WEDNESDAY, JUNE 16, 1999 - BEGINNING AT 10:00
A.M.
ROOM 1100 LONGWORTH HOUSE OFFICE BUILDING
PANEL:
The Honorable Fortney Pete Stark, M.C., California
The Honorable Benjamin Cardin, M.C, Maryland
The Honorable Nancy L. Johnson, M.C., Connecticut
The Honorable Rob Portman, M.C., Ohio
The Honorable William J. Jefferson, M.C., Louisiana
The Honorable Earl Pomeroy, M.C., North Dakota
PANEL:
John C. Goodman, Ph.D., President and Chief Executive Officer, National Center for Policy Analysis
Stuart Butler, Ph.D., Vice President, Domestic and Economic Policy Studies, Heritage Foundation
Charles N. Kahn III, President, Health Insurance Association of America
Mary Nell Lehnhard, Senior Vice President, Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association
Dan Wilford, President, Memorial Hermann Health System, Houston, Texas, on behalf of the American Hospital Association
Jeanne Hoenicke, Vice President and Deputy General Counsel, American Council of Life Insurance
PANEL:
Jack Stewart, Assistant Director-Pension, Principal Financial Group, Des Moines, Iowa, on behalf of the Association of Private Pensions and Welfare Plans
Paula A. Calimafde, Chair, Small Business Council of America, Bethesda, Maryland, and Member, Board of Directors, Small Business Legislative Council, also on behalf of the American Society of Pension Actuaries, and the Profit Sharing/401(k) Council of America
J. Randall MacDonald, Executive Vice President, Human Resources and Administration, GTE Corporation, Irving, Texas, and Member, Board of Directors, ERISA Industry Committee
James McCarthy, Vice President and Product Development Manager, Private Client Group, Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc., Princeton, New Jersey, on behalf of the Savings Coalition of America
PANEL:
Phyllis Hill Slater, President and Owner, Hill Slater, Inc., Great Neck, New York, and Immediate Past President, National Association of Women Business Owners, Silver Spring, Maryland
Ronald P. Sandmeyer, Jr., President and Chief Executive Officer, Sandmeyer Steel Company, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on behalf of the National Association of Manufacturers
Carl B. Loop, Jr., President, Loop's Nursery and Greenhouses, Inc., President, Florida Farm Bureau, and Vice President, American Farm Bureau Federation
Skylar Thompson, President and Chief Operating Officer, Market Basket Food Stores, Nederland, Texas, on behalf of the National Grocers Association, Reston, Virginia
Michael Coyne, Owner, Tuckerton Lumber Company, Surf City, New Jersey, on behalf of the National Federation of Independent Business
Paul S. Speranza, Jr., Chair, Tax Committee, Greater Rochester New York Metro Chamber of Commerce, and Member, Board of Directors, and Chairman, Taxation Committee, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, and also on behalf of Business Council of New York State, Inc., and Food Marketing Institute