[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 30 (Monday, March 14, 2005)]
[Senate]
[Page S2656]
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                    AUTHORITY FOR COMMITTEES TO MEET


                       committee on the judiciary

      subcommittee on immigration, border security and citizenship

      subcommittee on terrorism, technology and homeland security

  Mr. GREGG. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on the Judiciary and the Committee Subcommittee on Immigration, Border 
Security and Citizenship and the Subcommittee on Terrorism, Technology 
and Homeland Security be authorized to meet to conduct a joint hearing 
on ``Strengthening Enforcement and Border Security: The 9/11 Commission 
Staff Report on Terrorist Travel'' on Monday, March 14, 2005 in Dirksen 
Room 226 at 2:30 p.m. The tentative witness list is attached.

     Witness List:

  PANEL I: Elaine Dezenski, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy, 
Bureau of Transportation Security, Department of Homeland Security, 
Washington, DC; and Tom Walters, Acting Assistant Commissioner, Office 
of Training and Development for Customs and Border Protection, 
Department of Homeland Defense, Washington, DC.
  PANEL II: Doris Meissner, former Immigration and Naturalization 
Commissioner, Senior Fellow, Migration Policy Institute, Washington, 
DC; and Janice Kephart, former Staff Counsel for the 9/11 Commission, 
Senior Consultant, The Investigative Project, Mount Vernon, VA.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

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