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“House Committee Meetings” mentioning the Federal Reserve System was published in the Daily Digest section on pages D1274-D1275 on Nov. 13, 1997.
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Committee Meetings
EAST ASIAN ECONOMIC CONDITIONS
Committee on Banking and Financial Services: Held a hearing on East Asian Economic Conditions. Testimony was heard from Alan Greenspan, Chairman, Board of Governors, Federal Reserve System; Lawrence H. Summers, Deputy Secretary, Department of the Treasury; and public witnesses.
TOBACCO SETTLEMENT
Committee on Commerce: Held a hearing on the Tobacco Settlement: Views of the Administration and the State Attorneys General. Testimony was heard from Donna E. Shalala, Secretary of Health and Human Services; Gal Norton, Attorney General, State of Colorado; and Christine Gregorie, Attorney General, State of Washington.
``JOHNNY CHUNG--HIS UNUSUAL ACCESS TO THE WHITE HOUSE, HIS POLITICAL DONATIONS, AND RELATED MATTERS''
Committee on Government Reform and Oversight: Held a hearing on
``Johnny Chung--His Unusual Access to the White House, His Political Donations, and Related Matters''. Testimony was heard from Nancy Hernreich, Deputy Assistant to the President for Appointments and Scheduling, Executive Office of the President; Kelly Crawford, former Staff Assistant to Nancy Hernreich; Maggie Williams, former Chief of Staff to the First Lady, and the following officials from the Democratic National Committee: Carol Khare, Assistant to Donald L. Fowler, Chairman, and Ceandra Scott, staff member.
Hearings continue tomorrow.
MISCELLANEOUS MEASURES
Committee on International Relations: Approved a motion to request the Chairman to place the following resolution on the suspension calender, H. Res. 322, amended, expressing the sense of the House that the United States should act to resolve the crisis with Iraq in a manner that assures destruction of Iraq's ability to produce and deliver weapons of mass destruction, and that peaceful and diplomatic efforts should be pursued, but that if such efforts fail, multilateral military action or, as a last resort, unilateral United States military action should be taken. The Committee also held a hearing on Bonn to Kyoto: The Administration's Position on the Climate Change Treaty. Testimony was heard from Timothy E. Wirth, Under Secretary, Global Affairs, Department of State
NATIONAL BANKRUPTCY REVIEW COMMISSION REPORT
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law held a hearing regarding the National Bankruptcy Review Commission Report. Testimony was heard from the following officials from the National Bankruptcy Review Commission: Brady C. Williamson, Chairman, Judge Edith Hollan Jones, United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, Member, and Babette A. Ceccotti, Member.
U.S. COMPUTER EXPORT CONTROL POLICY
Committee on National Security: Held a hearing on U.S. supercomputer export control policy. Testimony was heard from William A. Reinsch, Secretary, Export Administration, Department of Commerce; following officials from the Department of Defense; Mitchel B. Wallerstein, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Counterproliferation Policy, Stephen Bryen, Former Director Defense Technology Security Administration; and public witnesses.
CONFERENCE REPORT--COMMERCE, JUSTICE, STATE, THE JUDICIARY APPROPRIATIONS ACT
Committee on Rules: Granted, by voice vote, a rule waiving all points of order against the conference report on H.R. 2267, making appropriations for the Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1998, and against its consideration. The rule provides that the conference report shall be considered as read. Testimony was heard from Representative Rogers.
AIRCRAFT MISHAPS--INCREASING NUMBER
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure: Subcommittee on Aviation held a hearing on the increasing number of aircraft mishaps on our Nations's runways. Testimony was heard from Representative Kucinich; Jim Hall, Chairman, National Transportation Safety Board; the following officials from Department of Transportation; Ken Mead, Inspector General; Ronald Morgan, Director of Air Traffic, Federal Aviation Administration, and public witnesses.
