[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 167 (Wednesday, October 31, 2007)]
[Senate]
[Pages S13644-S13645]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                    AUTHORITY FOR COMMITTEES TO MEET


                Ad Hoc Subcommittee on Disaster Recovery

  Mr. DORGAN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Ad Hoc 
Subcommittee on Disaster Recovery of the Committee on Homeland Security 
and Governmental Affairs be authorized to meet during the session of 
the Senate on Wednesday, October 31, 2007, at 2:30 p.m. in order to 
conduct a hearing entitled, ``Post-Catastrophe Crisis: Addressing the 
Dramatic Need and Scant Availability of Mental Health Care in the Gulf 
Coast.''
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

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            Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs

  Mr. DORGAN. 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 October 31, 2007, at 2:30 p.m., in order to 
conduct a hearing entitled ``Climate Disclosure: Measuring Financial 
Risks and Opportunties.''
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


               Committee on Environment and Public Works

  Mr. DORGAN. 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 Wednesday, October 31, 2007 at 10 a.m. in room 
406 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building, in order to conduct a 
hearing entitled, ``Examination of the Licensing Process for the Yucca 
Mountain Repository.''
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                     Committee on Foreign Relations

  Mr. DORGAN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Foreign Relations be authorized to meet during the session of the 
Senate on Wednesday, October 31, 2007, at 11 a.m. in order to hold a 
business meeting.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                       Committee on the Judiciary

  Mr. DORGAN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on the Judiciary be authorized to meet, during the session of the 
Senate, in order to conduct a hearing entitled ``FISA Amendments: How 
to Protect America's Security and Privacy and Preserve the Rule of Law 
and Government Accountability'' on Wednesday, October 31, 2007. The 
hearing will commence at 10 a.m. in room 226 of the Dirksen Senate 
Office Building.

     Witness list

  Panel I: Kenneth L. Wainstein, Assistant Attorney General, National 
Security Division, U.S. Department of Justice.
  Panel II: Edward Black, President and CEO, Computer & Communications 
Industry Association, Washington, DC; Patrick F. Philbin, Partner, 
Kirkland & Ellis, Washington, DC; Morton H. Halperin, Director of U.S. 
Advocacy, Open Society Institute, Washington, DC.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                     Committee on Veterans' Affairs

  Mr. DORGAN. 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, October 31, 2007, in order to conduct a hearing on 
the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act. The 
Committee will meet in room SD-562 of the Dirksen Senate Office 
Building, at 9:30 a.m.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

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