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the Department of Education; Rhode Island Commissioner of Education Peter McWalters, Providence,

on behalf of the Council of Chief State School Officers; Phyllis Hudecki, National Center for Research

in Vocational Education, Berkeley, California; Marcia

Baker, Burlington Technical Center, Burlington,

Vermont; Susan Brown, Southern Maine Technical

College, South Portland, on behalf of the Maine

Youth Apprenticeship Program; David Mertes, California Community Colleges, Sacramento; and Roy

Peters, Jr., Oklahoma Department of Vocational and

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Technical Education, Stillwater.

House of Representatives

The House was not in session today. Its next

meeting will be held at 12:30 p.m. on Monday,

May 1.

Committee Meetings

ADMINISTRATION’S DEFENSE BUDGET

Committee on the Budget: Held a hearing on the Administration’s Defense Budget: Bottom Up or Belly

Up? Testimony was heard from William J. Perry,

Secretary of Defense; and Frank C. Conahan, Special

Assistant to the Comptroller General, National Security and International Affairs Programs, GAO.

COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR FRIDAY,

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Senate

No committee meetings are scheduled.

House

No committee meetings are scheduled.

CONGRESSIONAL PROGRAM AHEAD

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Week of May 1 through 6, 1995

Senate Chamber

On Monday and Tuesday, Senate will resume consideration of H.R. 956, Product Liability Fairness

Act.

During the balance of the week, Senate expects to

continue consideration of H.R. 956, Product Liability Fairness Act, and consider conference reports,

when available, and any cleared legislative and executive business.

(Senate will recess on Tuesday, May 2, 1995, from

12:30 p.m. until 2:15 p.m., for respective party conferences.)

Senate Committees

(Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)

Committee on Appropriations: May 1 and 4, Subcommittee

on Treasury, Postal Service, and General Government,

Monday, to hold hearings on the Oklahoma City bombing, 2 p.m.; Thursday, to hold hearings on proposed

budget estimates for fiscal year 1996 for the United

States Postal Service and the Office of Management and

Budget, 2 p.m.; Monday in SD–106 and Thursday in

SD–138.

May 2, Subcommittee on Interior, to hold hearings on

proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1996 for the

Forest Service of the Department of Agriculture, 9 a.m.,

SD–138.

May 2, Subcommittee on Defense, to hold hearings on

proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1996 for the

Department of Defense, focusing on the ballistic missile

program, 9:30 a.m., SD–192.

May 3, Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, and Related Agencies, to hold hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1996 for the Department of Agriculture, 10 a.m., SD–138.

May 4, Subcommittee on Transportation, to hold hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1996 for

the United States Coast Guard, Department of Transportation, 10 a.m., SD–192.

May 4, Subcommittee on Foreign Operations, to hold

hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year

1996 for foreign assistance programs, 10:30 a.m.,

SD–138.

May 4 and 5, Subcommittee on Labor, Health and

Human Services, and Education, to hold hearings on proposed budget estimates for fiscal year 1996, Thursday, for

the National Institutes of Health, Department of Health

and Human Services, 2 p.m.; Friday, to hold hearings on

issues of waste, fraud and abuse in the Medicare program,

9:30 a.m.; SD–192.

Committee on Armed Services: May 2, Subcommittee on

Strategic Forces, to resume hearings on proposed legislation authorizing funds for fiscal year 1996 for the Department of Defense and the future years defense program, focusing on space programs, and to review the Department

of Defense’s Space Management Initiative, 9:30 a.m.,

SR–222.

May 2, Full Committee, to hold hearings on the nominations of Gen. Dennis J. Reimer, USA, to be Chief of

Staff of the Army, and for reappointment to the grade of