[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 58 (Wednesday, April 11, 2007)]
[Senate]
[Pages S4384-S4385]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                    AUTHORITY FOR COMMITTEES TO MEET


            Committee on banking, housing, and urban affairs

  Mr. HARKIN. 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 April 11, 2007, at 9:30 a.m., to conduct a 
hearing on ``An Examination of the Availability and Affordability of 
Property and Casualty Insurance in Gulf Coast and Other Coastal 
Regions.''
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


           Committee on Commerce, science, and transportation

  Mr. HARKIN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Transportation be authorized to hold a hearing during the session of 
the Senate on Wednesday, April 11, 2007 at 10 a.m., in room 253 of the 
Russell Senate Office Building. The purpose of this hearing is to 
examine the property and casualty insurance industry.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


           Committee on Commerce, science, and transportation

  Mr. HARKIN. 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 Wednesday, April 11, 2007, 
at 2:30 p.m., in room 253 of the Russell Senate Office Building. The 
purpose of this hearing is to examine efforts to improve airline 
passenger service.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                     Committee on foreign relations

  Mr. HARKIN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Foreign Relations be authorized to meet during the session of the 
Senate on Wednesday, April 11, 2007 at 9:30 a.m. to hold a hearing on 
genocide in Sudan.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                          committee on finance

  Mr. HARKIN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Finance be authorized to meet during the Session of the Senate on 
Wednesday, April 11, 2007, at 10 a.m., in 215 Dirksen Senate Office 
Building, to hear testimony on ``An Examination of the Medicare 
Advantage Program.''
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                       committee on the judiciary

  Mr. HARKIN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the committee 
on the Judiciary be authorized to meet to conduct a hearing on 
``Judicial Nominations'' on Wednesday, April 11, 2007, at 10 a.m., in 
Dirksen Senate Office Building room 226.

     Witness List

  Panel I: The Honorable Richard Lugar, United States Senator, R-IN.
  Panel II: Debra Ann Livingston to be U.S. Circuit Judge for the 
Second Circuit; Roslynn Renee Mauskopf to be U.S. District Judge for 
the Eastern District of New York; Richard Joseph Sullivan to be U.S. 
District Judge for the Southern District of New York; Joseph S. Van 
Bokkelen to be U.S. District Judge for the Northern District of 
Indiana.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                 committee on rules and administration

  Mr. HARKIN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Rules and Administration be authorized to meet during the session of 
the Senate on Wednesday, April 11, 2007, at 10 a.m., to conduct an 
oversight meeting on the Smithsonian Institution.
  THE PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                     committee on veterans' affairs

  Mr. HARKIN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent for the Committee 
on Veterans' Affairs be authorized to meet during the session of the 
Senate on Wednesday, April 11, 2007, to hold a hearing on the Filipino 
Veterans Equity Act of 2007.
  The hearing will take place in room 418 of the Russell Senate Office 
Building beginning at 9:30 a.m.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


   Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights and Property Rights

  Mr. HARKIN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Subcommittee on The Constitution be authorized to meet on Wednesday, 
April 11, 2007 at 3:00 p.m. to conduct a hearing on ``Responding to The 
Inspector General's Findings of Improper Use of National Security 
Letters by the FBI'' in Room 226 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building.
  Witness List: The Honorable Bob Barr, Former Member of Congress, 
Chairman, Patriots to Restore Checks and Balances Atlanta, GA; George 
Christian, Executive Director, Library Connection, Inc., Windsor, CT; 
Suzanne E. Spaulding, Principal, Bingham Consulting Group of Counsel, 
Bingham McCutchen LLP, Washington, DC; and

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Peter Swire, C. William O'Neil, Professor of Law at the Ohio State 
University, Senior Fellow, Center for American Progress, Washington, 
DC.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


           Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and Capabilities

  Mr. HARKIN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and Capabilities be authorized to meet 
in open session during the session of the Senate on Wednesday, April 
11, 2007, at 9:30 a.m., to receive testimony on nuclear 
nonproliferation programs at the National Nuclear Security 
Administration and the Cooperative Threat Reduction Program and the 
Proliferation Security Initiative at the Department of Defense 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.


                    Subcommittee on Strategic Forces

  Mr. HARKIN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Subcommittee on Strategic Forces be authorized to meet in open and 
closed session during the session of the Senate on Wednesday, April 11, 
2007, at 3 p.m. to receive testimony on Ballistic Missile Defense 
Programs 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.

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