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Testimony was heard from the following officials of

the Department of Health and Human Services:

Kathy A. Buto, Associate Administrator, Policy,

Health Care Financing Administration; and George

F. Grob, Deputy Inspector General, Evaluation and

Inspections, Office of the Inspector General; and

public witnesses.

Joint Meetings

EMERGENCY SUPPLEMENTAL

APPROPRIATIONS

Conferees met to resolve the differences between the

Senate- and House-passed versions of H.R. 1158,

making emergency supplemental appropriations for

additional disaster assistance and making rescissions

for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1995, but

did not complete action thereon, and recessed subject

to call.

COMMITTEE MEETINGS FOR THURSDAY,

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MAY 4, 1995

(Committee meetings are open unless otherwise indicated)

Senate

Committee on Appropriations, 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.

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.

Subcommittee on Treasury, Postal Service, and General

Government, 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., SD–138.

Committee on Armed Services, to hold closed and open

hearings on S. 727, authorizing funds for fiscal year 1996

for military activities of the Department of Defense and

the future years defense program, focusing on the Ballistic Missile Defense Organization, 2 p.m., SR–222.

Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs,

Housing Opportunity and Community Development, to

hold hearings on proposals to reform the operation of the

Federal Housing Administration, 9:30 a.m., SD–538.

Committee on the Budget, to continue hearings to examine Medicare solvency, 9 a.m., SD–608.

Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, Subcommittee on Science, Technology, and Space, to hold

oversight hearings to review the high performance computing and communications program and a demonstration

of the World Wide Web, 10 a.m., SR–253.

Committee on Environment and Public Works, Subcommittee on Superfund, Waste Control, and Risk Assessment,

to resume oversight hearings on the implementation of

the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act, 9 a.m., SD–406.

Committee on Finance, to hold hearings on the proposed

vaccines for children program, 9:30 a.m., SD–215.

Committee on Foreign Relations, to hold hearings to examine the incidence of illegal trade in human body parts in

China, 10 a.m., SH–216.

Committee on Governmental Affairs, Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, to resume hearings to review the Navy class oiler contract, 10 a.m., SD–342.

Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Terrorism,

Technology, and Government Information, to hold hearings on proposed counter-terrorism legislation, including

S. 390, to improve the ability of the United States to respond to the international terrorism threat, and S. 735,

to prevent and punish acts of terrorism, 1 p.m., SD–106.

Full Committee, to hold hearings on the nominations

of Peter C. Economus, to be United States District Judge

for the Northern District of Ohio, John Garvan Murtha,

to be United States District Judge for the District of Vermont, Mary Beck Briscoe, of Kansas, to be United States

Circuit Judge for the Tenth Circuit, and George A.

O’Toole, Jr., to be United States District Judge for the

District of Massachusetts, 2 p.m., SD–226.

Committee on Labor and Human Resources, to hold hearings to examine primary health care services, focusing on

access to care in a changing health care delivery system,

9 a.m., SD–430.

NOTICE

For a listing of Senate Committee Meetings scheduled ahead, see pages E951–53 in today’s RECORD.

House

No committee meetings are scheduled.
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Next Meeting of the SENATE

9:30 a.m., Thursday, May 4

Senate Chamber

Program for Thursday: After the recognition of six Senators for speeches and the transaction of any morning

business (not to extend beyond 11:30 a.m.), Senate will

resume consideration of H.R. 956, to establish legal

standards and procedures for product liability litigation,

with votes on certain of the pending amendments to

occur beginning at 12:15 p.m., and votes on motions to

close further debate on Gorton Amendment No. 596, in

the nature of a substitute, to occur thereon.

Next Meeting of the HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

12:30 p.m., Tuesday, May 9

House Chamber

Program for Tuesday: Consideration of the following

Suspension: H.R. 1139, Striped Bass Conservation

Amendments Act of 1995; and

Consideration of H.R. 1361, Coast Guard Authorization Act of fiscal year 1996 (open rule, 1 hour of general

debate).

Extensions of Remarks, as inserted in this issue

HOUSE

Archer, Bill, Tex., E944

Bentsen, Ken, Tex., E945

Berman, Howard L., Calif., E931, E934, E937

Bilirakis, Michael, Fla., E943

Coleman, Ronald D., Tex., E940

Collins, Cardiss, Ill., E933, E936

Coyne, William J., Pa., E934, E937

DeLauro, Rosa L., Conn., E940

Dixon, Julian C., Calif., E932, E936

Gibbons, Sam, Fla., E944

Gillmor, Paul E., Ohio, E933, E937, E941

Hamilton, Lee H., Ind., E931, E934, E938, E941

Hoyer, Steny H., Md., E947

Johnson, Nancy L., Conn., E939

Kaptur, Marcy, Ohio, E946

LaHood, Ray, Ill., E947

Lewis, Jerry, Calif., E933, E936

Lipinski, William O., Ill., E943

Lowey, Nita M., N.Y., E942

McDade, Joseph M., Pa., E948

Maloney, Carolyn B., N.Y., E940, E947

Manton, Thomas J., N.Y., E948

Meek, Carrie P., Fla., E949

Mfume, Kweisi, Md., E945

Morella, Constance A., Md., E939

Parker, Mike, Miss., E931

Richardson, Bill, N. Mex., E932, E935

Rogers, Harold, Ky., E949

Roukema, Marge, N.J., E932, E935, E938

Sanford, Marshall ‘‘Mark’’, S.C., E946

Schroeder, Patricia, Colo., E942

Schumer, Charles E., N.Y., E931, E934, E938, E941

Shuster, Bud, Pa., E939

Smith, Christopher H., N.J., E945

Souder, Mark E., Ind., E948

Stearns, Cliff, Fla., E944

Stupak, Bart, Mich., E948

Underwood, Robert A., Guam, E942

Woolsey, Lynn C., Calif., E943