[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 48 (Tuesday, March 20, 2007)]
[Senate]
[Pages S3399-S3400]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                    AUTHORITY FOR COMMITTEES TO MEET


                      committee on armed services

  Mr. SALAZAR. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Committee on Armed Services be authorized to meet during the session of 
the Senate on Tuesday, March 20, 2007, at 9:30 a.m., in open session to 
receive testimony on the Air Force in review of the defense 
authorization request for fiscal year 2008 and the future years defense 
program.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


           Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation

  Mr. SALAZAR. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation be authorized to 
hold a hearing during the session of the Senate on Tuesday, March 20, 
2007, at 10 a.m., in room 253 of the Russell Senate Office Building. 
The purpose of this hearing is to promote travel to America, and to 
examine economic and security concerns.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


           Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation

  Mr. SALAZAR. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation be authorized to 
hold a hearing during the session of the Senate on Tuesday, March 20, 
2007, at 2:30 p.m., in room 253 of the Russell Senate Office Building. 
The purpose of this hearing is to discuss innovation in energy 
technology.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


               Committee on Energy and Natural Resources

  Mr. SALAZAR. 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, March 20, 2007, at 
10 a.m. in room SD-366 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building. The 
purpose of the hearing is to consider the nomination of Stephen Jeffrey 
Isakowitz, of Virginia, to be Chief Financial Officer of the Department 
of Energy.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                          Committee on Finance

  Mr. SALAZAR. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Committee on Finance be authorized to meet during the session on 
Tuesday, March 20, 2007, at 10 a.m., in 215 Dirksen Senate Office 
Building, to hear testimony on ``Realizing a Competitive Education: 
Identifying Needs, Partnerships and Resources.''
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                     Committee on Foreign Relations

  Mr. SALAZAR. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Committee on Foreign Relations be authorized to meet during the session 
of the Senate on Tuesday, March 20, 2007, at 10 a.m. to hold a hearing 
on Chad.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                       Committee on the Judiciary

  Mr. SALAZAR. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Committee on the Judiciary be authorized to meet to conduct a hearing 
on ``Combating War Profiteering: Are We Doing Enough to Investigate and 
Prosecute Contracting Fraud and Abuse in Iraq?'' on Tuesday, March 20, 
2007 at 9:30 a.m. in Dirksen Senate Office Building Room 226.

     Witness List

  The Honorable Stuart W. Bowen, Jr., Special Inspector General for 
Iraq Reconstruction, Arlington, VA; Thomas F. Gimble, Acting Inspector 
General, U.S. Department of Defense, Arlington, VA; Barry Sabin, Deputy 
Assistant Attorney General, Criminal Division, U.S. Department of 
Justice, Washington, DC.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations

  Mr. SALAZAR. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations be authorized to meet on 
Tuesday, March 20, 2007, at 2:30 p.m., for a hearing entitled 
``Medicare Doctors Who Cheat on Their Taxes and What Should Be Done 
About It.''
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                    Select Committee on Intelligence

  Mr. SALAZAR. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Select 
Committee on Intelligence be authorized to meet during the session of 
the Senate on March 20, 2007 at 2:30 p.m. to hold a closed hearing.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


   Subcommittee on antitrust, competition policy and consumer rights

  Mr. SALAZAR. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Subcommittee on Antitrust, Competition Policy and Consumer Rights be 
authorized to meet on Tuesday, March 20, 2006, at 2:15 p.m., to conduct 
a hearing on ``The OX-Sirius Merger: Monopoly or Competition from New 
Technologies'' in room 226 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building.

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  Witness List: Mel Karmazin, Chief Executive Officer, Sirius Satellite 
Radio, New York, NY; Mary Quass, President and CEO, NRG Media, LLC, 
Cedar Rapids, IA; David Balto, Attorney at Law, Law Office of David 
Balto, Washington, DC; and Gigi B. Sohn, President, Public Knowledge, 
Washington, DC.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                     Subcommittee on National Parks

  Mr. SALAZAR. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Subcommittee on National Parks be authorized to hold a hearing during 
the session of the Senate on Tuesday, March 20, 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 the following 
bills: S. 126, to modify the boundary of Mesa Verde National Park, and 
for other purposes; S. 257, to direct the Secretary of the Interior to 
conduct a study to determine the feasibility of establishing the 
Columbia-Pacific National Heritage Area in the States of Washington and 
Oregon, and for other purposes; S. 289, to establish the Journey 
Through Hallowed Ground National Heritage Area, and for other purposes; 
S. 443, to establish the Sangre de Cristo National Heritage Area in the 
State of Colorado, and for other purposes; S. 444, to establish the 
South Park National Heritage Area in the State of Colorado, and for 
other purposes; S. 500 and H.R. 512, to establish the Commission to 
Study the Potential Creation of the National Museum of the American 
Latino, to develop a plan of action for the establishment and 
maintenance of a National Museum of the American Latino in Washington, 
DC, and for other purposes; S. 637, to direct the Secretary of the 
Interior to study the suitability and feasibility of establishing the 
Chattahoochee Trace National Heritage Corridor in Alabama and Georgia, 
and for other purposes; S. 817, to amend the Omnibus Parks and Public 
Lands Management Act of 1996 to provide additional authorizations for 
certain National Heritage Areas, and for other purposes; and S. Con. 
Res. 6, Expressing the sense of Congress that the National Museum of 
Wildlife Art, located in Jackson, Wyoming, should be designated as the 
``National Museum of Wildlife Art of the United States.''
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                  subcommittee on retirement and aging

  Mr. SALAZAR. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Subcommittee on Retirement and Aging be authorized to hold a hearing on 
Alzheimer's research during the session of the Senate on Tuesday, March 
20, 2007 at 10 a.m. in SH-216.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

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