May 19, 1995 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD— SENATE S7021 

percent of the additional deficit reduction 

specified under subsection (d).

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NOTICE OF HEARINGS 

COMMITTEE ON ENERGY AND NATURAL

RESOURCES

Mr. MURKOWSKI. Mr. President, I 

would like to announce for the information of the Senate and the public 

the scheduling of 3 days of field hearings in Alaska before the full Committee on Energy and Natural Resources regarding the implementation 

of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act and the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act. 

The first hearing will take place on 

Wednesday, May 31, 1995, beginning at 

1:30 p.m. in the auditorium of the Anchorage Museum of History and Art, 

121 W. Seventh Avenue, Anchorage, AK 

99501. The committee will receive testimony on the regulation of the use of 

Federal lands by inholders, miners, 

guides, tour operators, hunters, fishermen, and others who had access and 

use rights protected by the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation 

Act. 

The second hearing will be held on 

Thursday, June 1, 1995, beginning at 

12:30 p.m. at the Elks Club, Wrangell, 

AK. Testimony will be received on the 

impact of administration of the 

Tongass National Forest on the timber 

dependent communities and opportunities for economic recovery. 

The third hearing will be held on Friday, June 2, 1995, beginning at 1:30 p.m. 

in the Pioneer room of the Carlson 

Center, 2010 Second Avenue, Fairbanks, 

AK 99701. Testimony will be received 

on the regulation of the use of Federal 

lands by inholders, miners, guides, tour 

operators, hunters, fishermen, and others who had access and use rights protected by the Alaska National Interest 

Lands Conservation Act. 

Because of the limited time available 

for the hearings, witnesses may testify 

by invitation only. It will be necessary 

to place witnesses in panels and place 

time limits on oral testimony. Witnesses testifying at the hearings are requested to bring three copies of their 

testimony with them on the day of the 

hearing. Please do not submit testimony in advance of the hearing. 

The hearing record will remain open 

for 2 weeks following each hearing. If 

you wish to submit a written statement for the hearing record, please 

send one copy of your statement to the 

Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, U.S. Senate, Washington, DC 

20510. 

For further information regarding 

the hearings, please contact Andrew 

Lundquist or Mark Rey at 202–224–6170. 

SUBCOMMITTEE ON FORESTS AND PUBLIC LAND

MANAGEMENT

Mr. CRAIG. Mr. President, I would 

like to announce for the information of 

the Senate and the public that an oversight hearing has been scheduled before 

the Subcommittee on Forests and Public Land Management to review the 

Forest Service’s reinvention proposal 

and the proposed national forest planning regulations. 

The hearing will take place on Thursday, June 8, 1995, at 2 p.m. in room SD–

366 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building in Washington, DC. 

Those wishing to testify or who wish 

to submit written statements, should 

write to the Subcommittee on Forests 

and Public Land Management, Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, U.S. Senate, Washington, DC 

20510. For further information, please 

contact Mark Rey at (202) 224

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–6170. 

AUTHORITY FOR COMMITTEES TO 

MEET 

COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN RELATIONS

Mr. PACKWOOD. Mr. President, I ask 

unanimous consent that the Committee on Foreign Relations be authorized to meet during the session of the 

Senate on Friday, May 19, 1995, at 11 

a.m. 

The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without 

objection, it is so ordered. 

SUBCOMMITTEE ON EDUCATION, ARTS AND

HUMANITIES

Mr. PACKWOOD. Mr. President, I ask 

unanimous consent that the Subcommittee on Education, Arts and Humanities of the Committee on Labor 

and Human Resources be authorized to 

meet for a hearing on the role of business in vocational education, during 

the session of the Senate on Friday, 

May 19, 1995, at 9:30 a.m. 

The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without 

objection, it is so ordered. 

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ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS 

THE DEPARTURE OF THE HONORABLE NORA SLATKIN, ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF THE NAVY 

FOR ACQUISITION 

∑ Mr. DODD. Mr. President, I want to 

take a moment to pay tribute to an 

outstanding public servant who will be 

leaving the Department of Defense 

today to continue her contributions to 

the Nation at the Central Intelligence 

Agency. This dedicated and thoughtful 

servant needs no formal introduction 

to those familiar with the complexities 

of our Nation’s defense budget. I am of 

course speaking of Assistant Secretary 

of the Navy for Acquisition, Ms. Nora 

Slatkin. 

In the years preceding her appointment to the Department of the Navy, 

Ms. Slatkin served as a senior staff 

member and adviser to Les Aspin, then 

chairman of the House Armed Services 

Committee. During her tenure with the 

committee, Ms. Slatkin often staffed 

the most difficult of hearings involving 

not only current program acquisition, 

but research and development investments for the future. She is truly one 

of our Nation’s brightest stars in defense policy. 

As Assistant Secretary of the Navy, 

Ms. Slatkin has presided over some of 

the most difficult procurement decisions before the Department in recent 

decades. Her tenure has been marked 

by sound, articulate judgment and 

careful analysis. More importantly, she 

has further strengthened her reputation for honesty, integrity, and fairness—qualities often desired but not always achieved. 

Ms. Slatkin truly deserves our 

thanks for her service to the Nation 

and the Navy. I wish her well and much 

success in her new position at the Central Intelligence Agency.

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NATIONAL DEFENSE 

TRANSPORTATION DAY 

∑ Mr. WARNER. Mr. President, today, 

as we celebrate National Defense 

Transportation Day, I rise to recognize 

the important contributions that the 

people who serve in military transportation specialties, as well as those who 

work in the U.S. civil transportation 

industry, have made to the security of 

our Nation. 

As our military increasingly becomes 

a U.S.-based, power projection force, 

our transportation assets become an 

even more crucial element of the national defense. Without possessing the 

ability to rapidly and efficiently move 

our service personnel and their equipment into an overseas theater of operations, all of the money we have spent 

and all of the effort we have put into 

building the strongest armed force in 

the world would be for naught. 

I am sure that we all can vividly recall the Herculean effort our military 

and civilian transporters made during 

Operation Desert Shield in moving 

large numbers of people and massive 

amounts of materiel from two continents into the Persian Gulf region, in 

record time. As our military leaders 

can attest, that transportation capability served as a combat multiplier, 

and played a significant role in our decisive victory. 

Today, the many people involved in 

U.S. defense transportation continue 

the long tradition of excellence in service to the Nation. Whether military or 

civilian; manufacturers or operators; 

air transporters, sea transporters, or 

ground transporters; these Americans 

represent the very best our Nation has 

to offer. I commend them for their hard 

work and their many contributions to 

national security. 

I would also like to take this opportunity to recognize the National Defense Transportation Association 

[NDTA], headquartered in Alexandria, 

VA. Within a membership of over 8,000 

people, configured into 70 chapters 

within the United States and overseas, 

the NDTA has served as a catalyst in 

building the critically important military-private sector partnership for defense transportation. In this, its 51st 

year, NDTA continues to play a vital 

role in keeping the American defense 

transportation capability the best in 

the world. 

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