: Met in executive session to continue to take testimony regarding the ethics investigation of Speaker Gingrich. Testimony was heard from Fredrica Friedman, Vice President, Executive Editor, Associate Publisher, Little/Brown Co.
Will continue tomorrow.
