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“Senate Committee Meetings” mentioning the U.S. Dept of Agriculture was published in the Daily Digest section on pages D846-D847 on July 29, 1997.
The publication is reproduced in full below:
Committee Meetings
(Committees not listed did not meet)
AGRICULTURAL PRICE VOLATILITY
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: Committee concluded hearings to examine the impact of the Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act (P.L. 104-127) on price and income volatility in agricultural markets and the Federal Government's role to manage volatility, after receiving testimony from Keith Collins, Chief Economist, Department of Agriculture; Leland H. Swenson, National Farmers Union, Aurora, Colorado; Michael R. Dicks, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater; Ken Rulon, Rulon Enterprises, Cicero, Indiana; Duane Fischer, Scoular Company, Omaha, Nebraska, on behalf of the National Grain and Feed Association; N. Alan Bair, Pennsylvania State University, Middletown; Edward T. Coughlin, National Milk Producers Federation, Arlington, Virginia; and Gary A. Corbett, Dean Foods Company, Rockford, Illinois, on behalf of the International Dairy Foods Association.
ATM NETWORKS
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs: Committee concluded hearings to examine automated teller machine (ATM) network operations and the practice of surcharging by banks and thrifts with regard to ATMs, and S. 885, to limit fees charged by financial institutions for the use of automatic teller machines, after receiving testimony from Donald I. Baker, Baker & Miller, G. Henry Mundt, III, Cirrus System, Inc., and Anthony N. McEwen, PLUS ATM/Visa U.S.A., all of Washington, D.C.; Thomas M. Caron, Easton Cooperative Bank, Easton, Massachusetts, on behalf of the Community Bank League of New England; Allen I. Olson, Independent Community Bankers of Minnesota, Eagan; and John G. Bascom, Magic Line, Inc., Dearborn, Michigan.
GLOBAL TOBACCO SETTLEMENT
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee held hearings to examine commerce related issues with regard to the proposed Global Tobacco Settlement which will mandate a total reformation and restructuring of how tobacco products are manufactured, marketed, and distributed in America, and its long-term impact on children and the public health, receiving testimony from C. Everett Koop, former Surgeon General of the Public Health Service, and David A. Kessler, former Commissioner of Food and Drugs, both of the Department of Health and Human Services, both on behalf of the Advisory Committee on Tobacco Policy and Public Health; Minnesota Attorney General Hubert H. Humphrey III, St. Paul; Arizona Attorney General Grant Woods, Phoenix; Washington Attorney General Christine Gregoire, Olympia; and Mississippi Attorney General Mike Moore, Jackson.
Hearings were recessed subject to call.
ALASKA LANDS
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: Committee concluded hearings on the following bills:
S. 967, to make certain technical changes to the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act and the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act to benefit Alaska Natives and rural residents, after receiving testimony from Deborah L. Williams, Special Assistant to the Secretary of the Interior for Alaska; William P. Horn, Washington, D.C., on behalf of the Alaska Professional Hunters Association and the Alaska Professional Sportfish Coalition; Matthew Nicolai, Calista Corporation, and Allen E. Smith, Wilderness Society, both of Anchorage, Alaska; Michael Sheldon, Southeast Alaska ANCSA Land Acquisition Coalition
(SAALAC), Petersburg; and Bart Koehler, Southeast Alaska Conservation Council, and Robert W. Loescher, Sealaska Corporation, both of Juneau, Alaska; and
S. 1015, to provide for the exchange of lands within Admiralty Island National Monument in Alaska, after receiving testimony from Janice McDougle, Associate Deputy Chief, and Eleanor Towns, Director of Lands, both of the Forest Service, Department of Agriculture; Mayor Peter Hallgren, and Charles E. Horan, Horan, Corak and Co., both of Sitka, Alaska; and James F. Clark, Alaska Pulp Corporation, Juneau, Alaska.
NOMINATIONS
Committee on Foreign Relations: Committee concluded hearings on the nominations of Philip Lader, of South Carolina, to be Ambassador to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Felix George Rohatyn, of New York, to be Ambassador to France, Keith C. Smith, of California, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Lithuania, Richard Dale Kauzlarich, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina, James W. Pardew Jr., of Virginia, for the Rank of Ambassador during his tenure of service as U.S. Special Representative for Military Stabilization in the Balkans, Anne Marie Sigmund, of the District of Columbia, to be Ambassador to the Kyrgyz Republic, and Daniel V. Speckhard, of Wisconsin, to be Ambassador to the Republic of Belarus, after the nominees testified and answered questions in their own behalf. Mr. Lader was introduced by Senator Thurmond.
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 Jerome Campane, Special Agent, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Department of Justice, detailed to the Committee as a Special Investigator; and Yue F. Chu and Xi Ping Wang, both of Gaithersburg, Maryland.
Hearings continue tomorrow.
JUDICIAL ACTIVISM
Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on the Constitution, Federalism, and Property Rights concluded hearings to examine certain issues with regard to the constitutional role of Federal judges to decide cases and controversies, focusing on the problem and impact of judicial activism, whereby Federal judges' decisions are based on policy preferences, focusing on proposals to ensure that the Federal courts are kept within their proper constitutional role, including S.J. Res. 26, proposing a constitutional amendment to establish limited judicial terms of office, after receiving testimony from Senator Robert Smith; Representatives Delahunt and Canady; Timothy E. Flanigan, Great Falls, Virginia, former Assistant Attorney General, Office of Legal Counsel, Department of Justice; and Thomas L. Jipping, Center for Law and Democracy, and Elliot M. Mincberg, People for the American Way, both of Washington, D.C.
EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES
Committee on Labor and Human Resources: Committee concluded hearings on proposals to improve educational opportunities for low-income children, including provisions of S. 847, to provide scholarship assistance for District of Columbia elementary and secondary school students, after receiving testimony from Texas State Representative Glenn Lewis, Fort Worth; Dolores Fridge, Minnesota Department of Human Rights, St. Paul; Howard Fuller, Institute for the Transformation of Learning/Marquette University, Alex Molnar, University of Wisconsin, and Zakiya Courtney, Parents for School Choice, all of Milwaukee, Wisconsin; Barbara S. Lewis, Families Organized for Real Choice in Education, Indianapolis, Indiana; Alieze Stallworth, District of Columbia Parent Teachers Association, Washington, D.C., on behalf of the National Parent Teachers Association; Paul E. Peterson, Harvard University Department of Government, Cambridge, Massachusetts; and Pam Ballard, Cleveland, Ohio.
