THE WHITE HOUSE

Office of the Press Secretary

           PRESS BRIEFINGS ON ADMINISTRATION'S FY '95 BUDGET
             TO BE HELD AT WHITE HOUSE AND CABINET AGENCIES 

The President will be in Houston, Texas, on Monday, February 7 to address the Greater Houston Partnership, regarding his budget for Fiscal Year 1995. Back in Washington, D.C., budget books will be available at the Government Printing Office from 8 - 10:00 am for press, at no charge on a one-per-news organization basis. Books will also be available for purchase.

Office of Management and Budget Director Leon Panetta and Chair of the President's Council of Economic Advisors Laura Tyson will hold a press briefing to discuss the budget on Monday at 10:30 am in Room 450 of the Old Executive Office Building. Press without White House credentials should contact the White House Office of Media Affairs at 202-456-7150 for access to that briefing.

The schedule of briefings on the specific department budgets are as follows. For more information about these briefings, please contact the individual departments.

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

WHO: Deputy Secretary Richard Rominger and Steve Dewhurst, Director of the Office of Budget and Program Analysis

     DATE:     Monday, February 7, 1994
     TIME:     1 pm
     WHERE:    Department of Agriculture, Room 107 A, 

Administration Building, 14th and Independence, SW, Washington, D.C., PH: 720-4623.

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

     WHO:      Secretary Ron Brown
     DATE:     Monday, February 7, 1994
     TIME:     12:15 pm
     WHERE:    Department of Commerce, Room 4830, 14th 

and Pennsylvania Ave., NW, Washington, D.C., PH: 482- 4883.

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

     WHO:      Secretary William Perry
     DATE:     Monday, February 7, 1994
     TIME:     1 pm
     WHERE:    Department of Defense, Room 2e791, 

Public Affairs Studio, PH: 1-703-697-5131.

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

     WHO:      Secretary Richard Riley
     DATE:     Monday, February 7, 1994
     TIME:     1 pm
     WHERE:    Department of Education, Barnard 
Auditorium, 400 Maryland Ave.,     SW, Washington, 

D.C., PH: 401-3026

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

     WHO:      Administrator Carol Browner
     DATE:     Monday, February 7, 1994
     TIME:     2:30 pm
     WHERE:    Environmental Protection Agency, 

Auditorium, 401 M St., SW, Washington, D.C. , PH: 260- 9828.

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

     WHO:      Secretary Donna Shalala
     DATE:     Monday, February 7, 1994
     TIME:     1 pm
     WHERE:    Humphrey Building Auditorium, 200 

Independence Ave., SW, Washington, D.C., PH: 690-7850.

DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

WHO: Secretary Henry Cisneros and all assistant secretaries

     DATE:     Monday, February 7, 1994
     TIME:     1 pm
     WHERE:    Department of Housing and Urban 

Development, Room 10233, 451 7th St., SW, Washington, D.C. , PH: 708-0980.

DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR

     WHO:      Secretary Bruce Babbitt
     DATE:     Monday, February 7, 1994
     TIME:     1 pm
     WHERE:    Department of Interior,  South Building 

Auditorium, 1951 Constitution Ave., NW, Washington, D.C., PH: 208-6416.

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

     WHO:      Attorney General Janet Reno
     DATE:     Monday, February 7, 1994
     TIME:     12 pm
     WHERE:    Department of Justice, Conference Room 

B, Constitution Ave. (center entrance ) between 9th and 10th, NW, Washington, D.C. PH:616-2771.

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

     WHO:      Secretary Robert Reich
     DATE:     Monday, February 7, 1994
     TIME:     12 pm
     WHERE:    Department of Labor, Auditorium, 200 

Constitution Ave., NW, Washington, D.C. , PH: 219-8211.

DEPARTMENT OF STATE

     WHO:      Secretary Warren Christopher
     DATE:     Monday, February 7, 1994
     TIME:     12:30 pm
     WHERE:    Department of State, Briefing Room, 22cd 

and C Sts, NW,Washington, D.C., PH: 647-6607.

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

     WHO:      Secretary Federico Pena
     DATE:     Monday, February 7, 1994
     TIME:     1 pm
     WHERE:    Department of Transportation Media 

Center, Room 2201, 400 7th St., SW, Washington, D.C., PH: 366-4531.

DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS

WHO: Mark Catlett, Assistant Secretary for

Finance and Information Resources Management

     DATE:     Monday, February 7, 1994
     TIME:     3 pm
     WHERE:    Department of Veterans Affairs, 11th 

floor conference room, 801 I St., NW, Washington, D.C. , PH: 535-8159.

SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION

     WHO:      Deputy Administrator Cassandra Pulley
     DATE:     Monday, February 7, 1994
     TIME:     1 pm
     WHERE:    Small Business Administration 

Headquarters, 7th floor conference room, 409 3rd St. SW, Washington, D.C., PH: 205-6740.

OFFICE OF NATIONAL AIDS POLICY

     WHO:      AIDS Policy Coordinator Kristine Gebbie
     DATE:     Monday, February 7, 1994
     TIME:     2:30 pm
     WHERE:    White House Conference Center, Truman 

Room, 726 Jackson Place, NW, Washington, D.C., PH: 632- 1090.

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