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“Senate Committee Meetings” mentioning the U.S. Dept. of Transportation was published in the Daily Digest section on pages D920-D921 on Sept. 11, 1996.
The publication is reproduced in full below:
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
INTERMODAL SURFACE TRANSPORTATION EFFICIENCY ACT
Committee on Environment and Public Works: Subcommittee on Transportation and Infrastructure concluded hearings on proposed legislation authorizing funds for programs of the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act, and to examine the role of Federal, State, and local governments in surface transportation, after receiving testimony from Federico Pena, Secretary, and Rodney E. Slater, Administrator, Federal Highway Administration, both of the Department of Transportation; Kentucky Governor Paul E. Patton, Frankfort, on behalf of the National Governors' Association; Virginia Governor George F. Allen, Richmond, on behalf of the Southern Governors' Association; Mayor Bill Campbell, Atlanta, Georgia, on behalf of the United States Conference of Mayors; William G. Burnett, Texas Department of Transportation, Austin, on behalf of the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials; Stephen J. Del Giudice, Prince George's County, Maryland, on behalf of the National Association of Regional Councils and the Association of Metropolitan Planning Organizations; and Carol Roberts, Palm Beach County, Florida, on behalf of the National Association of Counties.
UNITED NATIONS REFORM
Committee on Foreign Relations: Subcommittee on International Operations concluded hearings to examine proposals to reform the United Nations system, after receiving testimony from Jeane J. Kirkpatrick, American Enterprise Institute, and former U.S. Permanent Representative to the United Nations, and John R. Bolton, National Policy Forum, and former Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization Affairs, both of Washington, D.C.; and Edward C. Luck, United Nations Association, New York, New York.
TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded hearings to examine recent developments in the telecommunications industry, focusing on the state of competition in the telecommunications industry and the application of antitrust laws with regard to certain mergers, after receiving testimony from James R. Young, Bell Atlantic Corporation, Arlington, Virginia; James D. Ellis, SBC Communications, Inc., San Antonio, Texas; Bernard J. Ebbers, LDDS WorldCom, Jackson, Mississippi; Michael H. Salsbury, MCI Communications Corporation, and Robert W. Crandall, Brookings Institution, both of Washington, D.C.; William P. Barr, GTE Corporation, Stamford, Connecticut; Robert C. Atkinson, Teleport Communications Group, Inc., Staten Island, New York; Peter W. Huber, Manhattan Institute for Policy Research, Bethesda, Maryland; Ronald J. Binz, Competition Policy Institute, Denver, Colorado; and Dale N. Hatfield, Hatfield Associates Inc., Boulder, Colorado.
