[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 77 (Thursday, May 10, 2007)]
[Senate]
[Pages S5999-S6000]
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

  Mrs. BOXER. 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 May 10, 2007, at 3 p.m., to conduct a hearing 
on the nominations of Mr. David George Nason, of Rhode Island, to be 
Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Financial Institutions; Mr. 
Mario Mancuso, of New York, to be Under Secretary of Commerce for 
Export Administration; Mr. Michael W. Tankersley, of Texas, to be 
Inspector General of the Export-Import Bank of the United States; The 
Honorable Bijan Rafiekian, of California, to be a member of the Board 
of Directors of the Export-Import Bank of the United States; Mr. Scott 
A. Keller, of Florida, to be Assistant Secretary of Housing and Urban 
Development for Congressional and Intergovernmental Affairs; Mr. Robert 
M. Couch, of Alabama, to be General Counsel of the Department of 
Housing and Urban Development; Ms. Janis Herschkowitz, of Pennsylvania, 
to be a member of the Board of Directors of the National Consumer 
Cooperative Bank; Mr. David George Nason, of Rhode Island, to be a 
member of the Board of Directors of the National Consumer Cooperative 
Bank; and Mr. Nguyen Van Hanh, of California, to be a Member of the 
Board of Directors of the National Consumer Cooperative Bank.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


           Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation

  Mrs. BOXER. 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 Thursday, May 10, 2007, at 
10 a.m., in room 253 of the Russell Senate Office Building. The purpose 
of the hearing is to discuss the effects of climate change and ocean 
acidification on living marine resources.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


               Committee on Energy and Natural Resources

  Mrs. BOXER. 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 Thursday, May 10, 2007, at 9:30 a.m. in 
room SD-366 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building. The purpose of this 
hearing is to consider the nominations of Joseph Timothy Kelliher, of 
the District of Columbia, to be a Member of the Federal Energy 
Regulatory Commission; and R. Lyle Laverty, of Colorado, to be 
Assistant Secretary for Fish and Wildlife and Parks, Department of the 
Interior.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                          Committee on Finance

  Mrs. BOXER. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Finance be authorized to meet during the Session of the Senate on 
Finance will meet on Thursday, May 10, 2007, at 10 a.m., in 215 Dirksen 
Senate Office Building, to hear testimony on ``Can the Middle Class 
Make Ends Meet? Economic Issues for America's Working Families.''
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


        Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs

  Mrs. BOXER. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs be authorized to

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meet on Thursday, May 10, 2007, at 2:30 p.m. for a `` hearing titled 
``Violent Islamist Extremism: Government Efforts to Defeat It.''
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                      Committee on Indian Affairs

  Mrs. BOXER. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Indian Affairs be authorized to meet on Thursday, May 10, 2007, at 
9:30 a.m. in room 485 of the Russell Senate Office Building to conduct 
a business meeting.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                       Committee on the Judiciary

  Mrs. BOXER. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate 
Committee on the Judiciary be authorized to meet to conduct a hearing 
on ``Judicial Nominations'' for Thursday, May 10, 2007, at 10 a.m. in 
Dirksen Senate Office Building room 226.

     Witness list

  Panel I: The Honorable Thad Cochran, United States Senator [R-MS]; 
The Honorable John Warner, United States Senator [R-VA]; The Honorable 
Carl Levin, United States Senator [D-MI]; The Honorable Trent Lott, 
United States Senator [R-MS]; and The Honorable Jim Webb, United States 
Senator [D-VA].
  Panel II: Leslie Southwick to be United States Circuit Judge for the 
Fifth Circuit.
  Panel III: Janet T. Neff to be United States District Judge for the 
Western District of Michigan and Liam O'Grady to be United States 
District Judge for the Eastern District of Virginia.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


    Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management, the Federal 
                Workforce, and the District of Columbia

  Mrs. BOXER. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs' Subcommittee on 
Oversight of Government Management, the Federal Workforce and the 
District of Columbia be authorized to meet on Thursday, May 10, 2007, 
at 9 a.m. for a hearing entitled, ``Managing the Department of Homeland 
Security: A Status Report on Reform Efforts by the Under Secretary for 
Management.''
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

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