[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 6 (Thursday, January 11, 2007)]
[Senate]
[Page S474]
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                    AUTHORITY FOR COMMITTEES TO MEET


                        Committee on the budget

  Mr. KENNEDY. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Committee on the Budget be authorized to meet during the session of the 
Senate on Thursday, January 11, 2007, at 10:30 a.m. to hold hearings to 
examine the long term budget outlook in SD-608.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                          committee on finance

  Mr. KENNEDY. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Committee on Finance be authorized to meet during the session of the 
Senate on Thursday, January 11, 2007, at 10 a.m., in 215 Dirksen Senate 
Office Building, to hear testimony on ``Prescription Drug Pricing and 
Negotiation: An Overview and Economic Perspectives for the Medicare 
Prescription Drug Benefit.''
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                     committee on foreign relations

  Mr. KENNEDY. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Committee on Foreign Relations be authorized to meet during the session 
of the Senate on Thursday, January 11, 2007, at 10 a.m. to hold a 
hearing on Iraq.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                     committee on foreign relations

  Mr. KENNEDY. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Committee on Foreign Relations be authorized to meet during the session 
of the Senate on Thursday, January 11, 2007, at 2 p.m. to hold a 
hearing on Iraq.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                    select committee on intelligence

  Mr. KENNEDY. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Select 
Committee on Intelligence be authorized to meet during the session of 
the Senate on January 11, 2007 at 2:30 p.m. to hold an open hearing.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

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