Congressional Testimony

This page provides a chronological list of Congressional testimony by RAND researchers. You may also view testimony provided as oral remarks or in closed hearings or by topic.

1996

Maintaining Quality of Care in a Cost-Conscious Environment: A National Imperative — 1996

Discusses ways to maintain and improve quality of care so that the best health care organizations survive in a competitive marketplace.

Promoting Commercial Space Activity — 1996

Statement before the Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics, U.S. House of Representatives, July 24, 1996.

Risks to the U.S. Infrastructure from Cyberspace — 1996

Testimony presented by Robert H. Anderson before the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, Government Affairs Committee, U.S. Senate, June 25, 1996.

Economic Perspectives on Revising California’s Zero-Emission Vehicle Mandate — 1996

This publication contains the written statement of Lloyd S. Dixon and Steven Garber delivered on March 28, 1996, to the California Air Resources Board.

1995

U.S. Interests in Europe and NATO Enlargement — 1995

Prepared statement for a hearing before the European Subcommittee of the Foreign Relations Committee of the United States Senate.

Public Costs of Immigration: Testimony Before the Subcommittee on Immigration and Claims, U. S. House of Representatives — 1995

Statement before the Subcommittee on Immigration and Claims, U.S. House of Representatives, April 1995.

Providing an Effective Bomber Force for the Future: The B-2 Debate in Perspective — 1995

Statement prepared for a hearing before the National Defense Subcommittee of the Appropriations Committee, U.S. House of Representatives, May 17, 1995.

Testimony Before the Physician Payment Review Commission: April 27, 1995 — 1995

Testimony given before the Physician Payment Review Commission on April 27, 1995, concerning a RAND-developed method for measuring access to quality care using Medicare claims.

Superfund Liability Reform: Implications for Transaction Costs and Site Cleanup — 1995

This publication contains the written statement of Lloyd S. Dixon submitted on March 10, 1995, to the Subcommittee on Superfund, Waste Control and Risk Assessment of the United States Senate Environment and Public Works Committee.

Improving Jury Comprehension in Criminal and Civil Trials — 1995

This publication contains the written statement of Robert MacCoun submitted on July 27, 1995, to the Judiciary Committee of the California State Senate.

1994

Adequate Control of Weapon-Usable Fissile Materials — 1994

The prepared statement first describes the difficulties in the current ways of controlling fissile materials that can be used to make nuclear bombs.

Plutonium Reprocessing and Nuclear Proliferation — 1994

Prepared statement for a hearing before the Joint Economic Committee, U.S. Congress, June 6, 1994.

Statement on Escrowed Key Proposals Presented to the Subcommittee on Technology, Environment, and Aviation, U.S. House of Representatives — 1994

Verbal statement by Willis H. Ware, Chairman, Computer System Security and Privacy Advisory Board, before the Subcommittee on Technology, Environment, and Aviation, Science and Technology Committee, U.S. House of Representatives, May 3, 1994.

Job Loss Due to Health Care Reform: Testimony before the Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources, October 19, 1993 — 1994

These figures represent less than one-quarter of one percent of all jobs, suggesting job loss is not an important issue in considering the consequences of a mandate.

Limiting the Accumulation of Weapon-Usable Plutonium — 1994

This is congressional testimony for a hearing on "Stemming the Plutonium Tide: Limiting the Accumulation of Weapon-Usable Nuclear Material".

The Widening Income and Wage Gap in the United States — 1994

Testimony prepared for the Subcommittee on Human Resources, House Committee on Ways and Means, October 26, 1993.

Providing an Effective Bomber Force for the Future — 1994

In testimony before the Senate Armed Services Committee, the authors outline RAND's assessment of what is necessary to provide the United States with an effective bomber force for the future.

The Regulation of Commercial Remote Sensing Systems — 1994

This testimony provides a review of U.S. government regulation of commercial remote sensing systems, such as export controls and operating licenses.

Future Career Management Systems for U.S. Military Officers — 1994

Prepared statement for a hearing before the Military Forces and Personnel Subcommittee, House Armed Services Committee, U.S. House of Representatives, September 27,1994.

Job Loss Due to Health Care Reform — 1994

Testimony Before the Subcommittee on Health of the House Committee on Ways and Means, November 4, 1993.

1993

Drug Policy: Recent Lessons — 1993

Testimony Before the Senate Committee on the Judiciary, April 29, 1993.

The World Trade Center Bombing, the Three Mile Island Intrusion and the Potential Threat to U.S. Nuclear Power Plants — 1993

Testimony Before the U.S. Senate Committee on Environment and PublicWorks, Subcommittee on Clean Air and Nuclear Regulation, March 19,1993.

Federal Policy Options for Improving the Education of Low Income Students — 1993

The policies for a new testing system recommended by the NCEST, while perhaps seemingly commonsensical, are unlikely to work and may have serious negative side effects.

ONDCP’s First Four Years as a Policy Agency — 1993

Testimony Before the House Committee on Government Operations, October 5, 1993.

The CHAMPUS Reform Initiative: Implications for Military Health Care Reform — 1993

Discusses RAND's evaluation of the CHAMPUS Reform Initiative, the Department of Defense's large test of a managed care health program.

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