[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 47 (Tuesday, April 19, 2005)]
[Senate]
[Pages S3956-S3957]
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                    AUTHORITY FOR COMMITTEES TO MEET


   subcommittee on antitrust, competition policy, and consumer rights

  Mr. FRIST. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Subcommittee on Antitrust, Competition Policy, and Consumer Rights be 
authorized to meet on Tuesday, April 19, 2005 to conduct a hearing on 
``SBC/ATT and Verizon/MCI Mergers: Remaking the Telecommunications 
Industry, Part II--Another View'', at 2:30 p.m. in Room 226 of the 
Dirksen Senate Office Building.
  Witness List: Mr. Carl Grivner, CEO, XO Communications, Reston, VA.; 
Mr. Jeffrey Citron, CEO, Vonage, Edison, NJ.; Mr. Scott Cleland, CEO, 
Precursor Group, Washington, DC; and Mr. Gene Kimmelman, Director, 
Washington, DC. Office, Consumers Union, Washington, DC.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                        subcommittee on seapower

  Mr. FRIST. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Subcommittee on Seapower be authorized to meet during the session of 
the Senate on April 19, 2005, at 3 p.m., in open session to receive 
testimony on United States Marine Corps Ground and Rotary Wing Program 
and Seabasing, in review of the defense authorization request for 
fiscal year 2006.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                    subcommittee on water and power

  Mr. FRIST. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
subcommittee on Water and Power be authorized to meet during the 
session of the Senate on Tuesday, April 19 a 2:30 p.m.
  The purpose of the hearing is to receive testimony on S. 166, to 
amend the Oregon Resource Conservation Act of

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1996 to reauthorize the participation of the Bureau of Reclamation in 
the Deschutes River Conservancy, and for other purposes; S. 251, to 
authorize the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a water resource 
feasibility study for the Little Butte/Bear Creek subbasins in Oregon; 
S. 310, to direct the Secretary of the Interior to convey the Newlands 
Protect headquarters and maintenance yard facility to the Truckee-
Carson Irrigation District in the State of Nevada; S. 519, to amend the 
Lower Rio Grande Valley Water Resources Conservation and Improvement 
Act of 2000 to authorize additional projects and activities under that 
act, and for other purposes; and S. 592, to extend the contract for the 
Glendo Unit of the Missouri River Basin Project in the State of 
Wyoming.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

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