| RNC Chairman Jim Nicholson named Wisconsin Gov. Tommy Thompson as chair
of the Platform Committee on May 1, 2000. The Platform Committee
held hearings on June 19 in Dayton, Ohio and June 23 in Billings, MT.
The full Platform Committee will meet July 27-29 in Philadelphia, and the
document must then be approved by a majority of the 2,066 delegates to
the Republican National Convention.
Platform Committee (formally Committee on Resolutions)
Chairman
Gov. Tommy Thompson (WI)
Co-Chairs
Sen. Bill Frist (TN)
Rep. Sue Myrick (NC)
The full committee has 107 delegates--one man and one woman from each
state, DC and Puerto Rico and one each from American Samoa, Guam and the
Virgin Islands.
Executive Director Mitch Bainwol
RNC Policy Hearing: Opportunity and Reform
Dayton, OH June 19, 2000
Opening Statements
Education Panel 1: Empowering Parents and Providing Opportunities
for Students
Witnesses:
Lisa Graham Keegan, Arizona Superintendent of Public Instruction
Frank T. Brogan, Lt. Governor of Florida
Pilar Gomez, parent with 3 children in Milwaukee Parental Choice
Program
David Brennan, Chairman, White Hat Management; Founder, Hope
Academies
Anne Higdon and Students from ISUS Trade and Technology Prep Charter
School, Dayton, Ohio
Morning Break
Education Panel 2: Strengthening Accountability and Improving
Low-performing Schools
Witnesses:
Eugene Hickok, Pennsylvania Secretary of Education; Chairman,
Education Leaders Council
Dr. Rod Paige, Superintendent of Houston Public Schools
Nancy Ichinaga, Principal, Bennett Kew Elementary, Inglewood,
CA
Eric Hanushek, Professor, University of Rochester
Lunch Break
Panel 3: Preserving and Strengthening our Medicare Program to Provide
Better Health Care for Seniors
Witnesses:
Dr. Gail R. Wilensky, John M. Olin Senior Fellow at Project
HOPE; Chair, Medicare Payment Advisory Committee
Dr. Robert Waller, President Emeritus, Mayo Foundation; Chairman,
Healthcare Leadership Council
Senator Bill Frist (TN)
Art Linkletter, National Spokesperson, United Seniors Association
Afternoon Break
Panel 4: Saving Social Security and Helping Individuals Build Wealth
Witnesses:
Congressman Rob Portman (OH), Second District of Ohio
Michael Baroody, on behalf of the Alliance for Worker Retirement
Security
Maya MacGuineas, on behalf of Third Millennium
Don Senese, 60 Plus Association
Listening to Dayton
Concluding Remarks
RNC Policy Hearing: National Security, Community Renewal and Western
Issues
Billings, MT June 23, 2000
Opening Statements
Panel 1: National Security
Witnesses:
The Honorable Richard Perle, former Assistant Secretary of Defense
The Honorable Dov Zakheim, CEO, SPC International Corp, former
Deputy Undersecretary of Defense
The Honorable Paula Dobriansky, Vice President and Director,
Council on Foreign Relations, former member, President Reagan's National
Security staff
The Honorable John Bolton, Senior Vice President, American Enterprise
Institute, former Assistant Secretary of State for International Organization
Affairs
Morning Break
Panel 2: Community Renewal
Witnesses:
David Caprara, President, Empowerment Network; Policy Director,
National Center for Neighborhood Enterprise
Rev. Herbert Lusk, People for People, Philadelphia, PA
Bishop Michael E. Dantley, Christ Emmanuel Christian Fellowship,
Cincinnati, OH
Bobby Polito, President, Faithworks, International, Milwaukee,
WI
Lunch Break
Western Issues
Witnesses:
John Franklin, President, CEO, 1st Bank, Sidney, Montana
Geoff Feiss, General Manger, Montana Telecommunications Association
Lynn Cornwell, President-elect, National Cattlemen's Beef Association
Ralph Peck, Director, Montana Department of Agriculture
Bruce Vincent, League of Conservation of Rural Voters
Short Break
Listening to Montana
Concluding Comments |