[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 100 (Wednesday, June 20, 2007)]
[Senate]
[Pages S8152-S8153]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                    AUTHORITY FOR COMMITTEES TO MEET


           committee on commerce, science, and transportation

  Mr. BINGAMAN. 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, June 20, 
2007, at 2:30 p.m., in room 253 of the Russell Senate Office Building.
  The hearing will examine the growing aviation industry practice of 
outsourcing maintenance, repair, and overhaul MRO work.
  THE PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection it is so ordered.


                     committee on foreign relations

  Mr. BINGAMAN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Committee on Foreign Relations be authorized to meet during the session 
of the Senate on Wednesday, June 20, 2007, at 10:00 a.m. to hold a 
nomination hearing.
  THE PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection[ it is so ordered.


                     committee on foreign relations

  Mr. BINGAMAN. Mr. President, I ask, unanimous consent that the 
Committee on Foreign Relations be authorized to meet during the session 
of the Senate on Wednesday, June 20, 2007, at 2:30 p.m. to hold a 
nomination hearing.
  THE PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


           committee on health, education, labor and pensions

  Mr. BINGAMAN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions meet in executive 
session during the session of the Senate on Wednesday, June 20, 2007 at 
9:30 a.m. in SD-628. We will be considering the following:

     Agenda

  1. The Higher Education Access Reconciliation Act (not yet 
introduced)
  2. Amendments to the Higher Education Access Reconciliation Act
  3. The following nominations: Jerome F. Kever, of Illinois, to be a 
Member of the Railroad Retirement Board; Michael Schwartz, of Illinois, 
to be a Member of the Railroad Retirement Board; Virgil M. Speakman 
Jr., of Ohio, to be a Member of the Railroad Retirement Board; Marylyn 
Andrea Howe, of Massachusetts, to be a Member of the National Council 
on Disability; Lonnie C. Moore, of Kansas, to be a Member of the 
National Council on Disability; and Kerri Layne Briggs, of Virginia, to 
be Assistant Secretary

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for Elementary and Secondary Education.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                       committee on the judiciary

  Mr. BINGAMAN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate 
Committee on the Judiciary be authorized to meet to conduct a hearing 
entitled ``Rising Violent Crime in the Aftermath of Hurricane Katrina'' 
on Wednesday, June 20, 2007 at 10:30 a.m. in Dirksen Senate Office 
Building room 226.

     Witness list

  Panel I: The Honorable Mary L. Landrieu, United States Senator [D-LA] 
and The Honorable David Vitter, United States Senator [R-LA].
  Panel II: The Honorable James B. Letten, United States Attorney for 
the Eastern District of Louisiana, New Orleans, LA; The Honorable David 
L. Bell, Chief Judge, Orleans Parish Juvenile Court, New Orleans, LA; 
Anthony Cannatella, Deputy Chief, Operations Bureau, New Orleans Police 
Department, New Orleans, LA; and Robert A. Stellingworth, President & 
CEO, New Orleans Police and Justice Foundation, New Orleans, LA.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                       committee on the judiciary

  Mr. BINGAMAN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate 
Committee on the Judiciary be authorized to meet during the session of 
the Senate on Wednesday, June 20, 2007, at 2:30 p.m. in room 226 of the 
Dirksen Senate Office Building. The hearing will be on ``Judicial 
Nominations.''

     Witness list

  Panel I: The Honorable James M. Inhofe, United States Senator [R-OK]; 
The Honorable Elizabeth Dole, United States Senator [R-NC]; and The 
Honorable Richard Burr, United States Senator [R-NC].
  Panel II: William Lindsay Osteen, Jr. to be United States District 
Judge for the Middle District of North Carolina; Martin Karl Reidinger 
to be United States District Judge for the Western District of North 
Carolina; Timothy D. DeGiusti to be United States District Judge for 
the Western District of Oklahoma; and Janis Lynn Sammartino to be 
United States District Judge for the Southern District of California.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                 committee on rules and administration

  Mr. BINGAMAN. 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, June 20, 2007, at 10 a.m., to 
conduct a hearing in relation to S. 1285, the ``Fair Elections Now 
Act.'' Topics covered will be: reforming the finance of Senate 
elections and the high cost of broadcasting campaign advertisements.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


   Subcommittee on Housing, Transportation, and Community Development

  Mr. BINGAMAN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Subcommittee on 
Housing, Transportation, and Community Development be authorized to 
meet during the session of the Senate on June 20, 2007, at 2 p.m. to 
conduct a hearing on ``Reauthorization of the Hope VI Program.''
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


           Subcommittee on Superfund and Environmental Health

  Mr. BINGAMAN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Subcommittee on Superfund and Environmental Health be authorized to 
meet during the session of the Senate on Wednesday, June 20, 2007 at 10 
a.m. in room 406 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building for a hearing 
entitled, ``EPA's Response to 9-11 and Lessons Learned for Future 
Emergency Preparedness.''
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

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