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“Senate Committee Meetings” mentioning the U.S. Dept. of Commerce was published in the Daily Digest section on pages D676-D677 on June 25, 1997.
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Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
AUTHORIZATION--U.S. FIRE ADMINISTRATION/COMMERCIAL SPACE TRANSPORTATION
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Subcommittee on Science, Technology, and Space concluded hearings on proposed legislation authorizing funds for fiscal year 1998 for the United States Fire Administration and the Office of the Associate Administrator for Commercial Space Transportation, after receiving testimony from Carrye B. Brown, Administrator, United States Fire Administration, Federal Emergency Management Agency; Patricia Grace Smith, Acting Associate Administrator for Commercial Space Transportation, Federal Aviation Administration, Department of Transportation; and Keith Calhoun-Senghor, Director, Office of Air and Space Commercialization, Technology Administration, Department of Commerce.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on the Judiciary: Committee concluded hearings on the nominations of Christopher Droney, to be United States District Judge for the District of Connecticut, Katharine Sweeney Hayden, to be United States District Judge for the District of New Jersey, Anthony W. Ishii, to be United States District Judge for the Eastern District of California, Henry Harold Kennedy Jr., to be United States District Judge for the District of Columbia, and Clarence J. Sundram, to be United States District Judge for the Northern District of New York, after the nominees testified and answered questions in their own behalf. Mr. Droney was introduced by Senators Lieberman and Dodd, Ms. Hayden was introduced by Senator Lautenberg, Mr. Ishii was introduced by Senator Boxer and Representative Radanovich, Mr. Kennedy was introduced by Senator Thurmond and District of Columbia Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton, and Mr. Sundram was introduced by Senator Moynihan.
CAMPAIGN FINANCE REFORM
Committee on Rules and Administration: Committee resumed hearings on campaign finance reform proposals, focusing on whether union political contributions are made with voluntarily-paid dues money, and S. 9, to protect individuals from having their money involuntarily collected and used for politics by a corporation or labor organization, receiving testimony from Senators Nickles and Wellstone; Victoria L. Bor, Sherman, Dunn, Cohen, Leifer & Yellig, on behalf of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, and James B. Coppess, on behalf of the Communications Workers of America, both of Washington, D.C.; Raymond J. LaJeunesse, Jr., National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation, Springfield, Virginia, on behalf of the National Right to Work Committee; Bob Williams, Evergreen Freedom Foundation, Olympia, Washington; David Stewart, Transport Workers Union of America, Tulsa, Oklahoma; and Cindy Omlin, Mead, Washington.
Committee recessed subject to call.
GULF WAR ILLNESSES
Committee on Veterans Affairs: Committee resumed hearings to examine the United States Government's response with regard to the disclosure of information on the possible exposure of United States and allied troops to chemical and biological weapons during the Persian Gulf War and the handling of health care concerns of U.S. veterans, focusing on a related General Accounting Office report, receiving testimony from Donna Heivilin, Director of Planning and Reporting, National Security and International Affairs Division, General Accounting Office.
Hearings were recessed subject to call.
