[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 2 (Thursday, January 24, 2002)]
[Senate]
[Pages S107-S108]
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                    AUTHORITY FOR COMMITTEES TO MEET


           committee on commerce, science, and transportation

  Mr. BREAUX. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Commerce, Science, and Transportation be authorized to meet on 
Thursday, January 24, 2002, at 9 a.m., on the nomination of Dr. James 
Mahoney to be Assistant Secretary for Oceans and Atmosphere and Deputy 
Administrator for the National Oceanic and Atmosphere Administration.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


           committee on commerce, science, and transportation

  Mr. BREAUX. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Commerce, Science, and Transportation be authorized to meet on 
Thursday, January 24, 2002, at 9:30 on national security, safety, 
technology and employment implications of increasing the cafe 
standards.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


               committee on environment and public works

  Mr. BREAUX. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Environment and Public Works be authorized to meet on Thursday, 
January 24, 2002, at 9:30 a.m., to conduct a hearing entitled, 
``Partner's for America's Transportation Future.'' The hearing will 
focus on the lessons learned from TEA-21 and perspectives on 
reauthorization from the Federal, State and local level. The hearing 
will be held in SD-406.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


               committee on environment and public works

  Mr. BREAUX. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Environment and Public Works be authorized to meet on Thursday, 
January 24, 2002, at 2:30 p.m., to hear from the following nominees 
pending before the committee: Linda Morrison Combs to be Chief 
Financial Officer of the Environmental Protection Agency; J. Paul 
Gilman to be Assistant Administrator of the Environmental Protection 
Agency; and Morris X. Winn to be Assistant Administrator of the 
Environmental Protection Agency. The hearing will be held in SD-406.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                   Committee on Governmental Affairs

  Mr. BREAUX. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Governmental Affairs be authorized to meet on Thursday, January 24, 
2002, at 10 a.m., to hold a hearing entitled ``The Fall of Enron: How 
Could It Have Happened?''
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

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          Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions

  Mr. BREAUX. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions be authorized to meet for a 
hearing on Early Learning: Investing In Our Children, Investing In Our 
Future, during the session of the Senate on Thursday, January 24, 2002, 
9:45 a.m.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                       committee on the judiciary

  Mr. BREAUX. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on the Judiciary be authorized to meet to conduct a hearing on 
``Judicial Nominations'' on Thursday, January 24, 2002, at 2 p.m., in 
Dirksen Room 226.

                         Tentative Witness List

  Panel I: The Honorable Charles E. Grassley; the Honorable Tom D. 
Harkin; the Honorable John B. Breaux; the Honorable Ben Nighthorse 
Campbell; the Honorable Jon Kyl; the Honorable Wayne Allard; the 
Honorable Mary L. Landrieu; and the Honorable Eleanor Holmes Norton.
  Panel II: Michael Melloy to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth 
Circuit.
  Panel III: Robert Blackburn to be U.S. District Court Judge for the 
District of Colorado; James Gritzner to be U.S. District Court Judge 
for the Southern District of Iowa; Cindy Jorgenson to be U.S. District 
Court Judge for the District of Arizona; Richard Leon to be U.S. 
District Court Judge for the District of Columbia; and Jay Zainey to be 
U.S. District Court Judge for the Eastern District of Louisiana.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

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