[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 185 (Wednesday, December 5, 2007)]
[Senate]
[Page S14803]
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                    AUTHORITY FOR COMMITTEES TO MEET


               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, December 5, 2007 at 9 a.m. in room 
406 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building in order to conduct a 
business meeting to consider the following items: amendment in the 
Nature of a Substitute, Lieberman-Warner Climate Security Act of 2007, 
S. 2191.
  Pending nominations: John S. Bresland, of New Jersey, to be a Member 
of the Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board; John S. 
Bresland, of New Jersey, to be Chairperson of the Chemical Safety and 
Hazard Investigation Board; C. Russell H. Shearer, of Delaware, to be a 
Member of the Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board; William 
H. Graves, of Tennessee, to be a Member of the Board of Directors of 
the Tennessee Valley Authority; Susan Richardson Williams, of 
Tennessee, to be a Member of the Board of Directors of the Tennessee 
Valley Authority; and Thomas C. Gilliland, of Georgia, to be a Member 
of the Board of Directors of the Tennessee Valley Authority.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                       committee on the judiciary

  Mr. DORGAN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate 
Committee on the Judiciary be authorized to meet during the session of 
the Senate in order to conduct a hearing entitled ``Reauthorization of 
the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act: Protecting Our 
Children and Our Communities'' on Wednesday, December 5, 2007 at 10 
a.m. in room SD-226 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building.

     Witness list:

  J. Robert Flores, Administrator, Office of Juvenile Justice and 
Delinquency Prevention, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC; 
Shay Bilchik, Founder and Director, Center for Juvenile Justice Reform, 
Georgetown University Public Policy Institute, Washington, DC; Deirdre 
Wilson Garton, Chair, Governor's Juvenile Justice Commission, Madison, 
WI; Ann Marie Ambrose, Director, Bureau of Child Welfare and Juvenile 
Justice Services, Harrisburg, PA; Richard Miranda, Chief, Tucson Police 
Department, Tucson, AZ.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                       committee on the judiciary

  Mr. DORGAN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate 
Committee on the Judiciary be authorized to meet during the session of 
the Senate in order to conduct a hearing entitled ``The Looming 
Foreclosure Crisis: How To Help Families Save Their Homes'' on 
Wednesday, December 5, 2007 at 2:30 p.m. in room SD-226 of the Dirksen 
Senate Office Building.

     Witness list:

  Nettie McGee, Chicago, IL; Mark Zandi, Chief Economist, Moody's 
Economy.com, Inc., West Chester, PA; Mortgage Industry Witness TBD; 
Professor Mark Scarberry, Resident Scholar, American Bankruptcy 
Institute, Washington, DC; The Honorable Jacqueline P. Cox, United 
States Bankruptcy Judge, United States Bankruptcy Court for the 
Northern District of Illinois, Chicago, IL; The Honorable Thomas 
Bennett, United States Bankruptcy Judge, United States Bankruptcy Court 
for the Northern District of Alabama, Birmingham, AL; Henry J. Sommer, 
President, National Association of Consumer Bankruptcy Attorneys, 
Philadelphia, PA.
  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, December 5, in order to conduct a hearing on the 
Nomination of James Peake to be Secretary of Veterans Affairs. The 
Committee will meet in room SDG-50 of the Dirksen Senate Office 
Building, at 9:30 a.m.


                    select committee on intelligence

  Mr. DORGAN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Select 
Committee on Intelligence be authorized to meet during the session of 
the Senate on December 5, 2007 at 3 p.m. to hold a closed conference on 
the fiscal year 2008 Intelligence Authorization.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.


                       special committee on aging

  Mr. DORGAN. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Special 
Committee on Aging be authorized to meet today, Wednesday, December 5, 
2007 from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. in Dirksen 106 for the purpose of 
conducting a hearing concerning the elderly who have been displaced by 
war, poverty, and persecution abroad.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

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