[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 8 (Wednesday, February 6, 2002)]
[Senate]
[Pages S431-S432]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                    AUTHORITY FOR COMMITTEES TO MEET


            committee on Banking, housing, and urban affairs

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs be authorized to meet during the 
session of the Senate on Wednesday, February 6, 2002, at 10 a.m., to 
conduct the second in a series of hearings on ``The State of Financial 
Literacy and Education in America.''
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


               committee on energy and natural resources

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate 
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources be authorized to meet during 
the session of the Senate on Wednesday, February 6 at 9:30 a.m., to 
conduct a hearing. The hearing will examine the effects of subtitle B 
of S. 1766, Amendments to the Public Utility Holding Company Act, on 
energy markets and energy consumers.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                          committee on finance

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate 
Committee on Finance be authorized to meet during the session of the 
Senate on Wednesday, February 6, 2002, at 10 a.m., to hear testimony on 
the ``Ongoing U.S. Trade Negotiations.''
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                     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, February 6, 2002, at 10:15 a.m., to hold a hearing 
titled, ``The New Strategic Framework: Implications for U.S. 
Security''.

     Agenda

  Witnesses: The Honorable William J. Perry, Former Secretary of 
Defense, Michael and Barbara Berberian Professor, Stanford University, 
Stanford, CA, and the Honorable Caspar W. Weinberger, Former Secretary 
of Defense, Washington, DC.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                      committee on foreign affairs

  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, February 6, 2002, at 2:30 p.m., to hold a hearing 
title, ``Somalia: U.S. Policy Options''.

                                 Agenda

     Witnesses

  Panel 1: The Honorable Walter Kansteiner, Assistant Secretary for 
African Affairs, Department of State, Washington, DC.
  Panel 2: Dr. Ken Menkhaus, Associate Professor of Political Science,

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Davidson College, Davidson, NC; Dr. David H. Shinn, Former U.S. 
Ambassador to Ethiopia and Special, Coordinator for Somalia, 
Washington, DC; and Mr. Robert MacPherson, Emergency Group Assistance 
Director, CARE, Atlanta, GA.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                       committee on the judiciary

  Mr. REID. I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on the Judiciary 
be authorized to meet to conduct a hearing on ``Accountability Issues: 
Lessons Learned From Enron's Fall'' on Wednesday, February 6, 2002, at 
10 a.m., in Dirksen room 226.
  Witness List: The Honorable Christine O. Gregiore, Attorney General 
of Washington State, Olympia, WA; Mr. Bruce Raynor, President, Union of 
Needletrades, Industrial and Textile Employees (UNITE), New York City, 
NY; Steven Schatz Esq., Wilson, Sonsini, Goodrich & Rosati Professional 
Corporation, Palo Alto, CA; Professor Nelson Lund, George Mason 
University School of Law, Arlington, VA; and Professor Susan P. Koniak, 
Boston University School of Law, Boston, MA.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                       special committee on aging

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Special 
Committee on Aging be authorized to meet on Wednesday, February 6, 
2002, from 9:30 a.m.-12 p.m., in Dirksen 106 for the purpose of 
conducting a hearing.
  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, February 6, 2002, at 10 a.m., to hold an open 
hearing and at 2:30 p.m., to hold a closed hearing on the World Threat.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                         subcommittee on aging

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, Subcommittee on Aging and 
the Special Committee on Aging be authorized to meet for a joint 
hearing on Women and Aging: Bearing the Burden of Long-Term Care during 
the session of the Senate on Wednesday, February 6, 2002, at 9:30 a.m., 
in SD-106.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

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