[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 143 (Tuesday, September 25, 2007)]
[Senate]
[Page S12075]
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. LEVIN. 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 25, 2007, at 9:30 a.m., in order to 
conduct a hearing entitled ``Two Years After the Storm: Housing Needs 
in the Gulf Coast.''
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


               Committee on Energy and Natural Resourses

  Mr. LEVIN. 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 Tuesday, September 25, 2007, at 10 a.m. in 
room SD-366 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building.
  The purposes of the hearing are to receive testimony on S. 1756, a 
bill to provide supplemental ex gratia compensation to the Republic of 
the Marshall Islands for impacts of the nuclear testing program of the 
United States, and for other purposes; and to receive testimony on the 
implementation of the Compact of Free Association between the United 
States and the Marshall Islands.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


               COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENT AND PUBLIC WORKS

  Mr. LEVIN. 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 Tuesday, September 25, 2007 at 2 p.m. in room 
406 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building in order to conduct a hearing 
entitled, ``Green Jobs Created by Global Warming Initiatives.''
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                          Committee on Finance

  Mr. LEVIN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Finance be authorized to meet during the session of the Senate on 
Tuesday, September 25, 2007, at 10 a.m., in room G-50 of the Dirksen 
Senate Office Building, to hear testimony on ``Home and Community Based 
Care: Expanding Options for Long Term Care.''
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                     Committee on Foreign Relations

  Mr. LEVIN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Foreign Relations be authorized to meet during the session of the 
Senate on Tuesday, September 25, 2007, at 2:30 p.m., in order to hold a 
nomination hearing.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                       Committee on the Judiciary

  Mr. LEVIN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate 
Committee on the Judiciary be authorized to meet in order to conduct a 
hearing entitled ``Strengthening FISA: Does the Protect America Act 
Protect Americans' Civil Liberties and Enhance Security?'' on Tuesday, 
September 25, 2007, at 9:30 a.m., in the Hart Senate Office Building 
Room 216.

     Witness list:

  Panel I: The Honorable J. Michael McConnell, Director of National 
Intelligence, Office of the Director of National Intelligence, 
Washington, DC.
  Panel II: James A. Baker, Lecturer on Law, Harvard Law School, 
Formerly Counsel for Intelligence Policy, Department of Justice 
Washington, DC; James X. Dempsey, Policy Director, Center for Democracy 
and Technology, San Francisco, CA; Suzanne E. Spaulding, Principal 
Bingham Consulting Group, Washington, DC; Bryan Cunningham, Principal, 
Morgan & Cunningham LLC, Greenwood Village, CO.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                       Committee on the Judiciary

  Mr. LEVIN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate 
Committee on the Judiciary be authorized to meet in order to conduct a 
hearing entitled ``Judicial Nominations'' on Tuesday, September 25, 
2007, at 2:30 p.m. in the Dirksen Senate Office Building Room 226.
  Witness list: John Daniel Tinder to be United States Circuit Judge 
for the Seventh Circuit; Robert M. Dow, Jr., to be United States 
District Judge for the Northern District of Illinois.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                     Committee on Veterans' Affairs

  Mr. LEVIN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent for the Committee 
on Veterans' Affairs to be authorized to meet during the session of the 
Senate on Tuesday, September 25, 2007, in order to conduct an Oversight 
Hearing on Persian Gulf Research. The Committee will meet in 562 
Dirksen Senate Office Building, at 9:30 a.m.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                    Select Committee on Intelligence

  Mr. LEVIN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Select 
Committee on Intelligence be authorized to meet during the session of 
the Senate on September 25, 2007 at 2 p.m. to hold a closed hearing.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER: Without objection, it is so ordered.

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