[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 184 (Tuesday, December 4, 2007)]
[Senate]
[Page S14745]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                           NOTICE OF HEARING


                permanent subcommittee on investigations

  Mr. LEVIN. Mr. President, I would like to announce for the 
information of the Senate and the public that the Permanent 
Subcommittee on Investigations of the Committee on Homeland Security 
and Governmental Affairs and the Subcommittee on Energy of the 
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources will hold a joint hearing 
entitled, ``Speculation in the Crude Oil Market.'' This joint hearing 
of the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations and the Subcommittee on 
Energy will examine the role of speculation in recent record crude oil 
prices. Witnesses for the upcoming hearing will include the Department 
of Energy's Energy Information Administration and energy market 
experts. A final witness list will be available Friday, December 7, 
2007.
  The subcommittee hearing is scheduled for Tuesday, December 11, 2007, 
at 10:00 a.m. in room 216 of the Hart Senate Office Building. For 
further information, please contact Elise Bean of the Permanent 
Subcommittee on Investigations.

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