[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 2 (Thursday, January 6, 2005)]
[Senate]
[Page S67]
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                    AUTHORITY FOR COMMITTEES TO MEET


           Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry

  Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry be authorized to 
conduct a hearing during the session of the Senate on Thursday, January 
6, 2005. The purpose of this meeting will be to review the nomination 
of Mr. Michael Owen Johanns to be Secretary of Agriculture for the 
United States Department of Agriculture.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


           committee on commerce, science, and transportation

  Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation be authorized to 
meet on Thursday, January 6, 2005, immediately following the first 
vote. The Senators will assemble in front of the President's Room on 
the nomination of Carlos Gutierrez to be Secretary of the Department of 
Commerce.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


          committee on health, education, labor, and pensions

  Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions be authorized to 
meet for the hearing on the Presidential nomination of Margaret 
Spellings to be Secretary of Education during the session of the Senate 
on Thursday, January 6, at 10 a.m., in SD-430.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                       committee on the judiciary

  Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Committee on the Judiciary be authorized to meet to conduct a hearing 
on Thursday, January 6, 2005, at 9:30 a.m., on the nomination of The 
Honorable Alberto R. Gonzales, Counsel to President George W. Bush, to 
be the Attorney General of the United States. The hearing will take 
place in the Hart Senate Office Building Room 216.

     Witness List

  Panel I: The Honorable John Cornyn and the Honorable Ken Salazar.
  Panel II: The Honorable Alberto R. Gonzales, Counsel to President 
George W. Bush, Washington, DC.
  Panel III: Admiral John D. Hutson, Ret. USN, President and Dean, 
Franklin Pierce Law Center, Concord, NH; Mr. Harold Hongju Koh, Dean, 
Yale Law School, New Haven, CT; and Mr. Douglas A. Johnson, Executive 
Director, Center of Victims of Torture, Minneapolis, MN.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

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