[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 18 (Tuesday, January 30, 2007)]
[Senate]
[Page S1357]
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                    AUTHORITY FOR COMMITTEES TO MEET


                      committee on armed services

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Armed Services be authorized to meet during the session of the 
Senate on Tuesday, January 30, 2007, at 9:30 a.m., in open session to 
consider the nomination of Admiral William J. Fallon, USN, to be 
reappointed in the grade of Admiral and to be Commander, United States 
Central Command.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


               committee on energy and natural resources

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Energy and Natural Resources be authorized to hold a hearing during 
the session of the Senate on Tuesday, January 30, 2007, at 10 a.m. in 
room SD-366 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building.
  The purpose of the hearing is to consider the status of Federal land 
management agencies' efforts to contain the costs of their wildfire 
suppression activities and to consider recent independent reviews of 
and recommendations for those efforts.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


               committee on energy and natural resources

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Energy and Natural Resources be authorized to hold a hearing during 
the session of the Senate on Tuesday, January 30, 2007, at 2:30 p.m. in 
room SD-366 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building.
  The purpose of the hearing is to receive testimony on transportation 
sector fuel efficience, including challenges to and incentives for 
increased oil savings through technological innovation including plug-
in hybrids.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


               committee on environment and public works

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Environment and Public Works be authorized to meet in Executive 
Session during the session of the Senate on Tuesday, January 30, 2007, 
at 9 a.m. in room SD-406.
  The Environment and Public Works Committee will hold a Business 
Meeting to consider the following agenda:


                      committee funding resolution

  The full Committee on Environment and Public Works will conduct a 
hearing entitled, ``Senators' Perspectives on Global Warming.'' The 
purpose of the hearing is to hear from each Senator about his or her 
views on global warming, and what the Senator believes the Nation's 
response should be to the issue.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                     committee on foreign relations

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Foreign Relations be authorized to meet during the session of the 
Senate on Tuesday, January 30, 2007, at 9:15 a.m. to hold a nomination 
hearing.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                     committee on foreign relations

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Foreign Relations be authorized to meet during the session of the 
Senate on Tuesday, January 30, 2007, at 1 p.m. to hold a hearing on 
Iraq.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                       committee on the judiciary

  Mr. REID. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the committee 
on the Judiciary be authorized to meet to conduct a hearing on 
``Exercising Congress's Constitutional Power to End a War'' for 
Tuesday, January 30, 2007 at 10 a.m. in Dirksen Senate Office Building 
Room 226.

     Witness List

  Panel I: David J. Barron, Professor of Law, Harvard Law School, 
Cambridge, MA; Bradford Berenson, Partner, Sidley Austin LLP, 
Washington, DC.; Walter Dellinger, Douglas B. Maggs Professor of Law, 
Duke University School of Law, Former Acting Solicitor General of the 
United States, Durham, NC; Louis Fisher, Specialist in Constitutional 
Law, Law Library, Library of Congress, Washington, DC; Robert F. 
Turner, Center for National Security Law, University of Virginia School 
of Law, Charlottesville, VA.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                    select committee on intelligence

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

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