Franklin G. Polk, Minority Staff Director and Chief Counsel
Michal Sue Prosser, Chief Clerk

(II)

Hon. Charles E. Grassley, U.S. Senator from the State of Iowa

Hon. Don Nickles, U.S. Senator from the State of Oklahoma

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Hon. Christopher Shays, Representative in Congress from the State of Con-
necticut....

Hon. Dick Swett, Representative in Congress from the State of New Hamp-
shire .......

Hon. Robert Smith, U.S. Senator from the State of New Hampshire

Norman Ornstein, Resident Scholar, American Enterprise Institute

Thomas Mann, Director of Governmental Studies, Brookings Institution

Nelson Lund, Associate Professor of Law, George Mason University School

of Law.....

Harriett G. Jenkins, Director, Office of Senate Fair Employment Practices,

accompanied by Carl D. Moore, Deputy Director

Michael Davidson, Legal Counsel, U.S. Senate

Robert P. Murphy, Acting General Counsel, General Accounting Office

Ben C. Wimberly, General Counsel, Office of the Architect of the Capitol,

accompanied by J. Raymond Carroll, Director of Engineering

John J. Kominski, General Counsel, Library of Congress

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24

27

29

41

44

52

8

11

54

58

Anthony J. Zagami, General Counsel, Government Printing Office, accom-

panied by Francis W. Biden, Director of Congressional, Legislative, and

Public Affairs .....

Joseph Swerdzewski, General Counsel, Federal Labor Relations Authority

H. Berrien Zettler, Acting Director of Compliance Programs, OSHA

William Gross, Acting Assistant Administrator, Wage and Hour Division,

Employment Standards Administration

S. 29, the Omnibus Congressional Compliance Act of 1993, introduced
by Sen. McCain (Jan. 21, 1993)

77

S. 103, the Congressional and Presidential Accountability Act, introduced

by Sen. Nickles (Jan. 21, 1993)

97

S. 579, the Equity for Congress Act, introduced by Sen. Smith (Mar.
11, 1993)

126

S. 1824, title III, the Congressional Coverage Act, as reported by the

Committee on Rules and Administration (July 1, 1994)

135

S. 2071, the Congressional Accountability Act, introduced by Sen.

Lieberman ("Lieberman-Grassley bill") (May 4, 1994)

180

S. 2194, the Architect of the Capitol Human Resources Act, introduced

by Sen. Mikulski (June 15, 1994)

225

Statement of Senator Thad Cochran

234

Statement of Senator William S. Cohen

234

Prepared statements of witnesses in order of appearance

Statement of Senator Barbara A. Mikulski

235

240

Statement of Gail Del Balzo, General Counsel, Congressional Budget Office ...

Statement of Paul Starr, General Counsel, Office of Technology Assessment

Statment of David C. Frederick, Counsel, Congressional Process Committee,

American Bar Association

321

331

334

Statement of Susan Manes, Vice President for Issue Development, Common

Cause ......

353

Responses of certain witnesses to questions of Senator Cochran

General Accounting Office

364

Senate Legal Counsel ......

377

John J. Kominski, General Counsel, Library of Congress

382

Joseph Swerdzewski, General Counsel, Federal Labor Relations Author-

ity

388

George M. White, Architect of the Capitol

398

Anthony J. Zagami, General Counsel, U.S. Government Printing Office ....

402