[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 135 (Wednesday, October 10, 2001)]
[Senate]
[Pages S10474-S10475]
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                    AUTHORITY FOR COMMITTEES TO MEET


                     Committee on foreign relations

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Foreign Relations be authorized to meet during the session of the 
Senate on Wednesday, October 10, 2001, at 2:30, to hold a hearing 
titled, `Afghanistan's Humanitarian Crisis.'

     Witnesses

  Panel One: Mr. Alan Kreczko, Acting Assistant Secretary, Bureau of 
Population, Refugees and Migration, Department of State, Washington, 
DC; Mr. Andrew S. Natsios, Administrator, United States Agency for 
International Development, Department of State, Washington, DC; Ms. 
Christina Rocca, Assistant Secretary of State for South Asia, 
Department of State, Washington, DC.
  Panel Two: Mr. Ken Bacon, President, Refugees International, 
Washington, DC; Mr. Nicols de Torrente, Executive Director, Medecins 
Sans Frontieres/Doctors Without Borders, New York, NY; Ms. Eleanor 
Smeal, President, Feminist Majority, Arlington, VA.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


 Subcommittee on oversight of government management, restructuring and 
                        the District of Columbia

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Governmental Affairs' Subcommittee on Oversight of Government 
Management, Restructuring and the District of Columbia be authorized to 
meet on Wednesday, October 10, 2001, at 1 p.m. for a hearing to examine 
``Federal Food Safety Oversight: Does the Fragmented Structure Really 
Make Sense?''
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


       subcommittee on surface transportation and merchant marine

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Subcommittee on Surface Transportation and Merchant Marine of the 
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation be authorized to 
meet on

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Wednesday, October 10, 2001, at 9:30 a.m., on bus and truck security 
and hazardous materials licensing.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                     subcommittee on youth violence

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on the Judiciary Subcommittee on Youth Violence be authorized to meet 
to conduct a hearing on the nomination of John P. Walters to be 
Director of The National Drug Control Policy on Wednesday, October 10, 
2001, at 1:30 p.m., in Dirksen Room 226.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                    select committee on intelligence

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Select 
Committee on Intelligence be authorized to meet during the session of 
the Senate on Wednesday, October 10, 2001, at 2:30 p.m., to hold a 
closed business meeting.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

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