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“Senate Committee Meetings” mentioning the U.S. Dept. of Justice was published in the Daily Digest section on pages D950-D951 on Sept. 16, 1997.
The publication is reproduced in full below:
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Armed Services: Committee concluded hearings on the nominations of Gen. Michael E. Ryan, USAF, to be Chief of Staff, United States Air Force, Adm. Harold W. Gehman Jr., USN, to be Commander-in-
Chief, United States Atlantic Command, and Lt. Gen. Charles E. Wilhelm, USMC, to be Commander-in-Chief, United States Southern Command and for appointment to the grade of general, after the nominees testified and answered questions in their own behalf.
FINANCIAL INSTRUMENT FRAUD
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Subcommittee on Financial Services and Technology concluded hearings to examine the widespread growth of fraud using financial institutions, focusing on national security implications, organized crime involvement, and the types of counterfeit financial instruments being circulated, after receiving testimony from Charles L. Owens, Chief, Financial Crimes Section, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Department of Justice; Dana Brown, Deputy Special Agent in Charge, Financial Crimes Division, U.S. Secret Service, Department of the Treasury; Robert M. Edmund, Edmund Scientific Company, Barrington, New Jersey; Dennis Brosan, Visa U.S.A., Inc., Washington, D.C.; Roger Leblond, Pacific Southwest Bank, Corpus Christi, Texas; and Diana Christiansen, Provo, Utah.
TOBACCO ADVERTISING
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee held hearings to examine the effect of tobacco advertising and marketing on children and the advertising restrictions included in the proposed settlement between State Attorneys General and tobacco companies to mandate a total reformation and restructuring of how tobacco products are manufactured, marketed and distributed in America, receiving testimony from Matthew L. Myers, National Center for Tobacco-Free Kids, and Shirley Igo, National PTA, both of Washington, D.C.; Alfred Munzer, Washington Adventist Hospital, Takoma Park, Maryland, on behalf of the American Lung Association; Joseph R. Difranza, University of Massachusetts Medical Center, Worcester, on behalf of STAT (Stop Teenage Addiction to Tobacco); and D. Scott Wise, Davis Polk & Wardwell, New York, New York.
Hearings were recessed subject to call.
CAMPAIGN FINANCING INVESTIGATION
Committee on Governmental Affairs: Committee resumed hearings to examine certain matters with regard to the committee's special investigation on campaign financing, receiving testimony from Karl Jackson, U.S.-Thailand Business Council, Beth E. Dozoretz, Democratic National Committee, Rawlein Soberano, Asian-American Business Round Table, and Clarke Southall Wallace, all of Washington, D.C.
Hearings continue tomorrow.
