[Congressional Record Volume 152, Number 86 (Wednesday, June 28, 2006)]
[Senate]
[Pages S6725-S6726]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                    AUTHORITY FOR COMMITTEES TO MEET


                      COMMITTEE ON ARMED SERVICES

  Mr. DeMINT. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Armed Services be authorized to meet during the session of the 
Senate on Wednesday, June 28, 2006, at 3:15 p.m., in closed session, 
for a discussion on training and equipping Iraqi security forces.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


            committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs

  Mr. DeMINT. 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 June 28, 2006, immediately following the first 
rollcall vote of the day's session, to vote on the nomination of Mr. 
James S. Simpson, of New York, to be Federal Transit Administrator, 
Department of Transportation.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


           committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation

  Mr. DeMINT. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate 
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation be allowed to meet 
at 10 a.m. on Wednesday, June 28, 2006, to consider H.R. 5252.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


               Committee on Energy and Natural Resources

  Mr. DeMINT. 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 Wednesday, June 28, 2006, at 10:30 a.m. The 
purpose of this meeting is to consider the nomination of Marc Spitzer, 
of Arizona, to be a member of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission 
for the term expiring June 30, 2011, vice Nora Mead Brownell, resigned.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


               Committee on Environment and Public Works

  Mr. DeMINT. Mr. President I ask unanimous consent that on Wednesday, 
June 28, 2006, at 9:30 a.m., the Committee on Environment and Public 
Works be authorized to hold an oversight hearing on EPA regional 
inconsistencies.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                          Committee on Finance

  Mr. DeMINT. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Finance be authorized to meet during the session on Wednesday, June 
28, 2006, at 10 a.m., in 215 Dirksen Senate Office Building, to 
consider S. 1321, the Telephone Excise Tax Repeal Act of 2005, and an 
amendment that incorporates S. 832, the Taxpayer Protection and 
Assistance Act of 2005. Pending the introduction of a bill, the 
Chairman also intends to hold a markup of legislation to implement the 
U.S.-Oman Free Trade Agreement.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                     Committee on Foreign Relations

  Mr. DeMINT. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Foreign Relations be authorized to meet during the session of the 
Senate on Wednesday, June 28, 2006, at 2:30 p.m. to hold a hearing on 
nominations.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


          committee on health, education, labor, and pensions

  Mr. DeMINT. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions be authorized to meet in 
executive session during the session of the Senate on Wednesday, June 
28, 2006, at 10 a.m., followed by a full committee hearing commencing 
at 10:30 a.m. Both the executive session and full committee hearing are 
scheduled to be held in SD-430.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


        committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs

  Mr. DeMINT. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs be authorized to meet on 
Wednesday, June 28, 2006, at 10 a.m., to consider the nominations of 
Mickey D. Barnett, Katherine C. Tobin, and Ellen C. Williams to be 
Governors, U.S. Postal Service.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                      Committee on Indian Affairs

  Mr. DeMINT. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Indian Affairs be authorized to meet on Wednesday, June 28, 2006, at 
9:30 a.m. in Room 485 of the Russell Senate Office Building to conduct 
an oversight hearing on Native American Housing Programs.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                       Committee on the Judiciary

  Mr. DeMINT. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate 
Committee on the Judiciary be authorized to meet to conduct a hearing 
on ``Hedge Funds and Independent Analysts: How Independent Are Their 
Relationships?'' on Wednesday, June 28, 2006 at 9:30 a.m. in Dirksen 
Senate Office Building room 226.

     Witness list

  Panel I: The Honorable Matt Friedrich Principal Deputy Assistant 
Attorney General, Crime Division, U.S. Department of Justice, 
Washington, DC; The Honorable Richard Blumenthal, Attorney General, 
State of Connecticut, Hartford, CT.
  Panel II: Gary Aguirre, Former Investigator, Securities Exchange 
Commission, Washington, DC; Marc Kasowitz, Senior Partner, Kasowitz, 
Benson, Torres & Friedman LLP, Alliance for Investment Transparency, 
New York, NY; Joseph McLaughlin, Partner, Sidley & Austin LLP, Managed 
Fund Association, New York, NY;

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Kim Blickenstaff, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Biosite, Inc., 
San Diego, CA; Owen Lamont, Professor of Finance, Yale School of 
Management, New Haven, CT; Demetrios Anifantis, Former Employee, 
Camelback Research Alliance, Inc., Scottsdale, AZ; Howard Schillit, 
Chief Executive Officer and Founder, Center for Financial Research and 
Analysis [CFRA, LLC], Rockville, MD; Jonathan Boersma, Director, 
Standards of Practice CFA Centre for Financial Market Integrity, 
Charlottesville, VA.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                       Committee on the Judiciary

  Mr. DeMINT. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate 
Committee on the Judiciary be authorized to meet to conduct a hearing 
on ``Judicial Nominations'' on Wednesday, June 28, 2006, at 2 p.m. in 
Dirksen Senate Office Building Room 226.

     Witness list

  Panel I: (Members of Congress).
  Panel II: Kimberly Ann Moore to be United States Circuit Judge for 
the Federal Circuit; Bobby E. Shepherd to be United States Circuit 
Judge for the Eighth Circuit.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                    subcommittee on water and power

  Mr. DeMINT. 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 
Wednesday, June 28, 2006, at 2:30 p.m.
  The purpose of the hearing is to receive testimony on S. 1812, to 
amend the reclamation projects Authorization and Adjustment Act of 1992 
to provide for the conjunctive use of surface and ground water in Juab 
County, Utah; S. 1965, to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to 
convey certain buildings and lands of the Yakima Project, Washington, 
to the Yakima-Tieton irrigation district; S. 2129, to authorize the 
Secretary of the Interior to convey certain land and improvements of 
the Gooding division of the Minidoka Project, Idaho; S. 2470, to 
authorize early repayment of obligations to the Bureau of Reclamation 
within the A&B irrigation district in the State of Idaho; S. 2502, to 
provide for the modification of an amendatory repayment contract 
between the Secretary of the Interior and the North Unit Irrigation 
District, and for other purposes; S. 3404, a bill to preauthorize the 
MNI Wiconi rural water supply project; H.R. 2383, to predesignate the 
facility of the Bureau of Reclamation located at 19550 Kelso Road in 
Byron, California, as the ``C.W. `Bill' Jones Plumbing Plant''; and 
H.R. 4204, to direct the Secretary of the Interior to transfer 
ownership of the American River pump station project and for other 
purposes.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.
  Mr. FRIST. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent the order for the 
quorum call be rescinded.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

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