[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 8 (Tuesday, January 16, 2007)]
[Senate]
[Page S628]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                    AUTHORITY FOR COMMITTEES TO MEET


          Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions

  Mrs. FEINSTEIN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions be authorized to 
hold a hearing during the session of the Senate on Tuesday, January 16, 
2007 at 10 a.m. in SD-430.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                       Committee on the Judiciary

  Mrs. FEINSTEIN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Committee on the Judiciary be authorized to meet to conduct a hearing 
on ``The Plight of Iraqi Refugees'' on Tuesday, January 16, 2007 at 2 
p.m. in Dirksen Senate Office Building Room 226.

     Witness List

  Panel I: The Honorable Ellen Sauerbrey, Assistant Secretary of State 
Population, Refugees and Migration, U.S. Department of State, 
Washington, D.C.
  Panel II: Sam:**, Former Translator for the U.S. Military, PA; 
John**, Former Truck Driver, subcontractor, for the U.S. Military, CA; 
Captain Zachary J. Iscol, Foreign Military Training Unit, Marine Forces 
Special Operations Command, Camp Lejeune, NC, Lisa Ramaci-Vincent, 
Executive Director, Steven Vincent Foundation, New York City, NY, and 
Ken Bacon, President, Refugees International, Washington, DC.
  Panel III: Michel Gabaudan, Regional Representative for the U.S. and 
Caribbean, Office of the United National High Commissioner for 
Refugees, Washington, DC.

       **Name has been changed to protect witness identity.

  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

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