[Congressional Record Volume 149, Number 25 (Tuesday, February 11, 2003)]
[Senate]
[Pages S2226-S2227]
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. LOTT. 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 Tuesday, February 11, 2003, at 10 a.m., to 
conduct an oversight hearing on the semi-annual monetary policy report 
of the Federal Reserve. The Committee will also vote on the nomination 
of Mr. William H. Donaldson to be a member of the Securities and 
Exchange Commission.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


           Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation

  Mr. LOTT. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Commerce, Science, and Transportation be authorized to meet on 
Tuesday, February 11, 2003, at 9:30 a.m. on FAA reauthorization.
  THE PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


               Committee on Energy and Natural Resources

  Mr. LOTT. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
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Energy and Natural Resources be authorized to meet during the session 
of the Senate on Tuesday, February 11 at 10 a.m. to consider the 
president's proposed FY 2004 budget for the Department of the Interior.
  THE PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


               Committee on Energy and Natural Resources

  Mr. LOTT. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Energy and Natural Resources be authorized to meet during the 
session of the Senate on Tuesday, February 11, at 2:30 p.m. to consider 
the nomination of Joseph T. Kelliher to be a member of the Federal 
Energy Regulatory Commission.
  THE PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                          Committee on Finance

  Mr. LOTT. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Finance be authorized to meet during the session on Tuesday, 
February 11, 2003, at 10 a.m., to hear testimony on Examination of 
Proposals for Economic Growth and Job Creation: Incentives for 
Consumption.
  THE PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                     committee on foreign relations

  Mr. LOTT. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Foreign Relations be authorized to meet during the session of the 
Senate on Tuesday, February 11, 2003 at 9:30 a.m. to hold a Hearing on 
the Future of Iraq.

                                 Agenda

     Witnesses:

  Panel 1: The Honorable Marc I. Grossman, Undersecretary of State for 
Political Affairs, Department of State, Washington, DC., The Honorable 
Douglas J. Feith, Undersecretary of Defense for Policy, Department of 
Defense, Washington, DC.
  Panel 2: Colonel Scott R. Feil (Ret.), Executive Director, Role of 
American Military Power, Arlington, VA. General Anthony Zinni, (Ret.), 
Former Commander in Chief of U.S. Central Command, Washington, DC., 
Professor Anthony H. Cordesman, Arleigh A. Burke Chair for Strategy, 
Center for Strategic and International Studies, Washington, DC.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


           committee on health, education, labor and pensions

                       committee on the judiciary

  Mr. LOTT. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions and Committee on the 
Judiciary be authorized to meet for a joint hearing on Patient Access 
Crisis: The Role of Medical Litigation during the session of the Senate 
on Tuesday, February 11, 2003, at 2:30 p.m. in SD-106.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                       committee on the judiciary

          committee on health, education, labor, and pensions

  Mr. LOTT. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on the Judiciary be authorized to meet to conduct a joint hearing on 
``Patient Access Crisis: The Role of the Medical Litigation'' on 
Tuesday, February 11, 2003 in Dirksen Room 106 at 2:30 p.m.

     Witness List

  Laurie Peel, Raleigh, NC, Linda McDougal, Woodville, Wisconsin, 
Leanne Dyess, Vicksburg, MS, Jay Angoff, Of Counsel, Roger G. Brown & 
Associates, Jefferson City, MO, Jose Montemayor, Commissioner of 
Insurance, Austin, TX, Shelby Wilbourn, MD, Physician, on behalf of the 
American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Belfast, ME, Lawrence E. 
Smarr, President, Physician Insurers Association of America, Rockville, 
MD.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                    select committee on intelligence

  Mr. LOTT. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Select 
Committee on Intelligence be authorized to meet during the session of 
the Senate on Tuesday, February 11, 2003 at 10 a.m. to hold an open 
hearing and 2:30 p.m. to hold a closed hearing.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                       special committee on aging

  Mr. LOTT. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Special 
Committee on Aging be authorized to meet on Tuesday, February 11, 2003, 
from 10 a.m.-12 p.m. in Dirksen 628 for the purpose of conducting a 
hearing.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

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