[Congressional Record Volume 152, Number 122 (Tuesday, September 26, 2006)]
[Senate]
[Pages S10215-S10216]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                    AUTHORITY FOR COMMITTEES TO MEET


                      Committee on Armed Services

  Mr. HATCH. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Armed Services be authorized to meet during the session of the 
Senate on September 26, 2006, at 4:30 p.m., in closed session for a 
briefing on the situation in Afghanistan.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


            Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs

  Mr. HATCH. 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 September 26, 2006, at 10 a.m. to conduct a 
hearing on ``An Update on the New Basel Capital Accord.''
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


           committee on commerce, science, and transportation

  Mr. HATCH. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the committee 
on Commerce, Science, and Transportation be authorized to hold a full 
committee joint hearing with Foreign Relations Committee on the 
International Polar Year on Tuesday, September 26, 2006 at 3:15 p.m.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


               Committee on environment and public works

  Mr. HATCH. Mr. President: I ask unanimous cousent that on Tuesday, 
September 26th at 2:15 p.m. the Committee on Environment and Public 
Works be authorized to hold a Business Meeting to consider the 
following-agenda:

     Legislation

  H.R. 1463, To designate a portion of the Federal building located at 
2100 Jamieson Avenue, in Alexandria, Virginia, as the ``Justin W. 
Williams United States Attorney's Building'',

                              Nominations

  Roger Romulus Martella, Jr. to be Assistant Administrator of the 
Environmental Protection Agency

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  Alex A. Beehler to be Assistant Administrator of the Environmental 
Protection Agency
  William H. Graves to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the 
Tennessee Valley Authority
  Brigadier General Bruce Arlan Berwick to be a Member of the 
Mississippi River Commission
  Colonel Gregg F. Martin to be a Member of the Mississippi River 
Commission
  Brigadier General Robert Crear to be a Member of the Mississippi 
River Commission
  Rear Admiral Samuel P. DeBow, Jr. to be a Member of the Mississippi 
River Commission

     Resolutions

  Six Committee resolutions authorizing prospectuses from GSA's FY 2007 
Capital Investment and Leasing Program
  Committee resolution to direct GSA to prepare a Report of Building 
Project Survey
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                          committee on finance

  Mr. HATCH. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Finance be authorized to meet during the session on Tuesday, 
September 26, 2006, at 2:30 p.m., in 215 Dirksen Senate Office 
Building, to hear testimony on ``Health Savings Accounts: The 
Experience So Far.''
  The PRESIDING OFFICER, Without objection, it is so ordered.


                     committee on foreign relations

  Mr. HATCH. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Foreign Relations be authorized to meet during the session of the 
Senate on Tuesday, September 26, 2006, at 9 a.m. to hold a hearing on 
Child Hunger.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                     COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN RELATIONS

  Mr. HATCH. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Foreign Relations be authorized to meet during the session of the 
Senate on Tuesday, September 26, 2006, at 3:15 p.m. to hold a hearing 
on the International Polar Year.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                       Committee on the Judiciary

  Mr. HATCH. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on the Judiciary be authorized to meet to conduct a hearing on 
``Illegal Insider Trading: How Widespread is the Problem and is there 
Adequate Criminal Enforcement?'' on Tuesday, September 26, 2006, at 
9:30 a.m. in Dirksen Senate Office Building Room 226.

     Witness List

  Panel I: Mr. Ron Tenpas, Associate Deputy Attorney General, United 
States Department of Justice, Washington, DC, and Ms. Linda Thompson, 
Director of Enforcement, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, 
Washington, DC.
  Panel II: Mr. Robert Marchman, Executive Vice President, NYSE, New 
York, NY; Mr. Christopher K. Thomas, Principal, Measuredmarkets, Inc., 
Toronto, Canada; Professor John Coffee, Professor of Law, Columbia Law 
School, New York, NY; Professor Jonathan R. Macey, Professor of Law, 
Yale University, New Haven, CT; and Professor James Cox, Professor of 
Law, Duke University, Durham, NC.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                       COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY

  Mr. HATCH. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on the Judiciary be authorized to meet to conduct a special markup on 
Tuesday, September 26, 2006, at 2:30 p.m. in Senate Dirksen Building 
Room 226.

                                 Agenda

     I. Nominations

  Terrence W. Boyle, to be U.S. Circuit Judge for the Fourth Circuit; 
William James Haynes II, to be U.S. Circuit Judge for the Fourth 
Circuit; Kent A. Jordan, to be U.S. Circuit Judge for the Third 
Circuit; Peter D. Keisler, to be U.S. Circuit Judge for the District of 
Columbia Circuit; William Gerry Myers III, to be U.S. Circuit Judge for 
the Ninth Circuit; Nora Barry Fischer, to be U.S. District Judge for 
the Western District of Pennsylvania; Gregory Kent Frizzell, to be U.S. 
District Judge for the Northern District of Oklahoma; Marcia Morales 
Howard, to be U.S. District Judge for the Middle District of Florida; 
John Alfred Jarvey, to be U.S. District Judge for the Southern District 
of Iowa; Sara Elizabeth Lioi, to be U.S. District Judge for the 
Northern District of Ohio; and Lisa Godbey Wood, to be U.S. District 
Judge for the Southern District of Georgia.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                       COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY

  Mr. HATCH. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on the Judiciary be authorized to meet to conduct a hearing on 
``Judicial Nominations'' on Tuesday, September 26, 2006 at 3:30 p.m. in 
Dirksen Senate Office Building Room 226.

     Witness List

  Panel I: The Honorable Thad Cochran, United States Senator, R-MS; The 
Honorable Trent Lott, United States Senator, R-MS; The Honorable 
Christopher Dodd, United States Senator, D-CT; The Honorable Joseph 
Lieberman, United States Senator, D-CT.
  Panel II: Michael Brunson Wallace, to be United States Circuit Judge 
for the Fifth Circuit.
  Panel III: Vanessa Lynne Bryant, to be United States District Judge 
for the District of Connecticut.
  Panel IV: Roberta B. Liebenberg, Chair, American Bar Association, 
Standing Committee on the Federal Judiciary, Philadelphia, PA; Kim J. 
Askew, Fifth Circuit Representative, Standing Committee on the Federal 
Judiciary, American Bar Association, Dallas, TX; Thomas Z. Hayward, 
Former Chair, 2003-2005, American Bar Association, Standing Committee 
on the Federal Judiciary, Chicago, IL; Pamela A. Bresnahan, Former DC 
Circuit Representative, 2002-2005, American Bar Association, Standing 
Committee on the Federal Judiciary, Washington, DC; Timothy Hopkins, 
Former Ninth Circuit Representative, American Bar Association, Standing 
Committee on the Federal Judiciary, Idaho Falls. ID; and Doreen D. 
Dodson, Former Eighth Circuit Representative, 2001-2004, American Bar 
Association, Standing Committee on the Federal Judiciary, St. Louis, 
MO.

  Panel V: The Honorable Richard Blumenthal, Attorney General, State of 
Connecticut, Hartford, CT; The Honorable Reuben Anderson, Partner, 
Phelps Dunbar LLP, Jackson, MS; W. Scott Welch, Shareholder, Baker, 
Donelson, Bearman Caldwell & Berkowitz, Jackson, MS; Carroll Rhodes, 
Attorney at Law, Hazlehurst, MS; and Robert McDuff, Attorney at Law, 
Jackson, MS.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection it is so ordered.


                     COMMITTEE ON VETERANS' AFFAIRS

  Mr. HATCH. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Veterans' Affairs be authorized to meet during the session of the 
Senate on Tuesday, September 26, 2006, to hold a hearing to consider 
the nomination of Robert T. Howard to be Assistant Secretary for 
Information and Technology, Department of Veterans' Affairs.
  The hearing will take place in room 418 of the Russell Senate Office 
Building at 10 a.m.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


 SUBCOMMITTEE ON FEDERAL FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT, GOVERNMENT INFORMATION, 
                       AND INTERNATIONAL SECURITY

  Mr. HATCH. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Subcommittee on Federal Financial Management, Government Information, 
and International Security be authorized to meet on Tuesday, September 
26, 2006, at 2:30 p.m. for a hearing regarding ``Deconstructing the Tax 
Code: Uncollected Taxes and Issues of Transparency''.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


    SUBCOMMITTEE ON OVERSIGHT OF GOVERNMENT MANAGEMENT, THE FEDERAL 
                 WORKFORCE AND THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

  Mr. HATCH. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management, the Federal 
Workforce and the District of Columbia be authorized to meet on 
Tuesday, September 26, 2006 at 10:45 a.m. for a hearing entitled, 
Senior Executives: Leading the Way in Federal Workforce Reforms.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.




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