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Witnesses testified about U.S. trade policies and participation in the World Trade Organization. Among the issues they addressed were trade relations with China, the impact of the global eco…

Secretaries Dan Glickman, William Daley, and U.S. Trade Representative Charlene Barshefsky testified before the Senate Finance Committee about the upcoming World Trade Organization meeting…

Senators heard testimony about President Clinton’s Medicare plan. Witnesses testified that the plan would make Medicare more competitive and efficient, would add prescription drug coverage,…

U.S. Senators debated amendments to legislation which would provide $778 billion in tax relief. Among the issues discussed were ways to eliminate the “marriage tax,” cut capital gains taxes,…

Senators testified about a Republican plan to provide tax relief. At issue were the size of tax cuts, whether a potential budget surplus should be diverted to Social Security and Medicare, a…

Witnesses testified in front of the Senate Finance Committee about the benefits of providing prescription drug benefits for Medicare recipients. They focused on the increasing cost of develo…

Undersecretary Summers testified about his nomination to replace Secretary Rubin as Secretary of the Treasury. During the hearings he focused on his career and his service at the Department …

U.S. Trade Representative Charlene Barshefsky testified about negotiations to allow China to become a member of the World Trade Organization. She said that acceptance of China into the WTO w…

In the first panel, Senator Specter testified about the bill he created to put a tariff on steel dumping. Senator DeWine testified about the large number of jobs lost in Ohio due to steel du…

Witnesses testified about the future funding of Social Security. Mr. Walker talked about what the president’s proposal does and does not do for Social Security. Mr. Koitz described the opera…

The Senate Finance Committee held a hearing on United States Trade Policy. Treasury Secretary Robert Rubin testified that open trade and open markets at home and abroad were beneficial to th…