LEGISLATIVE BRANCH APPROPRIATIONS HEARINGS BEFORE A SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ONE HUNDRED FOURTH CONGRESS NOTE: Under Committee Rules, Mr. Livingston, as Chairman of the Full Committee, and Mr. Obey, as Ranking Minority Member of the Full Committee, are authorized to sit as Members of all Subcommittees. COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS BOB LIVINGSTON, Louisiana, Chairman JOSEPH M. McDADE, Pennsylvania JERRY LEWIS, California JOHN EDWARD PORTER, Illinois JIM KOLBE, Arizona BARBARA F. VUCANOVICH, Nevada JIM LIGHTFOOT, Iowa RON PACKARD, California CHARLES H. TAYLOR, North Carolina ERNEST J. ISTOOK, JR., Oklahoma JOE KNOLLENBERG, Michigan JAY DICKEY, Arkansas JACK KINGSTON, Georgia FRANK RIGGS, California RODNEY P. FRELINGHUYSEN, New Jersey ROGER F. WICKER, Mississippi MICHAEL P. FORBES, New York GEORGE R. NETHERCUTT, JR., Washington JIM BUNN, Oregon MARK W. NEUMANN, Wisconsin DAVID R. OBEY, Wisconsin JOHN P. MURTHA, Pennsylvania VIC FAZIO, California W. G. (BILL) HEFNER, North Carolina RICHARD J. DURBIN, Illinois ALAN B. MOLLOHAN, West Virginia MARCY KAPTUR, Ohio DAVID E. SKAGGS, Colorado NANCY PELOSI, California PETER J. VISCLOSKY, Indiana THOMAS M. FOGLIETTA, Pennsylvania ESTEBAN EDWARD TORRES, California NITA M. LOWEY, New York RAY THORNTON, Arkansas JAMES W. DYER, Clerk and Staff Director LEGISLATIVE BRANCH APPROPRIATIONS FOR 1997 TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1996. U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES WITNESSES SCOT M. FAULKNER, CHIEF ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER, OFFICE OF THE CHIEF ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER OF THE HOUSE ISTRATOR, OFFICE OF FI THOMAS E. ANFINSON, ASSOCIATE ADMINISTRATO KENNETH J. MILLER, ASSOCIATE ADMINISTRATOR, HOUSE INFORMA- ROBIN H. CARLE, CLERK, OFFICE OF THE CLERK LINDA G. NAVE, DEPUTY CLERK, OFFICE OF THE CLERK WILSON S. LIVINGOOD, SERGEANT AT ARMS, OFFICE OF THE SERGEANT AT ARMS JOHN W. LAINHART IV, INSPECTOR GENERAL, OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL BOB FREY, DEPUTY INSPECTOR GENERAL, OFFICE OF THE INSPEC- JOHN MILLER, OFFICE OF THE LAW REVISION COUNSEL DR. JOHN F. EISOLD, OFFICE OF THE ATTENDING PHYSICIAN CHAIRMAN PACKARD'S OPENING STATEMENT Mr. PACKARD. Ladies and gentlemen, I think we will begin. It is 1:30, and that is the scheduled beginning time. I would like to make an opening statement, but first I want to welcome Congressman Ray Thornton a member of the subcommittee. I will ask him for opening remarks later on, along with the other members of the subcommittee, but I am particularly grateful to him for being with us. Each Member has received the hearing schedules for the subcommittee. I think we have additional copies if it is necessary, and we can make them available. We start of course today and go through Wednesday of next week. Tomorrow, we will have a full day of hearings, both a morning session and an afternoon session; Thursday, a morning session, and Tuesday of next week a morning and an afternoon session, and hopefully completing our hearings by Wednesday, the 6th of March, in the morning sometime. It is a pleasure now to commence our hearing process this year. This is the second year that we are holding hearings with me being the Chairman, and it is a great privilege to welcome back the same members of the subcommittee: Myself, Bill Young of Florida, who is the Vice Chairman; Charles Taylor of North Carolina; Dan Mil |