[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 185 (Wednesday, December 5, 2007)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E2507]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


                       SENATE COMMITTEE MEETINGS

  Title IV of Senate Resolution 4, agreed to by the Senate on February 
4, 1977, calls for establishment of a system for a computerized 
schedule of all meetings and hearings of Senate committees, 
subcommittees, joint committees, and committees of conference. This 
title requires all such committees to notify the Office of the Senate 
Daily Digest--designated by the Rules Committee--of the time, place, 
and purpose of the meetings, when scheduled, and any cancellations or 
changes in the meetings as they occur.
  As an additional procedure along with the computerization of this 
information, the Office of the Senate Daily Digest will prepare this 
information for printing in the Extensions of Remarks section of the 
Congressional Record on Monday and Wednesday of each week.
  Meetings scheduled for Thursday, December 6, 2007 may be found in the 
Daily Digest of today's Record.

                           MEETINGS SCHEDULED

                              DECEMBER 11
     10 a.m.
       Appropriations
         To hold hearings to examine the President's proposed 
           budget request for fiscal year 2008 for the 
           supplemental request for the wars in Iraq and 
           Afghanistan.
                                                            SD-106
       Finance
         To hold hearings to examine S. 1673, to facilitate the 
           export of United States agricultural products to Cuba 
           as authorized by the Trade Sanctions Reform and Export 
           Enhancement Act of 2000, to remove impediments to the 
           export to Cuba of medical devices and medicines, to 
           allow travel to Cuba by United States citizens, to 
           establish an agricultural export promotion program with 
           respect to Cuba.
                                                            SD-215
       Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
         To hold hearings to examine the global challenge of HIV/
           AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria.
                                                            SD-430
       Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
         To hold hearings to examine e-government 2.0, focusing on 
           improving innovation, collaboration, and access.
                                                            SD-342
       Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
       Investigations Subcommittee
         To hold joint hearings with the Committee on Energy and 
           Natural Resources Subcommittee on Energy to examine the 
           role of speculation in recent crude oil prices.
                                                            SH-216
       Judiciary
       Terrorism, Technology and Homeland Security Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine the legal rights of 
           Guantanamo detainees, focusing on what they are, should 
           they be changed, and is there an end in sight.
                                                            SD-226
     2 p.m.
       Judiciary
       Antitrust, Competition Policy and Consumer Rights 
           Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine the Sunshine in Litigation 
           Act, focusing on whether court secrecy undermines 
           public health and safety.
                                                            SD-226
     2:30 p.m.
       Energy and Natural Resources
         To hold hearings to examine S. 2156, to authorize and 
           facilitate the improvement of water management by the 
           Bureau of Reclamation, to require the Secretary of the 
           Interior and the Secretary of Energy to increase the 
           acquisition and analysis of water resources for 
           irrigation, hydroelectric power, municipal, and 
           environmental uses.
                                                            SD-366

                              DECEMBER 12
     9:30 a.m.
       Judiciary
         To hold hearings to examine S. 1782, to amend chapter 1 
           of title 9 of United States Code with respect to 
           arbitration.
                                                            SD-226
     10 a.m.
       Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
         Business meeting to consider S. 579, to amend the Public 
           Health Service Act to authorize the Director of the 
           National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences to 
           make grants for the development and operation of 
           research centers regarding environmental factors that 
           may be related to the etiology of breast cancer, an 
           original bill entitled ``Substance Abuse and Mental 
           Health Services Administration'', and any pending 
           nominations.
                                                            SD-430
       Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
         Business meeting to consider the nominations of Jeffrey 
           William Runge, of North Carolina, to be Assistant 
           Secretary for Health Affairs and Chief Medical Officer, 
           and Harvey E. Johnson, Jr., of Virginia, to be Deputy 
           Administrator and Chief Operating Officer, Federal 
           Emergency Management Agency, both of the Department of 
           Homeland Security.
                                                            SD-342
       Rules and Administration
         To hold hearings to examine a recently released 
           Government Accountability Office report, focusing on 
           funding challenges and facilities maintenance at the 
           Smithsonian Institution.
                                                            SR-301
       Commerce, Science, and Transportation
       Surface Transportation and Merchant Marine Infrastructure, 
           Safety and Security Subcommittee
         To hold an oversight hearing to examine the Federal Motor 
           Carrier Safety Administration, focusing on truck driver 
           hours-of-service (HOS) rules and truck safety.
                                                            SR-253
     10:30 a.m.
       Aging
         To hold hearings to examine reverse mortgages, focusing 
           on polishing not tarnishing the golden years.
                                                            SD-628

                              DECEMBER 13
     9:30 a.m.
       Energy and Natural Resources
         To hold hearings to examine ways to reform the Mining Law 
           of 1872.
                                                            SD-366
     10 a.m.
       Commerce, Science, and Transportation
         To hold an oversight hearing to examine the Federal 
           Communications Commission (FCC).
                                                            SR-253
     2:30 p.m.
       Energy and Natural Resources
       Public Lands and Forests Subcommittee
         To hold hearings to examine forest restoration and 
           hazardous fuels reduction efforts in the forests of 
           Oregon and Washington.
                                                            SD-366

                              DECEMBER 19
     10 a.m.
       Judiciary
         Business meeting to consider the nomination of Mark R. 
           Filip, of Illinois, to be Deputy Attorney General, 
           Department of Justice.
                                                            SD-226