[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 91 (Thursday, June 7, 2007)]
[Senate]
[Pages S7414-S7415]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                    AUTHORITY FOR COMMITTEES TO MEET


                      COMMITTEE ON ARMED SERVICES

  Mr. DODD. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Armed Services be authorized to meet during the session of the 
Senate on Thursday, June 7, 2007, at 9:30 a.m., in open session to 
consider the nomination of Lieutenant General Douglas E. Lute, USA, to 
be assistant to the President and Deputy National Security Advisor for 
Iraq and Afghanistan.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


           committee on commerce, science, and transportation

  Mr. DODD. 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, June 7, 2007, at 
2 p.m., in room 253 of the Russell Senate Office Building.
  The hearing will serve as an investigation of NASA Inspector General, 
Robert W. Cobb.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


               committee on environment and public works

  Mr. DODD. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Environment and Public Works be authorized to meet during the 
session of the Senate on Thursday, June 7, 2007 at 10 a.m. in Room 406 
of the Dirksen Senate Office Building to conduct a hearing entitled 
``An Examination of the Views of Religious Organizations Regarding 
Global Warming.''
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                       committee on the judiciary

  Mr. DODD. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on the Judiciary be authorized to meet to conduct a markup on Thursday, 
June 7, 2007, at 10 a.m. in Dirksen Room 226.

     Agenda

  I. Bills: S. 185, Habeas Corpus Restoration Act of 2007 (Specter, 
Leahy, Feinstein, Feingold, Whitehouse, Durbin, Biden); S. 720, Army 
Specialist Joseph P. Micks Federal Flag Code Amendment Act of 2007 
(Levin); H.R. 692, Army Specialist Joseph P. Micks Federal Flag Code 
Amendment Act of 2007; S. 535, Emmett Till Unsolved Civil Rights Crime 
Act (Dodd, Leahy, Schumer, Kennedy); S.456, Gang Abatement and 
Prevention Act of 2007 (Feinstein, Hatch, Schumer, Specter, Biden, Kyl, 
Cornyn, Kohl).
  II. Nominations: Leslie Southwick to be United States Circuit Judge 
for the Fifth Circuit; Robert James Jonker to be a United States 
District Judge for the Western District of Michigan.
  III. Resolutions: S. Res. 171, Memorializing fallen firefighters by 
lowering the U.S. flag (Collins, Biden, Kennedy); S. Res. 82, 
Designating August 16, 2007 as National Airborne Day (Hagel, Graham, 
Sessions, Feinstein, Feingold); S. Res. 173, Designating August 11,2007 
as National Marina Day (Stabenow).
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                       committee on the judiciary

  Mr. DODD. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate 
Committee on the Judiciary be authorized to meet to conduct a hearing 
entitled ``Prevention of Deceptive Practices and Voter Intimidation in 
Federal Elections: S. 453'' on Thursday, June 7, 2007 at 2 p.m. in 
Dirksen Senate Office Building Room 226.

     Witness list

  Panel I: The Honorable Charles Schumer, United States Senator [D-NY]; 
The Honorable Barack Obama, United States Senator [D-IL].
  Panel II: The Honorable Douglas F. Gansler, Attorney General, State 
of Maryland, Baltimore, MD; The Honorable Jack B. Johnson, County 
Executive, Prince George's County, MD, Upper Marlboro, MD.
  Panel III: Hilary O. Shelton, Director, Washington Bureau, National 
Association for the Advancement of Colored People [NAACP], Washington, 
DC; John Trasvina, President and General Counsel, Mexican American 
Legal Defense and Education Fund [MALDEF], Los Angeles, CA; Richard 
Briffault, Joseph P. Chamberlain Professor of Legislation, Columbia Law 
School, New York, NY.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                    select committee on intelligence

  Mr. DODD. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Select 
Committee on Intelligence be authorized to meet during the session of 
the Senate on June 7, 2007 at 2:30 p.m. to hold a closed hearing.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                     subcommittee on national parks

  Mr. DODD. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Subcommittee on National Parks of the Committee on Energy and Natural 
Resources be authorized to hold a hearing during the session of the 
Senate on Thursday, June 7, 2007 at 9:30 a.m. in room SD-366 of the 
Dirksen Senate Office Building. The purpose of this hearing is to 
receive testimony on Alternate Energy-Related Uses on the Outer 
Continental Shelf: Opportunities, Issues and Implementation of Section 
388 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

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    subcommittee on oversight of government management, the federal 
                workforce, and the district of columbia

  Mr. DODD. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Homeland Security and Government Affairs' Subcommittee on Oversight 
of Government Management, the Federal Workforce and the District of 
Columbia be authorized to meet on Thursday, June 7, 2007 at 2:30 p.m. 
to conduct a hearing entitled, DHS' Acquisition Organization: Who is 
Really in Charge?
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection it is so ordered.

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