WITNESS LIST FOR MARCH 17 HEARING ON INDEPENDENT COUNSEL ACT

The following press release was published by the U.S. Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs on March 10, 1999. It is reproduced in full below.

WASHINGTON -- Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman Fred Thompson (R-TN) and Ranking Member Joseph Lieberman (D-CT) today announced the committee will hear testimony from the following witnesses regarding the future of the Independent Counsel Act on Wednesday, March 17, beginning at 9:30 a.m. in 216 Hart:

Panel I

Janet Reno

U.S. Attorney General

Panel II

John Q. Barrett

Former Associate Independent Counsel for the Iran-Contra Investigation

Philip B. Heymann

Former Deputy Attorney General and Associate Watergate Special Prosecutor

Charles G. La Bella

Former Supervising Attorney for the Justice Department’s Campaign Financing Task Force

Source: U.S. Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs