[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 139 (Wednesday, September 19, 2007)]
[Senate]
[Page S11773]
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

  Mr. OBAMA. 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 September 19, 2007, at 10 a.m., to mark up 
H.R. 835, the Hawaiian Homeownership Opportunity Act of 2007; S. 1518, 
the Community Partnership to End Homelessness Act of 2007; and an 
original bill entitled the FHA Modernization Act of 2007.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                     Committee on Foreign Relations

  Mr. OBAMA. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Foreign Relations be authorized to meet during the session of the 
Senate on Wednesday, September 19, 2007, at 9:30 a.m., to hold a 
nomination hearing.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                     Committee on Foreign Relations

  Mr. OBAMA. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Foreign Relations be authorized to meet during the session of the 
Senate on Wednesday, September 19, 2007, at 3 p.m., to hold a hearing 
on protecting natural treasures through international organizations.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                      Committee on Indian Affairs

  Mr. OBAMA. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Indian Affairs be authorized to meet on Wednesday, September 19, 
2007, at 9:30 a.m., in room 628 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building 
to conduct a hearing on the process of Federal recognition of Indian 
tribes.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                 Committee on Rules and Administration

  Mr. OBAMA. 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 19, 2007, at 9:30 a.m., to conduct a 
hearing on S. 1905, the Regional Presidential Primary and Caucus Act of 
2007, to provide for a rotating schedule for regional selection of 
delegates to a national nominating convention, and for other purposes.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                     Committee on Veterans' Affairs

  Mr. OBAMA. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent for the Committee 
on Veterans' Affairs to be authorized to meet during the session of the 
Senate on Wednesday, September 19, 2007, in order to conduct an 
oversight hearing on information technology within the Department of 
Veterans Affairs. The Committee will meet in Dirksen 562, at 9:30 a.m.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                        Joint Economic Committee

  Mr. OBAMA. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Joint 
Economic Committee be authorized to conduct a hearing entitled, 
``Evolution of an Economic Crisis?: The Subprime Lending Disaster and 
the Threat to the Broader Economy'', in Room 216 of the Hart Senate 
Office Building, on Wednesday, September 19, 2007, from 9:30 a.m. to 1 
p.m.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                       Special Committee on Aging

  Mr. OBAMA. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Special 
Committee on Aging be authorized to meet on, Wednesday, September 19, 
2007, from 10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m., in room SD-106 of the Dirksen Senate 
Office Building for the purpose of conducting a hearing.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                Subcommittee on Human Rights and the Law

  Mr. OBAMA. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate 
Committee on the Judiciary, Subcommittee on Human Rights and the Law, 
be authorized to conduct a hearing entitled ``The `Material Support' 
Bar: Denying Refuge to the Persecuted?'' on Wednesday, September 19, 
2007 at 2:30 p.m., in the Dirksen Senate Office Building room 226.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


  Subcommittee on Transportation Safety, Infrastructure Security, and 
                             Water Quality

  Mr. OBAMA. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the 
Subcommittee on Transportation Safety, Infrastructure Security, and 
Water Quality be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on 
Wednesday, September 19, 2007, at 10 a.m., in room 406 of the Dirksen 
Senate Office Building in order to conduct a hearing entitled, 
``Meeting America's Wastewater Infrastructure Needs in the 21st 
Century.''
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

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