[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 135 (Wednesday, September 12, 2007)]
[Senate]
[Pages S11515-S11516]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                    AUTHORlTY FOR COMMITTEES TO MEET


           Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation

  Mr. SANDERS. 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, September 
12, 2007, at 9:30 a.m., in room 253 of the Russell Senate Office 
Building.
  The hearing will focus on the reauthorization of the Federal Trade 
Commission.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


               Committee on Energy and Natural Resources

  Mr. SANDERS. 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 Wednesday, September 12, 
2007, at 10 a.m. in room SD-366 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building.
  The purpose of the hearing is to receive testimony on the status of 
energy efficient lighting technologies and on S. 2017, the Energy 
Efficient Lighting for a Brighter Tomorrow Act.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                          committee on finance

  Mr. SANDERS. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Committee on Finance be authorized to meet during the session of the 
Senate on Wednesday, September 12, 2007, at 10 a.m., in room 215 of the 
Dirksen Senate Office Building, to consider an original bill entitled, 
``The Medicare, Medicaid and SCHIP Indian Health Care Improvement Act 
of 2007''; H.J. Res 43, ``Increasing the Statutory Limit on the Public 
Debt''; and revising subcommittee assignments for the 110th Congress.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


        Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs

  Mr. SANDERS. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs be authorized 
to meet on Wednesday, September 12, 2007, at 10 a.m. to consider the 
nomination of the Honorable Julie L. Myers to be Assistant Secretary, 
U.S. Department of Homeland Security.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

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                       Committee on the Judiciary

  Mr. SANDERS. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate 
Committee on the Judiciary be authorized to meet to conduct a hearing 
entitled ``Regulatory Preemption: Are Federal Agencies Usurping 
Congressional and State Authority?'' On Wednesday, September 12, 2007, 
at 11 a.m. in room 226 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building.

     Witness list:

  The Honorable Donna Stone, Delaware General Assembly [R-32], 
President, National Conference of State Legislatures, Dover, DE; Alan 
Untereiner, Attorney, Robbins, Russell, Englert, Orseck & Untereiner 
LLP, Washington, DC; Collyn Peddie, Attorney, Williams Kherkher, 
Houston, TX; Viet Dinh, Professor of Law, Georgetown University Law 
School, Washington, DC; David Vladeck, Professor of Law, Georgetown 
University Law Center, Washington, DC.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                 committee on rules and administration

  Mr. SANDERS. 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, September 12, 2007, at 9:30 a.m., 
in order to conduct a hearing to receive testimony on the Nomination of 
Robert C. Tapella of Virginia, to be Public Printer, Government 
Printing Office.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

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