[Congressional Record Volume 149, Number 155 (Thursday, October 30, 2003)]
[Senate]
[Pages S13695-S13696]
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                    AUTHORITY FOR COMMITTEES TO MEET


                       Committee on the Judiciary

  Mr. COCHRAN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Committee on the Judiciary be authorized to meet to conduct a hearing 
on Thursday, October 30, 2003, at 2:00 p.m., on ``Monopsony Issues in 
Agriculture: Buying Power of Processors in Our Nation's Agricultural 
Markets,'' in the Dirksen Senate Office Building Room 226.

                             Witness list:

       ``Monopsony Issues in Agriculture: Buying Power of 
     Processors in Our Nation's Agricultural Markets'' Thursday, 
     October 30, 2003, 2:00 p.m., SD-226.
       Panel I: The Honorable R. Hewitt Pate, Assistant Attorney 
     General for Antitrust, U.S. Department of Justice, 
     Washington, DC.
       Panel II: Dr. Dee Von Bailey, Professor and Extension 
     Economist, Department of Economics, Utah State University, 
     Logan, UT; Dr. Ronald W. Cotterill, Professor of Agricultural 
     and Resource Economics, University of Connecticut, Storrs, 
     CT; Professor Peter Carstensen, George H. Young-Bascom 
     Professor of Law, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, 
     WI.

  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                     committee on foreign relations

  Mr. COCHRAN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Committee on Foreign Relations be authorized to meet during the session 
of the Senate on Thursday, October 30, 2003 at 9 a.m. to hold a hearing 
on Syria: U.S. Policy Directions.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                     committee on foreign relations

  Mr. COCHRAN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Committee on Foreign Relations be authorized to meet during the session 
of the Senate on Thursday, October 30, 2003 at 2:30 p.m. to hold a sub 
committee hearing on North Korea.

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  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                     committee on foreign relations

  Mr. COCHRAN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Committee on Foreign Relations be authorized to meet during the session 
of the Senate on Thursday, October 30, 2003 at 2:30 p.m. to hold a sub 
committee hearing on Combating Transnational Crime & Corruption in 
Europe.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                     committee on veterans affairs

  Mr. COCHRAN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Committee on Veterans' Affairs be authorized to meet during the session 
of the Senate on Thursday, October 30, 2003, for a hearing to consider 
the nominations of Cynthia R. Church, to be Assistant Secretary of 
Veterans Affairs for Public and Intergovernmental Affairs, and Robert 
N. McFarland, to be Assistant Secretary of Veterans Affairs for 
Information and Technology. The hearing will take place in room 418 of 
the Russell Senate Office Building at 2 p.m.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                    select committee on intelligence

  Mr. COCHRAN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Select 
Committee on Intelligence be authorized to meet during the session of 
the Senate on Thursday, October 30, 2003 at 2:30 p.m. to hold a closed 
hearing.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                         subcommittee on aging

  Mr. COCHRAN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, Subcommittee on 
Aging be authorized to meet for a hearing on Elder Justice and 
Protection: Stopping the Financial Abuse during the session of the 
Senate on Thursday, October 30, 2003, at 10 a.m. in SD-430.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                     subcommittee on national parks

  Mr. COCHRAN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Subcommittee on National Parks of the Committee on Energy and Natural 
Resources be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on 
Thursday, October 30 at 10 a.m. The Purpose of the hearings is to 
receive testimony on the following bills: S. 1241, to establish the 
Kate Mullany National Historic Site in the State of New York, and for 
other purposes; S. 1364, to amend the Alaska National Interest Lands 
Conservation Act to authorize the payment of expenses after the death 
of certain Federal employees in the State of Alaska; S. 1433, to 
authorize the Secretary of the Interior to provide assistance in 
implementing cultural heritage, conservation, and recreational 
activities in the Connecticut River Watershed of the States of New 
Hampshire and Vermont; S. 1462, to adjust the boundary of the 
Cumberland Island Wilderness, to authorize tours of the Cumberland 
Island National Seashore, and for other purposes.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                    subcommittee on water and power

  Mr. COCHRAN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Subcommittee on Water and Power of the Committee on Energy and Natural 
Resources be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on 
Thursday, October 30 at 2:30 p.m. The purpose of the hearing is to 
examine S. 1097, a bill to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to 
implement the Calfed Bay-Delta Program.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

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