[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 98 (Monday, June 18, 2007)]
[Senate]
[Page S7833]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                          NOTICES OF HEARINGS


                      committee on indian affairs

  Mr. DORGAN. Mr. President, I would like to announce that the 
Committee on Indian Affairs will meet on Thursday, June 21, 2007, at 
9:30 a.m. in room 485 of the Russell Senate Office Building to conduct 
an oversight hearing on law enforcement in Indian Country.
  Those wishing additional information may contact the Indian Affairs 
Committee at 224-2251.


                 committee on rules and administration

  Mrs. FEINSTEIN. Mr. President, I wish to announce that the Committee 
on Rules and Administration will meet on Tuesday, June 26, 2007, at 10 
a.m., to conduct a hearing to receive testimony on Smithsonian 
Institution governance reform and a report by the Smithsonian's 
Independent Review Committee.
  For further information regarding this hearing, please contact Howard 
Gantman at the Rules and Administration Committee, 224-6352.


            committee on small business and entrepreneurship

  Mr. KERRY. Mr. President, I would like to inform the Members that the 
Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship will hold a roundtable 
entitled ``SBA Reauthorization: Small Business Venture Capital 
Programs,'' on Thursday, June 21, 2007, at 10 a.m., in room 428A of the 
Russell Senate Office Building.


                permanent subcommittee on investigations

  Mr. LEVIN. Mr. President, I would like to announce for the 
information of the Senate and the public that the Permanent 
Subcommittee on Investigations of the Committee on Homeland Security 
and Governmental Affairs will hold 2 days of hearings entitled 
``Excessive Speculation in the Natural Gas Markets.'' The 
subcommittee's hearing will examine the reasons for the extreme price 
levels and volatility in the natural gas futures markets in 2006 and 
how excessive speculation by a single hedge fund, Amaranth LLC, 
dominated the natural gas market and distorted natural gas futures 
prices. The hearing also will examine the extent to which excessive 
speculative trading on unregulated energy exchanges contributed to the 
price distortions, and the need for statutory and regulatory changes to 
prevent manipulation and excessive speculation on unregulated exchanges 
from detrimentally affecting energy prices. Witnesses for the upcoming 
hearing will include a Counsel to the Permanent Subcommittee on 
Investigations who will present a report on the subcommittee's year-
long investigation, Amaranth, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, 
the Intercontinental Exchange, the New York Mercantile Exchange, 
natural gas users, and academics. A final witness list for the June 25 
hearing will be available on Friday, June 22, 2007. A final witness 
list for the July 9 hearing will be available on Friday, July 6, 2007.
  The subcommittee hearings are scheduled for Monday, June 25, 2007, at 
11 a.m., in room 106 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building, and Monday, 
July 9, 2007, at 2:30 p.m., in room 342 of the Dirksen Senate Office 
Building. For further information, please contact Elise Bean of the 
Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations at 224-9505.

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