[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 51 (Tuesday, April 30, 2002)]
[Senate]
[Pages S3574-S3575]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                    AUTHORITY FOR COMMITTEES TO MEET


          Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions be authorized to meet for a 
hearing on Richard Carmona, to be Surgeon General and Elias Zerhouni, 
to be Director of the National Institutes of Health during the session 
of the Senate on Tuesday, April 30, 2002, at 10 a.m.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                      Committee on Indian Affairs

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Indian Affairs be authorized to meet on Tuesday, April 30, 2002, at 
9:30 a.m., in room 438A of the Russell Senate Office Building to 
conduct a joint hearing with the Senate Small Business Committee on 
``Small Business Development in Native American Communities: Is the 
Federal Government meeting its obligations?''.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


            Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship

                      committee on indian affairs

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Small Business and Entrepreneurship and the Committee on Indian 
Affairs be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate for a 
joint hearing entitled ``Small Business Development in Native American 
Communities: Is the Federal Government Meeting Its Obligations?'' on 
Tuesday, April 30, 2002,

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beginning at 9:30 a.m., in room 428A of the Russell Senate Office 
Building.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


       subcommittee on Antitrust, business rights and competition

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on the Judiciary Subcommittee on Antitrust, Business Rights and 
Competition be authorized to meet to conduct a hearing on ``Hospital 
Group Purchasing: Lowering Costs at the Expense of Patient Health and 
Medical Innovations?'' on Tuesday, April 30, 2002, at 2:30 p.m., in 
SD226.
  Witness List: Ms. Trisha Barrett BSN, Assistant Director, Materiel 
Services, Value Analysis Facilitator, UCSF Medical Center, San 
Francisco, CA; Mr. Lynn R. Detlor, Principal, GPO Concepts, Inc., San 
Diego, CA; Dr. Mitchell Goldstein, Neonatologist, Citrus Valley Medical 
Center, West Covina, CA; Mr. Joe Kiani, President and Chief Executive 
Officer, Masimo Corporation, Irvine, CA, Mr. Mark McKenna, President, 
Novation, LLC, Irving, TX; Mr. Richard A. Norling, Chief Executive 
Officer, Premier, Inc., San Diego, CA; and Ms. Elizabeth A. Weatherman, 
Managing Director, Warburg Pincus, LLC, New York, NY.
  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 Tuesday, April 30, 2002, at 2:30 p.m., for a hearing to examine 
``Kids and Cafeterias: How Safe are Federal School Lunches?''.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                permanent subcommittee on investigations

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Permanent 
Subcommittee on Investigations of the Committee on Governmental Affairs 
be authorized to meet on Tuesday, April 30, 2002, at 9:30 a.m., for a 
hearing entitled ``Gas Prices: How Are They Really Set?''.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

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