[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 28 (Wednesday, March 13, 2002)]
[Senate]
[Pages S1866-S1867]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                    AUTHORITY FOR COMMITTEES TO MEET


                      committee on armed services

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the committee 
on armed services be authorized to meet during the session of the 
senate on Wednesday, March 13, 2002, at 9:30 A.M., in open session to 
receive testimony on the Defense Health Program in Review of the 
Defense Authorization request for Fiscal year 2003.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


            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, March 13, 2002, at 10 A.M., to 
conduct an oversight hearing on ``Transit in the 21st Century: 
Successes and Challenges.''
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


          committee on commerce, science , and transportation

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Commerce, Science, and Transportation be authorized to meet on the 
nominations of Robert Watson Cobb to be Inspector General and MG 
Charles Bolden, Jr., to be Deputy Administrator of NASA, at 2:30 P.M., 
on March 13, 2002.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


               committee on environment and public works

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Environment and Public Works be authorized to meet on Wednesday, 
March 13, 2002, at 9:30 a.m., to hold a hearing to receive testimony on 
the economic and environmental risks associated with increasing 
greenhouse gas emissions. The hearing will be held in SD-406.
  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, March 13, 2002, at 5 p.m., to hold a nomination 
hearing.

     Agenda

  Nominee: The Honorable Robert Finn, of New York, to be Ambassador to 
Afghanistan.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                   committee on governmental affairs

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Governmental Affairs be authorized to meet on Wednesday, March 13, 
2002, at 9:30 a.m., to hold a hearing entitled ``Public Health and 
Natural Resources: A Review of the Implementation of Our Environmental 
Laws, Part II.''
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                       subcommittee on strategic

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Subcommittee on Strategic of the Committee on Armed Services be 
authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on Wednesday, March 
13, 2002, at 2:30 p.m., in open session to receive testimony on 
ballistic missile defense acquisition policy and oversight, in review 
of the Defense authorization request for fiscal year 2003.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


    Subcommittee on Technology, Terrorism and Government Information

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on the Judiciary Subcommittee on Technology, Terrorism and Government 
Information be authorized to meet to conduct a hearing on ``Narco-
Terror: The Worldwide Connection Between Drugs and Terrorism'' on 
Wednesday, March 13, 2002, at 10 a.m., in Dirksen 226.

     Witness List

  Panel I: Asa Hutchinson, Administrator, Drug Enforcement 
Administration; R. Rand Beers, Assistant Secretary, Bureau for 
International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs,

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Department of State; and Richard Newcomb, Director, Office of Foreign 
Assets Control, Department of Treasury.
  Panel II: Curtis Kamman, Former United States Ambassador to Colombia, 
Department of State, Washington, DC; Michael Shifter, Adjunct Professor 
and Program Director, Inter-American Dialogue, Center for Latin 
American Studies, School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University, 
Washington, DC; R. Grant Smith, Former United States Ambassador to 
Tajikistan, United States Department of State, Washington, DC; and 
Martha Brill Olcott, Senior Associate, Carnegie Endowment for 
International Peace, Washington, DC.
  The PRESIDENT OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

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